Chapter 51 His Zhang Meng Understands Romance Best
After bathing, Xu Lu Cha stood naked in front of the mirror.
The person in the mirror had black hair like a waterfall, skin like ice and bones like jade, with delicate features. His muscles were proportionate and beautiful, with long legs, a slender waist and round buttocks. His skin was as smooth and delicate as porcelain.
He turned his body, biting his teeth sadly: his body was beautiful to the extreme, yet that person did not want him.
After carefully dressing and grooming himself to ensure he looked radiant enough, he finally left the room.
Although Zhang Meng had half a month of marriage leave, she habitually woke up early and went to practice martial arts in the backyard.
When Xu Lu Cha just woke up and saw Zhang Meng was gone from beside him, his heart turned cold. Fortunately, Zhang Meng quickly returned to call him to get up for breakfast, and his heart warmed again.
As long as Zhang Meng was by his side, as long as he could see Zhang Meng’s face and hear her voice, he was satisfied.
He had always loved cleanliness, and would bathe every day after waking up, with Zhang Meng waiting for him outside the door.
After bathing and leaving the room, he saw Zhang Meng sitting properly at the stone table waiting for him. Her soft and beautiful face was even more gentle and charming in the morning light. Xu Lu Cha’s heart softened, and the resentment he felt towards Zhang Meng for not being intimate with him eased slightly.
“Zhang Meng,” Xu Lu Cha called her softly.
Zhang Meng looked up at him and smiled, “Lu Cha.”
Zhang Meng’s smile was very infectious, her eyes curved and bright, very charming.
Xu Lu Cha’s handsome face warmed, and he walked towards Zhang Meng: “Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“It’s alright, Zhang Da Niang left us some food. It’s fine if we go a bit later.” Zhang Meng reached out to hold Xu Lu Cha’s hand, pulling him forward.
“Mm.” Xu Lu Cha responded softly, lowering his gaze to look at their intertwined hands, his beautiful eyes as gentle as water.
He imperceptibly moved closer to Zhang Meng, shoulder to shoulder with her.
He secretly observed Zhang Meng – her features were soft and beautiful, her skin delicate, her lips red and full.
This person became more and more captivating the more he looked, he couldn’t take his eyes off her. If it weren’t for his male modesty restraining him, he would have pounced on her and clung to her without letting go long ago.
“Lu Cha? What’s wrong?” Zhang Meng turned her head and saw Xu Lu Cha looking at her, and asked curiously.
Meeting Zhang Meng’s gaze, Xu Lu Cha’s heart skipped a beat. His handsome face slightly flushed as he spoke: “There’s a leaf in your hair.”
“Really?” Zhang Meng reached out to pat her hair, but Xu Lu Cha quickly grasped her hand.
“Close your eyes, I’ll get it for you.”
When Zhang Meng closed her eyes in a moment, he could secretly kiss her.
“…N-no need.” Having to close her eyes… Zhang Meng got goosebumps from Xu Lu Cha’s words and directly untied her hair band, shaking her hair and combing through it with her fingers.
With her waterfall-like black hair loose, she used one hand to comb her hair back from her smooth forehead, fine strands of hair falling across her brow…
Xu Lu Cha stared at Zhang Meng, his heart pounding uncontrollably. Her movements were so alluring, he wished he could pounce on her and beg for her affection right now.
“Is there still a leaf?” Zhang Meng asked.
Unable to kiss Zhang Meng, Xu Lu Cha felt a bit dejected: “…No, it’s gone.”
Zhang Meng tied up her hair while saying to Xu Lu Cha: “Lu Cha, when we get to the dining hall, some uncles might pester you with questions. If you can’t handle it then, just call for me.” She remembered when Jin Yue brought A Zhe back, A Zhe was surrounded by the uncles for two hours. She didn’t know what they talked about, but when A Zhe came out, his eyes were glazed over.
Xu Lu Cha nodded in response.
When they arrived at the dining hall, Xu Lu Cha was indeed quickly pulled away by the uncles who had been waiting for a long time.
