T.N: I felt very chatty in this chapter ฅ^•⩊•^ฅ
After finishing work and going home, Xu Shen took a shower and put on the spring clothes that were taken back from the studio. Not only the clothes but also the leather shoes and belt, a complete set.
Shu Ran looked at him and smiled stupidly: “How do you know that I’ve been thinking about you all day?”
Xu Shen sat on the edge of the bed and smiled back: “Your eyes are like a torch. I feel like the fabric on my butt was almost burned through by you.”
“Nonsense!” Shu Ran quickly scolded, but couldn’t help staring at Xu Shen, who was in a suit and leather shoes. Starting from his eyebrows and chin to his shoulders and waist, long legs, and finally landing on the tips of his shoes.
He even put on matching leather shoes. Shu Ran thought to himself… What a male vixen!
“If you don’t like it, then I’ll go change.” Xu Shen put his palms on his sides and gestured to get up.
“No!” Shu Ran stopped him honestly. “I like it, just sit still and don’t move!”
“Okay.” Xu Shen sat down, stretched his arms back, and put on the look that Shu Ran asked him to show during the daytime shooting. He thought that should be the expression that could arouse Shu Ran’s feelings the most.
And Shu Ran liked it indeed, his Adam’s apple rolling several times involuntarily. He walked over, slowly peeled off the gift that was presented to him, and prepared to eat it. However, he couldn’t peel off all his clothes. He only took a little bit off, as long as it was enough to get the work done.
“So you have this hobby…” Xu Shen chuckled.
“What’s wrong with my hobby?” Shu Ran was not ashamed, but still followed Xu Shen’s words, wondering if his boyfriend had anything to be ashamed of. However, he looked happy.
“I’ve made you satisfied.” Xu Shen purely acted as a tool that night, tentatively asking his wife who was having a great time: “When will you let me enjoy this blessing?”
Shu Ran was in a good mood and thought about it carefully. He had a lot of fancy costume ideas in his head, which he could bring out to increase the fun in the bedroom: “Well if you are interested in dressing up, I’ll give it to you next time. Do you think you’d be happy if I put on a schoolboy look?”
Xu Shen had been with Shu Ran for a long time and knew what a schoolboy looked like… It included shorts, stockings, and a tie, making him swallow nervously: “Then, hurry up and get ready!”
“Okay, I won’t keep you waiting for long.” Shu Ran leaned over to kiss Xu Shen and continued to enjoy his luxurious and high-end gift attentively. The clothes that looked so good ended up completely messed up by him, and Shu Ran didn’t even know how to wash them.
“Fortunately, I don’t have to wear this out…” Xu Shen looked at his body, which looked really dirty after being tortured for so long.
As for Shu Ran, he had an extremely satisfied smile on his face, unable to say anything more and just wishing to go to bed quickly. They still had to get busy tomorrow.
The sales target set by the company for the Spring Festival was not on the same level as that for winter, so they had to work harder to achieve it.
The printing effect of Xu Shen’s fashion blockbuster was particularly good. It was not just eye-catching, but extremely eye-catching. Shu Ran was lucky enough to kiss the real person every day. However, holding the pictures in his hands, he still had the urge to kiss them to death.
The same thing happened when the magazine went for review. The comrade looked at him straight-eyed: “What a handsome man! Are there really such outstanding men in this world?!”
Shu Ran thought to himself… Yes, in my house!
With a smile on his face, he answered: “Of course it’s true. The photo is right here. It cannot be faked.”
That generation had never experienced the exquisite and luxurious atmosphere of a fashion photoshoot. Of course, the first contact with it could only be described as amazing! For later generations though, they’ll be fine after seeing more, becoming a little more picky.
After Shu Ran returned to his office building, Boss Xu, who had already started working seriously, asked him: “You’re back. Did they say I’m an eyesore?”
“Not true. People only praised your handsomeness.” There was no one else in Xu Shen’s dedicated office at that moment, so Shu Ran sat down on his lap. The two of them kissed tenderly and affectionately, going back and forth, extremely reluctant to part.
Shu Ran didn’t leave Xu Shen’s arms until someone knocked on the door.
Now that they had a large number of employees, they needed to keep an eye on many things. Shu Ran sat comfortably on another desk and made phone calls to check on the situation everywhere.
