Begging You to Break Off This Engagement! Chapter 7

Translated by Dandan, Edited by Hippo!

After the day turns to dusk, it will usually become very quiet in Hua Ping Village's Luo house, however, tonight, pots and pans being banged together could be heard.

Luo Fei squatted while eying a pot lid, and his handsome face wrinkled until it resembled a Ma Hua (Fried dough twist).

(Ma Hua, super crunchy and delicious :3)

“Aiyo Dad, I was just taking a bath at the Xi house, it's not like other people know that, it's only our family who knows about it. If you don't tell anyone, other people won't gossip about it. Then who will go out and tell everyone? If no one tells, then no one will know, why are you so angry?”

Luo Tian's sleeves have been rolled up to the bottom of his armpits, and pancake in his hand has been smashed into two pieces: “You still dare to talk back! Why do you think I am so angry, ah?!”

Luo Fei thought about it, I don't even know where such anger is coming from! Didn't I just take a bath? What's wrong? ! Outsiders don't even know!

Luo Tian saw how Luo Fei didn't listen to others and just did as he wanted, and felt exasperated: “Oh, Luo Erbao (Bao is an affectionate term to call your kids, meaning "treasure".  "er" means second, I used to just use "dear second child" but I'm just going to use "Erbao" from now on) , Laozi (sometimes arrogant way to say "I", denotes seniority over the other) won't bicker with you, Laozi also does not want to hear you say other useless things! Just remember, when I pick a good date with your mother, you must get married then! Must! Do you hear me?!”

“No!” Luo Fei thought that he must have eaten a bear's heart and leopard's young at noon (an idiom for how brave he was being). He stood up with a “Ceng!” said, “If you want marriage so badly, then why don't you go and get married to him!” He hates this arranged marriage so much!

　”What did you say?” Luo Tian did not expect that he would encounter resistance. He was actually stunned. After he recovered, he became even more fierce, he threw the two pieces of the pancake at the floor and roared at Luo Fei. “You said no? If you don't get married do you not believe that Laozi will break your legs!”

“If you want to beat me then go ahead! Anyway, you only use your mouth every time (threaten me with your words every time, you have never truly hit me)!” Luo Fei stood as he rubbed his legs that were numb from squatting for too long. Fortunately, he used the cream that Xi Yanqing gave him in the morning, otherwise, he would not have the strength to argue with Luo Tian. “I don't understand. Why are you so anxious? What if we really are not suited to each other? Would we then have to live together for a lifetime?” This place is not like modern times where if he wanted to divorce, he could just easily divorce. Being married is a lifelong matter. What he had a disagreement with Xi Yanqing? How would they easily get along afterward? It was better to start off being friends first, as Xi Yanqing said.

“You! You shameless thing! Not suitable with Xi Yanqing? Then why don't you find someone you are suitable with for Laozi! I believed that you could get together with Zhang Yangfan, so I didn't stop you. You were so confident and said that that old Zhang family will come to ask for your hand in marriage. How did it turn out? They requested marriage from the Bai house! You tell me if that's shameful or not!” At first Luo Tian just wanted to scare Luo Fei, and make use of the situation where Luo Fei to took a bath at the Xi house to marry him off. He didn't expect Luo Fei to resist, so he had really become angry at the moment. “I am not afraid of someone gossiping behind my back. Let's see if they still dare to do so after I give them a beating! But you are the son of Laozi, you, can't you argue back. Can you make those who love to wag their tongues shut up?!”

“Just to make people shut up, I should go and find someone to marry? Isn't that stupid?” Then how did that thing with Zhang Yangfan not come to pass? ! Luo Fei put the pot lid to the side and found a chair to carefully sit down. “Anyway, I'm not marrying that Xi Yanqing.”

“Not marrying? You—Luo Erbao!” Luo Tian hit the table with a “peng!” and directly smashed it into pieces.

“Dad!” Li Yuehua and the rest were shocked. They had always felt that the head of the family was a paper tiger. Although he was outwardly very fierce, however, it always hurts him inwardly whenever he has to reprimand his children. Whenever he had to beat them, he always hit them with a light hand. But this time, it seems like he was really furious.

“Dadadadad! If you have something to say, say it properly!” Luo Fei was also stunned. Crap! He's really raging now!

“Properly say it, as if!” Luo Tian said as his strike with a stick landed on Luo Fei's ass. “I see you're talking back to Laozi!”