Zhang Meng and the remaining constables looked at each other. Qian Lu, sitting next to Zhang Meng, coughed dryly: “Zhang Meng, you two must be tired from last night, you should rest well today. We’ve saved breakfast for you, you didn’t need to rush over to eat.”
Zhang Meng’s eyes kept glancing towards Xu Lu Cha who was surrounded by the uncles. Hearing Qian Lu’s words, she turned her head and smiled: “It’s nice to eat with you all, and I also want Lu Cha to get used to life at the yamen.”
Qian Lu was about to tease Zhang Meng when suddenly Zhong Huo’s cold voice sounded.
“I’m done eating.”
Zhong Huo put down her bowl and chopsticks. Her lips were pale and her face looked unwell. Her narrow black eyes looked at Zhang Meng complexly for a moment before withdrawing her gaze and leaving.
Zhong Huo’s cold actions cooled the atmosphere considerably. Everyone was silent for a while. After she had walked far away, Qian Lu whispered to Zhang Meng: “The Chief has been in a strange mood these past few days.”
Zhang Meng lowered her head and poked at her food with her chopsticks, softly responding with a “Mm.”
Zhong Huo had always been eccentric – when she was good to you, she could move you deeply, and when she was unkind, she could make you hate her to the bone. Zhang Meng could no longer tell if Zhong Huo actually disliked her or not.
Zhang Meng glanced again at Xu Lu Cha surrounded by the uncles, barely resisting the urge to go over and pull him back.
Jin Yue had complained to her before that after chatting with the uncles, A Zhe would return home angry every day, not allowing Jin Yue to touch him at all, claiming Jin Yue didn’t respect him.
Zhang Meng really didn’t want Xu Lu Cha to follow in A Zhe’s footsteps and get angry at her.
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“Lu Cha, let me tell you, there’s not a single good woman out there.”
The uncle in brown clothes said angrily: “All they know is being in heat all day, never considering whether we men are willing or not.”
“I still remember when I got married, my heartless wife-master took me for a whole night. The next day my legs were weak…” the uncle in indigo clothes said irritatedly.
“They don’t understand how to respect us at all, only caring about themselves and treating us as tools to vent their desires.”
“Lu Cha, Zhang Meng has the best stamina in the yamen. She must have tormented you terribly last night.”
Xu Lu Cha, who had been smiling all along, smiled stiffly and said softly: “…She was, fine.”
“Lu Cha, you don’t need to speak up for those stinky women. If she bullies you, you must fight back.”
“Lu Cha, let me tell you, if they don’t respect us, we definitely can’t give them any good looks.”
Xu Lu Cha barely maintained his smile: “Zhang Meng is… quite good.”
The brown-clothed uncle was exasperated: “You’re defending her now, but you’ll be crying later. Women are never satisfied, she’ll drain you dry!”
The topic turned to how many times a day women want to be intimate with their husbands. The brown-clothed uncle said with tears in his eyes: “I’ve been married to her for ten years, and she presses me to do it three times every day.”
The uncles complained one after another, saying their wife-masters didn’t know how to cherish jade and pity flowers, didn’t know how to respect them.
Xu Lu Cha’s expression gradually darkened. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to scrape the poison rice off his fan and poison all these boastful people in front of him.
“Lu Cha, how many times did Zhang Meng take you last night?” the brown-clothed uncle suddenly asked.
Xu Lu Cha, whose face had been gradually darkening, raised his head, hiding his gloomy emotions and smiling gently: “Zhang Meng… uh, she took me ten times…”
“Beast!” The brown-clothed uncle was shocked. His eyes looked towards Zhang Meng who was eating not far away, and he said indignantly: “Lu Cha, women like Zhang Meng are too terrifying. You must learn to refuse!”
The topic turned to how to refuse women’s advances. The uncle in indigo clothes said: “Every time my wife-master wants me, I won’t refuse, but I’ll get her to drink alcohol. When she’s drunk, she won’t think about that anymore.”
“I’ll lie in bed motionless, not responding no matter what she does. After a while, she loses interest.”
Xu Lu Cha was distracted, his beautiful eyes frequently glancing towards Zhang Meng’s direction.
He felt heartbroken. He, Xu Lu Cha, was peerlessly beautiful with a first-rate figure. Last night he lay naked on the bed, yet Zhang Meng wasn’t moved at all.
