BPLW Chapter Thirty-Six

After finishing his work in the afternoon, Qi Xiaoyang went to the hospital.

He was quite excited and bought a lot of supplements when he came back.

He was reluctant to do so before, but this time when he started working and earning money, he bought a lot of pregnancy care products.

Shen Ran came over curiously and asked, “A boy or a girl?”

Qi Xiaoyang replied: “The doctor said the probability is the same as ours[footnote]In case you confused, QX meant fertile physique, male that can pregnant, just like QY an SR[/footnote].”

Shen Ran thought about a setting that was introduced in the original book, which said that the first child born to a fertile male[footnote]Here’s raw for reference: 易孕者(Yì yùn zhě); fertile male/fertile people[/footnote] would most likely inherited his fertile(physique) gene.

Moreover, if there was no fertile(physique) gene in the family, it was impossible to have a fertile(physique) male child.

This leads to this gender being more scarce, so the protection of this gender was very strict in legislation.

He remember that in the original novel, the first child born to Min Xingchuan and Cheng Yu was a fertile male child, so they had a second child.

It was difficult for fertile male to become absolute leaders, because the monthly estrus cycle[footnote]Raw 求偶期(qiú’ǒu qī); In case you don’t know or confused: it’s series of physical change that (refers to female animal) goes through during which she become fertile, in short: go into heat. I forgot if I ever explain this in previous chapter or this words is show for the first time in this novel Orz[/footnote] determines that they must rely on men, and problems may easily arise if the clan was handed over to them.

Shen Ran didn’t care, and even felt a little strange. He didn’t know why his estrus cycle had never come.

It has been almost two months. Isn’t it like menstruation, which happens once a month?

Shen Ran looked at the ultrasound image Qi Xiaoyang brought back and asked, “Have you given him a name?”

Qi Xiaoyang said: “Call him Xiaoci.”

Shen Ran asked, “Qiao Xiaoci?”

Qi Xiaoyang thought for a moment and said, “I haven’t decided yet. The nickname is Xiaoci.”

Shen Ran said: “Depart the town of Baidi, engulfed by vibrant clouds[footnote]Raw 朝辞白帝彩云间 is from a line in 早发白帝城(Departing From Baidi In The Morning); ancient poetry from Tang Dynasty (Li Bai). Here’s the raw poet(from baidu) as reference: 朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还。两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。And this is the English translation: This morning, I depart the town of Baidi, engulfed by vibrant clouds. I return to far away Jiangling within a single day! From both banks, the steady sound of shrieking monkeys fills the air. Our little boat has already carried me past thousands of hilltops. [/footnote], Qi Ci Bai? It seems that there is no sense of rhythm, but Xiao Ci is also very nice, you can think about it slowly.”

Qi Xiaoyang nodded and said, “It’s still early for the baby to be born, so there’s no need to rush.”

Shen Ran nodded, he just felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, a little hot, and a little painful.

He thought it was caused by the cold beer he drank at noon, so he didn’t take it seriously.

When Shen Ran returned to the dormitory at night, he felt a little hot.

He sniffed, wondering if he had a cold.

Qi Xiaoyang asked, “Are you… that?”

Shen Ran looked confused and asked, “What?”

Qi Xiaoyang was speechless and said, “What else? When is your estrus cycle date?”

Shen Ran was a little confused. He shook his head and said, “I…I can’t remember clearly.”

Qi Xiaoyang continued speechlessly: “You can’t even remember this… Oh, are you unstable?”

Shen Ran had no idea whether the original owner’s body was stable or not, so he could only continue shaking his head.

Qi Xiaoyang just thought he had agreed tacitly and said, “It’s normal to be unstable before giving birth, so don’t worry. You… should go home? Go find your husband, otherwise what are you going to do?”

Shen Ran immediately said, “No, no can do, I have an appointment with Xiao Xu. We are going to visit Fenli’s retail store tomorrow. He helped me make an appointment with the people of that brand. This is the first cooperation I want to discuss. If I stand up the other party, I won’t be able to discuss business with them anymore.”

Qi Xiaoyang said: “Then you go back tonight and come back tomorrow. Anyway, as long as… then it’s fine. You are not unmarried, so there is no need to endure it.”

He had also been through it and knew how painful it was.

He could still bear it before he was with Qin Ke, but after it happened once, the feeling became stronger and stronger. If no one helps him solve it, he had to rely on himself. It was really shameful anyway.

