Volume 4: An ending of All’s well that ends well!

Chapter 1

The alarm rang on time early in the morning. Ling Xia was feeling tired as he fumbled around to find his phone. He feels that his head was both swelling and painful. He rubbed his temples a few times, and then slowly opened his eyes.

There is always that feeling that he was in a very long and heart-wrenching dream. It felt like he had gone through a lot, and had met many faces. But he could not define it clearly, and he can’t remember anything about it.

Ling Xia stayed still for a moment. He rarely had this feeling of confusion whenever he woke up early in the morning, so he thought about it carefully. It seemed like yesterday, the newly appointed boss Ping Min Chang invited him to dinner. The other person talked too much, he was annoyed half to death.

What the fuck? Why are there so many gays nowadays? 

He was doing his current job for several years already so his salary had doubled recently. Even though he’s afraid of being in trouble, but it should be alright to talk and be clear about it, right? It doesn’t have to go as far as for him to resign?

He changed clothes, puts on slippers, washes his face and rinses, then got ready to go out to eat breakfast. But as he walks out of his bedroom, he jumped in fright.

What in the world? Did an evolution took place? 

Ling Xia was fond of growing flowers and plants. On the living room and balcony, there are plants decorations such as orchids, giant taro, green radish, etc. But right now, those plants seemed like they came from the wilderness! That giant taro pot grew up so tall, it reaches the ceiling. The green radish’s roots pierces through the pot. And the jasmine and lily orchids that were not in season are now blossoming and was very splendid looking, growing three times its original size….The strong fragrance of flower filled the entire room.

Due to the foliage blocking the sunlight from passing through the window, the room was a lot dimmer than usual, even the vines crawled up to the door of his bedroom. This can’t be his house, but rather a wild plants’ botanical garden!

Ling Xia still couldn’t believe what his blurry eyes is seeing, so he kneaded his eyes to see clearer. Only then was it made clear to him that it wasn’t a dream.

The room that was initially very warm and comfortable, is now looking like its haunted…..

He was completely horrified at the sight, so he quickly retreated back to his bedroom and looked outside. The neighborhood seemed normal, with those on their way to work and people exercising on the road…..The plants outside were also thriving, but not out of ordinary.

Ling Xia gathered his courage to open the door. He peeked his head outside and snapped a few pictures. He then hastily opened his computer, and visited the forums in the internet, searching if other household have similar circumstances with him.

He didn’t find any such news, so he posted one himself——《Woke up today to find the plants in my house flourished wildly, me and my friends were really astonished. Here are pictures as a proof!》

He uploaded the pictures with the post, and then asked if someone else is in a similar situation.

Though it was early in the morning, there were still quick reply in the post. Ling Xia was burning with anxiousness as he opened them, but those replies only pisses him off.

——The poster must be on drugs!

——Not bad, is just that the the scale was a bit distorted!

——Me and my friend were also astonished, on the dumb poster for not giving details!

——Congratulation poster, your house’s plants are being inhabited by aliens!

……

Knowing that he can’t rely on the internet, Ling Xia gathered his courage and open the door to look at those plants. It seemed like they aren’t showing any signs of moving, so he tried going out. There were vines crawling along the floor and the ceilings. The foliage were glistening, giving a rustic feeling of the country side.

It relaxes his heart for a bit. Ling Xia hurriedly cleaned himself and left to go to work, without even taking a bite for breakfast.

He was thinking whether he should report it to the police. But the police might not be suitable to handle this kind of matter, should he look for a Feng Shui master to come have a take a look?

But he is not comfortable with people, and when he thought of random strangers stepping into his apartment, it made him gave up that idea.

The distance of his home to the subway is quite near, it will just take about ten minutes walk. The road to his workplace were jammed with traffic as usual during the rush hour, giving the authentic feeling that nothing is out of place.

Ling Xia was absentmindedly deep in his thoughts while walking.

Did I accidentally fed the plants at home some kind of hormones for them grow enormously like that? But its not possible for them to grow like that just because of hormones! And the water I poured on them yesterday was also the same as usual…….

While he was taking the subway, he took out his phone to play with it out of habit. But as he did, he didn’t know what he wanted to do.

