“I’m also returning to the old house today, Little Seventh, you sit with me.”
Meng Qi glanced at Meng Ting, whose head was still the only thing visible, and then said this to Feng Zejiao.
Feng Zejiao was naturally happy that Meng Qi was willing to return to the old house. He wanted to talk to Meng Ting, and she also couldn’t find any reason to oppose it. Instead, she felt more and more that this silly boy was lucky. Both Gu Lang and Meng Qi had a good impression of him.
However, Meng Ting was very sure that he did not want to sit with Meng Qi. He pressed down on a man and kissed him, and even touched him in all sorts of ways. This was a bit of a shock to Meng Ting. He shook his head and said, “I’ll sit with Old Madam.”
After saying that, he got into the car that he and Feng Zejiao had come in.
But in the end, the result still didn’t change much, Feng Zejiao was coaxed by Meng Qi to sit in his car. He sat next to Meng Ting, and then looked at him dotingly, as if he was looking at a willful little lover, very clingy.
Meng Ting finally raised his eyes and looked at him again, with a very strange and puzzled look. He felt that Meng Qi’s expression was strange, but he didn’t say anything more.
“Hey, turn your head, let me take a look.”
Meng Ting immediately turned his head when he heard this. His eyes were indifferent, but his body was slightly on guard. If Meng Qi dared to touch him, Meng Ting guaranteed that he would definitely make an impression on him.
At first glance, he is not as powerful as Yan Sui. His sitting posture is too casual, which easily exposes his weakness. Meng Ting is more than 70% sure that he can defeat the enemy with one move.
Fortunately, Meng Qi was only interested in his face for the time being. If Meng Ting didn’t act coy, he wouldn’t be able to find a reason to do anything. After admiring him for a couple of moments, he thought of a certain beauty that looked particularly good who dumped him.
“A beauty is fickle, I wonder if it’s the same for you?”
Meng Ting didn’t reply to his words, nor did he even turn his gaze away. He just stared at Meng Qi, but his eyes were wandering. One could feel that although he was looking at people, his mind had long drifted away.
Meng Qi looked at Meng Ting a few more times and then stopped looking at him. The beauty was dull, it was boring, still not as good as a certain person who had just dumped him. Thinking of Su Siyu again and again, Meng Qi no longer had any interest in teasing Meng Ting.
***
It was already the early hours of the night when they returned to Meng’s residence and they dispersed separately. After taking a bath, Meng Ting’s mind is full of a bunch of messy thoughts, and then he falls asleep in a daze. He woke up at 5:30 in the morning the next day. When he came back from a run, he picked up two sandwiches and milk as he went. He didn’t plan to leave the room again.
An hour later, he received the breakfast and mobile phone that Yan Sui had sent in Gu Lang’s name, which was sent up by a servant of the Meng family. Meng Ting received it with great apprehension, but the servant bowed and said nothing.
After being stunned for a long time, he finally calmed down completely and then placed the food box in the center of the table with great care.
He flopped onto the bed and turned on his mobile phone. The first contact was Yan Sui. Meng Ting also only knew then that Yan Sui’s name was these two characters. He fiddled with his mobile phone for a long time, and the ringtone suddenly rang. Startling him almost to the point of throwing the mobile phone away.
Swiping open the answer button, Meng Ting put the mobile phone to his ear, “Hello?”
“It’s me,” a mature male voice sounded in his ears, and Meng Ting’s eyes immediately lit up.
“Yan Sui!” He called Yan Sui’s name happily, then curled up his body wrapped in the quilt, and then lowered his voice. He was afraid that someone would overhear what he was saying to Yan Sui, “I got the meal you gave me, and the mobile phone.”
“You didn’t eat it?” Yan Sui couldn’t say why he made this call, but after hearing Meng Ting’s voice, his heart settled down. This was his soon-to-be wife, so making a phone call to him couldn’t be considered strange.
Meng Ting stammered for a moment and told the truth, “I wanted to keep it for lunch, I’ve already eaten a sandwich.”
In fact, he went to get the sandwich mainly because he was afraid that Yan Sui’s meal would not be delivered to the Meng family’s residence. In the final analysis, it was because he didn’t trust Yan Sui. He felt a little guilty, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t sure if you would deliver it, so I went to get it and ate first.”
Yan Sui, who was talking on his mobile phone, couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. Listening to the voice, he could almost imagine Meng Ting’s guilty look. However, they actually only met each other once yesterday, and he was surprisingly so impressed with him.
“Can’t eat anymore?”
“I can eat it.” Meng Ting still told the truth. The large portion of egg fried rice yesterday had completely exposed his appetite. Perhaps because he had been starved too many times, Meng Ting had developed the habit of saving food when he wasn’t sure that he could eat enough.
“Then eat. I’ll still have someone send it to you at noon and evening, if I forget, you can call me.”
