Chapter 106 (2/2)

TaoTao had been running around playing for an entire day and was absolutely exhausted. He fell asleep instantly upon getting onto the car. XiaoYu was also yawning and rubbing his eyes every now and then, like he would fall asleep at any time.

After getting home, Shen Fu and Shen Yan each carried one of the kids inside with Lin ShuYi carrying their things behind them. When they opened the door, they found everyone sitting inside in the living room. Jiang Cheng was there, too, and as soon as he saw Shen Yan, his eyes locked onto the other.

Lin ShuYi set his things down on the sofa and very wisely took TaoTao from Shen Yan’s arms.

Shen Yan pursed his lips as he glanced at Jiang Cheng before heading up the stairs. Jiang Cheng followed.

Old Master Shen gave the two a strange look and asked Shen Fu, “Was your brother with you all day?”

Shen Fu nodded.

Old Master Shen seemed confused. “Did they have a fight? Jiang Cheng arrived at noon and waited for a whole afternoon. No one answered the phone when he called either.”

Shen Fu suddenly understood. No wonder Shen Yan hadn’t been sticking to Jiang Cheng like glue. No wonder Shen Yan didn’t seem right all day. So they had a fight, huh?

Shen Fu suddenly wanted to go up and eavesdrop.

After putting the two children to bed, Lin ShuYi was exhausted, hurriedly taking a shower before making Shen Fu swear he wouldn’t do anything except sleep that night. Lin ShuYi would actually like to be able to get up in the morning thanks.

They didn’t know what Jiang Cheng had said to Shen Yan, but the latter was visibly happier the next morning. On one hand, Shen Fu felt that his brother’s mood swings were a bit weird, on the other, he was glad that his brother was happier. After all, when his brother wasn’t happy, he didn’t look at where he was tossing his bombs.

Jiang Cheng came to the Shen Family house again at noon, saying that he wanted to take Shen Yan out. Jiang Cheng sat next to Shen Fu when Shen Yan went to change.

“You and him…” Jiang Cheng looked towards Lin ShuYi, who was playing with TaoTao not far away. “Aren’t you guys going to get married?”

Shen Fu glanced over as well. Lin ShuYi had just said something that had TaoTao laughing happily nonstop, and Shen Fu couldn’t help but smile as well. “Of course.”

He had planned to marry this person from the very start of their relationship.

Jiang Cheng frowned a little at hearing this and then asked, “Have you said anything to him yet?”

“Yup.”

“How did he react?”

Shen Fu thought back. “The first time he didn’t really have any reaction, but the second time he seemed pretty happy.”

Jiang Cheng’s frown deepened. “You talked to him about it twice?!”

Shen Fu finally understood what had happened. “You brought it up with my brother?”

Jiang Cheng nodded, not seeing any harm in sharing with Shen Fu. “I want to marry him but… he didn’t seem happy at all. In fact, he was angry.”

Jiang Cheng seemed to deflate, like a child that didn’t know what he had done wrong.

Shen Fu wanted to laugh, but managed to resist. “How did you bring it up with him?”

Jiang Cheng seemed a little reluctant to speak, but he didn’t know who else he could go to apart from Shen Fu, so he continued. “I asked him to marry into my family (嫁给我)*.”

Shen Fu: …

He tried his best to hold back, but in the end he failed and began to laugh uproariously.

“Marry into your family?!! Ahahahaha….” He was laughing so loudly that Lin ShuYi and Old Master Shen couldn’t help but look over. Jiang Cheng’s expression twisted.

Shen Fu felt that he was laughing too much at this and eventually managed to stifle it. “My brother is a man, and an independent, powerful elite as well and you want him to marry into your family? Do you see him as a woman?”

Jiang Cheng’s brows were locked together, not really getting the point of Shen Fu’s words. “I didn’t think of him as a woman when I asked him to marry into my family.”

Shen Fu chuckled and said, “Uncle Jiang, it couldn’t be that you’ve forgotten how to use Chinese after all these years of staying abroad? Think. My brother has thought you were straight for all these years, and this is exactly what’s been bothering him so much. Using a phrase like that is like poking him where it hurts most. Plus, are you really planning on marrying my brother?”

Jiang Cheng finally understood where the problem lay and ended up wilting at the last two sentences. “Of course, I do. Does it look like I’m joking to you?”

Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but bring back some of his intimidating demeanor. Shen Fu wasn’t afraid, instead feeling a little triumphant. It seemed like he was only afraid of his brother. He didn’t feel at all intimidated by Jiang Cheng’s whose aura was even more oppressive than Shen Yan’s.

He smiled, saying, “Brother Jiang, lemme tell you what I think. I think you aren’t joking and I don’t believe you would ever joke about something like this. It’s not that my brother doesn’t like you, or doesn’t want to marry you, but have you ever thought how he’s going to marry you now when your parents haven’t even accepted him?”

Jiang Cheng’s frown softened. He was a very intelligent person. The reason why he couldn’t figure this problem out was because he was emotionally invested, and it was hard to keep a clear head. “I understand.”

Shen Fu grinned. “Brother Jiang, I’m rooting for you. In reality, I think you and my brother are made for each other.”

Jiang Cheng raised an eyebrow, his usual smile coming back. “Really? Why thank you.”

Yup yup, that was the expression he was looking for. Just look at how well suited they were to one another, two different breeds of smiling wolves.

Jouissance: the phrase Jiang Cheng used here was specifically for asking a woman to marry a man, or something to that degree, since it implies marrying into a family, which in ancient China was how marriages worked. The woman would marry into the man’s family and become part of his family/household, rather than the more modern idea of marriage which is basically the idea of linking two families.

Addis: In ancient China, the wife who married into her husband’s family would quite literally be put into the family register, live on their property, only rely on their money etc. It can also work the other way where a family basically adopted the man to take over a family business by adding him into their family register after he married their daughter, which is called the husband marrying into his wife’s family. Shen Yan is mad because he believes that Jiang Cheng sees him as a woman, not a man.