Title: The Villain’s Mother
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 264-267
Chapter 264 - What I want to know, what I want to see, it's not just this (2)
"Am I wrong?" Ruan Xia felt disgusted on that subject. "Duan Chi only sought you out and asked when we would get divorce, unlike Qin Yu, who lied and said we have an improper relationship. I'm disgusted to death by him. I rather be with a pig than him!"
"Oh." Song Tingshen mimicked her earlier action and pinched the soft flesh on her waist. "Are you saying I'm a pig?"
Ruan Xia winced and knocked his hand off. "I didn't say that."
"Alright, you don't have to be too angry." Song Tingshen turned their roles around and comforted her, "If I didn't have qualms about going overboard, I would have done more than punch him. It's all over. Don't let it get to you."
Ruan Xia nodded. "I know. From now on, I won't believe in free lunches. It wasn't a free lunch, but a trap."
She shouldn't have gone to work at that company. She had been lured over there by the salary and good benefits. If she had carefully thought about it, she would have known that it wouldn't be her turn to get such a good job.
Song Tingshen said with a serious expression, "Still, this isn't totally bad. At the very least, this experience has raised your awareness. You won't be so easily tricked next time."
"Hey!"
The two of them chattered about nothing of importance. Taking into consideration that Song Tingshen had to go to work tomorrow, Ruan Xia didn't stay any longer and went back to her room to sleep.
After Ruan Xia left, Song Tingshen finally sighed in relief. Li Yuanhang was right. A husband and wife should be more honest with each other. It was pointless for him to try to guess on his own. Just sharing with Ruan Xia what bothered him was enough to make him feel better.
As for Qin Yu…
Song Tingshen still believed that since Qin Yu had made such big moves, then he wouldn't retreat after a few setbacks like Duan Chi. When did Ruan Xia become targeted by such a person? There were many questions left for him to investigate. It had nothing to do with trust. He simply wanted to know more about his enemy.
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After having that discussion with Song Tingshen, Ruan Xia felt relieved. Although what she had said to Song Tingshen wasn't entirely true, overall, she hadn't lied to him. There really was nothing between her and Qin Yu. She would have to lay her cards on the table and reveal her biggest secrets if she wanted to be completely honest. Sometimes, absolute honesty and absolute transparency wasn't necessarily good for a relationship.
She returned to her room and lay down on the bed. She could hear Little Wang's soft breathing by her ear. She closed her eyes and thought about what happened recently. Thinking of Song Tingshen's words, she rejoiced over the choice she had made back then.
As for Qin Yu's matter, she didn't want to care about it anymore. It wasn't something she could do anything about. She believed that it would be better to leave this matter to Song Tingshen to handle.
She knew that Song Tingshen wouldn't be able to find anything in his investigations. Qin Yu was the only one reborn with memories of his past life. However, those memories only belonged to him. What happened in that past lifetime hadn't happened in this one. It would be great if Qin Yu could be as tactful as Duan Chi. Duan Chi had been outrageous back then too, but wasn't he gone now? Ai, with Qin Yu as a comparison, even Duan Chi had become cute.
Chapter 265 - What I want to know, what I want to see, it's not just this (3)
The next morning, Little Wang was sitting on a potty training seat and doing number 2. Song Tingshen was shaving. As for Ruan Xia, since she didn't have to go to work anymore, she lazed about and read Weibo on her phone in bed without shame.
Song Tingshen was a good dad. His expression didn't change when he wiped Little Wang's butt.
Little Wang hugged his dad's neck and asked in a childish milky voice, "Dad, are you happier today?"
Song Tingshen was taken aback. He replied, "Dad hasn't been upset."
"Liar." Little Wang was Song Tingshen's caring son. He intimately kissed the side of his dad's face. "I know dad was unhappy."
Song Tingshen laughed in spite of himself. His heart felt warm. Before liking Ruan Xia, he thought the greatest joy this marriage had brought him was Little Wang. This child was his greatest source of happiness. Little Wang's birth had brought color and joy to Song Tingshen's life.
"Dad really was a bit upset yesterday, but I'm okay now."
Little Wang tilted his head and thought. "Did I make you unhappy? Or was it Mom?"
Song Tingshen teased him, "What will you do if it was Mom that made me unhappy?"
