my personal favourite translated (and completed) c-novels

Happy New Year guys! It's almost been a year since I've started translation, can't believe how fast the time has gone by! 😮

I only recently got into c-novels last year, since I was in a gap year from graduating and job searching! Was bored, and finally had the time to watch dramas freely without guilt... Hehehe. I fell in love with the drama Nirvana in Fire/ Lang ya bang (there was another team that translated a few of the other chapters but I can't find them....) and Love me if you dare, found out that both of them were adaptations of a novel, read the translations that were available, and yep, from there on I was inspired to teach myself Mandarin again and try to read on my own. Of course, I didn't make as much progress as I'd like to, but once I make more money I hope that I could take Chinese lessons again, since there's only so much that I could learn on my own. I'm quite detached from the Chinese culture, and their language, has so much history and meanings behind them, that I know I'm overly simplifying things, and I'm afraid that I miss a lot of the nuances behind each phrase. Well, anyways, I'm getting off track here, haha. What I wanted to do was just share the novels that have inspired me 😀  They are top quality translations 👍

Also, all of these are completed, because I just have terrible memory lol, I have to read things all at once or I'll just forget details or confuse it with other stories.. Also, I'm impatient 😛

(Oh, just a warning, some these are PG-13, I think. I can't really remember, haha.)

1. To be a virtuous wife, translated by Dreams of Jianghu  (she also translated A slight smile is devastating, which is also pretty damn cute!) 
2. Sangsheng, death exists not at the River of Oblivion translated by hamster428 (also, check out Mei gonqing, it's not yet completed, but it's just too awesome to miss out) 
3. Seven unfortunate lifetimes, all thanks to a moment of impulse translated by rosyfantasy (I also quite like the Demon king's favourite wangfei! translations are still in progress though)
4. One life, one incarnation: Beautiful bones translated by hoju (should also check out Together forever, both from the same author and translated from the same team... Both stories are just amazingly sweet) 
5. The demoness is not evil translated by xiaoxiaomei 

... And I think that's it for now! I'll probably add more as I go. As you can tell, I really like historicals, lol. Hopefully one day I can translate one too ^^ Once again, Happy New Year! Cheers! 

First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 54 Translation

054. Breakfast


In a daze, as if she was missing the embrace, missing the warmth. The rustling background noise wasn’t loud, but it still woke up An Ran who wasn’t sleeping soundly. She opens her bleary eyes. The illumination of the room was still dim, only a few rays of the morning light snuck in through the window curtains, so it hadn’t brightened the room.

She slowly stretches her body, and turns her head, only to see, in the dusk, that Su Yi Cheng had already gotten up, standing in front of the wardrobe and changing into his work out clothes. He turns around, right in time to meet An Ran’s sleepy eyes. He was surprised, but immediately gives a soft smile, “Did I wake you up?”

An Ran doesn’t reply, but just stares at him. The sleepiness in her eyes was gradually waning. Her eyes slowly gets clearer, at the same time his silhouette was gradually becoming more and more clear. Without his suit, wearing such casual workout clothes made him brighter, with much more vitality, and made him appear much younger, as if he were a university student who had just entered society.

Seeing that she wasn’t speaking, Su Yi Cheng walks over to her. He squats in front of the bed, reaches out to feel her forehead, to make sure that she wasn’t having a fever or any other illness. He stares into her eyes, his hand follows down her forehead to stroke her face. He gives a small smile and asks, “What’s up? Do you not feel well?”

An Ran stares at him, and shakes her head. She covers his hands with her’s. People are truly weird, and habits are really a fearful thing. How long has it been, that she has already memorized his temperature, memorized the way his hands stroked her face, memorized everything about this man.

Su Yi Cheng laughs, and lowers his head to give her a light kiss on her forehead. Then he says, “Go back to sleep, it’s still early.”

“You, where you going?” An Ran asks sleepily, her eyes still fixed on him.

Su Yi Cheng chuckles and gets up, says, “I’m going on a morning run. You go sleep for a bit.” In the past at the compound he would run with his yeye everyday. This custom was drilled into him since young, so after all these years, even if he doesn’t live at the compound anymore, he would still diligently do his morning exercise as if it was an essential part of his life.

An Ran nods, and watches him as he leaves. She lies back down on the bed. Without his embrace, without his warmth, going back to sleep seemed like a difficult thing to do.

She lies on the bed for half an hour with her eyes still opened. The morning daylight was getting brighter and brighter by the minute. The originally dusky room was slowly being illuminated. An Ran rolls off the bed. Yesterday she hadn’t washed up and just went to sleep. And even though Su Yi Cheng had helped wipe her clean with a warm towel, but her body still felt a bit icky. So she went over to the armoire, grabbed a new pair of clothing and directly went into the bathroom.

