Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
T/N : ayi – 阿姨 – aunt.
She doesn’t remember quite well because of her concussion, but she remembers Meng Xiaonan excitedly telling her to be strong while she meets up with Han Qilu and Mankuai. Her heart skips a beat, not knowing what to expect.
People say ‘exercise endurance’; practicing it would make you stronger.
“She lives in B City. That’s her hometown.”
“Is that so?” An Chuxia comments before slipping into silence as they sit in the car. Then, An Chuxia asks, “Are you just sitting in the car or are you going in with me?”
“I came to get some air. Do you want me to wait for you?” Han Qilu glances at her. “If you’re with me, you won’t need to have your bodyguards.”
After the accident, she has been assigned bodyguards. She thought that walking around with bodyguards might attract more attention. Since Han Qilu offered out of kindness, she says, “Okay.”
The supermarket is located in front of a square, and it is quite crowded. The car drops them off on the side of the road, a short walking distance from the market. Once they’re done, they’ll be picked up.
Once they exit the car, people stare at them. Once they enter the supermarket, fewer eyes fall on them.
“Do you want to buy anything?” An Chuxia asks as she pushes the cart to the produce aisle where she gets discounted vegetables and fruit.
“Do you want to taste this?” she asks as they pass an aisle with grape tomatoes. She wipes the fruit and hands it to Qilu.
Shouldn’t this be washed under water? Wouldn’t there be poison?
He hesitates momentarily before opening his mouth and eating the tomato An Chuxia hands over.
“Is it good?” she asks, smiling.
“Delicious.” He swallows the tomato. He doesn’t taste anything but he tells her it’s good.
Since he gave his approval, An Chuxia puts a few in a bag. He watches her skillfully holding the bag as she weighs it. He realizes that he must have not followed her to the supermarket at all.
“Done.” She says. Han Qilu starts walking again.
He recalls the times he spent with Xiang Mankuai. They always went to fancy restaurants, never coming to places like this. He doesn’t know why his exchanges with An Chuxia suddenly feel different. If Mankuai went into a place like this, she’d need a map.
Suddenly, he wants to remember the past few months.
“What do you want to eat? I’ll make it!”
He thought, “Cola chicken wings.”
“And tomato soup?” She extends her neck and looks at a table not far away with a few red tomatoes. She asks him to push the cart as she picks more tomatoes.
“Young man, aren’t you a star? I think I’ve seen you on TV before.”
Filled with impatience, he snubs the woman.
“Eh? Are you too good to talk to someone like me?” The lady is angry, her tone turns into a yell.
An Chuxia comes to her rescue. “Excuse me, ayi, my ge just had throat surgery and can’t speak.”
The woman suddenly shows understanding, as she looks back at Qilu. “Oh, no wonder why you didn’t respond. He’s your brother? How come you don’t look alike?”
An Chuxia flashes an embarrassed smile. The ayi has said enough. She takes her bag of pods and leaves.
He knows she was just trying to rescue him, but he still had to ask, “When did I have throat surgery? Why don’t I remember?”
“Then you don’t need me to talk for you? Next time someone says hi to you, don’t look for me. I’ll let you suffer.” An Chuxia scolds him like she’s his senior teaching him a lesson, and it leaves him uncomfortable.
But she’s wrong. He doesn’t see talking to the old lady as a big loss. He has status.
He’s annoyed, not because she spoke for him, but because she referred to him as her ge. She could’ve interceded some other way.
“When will you be done?” he impatiently asks. “If you don’t hurry, my parents will arrive and be waiting for us at home.”
“Oh, yeah!” She is supposed to surprise Jiang Yuan!
He watches her hurry and pick her ingredients. He smiles, surprisingly. His eyes follow her in front of him. She seems relaxed, not worried about her image. Being with her relaxes him.
But Mankuai’s image returns to him. He is, after all, with her.
After picking out what she needed, she puts the items in the cart. She gauges Han Qilu’s preoccupied expression. “What’s wrong? Are you angry with me? Do you want me to talk to the ayi and tell her you can talk but you didn’t want to talk to her?”
He glances at her before turning away.
The young master turns out to be a speed demon. She has to hurry to catch up with him pushing the cart. Fortunately, he has to wait for her at the checkout aisle.
Once they leave the supermarket, many eyes converge at them. The crowd of people milling around the Fountain Square is relatively younger, and able to recognize Han Qilu better compared to the ayi in the market. They know he’s the Han Group heir.
