060. Strange provocation
On Monday, An Ran was in the office rushing herself to finish the blueprints to the city hall building. The cellphone on her desk didn’t give any warning as it started to ring, scaring An Ran out of her concentrated state. She pats herself over her chest.
She grabs the cellphone. It was an unfamiliar number. She hesitated, but still answered.
“Hello?” An Ran used her shoulder to hold the phone in place, while she went back to working on her blueprint. The design was due on Wednesday, and it was already Monday. The blueprint was only a third of the way complete, so she really needs to push herself for the next few days.
“Ms. Gu?” A pleasant female’s voice starts speaking. The voice was gentle, and especially soft. Listening to it makes one feel at ease.
An Ran stops her pen, and puts it aside. She takes the phone back into her hands again, and looks at the screen. She’s certain that she doesn’t know this number, so she speaks into the phone, “And you are?”
The person on the other line chuckles, “Hehe, you don’t know me. But I know you. Ms. Gu, are you interested in having coffee with me?”
Hearing her words An Ran frowns even more. She’s not used to going out for coffee with strangers, “I’m sorry, I don't go for coffee with strangers.” Sitting together with an unfamiliar person and having coffee, what kind of situation is that?
“Perhaps Ms. Gu may not know who I am, but I believe that you definitely know who my husband is.” The person on the other lines says.
An Ran doesn’t crease her brow. Listening to her words made her even more suspicious, “I don’t quite get what you’re trying to say.”
“Mo Fei.” The person on the other line spits out those two words. Then she laughs delicately, and says, “Mo Fei is my husband. I am Tong Xiaojie.”
An Ran stiffens. She never would have thought that it would be Tong Xiaojie. She actually does know her. Ever since the start of university, she was beautiful, and she was the school’s beauty. She majored in the arts, and embodied a unique artistic personality, very pretty. When they were in school she liked to wear white clothing, appearing ethereal, as if she wasn’t from earth. Because she was so devastatingly beautiful, and came from a distinguished family, during their time in school, her pursuers were always abundant. They weren’t disruptive, but throughout their four years, she has never heard of her getting into a relationship. It didn’t matter if the men that went after her were handsome, or if they were rich, she rejected them all. Throughout the four years, she has never heard of her even going out with a male student.
In fact, about these matters of popular students in school, An Ran has also heard of it, even though she has never talked to them. The reason she knows of her, and has a deep impression of her, is entirely because of Mo Fei. The day before their graduation, the school was suddenly talking about how Tong Xiaojie and a student from the architecture department had walked closely together, and that one person even saw that they were holding hands as they entered the school gates, cheerful and lively. At that time An Ran was busy with her internship, so she never cared about these rumours. During that time, because her internship was related to her studies, she wasn’t able to see Mo Fei very much. When everyone had confirmed that the guy in the rumour was indeed architect major’s Mo Fei, they had already established their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. When An Ran had sought out Mo Fei to question him, Mo Fei didn’t say anything. He could only bow his head to her and apologize.
When that happened An Ran could only feel that it was inconceivable, and even found it ridiculous. They loved each other for 4 years, and her graduation gift was a break up. Not only did he two-time her, all that talk about his dreams as he held her, saying that life is but a fleeting horizon, was distant and fake. She asked for an explanation, and he could only force a smile, not even saying a word. They were just sitting at a coffee shop near campus for the entire afternoon, not one word was even exchanged. In the end An Ran could only laugh bitterly and turn around, but the moment she turned, tears had started to pour. Walking home from school, for an hour during that journey, her tears never stopped. When she arrived home her mother had asked in concern about what had happened, as it was obvious that she was feeling awfully wronged, but she wasn’t able to say a word. She could only weep and lock herself in her room, as her parents were calling her, but she didn’t let either of them in.
In the end, the day before their commencement, she had heard from a classmate that Mo Fei had gone abroad to study, and left with Tong Xiaojie, to France. Along with this news, Mo Fei had left behind a letter. In it contained everything that they had shared. His penmanship was delicate, much more detailed than what An Ran was used to. Aside from the little details of their time spent together, he also wrote about his ambitions. He wanted success, longed for success, and this society is one that is only beneficial to certain people's interest, where abilities will always be behind privilege. He said he didn’t love Tong Xiaojie, but he couldn’t reject her, because he longs for success, and the privilege that came with Tong Xiaojie, is exactly the kind that he was longing for. For that reason, he betrayed their love. Everything was a helpless act, yet was also dreadful.
