First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 129 Translation

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"Gu An Ran, I told you before to NEVER contact Tong Wenhai, why don't you  listen!!"

Lin Xiaofen’s voice was very loud, so loud that even Su Yi Cheng who is by  the side could hear Lin Xiaofen’s roar on the phone.

An Ran was stunned, and didn’t react for a long time, seemingly really  scared by her mother’s roar and accusation. Mainly she was unprepared and  completely caught by surprise.

On the other side of the phone, Lin Xiaofen was still extremely agitated,  and continued screaming, "Gu An Ran, if you continue to see Tong Wenhai  again, don't bother calling me mom anymore!!" After that, she hung up  immediately and did not even give An Ran time to recover from her shock.

An Ran stiffly held onto the phone, just looking at it, even if the line  has already been cut, she still has no reaction, unable to recover from her  shock and surprise. In her recollections, Lin Xiaofen has never yelled at  her like this, no matter how angry she was she has not reacted so  hysterically so. There were quarrels in the past, and that was the  difference in opinion between the two about her marriage last time, but  even then no matter how angry her words were never so harsh, never has it  been so!

Su Yi Cheng took the phone from her hand and whispered softly in her ear,  "What happened?"

An Ran’s eyes slowly recovered, watching him, not speaking for a while,  then her nose got extremely soured, her eyes redden immediately, and then  the tears started falling uncontrollably.

Su Yi Cheng reached out distressed and wiped the tears from her cheeks. He  coaxed and asked, "You went to see Tong Wenhai yesterday?"

An Ran nodded, but the tears did not stop. She only felted wronged. Her  heart was aching and she was feeling particularly uncomfortable. She  clearly had not done anything, but everyone seemed to blame her for  something. Tong Wenhai is so, now even her mother as well.

“What did Tong Wenhai say to you yesterday?” Su Yi Cheng asked, looking at  her, he began to wonder if An Ran’s almost miscarriage was related to Tong  Wenhai.

An Ran did not speak, shifted her eyes, did not want to meet his.

Reaching out and tilting her head up, letting her look into his eyes, he  looked at her steadily, and said, "An Ran, can't you tell me? En?"

An Ran shook her head and looked at him for a while, only to faintly said,  "He was the one who looked for me and told me to not intervene in Mo Fei's  and Tong Xiao Jie's marriage."

Hearing this,  Su Yi Cheng unconsciously felt unpleasant and frowned.

An Ran wiped the tears on her face and turned to look out the window. After  a while, she faintly said, "Yesterday, Tong Wen Hai questioned if I had any  manners and asked if that was how my father had taught me."

Su Yi Cheng looked at her and didn't speak.

"What qualifies him to lecture me so, just because he is ----" An Ran  suddenly covered her mouth.

Su Yi Cheng did not miss her hand on the quilt tightened tightly. Her  emotions seem to be agitated, as if trying to suppress herself.

Looking at her, Su Yi Cheng seems to think she is already aware of  something. Somewhat worried, looking at her, he gently called, "An Ran..."

It seems that she was afraid he will worry. She turned and smiled at him.  Then only said, "I suddenly feel tired, I want to sleep for a while."

Su Yi Cheng looked at her and did not speak, only nodded faintly, holding  her to lie down, and then covering her with a quilt, bowing his head and  kissing her forehead, saying, "Sleep then."

An Ran nodded, then closed her eyes.

Su Yi Cheng’s cell phone in his pocket rang. It was from Secretary Zheng.  He didn’t answer it and rejected the call. He sat next to her for a while,  confirming that she was asleep before turning around going outside. But he  did not notice, when he closed the door, An Ran on the bed opened her eyes,  and she was looking in front with empty eyes.

In the aisle, Su Yi Cheng is calling back to Secretary Zheng, who had just  called.

"Alright, I am aware, if there's anything call me again. I won't be in the  office today." Not knowing what else Secretary Zheng said on the phone,  only hearing Su Yi Cheng said, "En, then I'll have to trouble you then." 

Hanging up, when Su Yi Cheng wanted to put the phone back into his pocket,  he heard someone calling him from behind. It seemed the person was  surprised and called him out uncertainly. "Deputy Mayor Su?"

