Romance Is In The Air

Finally! The last chapter! First and foremost, this serves as an apology for releasing the Honeysuckle chapters late, but y"know it was life and my editor"s life that was super busy. Also go check out the short story, if you haven"t already! It will wrap up in the next three days, with daily releases so that"s a good short story to start checking up on!

And also, here"s just to wrap some things up since I know a lot of you have been waiting~ After this, I"ll be releasing the other short stories somewhat slowly and randomly so look out for those! Hopefully I can start on some new short story translations soon!

ALSO just some little peppy encouragement, but DON"T WORRY CENG LI GETS IT BY THE END OF THE CHAPTER SO JUST KEEP READING AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. DON"T BREAK YOUR PHONE OR YOUR MONITOR IN FRUSTRATION BECAUSE SHE IS GETTING THERE, ONE WORD AT A TIME.

Chapter 6

Second sister Ceng got married.

It was said that the wedding night was very lively. The groom was startled and fainted, and was awoken by second sister Ceng who poured cold water on him. After that, the weirdo groom fell in love with her.

Cui"er followed me in saying, "Second guye* is such a jerk"

*Guye means son-in-law and is a term of address used by the wife"s family

I nodded and agreed. Then, I asked her, "When second sister returns to her parental home, what shall we gift her?"

Cui"er said, "Let"s gift them something second guye likes."

I thought about it and then ordered Cui"er, "Go buy two sacks of melon seeds."

These past few days I had become more obedient so that Ceng Yan wouldn"t kick me out of the Ceng family.

But it seemed that my wishes would not be realized because not only did he keep on searching for my dad- after I knew about my true upbringing, he kept on searching with more urgency.

Now, I was only afraid that the entire city knew that I wasn"t the blood-related daughter of the Ceng family. I was only an adopted child. And I was immediately going to be kicked out…

It was August 15th* again and everyone sat in the pavilion under the moon.

Ceng Yan took a seat next to me and said, "I"ve found your dad."

I took a deep breath and gulped down an entire cup of wine.

"Oh."

"After the festival is over, you can return home with your dad."

I poured another cup of wine for myself and drank it up. "Oh."

"You can come back once in awhile."

Poured wine, drank it up. "Oh."

"Don"t be unhappy. This is good.”

Poured wine, drank it up. "Oh."

I put down the wine cup and looked up. Dizzy and unable to see all that clearly, I asked Ceng Yan, "I"m leaving now. Are you happy?"

In my misty-eyed vision he seemed to frown.

I wiped my face off and asked him again, "I"m leaving. Are you happy? Ceng Yan, why do you hate me so much? I"m just a little naughty, a little lazy, and once in awhile, I"ll say bad things about you, but I never steal or s.n.a.t.c.h, or do bad things. Why have you always hated me? And you"re even adamant about chasing me away!"

Well that was annoying. No matter how much I tried to wipe away the water on my face, there was always more to wipe off. So annoying.

Ceng Yan suddenly grasped my wrist…

He lifted his hand to gently wipe at the tears on my face, "Do you think I hate you?" That was strange, his voice actually wasn"t cold; how come his voice had become a tiny bit gentle…

"Do you think I hate you? Have you always thought this way?" He softly asked me.

My head buzzed, immersed in confusion. I nodded to him. "Yes… Can it be that you haven"t always hated me?"

He seemed to sigh, and say two words. His mouth seemed to form the word "idiot" but I couldn"t quite tell.

My head felt extremely heavy. I couldn"t persevere, and I shut my eyes.

So because I was stupid, he didn"t like me?

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I was eventually taken away by my real father of whom I had no impressions of.

The day I was recognized by my real father was a miserable day.

My mother wasn"t even willing to come out and meet my real father, but she sure was willing to let me go with him.

It was really too strange. How come I couldn"t think through why she was willing to let me part with her?

As for my real father, I saw him extremely clearly on that day. When he saw me, his face was devoid of any happiness. He only trembled with fear. I could see that he wasn"t willing to claim me, but because of Ceng Yan"s intimidation tactics as the great Master of the Ceng family, he had no choice but take me away.

My heart felt so suffocated. Ceng Yan, your little sister! How come you"re so unwilling to let me off? Just wait until I marry someone in two years. Then everything will be peaceful! How come you just have to kick me out!

I had tears in my eyes the entire way to the Xin residence.

If I didn"t have Cui"er to accompany me, I would probably feel like my life was too miserable and I couldn"t live on.

My stepbrother* was set on kicking me out, my real mother didn"t stop him, my real father didn"t like me… I felt I was gaining so many unnecessary things today!

*pretty sure we already established she is not related to Ceng Yan so this is just a "t.i.tle" for him

When we got to the new house, I lay on the bed and couldn"t stop myself from sobbing for a period of time.

Cui"er sat next to me and took out a handkerchief to wipe my tears away. She comforted me with, "Miss, don"t cry. The Master is doing this for your own good!"

