Postnatal Care of a Sow

Chapter 13: The Marriage Interview
Translator: Ruriko
At the sight of Ruan Bai and his parents, She Yuan stood up and greeted them with a broad smile. Then he poured them each a cup of tea and helped them hang their coats up the coat stand.

Qi Qiuyu reached out, patted She Yuan on the shoulder and said, “Yuan, you have grown up…”

‘What?! She Yuan is the son of my mother’s confidante?’ Ruan Bai thought.

Li Qingge was very happy. Her son, She Yuan was a single man who was above the average age for marriage. She was always worried about whether he could find his spouse. But to her surprise, yesterday he suddenly called her and asked her to arrange a marriage family interview for him and Ruan Bai. She liked Ruan Bai very much. When he was a little, lovable baby, she had often cradled him in her arms.

Now he had grown up and became a beautiful and clever Omega. If She Yuan couldn’t marry Ruan Bai, she would be very sad, and maybe she would drive She Yuan out of her house.

Li Qingge smiled at Ruan Bai and asked, “Do you remember me? I’m Aunt Li. He’s my son, She Yuan. And you always called him Brother Yu in your childhood.”

Ruan Bai tried to smile away his embarrassment. “Of course I remember you two.”

Li Qingge hadn’t seen Qi Qiuyu for more than ten years. It was of course a delight for them to meet again after such a long separation. But they didn’t forget their major purpose. Li Qingge said in a teasing tone, “You young guys can have a chat. Bai, you were a crybaby in childhood and only in Yuan’s arms could you stop crying. When you got a little older, you began to learn to read and write, but you misread his surname She as Yu. So you always called him Brother Yu. You two were so cute at that time.” Speaking of which, she couldn’t refrain from laughter. Covering her mouth with one hand and pointing at her son with the other, she continued, “My son Yuan was cold towards people around him, but once he saw Bai, his heart overflowed with tenderness. He doted on Bai and did everything for Bai.”

T/N note: She Yuan’s surname 佘(Chinese pronunciation: She) looks very similar to 余(Chinese pronunciation: Yu).

Qi Qiuyu added, “Yes! At that time, Bai was small but shrewd. Every time we refused to give him candy, he went to She Yuan. As long as he acted in a pettishly charming manner, She Yuan immediately gave in to what he wanted. So he always got candy from She Yuan.”

Li Qiufeng and Qi Qiuyu were talking about the past enthusiastically, which made Ruan Bai ashamed. She Yuan immediately saved Ruan Bai from embarrassment by changing the subject.

“Mom, Aunt Qi, Uncle Ruan, this is the menu. Please have a look. I have ordered some dishes. What else would you like to order?”

Qi Qiuyu looked at the menu with a satisfied smile and thought, ‘What he has ordered are all Bai’s favorite dishes.’

The three elders added some dishes, and then began to chat. They were old school friends and had many past events to talk about. So they put She Yuan and Ruan Bai aside.

She yuan peeled a sweet chestnut for Ruan Bai who, with a little anger, puffed out his cheeks and ate it.

“What are you angry about? ”

Ruan Bai kept his mouth shut. She Yuan fed him another sweet chestnut and said, “Don’t ignore me.”

Ruan Bai kept eating the chestnuts that She Yuan put to his mouth. However, he didn’t say a word to She Yuan. After a while, when Ruan Bai was about to eat the chestnut, She Yuan suddenly withdrew his hand.

Then She Yuan leaned forward to whisper in Ruan Bai’s ear, “Please give me a reaction.”

For the sake of the sweet chestnuts, Ruan Bai gave a snort as a reaction. With a faint smile, She Yuan continued to feed Ruan Bai.

“Are you angry with me because I didn’t call you last night?”

Ruan Bai straightened up his neck and didn’t answer at once. After thinking for a while, he nodded. To be honest, he was a little angry.

She yuan wiped the chestnut crumbs off the corner of Ruan Bai’s mouth with a finger, and then licked it.

“It’s sweet,” She Yuan said.

Ruan Bai blushed with shame. She Yuan was indeed brazen! How could he do that in front of the elders?

“Is it a marriage interview between our two families?”

She Yuan nodded, “Yes. Yesterday you told me that you were traditional. So after a careful consideration, I arranged this marriage interview according to the traditional customs. Our parents are all here. Are you satisfied with it?”

Ruan Bai remained silent with a blushing face. She Yuan suddenly thought of something important and asked, “Maybe we need a matchmaker?All right, I will find one in a minute. What about your tutor? Is he qualified to be our matchmaker?”

With that She Yuan was about to phone Ruan Bai’s tutor, but Ruan Bai grabbed his hand and stopped him, “Don’t call him.”

“Are you still angry now?”

Ruan Bai shook his head. He didn’t dare be angry anymore because he was afraid of She Yuan telling his tutor everything.