Please Be More Serious Chapter 69-70

Chapter 69 - Rose tinted

Yin Ting blinked

before she finally responded.

She started

laughing.

She was wearing

pyjamas wrapped in a house coat. He was well dressed in a suit but had a fat cat

wearing flowery clothes. He looked so discordant.

Yin Ting laughed

till she was teary-eyed. She reached out and took Miao Dada from him. She buried

her face in his furry neck.

He said he would

improve next time. And this was his improvement.

It was too fast.

Yin Ting laughed

till she cried. But she felt that it was not funny at all. How to describe the

mood? She could not even think of suitable adjectives.(Zuben: Sexy? No? I dunno then.)

The well dressed

man complained, ‘Aren’t you supposed to be holding me?’

Yin Ting laughed

more, her shoulders shaking.

‘Well you have

no hands now, so I’ll do the holding.’ He said and took her, cat and all, into

his arms.

She buried her

face in his chest and sniffed hard; he was the best, most serious, most

unconventional man she’d ever met.

‘You haven’t

answered yet.’ Zhengqing asked, still seeking her reply.

She looked up at

him, his eyes were beautiful, focused and enchanting.

She sniffed and

laughed, ‘I’m not going to talk about this at my doorstep in my pyjamas.’

‘So I can come

in, shut the door and you go and change.’ He suggested seriously.

Yin Ting laughed

again, the emphasis was not on this. But she showed him in. She had to put Miao

dada in the box because she didn’t want her dad’s allergies to act up. And she

felt a little guilty.

‘How did you

think of this?’ She asked curiously. She guided him to a sofa and sat beside

him.

‘It just came to

me suddenly,’ he replied, ‘There was no reason, I was lying on my bed and I

suddenly wanted you there. I wanted to be married to you. I wanted you to be my

wife. The idea felt nice.’

‘What did you

feel?’ she asked with a pointed stare.

‘I felt like you

were next to me.’ Zhengqing answered with a serious expression. Then he looked

at Yin Ting’s expression asked, ‘You think my thoughts were crooked again?’

She chuckled and

grabbed his arm hiding her face in his sleeve.

‘Miss Yin Ting,’

he said in a very proper tone, ‘As a man of marriageable age with a beautiful

girlfriend; don’t you think it is impossible to have no evil thoughts?

Therefore, you also have to act charitably, don’t tease him all day.’

‘Where have I?!’

She exclaimed, her face blushing. ‘I had always thought you were an honourable

gentleman,’ she teased. Zhengqing’s expression turned ill-humoured.

‘Hao, hao, I am

very proper.’

Yin Ting looked

at him for a few seconds but could not keep a straight face, she grinned

broadly and jumped into his arms.

‘Please Be More

Serious, you are so cute. How can you be so cute?’ she said with a wide smile.

His very serious tone and expression while taking about ‘evil thoughts’ was so

cute.

Zhengqing kissed

her interrupting her laughter.

It was a warm

and energetic kiss.

Yin Ting wrapped

her hands around his neck. He pulled her onto his lap properly, and pulled her

into a more intimate hug.

Yin Ting’s heart

was beating so fast. She didn’t know why; she had kissed Zhengqing so many

times, but she had never felt this shy and flustered. Maybe it was because he

had proposed. Or maybe it was because they had been talking about naughty things.

They stopped and

pulled apart. She looked into his eyes, and she could see he really had wicked

thoughts. Her heart beat faster, (Zuben: Any faster you’d be a humming bird)

and her face was hot. But she was enchanted, she tightened her arms and kissed

him.

It went out of

control. Zhengqing’s hand reached under her night clothes. She wasn’t wearing

any underwear, the feel of his hand on her skin was hot. Zhengqing pushed up

her top and was about to kiss her skin when they heard the door unlock.

The two held

shock still.

Zhengqing

quickly pulled Yin Ting’s clothes down. Yin Ting held her hand over the scream

that threatened to come out. She hadn’t got up from Zhengqing’s lap when Yin

Shi walked in. (Zuben: Amatuers)

Yin Shi saw that

the living room lights were on, ‘Xiaoting…’ he called.

He froze when he

saw the both of them, the phrase ‘haven’t you slept?’ got stuck in his throat.

‘Ge ge,’ Yin

Ting called. She was blushing. Her clothes were messy, her hair was mussed. She

was still very much on Zhengqing’s lap. Zhengqing who had always been in the

serious faction, had a ruddy face and chaotic hair. He didn’t speak but nodded

in greeting.

Yin Shi looked

at both of them and said, ‘Hey, I’m going to my room.’ He wanted to say he

didn’t see anything but that would be a lie. So he decided to go to his room.

After going to

his room, he realised, someone was bullying his sister, well not bullying, in

their living room. It was just too unbelievable. Were they taking advantage of

dad’s hospitalization? Should he return to the living room, or not. He didn’t

know.