He still needed to know everything that was happening outside, read all the newspapers, and inquire about all the latest trends, so as not to become a frog in the well.
With all the extra money he had in his hands, Shu Ran invested in the real estate market where he could make steady profits without losing anything. Currently, he couldn’t even count how many houses and land he and his friends had in their hands.
Occasionally, President Wu would call to report on the progress of the schools he donated to. Once, Shu Ran even dared to ask: “Is the money enough?”
If it was not enough, he could allocate more!
President Wu was frightened by his heroic tone and quickly said that it was enough, the royalties from selling his books were really quite a lot. Then he urged Shu Ran to forget about fashion magazines and take a look at those book lovers who were still waiting for his new work!
Shu Ran also wanted to write. He thought about saying that he had been very busy recently, but he felt a little guilty. In fact, he still had time, but he would rather use it to flirt with Xu Shen than to stare at a blank notebook…
At that time, Shu Ran thought it would be great if he had a computer. He would definitely be more active if he had the support of technology!
Some time passed since Shu Ran met his book fans by chance, and tabloids finally began to write about him having a wife. It was an era with no Internet, so news fermented very slowly, making Shu Ran simply ignore it.
At the same time, he thought it would be best for everyone to know that the writer Shu Ran was a man devoted to his family, so some extreme admirers could be blocked.
However, a few days later, some people appeared in the tabloids to help him scold the reporters who pushed the “fake news of him having a wife”. Those “well-meaning people” were dead set on actively helping Shu Ran clarify that he was single.
Help him clarify?!
Shu Ran was dumbfounded. Why would anyone care about that matter?! Moreover, those people who appeared out of nowhere made their clarifications well-founded and comprehensive, making it impossible to find any loopholes to refute.
It was completely magical and… It went against writer Shu’s wishes!
So Shu Ran could only do one thing. He wrote a disgusting love letter to his partner and directly published it in the newspaper.
When the newspaper hit the streets, he even bought a copy and delivered it to Boss Xu’s desk, in person.
It was already winter. Xu Shen had lunch, put his legs on the desk, and read the newspapers slowly while leaning on the chair. After flipping through a few broadsheets, he finally turned his attention to the tabloids.
As he skimmed through the pages, he burst into laughter and turned to look at the Writer Shu who was sitting at the table next to him: “Wife, what a wonderful day it is today! Why did you suddenly write me a love letter?”
It was even published in the newspaper… Really embarrassing.
“There are so many days. I wanted to write, so I just chose a day.” Shu Ran also turned around and smiled: “We are together, which day is not a good day?”
“That’s true…” Xu Shen looked at the words sweetly and said softly: “But based on my understanding of you, there must be something wrong, otherwise you’d be quite lazy.”
For things like publishing in newspapers, he still had to contact the newspaper office. If Shu Ran only wanted to surprise him, he could have just given it to him.
“Since you’ve found out, I’ll tell you.” Shu Ran lamented that Xu Shen understood him so well and there was no need to hide it: “A while ago, we met those fans and I said I have a partner. It spread and was reported to the newspaper.” At that point, Shu Ran slapped his thigh and continued: “It was originally a good thing, and it saved me some money for publicity, but someone came out to clarify for me and said that I was single! What the hell?!”
After he finished cursing, he laughed and still couldn’t figure it out.
As for Xu Shen, he couldn’t figure it out either but thought it was quite funny.
What the hell indeed. He laughed for a while and said: “So you just..”
“Yes!” Shu Ran nodded and rubbed his somewhat hot face.
“So high-profile.” Xu Shen looked at the newspaper and said again.
“Everything can be kept low-key…” Shu Ran cleared his throat: “But Brother Shen, only my love for you cannot be hidden.”
“…”
Xu Shen was silent for a moment and looked at Shu Ran. “I’ll write you a response later.” He also wanted to love Shu Ran in a high-profile manner. He could use the name of Shu Ran’s partner and it should be okay as long as he didn’t let people know that he was a man… Right?
“No need.” Shu Ran worried. “If your writing is not good, I’m afraid someone might criticize you. It’s best not to show up, so as not to give them a target to attack.”
