First Marriage Then Love Chapter 94

Lin Li left. She only called right before she got on.

An Ran was feeling down. Sitting on the flight of stairs, her tears fell continuously. She recalled the ten years of friends.h.i.+p, laughing together, crying together. When Mo Fei betrayed her, it was Lin Li who was with her. If not for her, she wouldn’t get back up from her wounds in such a short period of time.

However, now it was her who was hurt, yet she has to lick her wounds herself, and she can’t do anything. In fact An Ran knew that it would do her better to leave, after she had Cheng Xiang had too much memories here. If you want to forget about a person, leaving is the best option.

She erases the tears from her face. Grabbing her phone, through her misty vision she looks for Lin Li's name. She doesn’t call this time, but sends a text.

“---Have a pleasant journey, take care of yourself. ---Forever your friend, An Zi.”

Lin Li doesn’t reply. An Ran knows that Lin Li hated turning her phone off, she was always like that. If she didn’t want to confront she would avoid, and this time, she was running far away.

An Ran sat at the staircase for a while, waiting until she calmed down. Then she gets up and goes towards her office.

She returns back to her office. Constructor Chen was by himself looking a little worried as he looks at the blueprint.

An Ran enters, and takes the blueprint from his hand, “Is something wrong?”

“Uh.” Constructor Chen looks up at her, and cautiously asks, “Architect Gu, are you okay?” Seeing her like that just then, it seemed like something happened, so he a.s.sumed that she had left, and didn’t expect her to come back so quickly.

An Ran purses her lips. She faintly smiles at him, and only says, “It’s nothing. Is there something that Constructor Chen is unclear of, we can talk it over. However this case is a bit rushed, there isn’t much time left, so we must seize the moment.”

Constructor Chen nods. He looks at the blueprint and points out his doubts.

When An Ran had left the office, it was already almost 9 o’clock. Before knocking off Su Yi Cheng had called her, and said that he would come pick her up, but because she has to work overtime, she doesn’t know when she’ll be done, so she told him not to come. Su Yi Cheng was still uneasy, and reminded her again to call him after she finishes her work, he will come pick her up.

The moon tonight was very round, and bright, only a bit desolate. It hangs high in the sky, no other stars beside it. How lonely one felt when looking at it.

An Ran doesn’t make the call to Su Yi Cheng. Walking down the lonely street, across the street was a happy couple wearing matching outfits, smiles upon their faces. The man had said something, and the woman bashfully glares at him, pouting and scolding him, “Hateful.” Then she turns around and runs off, the man laughs as he chases after her, overtaking her after 3 steps. Then from behind he hugs the woman, laughing out loud as he carries the woman and spins her around. The woman laughs and slaps the man on the shoulder, crying out in fear. Everyone around them was looking at him with envy in their eyes, as well as blessing.

An Ran remembered that Lin Li and Cheng Xiang where once that sweet too, that Lin Li was practically stuck to Cheng Xiang every day, not caring about the people around them, showing off how loving they were. But as they say, ‘time flies’, looking back, things may remain the same but people change. Similarly, she and Mo Fei broke up, while Lin Li and Cheng Xiang have reached the end of their road together.

While walking, her cellphone goes off at this time. Surprisingly, it was Cheng Xiang.

She let her phone ring for a while, so it would stop on it own. It then started ringing again, repeatedly. Apparently Cheng Xiang was very patient. An Ran knows that he wants to ask about Lin Li, she knew he’d be like this. People always want what they’ve lost, only then do they know what they had, and sometimes held, never knowing how to cherish it.

She sighs softly, nevertheless she still answers the phone.

Not waiting for An Ran to open her mouth, Cheng Xiang urges, “An Ran, tell me where Lin li is!” His tone was anxious, apparently he was very emotional, unlike the normally mild-mannered, refined Cheng Xiang.

“Where she goes, what does it have to do with you.” An Ran faintly says, “Should have known earlier, is this necessary.”

“Tell me where Lin li is. I went to the hospital this afternoon, only to find out that she had discharged today. But where could she go, I went to the hotel and couldn’t find her.” He looked at many places, but couldn’t find any news of her. He doesn’t know where she went, so he ultimately called An Ran. He knows that everything he says is too late now, knows that he had deeply wounded Lin Li, but he truly loves her!

“Cheng Xiang, that’s enough. I can’t tell you where Lin Li is, she’s hiding precisely because she doesn’t want to see you, She wasted 10 years on you, do you want her to waste even more time with you! People with integrity shouldn’t be too selfish, you think now that you’ve turned your head back she will still be there waiting for you. What the h.e.l.l is that, are women that lowly to you? Still expect them to love you even after you’ve hurt them so deeply, there’s no such thing!” An Ran emotionally shouts into the phone.