This kid was obviously more attached to Ruan Xia during this period of time. Although he could understand that it was a child's nature to be attached to his mother, he still wanted to know how he would answer this question.
Little Wang was truly stumped by this question. It was very difficult for a child of his age to answer this question perfectly. He didn't want to answer this question, but since his dad had asked, then he had to give a serious answer.
"Didn't Dad say before that Mom is the only girl in the family and that Dad and I are boys?" Little Wang carefully glanced at Song Tingshen and continued, "If Mom did something to upset you, then just forgive her."
In other words, this chubby kid's heart was tilted towards his mother.
Song Tingshen discovered that his son had taken after him in having double standards. En, this was good too.
He sighed.
Worried, Little Wang hastily explained, "Didn't you say we have to take care of and protect Mom? Dad, boys shouldn't be petty. If Mom made you unhappy, just say a few words to her, but don't say too much."
Song Tingshen reached out and pressed down on Little Wang's bed hair. He helplessly said, "Okay, I'll just say a few words to her. I won't say too much, and I'll forgive her afterwards."
Little Wang was finally satisfied.
Seeing his chubby son, Song Tingshen couldn't hold back from squeezing his chubby face. "Kiddo, you're not worried that Dad will have opinions if you're so biased towards your mom?"
Little Wang hugged his dad's thigh and grinned at him, revealing his little white teeth. "Dad is biased towards Mom too. We're both biased towards Mom, so we shouldn't have any opinions about each other, okay?"
This kid...
"Okay." Song Tingshen solemnly nodded. "You're biased towards Mom, and I'm biased towards her too. You won't hold that against me, and Dad won't hold that against you either."
In this way, on a late autumn morning, the two males came to an agreement that only they knew about.
Chapter 266 - Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (1)
Ruan Xia got a text message that her account was credited with 21,000 yuan. She jumped off the sofa. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Although it could be considered that she had left the company on good terms, she didn't think the company's accounting department would put in the extra work to pay out her salary so quickly. Moreover, this amount was higher than she expected.
You can be on bad terms with anyone, but you can't be on bad terms with money. Even if she was disgusted with Qin Yu, she still wanted his money. After all, she had earned it with her labor even if she hadn't done much this month.
Without another thought, Ruan Xia sent two amounts to Song Tingshen's WeChat account.
The first one was 1314, and the second one was 520.
(T/N: 1314 yī sān yī sì sounds similar to an a phrase that means for the rest of my life, and 520 wǔ èr líng sounds sort of similar to I love you.)
After sending the money, she happily sat down on the sofa to wait for his response.
As a wealthy woman, occasionally sending money to her boyfriend was an expression of pampering him. This sort of feeling was very good.
She could now understand why wealthy women liked to raise pretty boys. Although she was holding the script for a winner in life, when she carefully thought about it, if she could transmigrate into a wealthy woman that could boldly raise pretty boys without caring what others thought of her... Ruan Xia hastily shook her head to get rid of that idea. She couldn't have such thoughts. Song Tingshen was so good.
In the past, Song Tingshen's full attention was on work when he was at work. But now, he would take a minute or two from work to check on his phone to see if Ruan Xia had sent him a message or uploaded a picture on WeChat's Moments.
He was puzzled when he saw that Ruan Xia had transferred him money, and he responded with three question marks.
Ruan Xia: Do you know what I mean by these transfers?
Song Tingshen: What does it mean?
Depressed, Ruan Xia asked, Do you really not know, or are you pretending?
Were there really people these days that didn't know what 1314 and 520 meant? She didn't believe that Song Tingshen was old-fashioned and hadn't kept up with the trends. It wasn't like he had transmigrated from ancient times.
Song Tingshen: I don't know. Tell me.
Ruan Xia: It means for the rest of my life and I love you. Why are you so old-fashioned?
Song Tingshen looked at message on his phone, especially those three words. His eyes were full of smiles.
Ruan Xia didn't realize she had been fooled until after she sent the message. Angry, she sent over a few poop emojis to express that she was looking down on Song Tingshen for his trickery.
Sometimes, he really was a wily old fox.
Shortly afterwards, Song Tingshen transferred money to her too. Ruan Xia thought she had read it wrong when she saw the amount, so she closed her eyes, and then opened them to confirm that the amount received really was 5.20 yuan.