“Wife,” Xu Shen interrupted him. “You have forgotten again. I have said many times that I don’t care about others.”
Shu Ran wanted to say something more, but Xu Shen interrupted him again: “You think of me as too fragile, and you want to stand in front of me at all costs. Have you noticed?”
Over the past year, Shu Ran helped him share the pressure, hid him behind, tolerated the shadow of his past, and not only that but also took care of his friends, as if it was his responsibility to let everyone live a good life.
Xu Shen was someone who had been through everything before, and he knew exactly how heavy that burden was.
But Shu Ran never looked back and did such a good job. While being protected, Xu Shen felt happy, but also sorry for the other person.
However, Shu Ran could only feel speechless, even though it was quite normal. Any man who faced the person he liked would try his best for his partner. If Xu Shen was unhappy to be protected, Shu Ran could only be regretful.
“I don’t think you’re weak, Brother Shen.” Shu Ran explained: “I just can’t help myself and want to be nice to you.”
Xu Shen put down the newspaper and came over to hug him. “I know, and I’m very happy, but I also want to be good to you just like you want to be good to me. Do you understand?”
Shu Ran licked his lips and nodded.
“Be good.” Xu Shen raised Shu Ran’s chin and kissed him deeply.
Shu Ran also hugged Xu Shen tightly. Both of them seemed to be convinced by that kiss, as they never shared such a perverted one before.
If that wasn’t an office, the two of them would probably directly roll in the sheets.
That night, Xu Shen wrote a love letter in response to Shu Ran’s. “Please revise it.”
“So fast?” Shu Ran was shocked when he got it.
“I can’t put into words how much I love you. I kept most of it, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to fit everything into five pages.” Xu Shen said with a smile.
“Awesome!” Shu Ran read a few lines and picked up a pen to correct his speech. Suddenly he felt that something was wrong: “Brother Shen, you’re writing a love letter to me and want me to polish it myself?”
“Actually, I don’t care.” Xu Shen hugged his waist and continued: “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll be scolded for my poor writing skills?”
Indeed. Shu Ran sighed and had no choice but to revise it without complaint.
Xu Shen laughed on the sidelines and probably thought it was too funny that Shu Ran had to revise a love letter to himself.
“Tsk, what you wrote is all in dialect!” Shu Ran gave up after looking at it for a while, leaning against his boyfriend. “If I change it, even Li Bai1Li Bai (Chinese: 李白; pinyin: Lǐ Bái, 701–762), formerly pronounced Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (太白), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important poets of the Tang dynasty and in Chinese history as a whole. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were two of the most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry under the Tang dynasty, which is often called the “Golden Age of Chinese Poetry”. The expression “Three Wonders” denotes Li Bai’s poetry, Pei Min’s swordplay, and Zhang Xu’s calligraphy won’t be able to understand what you meant! Just let it go like this!”
“Is it that bad?” Xu Shen felt delighted. He took it over and looked at his letter again. No, he thought, it was pretty good.
“No need to change it, just send it directly.” Shu Ran said.
“Okay.” Xu Shen asked: “Then what name should I use?”
“Let me think about it.” Shu Ran said. “How about we choose a word?”
“Okay.” Xu Shen thought while holding his wife, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: “How about we break up the word “Shen” into “sincere”2The “Shen” in Xu Shen’s name means “prudent”. “Prudent” is written as 谨慎 – Jǐnshèn-, with 谨 Jǐn- sincerely/solemnly and 慎 Shèn- cautious?”
It was really good.
“Hey, how can you be so smart?” Shu Ran hugged his head and kissed him on the face. “I’ll deliver it to the newspaper office tomorrow!”
The next day, the vernacular love letter written by Xu Shen was published under the pen name “Sincerity”, confirming the fact that writer Shu Ran indeed had a lover.
Xu Shen was quite concerned about the follow-up. He bought tabloids and read the news for several days… And felt relieved when he saw some people saying his writing was poor.
“You… How can you still laugh?!” Shu Ran also saw it and expected some sort of reaction, but not Xu Shen’s reaction.
“They’re jealous of me, why can’t I laugh?” They were flirting in front of the whole country! Xu Shen had never dared to think about it before, but now, of course, he wanted to laugh.
