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Extra: Zhuzhi Ci 1 (Poem of the Bamboo Branch) Part 2 of 2
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Reika’s Notes:
- This chapter is by Lianyin of BC Novels.
- What?! TLJ was into both LBH x SQQ and ZZL x SQQ?
- Mobei Jun’s father stole his younger brother’s wife? I guess wife/partner-stealing isn’t unusual for demons.
- I cried a lot here. Poor snake boy! 🐍
- Please let me know if there are any errors.
- Thanks for reading.
it’s wen ning feels all over again ㅠ.ㅠ
This is so sad. 🙁
I never really hated Zhuzhi-lang. His devotion to his uncle was unwavering and he died honorably. RIP, friend.
I believe that last part is probably left to fan interpretation, but I take it as him dying and not just falling into the river and being washed ashore somewhere alive.
TLJ and ZZL deserve so much more and I would gladly give up a limb or two to see them have a happy ending ಥ_ಥ
Sorry for bothering you with this enquiry but…. I feel that its not mentioned properly whether Zhuzhi lang had died or not. Could you please give your openion on this?
I’m pretty sure it was mentioned somewhere before the end by SQQ that he(TLJ) would certainly miss the silly nephew that had him following around when he thought back to it so I believe that implied that ZZL did died
welp i need more of this story why this is so heartbreaking i feel like i wanna cry
Q-Q
Too pitiful! If there’s reincarnation or another realm in this story, I hope they’ll get their happy ending as a family one day
…
I just remembered some of MXTX’s notes on MDZS (Spoiler for MDZS!) Isn’t WN quite lucky despite his misfortunes?!! She really, really wanted to kill him off (that’s how I interpreted it), but ended up sparing his life for the sake of the story flow! With how similar ZZL and WN are, I can’t help but sigh a bit
ZZL is definition of loyal subordinate. His life motto of “Returning the favor like fountain of water for a drop of water”, he really lived up to it. But sadly, good people rarely have good ending 🙁
About TLJ, that noble prince who never harmed any human, was hurt deeply by said race but still he didn’t abhor them. As he said, humans have mentality of “Not of my race so, they have different stand”.
This is all caused by generalization, human thought that if a certain person is from demon race, he has evil schemes to demolish them, they forget that there is exception in every world… sigh
This chapter made me very emotional in various form and range :'(
I’m confused by the last words by TLJ “But, why is it so hard to like someone” …who was he talking about?
probably SXY?
“I can’t hate humans” and “is still hard to like a human” i took it as he can’t hate humans but there was never one he liked that liked him back (as a person) even if he liked humans no humans would take his side, so i guess he’s talking about lbh mother and sqq or about humans in general, that’s what i understood at least ^^
It thought, it was really hard. But no matter how hard it was, it was even harder for a heart to stop this love.
You mean to say ZZL loves SQQ? Omg this is good 😭 Poor snake boi
I thought he was just generalizing. Talking about SXY, yes, but also just liking someone in general. He saw how much LBH like SQQ but it was obvious SQQ was hesitant. And then ZZL being fond of SQQ but never really being able to form a friendship. Just my thoughts, but I think it was just him saying “love is difficult”.
Its true even snakes have feelings. And TLJ was really a man of noble. 😔
im truly hurt 😭 this extra opened a wider insight to their stories. im actually amazed on how TLJ didnt actually bear to hate humans all along despite being suppressed, well, by humans (cultivators, to be precise). what a heart this man has. and ZZL poor boy 😭 may he and gongyi xiao rest peacefully i cantidkjvjsjv
Tears. Why can’t snake boi live?
I couldn’t understand whether ZZL really died but after reading the comments here, I realized I knew he died. I was just in denial. I would like to believe that both ZZL and GYX who’s well loved by the readers were sent to another world after dying and lived a happier life in there.
I HATE TRAGEDIES 😭😭😭💔💔💔 they were both such innocent souls. They didn’t deserve what happened to them. Poor TLJ ;~; poor cute snek boi D’X why r there always good people suffering such tragedies out there T_T it’s not fair
I read this again months later and am still confused. ZZL suicided because he thought TLJ was dying and thought it would let him die a more beautiful death (without a snake creature by his side) due to only hearing half a sentence? Yet his final pondering seem to be on this exact sentence he didn’t hear?
What is this? Romeo and Juliet. It is such a sad and needless tacked on tragedy. I hope ZZL transmigrates into another novel and gets his happy ending.
No, ZZL died protecting TLJ. If you recall, at the end of the story they were both in a cave that was collapsing.
Please !! can anyone please tell me whether Zhuzhi Lang really died or not ?
This show that Binghe is similar to his father.
Zhuzhi-lang and Tianlang-Jun both have sad backstories.
they aren’t exactly evil, but they’re not innocent. The more you know about their interactions, the more you feel like you cant dislike them, and the more you wish they could have a happier life.
*sobs* We see some more of Tianlang-Jun’s character! And Zhuzhi-Lang, you poor snek-baby!
Thank you so much for translating!
After I read the part where Wu Chen tells TLJ about how SXY never meant to betray him I really wanted to read more about their interactions before the bailu mountain incident but then the main story came to an end💔. I like how this extra shed light on some of their past interaction and I really fell for SXY’s personality and she made it to my top 5 SVSSS characters. (Right after SQQ and the system 😂)
Thank You For The Chapter 🙂💕
This chapter hurts. If the tragedy didn’t happen, I can imagine the demon father and half-demon son combo getting be scared of Su XiYan and flinching everytime she glares at them. Su XiYan, being the only full-blooded human, would definitely be in-charge of their family. Sadly, THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN. I hope in some AU, they have their own happy family ‘dominated’ by Su XiYan.
