“Do you still want to eat? I’ll get it for you.”
Meng Ting’s eyes flickered, and then he nodded gently. He had already decided not to go to the kitchen to get sandwiches from tomorrow on. He needed to eat more for supper to withstand the consumption of his morning run, “I want to eat meat.”
“Okay.”
Yan Sui got up and went to help Meng Ting get it. Meng Ting sat obediently and waited for him to come back.
He continued to finish what was left on the other plate. Only then did he raise his eyes to look for Yan Sui’s figure, but Yan Sui had long been blocked by people walking back and forth.
Meng Ting didn’t catch the figure belonging to Yan Sui in the crowd. A beautiful and somewhat familiar man sat where Yan Sui originally sat and looked at him with a gloomy expression.
After thinking about it, Meng Ting was sure that he didn’t owe anyone any money. He definitely wasn’t here to collect a debt from him. He moved his gaze and glanced away, then continued to look for Yan Sui.
“You’re very happy, aren’t you?”
Seeing that Meng Ting didn’t react at all to his words, Su Siyu repeated again, “Picking up what slipped through my fingers and marrying Yan Sui right away. You’re very happy, aren’t you?”
Meng Ting didn’t understand the first half of the sentence, but he actually guessed the second half right. He was quite happy to be able to marry Yan Sui.
He turned his head slightly, and looked at Su Siyu, neither nodding nor shaking his head. He didn’t know him, so there was no need to tell him the truth.
Su Siyu sneered again before introducing himself, “I am Yan Sui’s ex-fiancé, Su Siyu.”
Ex-fiancé or something, Meng Ting had never heard of it, but he had heard the name Su Siyu before coming to the banquet, and he certainly couldn’t forget it at this moment. Then he is the Su Siyu who confessed his love to Yan Sui and was rejected.
But what did he come to find him for? Meng Ting still couldn’t figure it out. So far, he had no choice in his marriage to Yan Sui. At most, he was too cooperative. Could this be a case of expressing his anger? Meng Ting didn’t know if he was wronged or not.
“I’m telling you Meng Ting, Yan Sui cannot escape from my grasp…”
Meng Ting frowned, and his expression changed from thoughtful to vigilant, “Are you going to harm him?”
He can’t escape from the palm of his hand, isn’t that what the bad guys say? Moreover, with Su Siyu’s angry look, could it be that he was actually Yan Sui’s enemy? Then should he help Yan Sui beat him up and make him afraid?
“I like him. I want to chase him.”
Su Siyu regarded all the reactions on Meng Ting’s face as deliberately making fun of himself, and he didn’t mind telling Meng Ting more frankly.
Hearing this, Meng Ting regretfully suppressed the idea of beating people, and then shook his head seriously at Su Siyu, “This is not good. You like someone else’s husband, this is not good.”
“There’s a saying, how does it go…” Meng Ting’s head suddenly got stuck and he couldn’t remember anything. He lowered his eyes and thought seriously, but Su Siyu was so infuriated that he was half-dead by his words and behavior. However, this was in full view of everyone, apart from words, it was impossible for him to really do anything to Meng Ting.
“Do you think I will give up if you say this?” Su Siyu leaned forward slightly, his eyes sharper than before.
Meanwhile, Meng Ting raised his eyes, his expression even more regretful, “I’m sorry, I didn’t remember how that saying goes. I’ll tell you when I remember it again.”
Meng Ting continued to feel regretful, and Su Siyu didn’t know how to react for a moment. While the two men behind Meng Ting who had listened to the whole process couldn’t help but burst out laughing, “Hahaha!”
“Hahaha!”
One of the people who was laughing was Gu Lang, and the other was Zhong Ming, the eldest grandson of the Zhong family.
The corner that Yan Sui found was quite secluded, so he let them search for it. It was such an unfortunate coincidence, but it was such a great pleasure.
“Oh, where did Yan Sui find this treasure? I want one too.”
Zhong Ming said, Gu Lang also nodded in agreement. It’s fun to take him out to annoy people, not to mention Meng Ting is so good-looking.
