The time of their arrival could be considered early. Feng Zejiao’s eldest son and his family hadn’t arrived yet. She exchanged pleasantries with the mesdames and young mesdames of the Gu family, they began gossiping about trivial matters. But after introducing Meng Ting for a few sentences, he sent him to play by himself.
In any case, this is inside the Gu family’s courtyard. She wasn’t worried about what would happen to Meng Ting. Of course, even if something happened, she wouldn’t care much about it either. Or maybe something weird and scandalous happened to him, which would satisfy He Wan even more.
Meng Ting was completely unaware of Feng Zejiao’s thoughts, but in his heart, he was originally extremely wary of the Meng family, so he didn’t think they would have much goodwill towards him. When Feng Zejiao let him play by himself, he breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, find the opportunity to find food.
Naturally, such a gathering would not be complete without some drinks and delicious food. All in a self-service mode. Meng Ting wandered around for a while and didn’t hold himself back anymore. He picked up a plate and filled it up, and then he also found a seat where he could sit down, and eat quickly.
After finishing one plate, he filled up another plate, and his eating speed did not slow down at all. In his opinion, the plate was also too small. He went back and forth several times, too troublesome. Furthermore, the portions of the snacks were cut way too small. He could stuff several into one mouthful.
Of course, Meng Ting didn’t do that. Uncle Wen’s one-afternoon over-cramming supplement finally had some effect, letting him know that eating too much would be indecent at the banquet and would be a source of ridicule.
He is a man who is determined to get married. How can he let others discover his ‘glutton’ nature before getting married? If his future partner dislikes him because he eats too much, and refuses to marry him, it will delay his time to leave the Meng family. This is not good.
Meng Ting felt a little happy that he could think so much. Sure enough, he is indeed a person who has lived an extra lifetime.
Meng Ting ate small pieces of snacks one by one, but he couldn’t resist eating several plates and also at such a fast pace. Feng Zejiao couldn’t help but smile at the female members of the Gu family. The way Meng Ting behaved made it seem as if the Gu family hadn’t given him any food, but the reality was not like that at all.
Meng Ting stepped forward again with a fearless spirit, he filled another plate and piled it even higher than before. Before returning to his seat, he finally noticed Feng Zejiao’s increasingly twitching eyes. After a moment’s hesitation, he didn’t stay in his previous position and left the parlor.
Meng Ting felt fortunate once again, thankful for his fast eating speed. He was already one and a half full. Otherwise, he would have felt depressed again at this moment. The feeling of being hungry is something he had experienced many times before, and going through it again would still be quite uncomfortable.
Meng Ting was on a small table in the courtyard. Putting down the plate that he had finished once again, he took a walk in the dimly lit flowerbed, picking up remote places. Finally, he climbed up to an old tree and half lay down.
He didn’t want to follow Feng Zejiao to meet anyone, especially the Meng family. Whether it was the first or second house or even the Meng family’s property, Meng Ting knew in his heart that it was not something he could get involved in, so he avoided it whenever he could.
It would be nice if someone would marry him, either a man or a woman. Meng Ting couldn’t help but think about it again.
The early summer evening breeze is quite comfortable. Meng Ting also barely had enough food. After lying down for a while, he fell into a trance and was awakened by the sound of a fierce quarrel.
“Meng Qi, haven’t I already sent you a text message to tell you, we broke up!” Su Siyu looked at the man in front of him, and then turned his head and said decisively. However, the Meng Qi he spoke of came to him at this time, he was not willing to accept such a result.
“Ha, break up?” He took another step closer, propped himself up, pressed Su Siyu against the tree trunk, and kissed him.
Meng Ting, who couldn’t figure out what was going on, suddenly widened his eyes. It’s very baffling how this unfolds. Why do you still want to kiss after breaking up?
Su Siyu was still resisting at first, but after being pressed down and kissed by Meng Qi for a while, it was obvious that he didn’t resist much anymore. The fireworks between the two were so intense that Meng Ting could feel it. Of course, at this time, he also knew that he absolutely could not make a single sound.
Maybe they have some kind of relationship that cannot be shown to people. If they knew he saw it, they might want to… kill him and silence him?
Meng Ting partially retracted his gaze breathed lightly, and tried not to expose himself.
But these two had also kissed for too long, okay. So long that he felt bored.
