Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

Chapter 38.2

Chapter 38.2: 争宠

[Compete for Favor]

Today was the same, Chen Xing ate two bowl of meals. He thought of the people who came today and spoke directly with Gu Lang. Finally, since he won’t be able understand it so he said, ”You tell me, Fu Young Master’s friend, how come he behaved so strangely? How come he wasn’t like Fu Gongzi at all who was so easy-going? Moreover, in the end, when he buy it and left, he behaved in a shy and strange way, did he still want to buy it back and then study it carefully before coming back to find fault with me?”

Talking to this point, Chen Xing instantly changed his face, he put down his chopsticks before he looked at Gu Lang with a horrified expression as he hardly believe it and said , “He wouldn’t really do that, right?”

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing’s calm face, then thought about what he had just said, so he shook his head somewhat helplessly, “I think he will not.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing breathed a sigh of relief, but what followed was a strong sense of confusion, “Why?”

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing’s still good looking face, that leave early and return late, even after he was exposed to wind and sun. Chen Xing was standing in a crowd, gently pursed his lips.

Gu Lang suddenly wanted to tell Chen Xing that if he met that man next time, he should remember to avoid him a little. But soon after coming into contact with Chen Xing’s slightly confused eyes, he swallowed back those words on the tip of his tongue and said faintly:

“He is Fu Gongzi’s friend, with this one impropriety or lack or manner, there should not be a second time, or else those fellow classmates of his should say that he is stingy (petty).”

Chen Xing felt that Gu Lang had a point, and a large part of the stone in his heart fell, but soon he muttered strangely, “Then why did he look at me with such a strange expression when he left?”

Gu Lang looked at the perplexed Chen Xing and put a chopstick of meat into his bowl and said softly, “He probably distressed about the money, after all, his fellow students have all bought it, and if he doesn’t buy it, he might not be able to live up to his face. If he bought it, he might not have a few money left in his pocket.”

Hearing Gu Lang say it like this, Chen Xing felt a little guilty, if he had he known that he was so poor, he shouldn’t have asked the last sentence. If he hadn’t asked the last sentence, then that young master wouldn’t have to force himself to bought it.

As if Gu Lang knew what he was thinking, he gently said in relief: “There is no need to worry, since ‘it’s a slap on one face until it’s swollen in an effort to look imposing’, even if you don’t ask that last sentence, he will also follow suit to buy it. This kind of person would not be able to stand the different gazes of the bystanders, therefore it’s the same, with or without the words you said.”

“Oh.” Chen Xing nodded his head obediently, clearly taking Gu Lang’s words in.

After discreetly discrediting a potential love rival, the corners of Gu Lang’s mouth quietly ticked up a not-so-obvious arc, feeling that it was a beautiful day.

***

Ever since that day when Young Master Fu brought his fellow schoolmates to buy jellies once, several subordinates appeared at Chen Xing’s stall the next day to buy them. No one was buying it only one, thus gradually creating a situation where he was on the verge of busy as hell since he had fewer things to buy and many people who buy it.

“Little boss, today I want six, I’ll like to have two jellies for every flavour.” A little maid dressed in red and a single ponytail looked at Chen Xing and said with an excited face.

Chen Xing nodded, hearing what she had said and took out two wooden boxes, preparing to pack it for her.

Only when he rummaged through the ice bucket and found five jellies inside, a few moments of awkward surfaced on his face as he looked at that little maid and said with an apologetic expression on his face, “I’m sorry, I only have a total of five left here.”

Hearing Chen Xing’s words, that little maid was first taken aback, revealing a look of embarrassment, and finally, as if she thought of something, she said with all her strength, “Boss, I’ll take all the rest then.”

“Okay.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Xing answered, sharply took out the remaining few bamboo tubes, packed them for her and politely said, “These are your five jellies.”

The little maid first counted the money she brought to Chen Xing, and then joyfully carried the box back home.

Waiting until that little maid left, immediately another housemaid came and eagerly asked Chen Xing, “Little Boss, do you still have jellies here?”

“Sorry, it’s already sold out.” Chen Xing looked at him with a slightly apologetic smile.

That person slapped his thighs, seemingly in a hurry, and talked irresponsibly, “Boss, you’re selling this jelly so well, why don’t you make more? It won’t do any harm for you to make more! You are being idle, but we, these servants, are down on our luck!”

When Chen Xing heard his words, he could not help but frown, although usually he would be complained by customers for selling things too fast. However when he was complained by the person in front of him in a blunt and malicious way, Chen Xing still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Just as Chen Xing wanted to open his mouth to respond, a debauched voice was suddenly inserted beside him, ”You this low life is quite ridiculous, you came late to buy things yourself and are afraid of being punisg by your master, so you’re here to find fault with this little boss. Does your master know that you look like this when you are outside, on weekdays? If they knew, you should guess whether they would kick you out or not.”

The person who was already angry, heard these words immediately became angry, turned his head and wanted to teach that person a lesson, who knew that after seeing that person’s face clearly, he was instantly dumbfounded and mumbled, “Shen, Shen Gongzi.”

The person who came was precisely Shen He. Seeing the arrogant subordinate guest in front of him, at this very moment; stuttering and unable to speak, before then he nodded his head gently, with a look of not wanting to respond to him.

Looking at Shen He’s reaction, that subordinate became more and more flustered instead, looking at him stuttering and begging for mercy: “Gongzi, I was just angry, you don’t tell my family Gongzi what had happened just now. I’m wrong, is that okay?”

Looking at the person in front of him who was about to cry anxiously, Shen He gently lifted his chin and pointed in the direction of Chen Xing. He said faintly, “The person you should apologize to is there.”