After Marrying Bigshot Vegetable Boss - Chapter 31
Without waiting for Yu Lan’s answer, Chu Wang seemed to have found a way out and continued, “Marry me now, just consider it a casual question.”
Yu Lan was momentarily stunned. Although he didn’t know why Chu Wang suddenly asked this, he quickly blinked and replied, “No.”
Chu Wang looked at his expression, which was the one Yu Lan often used when being clever—a slight squint of his right eye, with a somewhat mischievous smile.
“How could that be,” he said.
Chu Wang continued, “You’re so clever and good-looking, how could no one like you?”
“Well…” Yu Lan nodded, as if recalling something, and said, “I guess.”
In fact, it was similar to what Chu Wang had in mind. Since Yu Lan entered middle school, many people had indeed expressed their admiration for him—some directly, some shyly, and in high school, there were even one or two persistent suitors.
Chu Wang looked at Yu Lan, noticing his fleeting expressions, and smiled, pursing his lips. “But how many people like me has nothing to do with whether I’ve liked anyone.”
“At first, before I went to school, I finally found a school that would take me because the daughter of the primary school principal liked me and wanted to be friends with me.”
It was the first time he had told anyone about these things, Yu Lan thought. His experiences weren’t much different from those in books, but he was luckier. In the book, “Yu Lan” was turned away twice, and no one noticed.
Thinking this way, he was happy to tell Chu Wang about his past, leaning back in his chair and continuing, “Back then, Liu… Back then, a woman who worked in a welfare home helped me get in after asking a few times.”
“However, at the time, I was too young to have any idea. I was in the same class as the principal’s daughter, but because I got a better score on several tests, she got mad and wouldn’t play with me anymore.”
“Oh, and! The daughter of the stationery store owner near the school also liked me. At first I went there to buy an eraser, and then she insisted on giving me an eraser and a pencil. After a year, somehow, the whole grade was saying that the stationery I had was all stolen… In fact, the girl had always helped me explain, but for some reason, nobody believed her.”
“Later, in fifth grade, I was chosen by a family, and the other party asked me to transfer to another school to study. These rumors finally diminished a bit…”
Yu Lan’s voice sounded relaxed, as if talking about someone else. “But after a year, the couple had their own children, and I went back to the welfare home.”
Realizing he was getting off topic, Yu Lan steered the conversation back. “After starting junior high school… Actually, you’ve probably noticed that I’m popular with adults. At that time, the teachers liked me, and I started receiving love letters and gifts.”
“But every time I received something like that, or a confession, someone would bring up what happened in elementary school, saying I hadn’t learned well from a young age, stealing things had become a habit, and it was no wonder I had been adopted and sent back.”
But by then, Yu Lan finally showed some different emotions. He laughed self-deprecatingly, “What? They don’t know that I proposed to come back.”
“Plus, there were not many people adopting me afterward, and the voices grew louder, saying how good-looking I was and no family would want me, there must be something wrong.”
“So, I didn’t lie to you. When I was studying, there were many people who liked me, but this actually caused trouble for them.”
“I was already busy studying, and there were many things to do, so where would I have time to think about or respond to whether someone liked me or not.”
“That’s not something I should consider.”
Chu Wang actually regretted talking about Yu Lan’s elementary school life.
He regretted it for the first time, feeling his question had been foolish and just a way to change the subject, trying to hear more of what Yu Lan had to say.
It was not what he wanted to hear.
He wanted to interrupt several times, but he opened his mouth and no sound came out.
He admitted that he wanted to hear more about his past and didn’t want to interrupt, yet he felt that this aspect of himself wasn’t admirable.
There should be better ways to find out, ways that would make him happier when the time was right…
Chu Wang wanted to say, “You don’t have to say anymore,” “I won’t ask anymore,” but Yu Lan even thought of it halfway through and looked at him kindly. “By the way, Mr. Chu, I’m not looking for sympathy!”
“Don’t think I’m trying to gain sympathy,” Yu Lan thought, Chu Wang had seen how he was in front of Xi Yun and Yun Ling before, and just wanted to explain to him. He was just trying to open up and talk, not trying to tie him up and force him to sympathize with him.
He was indeed good at showing weakness and being likable, knowing what to do to make adults like him, but he didn’t want Chu Wang to be like those people.
To give out sympathy that everyone would give, without any difference.
He didn’t need it.
But Chu Wang felt unprecedented regret.
“I didn’t mean that,” Chu Wang felt for the first time that his ability to express himself wasn’t strong enough to accurately say what he wanted at this moment.
“I’m not questioning whether you’ve had relationships,” his voice was low, unsure how to explain his spontaneous follow-up question, “What I mean is, you should naturally have garnered a lot of people’s affection.”
“This has nothing to do with who you are, your background.”
But when Chu Wang thought about it, there was still a bitter taste in his mouth.
His life had been smooth sailing before the accident, even with its ups and downs, they were something an ordinary person could never touch in a lifetime.
