First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 128 Translation

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128 It's so good married to you.

An Ran was awaken by hunger, her empty tummy growling, she woke up  groggily. Outside the day was not yet all bright, from the windows that was  not covered by the curtains, it was still dark with only a little light.

On the side of the bed sat a small lamp and it illuminated the darken room.  Turning to look over, Su Yi Cheng was lying by her side. An Ran paused for  quite a while, then she reach out and gently touched his face. The feeling  of actually being able to feel him lets her be certain that what she saw  when she woke up yesterday and saw him was not a dream but was real. This  feeling of warm and touch is not a lie and her lips curl in a desirable  angle.

Su Yi Cheng has always been a light sleeper. The slight touch woke him up  gradually, his eyes were still half asleep and only after a while he saw  her clearly in front of him and smiled at her. His hand on top of hers and  he pulled her down to his lips for a kiss, then he said, "You're awake?"  The voice still carries the hoarseness and mellow of just being awake, his  tone extremely low.

An Ran nodded, and was just about to speak, when her tummy did it for her  instead.

"Gugugugugu---"

Time seems to have stopped. The two just look at each other and then there  is no movement.

An Ran clearly felt her face got hot and it felt like a raging fire.

Su Yi Cheng also then reacted, he reached out and pinched her little nose  and asked, "Are you hungry?"

An Ran nodded embarrass, then shook her head sharply and said, "I, I am  not hungry, it is your, your , your little lover in the tummy is hungry!"  With a blushing face, An Ran said seriously, just that her credibility  seems to be a bit low.

Su Yi Cheng looked at her with a funny look and didn't expose her. Playing  along, "En, my little lover is hungry." Saying so, he bent over, kissed her  still flat tummy over her clothes then placed his ear onto her tummy, his  fingers gently patting, and speak seriously at An Ran's tummy, "Baby, are  you hungry? What do you want to eat?" After a while, nodded repeatedly and  said, "Oh oh, okay, then I will ask her." After he said that, he sat up.

An Ran was amused by his serious look. The heat on her face had also faded.  She smiled at him and asked, "What did your little lover say to you?"

Su Yi Cheng pinched her nose and said with a smile, "She said that she will  eat whatever her mother eats."

An Ran laughed and only said, "She better do so!" Saying it as if it were  so.

Caressing her face, his fingers sliding cross her delicate skin, he smiled  and asked softly, "What do you want to eat, I will go buy it for you."

An Ran turned her head and looked outside. She frowned and said, "The sky  isn't even bright yet."

"It's fine, breakfast shops usually opens early," Su Yi Cheng said.

An Ran rolled her eyes a bit then said with a laugh and smile, "Then I want  to have porridge, and also red bean paste bun." Looking at him, she whispered,  "En, and, and can I also have fried fritters?" " She suddenly had an urge to eat  it, but she also knows that fried food is the most unhealthy."

Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng looked at her and said, "I will buy porridge and  the red bean paste bun, but as for the fried fritters..." Then he shook his  head and said, "No way!"

"I just knew it." An Ran whispered, pouting.

Su Yi Cheng smiled and caressed her hair, sat up and got down from the bed  and said, "I will go buy you the porridge and red bean paste buns now, wait  for me here obediently."

An Ran looked outside and raised her hand to look at the time. It was only  half past five, it's not even 6am yet. Although she didn’t know when he  came back last night, but looking at the dark circles on his eyes, she  could tell just how tired he is.

There were some distress and longing in her heart. When he returned from  his wash in the bathroom, she reached out and grabbed his hand. She looked  at him with a distressed look, "Why not go later, you get more rest."

Su Yi Cheng smiled and caressed her head and only said, "I don't want to  starve my darling." Not sure if his ‘darling’ refers to her or the little  lover in her stomach.

An Ran is still easily embarrass, looking at him with a blushing face, and  her lips with a smile full of happiness.

