Chapter 10

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Han Cheng was on the phone all the way home. After the driver parked the car, he motioned to Xia Tian to wait a while. He hurriedly ordered a few words to the person on the phone and hung up.

“In the afternoon or evening, if you want to go out, call Liang Qingfeng and tell him first before leaving.” Han Cheng checked the time and continued, “If you aren’t heading out, remember to do your homework. Don’t delay it until Sunday night. Go on.”

Xia Tian blinked in confusion. “You aren’t getting out as well?”

Han Cheng looked at his mobile phone. “There are still a lot of things waiting for me to finish… You go ahead.”

After learning that Han Cheng had specially sent him back, Xia Tian was overwhelmed and embarrassed. “Next time, if there is a similar situation, you can tell me in advance. I can come back by myself.”

“No, it’s okay.” Han Cheng smiled. “It was so difficult to ‘snatch’ you over. How can I not take good care of you? Even though you still feel that there are others who are better than me…”

Xia Tian blushed and begged for mercy, “It was just a slip of the tongue. I haven’t met… I haven’t met that person at all.”

Fearing that Han Cheng was still upset, Xia Tian added, “Even if I’d seen him before, I still think you are much better.”

Han Cheng smiled. Dismissing the issue, he said, “Okay, I will be very busy the next two days. If you have any issues, call Liang Qingfeng and don’t be naughty.”

Xia Tian nodded hurriedly, opened the door and got out of the car.

The aunt at home was preparing the ingredients to be used for dinner. Seeing Xia Tian returning home, she smiled and asked, “Will you be having dinner at home tonight?”

“I will be. But for Mr. Han…” Xia Tian replied uncertainly, “I guess the probability of him returning for dinner is low. If you are afraid of cooking too much, before dinner, I can call Big Brother Liang and ask.”

The aunt shook her head hurriedly. “No, don’t. How can we do that? Let’s not bother him. I used to do it often and he didn’t come back to eat. It’s okay as long as you are at home.”

“Okay. If he doesn’t come back, I’ll try to eat more.” Xia Tian smiled and went upstairs.

Xia Tian didn’t have the habit of taking a nap. After returning to the room, he changed his clothes and did his homework diligently.

However, it was not easy for Xia Tian to concentrate. After writing a few questions, his mind started to drift away. Unconsciously, he thought of Han Cheng again.

Don’t mention Han Ming in front of Han Cheng anymore… Xia Tian still had lingering fears in his heart. He had just made a quick comment and Han Cheng’s face instantly changed.

He didn’t say much, but Han Cheng just looked at him quietly, causing Xia Tian to feel a bit uncomfortable. He had felt that Han Cheng’s next sentence would be ordering Liang Qingfeng to tie Xia Tian together with a stone and dump him into the river.

Xia Tian sighed softly, his aura was way too strong.

Xia Tian felt a little sympathetic towards Liang Qingfeng. Having such a boss, if you did something wrong, you didn’t need to say anything to him and could only repent by death instead of simply apologising.

But… Xia Tian still couldn’t help the thought that Han Cheng was still very gentle most of the time.

In the past month ever since getting married, Han Cheng had taken care of all aspects of Xia Tian and his life, caring about his studies and paying attention to his daily necessities… Han Cheng had always been at a distance, neither far nor near. Just the right distance and caring for Xia Tian in moderation, allowing Xia Tian to slowly get used to the new environment without causing him any discomfort.

Uh… Although he occasionally crossed the boundary by having some intimate actions in order to show affection in front of others…

Xia Tian naturally remembered the scene where Han Cheng forced him to pick some meat for him during lunch.

Something was wrong!

Xia Tian sat straight up in a haste and suddenly remembered that at that time, he didn’t use the common chopsticks!!

Xia Tian racked his brains and tried to remember.

Han Cheng had used the common chopsticks for him several times before. Xia Tian was sure because the chopstick holder of the public chopsticks was between him and Han Cheng, but when he picked the meat up for Han Cheng…

At that time, Xia Tian was disturbed by Han Cheng’s little threat. He was afraid that Han Cheng would be unsatisfied and would really order some “more intimate way”. It happened when the last dish came, and Xia Tian didn’t think of anything and straight away grabbed a piece for Han Cheng using his own chopsticks.

Xia Tian tried his best to recall Han Cheng’s expression. Although at that point of time he seemed to be a little surprised, he didn’t say anything. He even ate and ate and ate…

Xia Tian put his head on the desk painfully… What were you thinking?!

Would Uncle Han feel that he was deliberate?

Besides, it wasn’t that… direct…

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, how can I continue writing!” Xia Tian threw the pen in desperation. He went to the bathroom to wash his face to calm himself down and continued to do his homework, still blushing heavily.

That night, Han Cheng did not come back for dinner and Auntie was used to it. Fortunately, Xia Tian was at home. In the afternoon, he did three test papers in a row to distract and prevent himself from thinking about what had occured. When it was night time and because he didn’t eat much in the afternoon, Xia Tian was famished and almost ate enough for two people.

