Yan Yan - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Boyfriend

[“No need to pay.”] Bai Xingfan had replied.

Su Yan was stunned, staring at the screen in a daze. And her thoughts eventually shifted towards Bai Xingfan’s appearance.

Since Bai Xingfan always wore suits and leather shoes, had a frigid and noble demeanour, and had an exceptional body with a typical inverted triangle form, he always exuded an enticing sense of abstinence and taboo.

Screenwriters, especially those of idol dramas, liked this kind of figure the most because it perfectly fits the image of the hero in their minds.

Unknowingly, three minutes had passed as Su Yan was thinking about Bai Xingfan. She stabilised her mind and replied. [“I want to give you money.”]

Bai Xingfan: [“What else?”]

“…” ‘That’s right, what else?’ Su Yan was really ashamed of that question.

Bai Xingfan: [“Could it be that Ms. Su really wants to pay 40,000 yuan just to get in touch with me once?”]

‘Am I stupid? Why did I send those messages?’ Su Yan puffed her cheeks angrily and replied. [“That’s too expensive!”]

Bai Xingfan: [“It seems that Miss Su really wants to?”]

Su Yan: ‘So, do you think I am bargaining with you?’

Bai Xingfan: [“It doesn’t seem appropriate for men and women to give or take each other’s money.]

Su Yan: ‘What?’

Taking a deep breath, she replied righteously. [“You misunderstood. I just want to give you the money for the building block bear.

Bai Xingfan: [I gave the bear to Xiao Zhan, so there is no need to give money.]

Su Yan wanted to continue persuading him to collect money, but Bai Xingfan sent another message: [I’m going to have a meeting.]

Obviously, he was telling her not to disturb his work anymore.

Seeing that message, Su Yan deleted the message she had typed in half, quit WeChat, and threw the phone under the pillow like a hot potato.

The next morning, the 40,000 yuan that she transferred to Bai Xingfan was returned to her account, and in the afternoon, two large couriers were received at home: one was the kaws02 that Su Zhan had been thinking about for a long time, and the other was the kaws06 South Blue Mountain limited edition.

Just one piece of Kaws02 was enough to drive Silly Baitian crazy, not to mention there was an unexpected surprise.

Silly Baitian opened the courier, and the moment he saw Kaws06, he was dumbfounded and then started screaming and ran away all over the room. The excitement was comparable to that of a fan circle girl who saw her idol.

Su Yan was also dumbfounded. She didn’t expect Bai Xingfan to send him two bears. ‘Isn’t this murderous?’ 

And then she hurriedly checked the price of Kaws06 on the Internet, and it turned out to be even more expensive—$100,000.

‘Are you crazy? One teddy bear, one hundred thousand?’ 

The balance on her card was less than 100,000 yuan! Su Yan didn’t know what expression to put on and even felt that Bai Xingfan was against her!

[“Why did you give him two bears?”] She typed a WeChat message angrily.

Bai Xingfan didn’t reply to her. For the next whole week, he didn’t reply to her, as if he didn’t intend to pay attention to her.

Although Su Yan was a little aggrieved, she didn’t bother herself anymore and still thought awkwardly in her heart. ‘Hmph, if you ignore me, I will ignore you!’

………………………

The days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was Sunday again. It was her grandma’s seventy-fifth birthday.

Su Yan’s father wanted to book a private room in a hotel to celebrate his mother’s birthday, but the old lady Su resolutely refused, saying it was a waste of money.

Mrs. Su refused to hire a nanny at home for the same reason: it was a waste of money, and the eldest daughter-in-law needed to do all the big and small things in the family, inside and out. On the day of the birthday banquet, Su Yan’s mother was even busier. She got up early and then got into the kitchen to start preparing. Fortunately, Su Yan’s father was helping; otherwise, she would definitely not be able to do it alone.

Because it was a family banquet, Su Yan dressed simply and casually. She wore a slim-fit suspender with a yellow background and blue edges on her upper body and a pair of light blue denim shorts on her lower body. Her long black hair seemed to be combed casually behind her head.

When she came down the stairs, her father was sitting on the small bench next to the coffee table, picking beans.

Her father was the only one in the living room, so Su Yan asked, “Where’s my mother?”

Su Jianan: “In the kitchen. If you have nothing to do, go to the kitchen and help your mother.”

“Oh.” She asked again, “Where’s grandma?”

Su Jianan: “Where else? In the bedroom.”

“Oh.” Su Yan asked again, “Where’s Silly Baitian?”

Su Jianan was very annoyed by his daughter. “Why do you have so many questions?”