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When Qin Yun took the pot of stewed chicken soup that she had boiled  overnight, and also the fragrant porridge that she had prepared to the  hospital, she was just at the door of the ward and hadn't pushed the door  in when she heard soft speaking voices from inside.

"I don't want to eat anymore, I still have porridge here, I really can't  eat anymore." It is the voice of An Ran, delicate and soft, sweet and  melodious.

"Be good, eat more of this, you hardly had any." It was Su Yi Cheng's  voice, gentle and indulgent, and even Qin Yun hadn't known that her  normally dull and methodical son could sound so soft and gentle.

Not wanting to rush inside, Qin Yun with her things in hand stood outside  the ward with a cheeky smile and silently eavesdropped on what is happening  inside, she is an understanding mother and even more so she is a mother in  law that knows to read the situation, so naturally she will not intrude and  disrupt them at this time so abruptly.

In the ward, An Ran pointed at the table and said, "Who says so, just look,   I am having porridge, and also had a red bean paste bun, and I even ate a  siew mai*, I really already ate a lot!" She was hungry, but not to the  extent of being famished. It turned out that he bought not only porridge  and red bean paste buns, but also siew mais, and even bought soy milk, and  everything are in double portions, all of this to be eaten by her alone,  how can she finish everything!

Su Yi Cheng looked at the disposable plate on the table, thinking that  indeed she did already ate a lot, nodded, "Alright then." Taking the  chopsticks he took the last remaining siew mai to his plate and together  with the soy milk he took everything into his stomach.

Looking down at the remaining porridge in her bowl, An Ran looked at him  again and gently called him, "Yi Cheng."

“En?” Su Yi Cheng gently responded, looking up at her, “What's wrong?”  said, taking the napkin and wiping the corner of his mouth.

An Ran stir the porridge in the bowl with a spoon and looked at him again.  She said, "Can I waste some food just this time?" she assured him, "Not  much, just a little, just look" Then show him the small amount of porridge  in the bowl, as if proving that she is telling the truth.

"You ah." Su Yi Cheng shook his head in a smile, looked at her indulgently,  reached out and took the bowl from her hand, and then directly finish that  few mouthful of porridge.

An Ran looked at him, the corners of her mouth in a smile. "Yi Cheng, you  are so good."

After finishing, Su Yi Cheng pressed on her nose a few times, and then  began to clean up the things on the table.

"Mom, why are you standing at the door, why don't you go in?"

Su Yi Jiao’s voice suddenly came from outside the door. Hearing this, the  two people in the room looked at each other and then looked straight at the  door of the ward.

The door opened, Su Yi Jiao came in with a huge basket of fruit, and An Ran  saw Qin Yun behind her. At this moment, her eyes were looking at Su Yi Jiao  with an angry look, seemingly blaming her for ruining her precious moment.

Su Yi Jiao did not notice her mother’s angry look at all. She came in with  the fruit basket, smiled and said hello to Su Yi Cheng and An Ran.  “Morning, big brother, sis in law.” Then she came to An Ran and looked at  her redden face, asked, "Sis in law, are you okay, how are you feeling?"

An Ran nodded towards her. "En, I'm quite well."

Su Yi Jiao nodded and turned to ask Su Yi Cheng, "Big Brother, are you  okay?" When she got home yesterday she found out that her brother was  actually invited to have 'tea*' by Uncle Yan!

"It's fine." Su Yi Cheng said faintly, his hands did not stop moving, and  clean up the disposable tableware that were left after finishing breakfast.

Hearing this, Su Yi Jiao knows that if he says it's fine that it means it  is absolutely okay, so she did not ask further, but now she is worried  about those who have offended her brother, being brother and sister with Su  Yi Cheng for 26 years she will never think that this black bellied wolf  brother of hers will let this matter go so easily, not to mention that  mother also said that this time it almost caused sister in law to have a  miscarriage, from this alone it shows the seriousness of the situation.