Well he was also an older brother, right? No

matter, it cant be ignored. It would not be worthy of his identity as a brother.

Yin Shi thought

for a few moments, then shouted, ‘Xiaoting, I’m thirsty could you get me a

glass of water.’

In the living

roon, Yin Ting said to Zhengqing. ‘My brother wants me.’

Zhengqing held

her fast, ‘Wait a moment, I need to calm down.’ Yin Ting sitting on his lap

knew what he referred to, she could not help but blush even more. (Zuben: I

don’t think her bum on your lap is going to help matters)

After another

minute, her brother called again, ‘Xiaoting, where’s my water?’

Yin Ting got

anxious, ‘No, I have to go. Otherwise, he’ll come out and see us. It’ll be even

worse.’

She was right,

if Yin Shi came out to see them and finds that they haven’t let go of each

other, it wouldn’t be good. It really wasn’t good, Zhenqing had no choice but

to let go of her. Yin Ting jumped up and but dared not to look at him as she

raced to the kitchen. She poured a glass of water and headed to Yin Shi’s room,

on the way she picked up the pet box and thrust it into Zhengqing’s arms,

‘Use this to

cover it.’ She said.

Zhengqing was at

a loss for words. Use what to block what? Why was she so dramatic? He was much

calmer. Well, okay it was best to be cool and calm. If Yin Shi came out, it

won’t look good. He hugged the cat carrier, Miao Dada had a bewildered look on

it’s face as Zhengqing stroked it’s head.

Yin Ting went to

hand Yin Shi his water.

‘It’s very

late,’ he said to her after he took a sip of water.

‘I will send

Please Be More Serious home immediately. He-he came to see me.’ She said with

awkward hesistance. She was shy and she felt guilty. It was hard to cope with

this kind of thing infront of one’s elders.

‘You drink your

water, I will go and send him off.’ She said and she ran out of his room, her

face red.

Zhengqing had

over heard the two of them and was already up, sorting his appearance. He felt

very self-conscious.

She ran out to

him, and gave him a wink, ‘You should go home. Drive carefully on your way

back.’

‘Hao,’ he

replied calmly, he carried the pet box and shouted, ‘A Shi, I’m going.’

Yin Shi came out

and said, ‘Walk carefully, drive carefully,’ politely. He wanted to say more,

but he stopped short when he saw the cat.

Yin Shi had black

lines over his head. What were these two doing? There was no one in his house,

they didn’t go there to roll. Instead, they are in the woman’s living room being

affectionate; they even brought an audience!

When Zhengqing

left, he looked at his sister and wanted to ask her; what was the cat’s role?

But he didn’t have the nerve, in case the answer was too exciting, he was

afraid his pure heart would expire from over stimulation.

But it was

probably not to hot for his sister to tell him, ‘Sleep early.’ He said instead.

He was full of curiousity, but instead took on an air of seriousness.

‘Good night,

gege.’

She rushed back

to her room, her face ablaze. She jumped into bed and pulled the quilt over her

head.

She was so

happy! So very happy she couldn’t help but laugh. When she thought of his

proposal, his kiss, his discomfort, and Miao Dada, she couldn’t help but laugh.

Then they were caught by her brother, how embarrassing! But still very joyous!

She really wanted to scream with happiness.

She rolled about

on her bed, and found her mobile phone. Looking at the time, he won’t have

reached home yet. She continued to roll.

After a while,

after enough reliving the moments, she looked at the time again. She quickly

called his number, and Zhengqing immediately answered.

‘Are you home

yet?’

‘Just arrived.’

‘What are you

doing?’

‘Getting Miao

undressed, it’s sleepy. It’s found a good position to sleep in.’

Yin Ting said

nothing for a beat, then she said, ‘Serious, listening to your words, I will

feel jealous.’

‘What are you

jealous about?’

Yin Ting turned

in her bed, as she asked, ‘Is Miao sleeping in my place?’

Zhengqing was

silent. He didn’t even breathe.

If she was

talking about her position on the bed, that meant…

‘Mr Zhengqing,

at this time, you should say something, so that your girlfriend has a step to

continue the topic.’

Zhengqing

cleared his throat, ‘Well, don’t mind it too much. After that, Miao can sleep

at your feet?’

Yin Ting blushed

at she bit her lips unable to hold back her smile, She tried to speak calmly as

she said, ‘I don’t mind.’

‘After the event

is over, you should come for a sleep over.’

Yin Ting covered

her face trying to hide her happy smile.

‘Tomorrow after

work,’ Zhengqing continued, ‘I will go to the hospital and talk to your father

about it. Then we can go out and buy a ring and flowers.’ The sentence was delivered very

imperiously, with no hint of sweetness, so he added, ‘Is that okay?’

