I, Qing Huan (Modern Chapter) 13

Chapter 13

　”What’s wrong?” Zhu Qing Huan frowned.

　　The host on the stage had already started the opening speech of the party. The lights in the hall were dimmed and all the light was focused on the stage. Those red eyes were hidden by the darkness, making them seem just like an illusion.

　　”It’s nothing.” Nanyang’s flat voice came in response.

　　From the sound, it seems like there is really nothing wrong. However, Nanyang is not someone who cried very easily. What happened? Did something happen while going to the toilet?

　　After a while, Nanyang took the initiative to speak: “Be prepared. I just hugged a woman earlier, I might’ve been photographed.”

　　Zhu Qing Huan was taken aback.

　　For some reason, her heart hollowed out and she felt a little pain.

　　What was she disappointed in?

　　Shouldn’t she have understood long ago that the rich are casual? As long as they were out of sight, she will go hug other women unscrupulously.

　　She was prepared for the two to be separated after the wedding, but she didn’t expect for it to happen when they had just announced their marriage. This was the first time that they attended a public event together and Nanyang couldn’t wait to find someone else. Is she really so eager that she couldn’t wait to get a room after the dinner party and had to risk being discovered by the reporters to be with someone else at the dinner party?

　　Nanyang’s voice interrupted her ruminations.

　　”It’s a friend I haven’t seen for a long time. It’s been so long, I gave her a hug.” Nanyang continued in a faint voice, “Don’t misunderstand, I can take you to meet her some day. I’m sorry, I should have come to ask you first.”

　　Listening to her explanation, Zhu Qing Huan was taken aback and the turbulent emotions faded away. After they disappeared, she couldn’t help laughing at herself in her heart.

　　Nanyang hugged a friend, but Zhu Qing Huan was already thinking about loathsome things.

　　”You want to hug your friend, why are you asking me?” Zhu Qing Huan replied softly.

　　”I can only hug others with your permission.”

　　Nanyang’s voice still hid her emotions, but Zhu Qing Huan could hear the loyalty hidden inside.

　　”…” Zhu Qing Huan turned her head away, biting her her lower lip. Her chin trembled slightly, “Why?”

　　Why is her “permission” so important?

　　Nanyang acted like she head a very idiotic question, “Huh?” She patiently replied: “Because I am yours. If my arm is going to touch another person, of course I need your consent.”

　　Nanyang is… her person?

　　Can she completely own someone?

　　Nanyang lowered her voice and continued: “If it’s really caught on camera, I will do my best to suppress it. I’m sorry, I didn’t expect to cause you trouble.”

　　Zhu Qing Huan was silent for a while, her voice soft: “No need to apologize to me, I’m not angry.”

　　”Mhm.”

　　Nanyang closed her mouth. She doesn’t like to talk in public. It is very rare for her to say so much at once.

　　While Zhu Qing Huan was still sinking in the darkness, she quietly turned her head to take a peek at Nanyang beside her.

　　Nanyang sat not close nor far away from her. She could see her desire to get close and the respect she expressed by suppressing that desire. Zhu Qing Huan’s eyes fell on her slender neck and the white skin on her shoulders. She couldn’t help thinking. When Nanyang holds a person, will that person touch these places? Where will that person’s hand be placed on Nanyang? Behind the neck? Or waist?

　　How does it feel to be held by Nanyang?

　　The host on the stage began to read the name of each star, then read the amount of their donation. One after another, money-scented numbers echoed on the stage and everyone was smiling and beaming. As if everyone had really carried out a perfect redemption. As if these numbers could be implemented in every poor person’s home.

　　Nanyang listened carefully to the host’s speech for a while and said softly to Zhu Qing Huan during the gap: “It’s almost time for you. I donated a very high amount for you, higher than all of them.”

　　Zhu Qing Huan said nothing, but the light on the stage reflected in her eyes and she looked a little gentler again.

　　Nanyang did donate a very beautiful number in her name. When the number was read by the host, there was a soft “ooh” from the audience.

　　This gold master is really willing to give this little flower money.

