In the end, the ring that Cheng FengTai gave to Shang XiRui only changed in size and the girl looked bewildered when he wore it on his hand.
When people from the Pear Orchard saw this, they all lifted their hands and praised him for the item was brighter than any star.
The tabloids then were filled with gossips of how Shang XiRui was intimate with a very rich businessman. Inside the news, Cheng FengTai's name was changed to Mr. Y and was very romantic. For X celebrity, he spent a lot of money and exchanged a bungalow for a diamond ring for him. Whether the famous celebrity X is Daji or not, Mr. Y must be King Zhou.
Shang XiRui got the newspaper, he was very happy and his heart thumped. Cheng FengTai gave him a valuable treasure. He felt very proud, but the most important part was that he was able to win his beloved's heart.
He wanted to gloat in front of Cheng MeiXin and get even. This blue diamond ring is also considered a famous piece of jewelry nowadays. As a result, people's mouth fell wide open. It didn't take long for Cheng MeiXin to find out. Vexed, she immediately drove to the Cheng Family's house.
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Cheng Feng Tai's first wife and fourth wife hold the third young master's one arm and the fourth young lady Cheng MeiYin on the other while swinging their bodies to coax the child to sleep.
When Cheng MeiXin came, she looked very unpleasant as she sat across from them, and just drank tea in silence.
Er Nai Nai asked her three sentences, and she just replied in one. Both Er Nai Nai and the fourth wife felt something was wrong, so they looked at each other and asked the nurse to take the child away.
Cheng MeiXin jested: " The fourth wife is part of our family now so let me say it, sisters, can you please take care of my second brother?! If you don't he will cause you more trouble! "
She spoke of the scandal between Cheng FengTai and Shang XiRui even though she actually didn't know how it all began. Everything is imagined according to the pattern of a rich man and a performer. Correlating how Shang XiRui used to stir up troubles in Cao's family in the past. Then she focused her story on the ring and talked about how Shang XiRui wore her ring and uttered wild words, made her cry with anger.
As the woman Cheng MeiXin is, most of her words are fabricated. She hasn't seen Shang XiRui for almost a year. But this is something that cannot be verified.
She just continued talking: " He asked me for a ring and said that he would give it to you on your birthday. My own brother, what can I not bear? Who would've known that it would be use to hold an actor and that actor happened to be Shang XiRui!!! Didn't he know that he and I have bad blood!"
She said these words with the tip of her nose red and tears came down, Er Nai Nai frowned, her eyebrows furrowed and handed her the handkerchief to wipe.
Cheng MeiXin gripped her handkerchief and said: " Sister, don't think Shang XiRui is just any man. Just because he can't give birth, you won't care anymore. He can make a lot of money! They sing a play and seduce men to make a fortune! They can ruin a household and replace its queen! "
The mistress was indeed frightened, but in fact she did not expect that Cheng FengTai and Shang XiRui would stay together for a few years. It was almost like a deal that transcends wealth, it's the real deal.
Cheng MeiXin said: " The first important thing is you have to keep an eye on the account at home. Don't look at his shrewdness in doing business. Men are very negligent in this kind of thing! "
" When the commander (Cao) opened the queen's lair and how many lives were taken?! "
" Shang XiRui sang like a cat in spring, and the commander (Cao) asked him to choose anything! "
Cheng MeiXin talked about her side of the story for the first time. This must be the ultimate reason why she hates Shang XiRui. However, Shang XiRui does have such charm, so she had no choice but to bluff to Er Nai Nai.
Cheng MeiXin said, " How has my brother treated you these two years? "
Er Nai Nai thought and said: " Treat me... it's no different from the past. "
The fourth wife also interjected with relief: " Our second master has always clearly distinguished what is playing and what is just passing by...
After so many years, when has he been sloppy?
Was it during the time when I was in Shanghai with Miss Zhao or that time with a female student?
Everything seemed very real but I think he understood it well in the end. After all, young master who's from Shanghai has seen the world, and with a male actor can only go so far! "
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Cheng MeiXin's eyes widened: " Zhao YuanZhen and the female student, what can these two women from good families do? They have only met a few men! They might even think of nothing of what these men can do?
Shang XiRui has encountered way more people, and they were all from decent background! He is one clever man ! No matter how upright my second brother is, he must be on guard! "
In an instant, the fourth wife was also docile. Then the three of them said the same things, gnawing on Shang XiRui's ass. In Cheng MeiXin's heart, Shang XiRui is portrayed as a treacherous villain, full of conspiracies and tricks, making troubles, and completely the image of an enchantress.
Neither Er Nai Nai nor the fourth wife had ever been in contact with other actors nor recognize them, let alone Shang XiRui! Just based on their impression of a whorehouse and what Shang XiRui did, they agreed that there may be no difference between the two, or the latter was even worse.