“An Ran, tell me, I know I was sorely wrong before, but I vow that I will love her properly from now on, I truly love her, I truly want to return to her side.” Cheng Xiang begs. Today he couldn’t find Lin Li, every place he looked he couldn’t find her. He was truly afraid. Before he thought that Lin Li would be angry for a few days, but she still loves him, sooner or later she will forgive him and return to his side, but now he can’t find her, not even a single trace was left behind. He was scared, scared that he truly has lost her forever.

“I told you, I can’t tell you. You can die with this heart.” An Ran was done, so she hangs up.

Lin Li’s injury needs time, needs time to heal. She escaped from Jiang City, for herself so that she could have time to relax, slowly lick her wounds.

Clenching her fist, her phone starts to ring again one second later. It was still Cheng Xiang, and now he was determined to redeem himself. Back then, even if he spent a little time with Lin Li, she was still regarded as a subst.i.tute for someone else, and that was why Lin Li had such heartache.

She takes off the back case of her phone and removes the battery, and puts them back into her bag. She looks up again, the streets was still lively, from afar the crowded night market, the street was densely packed with vendors selling all kinds of goods.

An Ran was a little gloomy, and doesn’t call for a taxi right away, but rather she continues to walk on her own down the neon flickering streets, slowly walking towards the direction of her home. When she neared the neighbourhood, only then does she see Su Yi Cheng’s car pa.s.s by her. She had sat in that car for this long, so naturally An Ran recognized his car. She turns to it blankly, unable to utter anything, only to see the speedy car suddenly stop after 5-6 meters. Then the car door opens, and Su Yi Cheng’s expression seemed solemn. He stares at her as he walks over to her, then when he was in front of her, he fixes his gaze at her.

An Ran blankly looks at him. From his face she can tell that he wasn’t in a good mood. She doesn’t know what had happened, so she can only be obliged to ask, “You’re going out?”

Su Yi Cheng looks at her, looking angry. He has been waiting for her call at home, but never seeing it come in. It was getting late, and she hasn’t even come back yet. He was worried, and gave her a call, but was met with a busy dial tone. He hung up and called again, but now her phone was turned off. He has no idea what had happened to her, not sure whether or not she had more work to do or she was preparing to go home, he completely had no idea. He redialled, and the phone was still off. He waited a little longer at home, and still she wasn’t back. He was getting worried that perhaps something had happened, and with this anxiousness he became restless, so thinking along those lines, he couldn’t sit around anymore. He grabbed his keys from the coffee table, and went directly to her company to see if she had got off work or not. Even if she hadn’t, he will be bringing her home this time. However he hadn’t even left the neighbourhood yet, when he sees her leisurely strolling in with her bag. Seeing that she was fine, that anxiousness that was hanging in his heart was finally laid down, but now in place of that anxiousness was a feeling of anger and wrath.

She didn’t hear his reply, so she asks him once again, “What’s wrong?”

Su Yi Cheng doesn’t say anything, and just pulls on her hand. He opens the door to the car and lets her in, his action quite rough, not at all gentle.

An Ran, surprised, lets him push her into the car. Then he starts the car and turns his head, directly turning the car back.

The entire way home, Su Yi Cheng hadn’t said a word. He just has a terse expression on his face, grasping An Ran’s hands with force.

He opens the door to let her see, then turns around and traps her between the door and himself. Fixing his gaze on her, Su Yi Cheng starts to interrogate, “Didn’t I tell you to call me to pick you up, why didn’t you call me.”

“Uh, I, I was afraid of troubling you.” An Ran was a bit scared seeing him like that. Such overbearing intensity contrasted against his usual gentle and refined self made him seem like two different people.

“I called you just a moment ago, but you were in the middle of a call. I hung up and called again, yet this time your phone was already off. I don’t know your office number, don’t even know your co-worker’s phone number, not even one, so I can’t get to you at all and I don’t even know what to do. I don’t know if you were off work yet, don’t know if you’ve left the company yet. I was worried, worried that I can’t reach you, I don’t know if any accident had happened to you, so I waited at home for a while, yet it was getting later and later and I still don’t see you home. I wasn’t a.s.sured, so I decided to grab my car keys and go over to your company and see. Yet I meet you here, leisurely strolling in carrying your bag.” With both hands propping against either side of her, Su Yi Cheng stared at her, saying each word determinedly.

An Ran felt sorry. She looks at him, and apologizes, “Because I was afraid of troubling you, so I didn’t call you. Sorry.”

Su Yi Cheng stares at her. Only after a long time does she slowly start to say, “An Ran, because I was worried about you that’s why I told you that I would pick you up. But yet you say that you don’t want to trouble me, we are married, do you think there is really any use of the word ‘troubling’ when it comes to us?”

An Ran stares at him, somewhat speechless for a while.

