Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Everybody was astounded when the beauty spoke.
Miss Cheng, who was drinking tea, was about to praise the butler for the very pure tea when she heard the statement. Miss Cheng, in shock, gulped down the mouthful of tea she just had and coughed for her dear life. Her pale face turned red.
Su Man frowned evilly and earnestly displayed his displeasure. She did not seem to mind and walked over to embrace Beauty Su with open arms, and then pecked Beauty Su on the cheek with her lips, smiling gorgeously.
“It’s been a long time. Do you miss me?” The beauty cupped Beauty Su’s serious face and asked seriously. She had a gaze that would kill if she did not get the reply she expected.
“I do not.” Su Man turned around and looked at her coldly. “I almost forgot what you looked like.”
“Man Man, that’s really mean of you.”
“You’re not too different too.”
“You, for good or worse, brought me along. For your sake, I could not even be bothered about my sons.”
“Yes, that explains their wayward behavior and menacing ways.”
“…You didn’t have to be that mean, right?” After some verbal sparring, the beauty stroked her nose. If her sons were indeed that unpromising, she could not do anything about it but admit her own folly. “They are, like it or not, your nephews too.”
“I don’t know them!” Su Man plainly replied.
The beauty pinched him and scolded him in Spanish. Cheng Anya did not know what the beauty said, but she saw Dana could not help but break into laughter whereas Su Man coldly stared at her. He seemed particularly unhappy with Dana making fun of him.
Dana, who was standing to a side, laughed and bowed at the beauty, who nodded in return.
“Good Man Man, who is this lady?” The beauty asked when her gaze landed on Cheng Anya. The beauty’s smile had a unique affability to it and Cheng Anya could not quite put a finger to it although she felt extremely at ease. Her purple eyes had a gentle temperament that gave her mature woman charm maximum mileage. Her gaze, not by nature, had to be nurtured with many years of experience.
While she seemed to be of similar age—maybe a year or two older at best—from afar, one could clearly tell that she was not young up close since she did not seem as youthful. Once one had experienced events, said events along with the baptism of time culminated in a different gaze that Cheng Anya did not naively assume would be the gaze of a twenty-something old lady.
“Friend of a friend,” Su Man plainly replied as he forcefully yanked her hand away. “Cheng Anya, wife of Ye Chen, the secret master of the Dragon Gate.”
Cheng Anya could figure out how the conversation would go, and she was introduced in this manner for the first time. When Third Young Master Ye was never around her, people around her would introduce her as the wife of the president of An Ning International—or to be more precise, the madam of An Ning International. As it was her first time being introduced as the wife of a triad master, she secretly guessed that the beauty was in the same league as Ye Wei and Eleven—those who belonged to the underground.
But she, in all her charm, gentleness, and affinity, did not seem to fit the part.
“Ah. I was surprised when you brought a lady along.” The beauty smiled as she introduced herself. “Madam Ye, nice to meet you. I am Su Man’s sister. You can call me Sister Beautiful.”
Su Man coldly harrumphed. His beautiful sister would never mention her real name when she introduced herself. Why? She had given birth to two twin daughters back then whose looks stood out when they were infants.
The beautiful sister’s father felt that his two daughters were as pretty as flower and jade that he gave them the Chinese names of Ruhua and Ruyu for the elder and younger daughters respectively.
The beautiful sister was the elder daughter, and she was called Su Ruhua. She detested her Chinese name and bore a huge grudge against her old man back then. If she had to introduce herself, she would go by her other name: Sophia.
Cheng Anya was extremely polite and smiled gently. “Hi, Sister Beautiful. You can just call me Anya.”
Sister Beautiful was extremely happy and the butler brought another cup of fragrant tea. Cheng Anya was secretly shocked at how incredulous the world was. She did not expect Beauty Su to have a sister. Their exotic looks indeed ran in the family.
“Man Man, I didn’t expect you to be this obedient to come and pick me up. I was, for once, expecting you to ignore me.” Su Ruhua laughed as she mused. “What’s with you and your filial piety this time around?”
The sister-brother duo was undoubtedly telepathic siblings. Her guesses about Su Man’s thoughts were by and large accurate.
Su Man ignored her and noticed an unfamiliar object. He walked up to a basket containing herbs and raised the herbs. “What’s with the soul-soothing grass?”
“I picked up a gorgeous beauty who was, in a pity, stark raving mad to the point regular sedatives did not work. I could only use the soul-soothing grass to sedate her lest she fly into madness. That’s heartbreaking to see.”
“Even the sedatives you managed to formulate didn’t work?”
“It didn’t.” Su Ruhua frowned in discouragement. “Man Man, help me check her up since you are around.”
“I’m not free.” Su Man flatly rejected her and looked at her coldly. “I am here to pick you up. Pack up and we’ll go in the afternoon.”