“Little Vixen, is it because I didn’t feed you enough, so you want to break up with me?” Meng Qi’s hand had already slid to a certain part of Su Siyu’s body. His eyes carried an extremely strong flavor of passion and lust. He hugged Su Siyu and wanted to turn him around.
Su Siyu held Meng Qi’s wrist with his back still pressed against the tree, preventing Meng Qi from succeeding. The confusion on his face gradually dissipated, and then became firm, and he said again, “Meng Qi, let’s break up.”
Now even Meng Qi, who was originally unwilling to believe the facts, had to face up to these words. He narrowed his eyes, and the look on his face gradually became dangerous. His hand finally left Su Siyu’s body, and he took another step back.
“Why?”
Su Siyu lowered his gaze, and his hesitant expression completely dissipated. When he looked at Meng Qi again, his eyes were filled with determination that was even firmer than before, “We are just playing around. If you say that you are sincere to me, do you believe it?”
A sarcastic look appeared on Su Siyu’s face. He rubbed his wrist gently and continued, “Grandma will arrange a marriage for me. I will concentrate on more serious things and treat him well.”
The dangerous look on Meng Qi’s face became more intense. He raised his hand and gently touched the side of Su Siyu’s face. “Okay, I’ll see how you treat him well.”
After saying that, he took back his hand, turned, and left.
Su Siyu watched his back disappear before he followed him and left.
Meanwhile, Meng Ting, who had been inexplicably watching a breakup scene on the tree, also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and then jumped down from the tree nimbly, but then he turned around with a stiff look. In that dark corner, a person actually walked out.
Inexplicably, there was an extra person joining him to watch others breaking up with each other while kissing and touching each other. Meng Ting’s face suddenly felt hot, and for the first time in his life, he felt something like embarrassment.
When he was hesitating about whether it would be better to escape first, the man who was watching with him walked directly towards him.
“I…I didn’t mean it. I slept up there first,” Meng Ting opened his mouth to explain when he got closer and could hear his voice clearly. Maybe this person is some kind of relative or friend of those two people, and he is coming here to silence him.
The man stopped two steps in front of him, his eyes lowered slightly, seemingly sizing up Meng Ting for something.
Meng Ting, however, thought he was doubting his words, but he really wasn’t good at talking. After mumbling for a long time, he didn’t want to stay any longer. After all, the atmosphere in this place where someone had just been kissing and touching each other was still quite awkward, “I won’t say anything.”
After he finished speaking, he took a step back, and he was about to turn around and leave.
But before he could turn around completely, the man reached out to grab Meng Ting’s wrist.
Ignoring the fact that Meng Ting had later learned Sanda1散打 (Sǎn dǎ): Sanda, formerly Sanshou [散手 (Sǎn shǒu)], is the official Chinese boxing full-contact combat sport. Sanda is a fighting system which was originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Chinese martial arts and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines boxing and full-contact kickboxing, which includes close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow and knee strikes. As part of the development of sport wushu by the Chinese government, a standard curriculum for Sanda was developed. It is to this standard curriculum that the term Wushu Sanda is usually applied. Sanda may also involve techniques from any other fighting style depending on the teacher’s mode of instruction. systematically, even in the three years he spent in the closed high school, with the title of invisible boss, it was impossible for him to let someone grab his wrist and exploit his weakness so easily.
Without any warning, the two of them exchanged blows. Of course, the final result was quite frustrating. In just five moves, not only did Meng Ting get his hand caught, but half of his body was also hugged by the other person.
Of course, there was nothing flirtatious about this kind of hug. In Meng Ting’s opinion, it was extremely dangerous.
This man is dangerous, and he can’t beat him, which is more dangerous.
“Are you Meng Ting?”
It is now eight or nine o’clock, the sky had long since darkened, and this flowerbed only had a brighter light at a distance, as well as scattered colored lights.
Moreover, Meng Ting’s face is still considered to be quite easy to recognize. Before he came to the banquet, he also read his information, so he recognized him as soon as he jumped down from the tree.
Of course, Yan Sui also didn’t forget to introduce himself, “I’m your future husband, Yan Sui.”
Meng Ting, who was about to hit Yan Sui’s ribs with his elbow, suddenly paused, then his eyes widened, “Husband? Am I going to marry you?”
