Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

 

Transmigrated into Substitute Bride Fu Lang

Chapter 27 :再见小姐

Meet the Young Lady again

When Chen Xing heard Gu Lang call himself ‘Xing Xing’, his face immediately turned red beyond recognition as he looked at Gu Lang and mumbled something, not knowing what to say, feeling that it was inappropriate for him to say anything.

 

Seeing how embarrassed Chen Xing became, Gu Lang slightly hooked the corners of his lips. He gave a light laugh. His voice was low and deep, bringing some magnetism within it, “I’ll call you Xing Xing from now on, is that okay?”

 

Chen Xing only felt that Gu Lang’s words seemed to carry a hook, causing his ears to redden involuntarily. His face tended to get hotter and hotter, he mumbled for half a day, but still didn’t think of how to answer.

 

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing’s flushed red face, but did not reply to his words for half a day. He lowered his eyes slightly, with a bit of disappointment in his tone and said softly, “Can’t I call you Xing Xing?”

 

Chen Xing, who originally had been overwhelmed (excited and unable to act rationally) by Gu Lang’s call just now, at this moment heard Gu Lang’s voice which sounded as if he was dejected, therefore he felt a bit of guilt in his heart. Without even thinking about it anymore, he said, “You can call me Xing Xing.”

 

The next second after Chen Xing said this, the man who had his head bowed raised his head again and looked at Chen Xing with a smile on his face, his black eyes were filled with starlight because of joy, making it impossible for people to look away.

 

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing who was staring at him and dumbfounded, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked,so he called out in a low voice, “Xing Xing.”

 

Chen Xing’s face reddened again.

 

It was only when the dizzy giddy Chen Xing went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients and was blown by the cool breeze when he passed by the corridor that his head gradually cleared up, thinking of Gu Lang’s actions just now, he was torn again, he felt as if he had just been trapped by Gu Lang.

 

This thought only flashed through Chen Xing’s mind, soon afterwards he was shaken out of it. He felt that Gu Lang would not be so bored as to trick himself up for such a trivial matter.

 

Thinking of Gu Lang’s full of magnetic voice just now, calling himself Xing Xing, Chen Xing’s face, which had dispersed a few degrees of heat, falling short of expectation, reddened again.

 

Until Chen Xing reached the stall, the voice of Gu Lang calling his childhood name just now was still echoing in his head, making him begin to wonder if the wine he drank yesterday hadn’t sobered up yet, otherwise why would he have had such a hallucination.

 

It was in this trance-like (absent minded) state that Chen Xing was welcomed by an unexpected customer.

 

Chen Xing looked at the rich young lady who had come with her maid. He blinked a little, as if he was not quite sure.

 

It was only when the maid beside that young lady who was dissatisfied with Chen Xing gazing at his own young lady for so long, spoke up and told Chen Xing to pay attention to his surroundings, only then he withdrew his gaze.

 

Chen Xing looked at the young lady and explained with embarrassment, “Sorry, I just didn’t expect you to come. About that day, I’m really sorry. You, you were fine that day, right?”

 

The young lady in front of him was the one who had received a slap on Chen Xing’s behalf a few days ago.

 

Hearing Chen Xing mention what happened that day, Zhao Jing’s face looked sad for a moment, but soon she shook her head and looked at Chen Xing in front of her and tried to show a smile, “You don’t need to apologize to me, it was originally because I fell that day only then it was happened. It wasn’t your fault.”

 

Chen Xing did not expect this young lady to say this, but it did not stop him from feeling a little more good impression about this young lady after hearing this, he looked at her with extra sincerity and said, “You are a kind young lady.”

 

Hearing Chen Xing’s compliment, Zhao Jing looked at his beautiful eyes staring at her for an instant, then her face unconsciously flushed.

 

Looking at her shy appearance, Chen Xing felt more and more that this little girl was simple and innocent. He did not continue to ask her what had happened that day, so that she would not remember the sad incident again. Instead, he looked at her and gently asked, “What do you want to eat for today?”