Putting away her angry look, Qin Yun went towards An Ran full of smiles,  putting the chicken soup and the porridge in her hand on the table by the  side, she smiled and said, "I was still thinking to bring breakfast to you.  I didn't expect you both to have already ate." Putting the things on the  table, she turn around and look at An Ran, seeing her healthy blushing face  that is completely unlike yesterday's pale one, she laughs and nodded, "You  looks much better than yesterday."

En Ran smiled, looking at the thermos placed on the bedside table, and then  turned to look at Qin Yun, slightly embarrassed saying, "Mom, it's so far,  don't bother next time, we can buy it ourselves" From the military compound  to the urban area, it takes more than an hour's drive, so getting up so  early in the morning to prepare, plus all the work stirring the porridge,  how tiring it must be.

Qin Yun frowned and disagreed, saying, "How can what you buy outside  compare to what is cooked at home."

An Ran pulled over her hand and said softly, "Mom, we just don't want you  to be so tired."

Qin Yun looked at her for a long time, her nose soured, turned to Su Yi  Cheng and Su Yi Jiao, said, "Look, what did I say, a daughter-in-law is  better than any son or daughter, she is the sweetest and knows to pamper  me." Intentionally or unintentionally she turned around and glare at Su Yi  Jiao by her side, said coolly, "Unlike some people, so big already, not  saying pampering me, if she don't make me angry I'll be happy, not coming  back for a month, and there isn't a single phone call during this time. If  something happens to me someday, I bet she wouldn't even know about it."

Su Yi Jiao by her side rolled her eyes at this, naturally she understood  the meaning of her words, and looked at An Ran with a bitter look, "Sis in  law, can you not be so good, just look how much mother favors you, but  poor me have to be criticized by her every day, I'm going to collapse  soon.” As she says so she even exaggeratedly raised her voice.

An Ran and Qin Yun could not help but laugh at this.

Qin Yun also intentionally burst her chops and said, "Only after  comparisons then I will know good from bad. If you are not filial, it's  your problem don't drag others in."

Su Yi Jiao* massage her head that is now throbbing with pain, wrinkling her  nose saying,"Okay, okay, in order to show that I am filial, for the next  few days that sis in law is in hospital recuperating I will let people  deliver her meals here, guaranteed to be fresh and full of nutrition."  saying that she hugs Qin Yun's shoulders, saying placating,"How about  that, my dearest and greatest mother."

Qin Yun looked at her, and her mouth smiled. "That's better."

Looking at them, An Ran chuckled and was in a good mood.

When Su Yi Cheng returned from throwing away the garbage, the mobile phone  in his pocket rang, and it was Ye Zi Wen. Without bothering the few women  inside, he took the phone to the aisle outside the ward, then answered the  call.

"Ah Cheng, are you alright, I heard our old man invited you for 'tea'  yesterday!" Yesterday he made a trip back to the compound and his old man  specially asked him about Ah Cheng's matters, making him confused. After  contemplating for a long time, he then realized that Ah Cheng was being  investigated by the Disciplinary Committee investigation team and invited  for 'tea'. The matter seems to be very serious, for the people from the  provincial hall to be specially sent over.

"I'm fine, how can I pick up the call if something had happened?" Su Yi  Cheng said with a smile, sitting on the plastic chair against the wall, and  his feet were elegantly stacked.

"Haha, that's true." Ye Zi Wen said with a smile. "But it seems that you  have offended quite a lot of people, otherwise how will all this trouble occur."

Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng agreed softly, "En, maybe so." He guessed that his sudden promotion has hindered the interests of many people.

"I heard that Gu An Ran is in the hospital, is she alright?" Ye Zi Wen  asked, concerned.

"She's fine." He said, gently opened the door, looked at the person inside,  and thought of something, said on the phone, "Zi Wen, collect some  information for me."

The person on the other side of the phone was silent for a moment, and Ye  Zi Wen probed, "Are you ready to take action?"

Holding the phone, Su Yi Cheng only said, "I just don't want to be passive  like this every time."

