Please Be More Serious Chapter 75-76

Chapter 75 I saw the Sun

Yin Ting looked at Zhengqing and

was filled with warmth.

He had changed the ring. Just a

small matter; but it was unexpectedly touching.

His confession had been special too.

It wasn’t the photo that was special, but that he carefully pondered on every

statement he had made. It wasn’t just “I like you, let’s be together” but I

like you, why I like you, what I will do when I like you, what I can do for

you. If you do like me, how to we live?

“I love you” is an emotion. “What

to do?” is life. He put his feelings for her into his life.

The framed slideshow had not been

for romance, she understood. Because this man didn’t know what romance was. He

was only expressing his promise to her.

His proposal wasn’t ostentatious

nor was it an elaborate surprise. Just a phone call, go out to eat a meal and

stroll down the street to buy the ring. No sweet words, no tears; just a bag to

mention and go home.

He did not understand romance, but

he gave her candy and told her to eat it and be happy. He quietly changed the ring to a better one. He picked her up when she was down and encouraged

her.

She looked at Zhengqing and felt

like he was the most handsome man in the world. He was her sunshine; warm,

bright, illuminating her life.

She leaned forward and kissed him,

‘I will refuel well.’

Her kiss was so sweet, her smile

was so cute. Zhengqing was fascinated and dazed, he asked, ‘What am I to do?’

Yin Ting cocked her head and said,

‘You’re talking yellow again.’

‘…’ Zhengqing frowned, ‘Which

sentence?’

Yin Ting laughed and pounced on

him, ‘”What am I to do?” That sentence.’

Zhengqing was caught off guard and

was almost knocked down but he managed to stabilise the two of them. Yin Ting

did not care; she sat astride Zhengqing and perfomed a “strong” pose, full of

gas, ‘I have the sun! Let them see! I will never give in!’

Zhengqing grinned, wanting to

laugh, ‘I almost forgot.’ He said.

‘What have you forgotten?’

‘I had forgotten that you have “I

am very sprited everyday” medicine.’

She laughed and winked as she said,

‘Well it’s not “I’m very nervous everyday”, so your evaluation is fair.’

Zhengwing laughed, ‘To me, these

two are the same medicine.’

Yin Ting pouted and swatted him,

Zhengqing smiled at her expression and said, ‘I also have a medicine,’

‘What is it? “I am very serious

everyday”?’

He gave wide smile and his eyes

were very gentle, ‘No, it’s “I love you everyday” medicine.’

Yin Ting stared at him.

‘I love you very much, whether

you’re spirited or nervous.’

Yin Ting was touched again. It

wasn’t good to be so easily moved. But what about it? Although her serious

gentleman husband’s love quotient wasn’t very high, she liked him because she knew

what he said was true. She hugged him tightly and said, ‘You cannot stop taking

that medicine, Mr Qiu.’

‘Hao, I won’t stop. You should be

happy. Don’t worry about those people. It is important you live your life well.

I will be with you and watch you become a happy boss, and then a happy old

woman. And we will tell our grandchildren the stories of your travels.’

Yin Ting smiled as she looked up at

him, ‘Then you will be a serious uncle and then a serious boss?’

‘Yes.’

Yin Ting laughed happily and buried

her head in his arms. She was so happy; a happy old woman and serious boss lord.

She couldn’t help but kiss the enemy’s lips. Zhengqing retreated backwards, but

she clung to the collar of his pyjamas and kissed him deeply.

‘You know, I don’t wear pyjamas

when I sleep alone.’ He said.

‘So?’ Yin Ting asked as she licked

his lips, she felt very happy to see him nervous and shy.

‘Because you were dressed before

me, I was afraid you would be impulsive.’

‘…’ Yin Ting swiftly retreated. She

hadn’t thought about it at all.

‘You wearing my t-shirt is making

me impulsive.’

‘um…’

‘And now you’re so passionate…’ he

didn’t finished.

Yin Ting tried to retreat. Seeing

his heated gaze made her blush.

Zhengqing sighed, dressed in his

t-shirt, being so passionate about him. He reached out and fished her back to

him. He only wanted to kiss her, but some things you can’t control.

He frowned like he was very upset,

‘We will get married when the event is done.’ He couldn’t wait.