“Are you in such a rush to be reborn?” Su Ruhua deliberately looked at him cryptically. “You’re so not cute. What’s with just taking a look at the person since you are already here?”
“When did you become infected with such kindness?”
“Your sister has been doing good works for forty years, and you can tell that I’m already Buddha-like from my face. Your sister can never run short on good works,” Su Ruhua calmly replied. Cheng Anya could not help but laugh.
“What a joke.” Su Man harrumphed. As said person was none of Su Man business, he did not have the time and was not particularly keen to save the person.
“It’s already late today. Since we are not in a rush, why don’t you hang around here for a day or two before leaving tomorrow? Once we hit the open seas, we’ll have to part ways. Won’t you want to treasure this wonderful family time with your sister?” Su Ruhua changed her approach.
“Where’s the joy in that?”
“You’re really not cute at all.” Su Ruhua shook her head. She then grabbed Cheng Anya in glee and emoted. “Anya, you are thankfully married. If you were not, you’d die standing if you fancied somebody like him.”
Cheng Anya was stunned into silence.
Su Ruhua seemed to recall something and then turned to look at Cheng Anya with a gaze that sent Cheng Anya trembling in fear for saying something sensational. “Anya, why don’t you become my daughter-in-law? I have two sons that have the looks, the figure, and the talents that you desire. How does that sound? Would you like to consider it?”
“…If I may ask, are your sons at least ten years old?” Cheng Anya asked.
This was a question that was worth pondering upon. For a woman who seemed of age to suggest to Cheng Anya to be her daughter-in-law, the question was nothing short on impact. Cheng Anya fell silent…
“My son is twenty…” Su Ruhua fell silent for a moment and did some maths with her hands. “One is twenty-five, and the other two are twenty-six and twenty-four respectively? Choose one amongst the three and you are set to go.”
Cheng Anya pondered for a moment and suddenly recalled something. When she saw Su Ruhua’s monster-like gaze, she then realized what she wanted to ask. “If I may ask, how old are you?”
“Secret!” Su Ruhua put her index finger to her lips. A woman’s age was a secret.
Cheng Anya tried to imagine but could not imagine how two men in their mid-twenties could call her mother.
Su Man coughed. “Anya, you know her sons.”
“Eh, so you do know my sons?” Su Ruhua was slightly agape before Cheng Anya could reply. “Young girl, you sure have a bad taste to marry somebody despite knowing my sons.”
Cheng Anya was stunned into silence.
She then fell silent and asked shamelessly, “Who are your sons?”
“Mo Ye and Mo Jue,” Su Man replied.
Cheng Anya was thankful that she did not drink, or she would have choked on the tea. How could things be so f***ing coincidental?
She quickly stood away from Su Ruhua and went next to Su Man. Su Ruhua raised her eyebrows extremely high. “I’m sorry, but do you dislike me?”
She was extremely innocent.
Cheng Anya felt as though she was struck by thunder. That explained why she felt those purple eyes were extremely familiar. Mo Jue inherited his purple eyes from her, and they looked almost the same! She, however, gave people the impression she was mysterious whilst Mo Jue’s eyes were clear. The feelings conveyed by the eyes were different.
Goodness! She wanted to faint from this astronomical joke.
“It’s not a dislike!” Miss Cheng quickly responded. “It’s worship. I feel that you are indeed outstanding enough to have two such over-the-top children.”
“What courtesy is that? It seems like courtesies are not universal. Did I lose touch from upper society after all these years away from the world?” Su Ruhua expressed her doubt again.
Cheng Anya’s eyes twitched and she did not say a word.
Su Ruhua coughed again and they suddenly heard a roar from the adjacent room. Su Ruhua stroked her lips and looked outside worryingly. “Hey, Man Man, go help her. I do not know whether the soul-soothing grass will be able to keep her madness in check. You know very well that I am not particularly good in this league.”
“I’m not free!” Su Man once again turned her down and he was too lazy to work.
“Hey, you have something to ask of me this time. Consider it a deal.” Su Ruhua clicked her tongue.
“Sure, no problem then.” Su Man’s lips curled into a smile. He had achieved his aim.
“Wait up!” Su Ruhua realized that she had fallen for the ploy and shouted for him to stop. “Tell me. What do you exactly want me to do?”
“Your two sons have been wayward for too long, and it’s time you bring them home and teach them some values. He has detained two of my own, so get them to release them,” Beauty Su said with a cold look. If this hadn’t blown up and affected him, Su Man could not have been bothered with it. Whether the two of them ended up alive or dead, all was good as long as they released Ye Wei and Eleven. However they wreaked havoc, it was no longer his business.
Su Ruhua was lost for words.