When An Ran was done washing up and bathing it was still only 6 am, however the sky was already quite bright. She pulls the curtains aside, opens the windows, and opens the door to the balcony. She goes out to the balcony, feeling the warm brush of the morning wind on her face, cool and refreshing. She doesn’t know if anyone has said this before, but closing one’s eyes, standing outside on the balcony and letting the morning wind brush against one’s cheek, really is one of life’s pleasure, but also it seems to purify everything, letting one forget all their troubles.

An Ran doesn’t know if there is anyone who has said that, and she doesn’t really know if it’s actually true or not, but at this moment, with her eyes closed and standing there, she feels at peace. The refreshing and coolness also feels really nice, really comfortable.

When Su Yi Cheng was back from his run he sees An Ran busying herself in the kitchen, a pan in one hand, sautéing something, while at the side she puts in two slices of toast into the toaster. On the ceramic table she puts down a plate, adorning it with some slices that were already toasted, though some of them were slightly burnt.

Watching her bustling from behind, she wasn’t careful and scalded her finger. She jumped slightly, grabbing her ear. Seeing that, Su Yi Cheng became a fool, not batting an eyelid and leaning against the kitchen door, a smile on his face.

An Ran finally takes the ham that was cooked golden and puts it onto the plate, mixing it with the poached egg. An Ran nods her head with satisfaction. She turns around to put down the plate of breakfast onto the counter, only to meet the face that was faintly smiling. Surprised, she asks, “W-when did you come in?” He didn’t make a sound when he came in? Why didn’t she sense him at all!

Su Yi Cheng smiles, and walks over to her. He looks at the breakfast in her hands, and bursts into a big smile, says, “That looks and smells delicious.” Then he reaches out, not afraid of scalding himself, and picks out a piece of ham and drops it into his mouth. While chewing he says, “Delicious.”

An Ran watches him in a daze, his somewhat childish action. Only a while later does she finally react, mumbling, “You… Haven’t washed your hand.”

Su Yi Cheng blanks, and only finds it funny. This girl, really doesn’t know how to have fun. Thinking, he lowers his head to use his slightly oily mouth and seals it with her mouth that was still slightly open, swiftly prying her mouth open with his tongue, inviting her to dance with him.

An Ran dazedly lets him have his way kissing her. In his mouth, she can taste a little bit of ham, she can smell the perspiration on his body because of the morning exercise, and it was very strong.

Only after a while does Su Yi Cheng let go of her, and watches her incredibly flushed face that resulted from the kiss, the smile on his face was even more joyous. He lowers his head to give her a few more pecks on the lips, and says, “I’ll go wash up then.” Then he turns around and goes into the master bedroom.

An Ran stands there foolishly holding the plate of food, without spirit for a good while. When she finally recovered, Su Yi Cheng had already grabbed a change of clothes and went into the bathroom. She looks at the plate in her hands, and thinks about the kiss just then, when her face wasn’t yet flushed and wasn’t stained with oil. Her mouth couldn’t help but form a smile, a faint one; a beautiful smile.

While waiting for Su Yi Cheng to finish washing up and come out, An Ran had already finished arranging breakfast on the counter, and had even poured milk.

Su Yi Cheng walks towards the stool and sits, looks at the plate in front of him. There was a poached egg, three pieces of ham, two slices of toast, and a warm glass of milk. His sharp eyes sees that her plate only had a poached egg and toast, missing some hams. He wrinkles his brows, and asks, “You gave me all the ham?”

“I, I’m trying to lose weight.” An Ran says, lowering her head and nibbling on her toast. She drinks her milk.

His originally wrinkled brows wrinkles even more, his expression looking even more serious, “You’re already thin.” Saying that, he picks up all of the ham on his plate, and puts it onto her plate.

An Ran stares at the ham on her plate, then looks at him again. In her mind she scolded herself, ‘Fool, what you liked the most was given to you!’

Seeing her motionless, Su Yi Cheng takes a big bite of his toast, and urges her, “Come on, eat. After you finish I’m bringing you somewhere.”

“W-where are we going?” An Ran asks. Then she suddenly recalls, “Uh, I still have to go to work.”

Su Yi Cheng laughs and pats her head, “Idiot, today’s Saturday. Go to what work."

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Happy New Year everybody :) 

First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 53 Translation

053. The entire night

On the road An Ran just has her head turned, looking out the window. Her eyes were lifeless, unfocused.

Su Yi Cheng takes a glance at her, but doesn’t say anything. He takes his free hand and reaches out to her’s, holding it tightly. What had happened this evening was unexpected for him, but it also allowed him to understand one thing: About this marriage, it wasn’t that she couldn’t find someone who was suitable for her. It because, in her heart, she was waiting for someone for six years. Ultimately, her heart couldn’t wait anymore, and right at that time, she had met him.

