Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Seeing Xiang Ran hesitate, Su Yue put the brown paper bag in her hand and said, "Miss Xiang, we are all in the same boat now. We should help each other, right?"

"Butler Su, good morning!"

Xiang Ran was startled.

Looking back, Sheng Yang was standing not far away, leaning on the railing and greeting Su Yue.

Why did this guy get up?

Xiang Ran took the brown paper bag and hardened her heart: "I understand."

Su Yue breathed a sigh of relief and greeted Sheng Yang respectfully: "Mr. Sheng! Breakfast is ready."

-

Seeing Xiang Ran coming over with a brown paper bag, Sheng Yang asked curiously, "What's in your hand?"

"Martial arts secrets!" Xiang Ran hugged him tightly.

"Then let me see too!" Sheng Yang stretched out his hand.

Xiang Ran slapped his hand away: "This is the Jade Girl Heart Sutra, which is passed down to girls, not boys."

Sheng Yang suddenly realized: "Oh? Could it be that Madam practiced this kind of Kung Fu yesterday, that's why..."

"Stop! Don't mention what happened yesterday!"

"So what's in this bag?"

"Yes--"

Before Xiang Ran could answer, her cell phone rang.

Is it a landline number?

The phone was picked up. It was a call from the Chinese medicine clinic. The front desk reminded Xiang Ran of her appointment in the afternoon.

Yes, she made an appointment with a Chinese medicine gynecologist at a certain clinic many days ago. She had some menstrual irregularities before and her period was delayed, so she made an appointment with the expert.

It’s a number that costs three hundred yuan.

Although my period came a few days ago, the registration fee has already been paid.

I still need to take his pulse or something.

After hanging up the phone, Xiang Ran suddenly thought of an important thing - "Did we do that yesterday? Did you wear...?"

"I was just about to tell you this. That's why I came out to find you—"

"You're not wearing it?"

"I came directly from a business trip in Hong Kong. Do you expect me to bring condoms with me?"

"No, no." Xiang Ran waved his hand, "It's just..."

"Just what? Did Madam prepare condoms in the room last night? I didn't have time to look for them, and I didn't know where you put them. This... can't be blamed on me."

"There's no room in my room. But it's still your fault - can't you be more patient? Or..."

Sheng Yang held her shoulders and said word by word, "Wife, based on what happened yesterday...shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"

Xiang Ran blushed.

His words leave a lot of room for imagination.

Perhaps it was fear born out of love, she even wondered - would he think she was frivolous because of last night?

"I'm sorry, yesterday..."

"Yesterday, I really enjoyed it." Sheng Yang looked at her embarrassed expression and said, "Really."

After saying that, he added, "But... you are not allowed to drink outside from now on, okay?"

Xiang Ran shook her head: "I promise I won't drink anymore, especially that flower wine from yesterday!"

"It doesn't matter, actually. It's fine to drink at home, when it's just the two of us..."

"Oh. What should I do? Looks like I have to go back and take...contraception."

"Um..." Sheng Yang said, "I took that into consideration as well. So, during those few times yesterday... I tried not to include that."

"What???" Xiang Ran lowered her head and almost rubbed her face against the brown paper bag. "Oh, go have breakfast. I'll put the things down and come back."

"What is that? Can't you take it and have breakfast first?" Sheng Yang tilted his head.

What a curious baby.

Xiang Ran patted the paper bag and said, "Inside the bag are sanitary napkins I bought online! Do you want to see them?"

Sheng Yang: “…”

-

After breakfast, Sheng Yang asked Xiao Chen to drive back to Jinxiu Villa first.

He also went to change his clothes.

The shirt he was wearing was really wrinkled by her last night.

Sheng Yang changed his clothes and came out. He saw Xiang Ran had combed her hair, changed into a simple dress, and tied a silk scarf. She looked like she was going out.

"Wife, are you going out soon?"

Xiang Ran nodded: "I made an appointment with a famous Chinese medicine doctor some time ago, and he called today. I'm going to regulate my body."

"Treat your body? You—changed your mind?" Sheng Yang couldn't suppress the surprise in his eyes.

"No, no, my menstruation was not regular before, so I went to regulate it." Xiang Ran waved her hands quickly.

"Oh—which hospital is it? I'll go with you."

"It's Professor Zhao, an expert in the Jingfang School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He's seeing a doctor at the Minkangtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic today. I've already made an appointment. You should hurry to the company. I don't have anything to do today, so I can go there myself. It's still early!"

Sheng Yang did have some things to deal with at the company today. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Okay, I'll have Xiao Chen take you there, and I'll drive to the company myself."

"No need." Xiang Ran wanted to say something.

The man interrupted her and touched his neck: "Be good and listen to me, but first, help me put on a collar pin here, okay?"

Only then did Xiang Ran notice that this bastard had changed into an empire collar shirt, which covered his collarbone tightly.

She smiled and walked forward to look at it for a while before she figured out how to wear the collar pin.

I've only seen bosses wearing this in Korean dramas before.

After she was done, she smiled and scared him: "It seems that it is not completely covered. Do you want to put a band-aid on it?"

He smiled slyly, "No need. Putting a band-aid on it would attract attention. Wouldn't it be better to keep it natural?"

Then he reached out and gently straightened the bow on her scarf: "Madam, this is quite natural too."

"Okay, okay! Go and earn some rice." Xiang Ran moved his hand away and urged him to go.

"The 'rice' in the Sheng family's 'granary' is enough to last for three generations." Sheng Yang deliberately dawdled and did not move.

"Yes, so why do you work so hard?" Xiang Ran suddenly asked a philosophical question.

Sheng Yang leaned over and kissed her on the cheek: "For the sake of responsibility, for the sake of dreams—let's go, baby."

He took a few steps and turned back: "For you too."

-

Xiang Ran, sitting in the car, was still savoring the smile on Sheng Yang's face when he left.

She sighed.

Due to some strange coincidences, I have to stay in the Sheng family for a while.

When she first heard Butler Su say this, she was angry and annoyed, but now she feels that if she can spend a few more days with him, it would... not be so bad.

There is actually a feeling of regaining something that was lost.

She despised herself a little - she had agreed to just take the money and not show any emotion.

But when he turned back in the morning light and said tenderly, "Also for you",

It was hard for her not to be moved.

Any girl would be touched.

She is not made of iron either.

She is also kind-hearted.

So, during this time at the Sheng family, she just assumed that what he just said was directed at her.

Because no one had said such words to her in the past twenty years.

Because she was never important.

She also once hid in a dark little room, wiping her tears, hugging herself and comforting herself - it doesn't matter if no one likes me, I like myself!

But now she happened to stray into such a sunny place and met Sheng Yang.

This left her with no place to vent the extremism, anger and restlessness in her body.

But she knew that these things had not completely disappeared. They were hiding in the darkness, waiting to counterattack at any time.

It seemed as if those things were still mocking her: "Sooner or later you will have to stay with us because you were born poor."

No, it can't be like this.

Xiang Ran clenched his fists and said, "I can accept that I can't get rid of you nasty things, but I absolutely don't want to be poor again - even if I was born poor!"