Chapter 219.1: Devastating Heat of Midsummer
Forget it, in any case, she wouldn’t be able to figure it out even if she thought about it, so she should just ask Mu Ye about it next time they saw each other!
This was Tang Doudou’s innocent thought.
“Why hasn’t your little Junior Sister caught up with us yet?” She looked behind her and was surprised to see that the annoying Nangong Yan hadn’t followed after them and felt curious. Could it be that she realized that she couldn’t come between them, so she decided to simply not to bother trying?
Even though the mention of Mu Ye made Baili Yu somewhat unhappy, he also understood that this was all because his little woman was truly too charming and likable. As her husband, he ought to be very proud of that.
Who asked his little woman to be so dense when it came to love-related matters?
He was glad that he struck early, otherwise… He reckoned that he too would be more or less in the same situation as Mu Ye right now…
Even as he dwelt on this, his gaze swept towards the tree at the side of the street with a smile that was not quite a smile. He saw a blur of black. The person that had been following them finally left.
“Could it be that she’s not coming?” Tang Doudou thought that Nangong Yan wasn’t coming anymore and immediately lost the mood to wander around aimlessly. It was so hot! Her brain must have short-circuited, to suggest doing something like aerobic exercises.
Baili Yu noticed the fine beads of sweat oozing from her forehead and he reached out to wipe them off for her. Then he took out a jade green colored bamboo fan from his sleeves, opened it and gently fanned her. “If she was that considerate, then she wouldn’t be called Nangong Yan.”
Her entire mood had brightened up when the fan sent a cool and refreshing breeze over. But when she heard those words, she felt inexplicably sour again. “You understand her that well? As expected of the senior brother.”
Baili Yu didn’t get angry and simply glanced at her gently. “Wife is jealous?”
“Tsk, jealous of her?! I’m not that idle.”
She was truly a stubborn girl.
Speak of the devil, sure enough, they saw Nangong Yan walking towards them while constantly fanning herself with the round fan in her hand. She was complaining incessantly while walking. “This is really infuriating this miss to death! It’s his good fortune that I took a fancy to this lousy fan, yet he still wanted to snatch it from me?!”
“Miss Nangong, please calm down. They’re just some ignorant people, so don’t waste your anger on them. It certainly isn’t worth it to ruin your body from anger.” A voice that contained traces of gentleness could be heard soon after. This voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Tang Doudou hurriedly turned to look in Nangong Yan’s direction and found that, as expected, it was that madman Murong Yu.
How come he was together with Nangong Yan again?
Two lunatics had gathered in the same place now, how is a person still supposed to enjoy themself in peace?
However, Baili Yu didn’t find this odd at all, or perhaps, it could be said that he simply didn’t care about these things. He only glanced over there indifferently before withdrawing his gaze again. “Wife, do you plan to continue walking?”
Tang Doudou also retrieved her gaze. It was seriously gross to watch Murong Yu. “No, I want to sit in the palanquin!”
Baili Yu then said to the maid behind him, “Did you hear what Madam said?”
“This servant will go right away and have them carry the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin over here.”
“Hey hey! It’s enough that you already call me Wife, don’t be like Madam this and Madam that. We’re not even married yet!” Tang Doudou immediately had a complaint. The fact that Baili Yu was addressing her as Wife couldn’t be changed no matter what. However, when she thought about how his subordinates and his maids would address her as Madam in the future, she started to feel uncomfortable all over.
Baili Yu didn’t mind this at all. “It’s something that will happen sooner or later, so Wife doesn’t need to mind these small details.”
After they exchanged a few sentences, Nangong Yan had already reached them. She was still smiling very sweetly as always. “Senior Brother, you guys walk too fast, Yan er couldn’t keep up at all.” After she finished speaking, she pouted with grievances. “Senior Brother, someone bullied Yan’er just now, you have to get justice for me!”
“The store owner from earlier had indeed crossed the line a bit,” said Murong Yu who was standing beside her. Afterward, he looked toward Tang Doudou. “Greetings, Young City Lord.”
