MRFD Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Before the wedding banquet officially began, Rong Yi listened to Chen Ke Yao tell a not-so-pleasant story in fits and starts.

Chen Ke Yao’s still-charming father was not the philanderer Rong Yi had imagined. On the contrary, his problem might have stemmed from being too devoted.

Before that accident in his youth, he had a beloved Beta girl. He even mustered the courage to confess his feelings, but was unfortunately rejected. The girl told him, “You’re still young, it’s not too late to talk about these things after graduation.”

It sounded like a polite refusal, but he seriously believed it back then. Because that girl was several years older than him, she was his homeroom teacher at the time.

But by the time he actually graduated from high school, Chen Ke Yao was already toddling around. And that young teacher had also married someone else. Since then, the two had never crossed paths again.

Chen Ke Yao’s father matured gradually with the passage of time, but the person he couldn’t obtain in his heart not only didn’t diminish in beauty but intensified with the passage of years.

She became more and more beautiful, more and more pure and lovely, and more and more heart-stirring in his memory. Like every unfulfilled dream of his youth, she made him linger and yearn. Then, when he opened his eyes and looked around, he only felt endless disappointment.

Ms. Lan couldn’t understand it, of course.

She had also once been showered with love, but all the compromises she had made for this man could not be exchanged for even a ripple of emotion from him.

So, her world was left with only her young son. Chen Ke Yao’s appearance dragged her into the abyss, but also brought her infinite warmth and comfort.

“I was actually very afraid of her when I was little,” Chen Ke Yao said, propping his head up with one hand, although he was facing Rong Yi, he wasn’t looking at him, “because I never knew when she would suddenly lose her temper at me.”

Rong Yi found it hard to imagine.

In his mind, Ms. Lan had always been very gentle, even her tone of voice was soft, making people unconsciously become peaceful as well.

“I liked my dad when I was little, because although he was naggy, he never beat or scolded me, and he would take me everywhere to play,” Chen Ke Yao said, “but Ms. Lan would also get angry when she saw that my dad and I were close. I used to be very nervous every day after school, because on the way back, she would ramble on and on, saying things that made me feel particularly uncomfortable at the time.”

“…” Rong Yi reached out and tugged at his sleeve, “Then don’t reminisce, it doesn’t matter if I don’t listen.”

Chen Ke Yao finally looked at him, and then smiled.

“It doesn’t matter, it’s all in the past,” he took Rong Yi’s hand into his palm very naturally, “Ever since she got together with Uncle, I haven’t seen her lose her temper, and every time I see her, I feel like she’s become younger again.”

Rong Yi suddenly felt nervous. To avoid his gaze, he pretended to turn his head to look for Ms. Lan’s location.

Before he could see anyone, the lights in the venue suddenly dimmed.

Immediately afterward, music sounded, and a master of ceremonies in a suit and leather shoes stepped onto the stage with a microphone.

Chen Ke Yao let go of his hand and picked up his chopsticks: “Okay, no one can see us now, I’m starving!”

Rong Yi had always been full of longing for occasions like weddings.

The two newlyweds, dressed in formal attire, stood in the center of the stage, making vows of love, exchanging rings, and then sharing a sweet kiss under the witness of the master of ceremonies and all the guests. Countless colorful pieces of paper danced in the air with the music, everything was so perfect, as if it was the embodiment of the word “romantic.”

“…How envious.” Rong Yi looked up at the stage and said softly.

The person sitting next to him was completely oblivious to the atmosphere.

“Wow, won’t this float onto our table!” Chen Ke Yao was particularly nervous, afraid that the delicacies on the table in front of him would be contaminated.

Rong Yi glared at him in the dark: “Can you stop just focusing on eating?”

“Oh,” Chen Ke Yao put down his chopsticks very obediently, and then reached out to tug at Rong Yi’s clothes, “Have you tried these pickled radishes? They’re so delicious, can you learn how to make them and make them for me to eat?”

Rong Yi rolled his eyes, pulled his clothes back from his hand, and then frowned, picked up a piece with his chopsticks, and put it in his mouth.

He was still carefully thinking about what seasonings were added when Chen Ke Yao, who was looking at the stage, suddenly said, “Sure enough, white suits look better, huh?”

Rong Yi nodded immediately.

Chen Ke Yao turned his gaze from the stage to his side, and then smiled: “That outfit would definitely look better on you.”

Rong Yi, who was chewing, was stunned for a moment.

“After all, white is very picky about the figure,” Chen Ke Yao said, “It’s suitable for people like you with a thin waist and long legs.”

Rong Yi’s face burned, and he lowered his head and muttered, “Don’t think so much, just eat.”

But Chen Ke Yao didn’t move his chopsticks.

He suddenly looked a little uncomfortable for some reason, frowning and taking two big gulps of water.

Rong Yi was a little worried: “What’s wrong?”

This guy instantly turned to the other side: “No, no, no, don’t come over, stay away from me.”

Being inexplicably disliked, Rong Yi was very unhappy, so he stopped paying attention to him and turned his head to focus on the stage.

Until the end of the banquet, the two of them didn’t say a few words to each other.

Because he had to drive, Chen Ke Yao didn’t drink a drop of alcohol. Rong Yi drank some, and felt that he wasn’t drunk, just slightly tipsy.

After the two got in the car, Rong Yi quickly leaned against the seat, closed his eyes, and began to pretend to sleep. After a while, he heard Chen Ke Yao call his name in his half-dreaming state.

“What?” Rong Yi responded with his eyes closed.