Shen Ran didn’t know how to explain to Qi Xiaoyang, so he cleared his throat and said, “Min Xingchuan… is on a business trip.”

Family disgrace should not be made public. Shen Ran didn’t want too many people to know that he was still a virgin after two years of marriage.

Qi Xiaoyang nodded in understanding and said, “That is indeed a bit troublesome…”

Shen Ran came over covertly and asked, “Um, this thing, can we deal it with taking medicine?”

Qi Xiaoyang replied: “I don’t recommend taking medicine, because medicine can easily disrupt your endocrine system. Unless there is an emergency, you can take delayed medication. But there are certain side effects, such as the next estrus cycle may be advanced or delayed.”

Shen Ran had a headache and said, “Besides these, is there anything else we need to pay attention to?”

Qi Xiaoyang looked at him in surprise and asked, “You are also… married already, why is your knowledge of physiology and hygiene so blank?”

Shen Ran thought to himself, I am helpless too!

When I took over this body, he didn’t pass on any knowledge of physiology and hygiene to me.

Qi Xiaoyang might have felt that the little young master had a special family doctor to take care of his physical hygiene, and now that he had started his own business, it was not convenient for him to bring a family doctor with him, hence the shortcomings.

Qi Xiaoyang said, “It’s nothing, actually. If you feel uncomfortable before marriage, you can touch the front, but never touch the back, otherwise it will be even more uncomfortable in the future. After marriage, you need to buy…special sanitary products. Oh, by the way! I have an unopened set here. Your husband is on a business trip, and I can’t use it either. I’ll give it to you first!”

Qi Xiaoyang was quite excited as he said this, as if he felt that he could finally help Shen Ran, and he immediately got up to get the thing from the suitcase.

Shen Ran: ……

Sh*t! I really don’t need that!

But he didn’t know how to explain to Qi Xiaoyang that he really didn’t need that thing.

However, after explaining that he don’t need that thing, he have to explain why he didn’t consummate the marriage with Min Xingchuan. This was a vicious circle.

Shen Ran had a headache and could only take the small light blue box packaging.

He didn’t understand why Qi Xiaoyang’s[footnote]Raw is 齐骁云(qíxiāoyún) and from the context I guess this might be typo for Qi Xiaoyang [/footnote] expression was so calm when he gave him this thing.

But come to think of it, they were born into this gender, and they know what they will experience before entering puberty, so it was naturally easier for them to accept it.

Shen Ran’s face was full of resistance, but he could only put it into his schoolbag.

Qi Xiaoyang said: “But I still suggest you stay at home for two days. Even though there are only two of us in the dormitory, I also don’t mind. But it is really embarrassing. Previously, I also went to find a clean hotel in those few days.”

Shen Ran cleared his throat and felt that what Qi Xiaoyang said made sense.

But he felt that there was no big problem today. His body fever was probably just a symptom, and it would not be too late to go back tomorrow night.

As he expected, Shen Ran spent the night safely. When he woke up the next morning, apart from an itchy throat and symptoms of getting a sore throat, he was fine otherwise.

So he didn’t take it to heart and asked Xiao Xu to take him to Fenli’s largest store in H City.

Fenli’s factory was in the suburbs and its headquarters was in capital.

It was an affordable domestic brand with good quality, not worse than some international brands.

But when it comes to domestic products, many people don’t buy them.

In fact, even non-experts know how complicated the cosmetics industry was.

Shen Ran once heard from an elder sister that those popular brands often look for OEM[footnote]OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer. In the business world, this means a company that makes a product to be sold by another company under its own name. For example, an OEM computer manufacturer might make computers for a brand like Dell or Lenovo, who then sell the products under their own brand names. (From Google) So, from my understanding, is it means that some brands is actually made by a factories that is not under the company???[/footnote] factories in China and simply put a certain brand’s sign on their products, which can double their status.

However, domestic brands produced in the same factory can only sell for a fraction of the price of the popular brands.

Some things really cannot be explained.

However, being affordable also has its advantages. Fenli was very popular among students and the working class.

It was a relatively well-known domestic brand.

It was a bit more expensive than those random brands and was considered the aristocrat among domestic products.

Their prices were the same across the country and they rarely offer discounts. Shen Ran went to the agency this time just to see if he could get a certain discount.