“Murong gongzi, there’s no need to stand on ceremony.” This was really strange. Before, whenever Murong Yu saw her, his nostrils would be facing towards the sky, but he was so polite today. This had really made her feel a little ‘overwhelmed by favor from superior.’
He then looked at Baili Yu with a rather courteous smile and asked, “This must be Baili gongzi, I presume?”
One doesn’t hit a person’s smiling face, moreover, Baili Yu was a businessman. The smile on his face didn’t decrease at all as he replied, “That’s right, Murong gongzi really has a good memory.”
“Baili gongzi’s good looks and graceful demeanor are such that it is difficult to forget even if one wishes to ah! It’s no wonder that our Young City Lord would harbor secret feelings for you. As of now, it can be said that the Heavens have granted grace and fulfilled both of your desires.” Murong Yu put this nicely, but his words were actually belittling Tang Doudou for liking Baili Yu based on none other than his outer appearance.
It seemed that he had decided to stand on Nangong Yan’s side. That must be the case, otherwise, how could such a coincidence such that Nangong Yan encountered him while she was buying a fan in that store occur?
But there were plenty of people that were against her out there, so an addition Murong Yu didn’t change much. However, Murong Yu’s rapid mood swings did make Tang Doudou feel somewhat apprehensive.
“Murong gongzi flatters too much.” Even Tang Doudou understood the meaning behind his words, so how could Baili Yu have possibly missed it? But his way of thinking was more or less the same as hers. There was no need to take these petty troublemakers seriously. After giving a polite reply, he whispered to Tang Doudou in a soft voice, “Wife, look at you, you’re covered with sweat. Allow this husband to wipe them for you?”
Today’s weather was truly unusually hot, it was still tolerable until Baili Yu had reminded her. Once he said that Tang Doudou started to feel increasingly hot. “Where’s that fan from earlier?”
“I was worried that Wife wouldn’t be able to stand the cool breeze from the fan, so I put it away.”
She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at his words. The weather’s already like this, what harm could that tiny bit of cool wind from the fan do? It’s not like it was an air conditioner.
He was making a big fuss over nothing ah!
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Credits: Translated by Yuna, TLCed + Edited by Chiyomira
Chapter 219.2: Devastating Heat of Midsummer
When Nangong Yan heard Tang Doudou mention the word ‘fan’, her eyes instantly lit up. With a sweet expression, she offered the fan in her hands. “Senior Brother is really petty, it’s just a fan but you won’t even let Sister-in-Law use it! It’s so hot today, how would it be possible for Sister-in-Law to catch a chill unless you use the Crystal Ice Soul Jade Fan? Sister-in-law, here you go. If Senior Brother won’t let you use his, just use Yan er’s!”
…Tang Doudou was speechless. Just now, Baili Yu’s words were obviously showing concern for her. How come once those words passed through Nangong Yan’s mouth, they turned into Baili Yu being petty instead?
When Nangong Yan saw that Tang Doudou didn’t move to accept her fan, she pursed her lips. “What? Could it be that Sister-in-Law dislikes Yan er’s fan?”
They had been here for a while already. Even though there were not many people on the street, you could still see many heads poking out of the building windows on both sides. They were watching the scene with interest. It was to be expected, after all, who asked them to show their faces like that yesterday? Now everyone from Cloud City knew who these three were. As for Murong Yu, he was even more well-known.
And now the four of them appeared on the street together. The spectators didn’t seek to watch anything lively or exciting, since just the sight of Baili Yu and the Young City Lord was enough to be a beautiful scenery in the summertime ah!
As for Murong Yu and Nangong Yan, they could only act as foil.
But there were also many people who liked Nangong Yan’s delicate and cute looks. It seemed as if Tang Doudou was currently making things difficult for her. The moment her face filled with grievances, people started to gossip about it.They were pretty much remarking that their Young City Lord was quite narrow-minded, as she was even competing with a young lady.
When Tang Doudou heard these people say all sorts the things, she narrowed her eyes and prepared to say something to counterattack.
But then, out of the corners of her eyes, she saw a hand take the fan from Nangong Yan’s hand lightly. “Since Junior Sister is being so kind, then Wife should not stand on so much ceremony and just take it.”