“Ms. Gu? Are you still there?” Not getting an answer, Tong Xiaojie probes a call.
An Ran then comes back from her memories, and unconsciously tightens her grip on her phone, saying, “Yes.”
“Then do you want to meet me?” Tong Xiaojie asks, her tone still excessively pleasant.
An Ran closes her eyes, firmly declining, “I don’t see the need. I do know Mo Fei, but that’s only because we were schoolmates, that’s all.”
“Hehe.” Tong Xiaojie chuckles. “Someone sent me an interesting picture, and also attached your number to it.”
“Picture? What picture?” An Ran was puzzled, where did this picture come from? And who sent it?
“How about this, Ms. Gu, I think that we should meet. I don’t care what your intentions are towards Mo Fei, I still have something to say to you. Of course, before that, I think I owe you an apology. Because of my meddling, you and Mo Fei ended your relationship. For that, I’m sorry.”
“There’s no need for that. If you really have something to say, then you can just say it over the phone.” An Ran declines again. She doesn’t want to bring up her and Mo Fei again, from now on, she has her own life.
“Are you scared, Ms. Gu?” She chuckles, and says, “I don’t bite. What do you have to worry about, Ms. Gu. It’s just a cup of coffee.”
“I just am not used to going out with someone I don’t know, someone I’m not comfortable with, and drinking tea with them to chat.” An Ran says simply, not leaving any margin for error.
“Hehe.” Tong Xiaojie chuckles, and only says, “It actually isn’t anything, I just wanted to call Ms. Gu out just to say one thing: Regarding Mo Fei, I’m not going to let him go.”
An Ran has no interest in what she wants to say, and what her intentions were, she already had idea of what it was from the start, “Your marriage, has nothing to do with me.”
“Ah ha, I just want Ms. Gu to remember my words today.” Tong Xiaojie says, her tone becoming cold instantly.
“Then I ask Ms. Tong that you take good care of your own man, I don’t want to be disturbed.” An Ran’s voice also turns pointed. Now what does it look like, it looks as if she was the one who is wrecking havoc to their marriage.
Tong Xiaojie coldly says, “Thanks for reminding me, Ms. Gu. I will.” After speaking, she simply ends the call.
An Ran, feeling indignant, throws her phone on the desk, what the hell is this!
---END OF CHAPTER---
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Wow, Mo Fei, wow. Way to screw things up, AGAIN. *swears in every language I know* =.=
Friday, 24 February 2017
Sunday, 19 February 2017
First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 59 Translation
059. Midnight call
By the time Su Yi Cheng had reached home it was nearly midnight. He had a meal with the staff from the municipal committee and with a few entrepreneurs from Tongjiang city. Everyone was a frequent visitor of that restaurant. They drank while they ate, chatted about any topic that came to mind, about the economy, the state of affairs, they even talked about women. Thus, the time went by really quickly. By the time the people had scattered off it was already midnight.
Still wearing the scent of alcohol, he enters the apartment. Outside, a dusky lamp was still left on. Su Yi Cheng looks at it distractedly, and slowly starts to smile. In the past he had always come home to a dark room. Now, knowing that there’s a small lamp outside the door, he knows that in his room there is someone who is waiting for him. This kind of feeling, really isn’t so bad.
He places his briefcase on the sofa in the living room, and proceeds to open the door to the bedroom. The room was pitch-black, and the bed was void of the woman that was supposed to be asleep on it. Confused, he frowns, and withdraws from the room. He sees light escaping from the cracks of the door from the study room. The corner of his lips slowly rises up. He walks over towards the study room, and pushes the door open, only to see a certain someone resting on the desk, sleeping soundly. The blueprint was acting as a pillow, a pencil is still in her grasp.
Su Yi Cheng chuckles and shakes his head. He carefully slips off the pencil from her grasp, puts it aside, and slowly pulls the chair back. He stoops down to carry her. This action, An Ran wasn’t woken up by it at all. Apparently she was really tired, finding his embrace to be cozy, sleeping soundly.
He carries her back into the bedroom. After placing her safely onto the bed, Su Yi Cheng then goes back to the study room, and tidies up the blueprint and material on the desk. He can see that she was half way done with her blueprint. He couldn’t help but peek at it a little longer. The design looked quite unique, the building, was dignified and wasn’t lacking in trendiness at all. He hasn’t a clue whether or not the design was good or not, after all, regarding construction, he is just a layman.