With his huge appetite, Xia Tian had greatly satisfied Auntie’s sense of accomplishment. When she was cleaning up the dishes, she kept asking Xia Tian what his favourite food was and how he liked them cooked.

“I’m not picky about food, really.” Xia Tian assured Auntie and felt embarrassed being asked about his preferences. He smiled and continued, “You can do it according to Mr. Han’s tastes.”

Auntie smiled and said, “Of course I have to take care of Mr. Han’s preferences, but… Mr. Han’s appetite is really small. The amount he usually eats at home is already considered a lot. If he drank outside the day before, he wouldn’t eat much the next day and doesn’t have an appetite for anything.”

Xia Tian was not of drinking age yet, but he knew a little bit about it. “It’s usually the case for someone to not eat anything the day after they had too much to drink. I think you can prepare something light and bland for him.”

“Of course, I have already simmered tomorrow’s corn rib soup.” Auntie looked at Xia Tian and continued, “Mr. Han hasn’t been out for a long time to socialise. Tonight… I don’t know if he will come back.”

Xia Tian puzzledly asked, “He doesn’t come back after a social gathering?”

“What can I say for it to be more accurate…” Auntie stopped talking, and went to the kitchen with the cleaned dishes.

Xia Tian froze for a while before realising it. Auntie meant… Han Cheng was going to sleep outside tonight?

With who?

Xia Tian recalled the call that Han Cheng answered in the car during the day, but he never paid attention to Han Cheng’s phone calls. At that time, he was so frightened that he could not remember what Han Cheng said when he answered the phone.

Was it really for business?

Did someone from the past… contact him?

Xia Tian recalled Han Cheng had said before that during the honeymoon period, he would not participate in those occasions so as not to make people curious about their affairs. But now… He had already gone back to visit his parents¹Referring to the previous chapter where Xia Tian and Han Cheng went back to his home. It is customary for a bride to head back to visit her parents when she marries into a family after a certain period of time., and the honeymoon period had ended.

The heat from Xia Tian’s cheeks which were burning the whole afternoon, slowly subsided.

When Auntie finished cleaning up the kitchen and came out, she saw Xia Tian still sitting at the dining table in the same position as before.

“Oh, what’s the matter?” Auntie instinctively felt that Xia Tian was upset by what she had said just now, and she smiled carefully, “Are you feeling uncomfortable after having too much to eat? Do you want me to make you some hawthorn peach tea for digestion?”

Xia Tian smiled. “No need. I’m too full now and can’t even drink anything. I’m going upstairs to read a book.”

After Xia Tian finished speaking, he went upstairs. Auntie wiped her hands profusely, regretting that she had said too much just now.

She didn’t know about Han Cheng’s deal with Xia Tian, but she knew that these two were definitely not what a normal couple should be— Han Cheng and Xia Tian had separate rooms to rest and relax. They were both “clean and self-conscious” of one another and had never set foot in each other’s rooms.

Occasionally when they were together, it was also in the study room; one was working, the other was reading. In those few hours, they may not even say a full sentence to each other.

Even so, Auntie still hoped that it was only because Xia Tian was too young and he was still a student. It was not suitable for Xia Tian to be constantly intimate with Han Cheng all day so they had separate rooms. Auntie had taken care of Han Cheng for many years and had hoped from deep within her heart that Han Cheng would settle down and spend peaceful days with Xia Tian. However, now that the honeymoon period was over, Han Cheng once again began to stay out all night.

Auntie sighed and went back to her room to rest.

On the second floor, Xia Tian sat at the desk and laughed to himself, “Let’s read a book.”

Xia Tian picked up a Chinese textbook and was turning to Li Bai’s “Wang Tianmen Mountain”²Link to Li Bai’s poem https://chinagrep.com/poems/chinese-poem-望天门山-looking-at-tianmen-mountain/, muttering, “The green mountains on both sides of the strait are facing each other… If you are out of favor, you should read more…”

Xia Tian tried to memorise the ancient poems for an hour but his head was left in a mess. After putting together the old poems, he calmed down a little and then did test papers until it was 10pm.

It was the time that Han Cheng would usually urge him to go to bed. As Xia Tian cultivated a habit of sleeping at this time, he felt a little sleepy. He stopped what he was doing and went to take a shower. When he was about to go to bed, he heard the bell ringing downstairs.

Not long after, the two people’s footsteps sounded… And they actually came upstairs together.

Xia Tian was stunned and unable to believe what was happening… It’s not enough to find someone else to mingle with, do you still have to bring him home?!

Jeanie wanna say:

OMG. Poor Xia Tian… Feeling heartbroken for him T.T

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  Referring to the previous chapter where Xia Tian and Han Cheng went back to his home. It is customary for a bride to head back to visit her parents when she marries into a family after a certain period of time.
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  Link to Li Bai’s poem https://chinagrep.com/poems/chinese-poem-望天门山-looking-at-tianmen-mountain/