Ye Zi Wen did not say much, just said, "I understand, whatever you want me  to check up on, send me an email later."

"En." Su Yi Cheng nodded. Some matters and some people seemed to be  different from what he had originally thought. Since they had chosen to start like  this, then there should also be an ending.

"That, that..." Ye Zi Wen was suddenly mumbling over the phone, as if there  was something he was hesitant to ask.

Su Yi Cheng raised his eyebrow slightly and asked, "What is it?"

Ye Zi Wen, who was breathing deeply on the phone, seemed to have made some  decision and asked, "Have you seen Xiaojiao recently?"

"Yi Jiao?" Su Yi Cheng frowned, stood up, turned and half-opened the door,  looked at Su Yi Jiao, who was now exaggeratedly frowning and talking in the  ward, and asked, "What happened with you and Yi Jiao?”

"No, nothing!" Ye Zi Wen said in a rush trying to explain, "I was just  casually asking, I had just came back from abroad, I haven't seen her for a  few days, so I was just asking casually, it's nothing special."

The more he explained, to Su Yi Cheng, the more he felt that he was with a  guilty conscience, so he reminded him, "Ah Wen, I hope you remember what I  said to you at the bar last time."

The phone was silent for a while, only to hear Ye Zi Wen suddenly said, "I  still have something to do here, I will hang up first." Then without  waiting for Su Yi Cheng to reply he hang up.

Su Yi Cheng looked at the phone and shook his head slightly.

Su Yi Jiao stayed in the hospital for a while, and had received a phone  call from the restaurant. Then she got up and was ready to leave. When she  was leaving and was at the door of the ward. Su Yi Cheng took her by the  hand and asked, "What happened between you and Zi Wen recently? ”

Su Yi Jiao’s eyes flashed a little, avoiding his eyes and not looking at  him. She only said, “No, nothing happened.”

"Yi Jiao, if Zi Wen is always so uncertain, then let it go." She is his  sister, he does not want to see her hurt by anyone, even if that person is  Ye Zi Wen!

Su Yi Jiao was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, leaving only the  sentence, I knew, and then left straightaway.

Qin Yun stayed in the hospital for a while more, but after knowing that Su  Yi Cheng did not have to go to work today, she was relieved that An Ran  will have someone taking care of her. She then got up and returned to the  military compound, but she repeatedly asked Su Yi Cheng to warm the chicken  soup up later for An Ran, saying that when a woman is pregnant, she must  take more nutritious stuff.

After the two of them left, there was only Su Yi Cheng and An Ran left in  the ward.

Closing the door, sitting down on her bed, holding her shoulders and  letting her head rest on him.

An Ran rested on him without worries, her little hand playing with his big  palm. The joints of his index finger and middle finger had some harden skin  left from holding the pen all these years, and there was a slight  protrusion. With a smile, in a soft voice, she said,"Mom and Yi Jiao, and  everyone else, are so good to me."

"Silly, we are a family, if we are not good to you, then who are we to be  good to?" Su Yi Cheng said softly.

Turning her head and looking at him, An Ran said with a good mood, "It’s  so good married to you. It’s the best decision I have made in my life.” Not  only does he adores her, but his family also treated her so well, she is  really glad that she is so lucky.

Su Yi Cheng also laughed and bow to kiss her lips. "Only you will be so  bold and openly asked a stranger to get married."

An Ran flashed her tongue at him and said, "And only you will agree to my  proposal without even thinking about it."

Su Yi Cheng raised an eyebrow and said, "So we are just meant to be  together?"

An Ran thought about it seriously and nodded. "En, it seems that way." They  are compatible to such a degree that it seems they were meant for each  other indeed.

Both of them laughed and An Ran returned to his embrace. An Ran still  clutching his big palm and playing with his fingers. Su Yi Cheng also  enjoyed this moment, bowing his head to smell the fragrance of her hair,  and his mouth with a happy and satisfying smile.

