Chapter 1- SEE YOU TONIGHT

TL: Moonlight_Revolt

Editor: Chibi_Lazy
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May was the most comfortable time of the year in A city. The weather was perfect to sit on a hanging chair at the balcony and bask on the sun. Xu Yuan felt the temperature of the sun on her body with her eyes closed. She liked it here.

Yeah, you don’t have to pretend to be a man anymore.

Oh no, to be accurate, to be a man who was not a man.

[Editor: In other words, a woman. Geez, why do they have to make it so complicated?!]

As soon as her golden thigh, the emperor, died*. Her golden thigh’s son didn’t give her time to breathe. He let her follow and continued to serve the late emperor.

[驾崩; jiàbēnɡ : (of an emperor) pass away; die ]

He hated her to extreme ah. The late emperor was nice to her, and she was very happy to serve him, but that didn’t mean she would be happy to die together with him. Amitabha, she still hadn’t lived long enough yet. Although from the moment when the late emperor died, she knew she would not live long. Perhaps the heavens also pity her and give her a chance to live again. Although she doesn’t know anything about this era now, she could still breathe and bask in the sun. She should also be laughing up her sleeve.

[TL NOTE: laugh up one’s sleeve: to become inwardly elated: congratulate oneself secretly]

The original owner of this body had the same name as her, which was also a great fate. Xu Yuan let out a rueful sigh while reminiscing her life before rebirth, just when a female voice sounded behind her: “Hey, how many times have I told you? Right now the ultraviolet rays are very strong. You’ll easily get spots while you are basking in the sun. You are still young, so don’t be too harsh on your skin. You will regret it when you are old!”

Xu Yuan had a headache. This was the original owner’s mother, a brilliant and beautiful, wealthy wife. Besides accompanying her husband to dinner parties, she usually went shopping or played cards every day. Her life is really elegant and unconventional. They were a mother and daughter. When Xu Yuan suffered a headache, Mrs. Xu was not much better than her. She had a pair of children, a son, and a daughter. Her husband never fools around outside, and her family is happy. At her age, she had lived the best life she can think of. It’s just this person. No matter how comfortable life was, there would always be one or two unpleasant things. She had no comment about her son. He was almost 30 but has no stable girlfriend. Fortunately, men as long as the qualifications were excellent enough, even if they were unmarried at thirty, they were considered as a golden bachelor and would be still in high demand. The biggest headache for Mrs. Xu was this little daughter.

Seeing her daughter didn’t speak, Mrs. Xu sat in the chair next to her and sincerely said: “Xiao Yuan, don’t blame your mother for being naggy, but you are married now. You are no longer a child, and you should be sensible. How can you run back to your mother’s house and live for more than half a month soon after marriage? Don’t let the Meng family say we don’t know any etiquette.”

Xu Yuan’s ability to sense motive was excellent. Otherwise, she would not become a favorite of the emperor from a nobody. No matter how people outside criticize her for being cunning, many people would also rushed to flatter her.  She had been in this era for a few days. Besides being confused for the first one and two days, then she calmed down. Although there were still many things, she did not understand. However, with some basic information remaining in this body, she was still observing in the past few days to make certain. First of all, the original owner was married, moreover, newlyweds. Secondly, the husband of the original owner, that was now her husband, was away from home because of business. Finally, she did not know whether the relationship between the husband and wife was terrible. Anyway, after her husband went to work in other places, the original owner packed her bag and immediately returned to her family home.

Xu Yuan quickly sorted out this information in her mind and didn’t let Mrs. Xu play a one-man show, by talking to herself. She nodded quickly: “Mom, what you said is right.”

Mrs. Xu’s face softened a lot, but her face still didn’t have a smile. “Don’t only admit, You should call ZhengRong and show your concern. Call him right now.”

It was embarrassing for Xu Yuan. A call? It’s too difficult for her.

“What are you doing? Hurry, and call!” Mrs. Xu urged, seeing her daughter dazed.

Let’s get over it first.

Xu Yuan thought and said, “Mom, how can I call him when you are here? I will call him later.”

The original owner left her with nothing, at least the language instinct of the body still exists. Otherwise, she didn’t speak the elegant language of modern people.

Mrs. Xu glanced at her and put her hand out. “Give me your mobile.”

“…” Xu Yuan doesn’t know what to say.

“If you still think I am your mother, give me your phone quickly.” Mrs. Xu thinks her daughter is pretending.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves.

Xu Yuan couldn’t find a better excuse for a while. So, she got up from the balcony and entered the bedroom. She found something that looked like a mobile phone on the bedside table and returned to the balcony again. She sighed in her heart and handed the mobile phone to Mrs. Xu.