“…” Shu Ran was once again completely speechless.
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In late December, the new spring issue of their magazine was officially released, and sales went up in flames as soon as it hit the streets.
People were surprised to find that the beautiful fashion magazine not only introduced women’s clothes but also some styles for men… And the male model looked so good!
Readers turned to that particular section, stared at it for a few seconds, and blushed.
Nobody knew whether it was because the young male model in the magazine was too handsome or because the clothes fit too well… In short, those seven or eight pages of men’s styles were read over and over again.
That model also had an introduction on the page. The blushingly handsome man turned out to be one of the founders of Yunshang and not a paid model. The designer even said that the inspiration came from him…
Those clothes were exclusively customized for the model!
However, the price was as expensive as ever! Even more expensive than women’s clothing!
But the style and texture of everything was really good, and they looked very noble and elegant…3I’m sure the texture of “everything” in particular feels really good… “ψ (｀∇´) ψ
Not long after the new issue hit the market, calls immediately started pouring in, asking about the men’s clothing. By the way, clients were also asking about the male model, whether he was married or not…
Shu Ran thought to himself, Brother Shen was really favored by rich women! It was way too blatant!
The sales volume of the new issue climbed very high. Maybe it was because the brand gained popularity or maybe it was the effort of one, handsome guy…
Anyway, Shu Ran finally tasted the sweetness of the beauty trap, and immediately had the idea to pimp several other handsome guys… He could even produce a men’s fashion magazine, and include all four handsome guys in it!
“What about yourself?!” Xu Shen really didn’t want to take pictures with Chen Sen and the others… He looked at Shu Ran with a smile and continued: “If you want me to continue taking pictures, I want to take them with you. The same style but different colors, like a couple’s outfit.”
“I’ll shoot with you…” Shu Ran pushed his chest. “You’re not afraid of others seeing it!”
The two of them in the same frame… No matter how sturdy the closet door or how tightly they locked it, nothing could stop them.
Xu Shen also knew, so he just smiled and kissed him back.
The two of them originally agreed to go to Shanghai at the end of the year, but it turned out that the plan was too rushed and they were both lazy, so they postponed it until after the New Year.
After publishing the magazine, there was nothing left to be busy with.
Thinking about it, it was almost the Chinese New Year, so Shu Ran and Xu Shen arranged things in Beijing and returned to Nanshi… If things didn’t work, Jiang Fan was still watching. His family was in Beijing anyway, so he chose to stay behind.
Shu Ran and Xu Shen went back.
It couldn’t be explained clearly. Although they were now from Beijing, with registered residence and owning real estate, they still felt that Nanshi was the root and the place where the story began. It was only natural to come back during the New Year.
Besides, family and friends were all there.
Shu Ran was away for half a year. As soon as he stepped out of the train, he packed up his things and sent them directly to Zhou Hui’s family. His sister looked very pregnant, with a frighteningly big belly.
She also gained weight and looked very rich.
Zhou Hui was happy to see the two of them, inviting them to eat and chat. She also wanted to know how things were going in Beijing, whether their relationship was doing well, whether they had any quarrels, etc.
Shu Ran felt warm in his heart and hurriedly said: “We have a good relationship and never quarreled!”
“No way!” Xu Shen said hurriedly. “How can I be willing to say a harsh word to him?”
“What about you?” Shu Ran glanced at his brother-in-law who was busy in the kitchen. “My brother-in-law has always been nice to you, right?”
Zhou Hui nodded happily. “Look at him, he feeds my double chin five times a day, and he’s not afraid that I won’t lose weight after giving birth!”
“You can’t be too thin.” Shu Ran said. “As for your figure, let it be natural.”
He himself also gave up on managing his shape, eating, and drinking when he should. However, maybe because he was always busy, he still hasn’t gained much weight.
When talking about the magazine they published, Zhou Hui also bought it and praised it for being good-looking.
Shu Ran patted his forehead: “Look at me, I just remembered that you’re pregnant and can’t wear our clothes! In fact, you can wear it in the future. It won’t be out of date.”
Xu Shen also blamed himself: “I was too busy and forgot to send a batch to my sister. I will go to the factory to get it later and deliver it myself.”
