He was not thinking about anything else when his mind was wandering just now, but he was thinking about Yan Sui and what he had been doing all these years. He admits that his family background is not as good as that of Yan Sui, but Meng Qi refuses to admit that he is not as smart as Yan Sui. Meng Ting definitely couldn’t rely on the Meng family, but he should be able to rely on him. Otherwise, right now Yan Sui is experiencing a sense of novelty, but if he gets tired of it in the future, it’s unpredictable how he will treat Meng Ting.
Meng Ting is foolish, so he, as the eldest brother, has to think more. In the past, he would still advise Meng Ting not to be too distant from the Meng family, but he will not do so in the future. In the future, if he makes decisions for Meng Ting, he will also do so based on his own strength.
Su Siyu was half choked to death by Meng Qi’s words. Before he could say anything, the group of people surrounding Yan Sui and Meng Ting suddenly burst into laughter, “Hahahaha…”
The movement was so loud that many people looked over, but there was constant laughter over there, and people outside still didn’t know what they were laughing at.
***
The people who didn’t know what they were laughing at also included Meng Ting. They were playing a game. Meng Ting, who had never played such a game before, lost inexplicably. Then, he was asked to answer a question and he had to tell the truth.
“What do you like most about Yan Sui?”
When Gu Lang asked this question, his expression was depraved and full of expectation. Obviously, it had already stretched to some disharmonious answer.
Meng Ting blushed slightly, glanced at everyone, and then glanced at Yan Sui. He told the truth, “He can feed me well.” He likes all of Yan Sui, but if he had to pick a favorite, it would probably be this. The foodie attributes were exposed to the fullest, but it also left the person who asked the question speechless.
There was a sudden pause in the air, and then the crowd burst out laughing. Only Meng Ting, who had spoken the truth earnestly, still couldn’t find what everyone was laughing at.
Yan Sui stretched out his hand and took Meng Ting into his arms. Only after they finished laughing did he let go of the person. However, Yan Sui was both surprised and not surprised by this answer, unable to say he was satisfied. He only felt that in the future, he should make Meng Ting change what he liked the most about him.
The game continued, and the spinning spoon moved past Meng Ting. When he breathed a sigh of relief, it stopped in front of Yan Sui.
The disappointment on Gu Lang’s face disappeared for a moment, and the smile he raised was even more exaggerated than when he asked Meng Ting before, “Come, come, come! Quickly! What do you want to ask Yan Lao Da? We definitely can’t let him go today!”
It’s rare for Yan Sui to let go like this today, so how could they miss it? They entered the rhythm of disturbing the privacy of the bridal chamber1鬧洞房 (nào dòng fáng): to disturb the bridal room; (of friends and relatives) to banter or tease the newlyweds on wedding night; disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds). This tradition used to be fun, but the modern jokes are getting more and more cruel. More information: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3. ahead of time.
All of a sudden, several questions were thrown out one after another.
“Where did you and Sister-in-law kiss for the first time?”
“How long did you two get to know each other before you slept together?”
“Which one of you likes the other first?”
They originally thought that Yan Sui would pick one question to answer, but they didn’t expect that he would answer them all.
He didn’t look at the people who asked questions. He turned his head and met Meng Ting’s gaze. He smiled.
“The first time we kissed was at the Civil Affairs Bureau.”
“We always sleep together.”
“We fell in love at first sight, so we fell in love with each other at the same time.”
After he finished speaking, the surroundings became quiet again. Now, who says that Yan Sui doesn’t like Meng Ting? Who can believe it? Today, Yan Sui is so happy to get married that he has become so abnormal. His iceberg persona is about to collapse!
“Sister-in-law, is Yan Lao Da right?”
“Yes,” Meng Ting nodded to Gu Lang, then turned back to meet Yan Sui’s gaze and lowered his voice, “So you liked me the first time you saw me.”
As he spoke, he leaned forward slightly and whispered into Yan Sui’s ear, “So you like me this much.”
“I like you too, very much!”
Although he wasn’t sure if he liked Yan Sui the first time he saw him, he did like Yan Sui now.
“What are you talking about, Sister-in-law?”
The way the two of them whispered in each other’s ears; it was almost as if they weren’t stimulating them enough.
Meng Ting turned around and shook his head, “I won’t tell you.”