😭😭😭😭
This is kinda sad
I just feel soo soo sad for this demon lord there are no other faabbo villian like this 😭😭 zhuzhi-lang bro ur soo pure😭😭
WAIT!!!! So ZZL was in love with TLJ???!!!!!!
Not a romantic love.TLJ was the first person to ever agknowledge ZZL’s existence and show him kindness, he just really loves the only family he’s ever had.
I…….I cry……….I cry lots 😭😭😭😭
Thanks for the chapter 😭
Why do I find Zuzhi-Lang the same as Wen Ning in MDZS? Gah my poor baby bois both are too precious for this world 😔❤️
Exactly my thoughts. They only needed a bit of kindness to give away all of their souls.
/ (ToT) / ~~ Q 口 Q! I’m so sad
Woah Su Xiyan is the rich love interest that spoils the poor maiden with expansiveness lol
Thanks for the chapter
Zhuzhi lang baby!!!!!! Ahhhh!!!!
This is so beautiful!!!! 🐍🐍🐍
n for some reason I keep feelin like tian lang jun😣 n luo binghe😍 r like those “drama maidens who want there senpais to notice them”
😣:💖😍:🔥
whereas shizun😎n su xiyan😏 being those “hot(looks) n cold (personality) popular sugar daddies”
🚬😎🍻😏💰
So beautiful and sad at same time ಥ_ಥ Thanks for the chapter ❤
Please tell me beforehand, is there a happy ending?!!!!!!
This is the end of this story arc.
Thank you for the update!
Cute demon lord, naive demon lord.
Pure nephew, loyal nephew.
I wish someone capable protected them before that tragedy happened.
Thank you for the hard work !!! Very happy!!!
This is heartbreaking, they deserved better than this q-q
Thank you so much for the update <3
I should call TianLang Jun, Maiden TianLang instead :v also ZZL is so precious I’m sobs
😭 So heartbreaking
Zhuzhi-Lang was one of the most interesting and endearing characters to me, and finding out even more how deep his devotion went is heartbreaking. And to know some of the behind the scenes, of Tianlang-Jun asking if Luo Binghe looked more like himself or her, that Tianlang-Jun wanted his nephew to go follow someone else instead, someone who could take care of him, that Zhuzhi-Lang spent ten years crawling beneath the mountain to clean wounds that would never heal…this sweet snake baby deserved so much more than he got, but at least, for him, there were two people who never looked at him in disgust, and that was alright. UGHHHHH
This is too much information.
I mean, what I can catch from all of the passage is this:
– Su Xiyan is actually Tianlang Jun’s sugar mama??!
What the hell.
Gimme back my tears.
I thought this was going to be a typical maiden romance where Su Xiyan falls for Tianlang Jun
– Zhuzi-Lang is so naive, yet so passionate.
I feel sorry for him.
But I’m also grateful that he met Tianlang Jun because he sincerely care for him, to the point trying to get him to follow SQQ.
– I don’t understand the last sentence tho’.
Is it Zhuzi-Lang’s words?
To whom?
Is it for Tianlang Jun?
Did he secretly in love with Tianlang Jun?
I have no idea, but that would be extremely painful, especially when TLJ asked him to follow SQQ.
Either way, ZZL is awesome.
Such a dedicated person.
Thanks for the update ❤️
This chapter is like a medicine to me.
Not too sweet, not too bitter.
That last quote is by ZZL, and it’s meant for both TLJ and himself. As for to whom, it’s up to the readers’ interpretation, could be TLJ, or SQQ.
I so appreciate your translating the extras. This one hurt, though. I always liked Zhuzhi-Lang in the novel and felt for him; this just reinforces that. I know not everyone gets a happy ending, especially in real life, but this guy really deserves one. Isn’t there another lost extra somewhere where he gets another chance at life?
ZHUZHI-LAAAAAAAAAAAANG TAT YOU ARE TOO PURE, TOO CUTE, TOO NICE FOR THIS WORLD. Im so heart broken I need to read some fluff novel or fanfic, aaaaaahhhhh :””””
I know! I ran off to read Alsar after this. I needed love-dovey fluff badly
omg…ZZL might be my favorite character in the whole novel, and now I’m even sadder about him. Snake baby……
I am crying…
TLJ and LBH are honestly so similar when it comes to their fragile, endearing personalities it makes me wonder how strong a familial bond they’d have if things didn’t go so wrong.
P.s Zhuzhi-lang is best boi and deserves so much better than what he suffered
This broke my heart :'((
Zhuzhi-Lang deserves a better ending, where he can happily spend the rest of his life with Tianlang-Jun.
Ahhhhh!!!!!!! Oh dear poor snake baby.
;.;
I need to go find fluffy fic now.
Poor snake boi 😢
My eyes watered, damn it.
LBH took after his father, omg never though TLJ to be this kind of naive princess to pure for airplane world..with his collection of spicy novels…
And ZSL extreme devotion for him..is he dead? The highest of ouch for him to be so helpless and can only accompany his master for long years of imprisonment and self torment …aaaaaa