It seems that there was a time that he was reading a novel, but what was it called?

His felt like his head was starting to throb, maybe because he was overthinking too much. Ling Xia puts away his phone and shut his eyes to rest.

Amidst the darkness, a hand reaches out to grab onto him…..

Ling Xia suddenly opened his eyes. Once he recovered his senses, he found himself grabbing someone’s wrist in a lightning speed. That hand he was holding was reaching for his briefcase. He slowly raises his head, and immediately saw a stupefied, and rather frightened face.

Ling Xia also jumped in horror, and immediately let go. When did he became this keen?

That thief didn’t say anything in defense. He just squeezed into the crowd and disappeared, quickly running away.

Ling Xia was baffled by what happened. And at this very moment, he can actually clearly hear the thief’s muttering from a distance away. With that distance, he shouldn’t be able to hear a thing at all!

Upon leaving the station, he takes a look at his phone. He still have about thirty minutes left, so he decided to buy a stomach compress pad first.

There are several dining establishments and shops down the alley of their company, but he didn’t have any appetite to eat. Ling Xia just bought a cup of milk and two pieces of tea egg.

He was just about to eat when he heard someone suddenly calls out his name. He turned his head, and saw Ping Min Chang excitedly waving at him from his car.

Even though Ling Xia didn’t feel good, he still plastered a smile as a greeting. Ping Min Chang stepped out of his car and walked towards him. He sat opposite of Ling Xia in that impeccable western suit, and pointed at his cup of soy milk and two tea eggs.

Ling Xia was uncomfortable from head to toe, and he could not eat because of Ping Min Chang’s cheerful smile. Ping Min Chang looks at him in an intimate kind of way with his eyes, giving him goosebumps all over.

We’re both men, so what’s with that look? Ling Xia soon fell into a bad mood, he lost his appetite to eat. After he was done, he stood up.

Ping Min Chang immediately stood up and followed him, still smiling while humoring him with interesting gossips. Ling Xia was still thinking about what happened earlier in the morning, and hearing him blabber right now made Ling Xia feel——annoyed!

He smiled and said: “Upperclassman Ping, don’t you still have to park your car? Then I’ll go first.”

“Ok……” Ping Min Chang smiled as he look at him and said, “Your breakfast was too simple, let’s have a proper dinner again later in the evening.”

Ling Xia wanted to refuse, but Ping Min Chang was already striding confidently back at his Audi. Ling Xia knitted his brows while looking at Ping Min Chang’s back, why do I want to kick it so bad?

He was just thinking about it, when Ping Min Chang suddenly ‘flopped’ down to the ground, looking like a tortoise leaning on the ground in all fours. There were people passing by on that street on their way to work. They saw his sorry figure and just went pass him without saying anything.

Ling Xia widened his eyes in surprise, as there wasn’t any stone in that place to tripped on!

Ping Min Chang stood up flustered. He look left and right with his dirtied face, and saw other people looking at him with sympathy. He looks at Ling Xia who’s nearby, and forces himself to keep his calm and said: “Someone kicked me just now.”

“…..I didn’t saw.” Ling Xia suddenly felt a bit guilty. He hastily nodded his head and said, “You were walking just fine.”

This day’s workload is not that much, so Ling Xia was halfway done during the morning. On his break time, he stared at his workplace in daze.

Plants, subway, breakfast…….this whole morning has been really strange……

When his eyes inadvertently sweep across the small tree plant in his workplace, a thought flashes in his mind: It seemed a bit yellowed and dried up, should I water it?

He was just thinking about it, when he felt that plant’s leaves looked like it moved.  He thought it was just his imagination, but he saw those dried up leaves slowly turned into an emerald green color. He could see the plant revitalized with his naked eyes. What scared him more, is that it was being attracted to him as if he was a sun, with the leaves and branches sweeping towards his direction.

Cold sweats formed in Ling Xia’s forehead. He slammed his table with a ‘bang’ and stood up, his heart beating fast as he went straight to the toilet.

He closes the bathroom’s door, feeling that he wasn’t in a good condition at all.

Was the plants’ mutation in his house all because of him?