Su Yan snorted, unconvinced. “Why can’t I just ask?”

After she finished speaking, she walked towards the kitchen, but her father stopped her. “Wait! Come back!”

Su Yan turned around helplessly. “What’s the matter?”

Su Jianan said angrily, “Go and change your clothes; your uncle and his family will be coming soon!”

Su Yan was stunned. “Why should I change clothes?”

Su Jianan: “Why don’t you go and look in a mirror? See how low the neckline of your clothes is? How indecent is it!”

Su Yan understood what her father meant, and she also felt it was true.

Su Yan understood what her father meant, and she also felt it was true. She was merely wearing it at the time. The elder generation viewed this kind of attire as neither fish nor fowl, despite the fact that it was worn by many girls going through the streets and alleyways of Dongfu.

[TL Notes: “Neither fish nor fowl—it seems partly one thing and partly another and is difficult to identify, classify, or understand.]

“I think my clothes are pretty good.” Su Yan battled tenaciously for the right to choose her own clothes. “Besides, do I still have to dress upright in my own home?” ”

Just as Su Jianan was going to speak, Su Zhan returned home with a bag of spices.

“Hey, let me ask you, do I look good today?” Su Yan asked in advance.

Su Zhan declared without hesitation, “It’s so beautiful; it’s like a fairy coming down to earth!”

In fact, he didn’t even have time to look carefully and just said.

Su Yan looked at her father triumphantly. “Look, we young people think it’s okay.”

Su Zhan: “…”

Su Jianan: “…”

The speechless father gestured to the siblings to go to the kitchen. He sighed heavily as he turned to face the two kids’ backs. The kid was right, yet he still thought his daughter was dressed in an unremarkable way. There were no guests today because it was just a family gathering. He didn’t need to be overly strict, so he just let her go.

Half an hour later, the doorbell rang, and the whole family went to the door to meet Su Jianye and his family. Unexpectedly, there were four people instead of three, surprising Su Jianan’s family. Apart from Su Jianye, Chen Baihui, and their daughter, Su Qian, there was a tall, thin young man in a white shirt and suit trousers.

“Who is this?” Su Jianan asked in a puzzled voice.

Su Jianye said with a proud smile, “He is our Qianqian’s boyfriend, who is a graduate student.”

The four of them, who had come empty-handed, entered the house without changing their shoes.

Su Yan and Su Zhan glanced at each other silently and rolled their eyes at the same time.

After Liu Xiang closed the door, Su Jianye’s wife, Chen Baihui, introduced her daughter’s boyfriend to their family again solemnly: “This is Lin Chuanhao, our Qianqian’s boyfriend. Just call him Xiaolin.” After speaking, she turned to look at Mrs. Su and introduced him again: “This is Grandma.”

Lin Chuanhao immediately smiled politely at Mrs. Su. “Hi, Grandma.”

Lin Chuanhao looked like a gentle and easy-going person. What’s more, he was also the boyfriend of her precious granddaughter, so Mrs. Su immediately liked him very much.

“Hey, hey, hello, hello! You are so handsome, and you are a graduate student. Our Qianqian has a good eye!” she said, smiling from ear to ear.

The words went in a circle, and in the end, they went all the way to praise her precious granddaughter.

Unknowingly, Su Yan’s thoughts drifted back to the first time she brought Xie Yu home. The old lady didn’t have such a nice attitude that day, and when Xie Yu greeted her, she just said, “Um”.

Xie Yu didn’t come empty-handed either; he even bought a pair of gold bracelets and a pair of emerald bracelets for the old lady, but he didn’t get a bright smile from her like Lin Chuanhao, who had come empty-handed.

What’s even more irritating was that after Xie  Yu left, the old lady said, “Your aunt said that now domestic companies don’t recognise foreign education, and he has studied abroad. What’s the use? His family conditions are a little better; otherwise, he won’t even be able to find a job, and you won’t have any prospects at all, and only a girl like you who has never seen the market can like someone like that.”

Although she had nothing to do with Xie Yu now, she was still irritated by her grandma’s eccentric attitude.

After Chen Baihui introduced Grandma to Lin Chuanhao, she introduced Su Jianan and Liu Xiang, respectively. Lin Chuanhao nodded and said hello to him one by one.

Finally, Chen Baihui introduced Su Yan and Su Zhan to Lin Chuanhao. “This is Qianqian’s brother, Su Zhan, and this is Qianqian’s sister.”

The introduction was concise, as if someone would deduct money from her if she said one more word, especially when introducing Su Yan—she didn’t even say her name.