He reckons that if she hadn’t gotten the wrong address that day, it would be with someone else, and perhaps she would be some other man’s wife right now. Thinking along those lines, Su Yi Cheng felt a little depressed, a feeling he can’t really describe. He squeezes her hand, an action that he wasn’t even consciously doing.

An Ran let out a muffled yelp, turns her head, and looks at him.

Realizing that he was hurting her, Su Yi Cheng was surprised that he had forgotten his manners (T/N: or self-control), at the same time he smiles at her apologetically, and rubs her small hand with his large palm. He smiles abashedly, and says, “Are you tired? If you are you can just lean back and sleep for a bit, I’ll wake you up when we’re there.”

An Ran stares at him. A while later, she nods her head. She looks at the back of her seat and slowly closes her eyes.

Su Yi Cheng adjusts her seat until it was good, so that she can lie down comfortably.

The ride was smooth. An Ran was leaning back, her body was covered with Su Yi Cheng’s coat. Her breathing, was shallow.

The car slowly enters the neighbourhood’s underground lot. Su Yi Cheng then puts the car out and watches An Ran beside him, leaning back against the seat with her eyes closed. He knows that she isn't sleeping at all. Although her breathing was even, but her quivering eyebrows and lashes exposed her.

Su Yi Cheng looks at her peacefully for a while, ultimately not waking her up at all. He opens the door, walks around the car, opens her side and carries her out. Then he carries her into the elevator, and into their home. Finally, he carries her into the bedroom, and puts her down onto the bed.

The entire way, An Ran continued to pretend to be asleep, and Su Yi Cheng continued to go along with her. He hugs her, treating her as if she really were asleep. He sits on the bedside and looks at the messy bangs on her forehead. He reaches out to brush it aside, exposing her pretty eyebrows. He gently rubs it, smoothing down the creases that came up because of her frown. Then he gets up to go to the bathroom. When Su Yi Cheng emerges from the bathroom with a warm towel, he sees that she still has her eyes closed, but with some tears at the corner of her eyes. He foolishly looks at those tear stains. He has this kind of indescribable feeling.

Still not waking her up, he unfolds his towel and wipes the tears from her eyes, wipes the dust and exhaustion. Then he goes back into the bathroom, and gets another towel. He takes her hand, wiping every single finger until they were clean.

An Ran’s eyebrows and lashes shiver, even her fingers couldn’t help but move. Su Yi cheng looks up at her for a while, yet she still has her eyes closed. He doesn’t say anything, takes her other hand, and does the same to that hand.

When Su Yi Cheng got up to put the towel back, Su Yi Jiao's call came in. He turns to look at her, and takes the call out of the bedroom.

At the same time that he left An Ran opens her eyes, and sees his figure retreating from the room, one hand holding the door, but because he wasn’t using a lot of strength, the door didn’t make a sound.

She can clearly hear him on the phone, and can guess that it was Su Yi Jiao on the other line. According to his responses, she can also guess what they were talking about. It’s probably about what had happened outside of YouRan restaurant.

An Ran doesn’t know how Su Yi Cheng responded to that, because he started to lower his voice, taking his call farther and farther away from the door.

An Ran lies on the bed, looking at the ceiling. The Mo Fei tonight was unfamiliar to her, completely different from the man six years ago.

The him from the past was warm and carried a ray of sunshine. Everytime they met he would have smile on his face, never changing expressions. Even when she turned around to leave, he was still carrying a smile. Even though it was a smile full of guilt. And the man she saw today didn’t even have an ounce of that shine from six years ago. He was scarier, that dark expression was something she’d never seen before.

Time really is like a knife, peeling away the features from before. Seeing each other again, nothing had remained the same, not even the place that they were once familiar with was the same.

What surprised her the most was that Su Yi Cheng hadn’t asked anything. She can’t read this man’s thoughts, but she’s still thankful that he hasn’t asked. Today was a mess, that even if he had asked, she wouldn’t even know where to start, how to bring it up.

Some scars, would only stop hurting when it’s healed.

Hearing his footsteps, An Ran slowly shuts her eyes, turns her body, so that her back faces the door.

Su Yi Cheng looks at her back that was facing him, quietly watching for a while. In the end he didn’t say anything, and takes some pyjamas from his armoire, then goes into the bathroom.

When Su Yi Cheng was finished bathing and had come out of the bathroom, An Ran maintained the same position, no movement at all.

He wipes his hair clean, then puts the towel aside. Su Yi Cheng lifts the quilt and lies down beside her. He turns off the lamp. In the dark, as always, he reaches out to her and brings her to his embrace, so that her back is lying against his chest. His chin, gently rests against her hair. He cirlces his arm around her waist, wrapping around her stomach. He takes her hand, entwining their fingers together.

