Chapter 1.1 (1/2)

Chapter One (Part 1)

Marriage was like a coffin, at least it was better than being left sun burnt on the streets!

Han Ting Ting was out shopping with her future mother-in-law, coincidently she witnessed her fiance conversing happily and carefree with a beauty. How would an average person react?

Han Ting Ting was in the middle of comforting her future mother-in-law who was upset about knocking over merchandise of a shop lady she knew. Then she surveyed their surroundings and saw Qin Song who wore a white s.h.i.+rt and was sitting by a cafe window with an alluring beauty. The beautiful pair would have made pa.s.serbys fl.u.s.tered.

Han Ting Ting became anxious, silently turned back to her future mother-in-law and placated her by offering to take her to a nearby ice-cream shop. While she queued in line to order ice-cream she took out her phone and rang Qin Song.

‘Your mother and I were outside a cafe. I saw… you and your lady friend,’ Han Ting Ting said.

Qin Song answered her with a grunt. The cafe background music heard from his end was more responsive than him, it was apparent they couldn’t have been more distant. Her sweaty palms almost made her phone slip.

‘You… hurry up and take off with your lady friend!’ she said.

Qin Song took a while for her request to sink in before replying.

‘Why?’ Qin Song asked.

She lost it after she heard him asked why. He was the one having a rendezvous with his lover out in public… she was being courteous by letting him know he was easily spotted and he had the nerve to ask her why.

From his end she heard a lady’s velvety voice said something to him then he lost his patience too.

‘Whatever you want, I’m hanging up!’ he said.

She didn’t get to tell him to not hang up before she heard the signal of a dead phone connection.

The shop server waited a while for her to finish her phone conversation.

‘Hi, what ice-cream flavors have you decided on?’ the shop server asked.

‘What ice-cream flavours are available in the biggest size that you have?’ she asked.

The consequence of ordering the biggest serving of their available ice-cream flavours was that her future mother-in-law ended up vomiting and endured diarrhea. Her future mother-in-law was promptly driven home.

Qin Song rushed over after he received the bad news. She spent a lot of energy to calm down the people involved in the unwanted incident so she didn’t appreciate being dragged by her fiance outside the shop. His scowl was unappealing as the base of a pot.

‘Do you think your actions matches up to the standard of an educated and ethical citizen?’ he asked.

Her head was lowered enough to be face to face with the ground that her voice came out no louder than a mosquito. ‘I’m a pre-school teach…’

‘Do you often serve each kid in your cla.s.s an ice-cream serving meant for two people?’ he asked.

‘I… I didn’t know today the ice-cream shop was having a special promotion, buy one get one free…’ she said and felt tears of shame swell in her eyes.

But she felt she wasn’t the only one at fault and pushed aside her shame. ‘Weren’t you supposed to have left already? You didn’t listen… what happened is your fault too!’

Her accusation made him angry enough to smile sarcastically. ‘How is it my fault?’

His smile caused a ‘little country bun’ like her who had little interaction with urban society suddenly felt intimidated… his smile was too blinding!

It was rumoured that out of the Liang’s famous six sworn brothers, he was the most handsome.

In the beginning the reason she agreed to marriage with him was because he was eye candy. If she was to find someone to marry… wasn’t it better to marry a handsome man for her to perve on?

She was deep in thought that her head started floating up to the clouds…

He saw that she stopped arguing and was staring at him, made the hair on his skin rose. He took it as a symptom of regret, he chose her because she was honest and would be less maintenance but now he found out that wasn’t the case.

‘Let’s go!’ he said and sighed at the sight of her blank state. ‘I’ll take you home.’

She was still dazed when he yanked her arm and it caused her left leg tangled with her right leg. Her quick thinking to grab hold of the nearest person to her saved her a painful fall.

He wasn’t impressed with her strong grip on his waist, her nails dug through his thin s.h.i.+rt and the pain made it hard to breathe. He could only give her a cold glare.

She got a feeling she looked like a fool holding onto him. Once she stood and regained her balance she released her hands from his waist. ‘I’m… I’m sorry.’

He clamped his teeth all the way to the car. ‘Get in!’

At home her mum asked her about the shopping outing… she left out the part about nearly killing her future mother-in-law with ice-cream. She showed her mum the items her future mother-in-law bought.

‘Why are the shopping bags light today?’ mum asked.