Chapter 211: Chapter 57 Lu Qingyun: I Want to Kiss You from Head to Toe
"The moment Brother Sun sticks his butt out, I know exactly what kind of crap he’s going to pull."
Xiang Yiren’s words left Jiang Ziyan utterly silenced.
"Giggle, just kidding. Come sit here and take a look. The view is excellent. I can see all three of your little antics, clear as day. It’s just like when we were in school—the teacher could see all the students’ mischief from the podium."
"Oh, is that so?"
Hearing the women’s conversation, Sun Dasheng simply gave up on pretending and opened his eyes.
"Yi Ren, go get me a bottle of water. I’m a bit thirsty."
"Yes, my lord and master!" Xiang Yiren rolled her eyes at him and turned to leave.
"Zi Yan, you can stop massaging too. Go get the cherries from the fridge; I forgot to tell your Sister Yi Ren earlier."
"Sure, my lord and master!" she echoed Xiang Yiren’s tone.
Lu Qing Yun, who had been massaging his legs, stopped and looked up at him with her large, sparkling eyes. It was as if she were asking: Is there anything you’d like me to do?
Sun Dasheng pulled her into his arms and affectionately kissed her beautiful eyes. "You’re the youngest sister. Let your two older sisters handle these things. You just stay here and keep me company."
"Mmm!" She felt something sticky on her eyelids—it was his saliva. But she didn’t wipe it away, only pouted playfully, "That’s not where you kiss someone."
"Hehe... Qing Yun, your eyes are too beautiful. I couldn’t resist. Here, let me wipe that off for you."
Sun Dasheng took a wet wipe from beside him and gently cleaned her eyelids, then held her in his embrace again.
"I know all about your two sisters’ families, but I’ve never asked about yours."
"I thought Brother Sun wasn’t interested in household chatter, so I never brought it up," Lu Qing Yun said softly, resting her face on his chest. "Do you want to hear about it? If you do, Qing Yun will tell you everything."
"Of course. Go ahead, I’m listening."
Hearing the conversation inside, the two women at the door stopped in their tracks.
"Zi Yan, Brother Sun and Qing Yun are having a private chat. Let’s not disturb them. Come on, we sisters can go take a bath together."
"Sure! Sister Yi Ren, I just so happen to need someone to scrub my back," Jiang Ziyan giggled.
「Inside the room.」
Lu Qing Yun slowly recounted her family’s situation.
It turned out she was a Miao Sect girl from Yunnan—no wonder she had such captivating big eyes and stood out from the rest. Her family lived deep in the mountains, and their livelihood depended on tea farming. Her parents were getting on in years, and she had several siblings. She was the youngest; her eldest brother was already in his forties. Apart from her, all her siblings were married, with a whole brood of nieces and nephews.
The oldest of her nieces was her eldest brother’s daughter, who was already twenty. She was only a few years younger than Lu Qing Yun and already at the age to be married, as people in their mountain village generally wed early. Because she had been focused on her studies, her family hadn’t pressured her.
With modest family means and so many children, she was able to attend university and stay in Shanghai City to become a Shanghai Drifter. This was largely thanks to her being the youngest of her generation and thus always doted on, not to mention her excellent academic performance. Her elderly parents hoped their youngest daughter would venture out of the mountains to see the world and that she would never have to return. They had her older brothers and sisters to look after them in their old age.
"Brother Sun, you won’t look down on me for my poor family background, will you?" Seeing he hadn’t responded for a while, Lu Qing Yun grew anxious.
"Silly girl, of course not," Sun Dasheng said, patting her head. "Many people would be envious of your family’s atmosphere."
"Really? I’ve always felt so self-conscious about my family’s situation," Lu Qing Yun confessed.
"Well, you deserve a spank for that," he said, giving the woman in his embrace a firm slap on the buttocks. "This one’s from your parents."
Lu Qing Yun pouted at him.
Sun Dasheng laughed. "What, still not convinced?"
"Not at all!" she denied out loud, though in her heart, she remained unconvinced.
"Then let me tell you why I spanked you on their behalf. No one can choose the family they are born into or what kind of parents they have. Your family may not be wealthy, but with loving parents and doting older siblings, you’re already better off than eighty percent of the people in the world."
"Do you acknowledge that?"
Lu Qing Yun thought for a moment and nodded.
"Well, there you have it. You’re better off than eighty percent of people, so what is there to feel inferior about? Do you really need to compare yourself with the lucky few born as ’second-generation’ rich?"
As he spoke, Lu Qing Yun’s buttocks took another hit. This time she didn’t cry out, but accepted it in silence. It seemed Sun Dasheng’s words had truly reached her heart.
Had no one ever said such things to her before? Surely they had, but how could she possibly have taken them seriously coming from them? The same message is always more convincing when it comes from the mouth of someone with a ’protagonist’s halo’ of wealth and status—that’s when people are willing to listen.
"Have you not been in touch with your family for a while?" Sun Dasheng asked casually, lighting a cigarette.
"Yeah," Lu Qing Yun admitted sheepishly. "I didn’t even go back for the New Year."
Fearing he would think her ungrateful, she quickly explained, "When I graduated, I joined a good company, thinking I would return home triumphant one day. Back then, I proudly declared to my family that I wouldn’t return until I could buy a house in the big city. But after... well, after I ended up in such a state, I was too ashamed to face them."
"You silly girl, suffering for the sake of appearances!" Sun Dasheng chided, tapping her on the forehead.