Fenli has no store in the CBD. It was difficult for domestic products to survive in that extremely expensive land[footnote]Raw 寸土寸金(cùntǔ cùn jīn); land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom). Refers to the fact that resources such as land are very expensive… I assume the rent might be expensive that they can’t afford it[/footnote].

Shen Ran saw Fenli’s store on a commercial street in Peikang District[footnote]Raw 北港区(běigǎng qū); might be North downtown, North harbor or Peikang which is name from Peikang town in Taiwan. I’m not very sure about this…but, since the area where SR went to was not explain if it near river or sea, so I guess it might not be North Harbor. And I get this “North Downtown” from the 港区 which is Minato area of downtown Tokyo. As for Peikang, it’s from the 北港 word alone. So….. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[/footnote].

Maybe because it was a weekday, the store wasn’t very busy.

The store manager was a young man in his thirties. He received Shen Ran in his small office.

Shen Ran smiled at him and explained his purpose.

The other party had obviously received many people who came to buy goods, and said, “Sir, if you want to buy goods, we will give you a 35% discount, and you will get a 35% profit.”

Shen Ran smiled and said, “If my sales volume are larger, can you give me a big discount?”

The other party also smiled politely and said, “Even if you buy a thousand sets of goods, we will still give you a 35% discount. This is a rule set by our headquarters. We have always had a unified price tag across the country.”

Shen Ran thought about it and said, “What if we take 10,000 sets?”

The manager’s hand that was writing was transfixed. He slowly raised his head and looked at Shen Ran, and asked, “Do you… want to open a chain of specialty stores?”

Shen Ran shook his head and said, “No, we are an online sales team. I wonder if you know the concept of collective buying? For example, if we retail a lipstick for 80 yuan, you can get 20% off for collective buying of 10, 30% off for collective buying of 100, and 40% off for collective buying of 1,000. Although our profit seems low, there is a saying that small profits but rapid turnover. If you can give us a 50% to 80% discount on the product, we can try collective buying of 10,000 sets.”

The manager couldn’t believe his ears and asked, “Selling 10,000 sets at the same time?”

Shen Ran said: “Maybe more than that.”

The manager’s expression started to become serious. Even though he was a store manager, he might not be able to sell 10,000 lipsticks even in a quarter of year[footnote]Raw 一个季度( yīgè jìdù); quarter of year/ season. [/footnote].

Not to mention a quarter of year, the sales volume for the entire year was only more than 9,000 units.

The other party thought for a moment and said, “How about this! I’ll call the headquarters and ask. We have never had a 50% to 80% discount on goods. If it’s possible, we can talk about it next Monday.”

Shen Ran smiled and shook his hand, saying, “Then I’ll wait for your good news.”

As he said this, he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to the manager.

The manager took the business card and personally saw them out the door.

When he saw the car Shen Ran was riding in, his attitude immediately changed. He realized that he had met a big client.

Shen Ran’s car was a high-end Porsche that the Shen family gave him, but it was actually discarded by Shen’s father.

But this car was a business car, and it was perfect for discussing business.

With such configuration, why worry about difficulty in doing business?

Peikang District was quite far away, and it was almost afternoon when Shen Ran finished the discussion, so he did not go back to Xinran.

Thinking that he might experience unprecedented torture at night, Shen Ran felt that his life was worse than death.

But Shen Ran didn’t know that before this ‘life worse than death’ came, there was another ‘life worse than death’ waiting for him.

After the car stopped, Shen Ran pushed open the door and got out, and the old butler came forward and took his schoolbag.

The old butler’s face was filled with joy, and he said, “I told the master, there’s no need to call, young master will definitely remember it.”

Shen Ran looked confused and asked, “What call?”

The old butler said, “Of course it’s the master’s birthday. Isn’t young master coming back early for the master’s birthday party tomorrow?”

Shen Ran: ??? F*ck!!!

At this time, Shen Ran heard another reminder in his ears: Because you have missed the crucial thread[footnote]Raw 关键线索(guānjiàn xiànsuǒ); lit. key clues. 线索 is a metaphor for the clue(police solving case) or development of things(Thread; usually in literary work/novel).[/footnote], the personality fit has dropped to 50%. Please make up for it within three days, otherwise the mission will fail automatically.

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Uh-oh! His 90% hard working effort of the personality fit……