Contract Marriage

Chapter 23

T/n:

Italicized "you(s)" show the use of the formal/respectful '您', compared to the casual '你'. When referring to someone of higher authority or an elder '您' is used.

WeChat is a Chinese messenger app, kinda like WhatsApp. (I may have forgotten to mention this last time)
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After Han Yang finished taking his exams, he did not return home. This was because he still had to go over to Dr. Chen Qingqing's, since his course of treatment had yet to be completed.

Normally, when returning to his home town, Han Yang would take a train given how affordable its fare was, in addition to student only having to pay half the price. So, despite the fact the journey was indeed much longer, he would also have the opportunity to get a bed. But this time around, Helian Qing had given him a plane ticket, and when the day for him to leave came, that man also dropped him off at the airport.

Helian Qing had originally intended to go back with him, but at the end of the year his company had become considerably busier, and for the time being, he was still unable to leave. So all he could do now, was wear a sour-look on his face as he sent the other person off.

"You always look so handsome, don't put such a sour look on your face, okay?" Han Yang pinched the man's cheek, teasing him.

Helian Qing, in turn, looked at him expressionlessly, silently displaying his irritation.

Using the man's shoulders for support, Han Yang—tiptoeing slightly—kissed the other on his lips, coaxing, "I'll be back at the start of the new school term. You'll be fine at home with Aunty Su and the others."

With the lad's kiss Helian Qing's complexion got a little better, but upon hearing what he said afterwards he simply felt unhappy, asking stiffly, "The start of the school term?" When you leave now there's still almost a month before the semester begins.

"I want to spend more time at home with Grandpa." Han Yang squeezed the man's hands held within his own, "You know he's the only one at home, and it's very lonely there."

Helian Qing hummed, changing the topic, "Have you thought it over?"

Han Yang listened to him as he asked this again, coughing lightly, before saying, "First I'll go back and talk to Grandpa."

The last time he asked that question was at the press conference. Then on that same night he returned, pressed Han Yang against a wall to ask that very question once more. With regard to their wedding, Han Yang actually had no objections—in fact, it could be said he looked forward to it. After all, he too wanted to have a formal ceremony with his loved ones in attendance, but he also wanted to discuss it with his grandfather first. Since if he truly wanted to do this, he hoped that his grandfather would be there, and he would get the elder man's blessings.

Helian Qing naturally understood the lad's way of thinking, as well as knowing how important his sole relative was to him. If he had not, he would have kidnapped that Salted Fish and taken him to a church a long time ago!

Seeing the man's lips pursed along with his silence, Han Yang pinched the corners of the man's mouth with his fingers, smiling as he said, "I promise you, it'll be soon. Grandpa is a very good person; I definitely will not turn my back on you."

"Ha." Helian Qing laughed coldly. "Who exactly would turn their back on who?"

"Don't turn your back on me." Han Yang immediately modified his last statement, "Satisfied now?"

Helian Qing was a bit satisfied at the moment, again reaching out to encircle the scarf Han Yang wore around his neck, saying, "Where a bit more layers when you return, and wait for me to come meet you."