After saying this, Yan Sui listened to Meng Ting’s sincere ‘It’s really good.’
“Yan Sui, you’re so good, it’s so good to marry you.” He really wanted to get married now.
Secretary Wang, who was not far in front of Yan Sui, swept his eyes and was stunned by the smile on the corner of his boss’s mouth. Who is he calling, smiling so sweetly! It’s going to blind his eyes!
“Go and eat quickly. The congee will be cold soon.” The smile at the corner of Yan Sui’s mouth quickly dissipated, giving Secretary Wang the illusion that he was in a daze and hallucinating. However, he was very sure that he was right. His eternal iceberg boss smiled, and it was still a sweet and gentle smile.
Which little vixen made this great achievement? He would like to pay his respects!
“Um,” Meng Ting replied, and then he thought for a moment and stumbled into what he thought were the first words of affection in his life, “You also need to eat well.”
“Okay,” Yan Sui pressed down the corners of his mouth and didn’t smile, but his eyebrows and eyes softened.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Secretary Wang, who was particularly shocked, “What’s the matter?”
Secretary Wang is worthy of being a top-grade ‘warrior’, who was still resolute even after being tortured by Yan Sui’s frigid aura. He quickly restrained his expression, and then took two steps forward and said, “Old Lady Su would like to invite you for afternoon tea.”
The Su family is an old scholarly family in Haicheng, and Old Lady Su’s reputation and fame in the wealthy circle are excellent. She and his deceased grandmother were close friends. In today’s terms, they were bosom friends. Yan Sui had to give her this respect.
“Okay.”
When he said this, the look on his face was completely indifferent, and he no longer had the uncontrollable softness he had when he called Meng Ting before.
This is the usual Yan Sui. Compared to an ordinary living person, he is more like a machine that is running all the time and has precise calculations. Even though there are some human feelings, it is also so light that it is difficult for people to notice. That’s why both Gu Lang and Secretary Wang were so shocked when they saw his special attitude towards Meng Ting.
Yan Sui knew the intention of the Su family’s Old Lady’s visit. She is here for Su Siyu.
However, even if he was not satisfied with Meng Ting, it was unlikely that he would marry Su Siyu, who had been excluded by He Wan herself from the list of candidates for his marriage.
***
At two o’clock in the afternoon, Yan Sui arrived at the cafe on time, while Old Lady Su had already arrived.
Wearing an indigo cheongsam, she has a sense of age that transcends time and space. She is already in her sixties and is no longer young, but that special charm has not disappeared with her lost appearance.
This a very dignified old lady, but at this time, Yan Sui was a little confused as to why she wanted to get involved in his marriage.
“I’ve kept you waiting.”
Yan Sui nodded slightly before sitting down.
Old Lady Su smiled and shook her head, “No, it’s me who came early.”
She looked around, with a look of nostalgia in her eyes, “This restaurant has been here for a long time. In the past, your grandmother and I often came here to drink tea and chat.”
“She always bragged to me that she has an obedient and clever grandson.”
Speaking of the old lady who raised Yan Sui, Yan Sui’s cold expression also softened a little, but even the softening was limited.
Old Lady Su watched and sighed softly again. She was lamenting something, but this time, she didn’t say it anymore.
She suppressed the emotion on her face, looked at the serious Yan Sui, and told him the reason for her visit today, “Sui’er, what do you think of Siyu?”
In fact, Old Lady Su’s words were not worth asking. Yan Sui took over the position of the patriarch of the Yan family at the age of twenty. For eight years now, he has devoted his whole body and soul to the family business entrusted to him by his grandfather.
He has lived up to expectations, taking the Yan family to new heights, and making it a truly prestigious and influential family in Haicheng.
Meanwhile, eight years ago, Su Siyu was only officially recognized back to the Su family when he was fourteen years old. Since then, he has been involved in various sensual situations since he was sixteen years old. Sensational news comes out one after another. They may know each other, but in terms of contact, they have never had any contact.
Even his appearance was vague in Yan Sui’s mind. If He Wan hadn’t wanted him to marry him a while ago, he wouldn’t have been interested in knowing what kind of person he was.
When Old Lady Su asked this question, he had to answer, but he didn’t intend to answer according to her intention.
“Perhaps the Old Lady doesn’t know that my mother has already arranged my marriage with the Seventh Young Master of the Meng family. The wedding date is set for the seventh of next month.”
It’s currently the twenty-third of June, and it is less than half a month until the seventh of next month. He Wan arranged this time as if she was afraid that he would suddenly go back on his word, but this was the last time he allowed her to cross the line. Since it is allowed, there will be no such thing as going back on his words.
Overall, the marriage was not too rushed. It was originally prepared for Su Siyu of the Su family but now has been replaced with Meng Ting of the Meng family.