After visiting Zhou Hui’s house, they went to Chen Kai’s house. They hadn’t seen each other for a long time, but kept in touch on the phone every day, which was no different from meeting in person.
And even when they met, they still talked about work. Shu Ran was not convinced: “We’re celebrating the New Year, can we have a relaxed chat?!”
“If you want to talk about something relaxing, let me tell you…” Chen Kai glanced at Chen Sen and smiled. “A while ago, my brother met his first love on the street.”
“Chen Kai, shut up!” Chen Sen said immediately.
“Guess what?” Chen Kai didn’t shut up but bravely continued: “His first love had a pregnant belly! It was at least five months!”
“Get out!” Chen Sen slapped him in the face.
Shu Ran and Xu Shen had serious expressions. How could that matter qualify as a “relaxed chat”?!
Chen Kai really wanted to be beaten, and he especially liked to get it while rubbing salt into his brother’s wounds.
“We met.” Chen Sen saw the nervous expressions on everyone’s faces. He didn’t want to cause a misunderstanding, so he quickly explained himself: “I also said hello and gave her two magazines.”
“Pfft…” Shu Ran and Xu Shen sprayed tea at the same time.
“Brother Sen, you…” Shu Ran thought, if you want to give something away, just give her some clothes! Two pieces of paper were nothing!
“It’s all over.” Chen Sen picked up a towel, wiped the table, and served them tea again. “Just like old friends, I felt nothing in my heart.”
“Oh…” Shu Ran said casually. “Then, do you want to meet a girl? I’ll introduce someone to you.”
“Okay.” Chen Sen actually nodded.
Shu Ran and Xu Shen looked at each other, thinking it was a good thing.
Shu Ran said: “How about one of the girls who works as a model for our family? We dare to introduce you to her because you’re a good person, otherwise, she is so beautiful and has such a great figure…”
“Okay, I’ll meet her in Beijing another day.” Chen Sen said. 4At this point in the story, I’m really invested in Brother Sen’s marriage!
When Chen Kai heard that his brother was actually planning to go on a blind date, he was in a daze for a while, then looked at Shu Ran and said: “What about me?!”
“You’re still young, why are you so anxious?” Shu Ran remembered… That guy was only twenty-one, right?!
“Don’t you like Sister Rui?” Chen Sen was teased by Chen Kai, so he also gossiped about Chen Kai’s love story.
“But Sister Rui doesn’t like me… She only treats me as a younger brother.” Chen Kai scratched his head and said.
Shu Ran secretly laughed. Of course, He Rui wouldn’t like Chen Kai. Those two designer sisters were both avant-garde women of the new era, with good family backgrounds. How could they want to get married so early?
“Do you really like her?” Xu Shen understood Chen Kai’s temperament better. “Did you express your feelings seriously?”
“That’s not true.” Chen Kai touched his face in embarrassment. “I just see that she doesn’t like me.” As for himself, he continued: “I just have a good impression of her and think she is very capable and has a good personality.”
“Don’t look at just that when searching for a partner.” Xu Shen rolled his eyes at him and pointed out: “Just wait, you’ll understand when you meet them in the future.”
After getting together with the Chen brothers, they still had to go and send New Year’s gifts to the Zhou family in the countryside.
The Zhou family knew that their business was very big, so they all greeted them politely, with nothing left to say. After all, Shu Ran asked Zhou Lan to bring money back every month.
Of course, they also didn’t dare mention Shu Ran’s marriage, for fear that Shu Ran would get angry and fly away without saying a word, making them lose both their lives and wealth.
Seeing that the Zhou family was so knowledgeable and well-behaved, Xu Shen was very satisfied.
Otherwise, if he really wanted to take Shu Ran and run away, he was sure that Shu Ran would not object. He didn’t know where that confidence came from, but he was sure.
The two brought some things given by the Zhou family and returned to their small yard in the county town to clean up, planning to celebrate the New Year cleanly.
Little did they know that the hot-selling new issue of their magazine was about to trigger a series of events.
Back in Beijing, Xu Shen’s face was everywhere, and almost every young lady had a Yunshang fashion magazine in her hand.
