There's a lot more wrong with LN7 Chapter 18 but, as always, there is a particularly notable change that significantly alters the relationship between Jinshi and Maomao.
For context, Jinshi and Maomao have a big argument because both of them are tired and stressed.
Jinshi is having constant assassination attempts made on his life and is barely sleeping while managing the bureaucratic chaos the Shrine Maiden and the White Lady are causing, all while being pressured to just shut up and marry someone. Meanwhile, Maomao's friend almost died from a poisoning, and she just had a real fight with her father causing her to feel resentment towards Luomen for the first time in her life.
After Maomao demands Jinshi make his intentions clear, he announces he will marry her. He's blushing, she's pale, because she is aware that he could use his status to order her to marry him and she would not be able to legally say no.
So what Jinshi says is QUITE IMPORTANT. Because it's a RESPONSE to her FEAR.
「必ず納得するだけの状況にしてやる、覚悟していろ」
"Without fail (only with) consent (as much as I can) OF the circumstances FOR doing it for you, (so) mentally prepare."
As a translation, maybe you could use "I'll satisfy every term you have" or "I'll change the situation until you're in agreement" or "I'll convince you that it can be done," but the important part of the character arc is that he is saying he won't officially move on her until she wants it too.
(Also, as a side note, he's being so much more casual and rude than in the official version. This makes so much more sense to me. Maomao likes him best when he's acting genuinely and childish-- of course his intimacy sounds like "IM REALLY GONNA DO IT MAOMAO. WATCH ME MATCH UR FREAK.")
However, instead, the Official English version says,
“For you, I will remove every obstacle that keeps us apart. One day. Just know that.”
this was a fine line until I uncovered the original and, suddenly, the story made more sense.
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