Su Yi Cheng turned his head. And like the man, he was also surprised and  did not expect to meet Tong Wenhai here.

Putting the phone back in the pocket of his clothes, Su Yi Cheng gave him a  distanced look, gave Tong Wenhai a faint smile, and gave his  greeting,"Director Tong, such a coincidence."

Tong Wenhai also smiled, watching him, nodding and said, "I heard about what  happened yesterday, but now seeing Deputy Mayor Su, I am relieved, I think  there must have been some misunderstanding, but after clearing it up  everything is fine now, everything is fine now."

Su Yi Cheng walked towards him, he has a smile on his face, but the smile  was superficial at best. His voice was not light nor heavy, he said coolly,  "En, indeed it is a misunderstanding. Some people have reported me for  receiving bribes, and therefore, Bo Hai Properties was selected for the  northern city's reconstruction project."

Tong Wenhai looked at him and showed a slightly surprised expression. "Is  that so, that is ridiculous indeed."

Su Yi Cheng's reaction was faint and didn't pick up on the topic again.

Tong Wenhai looked at him, his eyes were slightly flickering. Seeing that  he did not continue on this topic, he shifted away from the topic and said,  "How is Deputy Mayor Su here, did a friend got sick?”

Su Yi Cheng continued his bland smile, but the look in his eyes looking at  him seemed to be deeper, he just shook his head and said, "No, it is my  wife."

"An Ran?" hearing this, Tong Wenhai, said unbelievably,"How can that be?!  She was fine when I saw her yesterday!"

Su Yi Cheng nodded and only said, "En, she came to the hospital after she  met with Director Tong. The doctor said that her emotions were too  agitated, and she almost had a miscarriage."

Tong Wenhai looked at him, stunned, and probed after a while, "An Ran is  pregnant?"

Su Yi Cheng nodded and stepped closer to him. He asked him with a smile  that's unlike a smile. " Just what did Director Tong say to her yesterday?  To affect her so badly that she got so agitated?"

Tong Wenhai was stunned, looked at him and couldn’t say a single word.

Just when the two men were at a standstill, the door behind Tong Wen Hai  opened. Mo Fei came out of the ward and saw Tong Wenhai and Su Yi Cheng  standing there, he was surprised at first and then frowned slightly and  looked at Su Yi Cheng, said,"Deputy Mayor Su, such a coincidence."

Su Yi Cheng turned his head and looked at him, and seem to be surprised.  "Oh, Director Mo is also here."

Mo Fei nodded towards him, his face slightly stiff and there was not much  more expression.

"That, how is An Ran now?" Tong Wenhai spent a long time contemplating,  only to look at Su Yi Cheng with a complicated look and asked.

Without waiting for Su Yi Cheng to answer, Mo Fei at the side asked in a  hurry, "What happened to An Ran?" His face, which originally had no  excessive expression, was now worried and anxious.

Su Yi Cheng looked at them, chuckled and said, "Director Tong and Director  Mo both seems to be so concerned about my wife."

Mo Fei's face stiffened, and the hands hanging by his sides gripped  tightly, as if suppressing his own emotions.

And Tong Wenhai's face also became somewhat unnatural, his eyes shifting  and not looking at Su Yi Cheng.

Su Yi Cheng coldly hooked the corner of his lips and said, "Thanks for your  concern, An Ran is fine." He said, then raising his hand and looking at the  time, "Apologies, I have been outside for too long, I will go back in  first." Saying so, he turned and headed to An Ran’s ward that was two wards  further away.

When he entered, An Ran was still asleep, lying with her eyes closed, her  position was the same as just now, but her brows seemed to be a little  disobedient and was wrinkled tightly.

Su Yi Cheng lightly sighed and reached out to smooth the folds of her  eyebrows, and sat down on the chair beside her bed.

Actually, when An Ran asked him to investigate Tong Wenhai last time, he  had also gathered Lin Xiaofen’s information as well. Some matters are really more  troublesome the clearer it is, if you are in the dark about it you may be happier  indeed, happier and without worries. He didn't want An Ran to know about  that even though she had the right to know all about it. He selfishly made  the decision not to tell her about it, because he knows that the current  state of life is the best for her, and after knowing those things, she will  not be as happy and worry free as now.