Xia Yun, a professor at the University, confiscated a magazine from a student after seeing them secretly flipping through it in class. At first, she thought it was some literary magazine filled with stories, so she was not very angry. Later, she finally discovered that the magazine introduced clothes…
…On models that were both beautiful and handsome, and the eyes of the little girls were all glued to one particular male model.
Professor Xia Yun glanced at it casually and was startled when she turned to the page introducing the male model. It was not that she was as fascinated as the little girls, but she just felt that the man looked familiar…
The outline of his eyebrows and eyes was so similar to her first love that it suddenly took her back to a time more than twenty years in the past.
Xia Yun was still young back then, only sixteen years old, and with an innocent and immature temperament. When the craze for going to the countryside started, she ignored her family’s objections and insisted on going to join the team.
And so she went and soon fell in love with her tall and handsome first love, Ye Heng.
The other party was a poor scholar whose family was in decline, and he also developed feelings for her. When it was time for Ye Heng to leave, the two couldn’t help but develop a physical relationship.
Ye Heng said that he would come back to find her within three months, but three months later, there was no sign of Ye Heng, and she… Was pregnant.
Later, Xia Yun gave birth to a child and sent it to a childless family, leaving him behind.
But she didn’t know that a few days after the family adopted her child, that woman found out she was already pregnant, so she gave her adopted son away again.
Going around in circles, Xia Yun saw the young man in the magazine and immediately thought of the son who had no fate with her. She was too young at that time and was afraid of being poked in the spine and scolded for being promiscuous and loose. She was even more afraid that her family would not accept her…
If she had her current abilities, even if she never got married and stayed a single mother, she was still willing to raise her child.
Xia Yun was stuck in the past, bursting into tears.
She picked up the magazine and thought of her son once more. Over the years, she wanted to go back and look for him, but she was afraid of causing trouble and ruining two families. Her own family background was good and she was a university professor, with a happy family. She already had a daughter and her husband and brother were both elites in the aviation field. Her parents were also intellectuals.
And so, she kept everything secret, never telling anyone what happened back then.
But the young man in the magazine aroused her curiosity. Since school was on vacation, she impulsively told her husband that she wanted to travel for two days.
Xia Yun agreed with her family, and soon got on the train to Nanshi, following the route from her memory, and heading straight to the village where she lived before.
Although it had been more than twenty years, the adoptive family was still there. The woman Xia Yun entrusted her child to back then was only seven or eight years older than her. Even though she was much older now, Xia Yun still recognized her.
As for Xia Yun, her appearance had not changed much and she was still as young and good-looking as ever. The family recognized her at a glance… She was the female-educated youth who put her son up for adoption.
“Sister, I just came to take a look!” Xia Yun said hurriedly. “Just to take a look, there is no other meaning. Don’t get me wrong, there is really no other meaning!”
However, the middle-aged woman cried: “I’m sorry, sister! I couldn’t support your child anymore! I got pregnant a few days after you left… My family is so poor that we really can’t afford a second one!”
“What did you say?!” Xia Yun stood still.
“That child is not in my home, and has been given to others to raise.”
Xia Yun was stunned for a while and asked quickly: “Who did you give it to?! Who did you give my child to?!”
The middle-aged woman said guiltily: “Dumped him at the entrance of the village… He was a boy, so he should have been taken away easily.”5OMG, lady!(ꐦ •̀ᗣ•́)
Xia Yun turned pale in an instant, holding her trembling fists, staring at the middle-aged woman and asking: “Why are you…” However, at that point, she swallowed her words alive. Why couldn’t others abandon their child when she, his own mother, did it?
She could give her biological son away and so could others.
“Who took him away?” Xia Yun calmed down and asked in a trembling voice. “You must know, can you tell me?”
“I heard that in the next village, you can go and inquire…”
Xia Yun immediately turned around and left to inquire about a child named Xu Shen in the next village. After hearing what happened to him, she cried so hard that she almost fainted in the field by the roadside.
It happened that Wang Dong was back in his hometown for the New Year. He heard that there was a city woman in her forties who was going from house to house asking about a man named Xu Shen, so he came out to take a look.
At first glance, he found that the face of that woman was vaguely similar to that of his brother Shen…
Wang Dong was startled, and then his heart was filled with turmoil.
He suspected that the lady might be the female educated youth who gave birth to his brother Shen.
