Heyi Shengxiao Mo Chapter 12.3: As It Turns Out

Chapter 12.3: As It Turns Out

(translated by lidge and edited by peanuts)

It can be proven that ancient sayings made sense and Yi Chen’s instinct was also correct.

Of course, a twenty-seven years old Zhao Mo Sheng was more sensible than when she was in her teens. However a few habits that Yi Chen was familiar with clearly did not change with ti or age. For example she would act cheekily like a rascal if she could not win an argunt against him. For example she would like to stick to him more and more. For example she would give him the food she did not like to eat, for example ……

Well, lawyer He secretly admitted he actually enjoyed them. Moreover, it was really not easy to get these little habits to co back.

The wedding banquet will be held in one and a half month later. Yi Chen intended to take so ti off after the wedding banquet so he was busy wrapping up all his cases which could be finished. Those cases which could be passed to other people, he had already done that. Earlier, he had also turned down being a special guest host on the tv show “Legal Ti”. As for the preparations for the wedding banquet, compiling the invitation list, booking the restaurant etc …… Basically, Yi Chen single-handedly took care of everything. In contrast, Mo Sheng had it really too easy.

In fact, all these things can be handed over to a wedding planner, but Yi Chen apparently preferred to do them personally.

Actually, Mo Sheng also had one problem causing her headache, she could not find a bridesmaid.

Yi i was out of the question because she had quickly registered for a marriage license right after Lunar New Year.

Xiao Hong was even more inappropriate. When she heard about Mo Sheng’s wedding, Xiao Hong was mad and admonished Mo Sheng for concealing the true circumstances of her marriage from the good, honest and innocent people. In the end Mo Sheng had to treat her to several great als to sooth her. When Mo Sheng ntioned wanting her to be the bridesmaid, Xiao Hong scread: “No, if I’m the bridesmaid again, I’ll never get married!”

Xiao Hong’s frightened expression made Mo Sheng felt very guilty.

There was also Xiao Xiao. After hearing from Yi Chen about the wedding, she called Mo Sheng and her manner of speaking was a lot gentler than the last ti they t. She even said she wanted to be the matchmaker.

In short, Xiao Xiao also did not want to be a bridesmaid.

Finally, the person chosen to be the bridesmaid was sowhat unexpected.

That night, Yi Chen was in the bedroom looking at so important docunts, so he instructed Mo Sheng not to talk to him.

Mo Sheng was lying on the bed and writing the wedding invitations. The list was drafted earlier by Yi Chen, so she only needed to copy them neatly. But, what could this word be? Yi Chen’s handwriting was scarcely legible.

Mo Sheng turned the paper this way and that way for a long ti.

Yet, she still did not know!

Biting the pen, should she ask Yi Chen? She looked up to see him concentrating his attention……

He had already said not to talk to him……

Forget it, better not ask, just skip it and co back later!

Of course, Mo Sheng is not an obedient person. Previously, while at university, she was good at agreeing overtly, but opposing in secret. But the Yi Chen at that ti would at most show any angry face, then lectured her with a few words. However, after they got married, it was different now. Yi Chen’s way of ‘punishing’ her was simply without any restraint. Truth to tell, Mo Sheng was truly afraid of him.

Mo Sheng blushed when thinking about it. A Yi Chen like now, she could not have imagined back then.

But how boring…… copying so more, copying so more…… Mo Sheng could not take it anymore. She took a blank piece of paper and wrote a few words.

——”Yi Chen, I had a falling out with a colleague because of you.”

When done, she handed the note to him.

This did not count as talking to him.

Yi Chen initially intended to ignore her. He lifted his eyebrows and glanced at the note. This seed serious so he picked up a pen and wrote a reply —— “How?”

——”Tao Yi Jing, do you rember her? She found out you and I already knew each other before. She is very angry because she thought I deliberately hid the truth. But how could I tell her given our relationship at that ti?”

Yi Chen rubbed his eyebrows and wrote on a tiny piece of paper —— “Is it serious?”

——”Yes, very serious! I found an opportunity to explain in detailed to her. I also asked her to be my bridesmaid and she has agreed but she said will not give a red packet :(”

Indeed very serious!

Yi Chen threw the tiny piece of paper into the trash can, then pulled her up: “I think you’re too bored.”

She buried herself in his arms. He held tightly onto her waist. She smiled happily and and tried to get up, her hands pushing at his chest to escape. The sweet scent from the recent bath filled his nose ……

Yi Chen indulged himself for a split second.

He had longed for all these for so long. From now on, no matter what, he would never let her go!

A few days before the wedding banquet, the law firm had an unexpected visitor.

On that day, Yi Chen had just returned from the prosecutor’s office, i Ting saw him and said imdiately: “Lawyer He, a woman has been waiting for you for a long ti.”

Yi Chen looked at the direction her finger pointed at. Upon seeing him, the visitor stood up and in a graceful manner nodded at him to send her greetings. It was Pei Fang i, Mo Sheng’s mother.