Old Lady Su’s face was frozen, but it was because she had never heard of any Seventh Young Master in the Meng family. Of course, she didn’t doubt Yan Sui’s words. He wouldn’t go so far as to fabricate a marriage out of thin air to prevaricate her.
“Siyu told me that he fell in love with you at first sight. He is willing to concentrate on more serious things for you, willing to break away from everything in the past, and willing to…”
Old Lady Su couldn’t speak anymore. There was no trace of emotion on Yan Sui’s face when he heard this, or maybe it was because of her that he didn’t show his disdain. Even if some people changed for the better, they can’t erase the absurdity they once displayed either.
Yan Sui originally didn’t care much about Su Siyu’s past. It was someone who was stuffed over by He Wan anyway. But after he met Meng Ting, he seemed to be really dissatisfied with Su Siyu. It should be noted that he was there with Meng Ting when Su Suyu and Meng Qi broke up.
Regardless of Su Siyu and Meng Qi’s temperament, for a long time, they will be in a state of pining for each other even after the breakup. He may not care much about it, but he will still inevitably feel annoyed. It’s definitely not as reassuring as Meng Ting, who ‘only listens to his words’.
After facing Old Lady Su, he suddenly confirmed Meng Ting’s good qualities; his relationship was blank… No, he liked him.
“Sui’er, marriage is not a child’s play. It’s a decision that needs to be made seriously, it’s a contract that ties a lifetime together,” Old Lady Su couldn’t stand by idly and watch He Wan’s behavior either. She came here for Su Siyu, and also for her old friend’s grandson, Yan Sui.
Yan Sui was silent for a while, and then replied to Old Lady Su’s words, “I know. At least for me, I will shoulder my responsibilities. But right now that person is the Seventh Young Master of the Meng family.”
In other words, no matter who marries him, he will not evade his responsibilities. He will even draw a clear bottom line like he did for He Wan. He will only give up this responsibility when he can’t bear it anymore.
Understanding the meaning of Yan Sui’s words, Old Lady Su sighed again. She really felt sorry for Su Siyu. Yan Sui had a bottom line, principles, and responsibility, and he would indeed be a good husband.
“He can wake up to reality in time, you don’t have to worry about him not living well in the future. Following me to such a quagmire like the Yan family may not be as pleasant as he thinks.”
Yan Sui also said this because of Old Lady Su, but at this point, there is no need to continue this topic.
Old Lady Su nodded gently and said a few more words to Yan Sui, and this meeting was over.
Old Lady Su still wants to sit in the coffee shop for a while. Yan Sui stood up and left, but when he reached the door, he met a very exquisite man. This exquisiteness is not limited to his appearance but also includes his clothes and his temperament. He is a truly refined rich young master.
“Yan…”
Before he could finish calling Yan Sui’s name, Yan Sui sidestepped. Without a word of pleasantries, he directly left.
Just now, the gaze that swept over him was as cold as if he didn’t know him or recognized him, but their marriage had been arranged to such an extent before. It was impossible that Yan Sui had never seen his photo, and it was impossible that he could not recognize him. His indifference made Su Siyu feel very uncomfortable.
But while he was frozen in disbelief, Yan Sui had already gotten into the car and disappeared at the end of the street in an instant.
The author has something to say:
The beautiful misunderstanding still continues, hahaha~~~
Today I take the bus back to my hometown and can eat my mother’s cooking. O(∩_∩)O~~
List of Idiom in Chapter 006
动手动脚 (dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo): lit. to move one’s hands and feet; to come to blows; to take liberties (with women); misbehave; touch sb bodily with sexual implications; make passes by touching; make motions to start a fight.乱七八糟 (luàn qī bā zāo): everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens; in an awful mess; in great disorder; Describe disorder, unorganized, and disorderly.
丰功伟绩 (fēng gōng wěi jì): glorious achievement (idiom); great contributions and accomplishments; great/tremendous achievements; magnificent/monumental contributions.
不苟言笑 (bù gǒu yán xiào): serious in speech and manner; not frivolous in talking and joking; never speak or joke in vain—be serious in speech and manner; be reserved/reticent/taciturn; stern and unsmiling; describe a solemn attitude.
名副其实 (míngfùqíshí): live up to one’s reputation; not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom), carries a connotation of praise and accomplishment, like saying ‘to be worthy to be called’.
凭空捏造 (píng kōng niē zào): lit. fabricate something out of thin air; fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up; make up a story; fabricate out of nothing; to make something up without any basis.
藕断丝连 (ǒu duàn sī lián): lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers’ part, but still long for one another; the ties are severed, but not completely; to still have a thing for somebody; to still pine for somebody; separated but still in each other’s thoughts.
忍无可忍 (rěn wú kě rěn): more than one can bear (idiom); to reach the limit of one’s patience; to be unable to bear any more; the last straw; one’s patience has been exhausted.
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