So what was she doing there now?!
Could it be that she came back to meet him after finding out that Brother Shen had a successful career?!
Wang Dong thought for a while, then stepped forward and asked: “Lady, why are you here asking about Xu Shen?”6I just want to point out that Google Translate kept on translating every sentence that contained the word “woman” as “lesbian” in this chapter, and the one before. So the magazine is for lesbians, Shu Ran keeps on hiring lesbians and all this about Xu Shen’s mother reads as: “He suspected that it was the lesbian who gave birth to Brother Shen.” “Lesbian, what are you doing here?” “That lesbian looked like his brother Shen!” “Come, look at this lesbian!” It’s atrocious and I don’t know why it’s happening! 🤣
Xia Yun looked up at Wang Dong. She had been crying for a while and finally recovered a little: “Do you know Xu Shen? How is he doing now?”
She heard that he was doing well, which made her feel a little relieved, but she still wanted to hear more.
Wang Dong was not delighted: “I’m asking you, why did you ask me back?!”
Why would he tell this person news about his brother Shen?!
“…” Xia Yun paused and continued calmly: “I heard that he has a successful career and is doing business in the city.”
Wang Dong clicked his tongue inwardly… She really came to take advantage, bah!
He waited for Xia Yun to open her mouth and demand something, but Xia Yun said: “I feel relieved knowing that he is doing well. If you know him… Please don’t tell him that I’ve been here.”
Xia Yun got up and walked away in a trance.
On the other hand, Wang Dong was confused. What was this?!
“Hey, you, are you…” Wang Dong gritted his teeth. “Are you my brother Shen’s mother?”
Xia Yun’s back trembled, she stood firm, and tears began to flow out again. She wanted to say yes, but she couldn’t say it. After a pause, she walked away again.
“Wait, wait, wait a minute!” Wang Dong couldn’t let her go so he yelled: “Brother Shen is in the city, do you want to go see him?”
Xia Yun knew that she should keep walking, but after hearing those words, she could no longer move her feet. She wanted to see what her child had grown into, feeling sad when she heard that he was all alone.
At that moment, Shu Ran and Xu Shen were cleaning at home. In the kitchen, there were dishes for dinner, including winter bamboo shoots, braised pig trotters, and oxtail soup, which nourished qi and blood and strengthened muscles and bones. Xu Shen specially prepared everything for Shu Ran.
Near evening, Wang Dong came unexpectedly, bringing with him a strange woman7“a strange lesbian”, according to Google.
Xu Shen happened to be cleaning the front door. The moment he saw that woman, he was stunned and felt a strange feeling washing over him.
“Brother Shen…” Wang Dong called out in an extremely awkward tone. He knew that he was too impulsive and was about to get scolded. However, that might be his brother Shen’s biological mother, so he felt that he should come anyway.
Xu Shen ignored Wang Dong’s voice. He saw that woman, whom he had never met before, looking at him with red eyes, full of guilt and concentration, making him frown and feel very strange.
“Brother Shen?” Shu Ran walked over from the yard, also saw Wang Dong, and smiled at him: “It’s Brother Dong! Why are you here so late? It’s almost dark.”
When Wang Dong saw Shu Ran, he felt like he was meeting his savior. He swallowed his saliva and mumbled: “Brother Dingzi, come and look at this lady. She is here to see Brother Shen.”
“Here to find Brother Shen?” Shu Ran looked over and was stunned when he saw Xia Yun. Combined with Wang Dong’s performance, he already understood. His heart felt drowned in a strong wind, but on the surface, he remained calm: “Then just come in first and talk slowly.”
He also wanted to know what happened back then.
Xu Shen seemed to have come to his senses. He glanced at Shu Ran and wanted to protest a little, but Shu Ran was not the obedient little wife he used to be, not afraid of making him angry at all.
“What are you looking at? Come in too.” Shu Ran said. There were always things that needed to be clarified.
Xu Shen swallowed his protest immediately. His wife straightened his face and looked scary!
The author has something to say:
Brother Shen hasn’t hugged his schoolboy yet, so he’ll definitely arrange it in the next chapter! There will not be a happy reunion with Xia Yun, I just want to push them to confess more things to each other.
