Chapter 48: You Are Special to Me
Translator: Fan Translation Studio
Proofread by Claire.KK
All of a sudden, Ye Xiaoxian was like possessed by her mother-in-law, dramatically squeezing out a tear. âPlease donât mention the word âperfectâ. To be honest, I was abandoned by my own parents when I was young. My mother-in-law adopted me kindly. She wanted me to marry her eldest son, but who knows that he was a short-lived one. My mother-in-law was too poor to afford marry his second son to another woman, so she decided to let me marry him. And the second one was a foolish fellow who never looked at me in the eye, let alone calling me his wife. He only knows to cold shoulder me all the time.â
âHuh? Why? Why did he not like you?â asked Liu Qianqian. âYouâre so good at cooking and does he not like you cooking for him?â
âHe does like the dishes I cooked but you know, men always take women for granted. If I didnât cook for him, others would. Just a few days ago, I saw another woman deliver food to him in town!â
âHeâs too much!â Liu Qianqian thumped the table furiously.
Though she was outraged, once more, Liu Qianqian picked up her spoon and drank another spoonful of porridge with her teeth gritting.
Ye Xiaoxian shed another tear, and then said, âYou must have heard from Housekeeper Liu. Iâm just a poor commoner with a humble life. I make a living by selling cold jelly on the street, and my husband doesnât care for me at all, but I never thought of abandoning myself. I like cooking. Every time I eat something delicious, I feel how happy people are just living in this world, because one can only live well to eat roast duck, mutton hot pot, palace cuisine, fried liver, fermented soya-bean milk, Shumai, steamed bread of corn⦠â
Ye Xiaoxian recited a dozen of dishes name in one breath.
Liu Qianqianâs appet.i.te seemed to be boosted more. When she drank porridge, she also picked up some cuc.u.mber and wooden ear salad as well. âWhat you said makes sense.â
Ye Xiaoxian thought of the those chicken-soup-for-the-soul articles she had read before, and continued, âIn fact, one wonât die for lovesick. Others may not care for us, but we canât give up ourselves. The more beautifully you live, the more unhappy those who donât like you are, and one day, he will regret his decision! On the contrary, if you give up yourself and make yourself as thin as a bamboo pole, who will like you? Donâtâ you think?â
Liu Qianqian heard what Ye Xiaoxian said and she was suddenly enlightened by Ye Xiaoxianâs words.
âHow come I never thought about this before?â said Liu Qianqian.
âItâs because youâre a rich young lady and you can have everything you want. Once you canât get hold of something, you will feel frustrated. Youâre not good at enduring frustrations. When you get used to losing things, you will be stronger.â Ye Xiaoxian continued to comfort her.
â,,,â Liu Qianqianâs mood became very complicated. She didnât know whether it was joy or sorrow, but it was a shame that Ye Xiaoxian, a young peasant woman can come up with such great words while she failed to realize it as a rich lady.
Liu Qianqian suddenly grabbed Ye Xiaoxianâs hands and said, âYouâre not half wrong. I decide to be as strong as you from now on.â
âYes. You need to learn to forget those unhappy stuff, eat properly and doll yourself up. And Iâm sure your perfect man will show up in the near future.â
After Ye Xiaoxian comforted her, Liu Qianqian seemed to be full of fighting will. She said dec
Ye Xiaoxian was speechless.
No wonder that Miss Liu failed to own the man she wanted, it turned that the man was her cousin-in-law.
She didnât expect to experience such a tacky soap opera.
â¦
When Ye Xiaoxian came out from Lord Liuâs, it was the hottest time of the whole day.
By some chance, she made a detour to pa.s.s across the government office.
Xiao Baoshan should be taking a rest under the big tree beside the government office at this moment.
She wondered if she could b.u.mp into him, or the girl who delivered food to him last time?
Even if she met Xiao Baoshan, Ye Xiaoxian had no plan of what to do.
She just felt that she could not just give up once she recalled that scene in the river last night.
It was packed under the tree and everyone looked lack of energy. Some were napping and some were chatting sitting in a circle.
Ye Xiaoxian walked around, but she only saw several of Xiao Baoshanâs coworkers, but didnât see Xiao Baoshan anywhere and she wondered where he had been.
Since she didnât find Xiao Baoshan, Ye Xiaoxian was going back to the cold jelly stand.
When she pa.s.sed by a big tree, she suddenly heard a timid female voice. âBrother Baoshan, havenât youâ¦havenât you found that I treat you differently from others?â
Ye Xiaoxian was stunned and couldnât move.
Brother Baoshan?