CH 34

“Thank you for the compliment.” Jiang Laien smiled.

Ye Kehuan was dumbfounded. So the content of all those novels were true? Compared with Bai Fumei (Beautiful, Rich, White Girls), Gao Fushuai (Rich, Handsome, Powerful Men) preferred ugly ducklings? 1

“Mr. Zhou’s aesthetic is really different from ordinary people.” Ye Kehuan’s lips twitched slightly.

Zhou Yue smiled again, shook his head, and continued politely: “I just have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty. Different girls have different beauty.”

“Mr. Zhou is quite good at talking.” Jiang Laien smiled again.

“Hehe,” Zhou Yue smiled, and handed the menu to them, “Miss Jiang, Miss Ye, let’s see what you want to eat.”

It could be said that between Zhou Yue’s words and actions, his every move was very gentlemanly, and it was really hard to fault. Ye Kehuan held her breath in her chest once more, uncomfortably tightly, but it was not easy to attack, and she had to accompany with a smile to pretend to be very interested in ordering food. For a second, she really felt that she had been honing her acting skills in the past month a little too well.

After ordering the food, Ye Kehuan looked at Zhou Yue, who was sitting opposite, feeling he was dazzling no matter how she looked at him.

After a while, the dishes were ready. After seeing the waiter leave, Zhou Yue turned his head and said with a small smile: “It’s really hard to filter out the noise. I originally thought that Miss Jiang, as a famous movie star, would be more difficult in private. Having met you, I find that you’re very grounded, and don’t hold people at arm’s reach.”

“Thank you. Acting is just a job. Actors are also ordinary people in private.” Jiang Laien shook her head slightly.

Grounded?

Ye Kehuan looked at Jiang Laien, then at Zhou Yue, and finally frowned at the table. Now she was really green with regret about making Jiang Laien into a girl with explosive freckles. 2

At that time, Zhou Yue said again: “Miss Jiang is destined to be extraordinary if she can say such things.”

Jiang Laien raised her eyebrows slightly: “I often hear my friends talking about you, saying that you don’t say that you are from a well-known family, and that you have a good face and talk very well. I have seen it today, sure enough.”

Zhou Yue smiled slightly: “Then, does Miss Jiang like me like this?”

Ye Kehuan, who was sitting next to Jiang Laien, suddenly couldn’t sit still. What’s this situation?! I thought the opponent was a rook, but he turned out to be a king? Have you flirted with love so soon?

Suddenly, Ye Kehuan hurriedly spoke before Jiang Laien: “Mr. Zhou Yue is good at this, and his little mouth is filled with honey. It shouldn’t be possible to spew this sultry kung fu without thousands of trials, right?”

When Zhou Yue heard those words, he smiled slightly, raised his hand and shook it slightly: “No, Miss Ye is worried. However, since it is a blind date, you must pay attention to whatever is before your eyes. I just asked, I meant nothing offensive by it.”

Worthy of being the king. However, Ye Kehuan didn’t intend to be trampled on the ground just like that.

Ye Kehuan looked at him for a long while, smiled, and nodded: “Since it is a blind date for the purpose of getting buried, you must pay attention to whether your three views are the same. Or, after the conversation, you might find the difference is too great. Quite tired? Well, you two might as well ask each other some questions that are of more interest to you, such as whether you smoke or drink or drink. Do you like cooking, or whether you want children or something.”

Jiang Laien tilted her head and glanced at Ye Kehuan, and said in her heart: How come you know so much that you can ask about this?

“Yes,” Zhou Yue nodded, pondered for a moment, and looked at Jiang Laien, “Madam first. If you have anything to ask Miss Jiang, then ask.”

“Okay,” Jiang Laien said, “Does Mr. Zhou usually smoke and drink?”

Zhou Yue stared at the glass of alcohol on the table: “I don’t smoke, and I only drink a little alcohol when socializing.”

“Then, if we get married and your parents want to live with us after marriage, how would you respond?” Jiang Laien asked.

Ye Kehuan said in her heart: Good question! I used to see this problem in the posts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war when I was younger and mixed in the forums.

“Miss Jiang, you don’t need to worry about this matter,” Zhou Yue’s lips curled slightly, “They are all very busy, and they are all very independent. I live by myself now, and they won’t follow.”