“Nothing,” Chen Ke Yao said, “Just checking if you were asleep.”

Rong Yi clicked his tongue: “…Asleep.”

Chen Ke Yao chuckled a few times, and then asked, “Do you feel like the car has been shaking all the time?”

“No.” Rong Yi said.

Chen Ke Yao asked again: “…Then, do you want to go buy a box of candy to eat?”

“I’m not drunk!” Rong Yi opened his eyes, “Why are you so annoying?”

Chen Ke Yao didn’t speak, just kept laughing.

Rong Yi was annoyed, straightened his body, and was about to say something when he heard Chen Ke Yao suddenly “huh” softly. Immediately afterward, he slowly stopped the car on the side of the road.

Rong Yi glanced forward and found someone standing on the side of the road waving at them exaggeratedly. And not far away, there was a car that seemed to have broken down.

This road was slightly remote, and there were very few vehicles and pedestrians on the road. It seemed that this person had encountered some trouble and wanted to ask them for help.

After getting out of the car with Chen Ke Yao, Rong Yi stared at the passerby who was asking for help, and then immediately “ah-ya-ed” and ran before Chen Ke Yao could.

He wobbled to the man before Chen Ke Yao and said, word by word: “Yu, Wen, Luo!”

The other party was stunned: “Do we know each other?”

After he finished speaking, he sized Rong Yi up and down, and then seemed to remember something: “Ah, I remember! We’ve met!”

Chen Ke Yao, who had been left out, couldn’t help but interrupt: “What a coincidence, is this your friend?”

Rong Yi tilted his head: “…Not really.”

They had only met once and hadn’t said a few words. He knew the other party’s name because Yu Wenluo was wearing an ID badge on his chest at the time. And the reason why he remembered this name was because Yu Wenluo was very handsome.

“We met at our supermarket a few days ago,” Yu Wenluo said with a smile, “This is really a coincidence.”

Chen Ke Yao looked at him, then looked at Rong Yi, and then took the initiative to ask: “Did you encounter any trouble?”

Yu Wenluo’s car had indeed broken down.

Even more tragically, his phone was also out of power, and he couldn’t even make a call for help. There wasn’t a single person in sight for a long time, and the two cars that had finally passed by before had ignored him. Now that he finally had kind people willing to pay attention to him, and they had even met once before, Yu Wenluo was very happy.

After Chen Ke Yao lent him his phone, he quickly got through to the tow truck company. But it would take some time for them to come, and fearing that they wouldn’t be able to contact him, Chen Ke Yao and Rong Yi stayed with him to wait.

“It’s really God bless,” Yu Wenluo was very moved, “You guys are so helpful. Otherwise, I guess I’d have to sleep in the car tonight.”

Rong Yi looked at his face and nodded: “It’s our duty.”

Chen Ke Yao leaned close to his ear: “May I ask what help you’ve been giving?”

Rong Yi ignored him.

After a while, the tow truck came. While Yu Wenluo was communicating with the staff, Rong Yi dragged Chen Ke Yao to the side, and then looked at him seriously.

“Are you being so kind because you think he’s handsome!”

Chen Ke Yao hesitated for a moment: “I didn’t see his face clearly when I stopped the car.”

Rong Yi was skeptical.

“…But he is quite handsome indeed.” Chen Ke Yao added.

Rong Yi glared at him, then strode towards Yu Wenluo, who was watching the tow truck driver busy at work.

He went straight to the point: “Give me your WeChat.”

The other party was stunned, and then immediately took out his phone: “You scan me. Ah… but I can’t turn it on now… Add me first, I’ll add you back when I get back.”

Chen Ke Yao walked over in astonishment: “You’re…”

“Add me too,” Yu Wenluo said to him proactively, “Thank you so much today, I’ll treat you to a meal when I have time another day.”

In the end, Chen Ke Yao simply sent Yu Wenluo home.

Rong Yi sat in the back seat, listening to the two of them chatting happily all the way, talking about topics such as cars that he wasn’t interested in at all, and felt very unhappy. Fortunately, he fell asleep not long after.

When he woke up again, the car was already parked downstairs, and there were only him and Chen Ke Yao in the car.

“Wake up?” Chen Ke Yao turned to look at him.

Rong Yi stretched lazily in a daze, and wiped his face with his hand: “Yeah.”

“You’ve woken up, so are you sober now?”

“…I wasn’t drunk in the first place.” Rong Yi frowned.

“Then you remember what you did just now, right?” Chen Ke Yao asked.

Rong Yi frowned and thought for a while, then took out his phone from his pocket and glanced at it.

A message saying he had been added as a friend.

“Ah,” Rong Yi muttered softly, “He added me.”

Then he hesitated for a while, raised his head to look at Chen Ke Yao: “Did he add you too?”

Chen Ke Yao smiled at him: “Yes.”

The author has something to say:

[Teacher Chen’s Idiom Little Classroom] Drawing firewood from under the pot (Cut off the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron)

Inside the car after Rong Yi fell asleep.

Chen Ke Yao: Shh—My wife is drunk and asleep, let’s keep our voices down.

Yu Wenluo: Okay, okay.

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PS, a considerate guide to raising fish (character introduction)

Yu Wenluo, a minor character who appeared at the end of chapter thirty-six and the beginning of chapter thirty-seven, was YY-ed by the male protagonist for three minutes due to his handsome appearance, and was jokingly called Apollo by readers.

His occupation is a supermarket manager.

He goes to work conscientiously every day, and his ideal in life is to never go to work again. (←This is not from the previous text)