He hears her breath quickening, and her body becoming unnaturally stiff. In the dark, he pulls up the cozy silk quilt. He grabs her body closer to his chest, so that she is sticking even closer to him. He lowers his head and kisses the top of her head, whispering, “Sleep….!”

In the dark with her back facing him, An Ran opens her eyes, squeezes his hand that was entwined with hers, then closes her eyes once again.

Not too long after, with the room being illuminated by the faint moon, the breathing rate slowly becomes even, weak, and far apart.

Su Yi Cheng, who was holding An Ran, slowly starts to smile. Now he’s certain that she had already fallen asleep, and not pretending.

Then, holding her frail body, Su Yi Cheng also slowly closes his eyes, falling asleep with her. His breathing matches her breathing. Throughout the night there was that kind of interesting rhythm.






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T/N: Aww, what a sweet chapter :) Merry Christmas everyone, hope you enjoy your holidays~

First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 52 Translation

052. No one would stay where they are and wait for you


As they were leaving YouRan restaurant, An Ran stands at the door and waits for Su Yi Cheng. She sees Xiao xiao reaching out to call for a cab, and one suddenly came and stopped. It was Mo Fei who got off from the taxi, and as if he hadn’ seen Xiao xiao, he directly went over towards An Ran.

Not waiting for An Ran to recover from her shock, her arm was suddenly pulled. Mo Fei grabs her arm without a word and just pulls her towards the taxi.

After a few steps An Ran finally recovers. She tries to struggle free from his grasp, “Mo Fei, what are you doing! Let go!” Didn’t he already leave, how could he come back?

Mo Fei doesn’t say anything, but an annoyed look is plastered on his face. Clearly he was angry. His hold on her doesn’t loosen in the least, rather it tightens even more.

“Mo Fei, let go! Didn’t you hear me!” An Ran shouts. She really is pissed, what is the meaning of this. Who does he think he is to grab her like this. They have no relationship, isn’t that so?

An Ran’s loud voice reached the ears of people who were passing by. They eagerly gather to the scene to watch. Even the employees of YouRan restaurant curiously crowd around the front door to watch. Xiao xiao was standing on the side, with a smile on her lips, but her eyes were showing envy. She doesn’t even intend to give her a hand.

An Ran halted, she continues to struggle free, “Let go, what is the meaning of this?”

Mo Fei looks at her, his expression extremely solemn. He closes his eyes, and only after a while does he start to say, “Come with me. I have something to say to you.”

“I don’t have anything to say to you, let go.” An Ran says flatly, her expression determined.

Mo Fei looks at her, and doesn’t say anything. He pulls her, turns around and continues to walk. And at the moment that Mo Fei turned his head around, he bumped into Su Yi Cheng, unaware that he was there.

Looking at him grasping tightly on An Ran’s hand, Su Yi Cheng wrinkles his brows, his tone somewhat displeased, “Sir, would you please let go of my wife.”

Mo Fei was shocked. He looks at the man in front of him in a daze. He remembers him, he was the man who had picked up An Ran after work last time.

“Yi-Yi Cheng.” Seeing him, An Ran finally feels at ease, and at the same time she starts to feel wronged. Her nose starts to sting, and her eyes start to water. Tears were on the brink of falling down.

Su Yi Cheng smiles at her, then takes a step towards her. He captures Mo Fei’s hand and pinches with a painful force, which made him let go of An Ran. He then takes her hand and gives her a hug, giving her a light pat. He says into her ears, “It’s alright.”

Mo Fei looks at the area that was pinched. It was swelling up. This man wasn’t as refined and gentle as he seems. At the very least, going through that just now, he knows, that if he retaliated, he wouldn’t stand a chance. But seeing how he was hugging An Ran like that, he felt so angry it was unbearable. In the past An Ran had also buried her head into his chest like that, even laughing with him, holding hands and talking about their dreams. At that time he had carried her, but he only thought of succeeding, only thought of giving her an even better life, and being by his side as he tries to make a living. He really doesn’t think that he has wronged her. So after he returned, seeing the results of the investigation, finding out that for the past six years she hadn’t had any other man by her side, he was moved; he knew that she was waiting for him.

However, only in these past few days, there appeared to be this man by her side, even daring to call himself her husband. Six years, every single day and night for 2100 days... He will not lose that for just those measly few days!

“You let go of her!” Mo Fei looks at Su Yi Cheng fiercely, his two fists start to ball up at his side.

Su Yi Cheng lifts his head to look at him, but only to glance at him. Then he lowers his head to look at An Ran who was in his embrace. He hugs her and softly speaks into her ears, “Alright, I’ve already started the car, let’s go home.”

