Perfect Fiancé - Chapter 23
Heyyyy~ Its a Wednesday, the middle of the week and two days more to thank gosh its friday! Sorry, this chapter remains solemn and part of the resolution of what happens to Han Xuelan and her dad. Also, does anyone feel that this is those scenes where what happened to Su Jins counterpart here in the novel has happened to Xuelan instead? Interesting, isnt it?
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Okay, less talk now, lets plunge into Chapter 23!
Chapter 23: Mercy Well His obeisance probably isntthis dramatic but I imagine his beseeching eyes look like this~
“Xiao Jin” Han Lei took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I know this matter has made you feel wronged, but I only have this one daughter. Ever since she was born, we have been dependent on each other to survive, Xiao Jin.” He looked up at Su Jin, with beseeching eyes, “Xiao Jin, can you let your elder sister off, taking your little uncle into account?”
“Father” Han Xuelan bit her lip and softly murmured.
“If- if you really are so furious, I-I can take full responsibility for Xuelan’s crimes, as longas long as you guys can let Xuelan off the hook. She’s still a child” Han Lei’s voice became softer and softer. His head slightly fell, as he lifted his right hand to wipe his own cheek.
“Father!” Han Xuelan spoke before Su Jin got a chance to reply, probably because her mood had been fluctuating too much. Her strength had actually increased, as she hauled Han Lei’s elbow and pulled him up.
She looked down at Su Jin who was sitting upright, her eyes filled with hatred, “Don’t beg her! She’s only a fake princess. What right does she have to make you kneel?!”
“Xuelan!” Han Lei anxiously grabbed his daughter’s arm, wanting to stop her words.
“Uncle, don’t speak anymore.” Su Jin suddenly spoke, her voice slightly cold. As she raised her eyebrow, a hidden gleam flashed through her phoenix shaped eyes, “let her speak. I really want to know what Xuelan Jiejie has against me.”
“What I have against you, heh-” Han Xuelan heard what she said and let out a soft laugh, “Ever since we were little, you and I have been the only daughters of the Su family and the Han family respectively. But why you have always been endlessly spoiled? Everything is readily available to you, but as for me, I can only be known as the illegitimate daughter. In the dark corners where you cannot see me, I am mocked, I am bullied”
“They hit you?” Su Jin was surprised.
“Hit?” Han Xuelan slightly lifted her head, “Let them try! No matter what, on the surface, I clearly belong to the Han family.”
“Since you know they would never make a move against you since you know they account for the Han family, why didn’t you say anything? Why didn’t you fight back? Even if your uncle doesn’t like you that much, he wouldn’t allow anyone of the Han family to be bullied, and would definitely, inevitably, preside over justice for you.” Su Jin said in a heavy overtone, turning her head towards Han Xu.
Han Xu calmly shook his head, “I have never heard her say anything about this.”
“Xuelan” Han Lei was shocked and distressed for her. Even he had not known about these matters.
“Look, no one knew about it.” Su Jin waved her hand casually at her.
“Preside over justice for me” Han Xuelan’s expression seemed a bit absent-minded, “No, no” She shook her head, her eyes reddening a bit. “No one would speak up for me! I am only an illegitimate daughter. You guys, everyone looks down on me”
“Look, elder sister, no one looks down on you. All this time you believed that we looked down on your status, and looked down on you as a person, but really, that’s all been you.” Su Jin gently spoke.
“No” Han Xuelan shook her head and yelled firmly, “it isn’t like that!” After going insane for a moment, she changed the subject and laughed, “As for you, since you’re the little princess of the Su family, what can I do about it? At the most, all I can do is shoot some sarcastic words at you, and I even have to do it behind Su Yue and Han Mingxuan. But the real little princess has returned, isn’t that right? She’s called Lin Xiyue, right?”
She seemed to have recovered and gone back to normal, as her fair fingertips combed through her curls that fell on her shoulders. Her lips seemed to curve with a hint of a lovely smile, “I have no idea how auntie and uncle reacted when they first knew about this.” She rose her eyebrows and looked at Su Chenghai, “Isn’t it funny The daughter you’ve spoiled and kept in the palm of your hand was actually a bastard with unclear origins.”
The word “bastard” was thrown out there, in a heavy manner. Su Chenghai and Su Yue frowned at the same time. But right when they wanted to berate her, Su Jin began to speak.
“But” She tilted her head to one side, as her phoenix eyes formed into two curves, “Even if Xiyue has joined our family, I’m still the princess of the Su family!”
“That’s right, you’re still the princess of the Su family.” Han Xuelan smirked, and smiled bitterly, “On what basis? Su Jin, what gave you the right? Even if I have a lower status, at least I still have some of the Han family’s blood running through my own veins, but what about you? A princess without Su blood.” With sorrow and gloom, she glared at Su Jin as she spat out all of her words.
“You should be dropped into the dust.”
Su Jin gazed at the warped young lady in front of her and suddenly thought of the prideful girl she had seen the first time she had met her in the dormitory. Perhaps, at that time, her heart had been feeling inferior. Because of her inferiority, her life had never gone the right way, and later, Xuelan became jealous of her who was spoiled by her family. In the beginning, it hadn’t been anything too serious, but when her (Su Jin’s) identity was revealed, she completely turned into this. In her heart, how could she let someone whose status was lower than hers live better than she ever did?
