007. Will you marry
me?
Su Yi Cheng was waiting for Secretary Zheng, when his mother at home called and asked him to come home and have dinner. But he knows that it’s not just a simple meal. He expects that she was going to bring up that same old topic again. The elder will do nothing but try to persuade him, only forcing him to go to a blind date and what not.
As he was going through of all that repetitive pleading in his mind, a person suddenly sits in front of him. He thought that Secretary Zheng had come back. When he looked up he didn’t expect it to be a lady. Feeling that this lady was kind of familiar, he dazes off until he recalled that he had indeed met this woman before, and not just once!
“Ah Cheng, are you listening to me!” Mother Su on the other line hadn’t heard a response from her son, so she asks disgruntled.
Su Yi Cheng’s spirit returns, with vigour in his voice he says, “Mom, I have some stuff to do here, I’ll call you later this evening.”
“Do not use excuses to try to dodge me, first clear up what we just discussed. Are you coming back this evening or not,” she was done playing with her son’s cheap tricks. Mother Su’s instincts does not believe what he says. “Even though your dad and your grandfather don’t say a thing, but in their hearts they still miss you. When you said that you would move out you really moved out! You have to come home at least once, nevertheless. The entire day you say you’re busy with work, how busy can a city helper get. I see that Lao Zhang has a lot of free time, he’s always looking for your father and your grandfather to play chess and chat. Don’t tell me that a municipal committee member’s work isn’t as much as your’s? I think you’re just looking for excuses not to go home.”
Su Yi Cheng was really defeated by his mother. He smiles apologetically to An Ran, and makes a compromise to his mom, “Ok ok ok, I got it. I’ll come home this evening, is that enough!”
“That’s more like it.” Mother Su is now satisfied. After giving out a few warnings, she finally ends the call.
Su Yi Cheng ends the call, and was about to ask An Ran what she needed him for, but unexpectedly, An Ran beat him to the punch.
“Gu An Ran. Mr. Mu, right? I’m Lin Li’s—no, should be your colleague Cheng Xiang’s date. Hi.” An Ran said as she extended her hand for a shake. Actually, regarding the man in front of her, Lin Li had already covered how handsome he was, and forgot to talk about the other things, so the only thing she knows about this guy is that he is called Mu Feng, and that he is colleagues with Cheng Xiang, working in the same security company. Regarding everything else, she knows absolutely nothing.
Su Yi Cheng was waiting for Secretary Zheng, when his mother at home called and asked him to come home and have dinner. But he knows that it’s not just a simple meal. He expects that she was going to bring up that same old topic again. The elder will do nothing but try to persuade him, only forcing him to go to a blind date and what not.
As he was going through of all that repetitive pleading in his mind, a person suddenly sits in front of him. He thought that Secretary Zheng had come back. When he looked up he didn’t expect it to be a lady. Feeling that this lady was kind of familiar, he dazes off until he recalled that he had indeed met this woman before, and not just once!
“Ah Cheng, are you listening to me!” Mother Su on the other line hadn’t heard a response from her son, so she asks disgruntled.
Su Yi Cheng’s spirit returns, with vigour in his voice he says, “Mom, I have some stuff to do here, I’ll call you later this evening.”
“Do not use excuses to try to dodge me, first clear up what we just discussed. Are you coming back this evening or not,” she was done playing with her son’s cheap tricks. Mother Su’s instincts does not believe what he says. “Even though your dad and your grandfather don’t say a thing, but in their hearts they still miss you. When you said that you would move out you really moved out! You have to come home at least once, nevertheless. The entire day you say you’re busy with work, how busy can a city helper get. I see that Lao Zhang has a lot of free time, he’s always looking for your father and your grandfather to play chess and chat. Don’t tell me that a municipal committee member’s work isn’t as much as your’s? I think you’re just looking for excuses not to go home.”
Su Yi Cheng was really defeated by his mother. He smiles apologetically to An Ran, and makes a compromise to his mom, “Ok ok ok, I got it. I’ll come home this evening, is that enough!”
“That’s more like it.” Mother Su is now satisfied. After giving out a few warnings, she finally ends the call.
Su Yi Cheng ends the call, and was about to ask An Ran what she needed him for, but unexpectedly, An Ran beat him to the punch.
“Gu An Ran. Mr. Mu, right? I’m Lin Li’s—no, should be your colleague Cheng Xiang’s date. Hi.” An Ran said as she extended her hand for a shake. Actually, regarding the man in front of her, Lin Li had already covered how handsome he was, and forgot to talk about the other things, so the only thing she knows about this guy is that he is called Mu Feng, and that he is colleagues with Cheng Xiang, working in the same security company. Regarding everything else, she knows absolutely nothing.
Su Yi Cheng
shakes her hand in confusion, however concerning what she just said, he simply
listened, puzzled. Gu An Ran? Mr. Mu? Lin Li? Cheng Xiang? What and what?!