　　Many people looked at Zhu Qing Huan with envious eyes. It must be great to marry into a wealthy family. In this entertainment circle where capital speaks, her path will definitely be smooth in the future. Maybe soon, she will develop from a small flower into a big flower.

　　After the dinner is over, a group photo of the stars will be taken. Zhu Qing Huan knew that Nanyang definitely wouldn’t like this so she told her in advance that she should go to the toilet to avoid it.

　　As soon as Zhu Qing Huan came onto the stage, ANT’s Xiong Xue’er carried her to ANT’s center. Xiong Xue’er asked her where Boss Nan had gone. Zhu Qing Huan pretended to not know where she had gone. Xiong Xue’er looked disappointed and said that she wanted to see Boss Nan herself. Hearing Dan Jin and the others talk about Boos Nan’s looks made her face itch. She wanted to see too.

　　After taking the photo together, everyone went back to their seats. The venue came up to pack things, both sides of the press have also been withdrawn.

　　Zhu Qing Huan sat at the table and sent Nanyang a WeChat to ask her to come back.

　　When Nanyang came back, she happened to run into a group of people walking out so she waited a while. She only walked into the hall when there were fewer people. There were almost no people left in the hall, only a few reporters still packing their equipment.

　　Maybe she stalled for a bit too long, Zhu Qing Huan slumped over the edge of the table and was dozing off again.

　　She pecked her head down, just like a sleepy duck. She was really tired today and it seemed as if her body was not her own. Once away from the camera, her heart relaxed, and she felt like sleeping on the spot.

　　Nanyang walked to the stage and stood in front of Zhu Qing Huan. She didn’t speak and just looked at her with a small smile in her eyes. Zhu Qing Huan leaned to the side of the table with her head hanging down, her eyes closed, and so she naturally did not see Nanyang in front of her.

　　Finally, she fell asleep completely and her body went limp.

　　Nanyang had prepared for this a long time ago and opened her arms. She let her fall into her arms and hugged her steadily.

　　It seems she’ll have to have a talk with the boss of Xiaotian Entertainment. Arranging so much work for Zhu Qing Huan and making her this exhausted is not good for her health.

　　Nanyang hugged her like this, and carried her all the way to Xiao Ye’s car. When she arrived at the villa, she took her out of the car and carried her all the way back to her room.

　　Without permission, Nanyang did not dare to take off her clothes so she could only unzip the zipper on the back of her gown to make her chest more comfortable. Nanyang covered her with a quilt, tucked the quilt, and took a look at the makeup on her face. She hesitated for a while, then walked to the bathroom.

　　She searched for a long time on the washstand in the bathroom before she found makeup remover in the pile of bottles and cans. She took the bottle of makeup remover and read the instructions carefully, then found the cotton soft towel, poured the makeup remover on it, then went back to Qing Huan’s bed and squatted down. She carefully and gently wiped her eyebrows, cheeks, nose, and everything else with the soft towel little by little, so that every inch of her was wiped clean. After wiping, she took a soft towel and dipped it with clean water and wiped again to make sure Qing Huan was comfortable.

　　Before going to bed at night, Qing Huan would do another set of skin care. But Nanyang didn’t know anything about it, so she sat by the bed, searched a woman’s daily skin care process, and started learning step by step. After studying, she searched the room all over and found all the toners, lotions, essences, and eye creams. Like a primary school student, she spread all the skin care products on the bed and picked them up in turn according to the steps on the phone. She applied everything on Qing Huan’s face.

　　The sleeping Qing Huan very obedient, allowing Nan Yang to wipe her face awkwardly. She showed no reaction throughout the entire process.

　　Nanyang couldn’t help but smile while applying the last cream. She has never served people like this before and her status has been honorable since ancient times. She was always the one being served, it was unthinkable for her to do such a thing. Even the original Qing Huan didn’t get the chance to receive Nanyang’s service. Until Qing Huan’s death, Nanyang was the person who was cared for in their relationship.

　　Almost completely done, Nanyang’s fingers stopped on Qing Huan’s chin. She stared at her lips with scorching eyes, frowning slightly and suppressing the desire in her heart.