The surprise in Meng Ting’s tone could not be hidden at all. He also no longer twisted his body, he turned around, narrowed his eyes to meet Yan Sui’s gaze, and then looked at Yan Sui’s facial features very seriously, as if he wanted to memorize him firmly.
Of course, Meng Ting felt that this kind of observation was quite necessary, or else he might really made a blunder and failed to recognize his husband.
Meng Ting was looking at Yan Sui seriously, and the same was true for Yan Sui. Compared with the photos, the real person looked better, especially the eyes. They are not as seductive as they appear in the photos, but it’s the complete opposite, pure and clean.
But this is not a place for talking. He held Meng Ting’s wrist again. This time, Meng Ting didn’t resist anymore and obediently let him lead him away.
Moreover, Meng Ting himself was still stuck in the surprise that he was going to be married off and could have enough to eat.
Meng Ting followed his wrist that was being held and looked at Yan Sui’s tall back, “You didn’t lie to me, I’m really going to marry you?”
Although he himself had always dreamed of getting married, he also knew it wasn’t very realistic. It wasn’t just a matter of one or two years; it would still take a few months at least. However, he didn’t expect that on the second day of his arrival at the Meng family, he actually would be able to be married out.
Yan Sui glanced back at Meng Ting, then lightly responded with an ‘Um’. He really didn’t know that this Meng Ting had developed such deep feelings for him.
Perhaps it was because Meng Ting’s happiness was too pure that he actually couldn’t muster up any revulsion.
Meng Ting was taken to a greenhouse in the Gu family by Yan Sui. It was not very large, with many pots of vibrant flowers blooming, a rattan table, and several rattan chairs. Gu Lang, the eldest young master of the Gu family, could be considered to be Yan Sui’s childhood friend. He had frequented this place, and this place could be considered to be a secluded spot for private conversations.
The light in the greenhouse was bright enough, and Meng Ting took a good look at Yan Sui’s appearance.
Meng Ting looked at the person with wide eyes, and Yan Sui accepted the observation calmly.
“When will you come to marry me?” Meng Ting had never learned to be subtle and beat around the bush in his two lifetimes. The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curve up, with the kind of joy that was showed clearly in his manners, “I want to marry you as soon as possible.”
Yan Sui said nothing and continued to look at Meng Ting, which made Meng Ting feel a bit guilty.
He thought of the words he once heard somewhere, that husband and wife should treat each other with sincerity. He thought that this ‘sincerity’ meant honesty.
“I…I’m a bit stupid, no, I’m very stupid. I eat a lot. I can’t cook, I can’t wash clothes, and I can’t do housework very well…”
It’s not that Meng Ting is lazy or anything, it’s just that he really can’t learn how to take care of himself. In terms of taking care of himself in life, what he lacked is not a little bit. Anyway, he was despairing of himself.
Listing them one by one, without hiding anything, he finally spoke out his shortcomings. Meng Ting breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to clumsily sell himself to Yan Sui, “But I can fight, as you just saw. I can’t beat you, but I’m still pretty good. I can help you fight.”
This is the only shining point that Meng Ting can find in himself after thinking about it for a long time.
“You, will you go back on your word?” Meng Ting became frustrated as he said this. He was indeed stupid and not good enough, “Can, can you not go back on your word, or marry me first and then go back on your word is also okay”
Today, Yan Sui had come with the vigilance and attitude of the negotiation table, but all of Meng Ting’s behavior from the moment he appeared until now was beyond his expectations. He had been silent the whole time, unable to find the right attitude and tone to speak.
“I won’t go back on my words,” Yan Sui responded earnestly to Meng Ting, although his reason for not doing so wasn’t because of Meng Ting himself.
Meng Ting let out a sigh of relief at his words. The corners of his mouth raised again, he met Yan Sui’s gaze, and promised him very seriously, “I will be obedient and listen to you.”
“Okay,” Yan Sui obeyed his heart and smiled gently.
Meng Ting didn’t know how rare this smile of his was. He nodded and touched his belly again, he became a little bolder again, and made a request that he didn’t know if it was too much to ask for, “Then can you let me eat enough?”
“The Meng family won’t give you food?” Yan Sui’s smile faded, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he asked back. The oppressive momentum became stronger in an instant. Before he could restrain himself, he found that Meng Ting didn’t seem to feel much.