“Can you accept AA marriage?” 3

This question is also beautiful! Ye Kehuan knew that although AA marriages were no longer uncommon in foreign countries, there would still be many people in China who would not accept them and felt that that kind of husband and wife relationship was too unfamiliar.

Zhou Yue listened and said with a smile: “Yes.”

Jiang Laien nodded.

Ye Kehuan froze.

“Miss Jiang, do you have anything else to ask?” Zhou Yue saw that Jiang Laien stopped talking, so he spoke.

“Nothing more,” Jiang Laien shook her head after slowing down, “If you have anything you want to ask, just ask.”

Zhou Yue smiled: Miss Jiang, you seem to like food on Weibo. Do you usually cook at home?”

Jiang Laien shook her head, the corners of her lips curled slightly: “I don’t know how to cook. I just helped Kehuan in the show. Because it’s too difficult, I don’t plan to learn.”

Zhou Yue listened, and suddenly smiled and lowered his head: “Aha, interesting.”

Interesting?

Ye Kehuan was a little confused.

Zhou Yue continued: “You don’t know, and you don’t plan to learn. What a coincidence.”

At that moment, a string of question marks floated on Ye Kehuan’s forehead.

“Speaking of cooking,” Zhou Yue looked at Jiang Laien again, “What about housework, does Miss Jiang like to do housework? Will everything be tidy and meticulous?”

Jiang Laien pondered for a moment: “I don’t like it, no. I always look for a housekeeper.”

After hearing that, Zhou Yue let out a sigh of relief: “That’s great.”

Ye Kehuan fell further.

“My grandfather has an obsessive-compulsive disorder. The first thing I did every day was housework, and the last thing before going to bed was also housework. If I had even a single thing not neatly arranged, I would be called terrible.” Zhou Yue slowly told his hard history.

Ye Kehuan got stuck.

Then, Zhou Yue smiled and asked, “Does Miss Jiang like children?”

Jiang Laien smiled: “I don’t like them. So, I don’t plan to give birth. I am from the DINK camp.”

“Ah,” Zhou Yue let out a sigh of relief, “Miss Jiang, it seems that you are the person I am looking for?”

“What?” Ye Kehuan couldn’t help but utter.

Zhou Yue stared at Jiang Laien, and his smiled became more obvious: “I don’t like children; I don’t want any. Miss Jiang, do you think we are really destined?”

Ye Kehuan’s eyes went straight when she heard Zhou Yue’s words. She really didn’t expect that things would turn out like that, and in an instant, her heart became messy again

Later, Zhou Yue spoke again: “Miss Jiang, is it convenient to add my WeChat?”

“WeChat?” Jiang Laien aimed at Ye Kehuan from the corner of her eye.

“Miss Jiang, I don’t mean to ask you agree to associate with me now. It’s just that I think you’re pretty good, so I want to know more about you so that I know what is appropriate. If you think I’m good too, can you consider giving me your WeChat?” Zhou Yue continued.

“Sorry, I want to go to the bathroom first,” Jiang Laien smiled at Zhou Yue, then looked at Ye Kehuan, “Do you want to go together?”

Ye Kehuan recovered, looked at her, picked up her bag, and walked out of the private room with Jiang Laien.

It may because the heating there was too good, but Ye Kehuan felt that it was a little hot. Jiang Laien walked in front of her, with an explosive head, like a little lion. Ye Kehuan looked at her back, raised her hand and stroked her eyebrows, trying to soothe the intricate emotions in her mind.

After walking into the bathroom, Jiang Laien washed her hands in the sink and looked at Ye Kehuan sideways: “Well, my good dear friend, do you think he is worthy?”

Ye Kehuan stood by, suddenly petrified. She wanted to pick Zhou Yue’s negatives, but found that she couldn’t find any.

“Huh?” Jiang Laien washed her hands and took out a tissue to wipe them.

“He… I don’t think much of him.” Ye Kehuan hesitated.

“Why do you think so? There must be a reason.” Jiang Laien asked after breaking the packaging.

“It just feels inappropriate.” Ye Kehuan put her hand under her nose.

Jiang Laien looked at her quietly, and after a long while, she threw the paper into the waste basket, and tentatively said: “Hey, I almost think you like me.”