“Come, come, come! Let’s have a toast! Wish Yan Lao Da and Little Sister-in-Law a happy wedding and a happy marriage lasting a hundred years!”
Shi He poked Gu Lang and then suggested this. Everyone naturally agreed, and cups of wine were brought to them. Even Meng Ting had a cup. Yan Sui glanced at it and didn’t stop him. The alcohol content of this fruit wine was very low. Only one or two glasses should not make people drunk.
However, Meng Ting’s drinking capacity is light, that is, really light. If he had stood for a long time in the cellar where the smell of alcohol was too strong, he would probably have been dizzy for a long time, not to mention the fact that he had actually drunk it into his stomach.
Meng Ting clearly knew that he couldn’t drink, but he was really happy at the moment. After talking for a while, he drank it in one gulp, which was almost half a cup. He pursed his lips and said, “It’s sweet, not unpleasant to drink.”
“Just this one cup, don’t drink it afterward,” Yan Sui finished the drink in one gulp, and then looked down and gave a warning to Meng Ting.
“Mn,” Meng Ting nodded, and then took another small sip. His cheeks were a little rosier than before.
Cups clinked and many people came to propose a toast. Yan Sui didn’t refuse anyone who came. Gu Lang and Zhen Han were also very loyal; they helped him offer toasts to the people they could help with2T/N: I couldn’t come up with the appropriate words for this… 🙃 Anyway, this have something to do with status. YS is the patriarch of the Yan family, so his status is quite high. GL & ZH status is not as good as YS, so when someone with lower or the same status as GH & ZH propose a toast, they could help block it and drink in YS behalf, but when someone with higher status than GH & ZH come to propose a toast, they wouldn’t be able to help him block it.. After a round of drinking, Yan Sui could no longer hold Meng Ting up with one hand.
His two hands were hanging on Yan Sui’s neck, his steps unsteady, he was already drunk.
“Yan Sui, my legs are weak…”
“Ahem,” Yan Sui coughed and handed the wine glass to Gu Lang, who was trying to hold his laughter on the side.
Yan Sui hugged Meng Ting with one hand and touched his hot cheek with the other hand, “Didn’t I ask you to only have one drink? Did you drink secretly again?”
“Yan Sui, the wine is sweet and delicious…” Meng Ting pursed his lips, then raised his eyes and shook his head. His eyes fell on Yan Sui’s lips again, and he said, “I want to kiss you again.”
When he whispered to Yan Sui before, he wanted to kiss him. At this time, he was drunk and didn’t know how to restrain himself. He tilted his head slightly and then kissed Yan Sui’s ear.
The hot breath and soft feeling made Yan Sui feel numb from the base of his ears to the top of his head.
“Cough, cough,” Gu Lang, Zhen Han, and the others, who were already slightly tipsy, consciously took two steps back. Their sister-in-law was so straightforward that he attracted people to commit crimes. Let alone Yan Lao Da, if it were any of them, they probably wouldn’t be able to stand it either.
“Yan Sui, you are mine. You can’t let others kiss you. keep that in mind!” Meng Ting finished kissing Yan Sui’s neck and then twisted his body to look at the person. He was confused and the words he spoke getting progressively hard to hear clearly, but it didn’t affect him to say what was in his heart.
He reached out to touch Yan Sui’s cheek again and pinched it gently.
“I will be good, and you must be good too.”
“Huu…mm…” It didn’t affect his enthusiastic behavior, without further informing, he nibbled Yan Sui’s cheeks.
Yan Sui’s face turned red, but his gesture of holding the person was still very gentle. He wasn’t even willing to say harsh words to the drunk person, “Be good.”
Zhen Han and others watched, amazed in their hearts. None of the wine could make Yan Sui blush, but Meng Ting did it with just one kiss.
“You and Uncle Xiao watch here. I’ll take Meng Ting back to the bedroom first.”
After Yan Sui and Zhen Han finished talking, they looked at Gu Lang and the others, “You guys shouldn’t drink too much either.”
“Go, go, one minute on a spring night is worth a thousand taels of gold3春宵一刻值千金 (chūn xiāo yī kè zhí qiān jīn): one minute in a spring night is worth a thousand taels of gold—every minute of the wedding night is precious; comes from a famous Chinese poem by Zhang Ruoxu from the Tang Dynasty. This line captures the sentiment of cherishing a brief moment of happiness or beauty as if it were incredibly valuable. The phrase is often used to express the idea that certain moments of happiness or contentment are so rare and precious that they are priceless and should be cherished.. Leave this place to us.” Gu Lang went to pat Yan Sui on the shoulder in a righteous manner and then met Meng Ting’s suddenly vigilant gaze. He was obviously drunk and confused, but he still knew how to ‘protect food’.