In his chest An Ran nods her head, she was thankful that he had appeared right on time, and thankful that he hadn’t asked.

Su Yi Cheng holds her and turns her around so they could leave, but was grabbed from behind by Mo Fei. He turns, only to see his eyes brimming red, extremely sinister-looking.

“I'll allow you to let go of her.” Mo Fei looks at him fiercely, saying those few words slowly.

Su Yi Cheng frowns, and was about to say something, when An Ran suddenly lifts her head, and looks at Mo Fei. She takes a deep breath and says, “Mo Fei, who are you to tell him to let go? He’s my husband. And what are you to me? Frankly, now we are just classmates, I don’t even consider you a friend. If you wanna argue against that, then you’re simply just an ex, and one from six years ago! Last time didn’t you want me to turn my back and leave? Now why are you making things so complicated? Did you think that feeling betrayed, I would still continue to stay at the same place and foolishly wait for you? You’re selfish for expecting me to stay exactly where I am. Let me tell you, Mo Fei, there isn’t anyone who would be motionless. Time has allowed me to realize how foolish and stupid I was. You turn around and look at how much Jiang City has changed these past six years; after time has passed, the city will also grow. So, for what reason, did you think that feelings wouldn’t change? So when you chose to turn your back and break up with me, what was between us was done.”

With one breath she managed to spill out a long speech such as that, without even a pause in between. Su Yi Cheng held her on one side, he could even feel that she was slightly trembling because of anger. He knows that whatever he says now will be unnecessary, so he holds her even closer, so she can lean on him. So he can give her strength.

Mo Fei looks at her in shock. What she said was all fact, and he couldn’t find a thing to refute. But to tell him to let go like this, he isn’t resigned to do so. How could he be willing to, he loves her, ever since the beginning he has always loved only her!

An Ran doesn’t look at him anymore. She turns around towards Su Yi Cheng and says, “L-let’s go home.”

Su Yi Cheng chuckles and nods. He wraps his arms around her body and turns her around.

“An Ran, don’t go…..” Right at the moment An Ran turned around, he grabs onto her hand.

Su Yi Cheng turns, and coldly says, “Mr. Mo, please behave yourself.” After saying that, he simply takes An Ran’s hand and directly walks over to the car that was parked at the side.

Mo Fei watches the man who was embracing her and leading her into the car. He watches their car leave, disappearing into the endless night sky and into the traffic.

The people who were surrounding them gradually left with An Ran and Su Yi Cheng. Mo Fei turns around in a daze, only to bump into Xiao xiao who was faintly smiling at him. His eyes doesn’t unnecessarily linger on her. He drags his steps towards the parked taxi, and directly lets himself in.

Xiao xiao holds onto her phone, smirking as she watches Mo Fei sit in the taxi and disappearing into the corner of the street. Then she looks at the picture that she had just taken on her phone. Her smile widens.



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T/N: dun dun dun, another sneaky thing that Xiao xiao has up her sleeve.. Damn girl, just let it go, stop making things your business and let that jealousy go~ let it go~

First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 51 Translation

051. The bottom line


Since everyone had had a drink, naturally it wasn’t possible to drive, so at the entrance of YouRan restaurant, they called for a taxi.

Huang De Xing politely lets Tong Wen Hai and Mo Fei go first. Tong Wen Hai gets in the car. When the driver was about to leave he suddenly rolls the window down, and towards An Ran he said, “An Ran, where do you live? If it’s on the way we might as well go together.”

Hearing that, Huang De Xing and Xiao xiao, who were standing beside An Ran, were bewildered. They turn to look at An Ran.

An Ran manages to come with a reply, and quickly waves her hand. “N-no need, I can get a ride myself.”

“Let’s go together, a woman shouldn’t go home alone by herself.” Tong Wen Hai insists.

“I….” An Ran was about to think of something to say, when the phone in her bag starts to ring. It was Su Yi Cheng. An Ran smiles apologetically to everyone, and answers the call.

“Are you still out?” Su Yi Cheng sounds a bit exhausted.

An Ran nods, and asks, “Yeah. Are you back?”

“Yeah, just got home. Saw that you weren’t home.”

“I, I had a dinner gathering with my company.”

“Is it done? Did you drink? Want me to come over and pick you up?” Su Yi Cheng asks.

“Yeah, I drank a bit. I’m afraid I can’t drive now,” An Ran chuckles.

“Where are you? I’ll come pick you up.” Su Yi Cheng asks. An Ran can hear him take his car keys; apparently he’s going to leave immediately.

“It’s ok, I can take a taxi back.” An Ran quickly says, not wanting to trouble him.