“Here’s the tea.” i Ting put the tea on the coffee table in front of Pei Fang i.

“Thank you.” Pei Fang i said politely and picked up her tea cup. As a forr mayor’s wife, she was undoubtedly elegant and well-mannered.

After i Ting softly closed the door, a strange silence imdiately filled the office.

Pei Fang i looked at the quiet young man sitting behind the desk and spoke first: “We t in a hurry last ti but you should rember who I am.”

“Of course.” Yi Chen replied indifferently, “Mrs. Zhao!”

His cool response made her a bit more skeptical. Her facial expression all the more gentle when she said: “You don’t have to be so polite since you and Xiao Sheng are already married. In that case you ought to call mother-in-law’.”

Yi Chen smiled faintly but did not say anything.

Pei Fang i smiled and said: “If you’re not used to it, you can call Ms. Pei.”

“Ms. Pei.” Yi Chen accepted this suggestion, “I’m very curious what is the purpose of your visit.”

Pei Fang i sipped her tea, appearing more relaxed: “We only said a few words last ti, but Xiao Sheng praised you a lot. I ca here rely to take a look and find out more about you. Lawyer He, don’t worry.”

“If Mo Sheng knows you’re so concerned about her, she’ll be very happy.”

Pei Fang i looked at the penetrating gaze of this young man, smiled affectionately and said: “Do you feel grievance for Xiao Sheng?”

Yi Chen replied expressionlessly: “Mo Sheng has never felt grievance, so why should I?”

“Indeed.” Pei Fang i raised her eyebrows, sighed and said: “From the ti Xiao Sheng was little to now, I’ve never fulfilled my responsibility as a mother, partly because of a busy career and partly because I didn’t get along with her father so I neglected her. Fortunately, this child isn’t very sensitive so she grew up well.”

She paused for a while, seemingly to sigh with regret, then added: “In fact, I intend to make it up to her now, but I don’t know if there’s still a chance.”

After hearing her sincere confession, Yi Chen was still unmoved: “Ms. Pei, if you want to express maternal love, why do it in a roundabout way? I think you should talk to Mo Sheng directly.”

Pei Fang i carefully observed his expression: “You seem to be quite hostile toward ?”

“Probably, you’ve the wrong impression.”

Awkward silence……

Pei Fang i lifted her tea cup again and blew on the tea leaves. After a long while, she said: “Lawyer He, what kind of job do your parents do? If there’s a chance, invite them to co out so that our two families can formally et.”

“That’s probably not possible because my parents have already passed away.” Yi Chen said indifferently.

“Oh? I’m sorry.” Pei Fang i’s tone was apologetic but she did not appear surprised at all, as if she has already known. She thought for a mont and asked: “They passed away because of illness?”

Yi Chen felt tedious again.

Actually, Yi Chen has already guessed the purpose of Pei Fang i’s visit. She probably had recognized him but did not know how much he knew what happened to his parents so she asked so many indirect questions to probe him. Yi Chen could certainly pretend not to know anything, but suddenly he was tired of this kind of beating about the bush incessantly.

“Ms. Pei.” He said in a flat tone, “Why do this in a roundabout way? Why not just ask directly if I know that my father’s death is related to Mayor Zhao?”

Imdiately after Yi Chen spoke, Pei Fang i’s gentle and benevolent mask disappeared instantly. She suddenly stood up, appearing strong while weak inside and said: “You already knew! So, why did you marry Xiao Sheng? To take revenge against us?”

“I don’t think I need to tell you why I got married.” Before her questioning, Yi Chen answered coldly: “Besides, I don’t have so much patience to plan such a long revenge.”

Pei Fang i suspiciously looked closely at his facial expression for a long ti before she said: “I don’t believe you.”

Yi Chen said bluntly: “It doesn’t matter if you believe or not.”

Pei Fang i froze and was stumped for words for a while, then said: “Does Xiao Sheng know about this?”

“She doesn’t need to know, and she’ll never know.” Yi Chen said dismissively. He had decided a long ti ago that even if they did not end up together, he would also not tell her anything. It was enough that he shouldered this secret burden alone. Last ti, when Mo Sheng asked him what did her father say to him, he deliberately misled her.

“Actually, what happened then was an accident, no one expected it to turn out that way.” Pei Fang i’s voice softened. After all it caused the lost of a human life so the He family left a deep impression on her. Years later, when Mo Sheng ntioned the na He Yi Chen, Pei Fang i felt he seed familiar. When she saw him, she beca even more suspicious, so she decided to investigate further because she felt very uneasy. Indeed, he was the He family’s ten-year-old son at that ti. However, she did not know if that young child knew how his father died so she ca to the law firm to find out.

After she spoke so weakly, Yi Chen did not want to argue further. He stood up and opened the window, the fresh air outside suddenly rushed in. He looked out the window from the tenth floor, the sky was clear and the horizon spacious, helping sowhat to reduce Yi Chen’s moodiness.