“Why don’t I get you some… .” She looks at Qilu as she hands him bags. However, she feels a sudden awkwardness.
He looks up without saying anything. He hands her a phone. Now, she has two devices, and things have gotten really complicated. While she feels embarrassed, she’s also relieved. Since his amnesia, she’s able to move more comfortably.
It’s both a blessing and a curse!
“Call the driver and tell him to come over.” He doesn’t help An Chuxia. Instead, he walks to the side of the road, avoiding eye contact with anyone. He hates everyone looking at him. He has a hunch that tomorrow’s headlines would more than likely have his outing with An Chuxia as entertainment news.
It wouldn’t faze him if he were single. But if Mankuai sees it, she’ll be upset.
Fortunately, they own the news. They won’t dare release any news without Han Liuhai’s approval.
Soon enough, the driver arrives. He takes the groceries and load the bags in the trunk of the car. Once the couple is in the car, the driver starts the engine. Once the car disappears, one of the onlookers comments.
“Sweetie, why can’t you be as good looking and rich?” A girl asks her boyfriend.
The girl’s boyfriend looks slick, but is pithy with words. “Wealthy people befriend the rich. Of course, they breed good looking children. Generation after generation, their children would be more good looking.”
There were also some first year Stein students.
“Did you hear that young master Han has amnesia and has forgotten An Chuxia?”
“Did you see them go to the supermarket together? Master Qilu was carrying the bags, it’s so intimate!”
“What does it mean when both of them visit the supermarket together? I heard Xiang Mankuai enrolled in our school to be with Master Qilu.”
“That rumor is false? Why haven’t I seen her in school?”
“I don’t know what’s real. I’ll wait and see. Going to our school is definitely interesting.”
The couple is left to their own thoughts as they travel. One thinks of what they should do, the other, mulling over how to figure out his relationship with An Chuxia.
Qilu’s mobile rings in An Chuxia’s hands. She looks down on the phone screen and sees Mankuai’s name appear.
The name may be an eyesore to her, but she’s glad Qilu hasn’t given her an intimate nickname.
“You have a call.” She hands over his phone before focusing her gaze outside the window.
Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
T/N : ayi – 阿姨 – aunt.
She doesn’t remember quite well because of her concussion, but she remembers Meng Xiaonan excitedly telling her to be strong while she meets up with Han Qilu and Mankuai. Her heart skips a beat, not knowing what to expect.
People say ‘exercise endurance’; practicing it would make you stronger.
“She lives in B City. That’s her hometown.”
“Is that so?” An Chuxia comments before slipping into silence as they sit in the car. Then, An Chuxia asks, “Are you just sitting in the car or are you going in with me?”
“I came to get some air. Do you want me to wait for you?” Han Qilu glances at her. “If you’re with me, you won’t need to have your bodyguards.”
After the accident, she has been assigned bodyguards. She thought that walking around with bodyguards might attract more attention. Since Han Qilu offered out of kindness, she says, “Okay.”
The supermarket is located in front of a square, and it is quite crowded. The car drops them off on the side of the road, a short walking distance from the market. Once they’re done, they’ll be picked up.
Once they exit the car, people stare at them. Once they enter the supermarket, fewer eyes fall on them.
“Do you want to buy anything?” An Chuxia asks as she pushes the cart to the produce aisle where she gets discounted vegetables and fruit.
“Do you want to taste this?” she asks as they pass an aisle with grape tomatoes. She wipes the fruit and hands it to Qilu.
Shouldn’t this be washed under water? Wouldn’t there be poison?
He hesitates momentarily before opening his mouth and eating the tomato An Chuxia hands over.
“Is it good?” she asks, smiling.
“Delicious.” He swallows the tomato. He doesn’t taste anything but he tells her it’s good.
Since he gave his approval, An Chuxia puts a few in a bag. He watches her skillfully holding the bag as she weighs it. He realizes that he must have not followed her to the supermarket at all.
“Done.” She says. Han Qilu starts walking again.
He recalls the times he spent with Xiang Mankuai. They always went to fancy restaurants, never coming to places like this. He doesn’t know why his exchanges with An Chuxia suddenly feel different. If Mankuai went into a place like this, she’d need a map.
Suddenly, he wants to remember the past few months.
“What do you want to eat? I’ll make it!”
He thought, “Cola chicken wings.”