He doesn't care about whatever truth or whatever reason. He just wanted her  to be happy, without any worries, so her brows would never wrinkle like  just now, Making her happy, letting her be full of happiness, these are his  responsibilities.

Thinking so, the phone that An Ran placed on the bedside table suddenly  sounded, the ringtone seems abrupt and intrusive.

Su Yi Cheng quickly took the phone, immediately pressed the mute icon, and  then looked at An Ran on the bed, seeing her eyes still closed and had not  woken up. Then he looked down at the incoming call prompt displayed on the  screen of the mobile phone. It was from Gu Hengwen. Su Yi Cheng took the  mobile phone out of the ward.

After answering the call, without time to speak, he heard Gu Hengwen said  over the line with a cheerful tone, "Ran Ran ah, are you busy, come home  with Ah Cheng for dinner tonight."

"Dad, I am Yi Cheng." Su Yi Cheng said on the phone with a slight smile.

"Oh?" Gu Hengwen was surprised, but he was still very happy. He said, "Is  that Ah Cheng, didn't you go to work today?"

"En, I didn't go today." Su Yi Cheng replied.

"True, today is the weekend after all, no matter how busy you have to relax  sometimes." Gu Heng Wen said.

"En." Su Yi Cheng nodded and asked, "Dad's school is about to start the new  semester right?" It is nearing September, and the new semester is about to  begin.

"Yeah, I will be busy again." Gu Hengwen smiled, then probed and asked, "Ah  Cheng ah, what is Ran Ran doing?"

Su Yi Cheng knows what he wanted to ask and said directly, "Dad, An Ran is  asleep."

Gu Hengwen sighed and asked, "Sigh, Ran Ran must be blaming her mother  right?"

"No, An Ran is just a little tired." Su Yi Cheng explained, "Which daughter  can be really angry with her mother."

"Just now Xiao Fen was a little agitated, so she said some harsh words.  Actually she regretted it immediately after hanging up the phone, but then  she can't back down either so she asked me to call you both to come home tonight  for dinner, that pot of chicken soup of hers has been stewing since last  night, just waiting for you both to come back to enjoy." Gu Hengwen said  with a smile. "I thought you had to go to work today, so had wanted you to  come at night, and then the family will have a reunion. Now it’s better, if  you don’t have to go to work, bring An Ran home in the afternoon. I can also  play a few games with you after the meal. Today I want to make a comeback  and avenge the losses from last time."

Su Yi Cheng also laughed, just turned to look at the ward, he had already  asked the doctor, the doctor said that An Ran needs to rest in the ward for  the next few days, and she should try not to be tired and should not move  around much.

He said on the phone apologetically, "Dad, we may not be able to go over.  How about a few days later, I will bring An Ran over in a few days."

"What's wrong?" Gu Hengwen was perplexed, and thought that An Ran was still  angry about Lin Xiaofen's phone call from before, and asked, "Is An Ran  really angry?"

"Dad, don't think too much about it, An Ran is not angry, she just had a  little accident, and is in the hospital now, the doctor said that she  should stay in bed for a few days, it is not good for her to be walking  around." Su Yi Cheng said frankly.

"Ran Ran is in the hospital?" Regarding this, Gu Hengwen was very surprise.

"What happened, what happened, how could Ran Ran be in the hospital?"

It seems that Lin Xiaofen was also on the side, upon hearing that An Ran is  in the hospital, there were then continuous questions asked, the  anxiousness and worries were evident.

"Mom, Dad, it's fine now, it's just staying in the hospital for a few days  for observations only, don't worry." Su Yi Cheng said comforting.

At this moment, Tong Wenhai came out from the neighboring ward and turned  his head just in time to meet the eyes of Su Yi Cheng.

"How can we not worry, with An Ran there, why didn't you inform us, we are  An Ran's parents!" The phone was grabbed over by Lin Xiaofen, holding the  mobile phone, and urgently said, "Ah Cheng, Where are you now we will go  over right now!"