After tidying everything up for her, Su Yi Cheng finally returns to the bedroom to wash up and change into his pyjamas. He then goes into the bathroom. When he came out from the bathroom, he sees the figure on the bed dazedly opening her eyes, rubbing the haziness from her sleepy eyes. She stares at him for while until she finally recognizes him, and yawns as she says, “You’re back.”
“Yeah.”
She nods dazedly, and gets up.
“Where are you going?” Seeing her appearance, Su Yi Cheng asks jokingly.
“Bath.” Saying that she goes over the wardrobe and takes out a pair of pyjamas, not really looking like she was ready to go into the bathroom.
An Ran couldn’t see clearly, while Su Yi Cheng, who was standing next to her, could. He can see the pair of clothes that she had in her hand, and he couldn’t help but gulp, and asks, “An Ran, you, you’re really thinking of wearing that?”
An Ran was confused from the question. She stands there blankly for a while, then looks down at the clothes in her hand. Then, she finally sees through the haze of her sleepiness. Her cheeks immediately goes red. Heavens, how could she grab the pair of clothes that Lin Li had bought for her. She quickly throws them back into the wardrobe, and grabs her normal pyjamas and dashes into the bathroom without taking a glance at him. She couldn’t help but remind herself, that when tomorrow comes, she definitely, must take that disastrous thing and throw it into the trash.
Su Yi Cheng laughs at her childish action, shakes his head and goes back to bed. He takes a magazine from the bedside cabinet and opens it. At this time, the phone beside the bed starts to ring. Su Yi Cheng looks at the caller ID, and sees that it is an unknown number. He frowns, not understanding who could call in this late at night, but still he answers the call, “Hello, who is it?”
The caller on the other side stays silent, for a long time.
Su Yi Cheng frowns even more, and coldly says, “Speak.”
The caller on the other side still hasn’t spoken, but it isn’t the same silence as before either. This time, there was a muffled cry. It was a woman’s cry.
Su Yi Cheng recognizes this sound. There was a long period of time, when this voice was inseparable from him. But that was the past, and it has nothing to do with him now.
Su Yi Cheng doesn’t say anything, and was about to hang up the call, but right at that moment, the voice on the other side starts to speak, apparently knowing that he was about to hang up. She quickly utters, “Yi Cheng, don’t hang up. It’s me.”
“Do you have business with me.” Su Yi Cheng asks expressionlessly, his tone void of any warmth or emotion.
“Yi Cheng, I, I’m back.” Ling Ran says desolately.
“Yeah.” Su Yi Cheng simply responds. She’s back, and he doesn’t care at all. Because to him, she is insignificant.
“Yi Cheng, we, could we find a time to meet up?” Ling Ran asks, her tone almost begging.
“No need.” Su Yi Cheng declines. He can hear that the water has stopped running in the bathroom, and knows that An Ran is pretty much almost done. He doesn’t want to create an unnecessary misunderstanding with her thanks to this call, so he simply says, “Sorry, it’s pretty late. I don’t want your call to create any misunderstandings with my wife, so let’s finish this. Bye.” After speaking, he doesn’t wait for her reply, and decisively ends the call.
An Ran rubs her hair as she comes out, and sees that he’s still sitting on the bed, not asleep, so she asks, “Why are you still up?”
Su Yi Cheng smiles at her, and just says, “I’m waiting for you.”
An Ran’s face flushes red, not knowing if it was because of the bath that she just took earlier or if it was because of his words. She turns her head and avoids his gaze, absentmindedly rubbing her hair, and walks over to the other side of the bed. She has her back to him, her eyes closed, and only wishes that he would hurry up and go to sleep.
Su Yi Cheng laughs, and closes the lamp behind her and lies down. He hugs her from behind, and entangles all ten of his fingers with hers. He had grown used to sleeping alone, and had once thought that it would take some time to get used to sleeping with someone else. However, holding her like this felt too great. Now, if he doesn’t hold her every night, it would feel out of place.
“I, I have a meeting early morning tomorrow, c-can’t be late.” Her back still against him, she can only stutter that out.
Su Yi Cheng buries his head into her shoulders and muffles a laugh. How scary is he to her, all he wanted to do is just hold her.
“I, I’m tired, g-going to sleep first.” Seeing that he is only laughing in response, An Ran quickly made her position clear. She was really afraid of this man, and she really needs to get this husband and wife obligations adjusted, otherwise, she’s going to die getting tossed around by him.
Still laughing, a while later, Su Yi Cheng finally softly says, “Go sleep. I just want to hold you.”