　　Suppressed to the point that there was pain in her eyes.

　　In the end, she still didn’t dare to do anything. She gently picked up the curly hair on the side of her pillow and softly kissed the ends of her hair.

　　Having done this for the second time already, Nanyang did not have red ears.

　　She was about to go back to her room to rest, but after a few steps she changed her course. Nanyang went to the kitchen downstairs to make a bowl of porridge and quietly placed it on Qing Huan’s bedside table.

　　What if she wakes up at night and gets hungry.

　　Zhu Qing Huan also slept soundly for the entire night, completely unaware that she was being moved around and only woke up at dawn.

　　After she woke up, she habitually opened Weibo to read the various news and to see if the photos of Nanyang hugging her friend had leaked out yesterday.

　　Unexpectedly, she didn’t see Nanyang hugging someone else’s photo, but saw Nanyang hugging her at the top of the list. There are also three entries related to this photo on the hot search and one of them has reached the top of the list.

　　Zhu Qing Huan’s eyes widened in surprise.

　　In the photo, the environment was extremely large it showed a woman hugging another woman in it. The person who took the photo should have opened the device in a hurry. The pixels are average and only a rough outline can be seen. Although the photo is blurry, she could clearly see her unconscious self and Nanyang’ with her. She seemed to be smiling in the photo, but it also seemed that she was not smiling. Nanyang held her in a very delicate posture, as if afraid of harming Zhu Qing Huan. Her curly hair was wrapped around Nanyang’s arm, like seaweed entangled in a guqin.

　　She opened the comments.

　　Zhu Qing Huan laughed.

　　【Sea guitarist: Ahhhhhh, it’s too sweet!!!! awsl!!!! Is this a real person????? 】

　　【Aysehj: Begging to have such a kind gold master to fall in love with me [Kneel Down ] [Kneel Down ] [Kneel Down] Beautiful and rich, please leave a way for ordinary people to survive!!! [Cry] 】

　　【From deep sea Cube Devil: The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. The kind that has no face, no money, no temper [love] [love] [love]】

　　【Every day I write about the unintentional talking and laughing: [cute] don’t grab the South boss with me, thank you [smile][smile][smile]】

　　【 Authentic boiled fish panties: I beg the fairy sisters to make their debut together, I will be a fan [kneel] [cry] [kiss] I want to see the two of them filming a TV series together [praise]】

　　【Snail Pie 123: Is this really a 35 year old?????? Still have so much hair?????? 】

　　Zhu Qing Huan saw that there was a hypertext link called “Nan Huan Girl’s Love CP” in the comments, mumbled this strange CP name and clicked it.

　　She has not seen many people who write homoeroticism for two people who are already married. It seems, as long as the face value is enough, there will be a large number of face value dog eyes to produce food.

　　Zhu Qing Huan clicked on an article with high views.

　　In the fanfic, Nanyang and she are childhood friends. She has seen her most immature and self-willed moments. When she grows up, the two of them will be together naturally. She supported her in pursuing her dreams, silently supported all her decisions, loved her, and protected her until they were old.

　　At the end of the fanfic, there was also a section of their daily life when they became two little old ladies. Nanyang was drinking tea in an old enamel cup and Qing Huan tried on a wig that she had just bought in front of the mirror. They were betting with each other to see who bought more shoes last year. Nanyang stubbornly ran to put out all the shoes of the two people and counted them one by one. After counting, she found that she had lost so she angrily handed Qing Huan a wrinkled fifty yuan bill. Let her have a fun afternoon playing mahjong.

　　Zhu Qing Huan looked at the words and caressed them with her fingertips, full of broken desire and despair.

　　If only she could have this kind of happy life.

Author’s Theater
The same article dramatized the ending [dog head]
Yesterday, no one guessed it, hehehehehe

TL notes
Nanyang describes Zhu Qing Huan’s hair as fluffy floating clouds. Meanwhile Qing Huan describing herself “like seaweed entangled in a guqin.” I’m sorry but the contrast made me wheeze hella hard.

Whoop! Looks like darling Huan is falling too!

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