Yin Ting laughed and blushed, ‘It

doesn’t matter. In any case, you can’t get too old to have children.’

‘Who is old?’It was too much, ‘Who

is old?’ A man can not be insulted, the man’s dignity cannot be deceived.

(Zuben: hmm okay)

Yin Tin laughed, turned him over

and overwhelmed him. Zhengqing decided he really could not wait and turned her

over. The two were panting and hot when Zhengqing jumped up.

Almost forgot the little guy!

He grabbed the cat and threw it

outside the bedroom and shut the door.

Yin Ting laughed.

At the window, the sun still shone

through the gap. (Zuben: Out of focus, fade to black)

❀

Zhengqing was late to work for the

first time in many years.

It wasn’t just a few minutes, it

was a full two hours late.

When he entered his offive, his

face was very serious and stony. When the colleagues saw him, they did not dare

say anything so the atmosphere in the office was solemn. Zhengqing entered his office with

narrow eyes and large strides and did not come out again.

It looked like the situation was a

bit bad; was Tingting Yuli413’s situation on the internet getting worse?

Everyone quietly gossiped amongst themselves.

They all went on Tingting Yuli’s

blog to check; there had been no updates but the abuse and support camps were

still adhereing to their positions. Although, it was a lot more then yesterday.

Because of the Xiu statement, there were no more of the so-called “absolutely

true inside scoop” news. Despite that, it would not block malicious

speculation, there were people waiting for it.

But, the situation did not seem

worse. Could Tingting Yuli not bear it and Qiu zong was feeling the burden of

unbearable pressure?

As everyone speculated outside, in his office, Zhengqing was on the phone to Yin Ting.

‘Are you at work?’

‘Yes.’

‘Did you walk in with your super serious

face?’

‘No.’

‘Hmm, but you are particularly

serious when you are shy.’

Zhengqing coughed twice. Miss

Angel, you must take care of your boyfriend’s face.

Yin Ting laughed.

‘Have you seen your dad?’ he asked.

After their sweet time in the

morning, he took her out for breakfast and took her home to change then took

her to the hospital. Even though he knew he was late, he did not want to leave

her. This morning had been very special, very important and significant to him

and Yin Ting. They really didn’t want to separate. However, he still had to

work and she still had her battle.

‘Yeah, he’s fine. He can be

discharged at noon.’

‘You must be standing outside the

door giggling.’ He said

‘I’m not.’

‘Then you must be in a quiet place where no one can see you.’

‘hmmm…’ that was true.

‘Although it’s been less than half

an hour apart, you must have missed me.’

‘Not true,’ she pouted. Why was he

so mean and expose her? Still this was Serious, he let his future wife save

face,

‘I miss you too.’

Fine. She felt like she had kept

her face.

‘I showed my ring to dad.’

‘And?’ he asked nervous.

‘He said it is pretty.’

‘Oh,’ he replied with a sigh of

relief.

‘I told him you picked it. He said

you have a good eye.’

Zhengqing chuckled and Yin Ting

laughed, then she added, ‘My dad said to tell Aunt make two more dishes, you

should come for dinner.’

‘Alright,’ he replied happily.

‘I told him about yesterday and how

unhappy I was. He told me how bad could it be, I should fight.’

Zhengqing smiled imagining Yin

Guohao’s tone of voice

‘So when I get home later, I will

issue an announcement.’

‘Hao,’ Zhengqing did not trust her

not to, so he reminded her, ‘Remember what we discussed; don’t look at the

comments, do not control forwarding, just stick to your post and leave. This is

your current attitude to life.’

‘Yeah,’ she replied nodding hard.

Regardless of what others say, she should only care about people who love her.

That afternoon, the event page was

afire again because Tingting Yuli413 had posted: Thank you for your concern, I

have something to say.

First, which is most important,

there is no black box activity for this event. I did know about the event in

advance and actively prepared. But the methods I have participated in the event

is the same as other participants. I did not think too much when I posted my

stories because there was nothing to cover up or lie about. I was frank and

just recorded my life and shared my joy. It is no different from the last five

years I have been blogging. This has been called into question and I deeply

apologise to the Xiu management, my family and friends who have been supporting

me. I am here to say I'm sorry, everyone.

But I will not withdraw from the

event because I have done nothing wrong.