I turned my head on her and ignored her.

Even speaking up for Ceng Yan! Preposterous!

Cui"er sighed and helplessly continued, "Miss, how could you be so ungrateful? Think about it, can you think of any other step-Miss that is so undisciplined? The Late Master definitely did spoil you, but you caused so much trouble. Even if the Late Master did spoil you a lot, he didn"t have that much patience! Think about the trouble you have caused since you were little. If no one helped you take the burden of those troubles, how could you live so freely even now?"

I wiped my face and got up from the bed, "…Someone helped me carry the burden?"

Cui"er rolled her eyes, "Duh! If it wasn"t for the Master, you probably would have been hit so much!" She hmphed and continued , "Everyone knows what"s going on. But as for you, it"s almost like your eyes don"t belong to you！ You can"t see anything!"

I was unhappy. "How do I not know anything?"

Cui"er rolled her eyes, "What do you know? Do you know how good the Master is to you? Do you know how much he spoils you? Do you know how jealous the second miss always was of you?"

I was dumbstruck…

He actually loved me that much?!

But, since he loved me so much, why did he still have to kick me out?!

My mood changed extremely quickly, but I had still become happy again.

Cui"er snorted at me, "What a heartless master (referring to her miss)!"

My real father was acting weirdly from the beginning. I wanted to get a little closer to him since we were family, but he hid from me like he was seeing a ghost.

But today, he took the initiative to come find me.

Right after I finished eating breakfast, he came running to find me, "Some-someone has come to propose marriage!"

I asked casually, "Who?"

He continued to shiver, "The r-r-richest person, the Master of the Ceng family!"

The teacup in my hand fell onto the ground…

Ceng Yan brought so many things that the residence couldn"t fit all of them.

It was a pity that I was mad at  him. I kept my back to him as I sat, not looking at him and ignoring him.

He coughed and called me, "Ceng Li."

I hmphed, "Don"t. I can"t bear the name! My name is Xin Li!"

He called me again, "Xin Li."

I harshly replied, "What? If you have something to say, hurry up!"

He walked in front of me and sat down. I turned around, not wanting to face him. However, he pulled my shoulder and forced me to face him.

"Li"er!" I couldn"t help but shake. He actually called me Li"er?!

"Still mad?" He lowered his head and asked me as he looked into my eyes.

I fiercely glared at him, "Why were you bent on kicking me out?"

I finally asked about the misgivings in my soul!

He frowned and looked like his head hurt, "So dumb!" He actually called me dumb?!

"Li"er, you"re really too dumb!" He dared say it another time?!

Preposterous!

I cupped my hands in obedience, wanting to push him over the next moment. Suddenly… he hugged me!

Ahhhhhhhhh! Why are you hugging me?! Why are you hugging me?! What"s going on?!

I struggled, wanting to get out of his embrace but one of his arms pinned me down, while his other arm seemed to have reached up to cover his nose. His voice was low and m.u.f.fled, "If I didn"t send you away, how could I marry you? You want the Master of the Ceng family to marry  his own little sister? You want the entire world to look upon a joke?"

I became lifeless…

After a very very long time, I finally realized what was going on.

Actually, this guy liked me?!

No wonder, no wonder no one had ever proposed to me. No wonder he had used second sister Ceng to deflect Liu Heng"s marriage proposal! No wonder he always nosebleeded in front of me!

But, something wasn"t right…

I firmly backed out of his embrace and pointed at him, as I asked him sternly, "Then, you had to find my dad, right? So what if you couldn"t find him? To prevent yourself from being a laughingstock, you would have not married me?"

Ceng Yan snorted.

He snorted?!

I angrily asked him, "What are you laughing at?!"

He pinched his nose and answered, "I"m laughing at your stupidity."

I rushed in front of him and threatened him, "If you say I"m stupid again, I"ll let your blood flow dry and let you die!" While I said this, I stuck out my chest…

Ceng Yan"s hand used more pressure to pinch his nose… Then, I saw that some blood was seeping through the cracks in his fingers.

He looked back at me and coolly remarked, "Did you think that person was your real dad?"

I was stunned.

"What did you say?" I looked at him with wide eyes.

The blood between his fingers surged forth, and his face and red had become completely red.

"I"ll say it," He let go of one hand and held my chin, "You can marry me now, idiot!"

Aha! It turned out that that  man wasn"t my real father, but he just wanted to marry me!

I don"t know how other people"s wedding nights go but my wedding night with Ceng Yan could be described with one word: wretched!

Because, he was bleeding, and I was also bleeding…

I don"t know how other people pa.s.s their days after marriage, but my days with Ceng Yan were still so… chaotic!

I still liked to sneak out, and he would catch me and sort me out. However, the method he used to sort me out was no longer starving me… instead, he used a different method to sort me out…

A few months later I didn"t sneak outside to play anymore because after he sorted me out the last time, well my stomach has a little baby now! ^-^

Translated by Geeky

Edited by Ely