“Huh?” Ye Kehuan suddenly became stiff, and her mind became a mess.

“Why do you ask?” Because Ye Kehuan had nowhere to put her hands when she was nervous, she put her hands in her trouser pockets and looked at her sideways.

Jiang Laien didn’t dare meet her eyes, so she pretended to tidy up her hair in the mirror: “Otherwise, why would you keep preventing me from going on a blind date? Even though that person is not bad, you still refused to let me try him. And he seems to like me.”

After listening, Ye Kehuan was stunned. After a long time, she grinned and said: “No, why would I think so, how could I like you, I just…”

Speaking like that, Ye Kehuan was stunned. Yeah… What the **** was she doing? Why interfere with the emotional life of others? Everyone thinks the blind date is good. Moreover, that person is really good. As a friend, should she give her blessing?

Ye Kehuan spoke again: “I will not stop you. Since you think he is good, then, if you are willing to try with him, try with him. The choice is yours.”

When Jiang Laien heard that sentence, her heart felt cold, and her breathing gradually became a little difficult. At the same time, it felt like someone had tied a huge stone to her foot and was holding her on the bottom of the sea.

“Okay.” Finally, Jiang Laien nodded.

After Ye Kehuan heard the word “okay”, her heart trembled again. Her whole mind was a confused mess at the time, and she didn’t know what she was doing.

After that, Jiang Laien pulled the strap of her bag and walked forward first.

Ye Kehuan stood there and swallowed her saliva. Her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. It took a long time before she took a step forward, her whole head hurting inexplicably.

Back in the box, Ye Kehuan looked at the two people sitting in it, and saw that they had already started to eat.

“Miss Ye, are you back?” Zhou Yue looked up and smiled after seeing her back.

Ye Kehuan nodded silently.

“I just decided to go to see the New Year’s Day Special Flower Street in Chongyuan City with Miss Jiang and her friends and my subordinates. Will you go there too?” Zhou Yue asked.

After listening, Ye Kehuan looked at Jiang Laien next to her, and then shook her head: “I still have to go look at tomorrow’s script, because there will be a lot of lines in the one tomorrow, so I won’t go.”

“Okay.” Zhou Yue nodded.

“Then I will go first.” Ye Kehuan said.

“Okay, pay attention to your safety on the road.” Zhou Yue smiled.

Ye Kehuan nodded and looked at Jiang Laien who was still drinking soup, then turned around, walked out of the box, and closed the door.

After leaving the restaurant, Ye Kehuan put on a mask and pulled up her hat to cover her head tightly.

Since it was the last day of December and the next day was New Year’s Day, the city at that time was very beautifully decorated. But Ye Kehuan was reluctant to appreciate it.

This **** **** weather. I don’t know why it’s so cold. Ye Kehuan had never felt that she was so intolerant of freezing. She felt frozen--her whole body was trembling; her steps were fluttering; the world was hazy, and the lights became massive objects floating in the void.

As she walked, Ye Kehuan’s cell phone rang. It was Chen Lulu calling.

After Ye Kehuan saw it, she stopped slowly and answered her phone: “Hello?”

“Kehuan! I am coming to Chongyuan City tomorrow? Are you surprised or surprised?!” Chen Lulu’s voice sounded particularly excited.

“Um…” Ye Kehuan started into the distance, as if a puppet.

“What’s the matter with you?” Chen Lulu asked.

“It hurts…” Ye Kehuan narrowed her eyes. “It hurts.”

“Hey? What’s wrong? Where does it hurt, do you want to call 120?”

“Heart,” Ye Kehuan raised her hand to her heart, “it hurts.”

TL/N

1 - The term Bai Fumei comes up quite a few times in later chapters. As I put above, it basically means Beautiful, Rich, White Girls. Typically second-generation rich. However, it really breaks the flow to translate it in a lot of places because it's a title, and therefore capitalized. I’ll add a poll, asking if you’d like it translated or just keep it as it is.

2 - Turning green with jealousy. This is also a reference to “getting a green hat”, which means having your lover stolen. If I remember correctly, the origin of this is that merchants would wear green hats, and while they were traveling, their wives would have an affair.

3 - No clue. When English characters appear, it usually is for something made up, like calling something Z Hotel. Anyone have a clue?