Other men complained about how their wife-masters had such big desires, while Zhang Meng didn’t even have any desire at all.
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When Zhang Meng came to find Xu Lu Cha, she felt that all the uncles were looking at her with a very strange, slightly accusatory gaze. Zhang Meng’s scalp tingled from their looks. She asked in confusion: “What’s wrong? Is there something?”
The uncles shook their heads: “It’s nothing. Lu Cha is a good husband, you should treat him well.”
“Uh, okay.”
“You must cherish him like jade and pity him like a flower. If he’s wronged, we won’t let you off.”
Zhang Meng nodded: “Alright.”
After the uncles left, Xu Lu Cha sat silently at the stone table. Zhang Meng walked over to him, but he didn’t even look up at her.
“Lu Cha, what’s wrong?”
Zhang Meng was really afraid that Xu Lu Cha would get angry at her after talking with the uncles, just like A Zhe got angry at Jin Yue.
But Xu Lu Cha was only down for a moment before quickly raising his head and smiling slightly at her: “It’s nothing.”
Zhang Meng: “I’ll take you up the mountain to have a look today.”
“Okay.”
Xu Lu Cha stood up and reached out his fair hand, wanting Zhang Meng to hold it, but Zhang Meng didn’t see his hand and turned to walk away first.
Feeling that Xu Lu Cha hadn’t followed, Zhang Meng turned back to look at him: “Lu Cha? Why aren’t you coming?”
Xu Lu Cha silently withdrew his hand, feeling aggrieved. Zhang Meng was so unromantic.
He was so beautiful and good, how could she not cling to him at all? Why didn’t she learn how other women treated their husbands?
Seeing Xu Lu Cha’s dejected look, Zhang Meng was a bit puzzled. She smiled at Xu Lu Cha and said: “Lu Cha, I heard you say a few days ago that you really like orchids. There happens to be a sea of orchids at the bottom of the valley, it’s very beautiful. I thought I’d take you to see it…”
Xu Lu Cha was slightly stunned, raising his beautiful eyes to look at Zhang Meng in surprise: “A sea of orchids?”
“Mm, even Yang Qing doesn’t know about that place. I’ll only take you to see it.”
Zhang Meng wanted to treat Xu Lu Cha well. She would try her best to do things that made him happy.
Xu Lu Cha’s dissatisfaction with Zhang Meng not clinging to him and not wanting to be intimate instantly disappeared. His beautiful eyes looking at Zhang Meng were so heated they were almost bursting into flames.
His Zhang Meng understood romance so well, taking him to see a sea of flowers! She was a million times better than those stinky women the uncles talked about who only knew carnal pleasures!
Xu Lu Cha really wanted to dance with his fan for her now, to express his joy and deep love for her.
He wanted even more to retie the red rope he had put away last night, then put on that sheer gauze robe and lift his legs in front of Zhang Meng…
Seeing Xu Lu Cha staring at her intensely, Zhang Meng felt her scalp tingling for some reason. She coughed dryly and turned to hold Xu Lu Cha’s hand: “Then let’s go.”
The hand that Zhang Meng held instantly went numb, and Xu Lu Cha’s whole body softened so much he wished he could stick to Zhang Meng. His jade-like handsome face was dyed with a beautiful blush, like the sunset glow on the horizon.
His mood was too sweet to contain. Unable to control himself, he lowered his head and kissed Zhang Meng’s cheek heavily.
Zhang Meng was stunned. She raised her hand to touch her cheek, then looked up at Xu Lu Cha. But Xu Lu Cha had already shyly turned his face away, leaving only his blushing handsome profile facing Zhang Meng.
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If you’re like me…
Too tired of reading stories where the female lead is often foolish, weak, feeble both physically and mentally, usually in a subservient and oppressed role in society such as a maid, secretary, concubine… or to put it bluntly, typically the one who has to serve and please the male lead, always needing protection and rescue from male leads, while the male lead is often described as talented, strikingly handsome, powerful,…
Then please continue reading.
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
The Male Lead’s Obsessive (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Synopsis:
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Summary:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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