He was a total mess as he washes his face with cold water, it was too absurd!

Ling Xia deeply breathes a few times in front of the mirror, until he was finally calmed enough to go back to his work place. It was a good thing that the other people were busy, so they didn’t found out about the anomaly on that tree.

He decided to do an experiment again. He gave a try on staring at that tree and giving it a command to grow, but not towards him. It appears that there was a kind of peculiar energy emerging in his brain. He widened his eyes upon seeing that tree shoot upwards, restoring its natural state.

Could it be that the aliens transformed this Lao Zi’s body to have plant powers?

Ling was not in the mood to work once again, and started to experiment with the cactus ball in his work desk.

This time, he could see it more clearly. When he held that small flower pot, his hand emitted a faint glow of green light, then it enveloped around the pot of cactus ball. Soon after, two small buds popped out and bloomed on that cactus ball.

This Lao Zi has always been a normal twenty four years old. But now I’m going to be plant hero?

When a male colleague passes by behind him, Ling Xia hastily puts down the cactus ball. That colleague of his was initially reading a material, but all of sudden, that guy turned his nose towards Ling Xia’s side: “Xiao Ling, did you spray a perfume today? So fragrant.”

Normally, there is no man who wanted to be told by other men that they smell good. So Ling Xia was gloomy as he replied: “I didn’t, I just washed my head. I wonder if the new shampoo smelled too strong?”

That male colleague snuffle and comfortingly said: “It wasn’t a bad smell, rather, it a great refreshing smell. It gives of the feeling as if your standing in front of a forest.

"……"

The exhausting work had finally ended. Ling Xia hurriedly picked up his briefcase and was ready to leave. He just got downstairs when he saw that gay Ping Min Chang opened the door of his Audi, and flashes a glittering smile on him.

Ling Xia was immediately reminded of the other person’s dinner invitation. He may look calm on the outside but in fact, he was awfully annoyed.

How should I handle this type of guy? I’m totally straight……..

This day has been to much for his heart to take, so his nerves had been stretch taught at his very moment.

Ling Xia took big strides towards him, and said in a low voice with his brows knitted: “Manager Ping, I truly like girls only. So I hope you won’t act like this in the future.”

“But how would you know if you won’t try?” Ping Min Chang smile was particularly seductive, “From what I see, you are one.”

Ling Xia breathed sharply a few times. His thinning nerves could no longer hold itself together as he balled his fist and slammed the top of the car: ” If this Lao Zi says I’m not, then I’m not, can’t you make sense of what you’re hearing?”

That fist that was smashed down created a loud noise, and the area that was hit were left with a deep dent in the shape of his fist!

Ling Xia was suddenly flabbergasted. And his fist didn’t hurt at all!

Ping Min Chang’s jaw dropped, he looks at Ling Xia with an appalled expression.

“That is….I’m sorry….. I’ll definitely pay for the damages….” Ling Xia apologizes in panic. He hurriedly took his briefcase and scampered off in haste to escape.

Not only he was turned into a supernatural plant, he also became a super baboon! ! !

The more he ran, the faster he gets, the more he ran, the faster he gets……..

Once Ling Xia came into realization, he found himself overtaking small cars in a fast speed, but his face was neither flushing nor his heart is racing!

Those speeding cars he passes by were left with shocked expression as they watches his back!

He hurriedly pulled a break and made a turn to an alley. He waited for a moment to pass, then looks down and slowly walks out.

Did he have superpowers?

He wasn’t exposed to radiation, nor did he got bitten by a spider. He weren’t even experimented on…..

Is this like, with great power, comes with great responsibility? Could it be that the heavens gave him powers so he could fight off aliens/rising dead/zombies in an impending apocalypse ?

Ling Xia was excitedly smiling from ear to ear. There were a crowd making a racket in front of him, so he inadvertently took a quick glance and saw —— someone about to jump from a building. The identity of the one who’s about to commit suicide was a pretty girl who looked like she’s around twenty-five years old.

At the bottom of the building were police officers using a loudspeaker to call out to her. There were also reporters and cameramen recording the situation and making a live reporting.