Meng Ting’s hand covering his stomach never left. He looked at Yan Sui, and because he said he would not go back on his words, Meng Ting was a little more confident in filing a complaint. He nodded, “I just ate two eggs yesterday, and I ate them by myself at school.”
“Today, I ate two sandwiches and two bottles of milk…” This little food was not enough for him to run. He had almost digested what he had eaten at the banquet just after a nap, and he felt faintly hungry again.
“I…I should be able to endure it for a few more days, so you should come and marry me as soon as possible.”
Marrying a pitiful little boy who was so ‘hungry’ that he was all skin and bones, Yan Sui didn’t know that his mentality had been distorted by Meng Ting, and he had subconsciously regarded him as his own.
“Starting tomorrow, I’ll have someone bring you food.”
However, when he said this, Meng Ting hesitated again. He gently pulled Yan Sui’s sleeve, “Will it get in the way, I can endure it.”
Being hungry for a while then can be full for a long time, he thinks this patience is worth it.
Yan Sui couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. Meng Ting’s determination to marry him was so strong that it overshadowed his instinctive need to eat. Yan Sui, who had never been so openly liked by someone, was a little unclear about what he was thinking at the moment, but he was sure that he didn’t hate it.
Of course, he didn’t know it at this time, but this was a misunderstanding. If someone else were to marry Meng Ting, he should also have the same attitude.
“It’s all right,” Yan Sui didn’t realize that his tone was much softer. He had never spoken to anyone like this before.
“Remember, you are my, Yan Sui, person.”
Meng Ting suddenly had the illusion that he would be able to do anything he wanted under the backing of a big boss. He smiled at Yan Sui, and it was out of gratitude that he raised his chin slightly, no longer stingy with his smile, “I’ll remember.”
Although he still didn’t know what the name Yan Sui meant in Haicheng and Xia Country2夏國 (xià guó): lit. Summer Country; T/N: This story takes place in a fictional country, Xia Country. This Xia Country may be inspired by Daxia, Ta-Hsia, or Ta-Hia [大夏 (Dà xià), lit. Great Xia], the name given in antiquity by the Han Chinese to Tukhara or Tokhara: the main part of Bactria, in what is now northern Afghanistan, and parts of southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The name “Daxia” first appears in Chinese accounts from the 3rd century BCE, to designate a kingdom in the far west – possibly a consequence of the first contacts with the expansion of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom – and then is used by the explorer Zhang Qian in 126 BCE to designate Bactria. It is possible that “Daxia”, in part, conflated or confused Tokhara with the country of the Dahae (on the south-eastern shores of the Caspian Sea), who were usually known in classical Chinese sources as the Dayi [大益 (Dà yì)]., it didn’t stop him from being happy.
“What do you want to eat, I’ll have someone send it over.”
Yan Sui said this as he took out his phone from his pocket, looking at Meng Ting, whose eyes had curved into crescents. Suddenly, he felt a little more certain; his mother probably hadn’t met Meng Ting and didn’t know about his…lovely personality. Otherwise, she might not have wanted him to marry him.
The author has something to say:
Little Gong misunderstood big time, hahaha~~~
Yan Sui: So you like me so much. Say, when did you start liking me?
Meng Ting: …I like that you can keep me fed, does that count?
Yan Sui:……
Thanks for the reward~~
List of Idiom in Chapter 004
迷迷糊糊 (mí mí hū hū): in a daze; bewildered; difficult to make out; to make a person confused, agitated, or muddy.莫名其妙 (mò míng qí miào): (idiom) baffling; inexplicable; puzzling; indescribable.
拐彎抹角 (guǎi wān mò jiǎo): lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); to twist and turn; to turn a corner here and there; (figuratively) to speak in a roundabout way; to beat around the bush; to equivocate; proceed along a zigzag road; talk in a roundabout/crab-wise way.
溢於言表 (yì yú yán biǎo): to exhibit one’s feelings in one’s speech; beyond words; (of feelings) show clearly in one’s words and manner; be explicit in sb’s statement; referring to certain thoughts and feelings that can be felt by the human body even though they are not explained.
皮包骨頭 (pí bāo gǔ tóu): to be all skin and bones (idiom); emaciated; mere bag of bones; skinny; be as skinny as a pole; describe a body that is so thin that the bone(s) is exposed.
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