“And tomato soup?” She extends her neck and looks at a table not far away with a few red tomatoes. She asks him to push the cart as she picks more tomatoes.
“Young man, aren’t you a star? I think I’ve seen you on TV before.”
Filled with impatience, he snubs the woman.
“Eh? Are you too good to talk to someone like me?” The lady is angry, her tone turns into a yell.
An Chuxia comes to her rescue. “Excuse me, ayi, my ge just had throat surgery and can’t speak.”
The woman suddenly shows understanding, as she looks back at Qilu. “Oh, no wonder why you didn’t respond. He’s your brother? How come you don’t look alike?”
An Chuxia flashes an embarrassed smile. The ayi has said enough. She takes her bag of pods and leaves.
He knows she was just trying to rescue him, but he still had to ask, “When did I have throat surgery? Why don’t I remember?”
“Then you don’t need me to talk for you? Next time someone says hi to you, don’t look for me. I’ll let you suffer.” An Chuxia scolds him like she’s his senior teaching him a lesson, and it leaves him uncomfortable.
But she’s wrong. He doesn’t see talking to the old lady as a big loss. He has status.
He’s annoyed, not because she spoke for him, but because she referred to him as her ge. She could’ve interceded some other way.
“When will you be done?” he impatiently asks. “If you don’t hurry, my parents will arrive and be waiting for us at home.”
“Oh, yeah!” She is supposed to surprise Jiang Yuan!
He watches her hurry and pick her ingredients. He smiles, surprisingly. His eyes follow her in front of him. She seems relaxed, not worried about her image. Being with her relaxes him.
But Mankuai’s image returns to him. He is, after all, with her.
After picking out what she needed, she puts the items in the cart. She gauges Han Qilu’s preoccupied expression. “What’s wrong? Are you angry with me? Do you want me to talk to the ayi and tell her you can talk but you didn’t want to talk to her?”
He glances at her before turning away.
The young master turns out to be a speed demon. She has to hurry to catch up with him pushing the cart. Fortunately, he has to wait for her at the checkout aisle.
Once they leave the supermarket, many eyes converge at them. The crowd of people milling around the Fountain Square is relatively younger, and able to recognize Han Qilu better compared to the ayi in the market. They know he’s the Han Group heir.
“Why don’t I get you some… .” She looks at Qilu as she hands him bags. However, she feels a sudden awkwardness.
He looks up without saying anything. He hands her a phone. Now, she has two devices, and things have gotten really complicated. While she feels embarrassed, she’s also relieved. Since his amnesia, she’s able to move more comfortably.
It’s both a blessing and a curse!
“Call the driver and tell him to come over.” He doesn’t help An Chuxia. Instead, he walks to the side of the road, avoiding eye contact with anyone. He hates everyone looking at him. He has a hunch that tomorrow’s headlines would more than likely have his outing with An Chuxia as entertainment news.
It wouldn’t faze him if he were single. But if Mankuai sees it, she’ll be upset.
Fortunately, they own the news. They won’t dare release any news without Han Liuhai’s approval.
Soon enough, the driver arrives. He takes the groceries and load the bags in the trunk of the car. Once the couple is in the car, the driver starts the engine. Once the car disappears, one of the onlookers comments.
“Sweetie, why can’t you be as good looking and rich?” A girl asks her boyfriend.
The girl’s boyfriend looks slick, but is pithy with words. “Wealthy people befriend the rich. Of course, they breed good looking children. Generation after generation, their children would be more good looking.”
There were also some first year Stein students.
“Did you hear that young master Han has amnesia and has forgotten An Chuxia?”
“Did you see them go to the supermarket together? Master Qilu was carrying the bags, it’s so intimate!”
“What does it mean when both of them visit the supermarket together? I heard Xiang Mankuai enrolled in our school to be with Master Qilu.”
“That rumor is false? Why haven’t I seen her in school?”
“I don’t know what’s real. I’ll wait and see. Going to our school is definitely interesting.”
The couple is left to their own thoughts as they travel. One thinks of what they should do, the other, mulling over how to figure out his relationship with An Chuxia.
Qilu’s mobile rings in An Chuxia’s hands. She looks down on the phone screen and sees Mankuai’s name appear.
The name may be an eyesore to her, but she’s glad Qilu hasn’t given her an intimate nickname.
“You have a call.” She hands over his phone before focusing her gaze outside the window.