“Address.” Su Yi Cheng asks in a tone that accepted no refusal.

“Uh. I’m at YouRan restaurant.” An Ran replies without thinking.

The person on the other line doesn’t say anything more, and just hangs up.

An Ran ends the call, and turns her head only to see that Tong Wen Hai’s car still hasn’t left. She quickly says, “Chief Tong you really don’t need to take the trouble, m-my friend is coming to pick me up.”

Only then does Tong Wen Hai nod, turns back to the driver, and allows the driver to leave.

“Don’t tell me that Chief Tong is interested in you?” Xiao xiao says coldly, her tone scathing and harsh.

“What are you talking about.” An Ran looks at her annoyed. She doesn’t like to hear stuff like that. Actually she can see that Tong Wen Hai was taking particular care of her, but that was because of her mother. Even though she doesn’t really know what was between him and her mother, but her intuition tells her, that what was between them wasn’t that simple.

At this time Huang De Xing’s phone also starts to ring. It was a call from his wife, urging him to come home early. He hangs up and politely says to An Ran and Xiao xiao, “Who’ll be going the same direction as me, we can go together.”

“My friend is coming to pick me up.” An Ran says as she shakes her head.

“Then I’ll go with An Ran, I’m in the same direction.” Xiao xiao says.

Huang De Xing nods, and doesn’t really say anything, just gets in the taxi and leaves.

Watching Huang De Xing leave, Xiao xiao starts to ask, “Is the person coming to pick you up that hot guy from the other day?”

“Yeah.” An Ran chuckles and nods. Actually she really didn’t want to trouble Su Yi Cheng, but he said that he’s coming to pick her up, and it’s not that she’s not moved, her heart is feeling fuzzy, being treated in such a way by another just feels really great.

Xiao xiao gathers her hair and sweeps it to the side, and with a scathing remark she says, “Recently you’ve really picked a prosperous peach blossom. Weren’t you doing blind dates not too long ago, how did you pick one?”

An Ran frowns. She didn’t really like the way she spoke to her, so she doesn’t say anything, and just looks at the neon lights on the streets.

Seeing that she’s not speaking, Xiao xiao also felt embarrassed, so she smiles sluggishly and says, “You can go in and wait. Oh right, do you mind if I take a ride with you? If you do mind then I can go and take a taxi.”

“No it’s okay, it’s on the way in any case.” An Ran says. Then she turns around and goes into the lounge, taking a seat by the window, this way, once Su Yi Cheng arrives, she can see him.

An Ran takes the seat across from her, looking lazy, her unique look. She takes a sip of the tea that the waiter brought her, faintly saying, “You can’t be interested in that Chief Tong, are you?”

Hearing that, An Ran got pissed. She turns and looks right at her, and says, “Xiao xiao, I don’t like the way you’re speaking to me. Everyone has a bottom line, you shouldn’t touch mine; you can say whatever and I wouldn’t really care, but for these matters you really shouldn’t talk about it so irresponsibly, and just because I wasn’t saying anything doesn’t mean that I didn’t take offense.”

Xiao xiao was taken aback, she laughs, “Why so serious? I was just reminding you, that’s all. Up to you to listen or not.”

“Thanks, you’re so kind to point it out, didn’t think of it as complicated as you did.” An Ran says coldly.

Xiao xiao shrugs indifferently, “I wish.” Then she thought of something, laughs and says, “But that Mo Fei really does have an interest in you right, I saw him caressing your hand.”

An Ran turns red, shooting a glance at her, “Don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Really?” Xiao xiao looks at her and smiles, but An Ran doesn’t know that in that smile contains envy, disdain.

An Ran looks out. The dim light of the night was making things hard to see, and the neon lights were flickering. Even at night Jiang city was just as lively as the day.

Xiao xiao also turns to look out, and rubs her cheek. She smirks, her appearance charming.

When Su Yi Cheng alighted from the taxi he caught sight of the seat by the window. An Ran was pensively sitting there. She’s looking in his direction, but it seems like she hadn’t seen him at all.

Su Yi Cheng chuckles and shakes his head, quickening his steps to go into YouRan restaurant.

On the contrary, Xiao xiao had seen Su Yi Cheng just as he got off the taxi. He was a remarkable man, in looks and manners. It’s hard not to take note of him. It’s a pity that his background just isn’t up to par; otherwise he’d be a pretty good catch.

Su Yi Cheng was on his way there, when he noticed Xiao xiao sitting across from An Ran. He remembered her. He’d met her that day in front of An Ran’s company, she was An Ran’s colleague. He smiles at her and nods, not lacking in manner and etiquette.

Xiao xiao raises her brows, arranging her hair gracefully while getting up. Her eyes watching him with some attraction, she reaches out, smiles and says, “Xiao xiao.”