Meng Ting raised his eyes and looked at them, feeling unsure. Su Siyu turned his back, looking so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole in the ground. At this time, Yan Sui also came back and heard Zhong Ming’s last words.
Yan Sui swept his gaze around and continued to walk to Meng Ting’s side. He put the plate on the table first, then straightened up again, put his arm around Meng Ting’s shoulders, and raised his eyes to look at Su Siyu, “What’s your business?”
Without waiting for Su Siyu to speak, he continued, “If you have no business, don’t come over. My fiancé and I don’t want to be disturbed.”
If it wasn’t for the fact that Old Lady Su and his grandmother did have a good relationship, he would never have let Su Siyu off with just a few words like this. Moreover, seemed to be unable to understand people’s rejection. He actually dared to approach Meng Ting. This kind of nonsense was really displeasing to people.
In the past few days, Su Siyu seemed to have experienced all the embarrassment again. With an extremely ugly expression on his face, he snorted, turned around, and left. He walked out of the hall and got in the car, he couldn’t even stay at the Zhong family’s banquet.
Being stared at by Yan Sui’s cold gaze, Zhong Ming and Gu Lang couldn’t laugh even if they wanted to.
They didn’t continue to sit by themselves either. The two of them stood up and sat across from Yan Sui and Meng Ting.
Yan Sui looked away and his gaze fell on Meng Ting, he then sat down and said, “Eat.”
In addition to meat, there are also some vegetable salads on the two plates. He was very thoughtful.
Meng Ting wasn’t picky either. He still ate very well. Yan Sui, Zhong Ming, and Gu Lang chatted about various things. After a long while, Meng Ting looked up at Gu Lang and Zhong Ming and asked doubtfully, “Were you laughing at me just now?”
He didn’t seem to have done anything to make people laugh, did he?
Gu Lang and Zhong Ming looked stunned, but they worked hard to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out, “Don’t dare, don’t dare.”
With Yan Sui staring at them, how could they dare to?
Although there is an 80% chance that Zhong Ming will be the future patriarch of the Zhong family, that will only happen twenty or thirty years later. There is still a big difference between him and Yan Sui, the patriarch of the Yan family who is in power. Outsiders think that their relationship is ordinary, and it is indeed ordinary, but this ordinary is not like other ordinary, they are just ordinary friends who are worse than close friends.
It used to be better in the past, but since Yan Sui became the patriarch of the family, the one he converses with at banquets was his grandfather or his father, so their relationship gradually faded away, even so, he and Yan Sui talked more casually than others.
“Hey, you haven’t answered my previous question yet, okay?”
Yan Sui thought for a while and said, “Should be fallen from the sky1T/N: For anyone who are confused, me too at first. The one who asked this question is Zhong Ming; about where Yan Sui found such a treasure. Yan Sui answered ‘fallen from the sky’. This probably refers to how both of them meet each other (Meng Ting jumped down from a tree in Chapter 004)..” So it’s something one can only meet by chance.
Hearing Yan Sui’s words, Zhong Ming had to work hard to hold back his gossiping spirit. He elbowed Gu Lang. He obviously knew more than him, but he didn’t tell him a word about what he asked before.
Gu Lang let out a ‘hiss’ sound, the movement was slightly louder. The other three people, including Meng Ting, all stared at him. He touched the ribs that were hit by Zhong Ming, but changed the subject, “What you wanted to say before was that there are plenty of fish in the sea, right?”
When Meng Ting heard this, he couldn’t be bothered to eat. His eyes widened, “Yes, that’s it. I just couldn’t remember it just now.”
“You’re so awesome.” Even he knew what he was thinking.
If Gu Lang didn’t say anything, Meng Ting would probably have to think about this in the next few days. He looked around for Su Siyu, but he was long gone, “Next time he comes to see me, I will tell him.”
Seeing that the two people across from him were both holding back their laughter, Meng Ting reflected for a moment. And then he suppressed the marvel on his face, straightened his body, and said, “Actually, if you give me some more time, I will definitely be able to figure it out, really.”
He’s not actually hopelessly stupid, right… No, maybe he is.
