Chapter 15 – Who doesn’t know how to call someone Gege1?
Ruan Xia and Fu Cheng’an went to a private kitchen to have dinner. This private kitchen is not open to the public and normally only accepts reservations from members. However, it’s clear that Fu Cheng’an doesn’t need a reservation.
When they arrived at the private room, after Ruan Xia received the menu, she ordered six or seven dishes, thinking that was enough before she remembered to ask Fu Cheng’an what he wanted.
Ruan Xia had a brilliant idea, “Hubby, I ordered all the dishes we like, and I also want a glass of corn juice. Do you want anything else?”
Of course, the dishes she ordered had nothing to do with Fu Cheng’an’s tastes. It was all about what Ruan Xia liked to eat. However, with the way she mixed up her memories, what reason did Fu Cheng’an have to suspect her? If the system woke up and saw what she did, it would be amazed by how clever Ruan Xia was, wouldn’t it?
Most of the dishes that Ruan Xia ordered were spicy, with only one light dish being a boiled vegetable.
Fu Cheng’an furrowed his brows and didn’t say a word.
The manager of the private kitchen, who was standing next to them, couldn’t help but be shocked and even broke out in a cold sweat for Ruan Xia.
This private kitchen is frequented by their small circle of friends, so the manager knows Fu Cheng’an’s tastes well. Generally, Fu Cheng’an prefers milder flavors.
The manager was already surprised when he saw Fu Cheng’an bringing a woman here, but now that she was calling Fu Cheng’an “Hubby”, he didn’t know what to do.
Fu Cheng’an looked at Ruan Xia for a moment. Ruan Xia’s expression was sincere and innocent, and her idea was not wrong, because in her memory, her husband liked to eat these dishes.
Fu Cheng’an : “Recently, I prefer lighter dishes.”
Ruan Xia lowered her gaze and felt a bit sad. “Everything has changed, hasn’t it?” she said with a forced smile and ordered a few lighter dishes on the menu. “Just these.”
The manager took the menu and looked at Fu Cheng’an before saying, “Understood.”
The atmosphere in the private room seemed to have changed.
Ruan Xia stared off into space, thinking that the spicy chicken here is probably very delicious too. But if she doesn’t eat the spicy chicken that Aunt Sun said, she’ll think about it for a long time. It will be a few days until Aunt Sun comes back. Why hasn’t the corn juice arrived yet? She wonders if it will be very flavorful. Has she been eating too much lately? What is she going to do about her clothes if she goes home with Fu Cheng’an later? Maybe she doesn’t need to worry about that since he’s an overbearing CEO. He can just make a phone call to solve everything!
Ruan Xia looked at Fu Cheng’an and thought to herself that she was about to become Mrs. Fu, who could also solve many problems with just one phone call.
Fu Cheng’an felt a little uncomfortable under Ruan Xia’s gaze. “I’ve been getting a bit too much heat recently.”
Ruan Xia : “Oh?”
Fu Cheng’an : “Because I’ve been getting too much heat recently, so I want to eat something lighter.”
During the meal, Ruan Xia ate what she liked. A person who enjoys eating cannot compromise on her own preferences. When she was somewhat full, she also ate some of Fu Cheng’an’s favorite lighter dishes and finally drank a glass of corn juice.
This wasn’t Ruan Xia’s first meal with Fu Cheng’an, so there was no need to be reserved.
Fu Cheng’an held his phone, and Zhou Zhiyuan had already sent him countless messages.
[Zhou Zhiyuan: ???]
[Zhou Zhiyuan: You brought a woman to dinner?]
[Zhou Zhiyuan: Did you suddenly become interested in women?]
[Zhou Zhiyuan: She called you Hubby.]
[Zhou Zhiyuan: My god, when did you get married?]
After rubbing his temples, Fu Cheng’an did not reply to Zhou Zhiyuan’s messages. He asked, “Have you finished eating?”
Ruan Xia : “Yep, we can go home now!”
The words ‘we can go home now’ seemed more romantic than any love confession.
When Zhou Zhiyuan arrived at the private kitchen, Fu Cheng’an and Ruan Xia had just left the entrance and were preparing to get in their car. Zhou Zhiyuan went straight up to them and greeted Ruan Xia as “sister-in-law.”
Zhou Zhiyuan : “Hello, Sister-in-law, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhou Zhiyuan, I am a friend of Brother Fu.”
Ruan Xia glanced at Fu Cheng’an and then Zhou Zhiyuan, and said, “Hello, I’m Ruan Xia, Xia as in ‘summer’.”
The summer breeze blew by, and Ruan Xia looked shy yet confident in front of Fu Cheng’an and Zhou Zhiyuan.
Fu Cheng’an said, “Let’s go home.”
Until both Fu Cheng’an and Ruan Xia had gone, Zhou Zhiyuan sent a voice message to Zhou Yu explaining the situation and expressed his confusion, “Zhou Yu, what does Brother Fu mean? Is she our sister-in-law?”
Knowing the whole story, Zhou Yu said, “Looks like a miracle happened. Is it possible that the capitalist’s heart has softened?”