“Gu, actually I—“ just as he was about to speak, the phone on the table went off yet again. Su Yi Cheng apologetically smiles at An Ran, and answers it. It was Secretary Zheng’s call, who said that he just happened to come upon rush hour, and his car is stuck on the fourth loop. He estimates that he will be there in half an hour, and was afraid that he will have a long wait, so he called to let him know.
“Gu, actually I—“ just as he was about to speak, the phone on the table went off yet again. Su Yi Cheng apologetically smiles at An Ran, and answers it. It was Secretary Zheng’s call, who said that he just happened to come upon rush hour, and his car is stuck on the fourth loop. He estimates that he will be there in half an hour, and was afraid that he will have a long wait, so he called to let him know.
He was about to put down his phone and speak, when his ringtone went off again. It was one of the municipal committee member, notifying him that the meeting this afternoon about the city’s economic development plan has been postponed, and will be moved to Monday morning.
As he was about to put down his phone again, not waiting for him to speak, An Ran laughs and says, “Seems like you’re a busy person.” From the moment she got here until now, his phone hasn’t had a break.
Su Yi Cheng laughs, not wanting to further press on this issue
“I guess I’ll talk about my background first.” An Ran straightens herself, seeing that he’s about to speak, says, “I’m 28 this year, have a job that’s considered to be not too bad, financially independent, my parents are healthy, my father is a high school teacher, my mother works at a nationalized corporation and handles their accounting, I’m an only daughter, furthermore I’m quite healthy, also there’s nothing wrong with my family’s medical history.”
Su Yi Cheng can somewhat understand what is going on now. This kind of preamble, she’s actually here for a blind date. He leans against the back of his chair, the corner of his mouth slowly forms a faintly discernible smile. He’s met this woman three times before, today would be the fourth time. Actually, on the third time that he saw her she was on a blind date, and that was not the only time that she and the blind date made further contact for a date. But the ending did not look all that great. However, this time there seems to be some grief, as she has the wrong date. Picking up his coffee, he takes a sip, and continues listening to her speech.
Seeing that he wasn’t speaking, An Ran continues, “Actually at this age, a mature man and a mature woman like us, going on dates like this, the objective is pretty clear; there’s no other thought but the day when we find a partner to spend the rest of our lives with. As for romance, it’s already a crazy idea at this age. So, if it’s appropriate, do you want to marry me?” She was also a bit exhausted, she doesn’t want to wait and see anymore. If marriage is the last stage, then she might as well get married right away. Those other stages, she doesn’t want to think about it anymore.
“(Fits of cough)…” Su Yi Cheng chokes from her speech, his face turned red, he looks at her. Her eyes are unreadable.
An Ran hands him a napkin, and asks, “You… Okay?”
Su Yi Cheng takes the napkin, shakes his head, and looks at her, “You, what did you just say?” because of his coughing, his voice became very strange.
An Ran looks into his eyes, and says, “Because I’m financially independent, we don’t have to rely on each other to live. Laundry, meals, and whatever housework can also be assigned. I don’t really need a huge wedding— don’t even need to give a dinner party. If we can, we go tomorrow and get the license.”
Su Yi Cheng stares at her, his brows wrinkling tightly. He slowly relaxes, and chuckles as he shakes his head, “I don’t have any time tomorrow.”
Gu An Ran is surprised, but also nods quickly in understanding, “I understand.” She gets up to leave. Thinking again, this is the first time that they’ve met, and she talks about marriage. Who would say yes?
“Miss Gu.” Seeing that she was leaving, Su Yi Cheng also stands to call out to her, and asks, “This is the first time we’ve met, I just don’t understand. This kind of marriage, isn’t it too sloppy?”
An Ran turns to look at him, and says, “What’s there to understand? Some people hide their intentions, for a few years, even for a lifetime. You also can’t be sure that you’ll ever see that person’s true nature. To understand that person’s true nature, realization has nothing to do with length of time. And there are some things that appear to be ugly from the first look. There are times when you look at things vaguely, and that’s when you get that hazy sense of beauty.”
The two stand face to face for a few minutes. Su Yi Cheng stares at her, as if pondering over something. An Ran sees that he is still not speaking, turns around and begins to leave.
Suddenly, a magnetic voice comes out from behind, “I have time this afternoon.”
Her leaving footsteps pause, An Ran turns her head in shock, meeting his eyes that look like they’re smiling, yet at the same time not. Only when looking at him, did he open his mouth to speak, “Do you have time right now to have lunch with me?”
After a few moments in shock, An Ran recovers and walks over to him, once again returning to her seat.
---END OF CHAPTER---
Wow! An Ran is a girl of action.He looks pretty good ,but,she doesn't even know him.And he is in shock. Can he really marry a girl he just met.
ReplyDeleteAhahaha....i wish i have An Ran's courage!
ReplyDeleteThis was daebaak...amazing but?Mr.young reaction was way too fast too
ReplyDeleteㅋㅋㅋ 대박! 안란 짱이야!
ReplyDeletethis is the true girl power..go gu an ran..hahah
ReplyDeletewtf omg just wow :):):)
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