Tang Doudou was still wondering what exactly Baili Yu planned to do when she saw the familiar looking Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin appear in front of her. The ones that carried the palanquin were still the same two rows of pretty maids. When they reached them, they looked in unison towards Baili Yu and saluted, “We pay our respects to Master!”
They then faced Tang Doudou and saluted, “We pay our respects to Madam!”
Following that, they opened the door of the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin, then stood to either side with their hands lowered silently.
The call of ‘Madam’ had annoyed the hell out of Nangong Yan. This group of hateful servants! In the past, they were still extremely respectful towards her, clearly also knowing that she was the best candidate to be Senior Brother’s wife. But now they were actually addressing this lowly wretch as Madam in front of her!
This lowly wretch was also truly shameless. Not only were they not married, they weren’t even engaged! Yet she dared to regard herself as the Madam!
This fast uniform development scared Tang Doudou quite badly. She reached out and pinched Baili Yu’s waist as she leaned in close and said, “Stinkin’ evil spirit, this is an unfair cheap trick ah!”
Her way of thinking was surprisingly identical to Nangong Yan’s for once. They weren’t married yet, so if she acknowledge this one word ‘Madam’, then wouldn’t this allow others to say that she was poorly educated and impatient to get married?
At that time, the reputations that would suffer a hit would be the reputation of the City Lord Residence and the reputation of Su Yi.
Baili Yu also leaned over and whispered gently next to her ear, “It’s something that will happen sooner or later. If I let others know that you are my wife a bit earlier, that will help to severe their little hopes towards Wife.”
When the spectators saw the two of them whispering to one another, many sighed sadly. It seemed that the rumors about the two already having a love affair were really true ah!
Tang Doudou still wanted to curse, but before she could, Baili Yu grabbed her hand and started walking to the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin. “This one’s palanquin can only accommodate two people, so this one will not invite Murong gongzi to join us. This one hopes that Murong gongzi wouldn’t mind.”
After he finished saying that, he pulled Tang Doudou, who had wanted to say something but hesitated, into the palanquin. The palanquin door slowly closed. Many people extended their necks to take a good look at the unbelievably luxurious palanquin of the rumors. It appeared that the inner part of the palanquin was truly very exquisite and luxurious and the most important point was that it was very spacious!
It was so large that there’d be plenty of room even if four or five more people entered.
Murong Yu saw that as well and the corners of his mouth twitched. Baili Yu had deliberately closed the door slowly just for him to see, huh?
However, even if Baili Yu didn’t say it like that, he also wouldn’t have thickened his skin and shamelessly tried to sit inside. Who didn’t know that up until now, the only person that had been allowed to enter the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin was Li Xueyi?
This thought also occured to Nangong Yan, thus she didn’t dare to act rashly and step forward. She would only humiliate herself if she got rejected.
But hadn’t they already agreed that they would walk there?
Then why did the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin appear here?!
More importantly, she had spent a lot of effort earlier to get that fan, but they took it with them into the palanquin.
The Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin was warm during winter and cool during summer, there was no need for a fan at all!
What was most hateful was, why would Senior Brother help that stinkin’ woman bully her? Could it be that she really didn’t matter at all in Senior Brother’s eyes?
No, that was impossible. If he didn’t care for her, how come that year…..
Tang Doudou put down the window curtains and withdrew her gaze. Turning towards a certain someone who was lying down napping, she said with a mischievous laugh,, “This time you’ve angered Nangong Yan quite badly. Look at her expression, it looks like she itches to rush and beat me to death!”
“Wife must be joking, I haven’t angered her at all. It is merely her angering herself.” Baili Yu had his eyes half-closed. His head felt somewhat heavy; it seemed that the matter of the curing the Hoarfrost Poison had to be addressed soon.
“Hehe, that’s true!” After she said that, she saw the round fan that had dropped on the floor. She smirked and said, “I think ah, we can still add more fuel to the fire!”
