First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 35 Translation

035. Wedding gifts


Lin Li originally can really eat. After getting pregnant she can eat even more. The food on the table, An Ran hadn’t moved her chopsticks that much, yet all of them have been intercepted by Lin Li.

Before leaving, An Ran excuses herself to go to the washroom, while secretly taking the bill and going to the counter to pay. Although Su Yi Jiao had said that the next time they come would be on her, but she still feels uncomfortable with that.

When she returned to Lin Li she was making a call to her Cheng Xiang, looking bashful. The moment made An Ran recall that once you shed Lin Li’s casual haughty disposition, she’s also a loveable cutie.

Seeing An Ran come over, Lin Li says a few words to Cheng Xiang and ends the call. Facing An Ran she says, “Little An, my little Xiang has a dinner party this evening, so tonight it’s your turn to serve this Lao Fo Ye with drinks and entertainment.”

“We’ve eaten the good stuff and the drank the good stuff, where does Lao Fo Ye* want to go next?” An Ran plays along with Lin Li.

*T/N: Lao Fo Ye - empress dowager 

Lin Li’s pair of large eyes sneak a roll, and says, “Let’s go shopping. We have to digest after we eat, and my Cheng Xiang said that when he gets back he’ll bring nuo mi ji.”

*nuo mi ji - sticky rice

An Ran rolls her eyes, angrily saying, “You need to control yourself a bit, be careful you might make my daughter burst.”

“Go to hell. My son’s stomach will be just as capable as mine.” Lin Li proudly says as she looks her in the eye.

An Ran scoffs, and the two exit You Ran restaurant.


In the car, An Ran puts on a slow and gentle piano tune. Lin Li opens the window half way. The evening’s night wind is blowing in the same direction as the path they’re traveling, whistling into the car.

“Oh yeah, you and that Su---Su Yi Cheng got the certificate. So when are you going to do the wedding?” In the car, Lin Li asks as she suddenly thought about it.

“We’re not planning on doing a wedding.” An Ran says indifferently, her eyes focused on looking ahead, on the road.

“Why? He doesn’t want to do it?” Lin Li looks at her strangely. In her opinion, even though weddings are just formalities, it’s still much more important than that certificate. If there’s no wedding then there wouldn’t be blessings, as if they were sneaking around, never to see the light.

An Ran shakes her head, “No, it’s me that doesn’t want to do it. It’s too inconvenient.”

“An zi*, this is a woman’s lifelong dream. If you’re scared it’s inconvenient, at the least you’re also giving yourself that one day, wearing a pretty wedding dress, accepting everyone’s blessings, having a father leading you down the aisle to bring you to the hands of your beloved man.” Lin Li states.

*Zi - term of endearment 

An Ran looks at her in the eye, forces a smile and says, “Lin Li, I’m not like you. What I have with Su Yi Cheng isn’t like what you have with Cheng Xiang.”

“An Ran, you’re not taking responsibility for yourself.” Lin Li fixes her gaze on her, her expression serious, even grave.

An Ran looks at her, and laughs. “If one day Su Yi Cheng and I get to the point to what you and Cheng Xiang have now, then I will definitely make him throw me a wedding to make up for it.” But will there ever be that day? Who knows.

Lin Li turns silent for a while. The vehicle has arrived at the mall. Just before alighting the car, she says, “An zi, arrange a time for me and your Su Yi Cheng to meet.” An Ran was her best friend, she needs to see what kind of man this Su Yi Cheng is. If he’s not good, she definitely would not allow him to bully An Ran.

An Ran parks the car at the curb. She turns to smile at Lin Li, and nods, “Sure.”

Lin Li also smiles. She opens the door and gets off, “An zi, let’s go. Let’s go in with this Lao Fo Ye. Lao Fo Ye needs to see what things are appropriate to give you for wedding gifts.”

“Ha, then I will need to first give thanks to Lao Fo Ye, for your spending.” An Ran smiles as she speaks.

“It’s nothing. When the time comes for mine and Cheng Xiang’s wedding, you need to give me one just as well. Nothing much, has to be around the 5 to 6 digit price range.” Lin Li says without reserve.

“Screw you, robbing me.”

At first An Ran wasn't thinking of buying anything, but now she recalls that the day after tomorrow she might have to meet Su Yi Cheng’s parents. In that case she pulls An Ran to go buy two scarves, one with a toned-down style, another with a lively colour.