Lin Chuanhao said hello as usual, but this time he stretched out his right hand to Su Yan. “Hello.”

Su Yan was stunned and quickly reached out to shake hands. “Hello.” Only then did she notice that Lin Chuanhao had a pair of slender red phoenix eyes, a bit like a male lead in a Korean drama, but his eyes were not as gentle and polite as the male lead’s. He looked a little treacherous.

Although she knew that judging people by their appearance was wrong, that was how she felt.

Afterward, Lin Chuanhao stretched out his hand to Su Zhan again, saying, “Hello.”

Su Zhan didn’t understand why he suddenly became formal, so he could only shake hands with him.

After the greeting part was over, Liu Xiang led the family of four to the living room. Taking advantage of this moment, Su Jianan lowered his voice and said to his daughter, “Go upstairs and change your clothes!” with a very stern voice.

“Oh.” Su Yan didn’t argue with her father this time, and she obediently went upstairs to change clothes.

Su Yan closed the door after returning to her room and took out a loose black short-sleeved dress from the wardrobe and threw it on the bed, then took off the yellow top with both hands.

There were two layers of bed curtains in the bedroom: the inner layer was a sheer curtain, and the outer layer was a blackout curtain.

Su Yan only opened the outer curtain and welcomed the golden sunlight coming through the curtain.

In this hazy light and shadow, her skin was so white that it glowed, and her whole body seemed to have been soaked in milk.

She sighed, took the dress from the bed, and wore it.

In fact, the neckline of the top she previously wore was not very low, but because she was a little well-developed, the cleavage was vaguely visible. If she wore it in front of her family, she would not feel that there was anything inappropriate. But if a strange man came to her home and saw her like this, then she would feel a little strange, as if she had been broken from her comfort zone.

After changing her clothes, she left the room, and as soon as she reached the stairs, she bumped into his brother, who was sitting on the third step from the top.

“Why are you sitting here?” Su Yan asked.

Su Zhan: “I don’t want to hear those two brags.

Su Yan: “…”

Su Zhan snorted again with disdain. “Isn’t it just to be admitted as a civil servant! They just brag like it’s going to heaven! Those who didn’t know would think that Su Qian was going to enter the palace and become the queen. ”

“Hahahahahaha Haha!”  Su Yan almost died of laughter.

Su Zhan continued to complain, “It’s okay for their family to come here empty-handed for dinner but for grandma’s birthday? They are not even embarrassed?”

Su Yan rolled her eyes. “They not only came empty-handed but also dragged a man to show off.”

Su Zhan gritted his teeth. “Damn, you’re so good at living!”

After Su Jianye and his family settled down in the living room, Liu Xiang and Su Jianan went to the kitchen to continue making lunch.

Liu Xiang closed the kitchen door on purpose and asked her husband in a low voice, “What do you think of Qianqian’s boyfriend?”

“It’s not good! He has been staring at our Yanyan since he entered the door. Look, little rascal!” Su Jianan replied angrily.

The three members and Liu Xiang were talking with Mrs. Su. She then took out the walnut

kernels she had peeled in the past few days from under the coffee table, and stuffed into Su Qian’s arms. “You worked hard in the previous exam, and Grandma especially peeled walnuts for you to nourish your brain!”

Su Qian curled her lips. “Only peeled for me? Xiao Zhan must have it too, and he must have gotten more than me.”

When comparing her grandson to her granddaughter, indeed, Mrs. Su favoured the grandson more than this granddaughter. “He is still studying in college and has to use his brain a lot. He should consume more walnuts than you; isn’t that normal?”

“What about Su Yan?” Su Qian repeated.

Mrs. Su snorted sarcastically, saying, “Her brain is not easy to use, and if it were easy to use, it wouldn’t let the man run away. It doesn’t matter how many walnuts she eats. She will be forever stupid!”

After hearing her grandma’s words, Su Qian was happy. She clasped Grandma’s arm and said, “I knew Grandma was the best for me.” Even though she couldn’t compare to Su Zhan, she could still crush Su Yan.

Chen Baihui also echoed with a smile, “Isn’t that right? Grandma is the best person in this world to you; you have to know how to be grateful.”

Su Qian was very cooperative. “Of course I know! I love Grandma more than you!”

Mrs. Su was coaxed to be happy; she glanced at the kitchen, then lowered her voice and said to her younger son and daughter-in-law, “You two come with me.”

Su Jianye and Chen Baihui looked at each other for a while, immediately stood up, and followed Mrs. Su, leaving Su Qian and her boyfriend Lin Chuanhao there. Every time they visited their mother, she would secretly stuff them with something, either money or jewellery.