According to the newspaper, Shang XiRui was the lost son of a wealthy family, but Cheng MeiXin insisted that his mother was a well-known bitch in Pingyang. After giving birth to him, she suffered from a sore and died, which scared Er Nai Nai's soul away.
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Generally, women always have this kind of thinking. Their male relatives, (such as their husbands, brothers, nephews, uncles and fathers,) have romantic affairs outside, they do not assert that it is their men that is indecent and improper but instead insist that they must have been led astray or secretly ensnared by the bad people of the outside world. With this, it makes their mistake justifiable.
When Cheng MeiXin saw Er Nai Nai moved in anger, she ended. Before leaving, she told her not to let Cheng FengTai know these words.
When Cheng FengTai came back home in the evening, he still made the mistress laugh with a hippie smile. After all, the mistress and him are not young couples anymore, their love has faded, what they have is more of a different kind of energy. She was very calm and didn't grieve or make trouble, but a dejected face can be seen.
The next day, she still had a dark face and didn't let Cheng FengTai go anywhere. Cheng FengTai got anxious and said with a smile: "Er Nai Nai, you treat me like a child! What are you doing not letting me leave this house? "
Er Nai Nai was embroidering and said, " Then what are you going out for? "
Cheng FengTai leaned over and smiled: " I'm going out to do business! "
Er Nai Nai turned her head and sneered at him: " Oh? Doing business? " She told him that she was going to use the embroidery needles to pierce his mouth: " Who taught you to spout nonsense! "
Cheng FengTai drew back with a cry. He was not angry nor strayed. He scratched his hair and sat on the heated brick bed to smoke. He thought that women, actors and students, these three kinds of people are really changeable, moody and unreasonable. He doesn't know why Er Nai Nai was awkward with him again.
However, apart from the first few years of marriage, he had a lot of conflicts with his mistress. Later on, he didn't fight back, even when he was scolded, he didn't fight back.
The experience of traveling through the flowers made him know that a woman can only rely on coaxing, relying on obedience, there is no reason for this at all. If he was not allowed to go out, he just settled at home in a daze, enduring cold words without a word of temper.
After being closed like this for a few days, one day Cheng FengTai was sitting under the window reading a magazine and peeling almonds. He peeled and ate the almonds. He chewed them, eating them crunchy. He always loved eating these snacks to relieve his boredom.
The third young master looked at him with a long string of saliva pouring down his mouth.
Cheng FengTai looked at his son and smiled: " What are you looking at, are your teeth complete? Can you eat them? "
The Third Young Master chuckled at him. He then looked at his son and smiled.
Er Nai Nai wiped her saliva off of the third young master and her anger gradually faded. She felt that Cheng FengTai was still very obedient and sensible, his body and mind were still within her grasp.
Not because of the evil spirits outside. People have different attitude towards their wives and children at home. But it's still the fault of the bad people outside, who blend in with good people and turn them bad.
Cheng Fengtai dragged his slippers and brought his plate of almond nuts: " Er Nai Nai, try it? "
Er Nai Nai smiled at him: " Go away! So annoying! "
Er Nai Nai just glanced at him without making a sound, Cheng FengTai quickly grabbed the clothes: " Really? "
After waiting for a while, the mistress did not scold him and immediately slipped out without making any sound. Er Nai Nai shouted behind him: " Come back for dinner! "
Cheng FengTai didn't even bring Lao Ge and drove off by himself. He didn't go out looking for Shang XiRui but instead, he went to the small mansion in Dong Jiao Min Lane and visited Zeng AiYu.
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At this time, Zeng AiYu was three or four months pregnant. It was because of a great reaction and a very bad mood that she went downstairs to meet Cheng FengTai with her hair and face looking very plain.
Cheng FengTai often came to see her since she was pregnant, never empty-handed. Not only did he come empty-handed this time, but it was more than half a month since his last visit.
Zeng AiYu vomited what she ate, had a low fever, and no one cared about it. She couldn't help wonder if he had become cold-hearted and regretted it. After all, she asked for 300,000 Yuan and still hasn't received a single penny.
Cheng FengTai asked about her body, had a few words with the nurse in the house and then got up to leave after leaving a small amount of living expenses.
Zeng AiYu aggrieved and twisted the clothes above her chest. She brushed her hair casually using her fingers and then grabbed the bag about going out.
Cheng FengTai grabbed her arm, " Where are you going with your belly? "
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I couldn't believe that I was able to translate this today at 1:53 AM. I feel very angry and hateful towards Cheng Mei Xin.
Fuck my feelings when translating this chapter of the novel.
I hate Cheng MeiXin to the bone! I mean I am a woman but one cannot be too jealous! She was too much!
I also used Er Nai Nai 二奶奶 instead of Er's First Legitimate Wife or worse Second Grandma as 奶奶 also means grandmother. LOL!
** Minimal changes were done, more of grammar and words. My apologies. T_T