Get Married - Chap 21

The next morning, when Shao Chengyun got up, Xin Rong was also woken up by him.

The boy was about to sit up in a daze, but Shao Chengyun pressed his forehead and pushed him back into the pillow.

“Go to sleep.” Shao Chengyun said.

The light in the bedroom was dim, the heater was turned on, and the whistling wind outside the window could be vaguely heard. Late autumn is the season suitable for sleeping.

When Xin Rong just laid down last night, she slept soundly, and there was still a distance of one person between him and Shao Chengyun. Shao Chengyun ignored him and let him lie on the other side. In the middle of the night, Xin Rong fell into a deep sleep, so she somehow moved towards Shao Chengyun bit by bit.

Xin Rong’s body temperature was low by nature, Shao Chengyun was not used to it when she first stuck to her side. But when he woke up in the morning, he found that he was hugging Xin Rong naturally, and one arm was numb from the pressure.

As soon as the alarm clock rang at seven o’clock, he immediately raised his hand to press it, but Xin Rong didn’t wake up.

Shao Chengyun also lay down for another ten minutes, until he tried to pull his arm out, Xin Rong moved and opened his eyes.

Xin Rong shrank back wrapped in the quilt at first, probably realizing that she had slept through the boundary, then froze under Shao Chengyun’s gaze, and said in a hazy voice, “…Good morning.”

When he first woke up, his expression was particularly innocent, half propped up on one elbow, his collar slid down, exposing half of his collarbone and shoulders. Shao Chengyun’s eyes stopped on him for a few seconds, then he stretched out his hand and pressed him back to the pillow, and couldn’t help pinching his face twice, and said, “I haven’t seen you use any skin care products, how come it feels so good.”

Waking up early is a time when people are defenseless, and even Shao Chengyun himself probably didn’t realize the little intimacy contained in this sentence that he seldom reveals.

Xin Rong’s hair was a bit disheveled and his eyes were drooping. Shao Chengyun’s strong hands pinched his mouth into a pout. He said vaguely, “I didn’t get much sun while working on the boat, so it’s okay.”

Xin Rong lived the life confined between the cabin and the dining room for more than two years, which was tedious and monotonous, because she often couldn’t eat on time and suffered from stomach pains.

After kneading enough, Shao Chengyun let go and got up to change clothes. Xin Rong didn’t continue to sleep, and watched him walk into the cloakroom connected to the bedroom, changed into his pajamas, and began to put on formal clothes.

Shao Chengyun has always had the habit of exercising, and is also very good at sports such as tennis and swimming. The muscular lines of adult men after years of exercise are very sexy, especially the shark line on the waist side looms between putting on and taking off clothes, and is partially intercepted by the logo edge of the underwear, which makes people imagine.

Xin Rong stared intently at the process of putting on a shirt and trousers for two to three minutes. Until Shao Chengyun suddenly looked back, like a child who was caught on the spot, he immediately closed his eyes, and then realized that his intentions were concealed, and buried his head under the quilt in annoyance.

Shao Chengyun walked back to the bedroom, rubbed his head through the quilt, casually threw a credit card on the bedside table, and reminded him, “Call the driver if you want to go out, and remember to choose the ring.”

Shao Chengyun had already walked to the door of the bedroom, Xin Rong lifted the quilt and sat up, and asked him, “Can I stop by to see Tangtang?”

Shao Chengyun didn’t look back, and replied, “Go.” Then he left the room, and the footsteps gradually faded away in the corridor outside.

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Xin Rong has experienced many things these days, and she has suppressed some emotions in her heart, and she seems a little impatient to go out today.

He desperately needed to get out and get some air, to sort out his thoughts, and to have some space to be alone. So as soon as he finished his breakfast, he stuffed a bottle of water into his backpack and was ready to go out.

Aunt Hui came over, stopped him who was changing shoes, and asked him, “Did you call the driver?”

Xin Rong hesitated for a while, and said, “There’s no need to call a driver, I’ll just take a taxi myself.”

Aunt Hui didn’t agree, and tried to persuade her, “Your status is different now, the driver is also a bodyguard, you still have to take it with you.”

Xin Rong had no choice but to agree. She couldn’t walk after putting on her shoes, so she sat on the shoe-changing stool in the entrance and waited obediently for a while. He didn’t pick up his backpack and go out until he heard the sound of a car braking outside the door, and Aunt Hui stood by the window and said, “The driver is here.”