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Credits: Translated by Yuna, TLCed + Edited by Chiyomira
Chapter 219.1: Devastating Heat of Midsummer
Forget it, in any case, she wouldn’t be able to figure it out even if she thought about it, so she should just ask Mu Ye about it next time they saw each other!
This was Tang Doudou’s innocent thought.
“Why hasn’t your little Junior Sister caught up with us yet?” She looked behind her and was surprised to see that the annoying Nangong Yan hadn’t followed after them and felt curious. Could it be that she realized that she couldn’t come between them, so she decided to simply not to bother trying?
Even though the mention of Mu Ye made Baili Yu somewhat unhappy, he also understood that this was all because his little woman was truly too charming and likable. As her husband, he ought to be very proud of that.
Who asked his little woman to be so dense when it came to love-related matters?
He was glad that he struck early, otherwise… He reckoned that he too would be more or less in the same situation as Mu Ye right now…
Even as he dwelt on this, his gaze swept towards the tree at the side of the street with a smile that was not quite a smile. He saw a blur of black. The person that had been following them finally left.
“Could it be that she’s not coming?” Tang Doudou thought that Nangong Yan wasn’t coming anymore and immediately lost the mood to wander around aimlessly. It was so hot! Her brain must have short-circuited, to suggest doing something like aerobic exercises.
Baili Yu noticed the fine beads of sweat oozing from her forehead and he reached out to wipe them off for her. Then he took out a jade green colored bamboo fan from his sleeves, opened it and gently fanned her. “If she was that considerate, then she wouldn’t be called Nangong Yan.”
Her entire mood had brightened up when the fan sent a cool and refreshing breeze over. But when she heard those words, she felt inexplicably sour again. “You understand her that well? As expected of the senior brother.”
Baili Yu didn’t get angry and simply glanced at her gently. “Wife is jealous?”
“Tsk, jealous of her?! I’m not that idle.”
She was truly a stubborn girl.
Speak of the devil, sure enough, they saw Nangong Yan walking towards them while constantly fanning herself with the round fan in her hand. She was complaining incessantly while walking. “This is really infuriating this miss to death! It’s his good fortune that I took a fancy to this lousy fan, yet he still wanted to snatch it from me?!”
“Miss Nangong, please calm down. They’re just some ignorant people, so don’t waste your anger on them. It certainly isn’t worth it to ruin your body from anger.” A voice that contained traces of gentleness could be heard soon after. This voice sounded somewhat familiar.
Tang Doudou hurriedly turned to look in Nangong Yan’s direction and found that, as expected, it was that madman Murong Yu.
How come he was together with Nangong Yan again?
Two lunatics had gathered in the same place now, how is a person still supposed to enjoy themself in peace?
However, Baili Yu didn’t find this odd at all, or perhaps, it could be said that he simply didn’t care about these things. He only glanced over there indifferently before withdrawing his gaze again. “Wife, do you plan to continue walking?”
Tang Doudou also retrieved her gaze. It was seriously gross to watch Murong Yu. “No, I want to sit in the palanquin!”
Baili Yu then said to the maid behind him, “Did you hear what Madam said?”
“This servant will go right away and have them carry the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin over here.”
“Hey hey! It’s enough that you already call me Wife, don’t be like Madam this and Madam that. We’re not even married yet!” Tang Doudou immediately had a complaint. The fact that Baili Yu was addressing her as Wife couldn’t be changed no matter what. However, when she thought about how his subordinates and his maids would address her as Madam in the future, she started to feel uncomfortable all over.
Baili Yu didn’t mind this at all. “It’s something that will happen sooner or later, so Wife doesn’t need to mind these small details.”
After they exchanged a few sentences, Nangong Yan had already reached them. She was still smiling very sweetly as always. “Senior Brother, you guys walk too fast, Yan er couldn’t keep up at all.” After she finished speaking, she pouted with grievances. “Senior Brother, someone bullied Yan’er just now, you have to get justice for me!”
“The store owner from earlier had indeed crossed the line a bit,” said Murong Yu who was standing beside her. Afterward, he looked toward Tang Doudou. “Greetings, Young City Lord.”