When his father died, Yi Chen was about ten years old. Although he was smart, still not enough to understand the complexities of the adult world. He only rembered that one day coming back from school, his father, who was healthy in the morning, was in the hospital, his body bloody and not breathing. Then, his frail mother also beca ill and passed away, he suddenly beca an orphan. Fortunately, a neighbor, who is also his father’s comrade-in-arms, adopted him. After he grew up, he gradually understood everything thoroughly.

In the 1980’s, Yi Chen’s father borrowed money from the bank to invest in real estate. When the building construction was only half done, the bank changed its credit policy and demanded repaynt in advance. Zhao Qing Yuan was governor of Y City Bank at the ti, so he has the power to decide when to recall the loans. After Yi Chen’s father repeated attempts to solicit favors, Zhao Qing Yuan finally agreed to delay recalling his loan. However, Zhao Qing Yuan only agreed without aning it so the money and effort Yi Chen’s father spent to delay having to repay his loan were useless. He has to repay his loan based on the new credit policy, so he had to abandon the building construction imdiately. The building workers and material suppliers constantly demanded the repaynt of their debts. While on the run from debtors, he accidentally fell from an unfinished building floor and died instantly.

In the anwhile, Governor Zhao continued his teoric rise in career, finally becoming mayor. Although he did not directly cause Yi Chen’s father death, he was undoubtedly the source of the tragedy. Whenever auntie saw Zhao Qing Yuan giving a speech on TV, she’ll say to him: “Yi Chen, wait for it, this bad man will get his retribution one day.”

Yi Chen can never forget his extrely complicated feelings when he found out Mo Sheng was actually Zhao Qing Yuan’s daughter. Hatred, anger, pain, the absurdity of it all, he could not restrain himself and vented all of the negative emotions towards Mo Sheng when he saw her. Perhaps a part of it included self-loathing because even after knowing, he did not want to break up with Mo Sheng.

What he said at that ti even pained him, so how could it affect Mo Sheng any less?

Moreover, he almost…… imdiately regretted what he said.

Yi Chen frowned and could not bear to think of that awful past. When that happened, he was still young, no matter how matured he was, he was only twenty years old. He still did not how to control and conceal his feelings. But he would never repeat the sa mistake now.

The owner of the law firm clearly had the intention of ending the conversation. Pei Fang i realized she made a mistake in coming here. If he never intended on revenge, her being here was unnecessary. If he intended on revenge, how could she stop him?

Nevertheless, she did not want her trip to be worthless, so she lowered her voice and said softly: “I hope you can give an undertaking. Even if I’m not close to Xiao Sheng, I’m still her mother.”

A long ti passed, but there was no response.

Pei Fang i has always been proud and arrogant, but she had lowered her self-esteem today for Mo Sheng. She stood up and said: “Since like this, I’m leaving.”

She got up and walked to the door. Just as she was about to turn the doorknob, she heard that overbearing young man plainly made an assertion:

“They gave ten years but I want Mo Sheng for a lifeti.” His voice sounded tired, he paused then said, “I capitulate to the warm reality.”

Pei Fang i was startled at first, then realized what he said was the commitnt she wanted from him. She turned around, the young man who was standing in front of the French window was shrouded in a layer of golden sunlight, his silhouette seed desolate. Pei Fang i did not have a chance to speak before she heard his faint request.

“Mo Sheng loves to let her imagination run wild, so please don’t let her know about all these.”

The office was quiet once again, but Yi Chen could not concentrate on his work. Looking at the ti, it was almost ti to go ho, so he might as well close his case file and deal with it tomorrow.

The phone in his pocket rang, it was the ringtone of an incoming text ssage.

It must be Mo Sheng!

Checking the phone, it was really her.

——”Yi Chen, I got my bonus today, so I’m treating you to a al. I will be at your workplace right away.”

Yi Chen smiled happily, imagining soone looking imnsely proud of herself. When he was about to reply her, the phone rang. After he was done with the call, there were two more text ssages.

——”Didn’t reply , it is unlikely you are not around……”

——”Poor phone, where did Yi Chen misplace you?”

So impatient!

Yi Chen helplessly shook his head, his phone conversation was no more than ten minutes, so he quickly answered her —— “No need to co up, wait for downstairs.”

Yi Chen stood in front of the window, waiting for Mo Sheng to appear.

It seed like Yi i asked him before, how could he continue to wait so patiently?

Actually, waiting had nothing to do with ti, it was a habit, sothing that ca about naturally, he could not control it.

Mo Sheng who was carrying her cara, appeared in his line of vision. She stood under the shade of a tree across the street, her head bowed as she typed on her mobile phone.

A mont later, a new text ssage appeared on Yi Chen’s mobile phone.

——”Yi Chen, I’ve arrived, so hurry down. Still the old rule, I’ll count to 1,000……”