Xin Rong first asked the driver to drive to a shopping mall to buy some gifts and toys, and then walked halfway across the city to Lao Song and his wife’s house.

When Tangtang saw him appear, she was very excited, and let out the kind of out-of-control screams that only children would have. Xin Rong hugged her, stroked her back and comforted her until she was able to speak properly before putting her down. .

Since it was a working day, Lao Song went to work, and only Aunt Song was at home.

Xin Rong has always been a very popular child, and this time he came to the door with a gift, and Aunt Song was very polite to him. He drank a cup of tea from Aunt Song and played with Tangtang for an hour. Aunt Song intentionally invited him for lunch. Thinking of the driver waiting downstairs, Xin Rong felt that she couldn’t stay long, so she could only tell Tangtang another story, promising her to come and see her in a few days, and then taking advantage of the opportunity when Aunt Song took Tangtang to the kitchen to get some snacks , and gently walked out of Song’s house.

When she was studying and playing games with Tangtang just now, Xin Rong had a smile on her face. But as soon as he got into the car, his mood slowly dropped again.

The driver drove him to the business district in the city center. Xin Rong didn’t speak much along the way, just staring at the street scene outside the car. Regarding the matter of choosing a wedding ring for himself, he felt a little conflicted in his heart. He felt that it was ridiculous to think about buying such special jewelry by himself.

The car drove near the store, and Xin Rong looked at a sign at the intersection, which looked familiar, and just now remembered that Meng Donglin’s new bar was in this area.

He originally wanted to find a time to meet Meng Donglin, but now that he was brought over by the driver, he thought to himself, let’s try his luck.

So before getting off the car, Xin Rong made an agreement with the driver to pick her up later, and asked the driver to park and rest first. The driver didn’t ask any further questions, thinking that he wanted to go shopping in the store, so he parked the car in front of the jewelry store, left a contact number for Xin Rong, and then drove away.

Xin Rong didn’t buy a ring first, but followed the mobile phone navigation and walked another street, and found the bar that had just been renovated.

At noon, the bar is closed. Xin Rong didn’t ask Meng Donglin if he was here today, probably because he still had an evasive mentality, thinking that if Brother Dong wasn’t in the store, he would talk about his own business later.

Xin Rong was hesitating at the door of the shop when someone patted her shoulder from behind. He turned around and saw Yu Cong standing behind him with a smile on his face, and asked him, “Why are you here, kid!?”

Yu Cong is Meng Donglin’s apprentice for several years. He just won a prestigious bartending competition in the industry earlier this year, so he is considered a graduate. Xin Rong knew him quite well. Yu Cong had a good personality and a flexible mind. Every time he met Xin Rong, he had something to talk to.

“Just passing by here, let’s take a look at Brother Dong’s new store.” Xin Rong said, pointing to the closed door, “Is Brother Dong here?”

Yu Cong picked up a big bag in his hand and said to him, “Yeah, he’s been here for the past few days watching the progress of the interior. I happened to bring a takeaway, let’s eat together?”

Xin Rong said “Yes”, and Yu Cong led him around to the back door of the bar. Once he entered the staff passageway, he started yelling loudly, “Mr. Meng, Mr. Meng! Your brother is here to see you!”

Xin Rong was amused by his quick-mouthed address. Meng Donglin came out of an office with a frown and said, “Which brother?” When he saw Xin Rong approaching, he also smiled. Chong Xinrong said, “Why don’t you make a phone call?”

Before Xin Rong could say anything, Meng Donglin approached and saw that the end of his eyes was covered with gauze. He frowned again and asked him, “What’s going on with you?”

Xin Rong stood in the aisle with Meng Donglin, shrugged first, and then said softly, “It’s a long story.”

In fact, Meng Donglin has long been aware of Xin Rong’s recent series of abnormal behaviors.

Xin Rong is used to hiding things in his heart, Meng Donglin has known him for too long, knowing that he can’t force him out, he can only wait for him to figure it out, or talk about it when the time comes.

But when Xin Rong lightly threw out the news that he had just signed the marriage agreement, Meng Donglin was still completely taken aback.

The two of them each took a box of takeaway and sat at the bar. Yu Cong and two other young shop assistants sat not far away by the window.

The three people over there were laughing and joking, talking about all kinds of nasty jokes without limit. There was a sudden silence between Xin Rong and Meng Donglin for a few seconds.

