Jian Hang sent a message to her mother, [Mom, are you and dad at home? Qin Moling and I will be there soon.]

Chen Yu: [Come here, I’m at home. Aren’t you both busy this afternoon?]

Jian Hang looked at the small flower box and thought to say something nice about him: [“I’m not busy. I don’t know whether Qin Moling is busy or not but he insisted on coming with me.”]

That ‘insist’ was good finishing touch.

In the eyes of her parents, nothing was more important than for her to have a happy marriage. She could only continue to create an illusion for her parents that she and Qin Moling had a good relationship.

Chen Yu: [I’m going to wash some fruits for you. Tan Feng is also here. He sent your dad back home and came upstairs to sit down.]

Jian Hang: [We’ll be there soon, go and wash the fruits first.]

She turned to Qin Moling, “Tan Feng is at my house.”

Qin Moling nodded and said nothing else.

Jian Hang understood that he didn’t care who was at her house and it had nothing to do with him.

… …

When they reached the gate of the community, she saw Qin Moling’s car. The driver also saw them and got out of the car with two bags of tea.

Jian Hang found he was quite thoughtful. He knew that her father loved to drink tea, so he specially asked the driver to go home and bring him the best tea, which was difficult to buy in the market.

The car drove all the way to the front of her house and stopped. Jian Hang got out of the car first and opened the back seat to get the flowers. She stared at the small flower box thoughtfully for a few seconds, then reached out and took them both out.

Qin Moling looked at the small flower box in her hand, “What are you doing with the flower box?”

Jian Hang said, “Taking it upstairs.”

Didn’t he say that good things came in pairs?

She thought that he bought this flower box for her, but she wasn’t sure.

Qin Moling walked around the front of the car and walked to her side, “No need to take the flower box up.”

He looked at her. If he didn’t explain the reason, she would really take the small flower box upstairs directly.

There was a moment of silence.

He took the flower box from her hand, opened the passenger door, put it back inside the car. “The flower box is for you. I’m sorry for the banquet today.”

It turned out to be a apology flowers.

At today’s birthday banquet, she was sitting alone at another table and was talked about by everyone. He might have felt bad about it.

Jian Hang accepted it generously, which meant that the matter was over.

They went upstairs with only the bouquet of flowers.

… …

As they were walking, Jian Hang suddenly turned around and asked him for help, “Can you pretend to be nice to me when we get home. It’s already been so long since we got the certificate, we can’t be as unfamiliar as when we first met.”

She paused.

“I married you across social lines. My parents know that your family treats me well, but they are still worried that I will not get along with you and live happily. There are also relatives and friends who know that I married into your family and think that maybe I used methods to bind you¹.”

Qin Moling didn’t know what to say, so he simply nodded in response to her and expressed his willingness to help.

… …

When they reached the elevator, they met Jian Hang’s old neighbors: Teacher Gu and his wife. The two families used to live in the teachers’ community. The Jian family lived next door to Teacher Gu’s house. Now the two have moved to this new community. Her family lived on the sixth floor and Teacher Gu’s family lived on the 11th floor.

The candy and tea prepared by her father a few days ago were for Teacher Gu.

“Teacher Gu, Aunt Zhao, hello.”

“Xiao Hang isn’t busy today?”

“It’s okay, instead of working overtime, we came over and visit my parents.”

Jian Hang exchanged greetings with Teacher Gu. Qin Moling stood by the elevator door and pressed the door button. He only nodded slightly to Teacher Gu when he entered the elevator.

Because Teacher Gu was not an ordinary neighbor—her father had been his colleague for nearly thirty years—she especially introduced Qin Moling to Teacher Gu.

Qin Moling was not usually very warm but today he gave Jian Hang enough face, “Teacher Gu. Hello, Aunt Zhao.”

Teacher Gu said repeatedly, “Good, good.”

Teacher Gu’s wife, Aunt Zhao, quietly looked at Qin Moling. In the past two weeks, they had been talking over dinner how the daughter of Old Jian’s family married into a wealthy family.

They only heard that the man was Chen Yu’s student in the past but had never seen what he looked like. They secretly guessed that the man was either not good looking or not tall enough, and he took a liking to Jian Hang’s outstanding appearance.

Otherwise, how could it be so easy to marry into a wealthy family?

She was really shocked when she saw Qin Moling in person today.

His height, appearance, or temperament—there was nothing that didn’t stand out about Jian Hang’s husband.

The elevator stopped on the sixth floor.

Qin Moling stretched out his hand to block the door and waited for Jian Hang to get off before he too stepped out of the elevator.

It seemed natural that he put his arm around Jian Hang’s shoulders.

Jian Hang, however, was stunned for a moment, unsure of the situation.

She was at a loss what to do with the sudden intimacy.

Jian Hang looked up at him; Qin Moling looked calm as he pulled her closer to him and walked forward.

By the time the elevator door closed behind them, they had already walked a few meters away.

Qin Moling let go of her and explained his unexpected behavior just now, “The elevator is going up now.”

Jian Hang realized what was going on. When she was downstairs, she asked him for help, asking him to act like a loving couple in front of her parents. He indeed helped very well, performing in all aspects, even in front of the neighbors!

Jian Hang calmed down her heart and said as smoothly as possible, “Good acting skills.”

After a moment, she said, “Thank you.”

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 25.1 — Husband new
Chapter 25.2 — Husband new
Chapter 25.3 — Husband new

1. I think the implication here is that she got pregnant and got him to marry her. ↩︎