Chapter 170: Yang Ming’s Past
In the police station, the man with shades quickly admitted that he was the robber. He was going to say something threatening like “we’ll see what happens when I get out” or another of these types of phrases.
But Yang Ming spoke before him, “We shall see! If I see you again after you get out, I’ll break your leg!”
My god! The man with shades was stunned. Who is this guy? He threatened me before I could! But the man with shades was afraid of a ruthless man like Yang Ming.
It seemed difficult to get revenge against a person that could lift him with one hand, so the man with shades lowered his head to avoid looking at the person in front of him.
Yang Ming was going to ask for the victim’s name, but the police said the victim requested to keep it a secret. Therefore, Yang Ming didn’t get anything from it. Besides, Chen Mengyan was beside him, so Yang Ming didn’t probe further. After he finished his report, he left together with Chen Mengyan.
“Are we considered good citizens?” After they went out, Yang Ming asked with a smile.
“Hehe, this is the second time already.” Chen Mengyan smiled too. “But I don’t want you to be so aggressive. Look at the robber. There are bruises all over his head. So disgusting.”
“Fight violence with violence. Haven’t you heard of it? If I didn’t beat him up, would he stay down?” Yang Ming questioned her.
“You’re right, but try not to rely on violence. What if you lose in a fight?” Chen Mengyan complained.
“Me lose? Hehe, your husband had a nickname called Crazy Yang. No one could defeat me.” Yang Ming said complacently.
“Crazy Yang? Such a bad name, I didn’t know you had such a terrible nickname,” said Chen Mengyan.
“Is it terrible?” Yang Ming sighed. Then he shook his head slightly. Su Ya, have you forgotten about me? I didn’t hear any news from you for such a long time already. Did you forget what you said?
“What happened?” Chen Mengyan noticed the slight change inYang Ming’s mood, so she asked carefully, “Yang Ming, I heard that you were very good at studying during junior high school. Then… why did you become… become…” Chen Mengyan didn’t know how to describe it. She felt bad for talking about his shortcomings.
“I had fallen, right?” Yang Ming sighed deeply. “I became a bad student, right?”
“I didn’t mean it… You know it too. I never underestimated you…” Chen Mengyan explained immediately.
“Hehe, of course, I know you didn’t mean something else. If not, how could you be my wife?” Yang Ming smiled.
“Who is your wife? Are you going to talk about it?” Chen Mengyan was afraid that Yang Ming would say something to embarrass her again, so she changed the subject immediately.
“Do you truly want to know?” Yang Ming looked at Chen Mengyan. “But promise me this. Please don’t be jealous.”
“Jealous? Why would I be jealous? Tell me quickly.” Once the curiosity of a woman was piqued, she will ask until she got to the root of the matter.
Yang Ming looked up and fell into deep thought. He slowly told her about his past with Su Ya. This thing remained stuck inside Yang Ming for a long time like a knot in his heart.
Yang Ming didn’t tell anyone about this in all these years. He couldn’t have told this to anyone. Li Dagang and the others only knew Yang Ming became a punk because of a relationship problem, but they didn’t know the details.
Yang Ming felt relieved after confiding in Chen Mengyan.
This was such a pure love. Chen Mengyan imagined with jealousy after she heard that. Wasn’t that what people consider a childhood friendship? Although her relationship with Yang Ming was first love, it was still deemed an adult’s love. It was completely different from the sentimental memories in school.
“Can’t you forget about her?” Chen Mengyan asked with jealousy.
“Mengyan, I don’t want to lie to you. I don’t know what my feelings are for Su Ya, but I always think about her.” Yang Ming didn’t lie to Chen Mengyan, and there was no need for that. He didn’t believe that Chen Mengyan would hold a grudge against this.
Although Chen Mengyan didn’t feel good, she wouldn’t be mad about the girl in Yang Ming’s memory. After all, it had been many years. Even if Yang Ming could meet Su Ya again, both of them had changed a lot.
But Chen Mengyan decided in her mind that she must let Yang Ming forget about Su Ya. She was confident of herself. It’s impossible for true love to be less impactful than a fading memory.
