Chapter 197: When Will You Return, Leisurely Nanshan Hill
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The mother-daughter pair sat across him.
“Auntie, have you been well?” The young man asked politely.
“Much better, it’s all thanks to the medicine w.a.n.g Yao brought previously,” Tong Wei’s mother replied. Although her face was smiling, there was a sense of coldness and distance.
“Tong Wei, when did you return? You didn’t even inform me?” Yang Ming asked, smiling.
“I returned the day before.” Tong Wei rubbed her forehead. Her expression was a little gloomy.
She didn’t like the guy before her, not from the start.
“Are you free tonight? I’m meeting some friends; do you want to join us?”
“No thanks. I’m meeting w.a.n.g Yao tonight and going to his house for dinner,” Tong Wei replied.
Her meaning was very clear.
It was at this moment that there came a knocking sound from the door.
“Someone’s here.”
“I’ll get the door,” Tong Wei said, hurriedly standing up.
Ka-cha. The door opened, and w.a.n.g Yao was standing outside.
“What took you so long?” Upon seeing w.a.n.g Yao, the corners of Tong Wei’s mouth raised up. She dragged w.a.n.g Yao by his hand and entered the house.
What kind of situation was this?!
Tong Wei’s intimate reaction left him stunned.
The moment he entered the room, he saw Yang Ming sitting in the living room, seething with anger. He immediately comprehended Tong Wei’s earlier reaction.
“An old friend?”
“w.a.n.g Yao, you’re here?”
“I’ve come to pick up Tong Wei for dinner at my house,” w.a.n.g Yao replied, smiling.
“Then I won’t hold you up. Auntie, goodbye, Tong Wei, see you,” Yang Ming said. Although there was a smile on his face, no matter how you looked at it, it was a bitter smile. When he pa.s.sed w.a.n.g Yao by, w.a.n.g Yao could distinctly see the hatred in his eyes.
Vengeance for the killing of a father, hatred for stealing of a bride—these people could not live under the same sky.
Does this count as stealing a bride?
“Hi Ma’am!”
“Yao, you’re here, come sit!” Upon seeing w.a.n.g Yao, Tong Wei’s mother’s att.i.tude immediately changed. She had already started to treat w.a.n.g Yao like her own son in law. It was just like the traditional Chinese saying: the more the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, the more favorable he becomes in her eyes.
Tong Wei’s face was slightly flushed, and she shyly sat down beside w.a.n.g Yao.
Having a beautiful woman sitting beside him, w.a.n.g Yao’s breathing quickened.
At this moment, Yang Ming was storming down the stairs. His facial expression was as dark as a raincloud; it could almost squeeze out water. His reputation had been sorely bruised today.
“w.a.n.g Yao!” He raised his head, gnas.h.i.+ng his teeth. He hated w.a.n.g Yao so much that he wanted to rip his bones out and split his skin. He never would have expected that this cla.s.smate who only knew how to study could have won Tong Wei’s affection.
Where could he have learned medicine from?!
Yang Ming got into his car and sped off. As he left, he nearly knocked over a pedestrian.
“Are you blind! Look where you’re driving!” The lady whom he nearly hit shouted, glaring at his Audi A4.
“Today is an unlucky day!” Yang Ming sighed as he raised his car window. Although his eyes were looking forward, he was still thinking about what happened earlier and did not notice the traffic junction up ahead. By the time he noticed, the green light had turned red, and he had already beat the red light. Furthermore, he narrowly avoided a collision with an oncoming police patrol car.
Screech! The patrol car hit the brakes. The policeman wound down the window and stared at the back of the car that was going further away.
“Hmph, still so arrogant after beating the red light!”
As can be seen, anger makes people impulsive and causes them to do things without thinking. That is why it is important to curb your anger.
Honestly, Yang Ming’s luck today was already not too bad.
…
At Tong Wei’s house, w.a.n.g Yao was still chatting with Tong Wei’s mother.
“Shall we leave soon?”
“Okay, give me a moment,” Tong Wei said. She entered her room and started putting on her make-up.
When she came out, the room suddenly became much brighter. This is what was meant by “a beauty like a flower with looks that could topple a city.”
w.a.n.g Yao was stunned for a moment.
“Shall we go?”
“Let’s.”
The two of them walked down the stairs and got into the car. Tong Wei had bought some things.
“You don’t have to bring gifts when coming to my house.”
“No, that’s not appropriate.”
The car was not traveling very quickly. w.a.n.g Yao was not fond of speeding.
“When will you be returning to the island?”
“Tomorrow,” Tong Wei replied.
“So quickly? Why not stay a few more days?”
“You really can’t bear for me to leave?” Tong Wei asked, giggling.
“I can’t.”
To have such a beauty by one’s side was really a wondrous thing.
“What if I return to Lianshan County to work?” Tong Wei asked w.a.n.g Yao, probing. She was conflicted. She wanted to be with w.a.n.g Yao, but she didn’t like this small and dreary town. She’d much rather live in a big city like the island.
“Do what you want to do, if you don’t like it here then you don’t have to rush to come back,” w.a.n.g Yao replied.
With his current finances, he definitely could afford to buy a house on the island, although it was somewhat pricey. However, based on his personality, he didn’t like the island but preferred his little mountain village and the quiet Nanshan Hill.