Hearing that, An Ran finally feels relieved. She closes her eyes, falling asleep in his embrace like always.
Su Yi Cheng watches the sprinkle of moonlight peeking in through the window. In the dark the room felt calm, only her breathing can be heard. He places a kiss on the crown of her head, closes his eyes, and falls into the rhythm of her breathing.
By the time Su Yi Cheng had reached home it was nearly midnight. He had a meal with the staff from the municipal committee and with a few entrepreneurs from Tongjiang city. Everyone was a frequent visitor of that restaurant. They drank while they ate, chatted about any topic that came to mind, about the economy, the state of affairs, they even talked about women. Thus, the time went by really quickly. By the time the people had scattered off it was already midnight.
Still wearing the scent of alcohol, he enters the apartment. Outside, a dusky lamp was still left on. Su Yi Cheng looks at it distractedly, and slowly starts to smile. In the past he had always come home to a dark room. Now, knowing that there’s a small lamp outside the door, he knows that in his room there is someone who is waiting for him. This kind of feeling, really isn’t so bad.
He places his briefcase on the sofa in the living room, and proceeds to open the door to the bedroom. The room was pitch-black, and the bed was void of the woman that was supposed to be asleep on it. Confused, he frowns, and withdraws from the room. He sees light escaping from the cracks of the door from the study room. The corner of his lips slowly rises up. He walks over towards the study room, and pushes the door open, only to see a certain someone resting on the desk, sleeping soundly. The blueprint was acting as a pillow, a pencil is still in her grasp.
Su Yi Cheng chuckles and shakes his head. He carefully slips off the pencil from her grasp, puts it aside, and slowly pulls the chair back. He stoops down to carry her. This action, An Ran wasn’t woken up by it at all. Apparently she was really tired, finding his embrace to be cozy, sleeping soundly.
He carries her back into the bedroom. After placing her safely onto the bed, Su Yi Cheng then goes back to the study room, and tidies up the blueprint and material on the desk. He can see that she was half way done with her blueprint. He couldn’t help but peek at it a little longer. The design looked quite unique, the building, was dignified and wasn’t lacking in trendiness at all. He hasn’t a clue whether or not the design was good or not, after all, regarding construction, he is just a layman.
After tidying everything up for her, Su Yi Cheng finally returns to the bedroom to wash up and change into his pyjamas. He then goes into the bathroom. When he came out from the bathroom, he sees the figure on the bed dazedly opening her eyes, rubbing the haziness from her sleepy eyes. She stares at him for while until she finally recognizes him, and yawns as she says, “You’re back.”
“Yeah.”
She nods dazedly, and gets up.
“Where are you going?” Seeing her appearance, Su Yi Cheng asks jokingly.
“Bath.” Saying that she goes over the wardrobe and takes out a pair of pyjamas, not really looking like she was ready to go into the bathroom.
An Ran couldn’t see clearly, while Su Yi Cheng, who was standing next to her, could. He can see the pair of clothes that she had in her hand, and he couldn’t help but gulp, and asks, “An Ran, you, you’re really thinking of wearing that?”
An Ran was confused from the question. She stands there blankly for a while, then looks down at the clothes in her hand. Then, she finally sees through the haze of her sleepiness. Her cheeks immediately goes red. Heavens, how could she grab the pair of clothes that Lin Li had bought for her. She quickly throws them back into the wardrobe, and grabs her normal pyjamas and dashes into the bathroom without taking a glance at him. She couldn’t help but remind herself, that when tomorrow comes, she definitely, must take that disastrous thing and throw it into the trash.
Su Yi Cheng laughs at her childish action, shakes his head and goes back to bed. He takes a magazine from the bedside cabinet and opens it. At this time, the phone beside the bed starts to ring. Su Yi Cheng looks at the caller ID, and sees that it is an unknown number. He frowns, not understanding who could call in this late at night, but still he answers the call, “Hello, who is it?”
The caller on the other side stays silent, for a long time.
Su Yi Cheng frowns even more, and coldly says, “Speak.”
The caller on the other side still hasn’t spoken, but it isn’t the same silence as before either. This time, there was a muffled cry. It was a woman’s cry.
Su Yi Cheng recognizes this sound. There was a long period of time, when this voice was inseparable from him. But that was the past, and it has nothing to do with him now.
Su Yi Cheng doesn’t say anything, and was about to hang up the call, but right at that moment, the voice on the other side starts to speak, apparently knowing that he was about to hang up. She quickly utters, “Yi Cheng, don’t hang up. It’s me.”