As there was no one around, Su Qian put the airtight jar on the coffee table and said with disdain, “This old woman only has her grandson in her eyes, so I don’t care for her peeled walnuts!”

“At least you still have it; your sister doesn’t even have a piece of walnut skin,” Lin Chuanhao soothed his girlfriend.

“How can I compare with her?” asked Su Qian.

“There is no need to compare you to anyone.” After pausing for a while, Lin Chuanhao abruptly changed his tone, saying, “But your sister is quite attractive.”

What Su Qian hated the most was when people praised Su Yan in front of her, especially when they praised Su Yan for her good looks. She suddenly turned her head and stared at her boyfriend. “What do you mean? Do you think she is prettier than me?”

‘She is indeed prettier than you, has a better figure than you, and is more than one notch better than you in every aspect, Lin Chuanhao thought but dared not say that. “That’s impossible, my girlfriend is the prettiest!”

Su Qian didn’t believe it. “Did you fall in love with her?”

Lin Chuanhao: “How is it possible? Who doesn’t know that she is a second-hand product that was kicked away? Can I still see her?”

Su Qian was finally satisfied this time and raised the corners of her lips. “I think so too.”

By noon, Liu Xiang had finished preparing, so the family sat around the big round table in the dining room and started the meal.

After Chen Baihui was seated, she took a look at the dishes on a large table and said admiringly, “Sister-in-law’s craftsmanship is amazing! It’s really hard work!”

Liu Xiang replied with a smile, “It’s not hard, and everyone should eat well.”

Chen Baihui looked at Liu Xiang again, her expression and tone filled with envy. “Oh, my sister-in-law’s skincare is really good; she’s not a yellow-faced woman like me, and she’s busy every morning and night taking care of the house, unlike me, who doesn’t even have time to cook for my family. Sister-in-law, you are beautiful and virtuous, and it is a great blessing for my elder brother to marry you.”

Liu Xiang felt a little embarrassed by her praise and hurriedly waved his hands. “No, no!”

At this time, Old Madam Su suddenly snorted coldly. “Staying every day at home, she dared not do anything, and like other people in the city, she spent so much money to buy bottles and jars. Can the skin be bad? Her face is covered with hard-earned money by her own man!”

Liu Xiang was ashamed. Although she felt wronged, she didn’t refute her mother-in-law’s words in public.

“What do you mean my mother is idle at home every day and doesn’t do anything? Doesn’t she clean the house? Doesn’t she wash the clothes for the whole family?

Doesn’t she cook the food you eat, and…” Su Yan questioned angrily, as she could not stay silent anymore while listening to the old lady.

“Yan Yan!”

Su Jianan and Liu Xiang scolded their daughter at the same time, so Su Yan shut her mouth angrily.

Su Zhan was fearless, and he couldn’t let his grandmother bully his family members in front of outsiders. “My sister is wrong? Are Grandma’s words true then?”

Although Su Zhan loved his Grandma, he didn’t want to see his Grandma bullying his mother. Not to mention that he was brought up by his mother, and he still loved her more.

Seeing her precious grandson getting angry, old lady Su shut her mouth tightly.

Liu Xiang also knew that the two children were trying to help her vent her anger, but she always knew the general situation and said repeatedly, “It’s okay, okay; you don’t have to say a few words.”

As the atmosphere turned like this, Su Jianan immediately raised his wine glass, stood up, and said, “Come on, I’ll toast our mother first and wish my mother a happy birthday.” After finishing speaking, he drank it all in one gulp, then filled the glass with wine and raised the glass to his daughter-in-law. “First of all, Xiaoxiang has worked hard for so many years.”

Liu Xiang didn’t expect her husband to come out like this suddenly; her eyes turned red instantly. She smiled embarrassedly, then rubbed her tears indiscriminately, looked at her husband angrily, and said, “What are you doing? Don’t make a fool of yourself.”

Su Yan laughed and coaxed her mother. “My dad has been holding it for so long, hurry up and drink!”

Su Zhan: “Yes, let’s have a drink!”

Li Xiang looked at her two lovely children and then at her husband, smiled softly, raised her wine glass, and made a toast to her husband.

Sitting opposite, Chen Baihui looked at the couple expressionlessly, with hatred in her heart.

After the couple sat down again, Su Jianan picked up the chopsticks. “Eat, let’s eat, this is a family banquet, everyone can eat as they like!”

The head of the family opened his mouth, and everyone moved their chopsticks one after another.