Initially, his understanding of the welfare institute was only based on rumors and paper reports. Even a year ago, when he heard that the Yu family had found their long-lost biological child, he was indifferent and didn’t pay attention.
But now it was different.
What he heard from Yu Lan wasn’t like that.
The originally light-hearted writing turned into reality, and Chu Wang couldn’t help but imagine some scenes.
Yu Lan still looked frail now. He should have been like a small bean when he was young, speaking softly, barely audible to others.
When he was misunderstood by a group of children who were not yet mature in their views because of a few erasers and pencils, and when he was abandoned despite his eager anticipation of receiving love from a family, Yu Ling might have been sitting in an expensive car, wearing delicate Italian calf leather shoes, going to a restaurant whose name he couldn’t even pronounce.
He was so familiar with nursing. He might have done many things for a living, while Yu Ling would only take everything given by his family and play the role of a beloved wealthy student at school.
And these should have been his.
Yu Lan felt that Chu Wang had been silent for a long time and was afraid that he had caused the atmosphere to become tense: “Mr. Chu, Mr. Chu?”
Only then did Chu Wang respond in a low voice.
“So you see, I’m doing well now,” Yu Lan said sincerely and proudly, “This is what I deserve now.”
Chu Wang looked at his expression, still bright and lively, as if what he had just said was just a plot in some trashy novel, and he was just a cheerful narrator, nothing more.
He seemed to be affected by this emotion as well, and faintly smiled, “Hmm. You deserve it.”
You should also get many more things.
What was lost in the past, what should come in the future.
Chu Wang thought.
“But you just said about me…”
Perhaps because Yu Lan rarely said so much, he took the opportunity of long-term contact with Chu Wang to speak boldly, “You should be the one who has had quite a few stories, right?”
As for why he asked this, Yu Lan’s reason for himself was simple. After all, in the book, both he and Chu Wang were just foils for the protagonist, and there was definitely no small biography, probably because the author thought that some plots could not be rounded up. Bring the supporting role to make up for it, so in addition to a few tags of the adjective, there is no past and experience.
Chu Wang replied with a simple sentence: “I haven’t had any. I’m not interested.”
Seeing him answer so straightforwardly, Yu Lan was surprised: “Really?”
“What’s there to hide?” Chu Wang wished Yu Lan would ask him more, as long as Yu Lan said more, it would show that he really hadn’t been too sad about those things in the past.
He didn’t want him to be sad.
But Yu Lan was still surprised: “After all, after all…”
After all, it was written in the book that you almost tried to forcibly take away Yu Ling.
Not to mention Yu Ling was still good, once he came, continued
It’s fine not to mention Yu Ling, but once brought up, Yu Lan couldn’t help but recall the subsequent plot developments.
Originally, he didn’t care about these things, just thinking that once Chu Wang woke up, he would gracefully run away. Whatever they would do later was their business; he was just a small cannon fodder, and safety was paramount. No need to get involved.
But…
Maybe it was because the atmosphere of the conversation was still good now. Yu Lan knew he shouldn’t ask, but he couldn’t help himself. Hesitating, he said, “So, Chu Mr. Chu, do you have a type you like?”
He thought for a moment and added, “For example, someone beautiful, with personality, or kind…”
Like the “truth, goodness, and beauty” of Yu Ling.
Chu Wang frowned, “What?”
Yu Lan probably felt that his question was too broad. This time he paused, finally daring to ask, “Would you like someone like my brother?”
As soon as he asked, he regretted it a little.
It seemed he shouldn’t have asked Chu Wang so directly.
Yu Lan felt conflicted. Technically, he had no say in what Chu Wang did after waking up, but he had seen enough to know that Yu Ling was not a good person. Thinking ahead, Chu Wang would likely become infatuated with Yu Ling, perhaps even abandoning his principles, and ultimately, he might even willingly let go for love.
… Although it sounded like a plot twist, it was also a kind of expression.
Yet Yu Lan also felt that Chu Wang now seemed quite decent in every way, not as harsh as he had imagined, and had even helped him a lot.
But he wouldn’t compromise himself. He didn’t like Yu Ling.
If Chu Wang ended up liking Yu Ling…
He thought very clearly. The current Yu Ling was nothing like the idealized character in the book, neither in looks nor in character. He was not as refined as himself and often had ulterior motives.
He didn’t like him and didn’t bother to hide it.
If, if Chu Wang really ended up liking him in the end, then Chu Wang was blind.
And he wouldn’t play with blind people.
“Never mind, never mind.” So Yu Lan, who had thought it through, waved his hand and decided not to make things difficult for people in the book who had emotional entanglements. “I just asked casually.”
“Not interested.” This time Chu Wang answered quickly, with a hint of questioning why Yu Lan would ask such a question.
Yu Lan blinked, “Oh?”
So decisive.
“I could never like him.” He repeated it again, but it seemed like he wasn’t just answering Yu Lan; he was also giving himself an answer to these aimless days.
“I don’t like him,” Chu Wang said.
But I like you.
Realized he was a bumbling romantic (bushi)
AN – Each time I write this kind of thing, I get a little smoother
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