“If you were afraid of worrying me at least give me a call, don’t let me be unable to reach you. Even if you lost your phone, use a landline to call me, but just don’t make it so I can’t find you. If I can’t find you, I don’t know what I should do, this kind of feeling is very unsettling.”

Looking at him, An Ran apologetically says, “S-sorry.” She didn’t think about it, so she turned off her phone and didn’t give him at a call at all.

“Ai!” Lightly sighing, Su Yi Cheng slowly eases his manner of speaking. Fixing on her, he says, “An Ran, I’m angry because I was worried about whether something had happened to you and I didn’t know about it, apart from knowing where you work, I don’t have the slightest clue of where you went. If I can’t find you at work, I don’t know where else I can go to find you. It’s not troubling at all for me to pick you up, because that way it makes me feel rea.s.sured. Only if I can’t contact you will I feel uneasy, be sitting at home with this inexplicable fear.”

Saying that, Su Yi Cheng’s hand slowly strokes her face, softly touching. He slowly starts to say, “From now on don’t be so polite with me, it’s not troublesome, if I can’t reach you, I will be worried and scared, understand?”

An Ran looks at him, unwittingly tears had come streaming down. She had no control over it, and it was coming ferociously.

Su Yi Cheng was taken aback, frightened by her tears. He couldn’t help but blame himself for using such a harsh tone before. He reaches out and wipes her tears, while consoling her, “Don’t cry, I was just worried. I didn’t mean to blame you.”

An Ran looks at him, crying and laughing, unable to say anything, can only shake her head. Of course she knows his intention, because she knew, therefore she felt moved. Being treasured by someone like that, besides her parents, he is the first one. Back then she would have said that Mo Fei had treated her well, but he was never so worried about her.

An Ran’s tears were like a disobedient child, wiping over and over but it was not enough, Su Yi Cheng erasing her tears but unable to remove them. Helplessly, he can only lean over, clasp her face, and bit by bit kiss the tears on her face, the tears being eaten by him, salty with astringent and bitterness.

An Ran reaches out and puts her arms around his shoulders, earnestly returning his kiss.

The pa.s.sion always came quickly. Not a moment later Su Yi Cheng lifted her and relocated to the room. An Ran lied down on the bed, looking at him with misty eyes. She reaches out to softly stroke his face, the corner of her mouth carried a slight smile. Once again she was glad for her impetuousness, and glad that she had gotten the wrong date and the person she met was him. She was grateful that he treasured and doted her, thankful for his warmth and consideration. In fact her expectations for marriage was never that high, she doesn’t need her partner to be very wealthy, because the household’s burden does not need to fall only on the man, she can also take part of it, try her best to make the home better and go to work. She is a simple person, doesn’t need feelings of ups and downs, only needs someone considerate, who understands her, that kind of man. And he, absolutely met all of her ideal standards, even going above and beyond it.

Su Yi Cheng takes off both of their clothes, looking at her because of ** and both his eyes had become misty, his eyes carried a vague mist, those pair of large eyes, looked especially seductive. His hands slowly covered her silky skin, reluctant to leave contact. He knows all of her sensitive spots, knows where to touch to make her s.h.i.+ver and let out that attractive sound. He has never thought himself as a person with vigour, but he was infatuated with her body, sinking into it every time.

Slowly leaning over her body, he leaves behind light kisses on every possible place.

An Ran was aroused, trembling below him, feeling each and every kiss that he was leaving behind, including the spots that shall not be named. In between movements, An Ran’s mind suddenly came up with a bold thought. She gives him a tight squeeze around his neck, then flips over to press down on him. Because of the action her long hair had scattered down her shoulders, her bareness and her cape of long hair could bewitch people, made her look especially lovely.

Su Yi Cheng looked on like a fool, that certain place in his body had become incredibly taut.

“An Ran…..” Gently calling out her name, Su Yi Cheng wanted to flip her back down and press down on her body, but the way she slightly pushed him down stopped him.

Because An Ran was shy, her face had reddened. She stares at him, and slowly leans over to softly speak into his ears, “Tonight, tonight I’m on top.” 

That soft, gentle voice carried her unique charm, and as she spoke, that warm breath sprinkled directly into his ears, that slight feeling of ticklishness made his entire body shake, only after a while does he react. He repeatedly swallows, and with difficulty, asks, “You, what did you say?” His voice had already turned incredibly dark, unlike his usual warmness, but it was pleasant to hear.

An Ran was embarra.s.sed, her face had turned incredibly red. She acted on her own boldness and was feeling embarra.s.sed, and now straddling over his figure made her feel even more ashamed, “I, I I had better…..” She wanted to flip once more, but then he presses on her delicate thigh, not letting her switch positions. Su Yi Cheng laid there flatly, with a large palm he strokes her thigh, with the other he covers her b.u.t.t, not allowing her to leave.