Yan Sui raised his hand and placed it on Meng Ting’s hair, rubbing it gently. His gaze swept to the other side, Gu Lang and Zhong Ming immediately took on a serious demeanor, but there was still some laughter that couldn’t be controlled and was about to overflow. However, Meng Ting could feel that this laughter didn’t carry any malice. He glanced at them again and continued to eat.
Generally speaking, when Meng Ting and Su Siyu went up against each other, everyone thought that Meng Ting would suffer. But the fact is that Su Siyu didn’t take any advantage over him, and was also very angry. If it weren’t for the sincerity in Meng Ting’s eyes, they would really think that he was deliberately trying to make Su Siyu angry.
With Yan Sui covering for him, not many people cared about how much Meng Ting ate. Even if someone cared and was surprised, they wouldn’t dare to express their opinions directly.
As the banquet progressed and entered the middle and late stages, it turned into a dance party. The guests were dancing and drinking. The four of them sat in this corner for half the evening, or more accurately, they spent the whole evening accompanying Meng Ting.
His stomach was like a bottomless pit, as if no matter how much Yan Sui brought, he could eat it all.
Influenced by him, Gu Lang and Zhong Ming also ate a lot. It still tastes the same, not as delicious as Meng Ting made it look when he ate it. However, it was boring anyway, and it was quite interesting to chat while eating.
After the dance banquet, it was time to disperse. Even Meng Ting and Yan Sui had to say goodbye.
Zhong Ming stood up and sent Yan Sui and the others away first. Meng Ting walked next to Yan Sui and finally said what he had been holding back for a long time, “I don’t seem to have fallen from the sky.” He was clearly from the Meng family, and he was once unwanted by others.
“Is it because I am a treasure? So I have to fall from the sky?”
Yan Sui didn’t even know how many times he had laughed because of Meng Ting this evening. He gently rubbed his hair, “You are indeed a treasure.” The treasure that was about to become his.
Meng Ting couldn’t think of any traits that belonged to a ‘treasure’ in himself. It couldn’t be because he was stupid, right?
“I…I still have to think about it for a while.”
The confusion in his eyes faded away from the charming color of his peach blossom eyes. Even Gu Lang and Zhong Ming felt itchy when they looked at him, not to mention Yan Sui, who could feel it more directly. His hand left Meng Ting’s hair and turned to hold his hand as he whispered once again.
“You think about it slowly, it doesn’t matter how long it takes.”
Meng Qi had been waiting for them for a long time. When he saw them walking out of the hall, he came over to greet them. Although he was indignant towards Yan Sui in his heart, he would not be so unreasonable as to show it on his face. He smiled at Yan Sui and the others and then looked at Meng Ting.
It was already late at night, so it was unnecessary for Yan Sui to send him off after all the troubles. He slowly let go of Yan Sui’s hand and took a step forward. He looked back at Yan Sui and said, “I’ll think about it carefully. I’ll let you know the next time I see you.”
“Okay.”
Yan Sui agreed. The gentleness in his expression was something Gu Lang and others had never seen before. They suddenly realized that Yan Sui could be considered to be planted on Meng Ting.
Meng Ting turned around and followed Meng Qi. After getting into the car, he pressed the window, stuck half of his head out, and smiled at Yan Sui from a distance. He also stretched out a hand and shook it until the car started, taking Meng Ting, who was obviously reluctant to leave Yan Sui, away with it.
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List of Idiom in Chapter 014
捧腹大笑 (pěng fù dà xiào): lit. to hold one’s belly with both hands; to laugh uproariously; to burst out laughing; hilarious; to split one’s sides laughing; hold one’s sides with laughter; make one’s sides ache with laughter; double up with laughter; be convulsed in/with laughter; laugh oneself into convulsions/fits; refers to covering your stomach with your hands and laughing. It is often used to describe the uncontrollable laughter when encountering something extremely ridiculous.胡攪蠻纏 (hú jiǎo mán chán): to pester somebody endlessly (idiom); to be unreasonable; to plague somebody with unreasonable demands; to argue tediously and vexatiously; harass sb with unreasonable demands; unreasonable and persistent.
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