T/N: Jun Qu is actually a military district... Until now I thought it was just a name but nope lol. My bad.
“Sorry.” An Ran quickly apologizes. She raises her head only to see the elegant, long hair of the other person, her fair skin carrying the classic scent of a beautiful woman.
The classic beauty that she had bumped into just smiles at An Ran and shakes her head, passing An Ran as she enters the washroom directly.
An Ran doesn’t mind too much about it, and leaves the washroom, directly heading towards yesterday’s store.
By the time Su Yi Cheng came over to pick up An Ran, An Ran was still very nervous about the dinner this evening. She was so tense and nervous about it that she had forgotten about this morning’s worry about the awkwardness the two would have when they meet again after last night.
The couple return to the apartment first to get the health products and the scarf that An Ran had bought yesterday. In the washroom, An Ran fixes up her make-up simply, then stands in front of the mirror to examine herself for a while longer.
Su Yi Cheng waited in the living room for a while, but doesn’t see An Ran come out, so he opens the door to come in, only to see her staring at the mirror with a blank expression, her brows wrinkled.
“What’s up?” Su Yi Cheng asks.
An Ran turns, looks at Su Yi Cheng, and mumbles, “Tell me, should I change to another set of clothes? Also, is my hair messy?” If she had known earlier she would have fixed her hair first, but going to the mall had used up all of her break time. She thought about fixing it, but hadn’t the time.
Su Yi Cheng smiles, just takes her hand, and lowers his head to place a kiss on her lips. Wandering, when she was still unguarded he loquaciously explores her mouth. Tickling her, winding her to join him in the dance. For a while An Ran couldn’t react. When she could, she then intended to push him, but Su Yi Cheng was already one step ahead and releases her.
An Ran covers her mouth, face blushing, not daring to look at him. Su Yi Cheng was aroused by her shy appearance and smiles, pulling her hand, not saying anything. He simply leads her out the door.
In the car, An Ran was still nervous, but because of the kiss before she doesn’t dare to look at Su Yi Cheng, only clenching her fingers, turning her head to look out the window. But half an hour into the ride, and seeing that the car isn’t going to stop for a while, An Ran can’t help but turn her head and ask, “Do your parents live really far?”
“Your parents!” Su Yi Cheng raises his brows, turning to look at An Ran, asking, “What did you just say?”
“It’s been a while and we’re still not there, do your parents live far?” An Ran innocently asks him again.
Su Yi Cheng looks at her incredulously, asking, “Just my parents?”
An Ran turns red, sticking her tongue out, and says with a bit of ill-intention, “I, I’m still not used to this.”
Su Yi Cheng nods, and doesn’t blame her intention, reminding her, “But when we get home, just remember not to make the same mistake.”
“Okay.” An Ran nods eagerly. This is her most important duty, and she will play her role well.
Su Yi Cheng glances her amusedly, then immediately turns back to face the road in front of him, adding, “Grandpa was originally Jun Qu’s commanding officer, but now he’s already retired, and now dad is Jun Qu’s political commissar. So now they all live at Jun Qu courtyard. The courtyard is just a short distance away from the city center. There’s still maybe about 20 more minutes, if you’re tired, just lie down to rest, when we’re there I’ll call you.”
His speech made An Ran hard to digest it, so she stares at him for a while, finally muttering, “I never knew your family background was so illustrious.” She totally didn’t expect that her own husband was unexpectedly right now’s most fashionable Hong generation.
“At that time you didn’t ask clearly and just married into my family. Now it’s too late to regret it.”
An Ran looks at him, not listening to his words, just asking, “Su Yi Cheng, does your family not attach importance on status?”
Su Yi Cheng glances at her. Her mind’s matters and worries are all obviously written on her face. He stops the car at the curb, looks at her seriously, and asks, “An Ran, what are you worried about?”
An Ran looks at him stunned, not saying anything. Even though she was born as a commoner, but she also knows that there are some rich and powerful families that place great importance on family status. If they were to check appropriate matches, she is 100% unmatchable to Su Yi Cheng. If the Su family does care about family status, then what should she do? Divorce? An Ran doesn’t know, but in her mind she can’t help but have some regrets, regret that she had married too hastily.
“Is my mother the kind of person that cares about family status?” Su Yi Cheng asks.
An Ran was stunned, immediately shaking her head. At that moment she recalls that she had met Qin Yun days earlier, and how her friendly manner was completely unlike someone who would care about what status she has or what family background she’s from. Contrary to expectation she truly isn’t the kind that places importance on family status.
“Then what are you so worried about?” Su Yi Cheng can’t help but find it funny, this girl seems to always consider those trivial matters. In fact if they were to go back in time, his mother perhaps would pay careful attention to how well matched the families are socially, but not now. She’s only afraid that she herself wouldn’t match to the standards of a daughter-in-law. As long as his partner’s family background is clean, she can only worry about being happy or being late.
“Really don’t mind?” An Ran asks, still unrelieved. In fact she herself doesn’t expect much, it’s just that when the time comes for the two families to meet, she doesn’t wish that because of that reason, that her own parents would be looked down on or something.
Su Yi Cheng strokes her head as if spoiling a child, turns around and starts the car to continue the journey. Why not just let her see herself in a moment, his grandfather and parents, are not all those type of superficial people, comparing family statuses upon meeting. What they care about most is character.
The car slowly enters a lofty and dignified gate, below the gate an orderly row of soldiers with firearms stand in position, not a sideway glance, standing perfectly looking straight ahead. They recognize Su Yi Cheng’s car, who would come back every month, frequently, and so they were familiar with him, thus there was no need to register and interrogate the visitor.
An Ran, a little nervous, was pursing her lips tightly, looking at the abundance of trees standing between the cyan-brick houses, and each of the red-wood doors in front, standing perfectly straight and army orderly. An Ran, unaware that she was feeling a sense of familiarity, like when she was a child she had gotten something wrong, and was called out by the teacher and had to stand still outside as punishment.
Su Yi Cheng stops in front of his family’s red-wood front door, salutes, and smiles as he advances to open the door. Upon seeing Su Yi Cheng, he calls out with a clear and bright voice, “Ah Cheng ge.” Seeing An Ran getting off the car beside him, still with a big smile and a bright voice he calls out, “Sao zi (Sis-in-law).”
“Xiao Zhang.” Su Yi Cheng smiles and nods at him, considering that to be a greeting.
Xiao Zhang’s gaze, standing at attention, fixes on An Ran, thinking to himself, this Ah Cheng ge’s wife is truly pretty, fresh. What the Jun Qu troop is lacking the most is women. It was good that he was stationed inside the Jun Qu courtyard, at least he could still see women. Thinking about his comrades that were stationed inside the base were truly bitter, not being able to see even one woman in several years. However those that visit the courtyard are only few, and they were all the wives of senior officials, having a few years on him. Besides Miss Su Yi Jiao who is the most frequent visitor, however he has seen her so many times that he was unaffected now. Ah Cheng ge’s wife and Miss Su Yi Jiao are different. Refined and gentle, fair and clear, truly beautiful.
An Ran was frozen, was made a bit uneasy by the environment. Seeing the salute she could only smile awkwardly, unsure of what she should say.
Su Yi Cheng can see An Ran’s awkwardness, and was about to say something to her. The two haven’t even been seen yet, but Qin Yun who was still inside had already called out to them. “Is that Ah Cheng and An Ran?”
---END OF CHAPTER---
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