Before Su Yan had a chance to take a bite, she heard Su Qian calling her.

“Sister, I saw a lot of people scolding Xie Yu on the internet.” Su Qian’s tone also revealed her indignation: “Xie Yu is a scumbag, and you are not too bad; you will definitely meet better people in the future!”

As soon as these words came out, Su Yan, Su Zhan, Su Jianan, and Liu Xiang’s expressions all changed.

Su Yan knew that Su Qian definitely did it on purpose to embarrass her!

A look of pride flashed across Su Qian’s expression.

Chen Baihui took a look at her daughter. “Didn’t I tell you not to mention this? How sad is my sister?”

Su Qian said aggrievedly, “Didn’t I want to comfort my sister?”

“Oh, thanks for thinking about my sister. And will you die tomorrow if you don’t mention this now?” Su Zhan’s sarcastic voice echoed in the dining room.

Su Qian: “…”

Chen Baihui wanted to defend her daughter, and she looked at Su Zhan with displeasure. “You can’t talk to your sister like that, she also has good intentions.”

Su Zhan: “Oh, how kind is she!”

Chen Baihui: “You…”

“Okak, enough,” Mrs. Su said. “He is still a child. Why do you need to scream at him?”

‘You treat him like a child! The dead old woman is eccentric!’ Chen Baihui was full of complaints, but she didn’t dare to vent, so she could only swallow her anger.

Su Jianye thought that his elder brother’s family was bullying his family, and he was about to open his mouth when Lin Chuanhao cut him off, asking, “Qianqian’s sister, have you returned all the betrothal gifts given by the Xie family?”

Liu Xiang hurriedly replied on behalf of her daughter, “We have already returned it, and we are not greedy for the cheapness of the Xie family!”

Lin Chuanhao: “Refunded It’s good; otherwise, it’s easy to be sued, after all, Sister Yanyan didn’t get a certificate from Xie Yu, and the bride price is given for the purpose of marriage, if the purpose is not achieved, the bride price will naturally be taken back.”

Liu Xiang: “We voluntarily returned it!”

Su Yan remained silent, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Chuanhao’s gourd.

Su Jianye: “Oh, I remembered, Yanyan hasn’t gotten the certificate from Xie Yu yet. Why didn’t she get the certificate?”

Chen Baihui poured oil on the burning fire. “Could it be that the Xie family refused to let her enter the Xie family?”

Su Yan: ” …”

Su Zhan suddenly clenched his fists.

Liu Xiang and Su Jianan’s expressions all darkened.

Chen Baihui: “Hey, so it is like this, but this is also good, there is not so much involvement, and it can be broken cleanly.”

Su Yan smiled lightly, and said to Lin Chuanhao, “Mr. Lin knows quite a lot. Well, have you done your research and come prepared?”

Lin Chuanhao: “…”

Su Qian hurriedly said, “Stop spitting on people! My boyfriend is studying law!”

Chen Baihui also said, “Xiao Lin is a professional. It’s not surprising if he knows this, right?”

Su Jianye took the opportunity to brag. “Xiao Lin is the number one major in their major, and he was recruited by the legal department of a large group before he graduated!”

Su Zhan snorted coldly. “Hey, how big is it?”

Su Jianye: “It’s a multinational group with many branches here and abroad!”

Chen Baihui and her husband sang together. “Our Xiaolin went to the legal department of the Dongfu headquarters.” In fact, she didn’t know if it was the headquarters, but she said that the headquarters was just to save their face.

Su Zhan didn’t speak but kept thinking.

Su Qian just couldn’t wait. “Have you heard of Haoyuan Group?”

Su Yan: “…”

Liu Xiang suddenly remembered something. “Is their CEO’s surnamed Bai?”

Lin Chuanhao: “Yes, how did you know?”

Liu Xiang: “The CEO asked someone to give our Yanyan a congratulatory gift on the day she got married.”

Lin Chuanhao: “…”

Su Yan felt guilty, but she really couldn’t get used to the faces of her uncle’s family from the bottom of her heart, so she borrowed Bai Xingfan’s help and said proudly, “I am a good friend of their CEO.”

Lin Chuanhao: ” … …”

Su Zhan stared at his sister. “What good friend? How can you say that about Brother Bai? He treats you wholeheartedly!”

Su Yan: ‘What are you talking about?’

Su Zhan ignored the shocked gazes of the whole family and smiled faintly at his uncle and his family. “Bai Xingfan, my sister’s boyfriend.”

Su Yan: “…………………”

End of chapter 18