The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 41 (Part 1)
Chapter 41: He Wants to Marry (1) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
Hearing Shu Wan’s hurried voice outside the carriage, Cheng Qingran subconsciously sat upright and looked over.
She stood there holding an oil-paper umbrella, her upper body leaned forward slightly, half of her sleeves were wet from the rain and wind, and the thin, light green, satin material was tightly attached to her arms as if revealing the delicate whiteness inside. A strand of hair by her ear was blown by the wind, brushing over her fair face, leading his eyes to the bridge of her beautiful nose, and then up there were a pair of surprised watery almond eyes with slightly frowning dark eyebrows, which were beautiful and refined.
The lilac tree at home suddenly passed into his mind. The rain hit the delicate lilac flowers, and the branches swayed in the wind, which was pitiful.
The sound of Shu Maoting fiddling with his clothes came from beside him. Cheng Qingran woke up in time, nodded slightly toward Shu Wan, and naturally looked away. Last time his performance was too bad, maybe she misunderstood him as a womanizer. This time he couldn’t lose his temper again.
Shu Wan didn’t expect it was Cheng Qingran who sent her father back!
Seeing Cheng Qingran avert his gaze indifferently, her face instantly turned red. She only took his carriage last time, now she rushed out to give away the straw raincoats, and it happened to be three pieces. He shouldn’t misunderstand that she recognized his carriage and offered to come over, right? After all, he was born so outstanding. There must be many women who would take the initiative to flatter him.
“Father, I’m leaving first.”
Thinking Cheng Qingran was full of contempt, Shu Wan was annoyed and regretful. She said to Shu Maoting, turned around, and ran back. The rain fell diagonally and wet her skirt.
When Cheng Qingran put on his straw raincoat and jumped out of the carriage, he saw only a panicked back. He watched Shu Wan put away her umbrella in front of the door and went to the west wing without looking back.
“Young master Cheng, the dirt road in the courtyard is muddy, please don’t take offense.” Shu Maoting looked at the path full of small puddles under his feet, a little embarrassed. With the kindness of Cheng Qingran, he had to change his name to the young master.
Cheng Qingran said loudly: “Uncle, I don’t mind. I moved from the capital to this small town because I like these tranquil folk customs.” As he spoke, he bent down and rolled up his trousers, just like an ordinary peasant. Naturally, there was no half of the standard of everyone’s young master who always paid attention to his image.
Shu Maoting breathed a sigh of relief and walked ahead to lead the way.
As early as when Shu Wan ran out, Qin-shi found out it was not her family’s carriage. Later, her daughter entered the west wing without saying a word. She didn’t have time to ask who was in the carriage, so she got up and went to the door to see them.
“I’m back. Thanks to Young Master Cheng for sending me on the way, so I was saved from the rain. Go make a pot of hot tea for us.” While telling his wife, Shu Maoting took off his straw raincoat and hung it on the clothesline under the eaves, then he turned to help Cheng Qingran.
Cheng Qingran gave Shu Maoting the straw raincoat in his hands, and immediately greeted Qin-shi: “Aunt, the junior took the liberty to disturb.”
Thanks to his outstanding appearance, Qin-shi immediately recognized him. Although she didn’t understand why Cheng Qingran became so polite this time, and her husband even changed the way of addressing him, she still gratefully said: “Young master Cheng, you took care of our Ah Lan last time, we haven’t thanked you yet, please come in!” Turning around, she saw Shu Lan and Xiao Lang sitting at the dining table, then she looked at the untouched food, and asked a little embarrassedly: “I wonder if young master Cheng has eaten?”
Cheng Qingran shook his head. His eyes fell on the dining table and his eyes brighten up.
Even if she didn’t notice his suggestive eyes, Qin-shi had to be polite: “We’re just about to eat. If young master Cheng doesn’t dislike it, then...”
Cheng Qingran hurriedly interrupted Qin-shi’s words: “Thank you, aunt. I’m really a little hungry, so I’ll bother you impolitely.” Then, under Qin-shi’s surprised gaze, he walked to Shu Lan with a smile, bent over, and touched her head, “Ah Lan, do you remember me?”
Shu Lan kept staring at him. At first, it only seemed familiar, but then the more she looked, the more she felt as if she had seen him somewhere. At this time, when she heard his nice voice, she immediately called out, jumped up, and said: “Big brother!”
It took so long to recognize him. Cheng Qingran felt a little frustrated.
Shu Lan was very happy and pulled Cheng Qingran to run to the west wing: “Big brother, come here. I have a bird that can speak. You must have never seen it?”
Without the host’s invitation, Cheng Qingran didn’t dare to go in with her. What was more, he saw Shu Wan going there just now. He hurriedly grabbed Shu Lan and said with a smile: “Big brother is hungry now. I’ll go see it after lunch. When the time comes, you will take it outside. Unexpectedly, it is still a bird that can talk. It’s really rare!”
Shu Lan was a little frustrated that she couldn’t show off her Quanquan right away, but hearing Cheng Qingran say that Quanquan was also rare, she was happy again and pulled Cheng Qingran to let him sit beside her.
Qin-shi hurriedly said to Xiao Lang: “Ah Lang, take your younger sister to play in the west wing.”
When a guest came to the house, the male host would receive it, and the female family members and children would not eat until the guest left or rested. This was the rule of Qingshan Village.
Xiao Lang was seeing Cheng Qingran as not pleasing to the eye. He was about to leave after pulling Shu Lan.
“I’m not leaving. I want to eat with big brother!” Shu Lan hugged Cheng Qingran’s arm tightly, staring at Xiao Lang, and said. Big Brother was so gentle. He would pick foods for her and fish bones for her, so she wanted to eat with him.
With Shu Maoting and his wife present, Xiao Lang couldn’t use force. He suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Cheng Qingran coldly. If he knew a little about the rules, he should know what to do!
Cheng Qingran had long known Xiao Lang was hostile to him, so he was staring at him now, but he didn’t take it to heart, and said to Qin-shi with a smile: “Aunt, Ah Lan is still a child. You don’t need to pay attention to that politeness, and little brother Ah Lang, let’s all eat together!”
Qin-shi’s face was a little hot, embarrassed because of the ignorance of the youngest daughter: “How can we do that, you are a guest...”
Cheng Qingran’s smile grew brighter: “Aunt, I treat Ah Lan as my younger sister, so don’t treat me with formal courtesy!”
Qin-shi didn’t know what to say, so she looked to her husband for help. Shu Maoting nodded at her, walked over, and sat down. He looked at Shu Lan who was next to Cheng Qingran and said somewhat helplessly: “Forget it, Ah Lang, you come and sit down too. It will be lively when there are more people eating.” Both of them were children, not yet at the age of taboo.
Xiao Lang lowered his head: “No need, I’ll eat with Aunt and Sister Wan later.” After saying this, he went to the west wing and put down the curtain on the door, blocking the vision behind him.
Shu Maoting sighed: “This child has always been so sensible...”
Shu Lan didn’t hear her father’s overtones, so she sat obediently beside Cheng Qingran and told him how the fish was caught.
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