“Ah!” Luo Fei was in shock for a second and instantly felt that the meat on his buttocks must have blossomed red. “Hey, wait, wait! If there is something to discuss then let's discuss, don't beat me!”

“Yeah, calm down!” Luo Ru and Luo Yi also came to block Luo Tian, and the house was in disarray. To the north of the Luo house was the mountain, the right side of the house had a path leading up to the mountain, to the left was a dry field, and no neighbors were nearby, so no outsiders could hear the quarrel.

“You get away for Laozi right now! Today, if you stop Laozi, Laozi, he will beat you with him!” Luo Tian pushed his younger daughter and son to the side with one motion. “Luo Erbao, didn't you say that Laozi only uses his mouth? Today, I'll let you see if Laozi will only beat people with his mouth! Laozi will make you see if your life is finished, ah? Has Laozi raised you for so many years to let you be bullied, is it to let people walk all over you? You stupid donkey!”

“pa!” Another stroke landed on Luo Fei's ass. “Tell me, are you going to cross Xi house's threshold! Are you going to get married or not! “

“IwillIwillIwill! Dad, Dad! Aiya, you can't beat me!” Luo Fei was pushed towards the corner and had nowhere else to run, so he raised two hands and surrendered. “I'll do it! It'll be fine if I just marry him, right!” Wasn't this just bullying someone too much!

Isn't it just marrying Xi Yanqing!

If he wants him to marry then just marry!

Luo Fei 's face and neck were red and he said to Luo Tian: “You are really my dad!”

Luo Tian threw the stick aside with a “Peng!”: “Meaningless words! If I wasn't your dad! You would be thrown into the river and be drowned, you little bear-like thing!”

Luo Fei didn't know that when his body was fished from the river that day, Luo Tian's hands were shaking. At that time, him, a man with an indomitable spirit, was so scared that his mind went blank. He was angry and anxious and his heart hurt when he faced his son's ice-cold body, but there was nothing he could do. His child was stubborn to death and firmly believed in Zhang Yangfan. It was only after filling his stomach with air was he able to bring his child back… However, when he looked at his child's thin and haggard appearance, he could not bear it, so he was just locked in the firewood room.

He hoped that his child would understand after being let out of the firewood shack. It just so happened that Xi Yanqing came back at a good time, and the two children had already been betrothed. Now that they could get back together, wasn't that good? When Xi Ping (Xi Yanqing's dad) was alive, he was particularly loved dearly by his wife and child. Xi Yanqing would definitely not be far from this.

That was what Luo Tian knew, which was why he was so dead set on it, but who knew Luo Fei would disagree, and also forced out his fire from previous years!

Luo Fei licked his lips but wasn't able to escape Luo Tian's large, cow-like eyes that were glaring at him. He could only helplessly stand up. He wanted to brush the dust off his trousers, he raised his hands, but then put them down again. It already hurt not brushing it off, if he did, wouldn't it hurt more? Forget it. However, this time, he could openly hold his butt and show how he was barely able to walk away.

The room where chickens flew and dogs jumped (idiom for noisiness/craziness) was quiet in an instant. Luo Fei did not make any sounds and walked out of the house, limping. Everyone looked at the way Luo Fei protected his butt and suddenly felt distressed, especially Li Yuehua. It took her utmost effort not to go up and help, and later when she heard Luo Fei sigh, she also sighed. She couldn't help but feel regretful.

That child seemed to have suffered a lot of grievances. Could it be that they were wrong?

Luo Fei felt horrible. Xi Yanqing was right. He originally had a family, so he would definitely be more homesick. He didn't think that after coming to such a place, he would have been beaten like he had never been, eaten things that he had never eaten since he was a child, suffered the hardships he had never suffered, been the target of so many scornful gazes (idiom in Chinese is white eyes) that he pretended not to see, and eaten the unpalatable food he had never eaten before. He knew that he should not blame the Luo family, but he was really homesick.

Xi Yanqing came over to borrow a plane, wanting to smooth off a couple of boards. He didn't expect to see Luo Fei squatting by the entrance of the Luo home.

“Luo Fei?” Xi Yanqing quickly walked over in confusion. “How come you are out here?”

“No reason.” Luo Fei turned his face away and quickly wiped it, trying hard to even out the sound of his voice to be natural. “What are you doing here?”