“I owe you in a previous life. You say yourself. ZhengRong is such a good boy. You want good looking, he got good looking. You want capable, he is capable. Will your dad and I hurt you? You still want neither right nor left!” Mrs. Xu taught her a lesson and made a wish while looking at her mobile phone. She habitually entered her cellphone’s password, and when she was reminded that the password was wrong, Mrs. Xu reacted.

Seeing her daughter’s expression, Mrs. Xu didn’t want to talk nonsense with her. She grabbed her hand directly and unlocked it with her fingerprint.

Thanks to her experience through the years, Xu Yuan had developed a skill of keeping quiet even if she was shocked. After all, being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger.

Mrs. Xu found the number of her son-in-law Meng Zhengrong in the address book. When she saw the call log, she was even angrier, but at the moment she couldn’t care about such a small problem.

She pressed the hands-free directly, and the other end was instantly connected. A deep masculine voice reached Xu Yuan’s ear through the mobile phone: “Xu Yuan? Is there something wrong? “

Mrs. Xu glanced at Xu Yuan with a complicated expression and opened her mouth, but she didn’t say anything at all.

“……Have you eaten?”

Xu Yuan had received several phone calls these days, and the opening remarks were all like this, so she could also learn and apply in practice.

Meng Zhengrong was sitting in the car browsing the mail at this time. While he received a call from Xu Yuan, he was surprised. He didn’t know how to answer such a phrase. However, he quickly reacted with a calm voice “I have already eaten, what about you?”

Even if Xu Yuan doesn’t know much about this era, she can also feel the husband of the original owner is unfamiliar with the original owner. They were not intimate at all. It’s no wonder that Mrs. Xu’s current expression is ugly. After all, the relationship between her daughter and son-in-law is not great, these two people should bear the blame together.

“I ate too.” No matter how foxy Xu Yuan is, she can’t deal with people through her phone at the moment. Especially, in this case, she didn’t want to chat anymore.

After a brief silence, Meng Zhengrong took the initiative to speak: “I’m going to the airport now. Guess I will be home around eight in the evening.”

“En, okay.” It seemed that she had to leave her parents’ house immediately.

She felt that Meng Zhengrong must have known the original owner was in her family’s house now, but this person was extreme. He was coming back at eight o’clock in the evening but didn’t even consider to give prior notice.

Sigh, what a mess.

But if you think about it, she could quickly solve the mess, and also laugh in one’s beard.

“See you tonight.”

Meng Zhengrong finished his words, and after hearing Xu Yuan’s “En”, he hung up the phone and continued to browse the mail with a cold expression.

Xu Yuan’s side didn’t panic at all. She didn’t know how many times she had experienced violent storms and waves, would she still be afraid to see him this evening?

“Xiao Yuan, feelings can be cultivated slowly. Don’t blame your parents. We all want for your good. The whole A city can’t find a better marriage partner than Zhengrong.”

Can the meat that falls from your body not hurt? It’s just that Mrs. Xu had been in this circle for many years, and she knows this marriage was a perfect match. Meng Zhengrong was the most suitable candidate.

“I know.” Xu Yuan answered with her head down and didn’t let Mrs. Xu see her expression.

The main thing was she didn’t know how to respond.

“It’s still early, you should go home quickly and let  your aunt cook your favorite dishes. As for your mother-in-law, I will ask her to play cards tomorrow and assure her that she also shouldn’t worry.” Mrs. Xu looked at her daughter, and then stressed her tone: “Seeing you have just married, they’ll overlook it this time, but don’t be so careless in the future. After all, you are married now and are the daughter-in-law of the Meng family. You should consider their feelings more or less, you know?”

Although it is still unclear what happened between the original owner and this Meng Zhengrong, from the perspective of bystanders, Mrs. Xu’s words were quite reasonable.

Xu Yuan nodded. “So… How can I get home?”

It seems that she had to set off at once, but she didn’t know where Meng’s residence is, so she could only ask directly. While Mrs. Xu understood differently, she thought her daughter was too embarrassed to go home, so she asked this question. She thought for a moment: “Well, I’ll let someone find out which flight he’s on. Don’t go home directly either, but pick him up at the airport by yourself…”

Mrs. Xu paused when she said that, and then she shook her head for herself: “No, no, you go home. We are not in a hurry, don’t pick him up from the airport, and go back after dinner.”

Although she had taught her daughter a while ago, she didn’t want her daughter to be too wronged in this marriage. At the same time, Xu Yuan’s cell phone rang as a text message came in…

Thanks to the body memory left by the original owner, she could still read the words of this era.

It’s a text message from Meng Zhengrong.

【Don’t wait for me for dinner.】