“Murong gongzi, there’s no need to stand on ceremony.” This was really strange. Before, whenever Murong Yu saw her, his nostrils would be facing towards the sky, but he was so polite today. This had really made her feel a little ‘overwhelmed by favor from superior.’
He then looked at Baili Yu with a rather courteous smile and asked, “This must be Baili gongzi, I presume?”
One doesn’t hit a person’s smiling face, moreover, Baili Yu was a businessman. The smile on his face didn’t decrease at all as he replied, “That’s right, Murong gongzi really has a good memory.”
“Baili gongzi’s good looks and graceful demeanor are such that it is difficult to forget even if one wishes to ah! It’s no wonder that our Young City Lord would harbor secret feelings for you. As of now, it can be said that the Heavens have granted grace and fulfilled both of your desires.” Murong Yu put this nicely, but his words were actually belittling Tang Doudou for liking Baili Yu based on none other than his outer appearance.
It seemed that he had decided to stand on Nangong Yan’s side. That must be the case, otherwise, how could such a coincidence such that Nangong Yan encountered him while she was buying a fan in that store occur?
But there were plenty of people that were against her out there, so an addition Murong Yu didn’t change much. However, Murong Yu’s rapid mood swings did make Tang Doudou feel somewhat apprehensive.
“Murong gongzi flatters too much.” Even Tang Doudou understood the meaning behind his words, so how could Baili Yu have possibly missed it? But his way of thinking was more or less the same as hers. There was no need to take these petty troublemakers seriously. After giving a polite reply, he whispered to Tang Doudou in a soft voice, “Wife, look at you, you’re covered with sweat. Allow this husband to wipe them for you?”
Today’s weather was truly unusually hot, it was still tolerable until Baili Yu had reminded her. Once he said that Tang Doudou started to feel increasingly hot. “Where’s that fan from earlier?”
“I was worried that Wife wouldn’t be able to stand the cool breeze from the fan, so I put it away.”
She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at his words. The weather’s already like this, what harm could that tiny bit of cool wind from the fan do? It’s not like it was an air conditioner.
He was making a big fuss over nothing ah!
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Credits: Translated by Yuna, TLCed + Edited by Chiyomira
Chapter 219.2: Devastating Heat of Midsummer
When Nangong Yan heard Tang Doudou mention the word ‘fan’, her eyes instantly lit up. With a sweet expression, she offered the fan in her hands. “Senior Brother is really petty, it’s just a fan but you won’t even let Sister-in-Law use it! It’s so hot today, how would it be possible for Sister-in-Law to catch a chill unless you use the Crystal Ice Soul Jade Fan? Sister-in-law, here you go. If Senior Brother won’t let you use his, just use Yan er’s!”
…Tang Doudou was speechless. Just now, Baili Yu’s words were obviously showing concern for her. How come once those words passed through Nangong Yan’s mouth, they turned into Baili Yu being petty instead?
When Nangong Yan saw that Tang Doudou didn’t move to accept her fan, she pursed her lips. “What? Could it be that Sister-in-Law dislikes Yan er’s fan?”
They had been here for a while already. Even though there were not many people on the street, you could still see many heads poking out of the building windows on both sides. They were watching the scene with interest. It was to be expected, after all, who asked them to show their faces like that yesterday? Now everyone from Cloud City knew who these three were. As for Murong Yu, he was even more well-known.
And now the four of them appeared on the street together. The spectators didn’t seek to watch anything lively or exciting, since just the sight of Baili Yu and the Young City Lord was enough to be a beautiful scenery in the summertime ah!
As for Murong Yu and Nangong Yan, they could only act as foil.
But there were also many people who liked Nangong Yan’s delicate and cute looks. It seemed as if Tang Doudou was currently making things difficult for her. The moment her face filled with grievances, people started to gossip about it.They were pretty much remarking that their Young City Lord was quite narrow-minded, as she was even competing with a young lady.
When Tang Doudou heard these people say all sorts the things, she narrowed her eyes and prepared to say something to counterattack.
But then, out of the corners of her eyes, she saw a hand take the fan from Nangong Yan’s hand lightly. “Since Junior Sister is being so kind, then Wife should not stand on so much ceremony and just take it.”