As for the home of Fu Cheng’an, Ruan Xia was very excited and had already imagined what it would be like. She envisioned that when the gates of the estate opened, rows of maids would be standing there, with a huge fountain in sight, and she would be told to live in a separate annex building. However, Ruan Xia did not expect that Fu Cheng’an would bring her back to his large flat in the city center, which was decorated in the same black, white, and grey color scheme as his office.
The location of the flat was also excellent, even better than Ruan Xia’s Jiangyue Palace. She could even see Fu Corporation’s building not far away from the window. Usually, Fu Cheng’an would returned here after work when he was in Yanjing, which would save him a lot of travel time.
Anyway, let’s play some games first.
Ruan Xia took out her phone. “Hubby, what’s the Wi-Fi password?”
Fu Cheng’an : “Wait a moment.”
Wi-Fi password is something that Fu Cheng’an doesn’t know. He called Assistant Chen to ask if he knows it, but he was not sure. Fu Cheng’an doesn’t usually remember these things.
Fu Cheng’an : “What is the Wi-Fi password here?”
Assistant Chen thought for a moment, then opened a document on his phone and looked at the Wi-Fi password on it. He smirked.
Ruan Xia : “Hubby, are you asking Assistant Chen?”
Assistant Chen cleared his throat and hesitated before answering, “Yes, after you moved in last time, Zhou Zhiyuan went there with you. At that time, you didn’t know the Wi-Fi password, so Zhou Zhiyuan changed it and told me. The password is ‘tieshukaihuaba’. Should I send it to Miss Ruan? This password is the full spelling of ‘Let the iron tree blossom2‘…”
Fu Cheng’an and Ruan Xia repeated, “tieshukaihuaba.”
Fu Cheng’an finished speaking before hearing the last sentence from Assistant Chen. He took a deep breath, then took Ruan Xia’s phone. He felt that Ruan Xia didn’t remember the password and was very calm. “I’ll help you connect.”
Ruan Xia : “Okay, I’m going to the bathroom.
In the restroom, Ruan Xia was trying hard not to laugh out loud. ‘Let the iron tree blossom’, is this the persistence of the male lead in a no-CP story who wants to get married? And he even knows that he is the iron tree!
Steady, absolutely steady!
As long as she tries her best, a bicycle can turn into a motorcycle, and a motorcycle can turn into a Ferrari.
After tidying up her hair in front of the mirror and touching up her lipstick, she went out.
Ruan Xia : “Hubby, did you connect to the Wi-Fi? You’re amazing, unlike me. I can’t remember when others tell me things. Last time when I asked Auntie Sun for the Wi-Fi password, she told me several times but I still couldn’t remember.”
Handing her phone over calmly, Fu Cheng’an said, “I have a good memory.”
When Ruan Xia opened the game, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the internet speed here was incredibly smooth and fast, and the game loaded almost instantly.
The two appeared in the game together. Ruan Xia had a new worry, because there were so many skins to choose from. Which one should she wear? After several minutes of choosing and changing, she finally made a decision and even asked Fu Cheng’an to change his skin to the same set.
Ruan Xia sat on the sofa and looked at him eagerly, “Hubby, your skin. Others need to know that we are a couple, see?”
Fu Cheng’an : “Troublesome,” Fu Cheng’an replied.
Ruan Xia : “Can you please wear matching couple outfits with me? I promise I won’t bother you.”
Fu Cheng’an : “Got it.”
There were no snacks on the coffee table, only bottled water. Although Ruan Xia wasn’t hungry, she usually liked to snack on fruits and other things at home. She wondered if she should order takeout or ask Fu Cheng’an if there were fresh fruits that were flown in by air in his refrigerator. Isn’t that how it’s always written in novels? Or maybe he was eating fruits from his own orchard?
Ruan Xia : “Hubby, do you have any fruits in the fridge?”
Fu Cheng’an : “You can just take them out and eat them. They were washed and put back in.”
Ruan Xia : “Okay!”
He bought all the skins for Ruan Xia, but didn’t buy any for himself. Now, in order to match Ruan Xia’s skin, he searched the store and ended up buying all the skins again.
Fu Cheng’an : “Is it this one?”
Fu Cheng’an’s voice was, as always, pleasing to the ear, low and magnetic. Ruan Xia felt that, apart from being better than Assistant Chen at playing games, this could also be one of the reasons why she preferred to play games with Fu Cheng’an.
Just as Fu Cheng’an was speaking, someone came over to flirt with him.
The girl standing next to Fu Cheng’an in the game was almost glued to him. “Gege, your voice is so nice. Do you want to team up with me next time? I’m really good. I can find you a 98K.”
Ruan Xia: ???
Who doesn’t know how to call someone “Gege”?
Ruan Xia : “No need. Gege, didn’t you promise to team up with me just now?”
- 哥哥 (Gēgē) = older brother, or to call an older man in general, there is also romantic connotation sometimes when used by a girl to call a man who are not related in any way ↩︎
- “Iron tree blossoming” is a Chinese idiom that means something that was previously thought impossible has finally happened. In Chinese romance novel, it’s usually used to describe a cold an abstinent male character who was thought to be single all his life, but fell in love with a woman. ↩︎
Thank you so much for the translations. I am really enjoying this story right now. ^^