Su Yi Cheng was helpless and could only tell her the address, "In the Fifth  Hospital of the City, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Inpatient Department."

"We are going over now." After that, Lin Xiaofen hangs up.

Su Yi Cheng shook his head and put the phone away, turned his head, seeing  Tong Wenhai coming over to him, then stood in front of him.

Su Yi Cheng looked at him, his face did not have much expression, he only  asked, "Director Tong, is anything the matter?"

Tong Wenhai looked at the ward and looked at him again. He asked, "Can I go  in and see An Ran?"

If he guessed correctly, Su Yi Cheng* feels that he seems to have a kind of  guilty emotion in his eyes.

Responding coldly, Su Yi Cheng only said, "Apologies, I don't want to let  An Ran's emotions get out of control upon seeing you. The doctor especially  said that An Ran needs rest."

"I, I am her--" Tong Wenhai tries to explain, and suddenly realized  something, then swallowed the words with effort.

Su Yi Cheng just glanced at him, and looked at him seriously and steadily,  and there was completely no trace of temperature in his expression. After a  while, he sneered and asked, "What is Director Tong to An Ran?"

Tong Wenhai shook his head with a bitter smile. "It's nothing."

Su Yi Cheng did not ask more, just took a glance at him, turned and went  straight into the ward, shutting the door close.

Outside the door, Tong Wenhai stood there with a bitter smile. Suddenly, from the  elevator area comes the sound of high-heeled shoes on marble floor, turning,  he saw Mrs. Tong dressed like a noble woman, carrying the latest Chanel  handbag walking over to him. She hurriedly grabbed the hand of Tong Wenhai  and asked, "Wenhai, how is Xiao Jie? How did she suddenly fall? Is this the  ward?" Then she started to push the door to the ward behind Tong Wenhai.  However, it was stopped by Tong Wenhai.

Mrs. Tong looked at him strangely, and asked in confusion, "What is it?"

Tong Wenhai looked at her for a while, and then said, "Not this ward." then  he let go of her hand and took her to the ward of the Tong Xiao Jie.

Mrs Tong looked at the closed ward door mystified, then quickly caught up  to Tong Wenhai in front.

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When Gu Hengwen and Lin Xiaofen got to the hospital, An Ran had not woken  up yet.

Su Yi Cheng whispered a brief account of the matter to them, of course, to  not let them worry about him while still worrying about An Ran too, Su Yi  Cheng did not mention his own matters to them.

After listening, Lin Xiaofen looked at An Ran on the bed dully, looking at  her little face that seems to be slightly pale, she regretted her words and  scolded herself within her heart hundreds and thousands of times.

Gu Heng Wen could see her distress. He reached out and held her shoulders  with his heart aching. He whispered comforting her, said,"Alright, don't  feel bad now, isn't An Ran all right now, don't blame yourself anymore."

Perhaps the movement in the room woke An Ran up, she moved her long  eyelashes, and woke up gradually.

Seeing Lin Xiaofen and Gu Hengwen in the room, she was slightly stunned,  and looked at them with some uncertainty, then she called out, "Dad, Mom?  How come you are here?" Speaking so, her look of doubt was directed towards  Su Yi Cheng who was standing by the side.

Only then did the few people noticed that she had already woken up. Lin  Xiaofen stride forward, looking at her, distressed and touched her face,  said, "I am sorry, An Ran, it is all mother's fault."

An Ran only responded after a while, "Mom..." looking at her, her hand  slowly raised and held her hand.

Looking at her, Lin Xiaofen’s nose soured and her eyes redden immediately.  She said, “Mom shouldn’t have said all those words, I'm sorry, you will  always be my daughter, always.”

"En, En." An Ran nodded very hard, confirming it to be so.

Su Yi Cheng and Gu Hengwen looked at the two and shook their heads with a  smile.

Lin Xiaofen stayed in the hospital for the whole afternoon, and only in the  evening does she and Gu Hengwen got ready to go back.