She had never seen such a stingy CEO.
Ruan Xia responded with "..."
Didn't Song Tingshen know that guys who transferred 5.20 yuan to their girlfriends would be mocked? He should have sent at least 52 yuan! She had sent him over a thousand yuan!
Song Tingshen's answer: Mine has one more dot than yours.
Ruan Xia thought the position of the decimal point was too unpleasant.
A thought flashed through her mind. Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him?
(T/N: In Chinese, the characters for "a little bit" have the character for "dot" in it.)
Chapter 267 - Could it be that Song Tingshen wanted to express that he loves her a little bit more than she loves him? (2)
Ruan Xia giggled and decided not to quibble that he had only sent her 5.20 yuan. She had wondered whose excellent genes Little Wang inherited for him to be creative enough to rarely repeat the sweet words he used. And now, she knew.
In the past, she had always thought that men were pig trotters and that it was meaningless to be in a relationship, but now she took back those words. Song Tingshen had proved her wrong.
Being in a relationship was quite interesting!
However, you had to choose the right person. If it was dating someone like Qin Yu, the relationship would be short-lived. No, she would never date someone like him to begin with. To think that she had thought he was a good husband and a loyal man. Now, she only felt scornful of him!
Seeing that Ruan Xia didn't respond, Song Tingshen put his phone to the side and went back to work.
Actually, Ruan Xia wasn't the only one that had been proven wrong. Song Tingshen felt the same way. In the past, he thought Little Wang and his career were the most important things in his life. Everything else was ranked far behind and wasn't worthy of his attention.
Song Tingshen pinched the bridge of his nose and laughed at himself.
Li Yuanhang's words were right. His springtime has come.
Without him noticing, photos of her and Little Wang had appeared on his phone screen, his wallet, and even his desk. As for whether the person he wanted to see in those photos was Little Wang or her, only he knew.
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Ruan Xia didn't reply because she didn't know how to respond to his straightforward words of love and because she was looking at a job site. She still wanted to find something to do. It felt pointless to idle her time away. Although her workload was very light in the past month, her arrangements filled her schedule. In the end, she felt that a busier life was safer and more secure. If she really had to be a rice weevil, she couldn't be a happy one that ate without worries. She would be a rice weevil that worried over not having enough rice to eat in the next moment and spend her days trembling with fear.
After browsing the site, she didn't find anything suitable. After all, this wasn't the best period for job hunting. There were still a few months before the end of the year. Most companies wouldn't start recruiting until after the holidays. Ruan Xia thought it over. Song Tingshen had previously proposed that she start a business. She had a lot of savings. Song Tingshen gave her a lot of money every month, and she couldn't finish spending it all. After a few months of this, she had saved a lot of money. It wouldn't be a problem for her to open a store.
Ruan Xia wanted to call Song Tingshen to talk about this, but thinking that he was probably busy with work, she could only hold back. She decided to wait until he came home to discuss this with him. After all, this would be her first time doing business, so she wanted to get advice from someone that had experience with this.
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Song Tingshen wasn't idle either. He had used all of his contacts to do his best to investigate Qin Yu.
The information he got this time was more detailed and precise than last time and even included the name of Qin Yu's first girlfriend. The investigation included almost everything about him, big or small.
Although his friends were puzzled on why he wanted to investigate a person he had no intersection with, they were still very helpful. After carefully looking over everything that could be found about Qin Yu, Song Tingshen finally sighed in relief.
Translator Ramblings: I wonder if Qin Yu would lose interest in Ruan Xia if he finds out that she's not the original owner.
Sort of related, I recently read a webnovel where the main character transmigrates into an alternate universe where she chose to marry and focus on her family instead of her career. She doesn't get the original owner's memories, so she initially misunderstands and thinks her husband is a jerk that doesn't appreciate the original owner's contribution to the family. She gradually finds out that the original owner's husband really loves and appreciates the original owner, and that he and the original owner have a good relationship. She doesn't see herself as his wife and considers if she should tell him the truth, that his wife of 10+ years is dead for all intents and purposes.
I feel Qin Yu's situation is similar to that husband's. If he knew that he was in an alternate universe, I don't think he would chase after Ruan Xia. I think he would mourn the death of his wife.
What do you guys think?