‘Hao,’ she

replied without hesitation. She heard Zhengqing chuckle. She also laughed. She

felt satisfied.

Only one word

had been spoken but her entire life was full of happiness.

‘Hao!’ she said

again loudly.

‘I heard you.’

He replied.

‘Hao!!’

‘Fool.’ He

replied laughing.

Chapter 70 Storm in a teacup

The next day,

Zhengqing was in a good mood. He arrived at work early and voted to Yin Ting in

the event polls. Then he went on the internet to find the address of the

flagship store of a brand name jewellery store. He also searched for a

restaurant nearby. When he was happy with his search, he faced his work. (Zuben:

one chicken, two chicken, three chicken – four)

There mustn’t be

overtime today. He must leave at six ‘o’ clock on the dot and go to the

hospital with Yin Ting. He didn’t know whether Guohao would be disagreeable,

but Zhengqing did not worry.

In his view, the

hardest part had passed. Guohao has been completely negated and had now

softened. And he and Yin Ting had

changed their relationship models. Although, there would be some minor

conflicts in the future, they would not deliberately embroil each other in

embarrassing conflict, but rather, would be more considerate of each other.

There should be no problem,

He would be a

good husband, he thought. But time will tell. So regardless of what concerns

Guohao had, he would work hard to overcome them.

Zhengqing

enjoyed working that day, he did things very efficiently. In the afternoon, he

had just finished lunch when he got a call from Yin Ting. He was very happy as

he answered the call,

‘Have you eaten?

Be rest assured, I will be done on time, and be at the hospital by six. Wait

for me there. I have booked the restaurant, after we finish with your dad. We

will go and choose the ring and go and eat.’

Yin Ting didn’t

immediately reply, ‘Did you find a PR company to harass me?’

‘No,’ he replied

a bit confused by the question, ‘Didn’t I tell you? I knew you would disagree,

and you would say no. So I never did it. All I can do is vote for you

everyday.’

Yin Ting was

silent. Zhengqing noticed something was wrong, ‘What has happened?’ he asked.

He worried that she may have changed her mind.

‘Nothing,’ she

replied, ‘I’ll deal with it first and call you later.’

Deal with it?

What was she dealing with? Zhengqing still had questions but she hung up. He

went to her Weibo and found out why she was upset.

She was being

pilloried by netizens.

She was being

accused of being a ‘black box operation’ in the Xiu event. She was a shameless

advertising ploy in the guise of an innocent competitor. (Zuben: There was some

mention of the ‘Virgin Mary’ or ‘Notre Damme’ I couldn’t figure it out. 而尹婷恬不知恥當托賣廣告還裝聖母)

Her accuser sent

a long list of evidence using many lurid and inciting phrases.

Evidence one:

Tingting Yuli 413 wrote on May 10th when she signed up for the event

that her boyfriend, father and brother gave her gifts and asked her to pursue

her dreams. When is her birthday? From her Weibo profile, we can see her

birthday is April 13th. When did the registration start? May 1st . Who would have known about this event and presented gifts

related to this on April 13th? When I saw her write this thinks, I was

a bit flabbergasted. How stupid to be showing off these things? Isn’t she

afraid that people might catch on?

Evidence two:

Tingting Yuli 413’s boyfriend’s ID is 413510. We can see be assured of his

identity because her birthday is April 13th and she has mentioned

that his birthday is May 10th , therefore 413510 is indeed her

boyfriend. (Zuben: Shwoooh! How shocking!) The two blogs interact frequently with each other

and show fragments of love. Who is 413510? Looking through his Weibo Bar, we

can see he is the Vice-President of the Yongkai Group. But how can the Vice

President of such a big company choose such a low nauseating online handle. It

shows lack of taste. With such a Vice-President will Yongkai not lose? (Zuben:

While I do agree it is eye-roll worthy, it ain't that serious. What do you want

him to call himself, Yongkai Money Tree?) However, with this sort of person,

it is not so difficult to understand why Xiu has such a nasty operation

happening in its event.

The Vice

President usually shares management articles and comments on financial articles to

show off his expertise. Pretending to be a model management on the contrary,

only reveals their incompetence. (Zuben: Does it really?)