“Do you have business with me.” Su Yi Cheng asks expressionlessly, his tone void of any warmth or emotion.
“Yi Cheng, I, I’m back.” Ling Ran says desolately.
“Yeah.” Su Yi Cheng simply responds. She’s back, and he doesn’t care at all. Because to him, she is insignificant.
“Yi Cheng, we, could we find a time to meet up?” Ling Ran asks, her tone almost begging.
“No need.” Su Yi Cheng declines. He can hear that the water has stopped running in the bathroom, and knows that An Ran is pretty much almost done. He doesn’t want to create an unnecessary misunderstanding with her thanks to this call, so he simply says, “Sorry, it’s pretty late. I don’t want your call to create any misunderstandings with my wife, so let’s finish this. Bye.” After speaking, he doesn’t wait for her reply, and decisively ends the call.
An Ran rubs her hair as she comes out, and sees that he’s still sitting on the bed, not asleep, so she asks, “Why are you still up?”
Su Yi Cheng smiles at her, and just says, “I’m waiting for you.”
An Ran’s face flushes red, not knowing if it was because of the bath that she just took earlier or if it was because of his words. She turns her head and avoids his gaze, absentmindedly rubbing her hair, and walks over to the other side of the bed. She has her back to him, her eyes closed, and only wishes that he would hurry up and go to sleep.
Su Yi Cheng laughs, and closes the lamp behind her and lies down. He hugs her from behind, and entangles all ten of his fingers with hers. He had grown used to sleeping alone, and had once thought that it would take some time to get used to sleeping with someone else. However, holding her like this felt too great. Now, if he doesn’t hold her every night, it would feel out of place.
“I, I have a meeting early morning tomorrow, c-can’t be late.” Her back still against him, she can only stutter that out.
Su Yi Cheng buries his head into her shoulders and muffles a laugh. How scary is he to her, all he wanted to do is just hold her.
“I, I’m tired, g-going to sleep first.” Seeing that he is only laughing in response, An Ran quickly made her position clear. She was really afraid of this man, and she really needs to get this husband and wife obligations adjusted, otherwise, she’s going to die getting tossed around by him.
Still laughing, a while later, Su Yi Cheng finally softly says, “Go sleep. I just want to hold you.”
Hearing that, An Ran finally feels relieved. She closes her eyes, falling asleep in his embrace like always.
Su Yi Cheng watches the sprinkle of moonlight peeking in through the window. In the dark the room felt calm, only her breathing can be heard. He places a kiss on the crown of her head, closes his eyes, and falls into the rhythm of her breathing.
---END OF CHAPTER---
Friday, 10 February 2017
First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 58 Translation
058. Cold calls
Having someone with you, taking a stroll is actually quite a small happiness. The normally dull and slow time will go by in an instant. In fact, they didn’t walk that quickly, and the walk that would normally take half an hour, became 50 mins. However, since there were two of them, it didn’t feel like that much time went by.
Su Yi Cheng opens the door to go in. An Ran twists her neck. Once they entered she started to suddenly feel tired. She takes off her shoes, throws her bag on the sofa, and plants herself to the sofa. Someone from behind hits the back of her head, giving her vertigo. She was already caught mid-air.
“Ah!....”
An Ran cries out belatedly, instinctively reaching out to grab hold of Su Yi Cheng’s neck. She stares at him in shock, “You, what are you doing?”
Su Yi Cheng smiles evilly, and takes the chance to put his lips to her ears, and charmingly whispers, “I thought I should do something, so that you’ll remember that I’m your husband, and not your brother.”
An Ran had a bad premonition, and puts her hand between their bodies, smiling awkwardly, “I-I-I-I already know that you’re my husband, my super cool and super handsome husband.”
Su Yi Cheng shakes his head, and says seriously, “You think Song Seung-hun is more handsome.”
“N-no, actually I think Jang Dong-gun is much more attractive!” An Ran firmly states her position.
Su Yi Cheng laughs, “Really, in your heart I thought that I would be more attractive than those to two.”
An Ran had always felt that his smile was weird. It harbours too much evil intention. She bites her lips, and asks, “Um, then can I-can I change my mind now?”
Su Yi Cheng gives her an evil grin, lowers his head and sucks on her lip. He speaks into her lips, “Too late.”
For the entire night An Ran was tossed around, and in her heart his personal charms was off the roof, even so much that it overshadowed his maleness. When he was satisfied he lets her go, so she can close her eyes and sleep.