An Ran reddens. She looks into his eyes, suddenly regretting her own impetuousness. Because she has no idea what she should do, she has no experience, not even a little bit.

Su Yi Cheng’s breathing became erratic, his stomach heaving. Looking at her, his entire person had become tense.

An Ran looks at him, she herself was nervous and at a complete loss. She stares at him, the sweat on her forehead slowly starts to form. Blus.h.i.+ng with shame, she looks at him defeated, and scowls, “I, I I don’t know what to do!”

Su Yi Cheng starts to chuckle, places both hands on her lower back. Looking at her, with his dark voice, he says, “I’ll teach you.”

After the ** An Ran laid spread out across the bed exhausted. The weight in her eyes were so heavy she could barely open them, as for tonight’s string of high-energy-consumption, high-calorie-burning, physical activity, tonight she had a new experience. Normally she thought that lying there was already so tiring that she couldn’t even utter a word and go straight to sleep, but seeing after tonight, she had a new-found knowledge, that the person on top was actually the most energy consuming! But seeing Su Yi Cheng, he even had enough strength to carry her into the bathroom to shower together, she couldn’t help but be suspicious over how his physical strength got to be that good.

She allows Su Yi Cheng to carry her into the bathroom and the two wash off together. In between her sleepy dazedness, An Ran vaguely recalled the moving issue. She unconsciously had her arms wrapped around his neck, making sure that she won’t be dropped. Then she slowly lets go of him, resting her head on his strong chest, and dazedly, foolishly says, “Let’s, let’s find a day to move.”

The place was close to her company, walking would only take a few minutes, thus, he doesn’t need to take the long route to drop her off to work first, she can go herself. Not only that for the next few months, she will be busy with the physical activity manor, and staying overtime will probably become more common. She knows that he is also busy, so he cannot come to pick her up and drop her off everyday. Living that close, she can walk home herself and he doesn’t have to worry.

Su Yi Cheng looks at the figurine in his embrace. He smiles and nods, replying, “En. Alright.” Her word is the rules, so if she doesn’t like it, then he can disregard everything.

Concerning her work, An Ran truly could not find a time for the move, and actually there isn’t really much to pack up, apart from their own clothes, furniture, appliances, all of that has already been arranged at the new place, the only thing that is needed is to find a time to pack up their clothes.

Today, just before finis.h.i.+ng work she received a call from Su Yi Cheng, asking if she can come home a bit earlier tonight. Actually the work today was more or less completed, only this afternoon Huang De Xing had notified her that there will be a banquet tonight and he needs her to come accompany him. Dinner parties are naturally a part of the work, even if An Ran wasn’t fond of them, it’s not good for her to evade them. She can only nod, and say yes.

“There’s a banquet tonight, not sure when it’ll finish.” An Ran stated.

“Oh.” Su Yi Cheng faintly replies. His tone carried a slight disappointment, but it wasn’t obvious.

An Ran could hear his disappointment, and couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong, is there something tonight?”

Su Yi Cheng chuckled over the phone, and only says, “Try to come home as early as you can. When the banquet is over, remember to give me a call, I’ll come pick you up. Don’t be afraid of troubling me.”

An Ran’s heart warms up, as she smiles and nods, “En.”

Ending the call, not even half an hour after finis.h.i.+ng work, An Ran was about to go find Constructor Chen to discuss about how to rectify the problem of the prototype’s balcony. She then leaves her office, and sees Huang De Xing walking over towards her, telling her that he will let her get ready, in a moment she will take his car and they can head to the restaurant together. Without choice, An Ran had no alternative but to nod, and turns back to go to her office. She grabs her make-up pouch, and was about to go to the washroom to touch up. When she got the washroom she happened to run into Xiao xiao who was coming out of the washroom. The two women were mutually taken aback.

Xiao Xiao looks at her hands, holding the make-up pouch. She couldn’t help but mockingly smile, and says, “Married women are truly different ha, even going to banquets more now.”

An Ran glances at her, but doesn’t say anything. She just wants to pa.s.s the person beside her, and enters the washroom.

From behind Xiao Xiao coldly says, “Didn’t I warn you that you should look after your man carefully. Aren’t you afraid of someone making their way into your s.p.a.ce?”

An Ran halts her steps. She doesn’t turn back, and just faintly says, “Are you trying to say that you’ll be the person making their way into my s.p.a.ce?”

Xiao Xiao smiles, and says, “I just wanted to tell you. Because of Su Yi Cheng’s conditions, besides me, there won’t be short of other women thinking the same thing.” Saying that, she turns around and twists her hips as she leaves.

When An Ran turned back to look she only saw her flirtatious way of walking. About her mindless words, she can only feel baffled by it.

---END OF CHAPTER----

Sorry for taking so long guys, lol. As much as I love the steamy love scenes they are hard to translate