Ling Xia stood behind the clamoring crowd. He discovered that his eyesight was so good, he could clearly see the scene on top of the multi-story building more than a dozen floor high.

The girl was choking in her tears, leaning on the railings while fending of the mediators behind her: “Don’t you all come close. If you do, I will jump!”

She was only leaning at the edge, but the wind was too strong, it pushes her backwards making her fall! The crowd on the ground immediately cried out in fear and covered their eyes.

Ling Xia’s limbs already moved into action before he could realize it. He quickly jumped on top of the police car and rushes forward, then landed on the wall and run straight ahead in a flurry of steps like a mad horse that has loose reins on the fields. He smoothly caught the girl mid air, then somersaulted forward and crashes on a building around sixth floor! His legs were slightly bent, while both of his hands were covering the pretty girl’s head. All the people that discovered what happened almost popped their eyeballs out…..

Oh no!

Not waiting for the crowd to react and come over, Ling Xia puts the girl down and smashed the recording camera with his fist. Afterwards, he leaped way above the crowd’s head, and started running towards his home with great horsepower on his feet.

Once he got back and closes the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Nothing should probably happen for the time being, right?

Its better to wear a cap tomorrow when I leave…..

He cooled his head down to consider what next move should be done. Because of Ping Min Chang, his job is definitely a goner. And just a while ago when he save someone, he didn’t react on time to cover his entire face!

His arms and legs seems like it instinctively moved on their own….

Ling Xia depressingly went to the refrigerator, opened it, took out a yogurt then drank it in one big gulp.

Ling Xia nervously opened his phone. His eyes suddenly widen in surprise, a bold red headlines popped out on the front page——

Mother of god! Quickly look, a superman in the sky! Me and my friends were scared we almost pissed!

On the screen is a man carrying a girl in his arms, in a still pose in the air captured in a picture that will never be forgotten.

Even if I smashed the camera, there were still mobile phones! ! !

I’m done for!

Ling Xia hastily sorted out the contents of his wallet, bank cards, ID’s, etc. He decided that as soon as the sky turns dark, he will run to the road, and go someplace else to lie low until the fuss dies down.

But he wasn’t done packing up yet, when the doorbell rang like crazy.

Ling Xia’s ear sharply picked up those chaotic buzzing voices. There must be at least ten people outside, and with the tap of their toes, he could imagine the identity of those people.

He alarmingly ran to his balcony, and used a steel bar to blocked off the door on both sides from being opened. The sky wasn’t dark yet, but there’s already a lot of people down there…..

He clenches his teeth. Right now, his body is in an extraordinary condition, so jumping down from the sixth floor shouldn’t be a problem?

Ling Xia reluctantly looked back at his apartment. Even though its festered with so many crazily growing plants, but it was still his warm and humble bode for many years!

He aimed accurately for that lawn area below and jumped down. But while he was in mid-air, a black rift suddenly appeared in thin air in front of him, and he was directly sucked in without knowing if he’ll live or die!

The news on the next days were filled with sorrowful headlines——

《The alien superhuman hiding for more than twenty years, had suddenly gone missing?》

《My colleague Ling Xia——is a gorgeous low key superhero!》

《A superman or a master of martial arts, experts will reveal the secret for you!》

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Bonbon translation notes:

[1] Xiao is an informal and casual way of addressing people you’re familiar with.<

[2] What PMC meant is that he senses that Ling Xia is gay too. I mean he might be right but Ling Xia is only gay for one guy hahah!

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Bonbon wanted to say:

Translating this chapter halfway, I actually did a double take. Like, did Ling Xia just signed up in a marvel contract and volume four turned into a superhero comics? I love how the author mentioned the common hero comics tropes x’D

And man, the author was ruthless on Ping Min Chang. The dude only wanted some love hahah! Too bad he pinned for Ling Xia, the guys’s already taken.

But wow, Ling Xia lost his memories? I wonder how Yu Zhi Jue gonna handle that once they met again?

Anyway, I lost touch on how long the chapter in this novel. It’s much simpler than the HMH to translate but it compensates for the length x’D

And with that, I welcome you all campers back to the final volume of Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain! This will be another journey for all of us readers~