By the time An Ran had woken up it was already the next day. There was no one beside her, and the warmth of the spot beside her was gone. Usually around this time An Ran would feel anger and injustice, over why there’s such a disparity between a man’s strength and a woman’s strength. She struggled all night, and even in the morning she couldn’t go sleep, couldn’t wake up refreshed and on time. Obviously they’re the one doing more exercise!
An Ran lies down with her eyes open for 5 minutes, until she protested. Then she realized that it was past noon. She remembered that she still only has a rough draft, and miserably pulls herself to sit up. That movement made her muscle cramp, and she flops back down again onto the bed. An Ran stares at the ceiling, cursing at Su Yi Cheng a few times in her mind.
She drags her incredibly sore body into the washroom to take a quick bath, and comes out changed, only to hear that the phone in the room ring. An Ran picks it up on the way, “Hello, who is it?”
The other person on the line doesn’t answer, but she was certain there was someone on the other line, because she can hear that person’s breathing. It was somewhat hurried, as if the person was unstable.
Seeing that the other person isn’t answering, An Ran asks once again, “Hello, who is it?”
She can only hear the deep breaths of the person on the other line, then she finally hears a soft, gentle feminine voice, “I’m looking for Yi Cheng, is he there, may I ask?”
“Su Yi Cheng has already left for work, why don’t you---“ As An Ran was about to give Su Yi Cheng’s number to her, she suddenly thought of his status, and starts to think that this might not be appropriate. She quickly corrects herself, “Are you looking for him at some place? Is there business? I can pass on the message if it’s suitable.”
The person on the other line turns silent for a while, then chuckles. She softly says, “I’m Ling, I don’t want to trouble you. Just tell him, that I’m back.”
Hearing that, An Ran was a bit shocked, and immediately nods her head. When she finished nodding she realized that she was on the phone, and the other person won't be able to see it. Then she quickly says, “Alright, is there anything else you want me to pass on?”
The other line goes silent again, then finally says, “Anything else…? There is… Tell him that I missed him.”
Hearing that, An Ran started to feel off, she started to feel something indescribable. But she still nods and responds, saying, “Alright, I got it.”
When she hung up, An Ran sat on the bed blankly. She didn’t know who that woman was just now, but hearing her tone, she can tell that the relationship between her and Su Yi Cheng wasn’t a simple one. Could it be an ex?
As she was thinking about it, the phone in her bag that was placed in the living room starts to ring. An Ran quickly runs to get her cell phone. It was a call from Su Yi Cheng. She answers it.
“You up yet?” On the other side, Su Yi Cheng’s voice was carrying somewhat of a mocking tone.
An Ran’s face couldn’t help but turn red. She wasn’t in the mood, and was a bit pissed. “Isn’t it your fault.” It was only a harmless prank, but he suddenly….. Also, his morning exercises are bearing fruit; his physical strength is just astonishing. Maybe one day she will join him, so that she can catch up to him in physical strength, or at the least she won’t be tired to death.
On the other line Su Yi Cheng chuckles, but didn’t forget the purpose of his call. He asks in concern, “Have you eaten breakfast yet? I made a sandwich and put it in the fridge, remember to warm it up to eat.”
“Ok.” Hearing that An Ran turns around and goes towards the kitchen. She opens the fridge and there really is a simple sandwich inside it. She suddenly felt this warmth and sweetness in her chest.
“Were you on the phone just now?” He had called the home phone earlier, and didn’t expect it to be busy.
“Oh yeah, there was a woman who called the home phone. I’m supposed to pass on her message.” Speaking of that, An Ran recalled that phone call.
“Woman? What message?” If it were a friend, they would have called his cell. Rarely would they call his home. If it wasn’t a friend, how would a stranger know his home phone?
“She said she was Ling, and told me to pass on the message that she was back. Also, she wants to meet with you.” An Ran carries her message to Su Yi Cheng. The mission can be considered completed.
On the other line Su Yi Cheng suddenly went silent, and doesn’t respond for a very long time.
“Su Yi Cheng?” An Ran calls out. “You, you still there?” She can sense what his reaction was. It was probably what she thought it was. This woman called Ling, to him, should be someone who was special.
“Yeah.” Su Yi Cheng replies. “I got it. I called to let you know that there might be a work dinner tonight, and I probably won’t be able to come home early. Remember to make something for yourself, and don’t wait for me.”
An Ran nods her head, “Ok.” Because of his silence earlier she still felt uneasy. “If there’s nothing else then I guess I’ll hang up first.”