Su Yi Cheng sent them out, Lin Xiaofen mumbled while walking,"When we go  back, let's go through the market and buy a pigeon to stew into soup.  Everyday having chicken soup Ran Ran must be tired of the same taste, it is  good to change taste once in a while. Oh, right, must remember to buy some  pig's trotters as well, pregnant women need more calcium."

Hearing this, Gu Hengwen and Su Yi Cheng looked at each other and smiled.  Su Yi Cheng thanked her and said, "Thank you, mom, sorry for bothering you."

Lin Xiaofen looked at him strangely and said, "Ran Ran is my daughter, if I  don't bother then who will bother!"

Su Yi Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, yes, mom is right."

The elevator had just came up from below, the red number was flashing,  changing and the three stood in front of the elevator door.

The floor was not high anyways, so the elevator came quickly, after a few  seconds, only heard a ding, the elevator door opened, but looking at Tong  Wenhai and Mo Fei inside, the few people all paused, unable to react.

Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei in the elevator were also stunned, just looking at  them, and even almost forgot to come out from inside.

The first to react was Su Yi Cheng, he had just started to speak and saw  Lin Xiaofen suddenly reacted, she glare angrily at Tong Wenhai in front of  her, and then went forward.

Su Yi Cheng didn't know what she wanted to do. Intuitively he thought she  would argue with Tong Wenhai. But he got it wrong, she did not question  him, but gave him a slap!

"PAAAA--"

Only seeing Lin Xiaofen raise her hand, and that slap directly fell to the  left side of Tong Wenhai's face, the force was so big that the face of Tong  Wenhai was directly turned to the side, and then a bright red palm print  immediately emerged on the face of Tong Wenhai.

For a moment, everything seemed to be still, and no one spoke. Even the  little nurse who passed by looked at this scene and stopped.

This slap seems to exhaust Lin Xiaofen of her strength, even after the  slap, her hand was numb by the force of it, and was trembling furiously.

Because of her anger, her chest was heaving, glaring at him, Lin Xiaofen  questioned him maliciously,"Tong Wenhai, who do you think you are, who are  you to be even trying to be lecturing my daughter!"

Tong Wenhai turned his head and looked at her, clutching his lips tightly,  and his hands hanging on both sides were tightly held.

At the side Gu Hengwen also reacted at this time, somewhat worried and  calling to her, "Xiao Fen..." he* reach out to pull her back to his side,  but Lin Xiaofen blocked his attempt.

Turning her head and looking at Mo Fei who was carrying a thermos by the  side, pointing at him, her eyes sharpen and she said, "And you, why do you  still want to mess around with my daughter, when you left didn't you leave  so suavely? Now why do you want to reverse your actions? Why must An Ran be  accused by others that she is trying to break up your marriage?! Who do you  think you are to treat her this way!?" With this said, Lin Xiaofen’s  emotions seems to be reaching a critical point, and she roared at them with  her entire being,“What did we mother and daughter owe you both, for you  both to come and try to ruin us like this!" As she said so, her tears  couldn’t help but flow. "You all chose what you thought was a better  choice. You get to have everything you wanted through marriage. If so then  get lost*! Do you think we will treasure such a man, not a chance! But  please when you scram*, scram further away and don't scram to where we are  and dirty our eyesight!!"

Tong Wenhai tightly pressed his lips shut and looked away from her,  completely not daring to look at her at all. The slap on the cheek became  more and more red and swollen, and was really quite scary when you look at  it.

Mo Fei was also completely speechless, his hand holding the thermos bottle  was held so tightly that it seems his veins will burst out.

Lin Xiaofen cried uncontrollably, and her whole body suddenly became weak.  Fortunately, Gu Hengwen, who was behind her, quickly took her into his  arms. Then looked up and took a glance at Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei, only  gently said, "Let's go."

Su Yi Cheng indifferently asked Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei to move away from  their spot, and then sent Gu Hengwen and Lin Xiaofen out.

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Su Yi Cheng* - raws has it as Su Yi Jiao

he* - raws has it as Tong Wenhai

get lost, scram* - I almost wanted to just use f*ck off to show how much  she hated them, but then it doesn't seem to be in line with LXF's char.

Such a satisfying chapter, more slaps please!