Chapter 54: Chapter 24.1 Story Part 1

Names mentioned in this chapter :n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

-苏芮 (sù ruì) – Su Rui, our female protagonist

-苏小姐(sù xiǎo jie)- Miss Su, refers to the female protagonist

-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead

-城哥哥(chéng gē ge)- Cheng Ge ge, refers to the male lead

-煜城哥(yù chéng gē)- Yu Cheng Ge.

-顾夫人(gù tài tài)- Mrs Gu

-唐笑(táng xiào) – Tang Xiao, Su Rui’s friend and daughter of the chairman of Tang Jing Group

-严筱(yán xiǎo)- Yan Xiao, Second Miss of the Yan Group

-严小姐(yán xiǎo jie)- Miss Yan

-严氏(yán shì)- The Yan Company

-严氏集团(yán shì jí tuán)- The Yan Group

-赵雪(zhào xuě)- Zhao Xue

–欣雨(xīn yù)- Xin Yu, rumoured girl that Gu Yu Cheng likes.

Su Rui glanced at Tang Xiao who was beside her and obviously she knew who these two persons were.

Tang Xiao was about to speak and introduce them to Su Rui, but she was interrupted by the two.

“I’m the second miss of the Yan Group, Yan Xiao. And, this is Zhao Xue.” Yan Xiao directly spoke and did a self-introduction.

The Yan Company?

Su Rui furrowed her brows. From the research she had searched up online previously, isn’t the Yan company from the rubber industry?

It seems that there were no dealings between her family’s company and the Yan’s.

Su Rui looked at Yan Xiao but saw her chuckle twice and said, “I heard that Miss Su was previously in the States and is unfamiliar with the local circle. So, you did not know of us before.”

There was nothing wrong with what she had said.

After all, she picked Tang Xiao up from the charity banquet previously.

It was just that these two person’s facial expression of #I have nothing better to do, so I’m here to find faults#, are they sure they don’t want to conceal it?

Su Rui’s brows drew together as she looked at them.

“Hello.” Su Rui bobbed her head towards them and greeted them politely but reserved.

“We just heard of Miss Su’s name and came to say hello. You don’t have to be nervous, Miss Su.” Yan Xiao smiled and said.

Heh heh.

Hearing this, Su Rui smiled and didn’t speak, she was waiting for the other party to continue her performance.

“It was because we have heard news about Miss Su and Yu Cheng ge[1]. Thus, we came to express concern over it.”

Yu Cheng… and even ‘ge’?

When Su Rui heard this awkward address, the goosebumps were about to pop up all over Su Rui’s skin.

This address reminded Su Rui of the “Cheng ge ge” that Mrs. Gu strongly suggested she use during their first meeting.

“I was shocked to hear that you two were dating. I thought to myself, how could Yu Cheng ge be dating another person. After all…”

Su Rui waited for her to finish her sentence. But, unfortunately, the other person didn’t say anything after the words ‘after all’ and even gave an expression that implied that there was a story behind it.

She must have graduated from an acting major, right?

Su Rui felt embarrassed, but in regards to her ‘after all’, she was a little curious about the story behind it.

So? Is there a story behind it?

“So, Miss Yan is Gu Yu Cheng’s ex-girlfriend?” Su Rui asked what she had guessed.

After all, based on her manner, it was as if an ex-girlfriend who knows that her boyfriend has a new relationship and er, came to seek attention.

Besides, it usually happens when the girl is either still in love with her ex-boyfriend or is in the situation when she is unwilling to accept?

Yan Xiao and Zhao Xue obviously didn’t expect Su Rui to suddenly ask this question and they were dumbfounded.

And Yan Xiao’s face had a trace of embarrassment for a short moment.

“You misunderstood,” Yan Xiao said as the expression on her face was odd and somewhat unnatural.

“Although we grew up together with Yu Cheng ge ge, he and Xin Yu are a couple. Unfortunately, Xin Yu went abroad for several years and there wasn’t any news from her.” Yan Xiao fluttered her eyelashes and continued, “ Xin Yu is returning to China soon. Yu Cheng ge ge has been waiting for so many years, at least it was worthwhile.”

After that, Yan Xiao looked at Su Rui with concern and said, “So, I think that Miss Su should clarify to avoid any misunderstanding.”

“Alright, thank you for reminding me. I will understand the situation clearly,” Su Rui said with a faint smile and nodded.

No matter how you listen to it, her tone sounded somewhat indifferent.

As for what Su Rui was thinking now, she was ridiculing it.