Tang Doudou was still wondering what exactly Baili Yu planned to do when she saw the familiar looking Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin appear in front of her. The ones that carried the palanquin were still the same two rows of pretty maids. When they reached them, they looked in unison towards Baili Yu and saluted, “We pay our respects to Master!”
They then faced Tang Doudou and saluted, “We pay our respects to Madam!”
Following that, they opened the door of the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin, then stood to either side with their hands lowered silently.
The call of ‘Madam’ had annoyed the hell out of Nangong Yan. This group of hateful servants! In the past, they were still extremely respectful towards her, clearly also knowing that she was the best candidate to be Senior Brother’s wife. But now they were actually addressing this lowly wretch as Madam in front of her!
This lowly wretch was also truly shameless. Not only were they not married, they weren’t even engaged! Yet she dared to regard herself as the Madam!
This fast uniform development scared Tang Doudou quite badly. She reached out and pinched Baili Yu’s waist as she leaned in close and said, “Stinkin’ evil spirit, this is an unfair cheap trick ah!”
Her way of thinking was surprisingly identical to Nangong Yan’s for once. They weren’t married yet, so if she acknowledge this one word ‘Madam’, then wouldn’t this allow others to say that she was poorly educated and impatient to get married?
At that time, the reputations that would suffer a hit would be the reputation of the City Lord Residence and the reputation of Su Yi.
Baili Yu also leaned over and whispered gently next to her ear, “It’s something that will happen sooner or later. If I let others know that you are my wife a bit earlier, that will help to severe their little hopes towards Wife.”
When the spectators saw the two of them whispering to one another, many sighed sadly. It seemed that the rumors about the two already having a love affair were really true ah!
Tang Doudou still wanted to curse, but before she could, Baili Yu grabbed her hand and started walking to the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin. “This one’s palanquin can only accommodate two people, so this one will not invite Murong gongzi to join us. This one hopes that Murong gongzi wouldn’t mind.”
After he finished saying that, he pulled Tang Doudou, who had wanted to say something but hesitated, into the palanquin. The palanquin door slowly closed. Many people extended their necks to take a good look at the unbelievably luxurious palanquin of the rumors. It appeared that the inner part of the palanquin was truly very exquisite and luxurious and the most important point was that it was very spacious!
It was so large that there’d be plenty of room even if four or five more people entered.
Murong Yu saw that as well and the corners of his mouth twitched. Baili Yu had deliberately closed the door slowly just for him to see, huh?
However, even if Baili Yu didn’t say it like that, he also wouldn’t have thickened his skin and shamelessly tried to sit inside. Who didn’t know that up until now, the only person that had been allowed to enter the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin was Li Xueyi?
This thought also occured to Nangong Yan, thus she didn’t dare to act rashly and step forward. She would only humiliate herself if she got rejected.
But hadn’t they already agreed that they would walk there?
Then why did the Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin appear here?!
More importantly, she had spent a lot of effort earlier to get that fan, but they took it with them into the palanquin.
The Chrysanthemum Glass Jade Palanquin was warm during winter and cool during summer, there was no need for a fan at all!
What was most hateful was, why would Senior Brother help that stinkin’ woman bully her? Could it be that she really didn’t matter at all in Senior Brother’s eyes?
No, that was impossible. If he didn’t care for her, how come that year…..
Tang Doudou put down the window curtains and withdrew her gaze. Turning towards a certain someone who was lying down napping, she said with a mischievous laugh,, “This time you’ve angered Nangong Yan quite badly. Look at her expression, it looks like she itches to rush and beat me to death!”
“Wife must be joking, I haven’t angered her at all. It is merely her angering herself.” Baili Yu had his eyes half-closed. His head felt somewhat heavy; it seemed that the matter of the curing the Hoarfrost Poison had to be addressed soon.
“Hehe, that’s true!” After she said that, she saw the round fan that had dropped on the floor. She smirked and said, “I think ah, we can still add more fuel to the fire!”
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Credits: Translated by Yuna, TLCed + Edited by Chiyomira