“An Ran.” Su Yi Cheng calls out to her.
“Yeah?”
“She was a friend of mine a long time ago, but because of something, we haven’t contacted each other in a very long time.” Su Yi Cheng starts to speak, at last explaining it.
An Ran spaces out, muttering, “Why are you tell me this…..” She looks down towards her slippers. It was something Su Yi Cheng had bought for her on the second day she moved in. It was pink, and had a kitty cat on the top. It was cute.
Su Yi Cheng chuckles. “I was afraid your imagination would run wild.”
“I, I’m not that bored.” An Ran couldn’t admit that she was just silently cursing him just then, but seeing him explain it that way, kinda felt like she was peeking into his secrets. She quickly says, “I, I’m going to eat the sandwich, after that I have to work on my blueprints, I’m hanging up.” Finishing what she said, she doesn’t wait for Su Yi Cheng to reply, and quickly hangs up.
On the other side Su Yi Cheng chuckles helplessly. He thinks of the message that An Ran had just passed on. That figure slowly starts to become clear. He frowns. He doesn’t think it’s necessary for him to meet her again.
Having someone with you, taking a stroll is actually quite a small happiness. The normally dull and slow time will go by in an instant. In fact, they didn’t walk that quickly, and the walk that would normally take half an hour, became 50 mins. However, since there were two of them, it didn’t feel like that much time went by.
Su Yi Cheng opens the door to go in. An Ran twists her neck. Once they entered she started to suddenly feel tired. She takes off her shoes, throws her bag on the sofa, and plants herself to the sofa. Someone from behind hits the back of her head, giving her vertigo. She was already caught mid-air.
“Ah!....”
An Ran cries out belatedly, instinctively reaching out to grab hold of Su Yi Cheng’s neck. She stares at him in shock, “You, what are you doing?”
Su Yi Cheng smiles evilly, and takes the chance to put his lips to her ears, and charmingly whispers, “I thought I should do something, so that you’ll remember that I’m your husband, and not your brother.”
An Ran had a bad premonition, and puts her hand between their bodies, smiling awkwardly, “I-I-I-I already know that you’re my husband, my super cool and super handsome husband.”
Su Yi Cheng shakes his head, and says seriously, “You think Song Seung-hun is more handsome.”
“N-no, actually I think Jang Dong-gun is much more attractive!” An Ran firmly states her position.
Su Yi Cheng laughs, “Really, in your heart I thought that I would be more attractive than those to two.”
An Ran had always felt that his smile was weird. It harbours too much evil intention. She bites her lips, and asks, “Um, then can I-can I change my mind now?”
Su Yi Cheng gives her an evil grin, lowers his head and sucks on her lip. He speaks into her lips, “Too late.”
For the entire night An Ran was tossed around, and in her heart his personal charms was off the roof, even so much that it overshadowed his maleness. When he was satisfied he lets her go, so she can close her eyes and sleep.
By the time An Ran had woken up it was already the next day. There was no one beside her, and the warmth of the spot beside her was gone. Usually around this time An Ran would feel anger and injustice, over why there’s such a disparity between a man’s strength and a woman’s strength. She struggled all night, and even in the morning she couldn’t go sleep, couldn’t wake up refreshed and on time. Obviously they’re the one doing more exercise!
An Ran lies down with her eyes open for 5 minutes, until she protested. Then she realized that it was past noon. She remembered that she still only has a rough draft, and miserably pulls herself to sit up. That movement made her muscle cramp, and she flops back down again onto the bed. An Ran stares at the ceiling, cursing at Su Yi Cheng a few times in her mind.
She drags her incredibly sore body into the washroom to take a quick bath, and comes out changed, only to hear that the phone in the room ring. An Ran picks it up on the way, “Hello, who is it?”
The other person on the line doesn’t answer, but she was certain there was someone on the other line, because she can hear that person’s breathing. It was somewhat hurried, as if the person was unstable.
Seeing that the other person isn’t answering, An Ran asks once again, “Hello, who is it?”
She can only hear the deep breaths of the person on the other line, then she finally hears a soft, gentle feminine voice, “I’m looking for Yi Cheng, is he there, may I ask?”
“Su Yi Cheng has already left for work, why don’t you---“ As An Ran was about to give Su Yi Cheng’s number to her, she suddenly thought of his status, and starts to think that this might not be appropriate. She quickly corrects herself, “Are you looking for him at some place? Is there business? I can pass on the message if it’s suitable.”