When Meng Donglin cursed “Fuck”, the laughter by the window also stopped. Yu Cong was biting a piece of tenderloin, and looked back at the bar without knowing it, only to see Meng Donglin slapping the disposable chopsticks on the countertop, nodding and saying, “You are so fucking good now. , such things as marriage can also be played with me first!?”

Xin Rong knew that Meng Donglin was going to get angry, and getting angry was inevitable. This situation was much better than he had imagined, probably because Meng Donglin saved him some face due to the presence of other employees.

Xin Rong listened to his swearing, buried her head in another mouthful of fried rice, chewed and swallowed it, and then said, “Brother Dong, it’s my fault, calm down.”

Meng Donglin wanted to strangle him to death.

At a young age, only 21 years old, he signed this kind of agreement for a few dollars. Meng Donglin’s eyes turned red with anger, and he asked him word by word, “Is it for the house!?”

Xin Rong shook his head and said, “It’s not about Brother Dong, isn’t it all external things?”

At this time, he looked like he was beating and scolding, and his words were so reasonable. Meng Donglin choked on a mouthful of old blood, and immediately vented his anger to the dazed people sitting by the window, and yelled at them, “Don’t watch the fun here, stay in the office!”

Yu Cong immediately slid down from the high stool, said several times in a row, “Master, calm down, calm down…” Then he evacuated the lunch box in his arms.

Only Xin Rong was sitting at the bar, eating takeaway with a calm face. Meng Donglin asked him several times about the reason, and he denied those speculations. Finally, he said to Meng Donglin, “It’s only a year, so let’s sign it, it’s not a big deal.”

After a pause, he put down his chopsticks, looked up at Meng Donglin, and said in a low voice but sincerely, “Brother Dong, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, I have figured it out myself. Even if it doesn’t work out in the end, it’s my fault.” Young and inexperienced. Don’t be angry, it’s not worth it.”

Afterwards, Meng Donglin stopped talking, propping up the bar with both hands, his eyes were cold. He didn’t bother to talk about Xin Rong, and couldn’t figure out why he made such a decision. After all, it is a society ruled by law now, no matter how powerful the Shaw Brothers is, they can’t hold their heads down and make people get married.

Xin Rong’s compromise seemed unnatural to Meng Donglin. Xin Rong is not the kind of person who would bow his head because of some kind of coercion.

After Xin Rong finished eating the fried rice, she closed the lid and said, “Brother Dong, don’t you see me sitting here?”

His tone was light, a little helpless. Meng Donglin’s face was still ugly, and he said coldly, “What do you want me to say, congratulations?”

The corner of Xin Rong’s mouth curved into a smile, but it was not obvious, and said, “Farewell.”

Meng Donglin touched the cigarette case at hand, and took out one from it. He seldom smoked in front of Xin Rong in the past, but this time when Xin Rong saw him put his cigarette in his mouth, he didn’t dare to persuade him not to smoke, so he consciously picked up the lighter beside him to light it for him.

After sitting for a few more minutes, there was noise at the side door, as if the decoration workers had come back from dinner. Yu Cong’s anxious voice to stop people also came over, Xin Rong knew that he should not stay any longer, got up, and said to Meng Donglin, “I’ll come back another day, you do your work first.”

He walked outside, passed through several tables, and threw the lunch box in his hand into the large trash can containing construction waste, when a voice suddenly came from behind, “Xin Rong.”

Xin Rong paused, and Meng Donglin’s voice sounded a little distorted in the empty bar, “I chased you a year ago and you refused to agree, but now we have suddenly signed a marriage agreement, and Shao Chengyun and I are separated by the word “money” ?”

Xin Rong’s gaze vaguely swept across the faces of the seven or eight people who were coming towards him, and he was too lazy to look at the stunned expressions. Yu Cong said “Fuck me” in a small but shocked voice, and everyone else was basically dumbfounded.

Xin Rong tried his best to keep calm, looked back at Meng Donglin, and said, “No.” He was silent for a while, and then said in a forced tone, “Brother Dong… You are really like a family member, but I may have a feeling for him.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xin Rong’s heart was also shaken. This sudden acknowledgment pierced the emotion he had been least willing to face.

——It turns out that I like Shao Chengyun.

You go to bed because you like it, and you sign contracts because you like it. Not for anything else, just like it so simple.

Xin Rong didn’t look at Meng Donglin again. He lowered his head, passed through a group of people who offered to give way to him, and quickly walked out of the bar.