“I'm here to borrow something. Are you all right?” Xi Yanqing also squatted down and looked at Luo Fei carefully. He asked quietly, “Are you homesick?”

“Yeah.” Luo Fei nodded. The tears that had been held back suddenly dripped down because of this sentence. Like a child, he buried his head into the crook of his arms without making any bit of noise and just kept rubbing his eyes on his sleeves.

“What happened?” Xi Yanqing gently touched Luo Fei once. Luo Fei was originally younger than him. In their previous world, he was eighteen, four years younger than himself. Now in this world, he was still eighteen, but just two years younger than himself. It can be said that he is considered an adult now, but in his heart, he was still like a child who was half his age.

“…I promised the family that I would, I would marry you.” Luo Fei said, “But don't misunderstand, I'm just going to go live with you. You said, that we have a common language.”

“Well, we will have a more common language than anyone else.” Xi Yanqing patted Luo Fei's shoulder. “Get up now, at night the wind is chilly. I promise that the life you live after coming to me will only be better than here.”

“Really?”

“Really, truer than pearls. (Play on words, "really" is "真的" and "pearls" is "珍珠".  Both 真and 珍 are pronounced "zhen".) You are younger than me. Besides, in name, you are still my fiancée, so I will definitely be good to you.”

“Whose fiancee.” Luo Fei stood up and kneaded his numb legs. “Dammit, if I knew that it would be like this, it would have been better to just compromise in the beginning and avoid being beaten. What a temper Father has, I just couldn't help but challenge him and say two sentences and he already got angry, it's like he's the sky monkey!”(literally "his Chinese zodiac must be the sky monkey" which is probably referencing how Sun Wukong or the "Monkey King" wrecked and raged in the heavens.)

“You were beaten?!” Xi Yanqing was very happy to hear that Luo Fei had agreed to get married. However, once he heard that Luo Fei had been beaten, he immediately felt 10,000 unhappinesses.

“Yeah.” Luo Fei gently rubbed his butt. “This should be the last time, so it doesn't matter.”

“Let's go in, I will support you.” Xi Yanqing helped support Luo Fei and walked very slowly and very carefully.

Luo Fei looked at him doubtfully. was it an illusion? Why did he always feel that after arriving here, Xi Yanqing seemed to act very differently towards him?

They didn't meet often in the last life, they would only see each other occasionally, or if there were any activities in school, as Xi Yanqing might come to see Liang Boyuan. And his sentiment about Xi Yanqing at that time was: Annoying!

Always beside his male god, an eye-sore! And if his male god and the eyesore didn't break up, he wouldn't have any chance!

But now, Xi Yanqing was like a big brother, very good to him.

They used to be love rivals, but now they came here together and were on the same boat for the better or the worse. (The Chinese idiom for this and "in the same boat" is grasshoppers on the same rope lol)

Luo Fei sighed quietly. After entering the house, he did not look up and went straight into his small bedroom.

On one hand, Luo Tian was still fueled by some anger, as he felt that Luo Fei didn't try to improve. On the other hand, he felt conflicted and didn't know if what he did was right or wrong, leading to him struggling with himself. However seeing that Xi Yanqing came over, his anger diminished.

“Xi Yu ah, how come you are here?” He was afraid that this form of address (Xi Yanqing's "previous" name) wouldn't be able to change for a while now.

“Uncle, I was here to see Erbao, and I also wanted to borrow a plane (carpenter's tool) from you.” Xi Yanqing glanced towards the small room, “Erbao he…”

(Chinese plane)

“He did something wrong and still didn't admit his mistakes, he had a small temper tantrum, don't worry about him.” Luo Tian said, “Here, sit. I have two planes, one big one and one small one. What are you making?” "

“I want to make a cabinet.” After Xi Yanqing returned home, he found that there was too much to clean and organize. Even after two or three days he could not finish so he only did the simple things that he could do, like cleaning the field. The garbage was cleaned up, the weeds in the garden were removed and all the corners of the house were wiped. The things that could be placed were placed. There was still a lot to be done, but there were too many things he was missing in the house, and could only slowly fill it up one by one.

“Since it's a cabinet, then just take both of them when you go.” Luo Tian thought for a moment. “Forget it, let's find a good day. Let's go up the mountain together to find some good wood, dry it in the sun and then talk about it later. I have to make a new table anyway.” Luo Tian pointed to the table that was broken by himself not long ago.