Evidence three:

On the event’s page, we can see that eight hundred and thirty one people have

registered in the primaries so far. It has only been two weeks, but the number

of participants had been increasing everyday. With so many candidates, why is

Tingting Yuli413 the only one consistently on the homepate? We have screenshots

to prove it. As you can see, she had been on the recommended blogger home page

for two consecutive days. What did she write about? See evidence four. (Zuben:

Disgruntled competitor)

Evidence four:

Why are we saying that this is a black box operation? This evidence if the most

direct of the four. Her entries are a joke. She posted about a roadside flower

shop. She found someone who know’s how to take photos, and someone who can

compose touching paragraphs. And the officials helped her to the recommendation’s

page with this pithy post. It makes people go huh?! The most ridiculous thing

is that after the official recommendation, Miss Tingting Yuli413 went to a Xiu store to buy shoes, and then casually put up a few of the brands shoes on her

blog. The advertisement couldn’t be more obvious. She also said the friend that

went with her owns a company. But then beside her, she talks about the Xiu shopping guide girl. Miss Tingting Yuli, do you have a brain? How is this girl

comparable to your friend with her own company? How is her earning a small

amount of money for helping people with their shoes the same someone who’s

making money from her company? Are you helping advertise or throwing shade at

people? (Zuben: The fact you are saying that is more the insult to the girl)

Hahahaha~ isn’t

this supposed to be a dream trip?

You picked up a

camera and said you’re a photographer, walk two steps and call yourself a

traveller. Do you want to spoil dreams, ah?

Want to write,

but your writing style is poor. You want to be a Madonna, but your face is too

ugly. Tingting Yuli 413, do you have any shame?

The person wrote

a bunch of eloquent words, in conclusion they said, ‘I am blushing for you. It

is shameless to do such a thing. Shame can’t even be considered, neither can

smarts. Do you regard everyone one as silly children? Could it be that Miss

Tingting Yuli413 is completely ignorant of being seen by other people? Are you

alright with taking the prize from the back door? More talented people than you

are in this competition, these people have been fooled into participating in a

publicity stunt to increase the popularity of such a disgusting company. It is

simply too distressing. I am not a contestant, but I love to travel and dream

that one day I too can live my dreams. So I pay attention to the travel

bloggers,so I am very concerned about the legitimacy of this event. Every

other contestant's entry looks like a dream to me, but when I looked on the

recommendation page to find Tingting Yuli413’s entries, it felt like a bucket

of cold water on my head. It is a disgrace to the supporters. Therefore, Xiu must give a public apology and kick Tingting Yuli413 off the list of

contestants. It is the only way to ensure a fair and equitable treatment and

support for all participants.

As soon as this

was posted, it caused a great storm. Many people came forward, amongst them

active participants of the event (Zuben: wanting to get their digs in). Their comments scrolled speedily in real time on the official website. Many people

banded together to condemn Yin Ting, they had been incited and attacked her on

her blog page.

Zhengqing saw

many comments on her Weibo page. The number of comments had reached

several thousands. His own blog had more than a thousand comments, and it was

growing. The vast majority of the comments just showed the writers’ jealousy.

There were lots of bad words, contempt and denunciations.

Zhengqing was so

angry he was almost dizzy. (Zuben: Well, you did create an event for someone

who could fly away on her own power). He had not been this angry in a long

time. But he was still corpus mentis. He calmed himself and called the Xiu’s

manager. They had already heard the news; the official site was being

questioned and surrounded by buzz.

‘We have just

begun a meeting to discuss this matter. The project manager has drafted a

statement and we have already informed the Crisis PR team. After the statement

is verified, they will release it.’ The general manager informed him. ‘We have

done a good job in the preliminary stages. The notary process and platform

procedures are ready. The recommendations are based on the rules of the event.

And the content of the contest applicants do not contain anything illegal, so

there is no problem. The final result of the event is based on the votes. We

haven’t done anything fraudulent, so we will insist on this position.’

‘Alright.’

Zhengqing said calming down.

‘Qiu Zong,’ the

general manger said, ‘In the meeting, many of our colleagues really like Tingting Yuli’s blog, and that is not just referring to the last two days, but

over all. It is very much inline with the theme of the event. We hope that she

will persevere and continue. If she quits, we think it will be detrimental to

the image of the event and the company.’

‘I understand.’

He replied, but he could not guarantee it. He suspected Yin Ting would be very

depressed right now. She had said she would be upset if such a thing happened

to her, but any normal person would not be happy about being attacked.

‘I will talk to

her.’ He said.

‘From the

standpoint of the organisers of the event, we will send a formal communication

to her.’ The manager said. They all knew of the relationship between Yin Ting

and Zhengqing.

‘Okay,’ he

replied. He did not oppose it.

After he

finished the call with Xiu’s General Manager, he called Yin Ting. The call

rang a long while before she finally answered.

‘I’ve seen it.’

He said to her.

‘I’m sorry,’ she

said with a sob.

She had sat

before her computer not knowing what to do. The condemnation and

jealousy had been so overwhelming.

‘I’m sorry.’ She

had stopped crying before, but now hearing his voice, she began to cry again.

‘I've caused trouble

for you. I’m so stupid; I didn’t expect this to happen. I read the post over

and over, but I don’t know how to refute this person. A good event like this

was fucked up by me…’

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