Xianggong, Please Divorce Me!

Ch. 20: Breadth of Mind is Full and Vast

[1] "反常既为妖，变态则也！"; I talked to several native speakers who didn't know or weren't sure about the meaning (literary and/or classical Chinese).  Finally I asked someone who majored in Chinese at a mainland China university. Her explanation was that something is not normal and there must be a conspiracy.  That drove me to an English dictionary to check the different ways conspiracy can be understood.  The translation of the phrase reflects my understanding in the given context.

[2] 苏唐低头看了看自己的胸部，深以为然——你看，多饱满，多广大，怎么会没心胸呢！

Su Tang lowered her head and looked at her own chest (胸部), deeply considering....you see, how full, how expansive, how is it possible to not be magnanimous, broadminded?

Notice the 胸 character in the last segment. That piece can be understood as....

怎么 会  没心  胸  呢 ; How is it possible to be uninterested in breasts/bosom/a chest.
怎么 会  没  心胸  呢; How is it possible to not to have breadth of mind.
怎么 会  没心胸  呢; How is it possible to not be generous, magnanimous.
One native speaker said that 没心胸 is a metaphor with the same meaning as the idiom 寬宏大量  which means generous, magnanimous. Another native speaker said that Su Tang is playing with the words, intentionally changing breadth of mind into chest size.  This friend went on to say that this style of writing is quite standard in romance fiction with a female lead who is both clever and cute.

[3] 吃饭; is literally eat rice.  The phrase generally refers to eating a meal.

Ch 20 – Breadth of Mind is Full and Vast

Song Shi An was completely shaken. He didn't anticipate that Su Tang would suddenly ask this question. His eyes somewhat glistened. By the time he was completely still, he unperturbedly said, "No."

"Huh?" Su Tang was somewhat taken aback.

Song Shi An obviously didn't expect more would be brought up. Raising up he said, "I'm going to the study now."

Su Tang watched his big strides as he left. Recalling something, she hastily shouted toward him. "That, want to give Xuan Zi a little bit to eat?"

Song Shi An turned his head to look at her, his gaze extremely complex. "No need. If grandma knew then it would be bad."

"But he's still a kid!" How could this cold noodles not care even a little bit!

Song Shi An thought a bit and answered, "He's not small anymore. When I was as big as him, I could both ride a horse and shoot arrows."

Su Tang was irritable. "You think everyone is the same as you who is unable to be an ordinary person!"

Song Shi An was temporarily at a loss, "What does that mean?"

Not in a good mood, Su Tang said, "Abnormal, harming your son by actually starving him [1]!"

In a flash Song Shi An's face darkened, flicked his sleeves and left in a huff.

Su Tang heavily sat down and looked at the full pans of food on the table.  She remembered when young that Aunt Zhou starved her, and felt rather grieved thinking about the mistreatment. Pushing ones' own cause onto another, she soon afterwards felt sorry for little Xuan Zi. So, she then hurriedly ordered someone to bring a food container and lined it with several chopsticks-full of good food.

Shao Yao saw her intentions, deliberated, and cautiously reminded her, "Lao taitai prohibited...."

She said a few words, but didn't dare to say more. Making remarks on matters without explicit approval was inappropriate.  Shao Yao's few spoken words exceeded the bounds. However, although a few words, yet Su Tang was dumbfounded realizing, this is to say she was disobedient to lao taitai's intent.