Translator: Flying Lines

  “Well, this is good news.” Li Hongmei did not expect that Scholar Wong would tell her about this. He must be really drunk.

  Scholar Wong smiled bitterly. “I don’t know if it’s good news or not.”


  “Of course it’s good news. If getting married is not good news what else is? Mr. Wong, where does the young maiden you’re going to marry come from?” Li Hongmei was rather nosy and wanted more information as Scholar Wong was drunk.

  Scholar Wong, however, had stopped talking and just looked towards the window in a daze as if there were something over there.

  Li Hongmei followed his gaze, also looking in that direction but did not see anything important.

  Isn’t it just a window sill?

  Scholar Wong started chucking while in his daze and then he suddenly fell down on the table and passed out.

  “Well……” Li Hongmei did not anticipate that Scholar Wong would get so drunk. He did not throw up or got roaring drunk, but was just sleeping quietly.

  It is true that a man’s behavior after getting drunk says a lot about his personality. Never mind, just let him sleep.

  Li Hongmei left the booth and closed the door. However, she did not notice Xiao Baozhu behind her……

  Xiao Baozhu’s heart ached out of pity. The reason that Scholar Wong had drunk so much must be that his family pushed him to get married. Such a plot had also appeared in her novels and the protagonist was forced into it. After he got married he would find that he and his wife were unable get along and chat happily, so he would be lonely and isolated all day long.

  That is, until he met the heroine.

  Xiao Baozhu had found out that Scholar Wong did not particularly like her. What he liked should be someone like Little Ye.

  On the one hand she felt sorry for Scholar Wong and on the other hand she felt sorry for herself, as Scholar Wong would get married soon, so she would not have the chance by then. Still, she was not willing to give up.

  Ever since Xiao Baozhu met Scholar Wong in the private school she had fallen in love with him. She had been missing him day and night whenever she ate or slept. She felt so happy once she saw him. She was willing to just let him marry other women.

  Xiao Baozhu, being heartbroken, walked down from the booth on second floor and back to the counter.

  Someone was there to pay their bill and she almost overcharged them and was scolded by the diner.

  Xiao Baozhu felt so wronged because, firstly, she was lovelorn and secondly, she felt simply unhappy being scolded by the diner.

  As she was feeling so dismal she suddenly remembered a plot in a novel. In a novel called Romance of the Forbidden City a rich young lady crawled onto a prince’s bed for the sake of marrying him. After they had been found out, because of the young lady’s family background the prince ended up marrying her and abandoning the heroine who was a handmaid.

  This was actually a tragedy. The young lady may have owned the body of the hero but she did not have his heart. The hero only loved the heroine, the maid.

  Xiao Baozhu wondered if she should attempt to get Scholar Wong’s body first?

  When this idea popped into her mind she shocked herself!

  In the novel the reason that the young lady could bring it off was because she was a young lady, but what about her? Who was she? Would Scholar Wong marry her?

  In order to get Scholar Wong to marry her she not only should crawl to his bed but ought to make a scene of it!

  Xiao Baozhu was quite surprised by her own idea. Would it be too bold? But once thinking about her beloved Scholar Wong preparing to marry somebody else she felt heartbroken. Maybe she should risk everything for Mr. Wong?……

  No one would ever imagine that the shy Xiao Baozhu, who was only taking bills and doing the accounts behind the counter or spending all her spare time reading romantic novels, would act so audaciously!

  She firstly wrote something on a slip of paper and secretly put it in Scholar Wong’s palm while he was still sleeping.

  Scholar Wong woke up, seeing the paper with it’s scribbles right away: Tonight at a quarter to eight, see you by the willow tree at the bridgehead. You won’t miss me! Little Ye.

  Little Ye?

  Scholar Wong sobered up immediately. Little Ye had something to say to him? Was it true? Maybe……she knew that he was going to get married so wanted to have an intimate conservation with him?

  But could it be a trap? Maybe he should go and check with Little Ye. Also, why was her writing so messy?

  However, although Scholar Wong had his suspicions he still hoped it was true. Yes, what if it was true? He might as well go there tonight. The location was at the bridge head, not a lodge or something. Maybe she just simply wanted to chat?

  Scholar Wong went down and paid the bill his pace sounded nervous, so he did not look at Xiao Baozhu but left in a hurry after paying the bill.

  The restaurant was almost empty around seven in the evening and Ye Xiaoxian and others were getting ready to have dinner.

  When they were eating, Li Hongmei mentioned Scholar Wong. “I heard that Mr. Wong is going to get married. The wedding is set for the end of this month!”


  Ye Xiaoxian was not surprised. She said, “His family has pressured him hard. Most of people compromise to their families and, moreover, Mister Wong is a man.”


  Li Hongmei was a woman who had seen the world. She smirked. “I’ve never seen a man who didn’t want to get married. It’s good to have a wife, isn’t it? He can hold her in his arms at night while sleeping. Any man would like to have eight or ten wives.”


  Ye Xiaoxian hesitated. Li Hongmei saw this, knowing that she had made a mistake, so she corrected herself. “But our Baoshan is not like that. Baoshan was born to be a weirdo, not like ordinary men. He only wants one.”


  “Born to be a weirdo?” Everyone looked at Li Hongmei. Didn’t she give birth to Baoshan?

  “Ah, silly me. Slip of the tongue. I mean, Baoshan is more loyal, not like other men who prefer playing around.” Li Hongmei patted herself on the face.

  Ye Xiaoxian smiled slightly.

  Being loyal or not, one would not know until they had spent a lifetime together. Some old men in their seventies or eighties still marry girls in their twenties.

  Meanwhile, Xiao Baozhu was thinking: Mr. Wong is not like that either. Mr. Wong is the most loyal person.

  “Baozhu, why are you so quiet? What’s on your mind?” asked Li Hongmei.

  Xiao Baozhu put her chopsticks down. “Nothing. I’m full. I’m going to tidy up the backyard. You take your time eating.”


  Hearing that she was going to tidy up the backyard, Li Hongmei thought Xiao Baozhu was acting upset because Scholar Wong was going to get married.

  Li Hongmei thought: Just leave her alone. She’ll get over it in a few days!……

  Xiao Baozhu only tidied up for a little while and then ran to the bridgehead.

  The town in the past was different from that in modern times, being all lit up by street lamps. There were only a few families who hung out lanterns. It was really dark outside, so even if Xiao Baozhu carried a lantern Scholar Wong could not make out who it was.

  Scholar Wong saw a petite figure by the willow holding a lantern. She looked like Little Ye! He was very excited and also came forward carrying his lantern.

  However, the one in front him put down her lantern first. Scholar Wong wanted to hold the lantern, borrowing the light to check if she was in fact Ye Xiaoxian, yet the person suddenly fished a big wooden rod out of nowhere and, with a “thump”, he was knocked out.

  Before passing out, Scholar Wong seemed to have glimpsed the face of Xiao Baozhu.