“Su Yi Cheng.” Su Yi Cheng reaches out and shakes her hand, then quickly takes it back. He doesn’t look at her much, and turns to look at the woman sitting there and staring blankly. He chuckles and shakes his head.

Xiao xiao widens her eyes at this man whose gaze left her, incredulously. Her good looks have always been her pride, there hasn’t been a single man who has genuinely ignored her. Besides Mo Fei, he was another one!

“Gu An Ran, are you still daydreaming?” Su Yi Cheng jokes.

Hearing that, An Ran’s spirit suddenly returns, only to see that Su Yi Cheng was already standing beside her, looking at her and laughing. She quickly gets up, “You’re here!” Seeing him, An Ran wasn’t able to say that it was a pleasant surprise.

Su Yi Cheng brushes her bangs to the side, smiles and says, “Yeah, I’m here to pick up my wife.”

An Ran smiles bashfully, her blush fluttering. Even though she was still getting used to it, but because of him her heart, because of those few words, ‘my wife’, she felt that it was super sweet, mysteriously happy.

Su Yi Cheng takes the bag that she had put aside and says, “Give me the car keys, I can drive. Wait for me at the door.”

An Ran nods, and hands the car keys to him. She watches Su Yi Cheng’s tall figure leave the room.

Xiao xiao turns to look at the happy face that An Ran was displaying, feeling ineffably jealous, so much that it was hard to contain. Without a smile on her face she asks, “You guys live together?”

An Ran looks at her, her cheeks turning red. She nods, but doesn’t say anything. She’s married, so obviously they live together. She doesn’t feel like explaining anything to her, so she doesn’t really care what she thinks about it.

“Isn’t that too quick.” Xiao xiao says, her tone has disdain and mockery.

An Ran looks at her, not answering her remark, and just says, “Let’s go, we’ll drive you home first.”

“It’s fine, I’ll go take a taxi myself.” Xiao xiao declines. After saying that, she takes her bag and leaves.

An Ran watches her retreating figure, sensing that she was pissed, for some reason.

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First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 50 Translation

050. Wine table


The man who came in laughing along with Xiao xiao was none other than Mo Fei.

Mo Fei catches sight of An Ran’s pale face, and a faint smile forms on his lips. This time he’s not going to let go, even if he had to force her, he will have her stay by his side.

The people in the room can see that there was something unusual between An Ran and Mo Fei. Xiao xiao laughs with a smirk, feigning surprise as she asks, “An Ran, do you and Director Mo know each other?”

An Ran’s spirit returns. She looks at Xiao xiao, but doesn’t say anything.

Ton Wen Hai examines An Ran, and then looks at Mo Fei, and asks, “Mo Fei, you two know each other?”

Taking his eyes off her, Mo Fei turns to face his father-in-law, smiles, and says, “Dad, An Ran and I were classmates, but we haven’t met in several years. Didn’t expect that we’d meet here.”

“Oh. So it’s like that.” Tong Wen Hai nods his head in understanding. Huang De Xing who was standing beside him takes in everything before him, his eyebrows slightly raised. He only smiles without a word.

Mo Fei turns back around, faces An Ran and stretches his hand out, smiling as he says, “An Ran, long time no see.”

An Ran sucks in her breath, steadying her mood as much as possible. She pulls up a fake smile, and reaches out to shake his hand. Unnaturally, she says, “Long time no see.”

Mo Fei holds her hand, and at an angle where no one could see, he caresses the back of her hand with his thumb.

An Ran, frightened, yanks her hand back, her eyes widen as she glares at him, only feeling that the man before her is such a stranger. Not even a shadow of the man six years ago can be seen.

An Ran’s action was so big, that even the Tong Wen Hai standing beside them was confused, “What’s going on?”


Mo Fei takes his hand back, looks at An Ran with a faint smile, and only says, “I’m not sure either, perhaps An Ran’s trying to avoid shaking my hand.”

Tong Wen Hai turns to look at An Ran, the expression in his eyes look like they’re inquiring whether or not it was true what Mo Fei was saying.

“That can’t be, An Ran. Director Mo is but a handsome man, even I would shake his hands, it’d be a pleasure.” Xiao xiao who was standing aside says coyly.

“Haha, that is Director Mo’s magnetism. However I reckon that both Xiao xiao and An Ran haven't had the chance yet, but Director Mo is a family man. Bureau chief Tong’s honourable daughter is the spouse of our Director Mo. The two are in deep conjugal love. A few years ago Miss Tong went to the US to pursue her studies, and Director Mo immediately went and accompanied her. As a matter of fact they just returned from the US.” Huang De Xing jokingly says.