I believe my posts are very good

and l like them very much. This is my voice; my friends who read it think it is

very good. So I shall continue to write and post.

In addition, I am not strong enough

and will be influenced be the negative comments, so I will not be reading the

comments in the short term. My supportive friends; I know your hearts, thank

you, but I am sorry I can’t interact with you at the moement. I will not delete

the comments bad or good, the internet is a public forum; I have presented my

views and you are also presenting yours.

Yesterday was a difficult day for

me, I had never imagined such a thing would happen to me. But it has come, and

I will cherish the harvest. Yesterday, I thought of quitting, but someone told

me that it wasn’t a question of participating in the event; it was a question

of my life. Did I want to give up on enjoying life?

I do not want to give up.

I like to share my happiness with

others. This is what I want to do and it is part of my life, so I will

continue.

When I woke up this morning, I saw

the sun through the turned corner of black out curtains. I thought it was very

beautiful and I felt very encouraged. This airless protection is safe, the

perfection is respectable. However, through the imperfection, I saw the sun!

She also put up the picture of the

dense curtains with the turned corner letting the sun in through the window.

The post was quickly shared and

many people still mocked.

Some people were saying: Now the

brain’s remnants said the wrong thing to expose the truth! Using frankness to

cover up her mistakes.

There were also people cursing her,

calling her arrogant and disgusting.

Someone also said: You wrote such a

long post without a sense of shame, still don’t want to quit in the end?

On the supportive side, there were

replies of: Very good, we must not withdraw and bow to the evil forces.

There were comments of eternal

support.

Someone also said: There is no cost

in questioning or name calling, but there is a huge loss in quitting. Do not

give up on the other side of the screen.

Yin Ting had no knowledge of all

these good or bad. She logged off the moment she posted.

Zhengqing watched and did not say

much. He only shared the post and commented with: Love you! Jiāyóu!

Soon there were messages: Dogs, men

and women, wishing you all the best in a hundred years.

Zhengqing was not angry about it.

It was like trash and the comments were deleted and the posters black listed.

Others saw Yin Ting’s post and

Zhengqing’s stance.

Qi Yufei also wrote: Love you! Jiāyóu!

Mao Huizhu also wrote: Love you! Jiāyóu!

Her fans followed suit: Love you! Jiāyóu!

They no longer confronted people

and just chanted: Love you! Jiāyóu!

Was it a swear? Love you! Jiāyóu!

Irony? Love you! Jiāyóu!

Call us a bunch of psychos? Love

you! Jiāyóu!

Anyway, “Love you! Jiāyóu!”

The event page was filled with

comments of “Love you! Jiāyóu!”

Chapter 76 Pushing On

Zhengqing went to the Yin family

home for dinner that evening. Yin Guohao’s expression was a bit dark; he either

ignored Zhengqing or glared at him. Yin Ting smiled happily not noticing what

was going on. She reported the doings of her day and how she was sorting her

finds.

Later, Yin Shi pulled Zhengqing

aside and told him. Guohao went online to read Ying Ting’s blog, he had found

the bad comments ridiculous. He then read Yin Tings statement where he saw the

picture.

Yin Shi put his hand on Zhengqing’s

shoulder, ‘It is not that I betrayed you, but Xiaoting’s heart is too wide,

“She didn’t think there was anything to cover up and just recorded her life”,

hence, my dad knows that she spent the night at your place.’

‘Ah,’ Zhengqing said wondering if

he should feel guilty.

‘Then he saw your “Love you! Jiāyóu!”

comment.’

‘Yeah…?’

‘I don’t know if he’s angry or not.

He had this kind of “Young people these days” expression.’

‘O-kay.’

‘So prepare yourself mentally.’

‘Okay.’

Yin Shi was frustrated with

Zhengqing, how could he only reply “Okay” to everything? Have some reaction,

like “then what do we do, ah, you have to help me” etc, so then he could feel

his importance as a brother in law. This Serious and his “okay”, so

frustrating!

After that, things seemed less

fraught between Zhenqing and the old one. Guohao didn’t say anything until

Zhengqing was about to leave when he asked, ‘Tell me when you want to get

married?’

When Yin Ting heard this, she

became shy and hid behind Zhengqing.