The woman went abroad for some reason and then the man waited back home. Ten years later, the woman returns back to China and the man finally waited for her return.

This was what Miss Yan was trying to express. She didn’t misinterpret it, right?

Why does this plot sound so familiar?

It’s probably the same plot as the drama that Mother Su is watching lately, called the 《Intimate Lovers》or《Contract Lover》?

It’s not that Su Rui is unwilling to believe in the authenticity of Mis Yan’s story but the rationality of this plot itself did not impress Su Rui.

Studying abroad… There are also school breaks, right? Even though the original owner stayed in the States and did not come back, she would have often called home.

Or, is the prospect of development locally bad? Or did she get on the list of dishonest persons subject to enforcement[2]? And have to stay abroad for years?

Even if it’s expensive to make international calls, why don’t you find a wireless signal, connect to it, and call through WeChat?

Now, let’s talk about the man.

Is he a pig?

For him to have such concentration and endurance to work in China for a few years and have no time to fly overseas?

Don’t tell me that the reason is that flight tickets are too expensive.

Now, there are even discounted airline tickets during the golden week’s[3] tour in off-season.

And don’t even mention that there is a sea of people and she can’t be found.

That woman is not a stowaway. In this day and age where information is readily available, aeroplane tickets, schedules, entry-exit records, and consumption records are all displayed. Even a picture that was posted in Moments[4]would occasionally have a location added to it.

Plus, frankly speaking, in Su Rui’s view, relationships need to be managed and maintained.

The breakup rate of long-distance relationships is still so high. Not to mention being unable to see each other for a few years where a phone call isn’t available.

Other than having a sad breakup that left unforgettable memories, both of their three outlooks[5] would probably be different. How can they maintain the love between each other? That would be unbelievable right?

However, for television dramas to catch the attention in the world and deceive others’ tears, they had to film it this way. Su Rui also felt that there is nothing that can be said against it.

But if it’s in real life…

Su Rui couldn’t imagine what it would be like.

The key point was that Su Rui can’t imagine Gu Yu Cheng as someone Miss Yan has described.

Although this person, Gu Yu Cheng, is somewhat taciturn and doesn’t seem to have any dating experience, Gu Yu Cheng isn’t stupid.

Su Rui found it hard to accept that a person that could come up with strategies in the business field and handle affairs calmly and objectively became a hopeless romantic Mary Sue character.

Most importantly, Gu Yu Cheng isn’t lacking the money to pay for flight tickets nor does he lack the ability to find Xin Yu.

Not knowing that Su Rui was roasting in her heart, when they saw Su Rui’s expression of #Eating a nineteenth tier[6]and unknown celebrity’s melon[7] that she somehow got to hear about, and how she didn’t appear to show any sense of accomplishment or interest at all.

Yan Xiao felt ashamed.

She casually exchanged greetings by saying a few words, pulled Zhao Xue and left.

[1] 哥[gē]- Elder brother/Ge. Similar to Auntie [name], they aren’t blood related and that it was an intimate way of addressing Gu Yu Cheng.

[2] 失信人名单(shīxìn rén míngdān)- List of Dishonest Persons subject to enforcement. “This is where any person subject to enforcement has the ability by fails to perform obligations determined in an effective legal instrument and falls under any of the (six) circumstances would be subjected to enforcement and impose credit-related punishment according to the law,” stated in Article 1.

[3] 黄金周(huángjīnzhōu)- Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods.

[4] 朋友圈[Péngyouquān]- Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat.) The Chinese translation of moment is known as ‘Friends’ circle’, which means users can share and get access to accepted WeChat friends’ information, creating an intimate and private communicating circle within the users’ choice of close friends.

[5] 三观(sān guān)- Three outlooks. It refers to the outlook of the world, opinions about value and outlook on life.

[6] 十九线(shíjiǔ xiàn)-Nineteenth line. It would be somewhat like a “D-list” celebrity in the Ulmer scale. This would mean a celebrity who is so obscure that they are generally only known for appearances as so-called celebrity on panel game shows and reality televisions.

[7] 吃瓜(chī guā)- Eat melon. An internet slang which means the matter isn’t related to the particular reader and the reader doesn’t comment and just read or spectate the situation. They often refer themselves as 吃瓜群众(chīguāqúnzhòng)- peanut gallery/onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don’t comment on them.

Translator’s Notes: Hello everyone. I realised I made a huge mistake by not including a whole chunk (worth of two pages) of Chapter 20 Part 1… I’m very sorry about that. Please do read it again. Thank you and sorry for the mistake.