“Who told you to use so much strength!” Li Yuehua looked at the table and couldn't help but feel pain in her heart. This table was made when she and Luo Tian had gotten married 20 years ago. Although it was old, it still holds a lot of  important feelings. “When you dismantle it, make a little stool out of it, don't throw it away.”

(The stool is called a "小马扎" and looks something like this)

“I know, I know, you're someone who has so much to say!” Luo Tian knew of the reason why his wife was so distressed about the table. Even though he was outwardly complaining, but in his heart, he felt sweet. In fact, he also had a childhood betrothal with his wife. Before their marriage, they had not seen each other much, but weren't they living together so well now? So he thought that Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei's marriage would also turn out well. Luo Tian turned his head and thought that it was a good time to talk to Xi Yanqing about Luo Fei agreeing to get married. He didn't expect Xi Yanqing to be actually staring at the entrance of the small room.

“Xi Yu, what are you thinking about?” Luo Tian asked.

“Nothing.” Xi Yanqing said with a smile, “I just thought that seeing how Erbao looked, my heart hurts a little.”

“Pu!” Luo Fei was drinking water but ended up spraying it all over Luo Yi's face. “Cough cough cough…”

“Don't worry, Er-ge, so long as you are not angry, spraying water at me  is fine.” Luo Yi sat to Luo Fei, with a remorseful expression, “Would you like me to get you another bowl?”

“It's fine, just looking at you is annoying, quickly disappear. Don't let me see you until tomorrow morning.” Luo Fei waved him away like a fly.

“Oh…” Luo Yi saw a small cloth bag on the cupboard in front of him as he turned to go. He curiously picked it up. “Er-ge, what's in here?” as he said it, he already opened it. That bag, isn't that the bag that they put seeds in before? Why had it become filled with something?

“Don't touch it!” Luo Fei saw Luo Yi take out the small porcelain dish and immediately shouted, “Don't mess around with it!”

“Don't worry, I won't break it, I just want to take a look.” Luo Yi examined the small saucer twice, and then smelled with his nose. “Second brother, what is this?” He rubbed it against his face again twice, “It's so smooth and so beautiful.”

“This is…” Luo Fei could not help but facepalm. How could he tell this younger brother that this was what his second brother used to scrape off his poop?!

“Xi-Ge, what is this? Do you know?” Luo Yi asked again. It wasn't known when Xi Yanqing had come in.

“That ah…” He looked at Luo Fei with a smile and smiled. “That is the betrothal token showing my sentiment that I gave to your second brother."

“It is a token? Then I can't just touch it.” Luo Yi immediately put it back and took the cloth bag and handed it to Luo Fei. “Giving to you, Er-ge. I will disappear first! See you it tomorrow!”

“Whose sentimental tokens? You said it prettily.” Luo Fei glared at Xi Yanqing.

“I am talking about the '腚' (ding) that has the moon radical (月). Where are your thoughts wandering to?"

(The 腚 character refers to the butt, but LY thought Xi Yanqing was talking about a token because of the arranged marriage that uses the character "顶")  Xi Yanqing sat down at his side with a smile. "Does it still hurt?"

“You hateful person, what hurts? Stop acting smart with me!” Luo Fei slammed the door shut, lowered his voice and said fiercely, “I'm telling you when they're really discussing the marriage date, you can't suggest a date that is too close. Do you hear me!”

“Why?”

“Stupid! Every day I stay here is an extra day's worth of food that I save for your place. I will have to eat at your place if I really move in in the future. Of course, the more food that's left over there, the better.” Luo Fei looked him with a face asking "how are you so stupid". Was this a high level of thinking?

“I understand.” Xi Yanqing smiled. “Little bear, how could I let you go hungry?”

“You won't? Then, this is what you have said! If I ever go hungry, I will go home!”

“Be mature!”

“I am being mature about this, and if you have the ability, then just withdraw!”

“In your dreams, go to sleep now.” Xi Yanqing stood up and used one finger to push Luo Fei down onto the bed.

Luo Fei hurt until he screamed “Aowuuu!” and pounded on the bed, but when he wanted to hit Xi Yanqing back, Xi Yanqing had already run away!

“Fuck, you thoughtless thing, wait for this Xiaoye (another "arrogant" way to refer to oneself denoting superiority, usually used as a joke)! Look at Xiaoye and see if I don't throttle you to death! Ssss… (sound of hissing)”

Notes:

Everyone light some incense for Luo Fei lol

Chapter end