‘When the event is over, depending

on Yin Ting’s schedule afterwards. I want her to enjoy the process well. Wait

until its over, then prepare for it.’

Yin Shi winked at his sister, she

turned even redder.

‘Hao,’ Guohao said, ‘When Yin Ting

wins, we will prepare.’

Zhengqing was slightly surprised,

but he quickly replied, ‘hao.’

Yin Ting poked her head out from

behind Zhengqing’s back and asked her father, ‘What if I can’t win?’

Guohao blinked, ‘Fight.’

Yin Ting was confused about the

whole conversation, but waited till Zhengqing got home before she called him to

discuss it.

‘Well, he really is trying to tell

you not to be discouraged and work hard to win. And he is also angry with me,

so he’s trying to show me some resistance.’

‘Why is he angry?’ she asked

innocently.

‘He found out you stayed with me.’

‘Ah!’ she was shocked.

‘Your sunshine is in my house,

remember?’

‘Ah!’

Yin Ting was annoyed with herself,

‘Why do I always do this kind of stupid things?’

She sighed.

‘This is the kind of person you

are.’ He said.

‘So being stupid doesn’t matter.’

‘You’re not stupid, you just lack

the skill, awareness and inspiration.’ He replied jokingly.

She laughed, ‘So…?’

‘I love you, so jiayou!’

‘Can I win?’

‘Just enjoy it, the process is

fun.’

She blushed, she wanted to tell him

he sounded really coloured. But since he’s been truly coloured, she was really

embarrassed.

Lying on her bed that evening, she

felt like these two days had been a rollercoaster of emotion. While she was at

the bottom of the valley everying was really slow, but now she was happy the

day passed in a blink of an eye. So happiness makes the time go faster, so one

must cherish it.

Tomorrow will be a new day.

She laughed; the new day will be a

beautiful day. She had these expectations.

She went to sleep.

The next day, she spent some time

with her father. She went out and took a lot of photos. She posted on her blog

about the joy of rollercoasters. About how it moves through peaks and troughs,

but keeps going never discouraged or proud. It allows everyone who is close to

embrace it; knowing that the highs and lows are thrilling and stimulating. It

is a pleasure to experience failure and success.

She immediately logged out and

didn’t read any comments after that.(Zuben: I dunno why they keep calling it chicken soup, it's cheese bites)

Zhengqing had to work overtime that

evening, so she made his dinner and sent it to him.

In the evening, she talked to him

over the phone. She watched TV with her

dad. Then Shen Jiaqi called her and asked her out to karaoke the next evening.

She felt life was quite fulfilling.

The next day, Yin Ting spent sometime

with her father, before going to her management agency to read through reports

and sign a few documents. Then she went out to take pictures of the scenery.

Her post for that day was the busy

city ; shot from the bus and while she was walking and from the offices of her

management agency.

She wrote: Everywhere there is

beauty, you just need to see it.

She didn’t read the comments again,

remaing unaware of the mockery, hence completely unaffected.

One comment was: On this level, a

primary school pupil’s essay is better. You dare to say you’re doing well and

dare show off.

Since she was going out, she wasn’t

able to cook for Zhengqing. She went to karaoke with her sisters. Zhengqing got

off work in good time so he went to the Yin family home. Yin Shi was not at

home, so Guohao had dinner alone. When Zhengqing arrived, Guohao had a subtle

feeling in his heart. He felt good that someone was with him. When Yin Shi

returned, he found the old man having an animated discussion about business

with Serious.

Yin Tin and her sister’s spent the

whole evening singing. Even Yu Fei turned up. Yin Ting knew they were here to

cheer her up.

‘The big river flows eastwards. The

stars of the sky are in the Big Dipper…the shots are taken when the shots are

taken, and the winds and raging fire ignite the Kyushu!’ they sang and danced.

Yufei took the photos, she felt it was too inconvenient to pose.

When Yin Ting returned home,

Zhengqing had not left yet. Yin Shi had gone to his bar, so it was only

Zhengqing and her dad at home. Zhengqing was urging Guohao to take his

medicine. Yin Ting smiled at her dad grumbling about Zhenging, but he still took

his medicine and went to sleep.

‘Did you have fun?’ he asked her.

She nodded and flew into his arms.

She held him in a hug.