 

Hearing Chen Xing’s words, Zhao Jing’s face grew redder and redder while her hands squeezed the silk handkerchief with a little more force. She quickly adjusted herself, looked at Chen Xing and said, “I heard that you had some new food here, but after my servants bought it back for me, it didn’t taste so good anymore, so I thought I better personally come and eat it here.”

 

At this point, Zhao Jing swallowed her saliva, her face full of desire for that food.

 

Chen Xing looked at her and couldn’t help but smile, opened a cover on the table, pointed to a round white dough in a porcelain basin and asked with a smile, “Miss, are you talking about this frozen brown sugar dumpling?”

 

Zhao Jing stared at the small and shining white dumplings [(usu. stuffed) dumplings made of glutinous rice flour served in soup] and swallowed hard as she thought of the taste described to her by her subordinate. He nodded her head and replied, “Yes, this one.”

 

“Young lady, do you still need to order anything else?”

 

Zhao Jing’s eyes roamed around the table, longing for all those foods, but after half a day of struggling she said, “I, I’ll have a bowl of cold skin noodles.”

 

Chen Xing saw her staring at the other food as if she was reluctant or unwilling to let go of it after she had finished talking, he then suddenly thought of something and smiled at her, “Miss, if you still want to try the other food, I will give you a little less of each item, so you can try a little of every menu.”

 

Zhao Jing’s eyes instantly lit up as she looked at Chen Xing and said with some excitement, “Is that possible?”

 

Zhao Jing was worried that she would waste her food if she ordered too much, so she would only order what she could finish, but she did not expect Chen Xing to take the initiative to solve her problem.

 

Looking at her appearance, Chen Xing knew that he was right. He curled the corner of his mouth and looked at her, “Naturally, it is possible.”

 

After personally receiving Chen Xing’s agreement, Zhao Jing nodded her head with all her might and said excitedly, “Good, then I want to try every menu.” After saying that, she felt that she had been too excited and looked at Chen Xing with a bit of embarrassment in her eyes.

 

Chen Xing, however, seemed not to notice. After hearing her request, he politely told her to wait at her seat and he would soon bring her order.

 

While Zhao Jing was leading the maid to search for the seat, Chen Xing heard the maid complain in a low voice, “Miss, you are not short of money, why do you have to save so much?”

 

Zhao Jing’s voice, however, was a little colder, “Cui Cui, my Grandma said that even if you have money, you should not waste food that should not be wasted. Next time you say something like that, I’ll tell my Mom to transfer you to another place to serve.”

 

“Don’t, Young Miss, don’t say anything to Madam, I know I’m wrong.”

 

The next thing he heard was a series of pleas for mercy from the little maid.

 

Chen Xing did not continue to listen, but became curious about this young lady’s family situation. Chen Xing had been influenced by television dramas that he had watched in the past and thought that all the wealthy families in ancient times spent their money freely and willfully but he did not expect that there would be such a frugal family as this young lady’s.

 

Chen Xing sighed a little and carried what the lady wanted. He saw that she was eating with great joy and her eyes were full of love for food. In his heart, he could not help but like her a little more.

 

As Chen Xing looked at her chubby face, an idea suddenly came to him.

 

When the young lady was paying and about to leave, Chen Xing said to her, “Miss, next time when you come back, I will give you one that hasn’t ever seen food as a thank you gift for helping me last time.”

 

Although Zhao Jing had some doubts, she did not hesitate at all to respond after hearing that it was something delicious.

 

As Chen Xing watched the young lady’s joyful reaction, he had a clearer understanding of how much she loved good food, and at the same time he made up his mind that he would make sure to cook it well and give it to her.

 

With this thought in his mind, Chen Xing went to the vegetable market as soon as he closed his stall and bought a lot of fishskins and air bladder (of fish) before then he returned to the Gu Mansion energetically, ready to put to use his cooking skills.

 

Since Chen Xing was so preoccupied with wanting to go to the kitchen and cooking the food, he did not pay attention to his surroundings, so much so that he did not see Gu Lang standing under the veranda waiting for them. Gu Lang’s face darkened in an instant when he saw Chen Xing not even looking at himself and walking straight past him.