“Hehe, rest assured. I won’t be angry.” In fact, Chen Mengyan wasn’t angry. Yang Ming had fallen because of one girl, but he turned over a new leaf because of another girl.
People would know who was more important. Chen Mengyan was proud of herself because she was the woman who helped Yang Ming turn over a new leaf!
Of course, she only knew a little bit of Yang Ming’s past. There were many reasons for Yang Ming to be excited. He had the expectations of Yang Dahai. He had Zhao Ying give him tutoring without complaint. Certainly, the main reason was that of the miraculous contact lenses. Yang Ming’s view on life had changed completely because of these contacts.
“But, wasn’t that Zhou Jiajia too spiteful?” Chen Mengyan felt that if it was her, she wouldn’t have done something like this. She and Zhou Jiajia were both class commissaries, but they had very different characters.
“Zhou Jiajia was just the fuse. The main culprit was my class teacher.” Yang Ming had thought it through. Just let the past be past.
Zhou Jiajia was young. She may not have known the consequences. But Wu Chiren added fuel to the fire. Besides Wang Zhitao, the most hateful person for Yang Ming was him.
Chen Mengyan didn’t agree with Wu Chiren’s approach, but she couldn’t comment either. After all, teachers had the right to stop young students from falling in love with each other.
People sometimes needed to know their limits. Chen Mengyan wouldn’t be so dumb to ask Yang Ming what he would do if Su Ya appeared again.
Chen Mengyan didn’t want to shop anymore due to the incident. On the other side, Yang Ming was unhappy that Zhao Ying had a relationship with Jin Gang.
Yang Ming got a taxi to send Chen Mengyan home. Then, Yang Ming walked straight to Lan Ling’s place in Song Jiang Industry University. Sometimes, Yang Ming felt that he owed her. He never treated her like an object he bought, instead, he loved her like a wife.
Yang Ming’s dates were set based on Chen Mengyan’s schedule. Then, he would spend the remaining time with Lan Ling. Although Lan Ling felt nothing, Yang Ming thought he was being irresponsible.
Lan Ling opened the door joyfully when she saw Yang Ming coming so early. She immediately jumped into his embrace.
“Okay, okay. Stop playing around. I met a robber on the street just now. Give me a break.” Yang Ming tapped on Lan Ling’s back. “You always stay indoors without taking a walk outside. You’ve nearly become an otaku [1] already.”
“I simply love being with you. When you’re not here, I just sleep.” Lan Ling acted coquettishly.
“Okay, okay. I’ll bring you to the bed. We’ll lie down for a while.” Yang Ming was very tired. There are some old words, men won’t be tired from work, but they break down from shopping.
Yang Ming was tired without walking far.
“Isn’t your T-shirt a couples outfit? I have seen it in the movie.” On the bed, Lan Ling suddenly looked at the “red heart” T-shirt and asked.
“Ah? Yang Ming was spooked. It can’t be? Can you notice the difference? But Yang Ming reacted quickly, “En, it’s a set. I will bring you the other T-shirt one day.”
“Good, I never wore a couples outfit before.” Lan Ling nodded her head happily. Lan Ling could be satisfied easily. She could be happy about small things for a long time.
Yang Ming was crying in his mind. I think I have to buy from the same franchise shop again. Would the staff think that I’m crazy? I’m wearing the couple outfit, but I’m buying another one.
Yang Ming didn’t feel good today, so he just hugged Lan Ling without doing anything else. But Lan Ling was anxious. Why didn’t he start? When would he do it?
“I’m going to take a bath…” Lan Ling signaled him.
“En.” Yang Ming didn’t get it.
“Do I smell nice?” Lan Ling kept questioning.
“Quite nice, which shampoo are you using?” Yang Ming sniffed and asked.
“Aiya, quickly take off your clothes. I want ‘that’ already. Lan Ling was so agitated that she ground her teeth. “Why can’t I just be reserved! You’re very bad.”
Chapter Notes:
[1] otaku – A Japanese term that describes a person who is too obsessed with particular popular culture to the detriment of social skills.