Yan Sui nodded slightly, and his eyes returned to Meng Ting who was rubbing against him in his arms, “Do you want me to hug carry you, or piggyback you?”
“Piggyback? Shall I piggyback you? Okay!”
As Meng Ting said this, he turned around and was about to piggyback Yan Sui, and then he was picked up by Yan Sui. Yan Sui felt that it was really unnecessary for him to discuss with a drunken person, so he chose to hug carry him because it was more convenient at this time.
Meng Ting slowly wrapped his arms around Yan Sui’s neck and rubbed Yan Sui’s cheek again, “Yan Sui, I like it when you hug carry me.”
“I also like it when you piggyback me.”
“I also like it when you kiss me…”
“Mn,” Yan Sui responded, then nodded gently to the people who looked over and walked up the stairs step by step. After taking three steps, he turned back, and everyone’s eyes kept following them.
“Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for coming to my wedding with Meng Ting. My wife is drunk, so I have to take him away first. Please excuse me.”
Originally, he planned to settle Meng Ting before coming down again, but now that he was holding the person in his arms and listening to his soft confession, he had already begun to feel reluctant to let go. He definitely overestimated himself when he made his previous decision.
After he finished speaking, he turned his back and continued to hug carry Meng Ting back to the room, “Be good, don’t move around.”
“Mn, I’m good.” Meng Ting responded. Sure enough, he no longer moved around, but his direct gaze, fixed on him, was still very present.
“The wife you’re talking about, is that me?” When they almost reach the door, Meng Ting seemed to finally grasp the meaning of words that Yan Sui just said, “Then what should I call you? Wife… ah, it’s husband.”
Meng Ting murmured, Yan Sui’s ears were already red, not to mention Meng Ting’s slightly unruly hand that was around his neck.
“Your body feels cool and comfortable.”
Not long after, Meng Ting muttered again, “It’s getting hot…”
The phrase ‘I’m good’ had already been thrown out of Meng Ting’s mind.
Yan Sui put Meng Ting on the bed and pulled his hands down. The usually well-behaved person became so noisy when he was drunk, but it was undeniable that the drunk Meng Ting was very cute.
“Yan Sui, Yan Sui…”
His hand, which had been pulled down by Yan Sui wrapped around him again, “Let’s kiss.”
“I didn’t forget, I said we would kiss again at night.”
What Meng Ting wanted was just a kiss, but Yan Sui wanted to control the situation after the kiss. When he hesitated, Meng Ting also wrapped his legs around him, and then with all his strength, he brought Yan Sui and rolled him onto the bed.
He stopped talking and kissed Yan Sui with a dazed expression, nibbling on Yan Sui’s chin first.
Actually… I kinda changed my mind about MQ. He’s pretty decent——at least he have conscience. He felt bad about MT’s experience & want to help MT. Too bad he had a bad ending (according to SSY) in previous life.
List of Idiom in Chapter 38.2
暴露無遺 (bào lù wú yí): to be completely exposed; to come out into the open; to lay bare; to come to light; be thoroughly unmasked; something is revealed without leaving anything behind.目瞪口呆 (mù dèng kǒu dāi): dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned; gape goggle-eyed and dumbstruck—be flabbergasted.
一見鍾情 (yī jiàn zhōng qíng): to fall in love at first sight; love at first sight/glance; a boy or girl develops feelings for the other person as soon as they meet.
杯觥交錯 (bēi gōng jiāo cuò): to have many people drinking alcohol together at a feast; a metaphor for the joy of drinking together.
來者不拒 (lái zhě bù jù): to refuse nobody (idiom); to accept all requests; all comers welcome; whoever comes will be welcome; refuse nobody’s request or offer; keep open house for all; not refuse anyone who comes with a request or something that comes to your door. From Mencius (《孟子·盡心下》): 夫子之設科也，往者不追，來者不拒。苟以是心至，斯受之而已矣。, But you, Master, having arranged to give lessons, do not go back to inquire into the past, and you do not reject those who come to you. If they come with the mind to learn, you receive them without any more ado.
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