Lin Li sees An Ran carrying two bags, continuously nodding her head, “Yes, in-law relations are the most problematic, have to manage it well. Some other day I’ll also get my mother-in-law something, give her something to laugh about.”

Hearing that, An Ran turns to look at her stomach, smiling, “Seems to me you don’t need to buy anything, just raise your child well and that’s enough. How timely that you don’t need to work too, you can focus on marriage preparations and giving birth at home.”

As they talk they enter a shop for pyjamas. An Ran thinks about her own bras that have been worn until deformity. While they’re at it she directly goes to that section and picks out some bras, while Lin Li was at the sales counter bothering the worker with something.

An Ran picks out a few that she wears frequently, simple style, and does not try it on, takes them to the counter to pay. When she gets there, there were two bags on the counter. Apparently Lin Li was already done. Seeing her come over, she takes out a pair of pyjamas from the bag and shows it off, “How is it, look good?”

The style wasn’t sexy, had a normal silk shoulder strap, around the center there was an especially pretty delicate flower drawn on it.

An Ran nods, saying, “Very nice.”

Lin Li nods satisfied, puts the pyjamas back into the bag, and takes out another one and hands it to her, saying, “I liked it once I saw it, look, I also bought you a set.”

An Ran reaches out to take it, inspecting it. The same red rose. She carries her bag and laughs as she looks at Lin Li, saying, “Lin Li, you're real stingy, just giving me pyjamas, and still want me to give you something in the 5 to 6 digit price range.”

“Haha, nowadays you’re together with a wealthy person, what is it to haggle with us ordinary people. Speaking of that, don’t look down on pyjamas, it might have more power than you think.” As she says this she turns to face the service counter attendant beside her and asks, “Wouldn’t you agree?”

“Yes.” She only sees the attendant smiling at An Ran ambiguously, nodding.

An Ran doesn’t think too much of it, and lets the attendant ring up the underwear, then she put it in the bag and the two left.

The two stay in the mall and stroll around for a bit. Lin Li bought her Cheng Xiang some dress shirts. She sees that it’s almost time, so the two get ready to go home.

They put their stuff in the back, and An Ran starts the car to send Lin Li this Lao Fo Ye home.

On the road, An Ran looks at Lin Li sitting beside her, satisfyingly and quietly appreciating the pyjamas before her, when suddenly a question flashes upon her. Her complexion starts to blush, she begins to speak, somewhat embarrassed. “Lin, Lin Li.”

“Yeah?” Lin Li answers, not turning her head, her eyes still fixed on the pyjamas in her hands. She really likes the flower. Very exquisitely pretty.

An Ran leaves her mouth open for a while, yet she still couldn’t spit it out.

After a long time not waiting for a reply, Lin Li couldn’t endure it. She raises her head and asks, “What is it?”

An Ran looks at her in the eye, finally, red-faced, she spits it out. “That, does the first time always hurt?” She has no experience, but it is said that it hurts. She doesn’t know, so she wanted to ask Lin Li. After all she is an experienced person, with ample of experience.

“What first time? What hurts?” Lin Li’s reaction was eternally slow, but this slowness made An Ran blow her top.

“It’s, it’s that. You, you and Cheng Xiang’s first time did it hurt?” Her face felt like it was on fire, An Ran really wanted to die, wishing that she could dig a hole and bury herself in it.

Lin Li was dazed for a half a day, when she suddenly and violently utters, “My god, you guys still haven’t done it!”

An Ran feels her face boiling up even more, perhaps, she shouldn’t have asked Lin Li this question.

“Of course the first time will hurt. That time it was the first for us both, no experience at all, almost threw my back.” Lin Li recalls, that simple, blood-soaked battle, all experience were blood and tears!

An Ran listens cautiously, timidly asking, “Then, then does that mean a man with experience won’t hurt that much?” This year Su Yi Cheng was 32 years old. Even though she doesn’t know how much women there were before, but according to his conditions, he should be plenty experienced.

Lin Li stares at her coldly, saying, “How should I know, I’ve never experienced it.”


---END OF CHAPTER---



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I'm sorry guys, one chapter again this week >< I'll try to update again some time in the next few days! No motivation for anything these days, haha.