Only, what they didn’t notice was that Mo Fei’s expression had clearly changed, and even though he was still smiling, the smile was rigid. But it did not escape An Ran’s eyes, who had been with him for 4 years.

An Ran avoids looking at him, and only says, “Let’s have a seat, we can eat and chat. I’ll let the server know we’re ready.”

“Right, right, right, everyone please take a seat and we can chat, why should we keep on standing.” Huang De Xing says in agreement.

Hearing that, the people sit down in succession, and An Ran leaves to go get the water, taking the time to catch her breath. The atmosphere in the room was so repressive.

When she managed to calm her mood down, An Ran raises her head with a smile and enters the room, willing herself as much as possible to not let her gaze fall on Mo Fei.

The liquor was on its 3rd round, and the dinner today was considered as a formal agreement for collaboration. Huang De Xing looks at Tong Wen Hai flatteringly, laughing as he asks, “I heard that the city was planning to make a science and technology town, but I’m not sure if it was true or not?”

Tong Wen Hai looks at Mo Fei, then turns to look at Huang De Xing, and only says, “The documents aren’t concrete yet, so nothing is for certain. It’s hard to say, hard to say.” Saying that, he reaches out with his chopsticks to grab a bamboo root, puts it into his mouth and slowly chews it.

“Hehe, then once there’s a proposal it’ll nearly be set. When the time comes Chief Tong shouldn’t forget to take care.” Huang De Xing laughs and pours him a cup of Maotai liquor for respect.

With one hand Tong Wen Hai stops his offering of liquor, doesn’t give him an answer, and only says, “Recently my blood pressure has been a bit high, the doctor has been repeatedly warning me to avoid alcohol as much as possible.”

Huang De Xing was surprised. The liquor he carried in his hands couldn’t be placed down, yet he also couldn’t offer it again. He shoots a glance at Mo Fei, seeming to ask what he should do.

Mo Fei looks back at him, smiles as he carries his cup of liquor, and says, “My father-in-law really can’t have alcohol, Director Huang if you don’t mind, I can drink it in my father-in-law’s place, is that okay?” Saying so, that is giving Huang De Xing only one way out.

Huang De Xing, naturally, is a smart man, acting accordingly and discerning intentions from body language, he’s been mingling with this stuff for more than 20 years, almost nearing 30 years. He was able to naturally calm down this mess into something simple, so he carries his glass and knocks his glass with Mo Fei’s, and says, “It’s a pleasure, a pleasure.”

Seated in her chair, An Ran’s thoughts wasn't in the moment at all. She can only think about how to leave as early as possible. She doesn’t know what in the world Mo Fei is trying to do, but from now on this kind of situation, she wants to avoid it as much as possible.

As An Ran was thinking up of how to leave early, her bowl was suddenly filled with a piece of fish. She raises her head in surprise, only to see Tong Wen Hai smiling and looking at her, and says, “The salmon here isn’t too bad, you should give it a try.”

This action by Tong Wen Hai shocked everyone in the room. An Ran looks at him stupefied, not really knowing how to respond.

And Xiao xiao who was sitting beside her looks on, not really understanding. Huang De Xing also has his brows raised, chuckling speechlessly. Mo Fei wrinkles his brows in response to his father-in-law’s actions, clenching on his wine cup.

“Give it a try?” Seeing that she wasn’t moving, Tong Wen Hai laughs and repeats again.

“Uh. Thank you, Chief Tong.” An Ran nods her head humbly, and takes a bite of the fish meat.

Tong Wen Hai nods, then turns to look at everyone and asks what they were laughing at, as if that scene hadn’t happened at all.

Mo Fei watches An Ran chew, his brows wrinkling even more.



After a while when all had eaten and drunk to their heart’s content, chatting for a while more, they then prepare to leave.

As they were leaving Tong Wen Hai purposely slows his steps so he could walk beside An Ran, and says, “I’m sorry about last time. I thought that that private room was free, which is why I asked to change our room. I didn’t know that you had already reserved it.”

An Ran shakes her head as she laughs, saying that it wasn’t a problem.

Tong Wen Hai studies her side profile, and couldn’t help but match it with the one in his memories. That woman had been in his mind for nearly 30 years, he didn’t think that they would still run into each other unexpectedly.

Speaking out of place, in the end he gives in to his curiosity and asks, “H-how has your mother been these days… Has her health been okay?”

An Ran pauses, turns to look at him, and asks, “Chief Tong and my mother are well acquainted?”

Tong Wen Hai forces a laugh and nods, “Hehe, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.”

An Ran nods, and only says, “My mother’s very good. Her health and everything else are all good.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Tong Wen Hai nods continuously. Knowing that she’s at peace*, he can be relieved.


*T/N: the same characters as An Ran’s name = at peace, safe, etc..



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