The irresolvable contradiction that

her dad had talked about had been solved. It hadn’t been irresolvable but it

just needed an adjustement of mind. The person who works - works. The person

who plays, plays. You don’t have to be tied to each other to be in love, to

respect each other’s needs, to give each other space and freedom.

Yin Tin looked up and accepted

Zhengqing’s kiss. After she asked him, ‘I am going to show my enchanting

talents tomorrow. I may end up being mocked by a lot of people, if I run to your

house, will you be able to stand it?’

‘I don’t care about them.’ He said

coolly.

Yin Ting smiled broadly.

The next day, she posted new

pictures on her blog. In one of them she was walking with her father. In

another she was wearing her engagement ring with Zhengqing, in the last one she was

dancing with her friends.

She wrote: These are the days of my

life: walking with my father, I got engaged to my boyfriend, I went to karaoke

with my friends. I’m doing well.

The next photo was of two pairs of

shoes; a lady's pair and a girl's pair.

She wrote: These are my shoes. I

smaller ones I got twelve years ago, the newer ones I bought a few days ago.

There was a close up shot of the

logo on the shoes.

She wrote: These two shoes are

Xius. The smaller ones are one of a kind. Xiu does not produce such shoes in

this size. Twelve years ago, my parents founded Xiu. My father had two pairs of

shoes in the same style created; one pair for my mother and one pair for me.

When my mother died from an illness, my father let her wear those shoes to send

her off. The name Xiu is derived from my mother’s name Yu Xiuping. After she

died, my father sold Xiu to Yongkai. In Yongkai’s hands, Xiu has grown to a

nationally rerecognised brand, but in my father’s eyes Xiu will always hold a special

meaning.

Today’s Xiu has given many people positive

and meaningful meanings. For me, it means ‘Mother’ and my parents’ love.

My mother was a business woman and

a very beautiful lady. Xiu is a good name, it is a beautiful word. In truth, my

mother was very ordinary, the word ‘Xiu’ is very ordinarly, but to me, in my

thought they are beautiful because I love them.

When my mother was sick, she became

afraid I would be unhappy later and I didn’t want to worry her, so I developed

a habit of writing diaries. I wouldn’t write about the sad things, just the

happy occurrences. Later, I discovered that sad things don’t need to be written

down, I could remember them well. But the happy things, I would need the

diaries to remember them. Happiness is so easy to lose, so we should cherish

it.

When I went to college, I learnt

photography and began blogging. I retained that habit to remember the happy

things, to let my mother know I am happy. Then, I discovered I am really happy.

Once people are determined to pursue what they want, and work hard towards it,

they will be able to achieve it. You will get what you are looking for. Even if

you can’t see it, you won’t get it naturally. So seek happiness, find happiness.

It’s important.

I kept writing happy things,

I’m sure my mom sees it. Then someone

shared their happiness with me on my blog. I realised sharing was a lot of fun.

My dream is to be a traveller and share the beauty I see with others. I have

been to many places and written many reviews. Before I joined the event, I

turned over the previous photos from my travels to find the most inspiring

story. But then I thought others’ stories were better than mine. Can distant

beauty be more than the beauty around me? I decided to stay home and write

about the beauty around me.

This a good platform to share. Many

good stories are being told, everyone is sharing their joy. This is the

happiness of this era.

I believe if my mother knew that

many women know Xiu, wear Xiu, like Xiu and have fun and share happiness, she

would also be very happy.

After column, Yin Ting put a

picture on her little diary from years ago. The date was written in and a

little girl was writing in the diary. A woman stood behind the little girl

smiling down at her. They were both dressed in similar clothes. The words on

the diary were: You believe she has not gone far, she is by your side. If you

believe she can feel your happiness, she will certainly see it. So be happy.

(Zuben: Don’t understand the magic at work here)

After she posted the new article, she

logged off and went to the kitchen to try cooking a new recipe. On the

internet, the mockery and derision continued. She did not care. She did not

expect to win the event. Zhengqing was right, the most important was that she

enjoyed the process.

The article really caused a lot of

flame, but what surprised Zhengqing was that someone tagged him in a long blog

post.

The person wrote: I really want to

see Tingting Yuli 413, but she has said she will no longer read comments or

tags, so I had to tag you. I hope you can share my feelings with her. I too,

saw the sun.