The two sat this way for a while, and Su Yi Cheng gently asked in her ear,  "Are you tired? Do you want to sleep for a while?" Raising his hand to look  at the time, it is already 10 plus, she had gotten up very early in the  morning. After so long, she should be sleepy now.

Leaning in his arms, An Ran shook her head, and for a moment, she said,  "I'm sorry." The voice was low and soft, and it was without the joy just  now, her mood seemed to be somewhat low.

Su Yi Cheng frowned and asked, "What happened?"

After a moment of silence, An Ran said, "I didn't know that necklace was so  expensive. I didn't think about it much when Zhou Han transferred it to me  then." And she didn't expect that because of this negligence of hers, he  almost had to bear the crime of corruption and accepting bribes, although  everything had been explained clearly now, but she always feels so sorry in  her heart, if it had not been for Zhou Han this time, she felt that she  could have 10 mouths and not been able to explain the matter clearly.

"Silly, it's not your fault." Su Yi Cheng tightly hug her and said, "Some  people if they want to make a fuss, even if you don't have that necklace,  there will be others, the same thing cannot be avoided." Something suddenly  came to mind, he asked, "What did you say to Uncle Yan?" If everything was  honestly explained, it seems it will not be so easily settled.

An Ran shook her head, turned to look at him and said,"Actually, Zhou Han  told me to say that."

"Zhou Han?" Su Yi Cheng raised an eyebrow, but then thought of something,  nodded, "indeed, he is also another party after all."

"Before team leader Yan came in, I received his text message. He said that  for you to be okay, I have to do as he says. He told me to say that the  necklace is something I gave to Lin Li in his stead. Because he will also  say the same when the time comes, and so the testimony will tally." Actually,  when she received Zhou Han's text, she did not know whether to listen to  him or not, but there seemed to be no other way at that time.

Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng was silent for a while, giving only a faint  response, "Is that so?"

An Ran nodded, turned and leaned against him, and seemed to say with some  emotion, "I seem to still have a lot to learn in order to be your wife."

Su Yi Cheng held her and put his chin on her shoulder and asked, "Do you  feel tired being my wife?"

"Nope." An Ran shook her head almost without thinking. "I don't feel tired,  because the love you give is far more compared to these. I just don't want  to drag you down later." Not wanting to cause unnecessary troubles for him,  if she can avoid some things, then it is already considered to be sharing  his burden with him.

Kissing her cheek, Su Yi Cheng said in a gentle voice,"Nothing of the sort,  you are doing very well."

An Ran slightly turned her head and shared a sweet kiss with him.

When the two were sweetly embracing each other, the phone that was placed  on the bedside table sounded at this time, flashing a faint pink light,  screaming wildly.

Su Yi Cheng was reluctant to let her go, caressing her face, and when the  two eased their slightly hurried breathing, then turned around and took the  phone.

It was from Lin Xiao Fen, because they're afraid Lin Xiao Fen will worry,  An Ran didn’t tell Lin Xiao Fen that she was hospitalized after almost  suffering a miscarriage.

After answering the call, she was just thinking to answer her, but only to  hear Lin Xiaofen’s angry voice over the phone, “Gu An Ran, I said before  for you to NEVER contact Tong Wenhai, why don’t you listen!”

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siew mai*- tasty open-faced dumplings filled with ground pork, shrimps, and  other add-ins

have tea* - in this case it's a polite term to imply being arrested and being interrogated, not sure if they actually really serve tea during the process. This term is derive from ancient China when the constables actually really drink tea during the interrogation process. 

Su Yi Jiao* - raw put it as SYC, context wise this should be an error

Took a break for Xmas and New Years holiday, then plunged into the new work  year's workload. The original plan was always for me to help till end of  2018. I apologized for not making it clear, what with all the hoohaa of the  festivities and all. At this point I have not heard from Anna yet so I will  continue helping with the translations. Thank you for being patient with  me.