“Then let’s stay on the island for a while longer,” Tong Wei replied.
Regarding Tong Wei’s visit, w.a.n.g Yao’s parents took it very seriously and prepared a large feast.
“Dad, Mom, we didn’t have such a grand feast even during New Year did we?” w.a.n.g Ru asked, unable to hold back.
“It’s not the same. If you brought back a good son-in-law, I guarantee we’ll prepare something even bigger,” Zhang Xiuying replied.
“As if!”
While the family was busying themselves, a car had arrived in the driveway. It stopped, and w.a.n.g Yao and Tong Wei entered the house. w.a.n.g Yao’s mother put down the things she was doing and beamed happily.
“h.e.l.lo Ma’am,” Tong Wei greeted shyly.
“Good, good, you’re here. You didn’t have to bring any gifts; quick come in!”
She grabbed onto Tong Wei and led her in, asking about this and that, quickly forgetting about her own son and daughter entirely.
“When are you getting married?” w.a.n.g Ru suddenly popped the question.
“Huh?!” w.a.n.g Yao was stunned.
He really hadn’t thought about this.
“This Tong Wei is really not bad. You should grab hold of this opportunity, turn raw rice into cooked rice before she changes her mind,” w.a.n.g Ru advised.
“Okay, okay, thank you, my big sister,” w.a.n.g Yao replied, laughing helplessly.
After entering the house, w.a.n.g Ru also talked with Tong Wei. When Tong Wei expressed her intention to help with the food preparation, she was forcefully denied.
Closer to the evening, the whole family gathered for dinner. Zhang Xiuying occasionally helped to scoop food for her future daughter-in-law. Tong Wei stayed at w.a.n.g Yao’s house until 8 pm before leaving.
“My mom is just so enthusiastic; I hope you don’t mind!” w.a.n.g Yao said.
“Why would I? It’s great!” Tong Wei said. She could also feel w.a.n.g Yao’s mother’s approval for her.
“Should I send you to the island tomorrow?”
“Yes please!”
w.a.n.g Yao drove Tong Wei to her house entrance.
“Do you want to come upstairs for a bit?”
“No need, it’s already quite late. We also shouldn’t disturb your parents from their rest. You should go rest early too.”
“Okay, drive carefully on your way back.”
“Go on up.”
After seeing Tong Wei go upstairs, w.a.n.g Yao drove off. Upstairs, Tong Wei gazed out the window, looking at w.a.n.g Yao’s car leaving. Only when the car was too far to be seen did Tong Wei go back in to rest.
After returning home, he stopped the car and went up Nanshan Hill.
Nanshan Hill’s night sky was wide and expansive. Many thousands of miles away in Beijing, the night sky was blurry to the point that the stars could not really be seen anymore.
In that particular house, Su Xiaoxue was lying quietly on a bed, still wrapped in bandages. In that wide room, there was no one else besides her. She lay quietly, unsure of how long she had been there for. Besides blinking her eyes, breathing, and thinking, she felt similar to a dead person.
Where did w.a.n.g Yao go? When will he be back? She was constantly thinking about the young man’s blurry figure.
Is he not coming back anymore…? An illness like mine, is it incurable?
She suddenly felt hopeless. Then, she recalled what w.a.n.g Yao had said, as well as the profound lines of scripture he recited.
Why is it that I can hear his words clearly, whereas everyone else’s voices sound m.u.f.fled?
“When is he returning?” It wasn’t only Su Xiaoxue who was concerned, but also her family. This was especially so for her mother.
“It’s only been a few days, why are you getting anxious? Didn’t Dr. Chen also say that Xiaoxue’s condition has been stable the past two days?”
“Stable? So what if it’s been stable for a few days? It could suddenly worsen at any time,” Su Xiaoxue’s mother retorted.
“Okay, whatever.” The middle-aged man waved his hand. “Your temper needs to be managed. I’m also concerned about Xiaoxue’s illness, but we can’t be too forceful with Dr. w.a.n.g. What happens if we arouse his ire and he doesn’t want to return to Beijing?”
“Yes, yes, I’ve got it.”
“Have Chen Boyuan go visit him tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
The next morning, there was a gentle breeze.
It was already May, and the sun was getting stronger. In the afternoon, the temperature was now hotter.
At around 10 am, Tian Yuantu came to Nanshan Hill. He had not been there for a while.
“Hey, this hill is becoming more and more interesting!”
“If you like it, come more often! Anyway, it’s not far from Lianshan County.”
“Secretary Yang called me yesterday to ask me to check when you’re free to give his mother a checkup.”
“Tomorrow…that’s fine” w.a.n.g Yao replied after some consideration.
“Okay, I’ll tell him that.”
“You should set up a stone table and bench here,” Tian Yuantu pointed around the outside of the house. “With this kind of weather, it’ll be most enjoyable to sit out here drinking tea.”
Tian Yuantu stayed for a while; then both he and w.a.n.g Yao descended from the hill. He still needed to go to Lianshan County in the afternoon and then drive Tong Wei to the island in the evening. Along the way, he would also deliver the medicine for Wei Hai.
“Is his illness much better?”
“Yes.”
“When are you going to go to Beijing again?”
“In about two days.”