But now, this jealousy had already evolved into an undying thought.
“Xuelan Jiejie.” Su Jin sighed, looking up at Han Xuelan who was only a few steps away, “They all say that jealousy makes people ugly. Right now, you are really-
“-ugly.”
Han Xuelan’s body shook, but she couldn’t help but look at her carefully just as the person in front of her lifted her eyes to look at her own. The distinguishing eyes of the person looking back at her clearly reflected her own appearance.
Even as she looked into the familiar brows and eyes, her pupils were red and her forehead of the girl before her was twisted, filled with jealousy and hate.
Han Xuelan staggered back a step and fiercely swept her eyes over the man next to Su Jin. Then, just as quickly, she lowered her head.
Su Jin didn’t miss this, as she began to look at the man next to her. With some astonishment, she asked, “you like him?”
So she didn’t only make a move against her because of jealousy?
“Like No” When Han Xuelan heard Su Jin’s words, she suddenly bit down on her bottom lip and shook her head, but she still couldn’t help herself from looking up to look at that man.
Like? How could she not like the man that embodied the cool breeze [1] and the bright moon?(1)
(1) qng fng lng yu () This refers to someone who is pure and honest
Didn’t everyone say peach blossom eyes were extremely passionate? But when she turned to look at his beautiful peach blossom eyes, besides coldness, they were filled with disgust. That was right, the warmth within his eyes had only blossomed for one person alone.
“Yes.” She seemed to have suddenly come to a decision as she stood up and slightly rose her chin and smiled, “I like everything you have.”
Su Jin was startled for a long while before she shook her head heavily.
Han Lei, who had been scared silly from all of the words his daughter was spewing, finally came to his senses. He walked over and hid Han Xuelan behind him. Slightly bending his body, he murmured, “Xuelan is still small. Just now just now she was babbling nonsense. Xiao Jin, Brother-in-law” He rose his head, his eyes looking at Su Chenghai with a bit of hope.
“Han Lei.” Su Chenghai looked in the direction of his own daughter and saw her shaking her head, not planning to speak. In the end, he decided to speak his first words in the private room.
“Brother-in-law” Han Lei clenched his fist, his body slightly trembling.
“As a father, naturally, you would feel distressed for Xuelan; you put your dignity down, begged for mercy, and you promised to take her punishment. I have deeply recognised this.”
Han Lei’s eyes brightened, as the hope in his eyes increased substantially.
“But,” Su Chenghai’s expression turned stern, “I am also a father.”
This single sentence made Han Lei’s body weak. He stumbled back several steps. Only when Han Xuelan supported him from behind did he stand firmly, his face pure white.
“Today, the person who was wronged was my daughter- the daughter whom I, Su Chenghai have raised in my palm.” Han Lei’s dramatic changes in expression did not affect his speech at all as Su Chenghai continued, “you have already done what you must as a father. Now, I will also do what I must do as a father.
“I admire the protection you have offered your daughter as her father, but this has nothing to do with me presiding over justice for my own daughter.”
Su Chenghai’s voice was very steady and forceful, almost like a camel who was crushing the last straw that had fallen onto Han Lei’s shoulders. The light in his eyes finally completely disintegrated, and in the blink of an eye, only a deep despair remained.
Su Jin blinked her eyes and forced the mist that had settled around her eyes to disappear before she revealed a smile.
At this moment, even if she had a rather indifferent character, she couldn’t help but feel warm from the bottom of her heart.
This was her father, ah, this was her family.
“Preside over justice?” Han Xuelan who stood next to her father saw her father’s despairing expression and suddenly became angry. She stepped forth and looked into Su Chenghai’s eyes, “Mr. Su, I am willing to accept however you will preside over justice for your daughter. Since I could accomplish what I accomplished, I can also bear the consequences. But” She hesitated slightly, “My father is innocent.”
“Naturally, I will not implicate”
“Uncle Su.” Lu Xi suddenly interrupted Su Chenghai’s words.
Su Chenghai stopped and looked at Lu Xi.
“Uncle Su.” Lu Xi curtly smiled, “May I handle matters from here?”
Su Chenghai frowned. It was obviously a request yet as he looked at the man’s eyes filled with confidence before him, suddenly, he thought about the gentle phrase that Lu Xi had thrown out that day at the villa: ‘dismember the body into ten thousand parts’. Never mind, it was fine if he handed these matters to Lu Xi. In any case, he was sincere towards Xiao Jin, so he definitely wouldn’t hurt his daughter. But He frowned and nodded; to let this rascal increase his favorable impressions in front of his daughter, however, he felt a little uncomfortable about that.
After receiving his future father-in-law’s permission, Lu Xi turned towards the two people in front of Su Jin.
Han Xuelan bit her lip as she stubbornly glared at the man in front of her, unwilling to speak anymore.
“Mm, answer a question, and I’ll let the two of you go, how does that sound?” Lu Xi spoke. His first sentence shocked everyone in the private room.
Translated by Geeky
Edited by Ely
TLC-ed by Irisu