The person on the other line turns silent for a while, then chuckles. She softly says, “I’m Ling, I don’t want to trouble you. Just tell him, that I’m back.”
Hearing that, An Ran was a bit shocked, and immediately nods her head. When she finished nodding she realized that she was on the phone, and the other person won't be able to see it. Then she quickly says, “Alright, is there anything else you want me to pass on?”
The other line goes silent again, then finally says, “Anything else…? There is… Tell him that I missed him.”
Hearing that, An Ran started to feel off, she started to feel something indescribable. But she still nods and responds, saying, “Alright, I got it.”
When she hung up, An Ran sat on the bed blankly. She didn’t know who that woman was just now, but hearing her tone, she can tell that the relationship between her and Su Yi Cheng wasn’t a simple one. Could it be an ex?
As she was thinking about it, the phone in her bag that was placed in the living room starts to ring. An Ran quickly runs to get her cell phone. It was a call from Su Yi Cheng. She answers it.
“You up yet?” On the other side, Su Yi Cheng’s voice was carrying somewhat of a mocking tone.
An Ran’s face couldn’t help but turn red. She wasn’t in the mood, and was a bit pissed. “Isn’t it your fault.” It was only a harmless prank, but he suddenly….. Also, his morning exercises are bearing fruit; his physical strength is just astonishing. Maybe one day she will join him, so that she can catch up to him in physical strength, or at the least she won’t be tired to death.
On the other line Su Yi Cheng chuckles, but didn’t forget the purpose of his call. He asks in concern, “Have you eaten breakfast yet? I made a sandwich and put it in the fridge, remember to warm it up to eat.”
“Ok.” Hearing that An Ran turns around and goes towards the kitchen. She opens the fridge and there really is a simple sandwich inside it. She suddenly felt this warmth and sweetness in her chest.
“Were you on the phone just now?” He had called the home phone earlier, and didn’t expect it to be busy.
“Oh yeah, there was a woman who called the home phone. I’m supposed to pass on her message.” Speaking of that, An Ran recalled that phone call.
“Woman? What message?” If it were a friend, they would have called his cell. Rarely would they call his home. If it wasn’t a friend, how would a stranger know his home phone?
“She said she was Ling, and told me to pass on the message that she was back. Also, she wants to meet with you.” An Ran carries her message to Su Yi Cheng. The mission can be considered completed.
On the other line Su Yi Cheng suddenly went silent, and doesn’t respond for a very long time.
“Su Yi Cheng?” An Ran calls out. “You, you still there?” She can sense what his reaction was. It was probably what she thought it was. This woman called Ling, to him, should be someone who was special.
“Yeah.” Su Yi Cheng replies. “I got it. I called to let you know that there might be a work dinner tonight, and I probably won’t be able to come home early. Remember to make something for yourself, and don’t wait for me.”
An Ran nods her head, “Ok.” Because of his silence earlier she still felt uneasy. “If there’s nothing else then I guess I’ll hang up first.”
“An Ran.” Su Yi Cheng calls out to her.
“Yeah?”
“She was a friend of mine a long time ago, but because of something, we haven’t contacted each other in a very long time.” Su Yi Cheng starts to speak, at last explaining it.
An Ran spaces out, muttering, “Why are you tell me this…..” She looks down towards her slippers. It was something Su Yi Cheng had bought for her on the second day she moved in. It was pink, and had a kitty cat on the top. It was cute.
Su Yi Cheng chuckles. “I was afraid your imagination would run wild.”
“I, I’m not that bored.” An Ran couldn’t admit that she was just silently cursing him just then, but seeing him explain it that way, kinda felt like she was peeking into his secrets. She quickly says, “I, I’m going to eat the sandwich, after that I have to work on my blueprints, I’m hanging up.” Finishing what she said, she doesn’t wait for Su Yi Cheng to reply, and quickly hangs up.
On the other side Su Yi Cheng chuckles helplessly. He thinks of the message that An Ran had just passed on. That figure slowly starts to become clear. He frowns. He doesn’t think it’s necessary for him to meet her again.
---END OF CHAPTER---
Ugh, I'm so sorry guys. The chapter was quite long in the original text, and used a lot of complicated phrases. Obviously, I couldn't really understand them, so I just put what I thought it meant, lol. I'm either too tired or I just really don't understand it haha. I'll probably redo this chapter and the last during my break in two weeks, but I wanted to try my best to pump out a translation this week. Anyways, enjoy your Valentine's day~ New rival entering between An Ran and Su Yi Cheng dun dun dunnnnn
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