Marriage Concerto (Small Thing Called Love) Chapter 41

We’re officially halfway through MC!!! (If we count the 6 side stories at chapters ^^)

Translator: pwip

Chapter 41: I only want you.

Ding Meng slept for two hours before waking up. When she opened her eyes, she realized that Qiao Yichen's coat was pulled over her. She moved a bit and the towel on her forehead fell off.

"You're awake?" Qiao Yichen sat in front of his work desk and glanced at her. Then, he stood up from his chair.

Ding Meng picked up the towel that was on her forehead and looked at him as he walked towards her, "How did I get here?"

"I brought you over." Qiao Yichen reached out his hand to test the temperature of her forehead. It was still a little warm, "Your fever hasn't completely gone down. Just spend the rest of the morning resting here. When lunch comes, I'll help you get food."

Ding Meng's eyebrows raised, "Then what about recording?"

Qiao Yichen 'ah'-ed, "You want to record when your voice is like that?"

Ding Meng also knew that it wasn't possible to sing with her current voice, but she felt rather worried about delaying the work pace. "Is Manager Jiang really angry?"

"Yeah, she wants to skin you alive."

Ding Meng frowned a bit, anxious for her future self.

Qiao Yichen stood by the couch and looked her up and down, "Didn't I tell you to change your clothes and take a shower? How did you still get sick?"

Ding Meng felt that his question was really way too shameless. She couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, "Don't you know that the viruses can spread through saliva?"

Her words seemed to have reminded Qiao Yichen, and his complexion turned a little odd. Afterwards, a mischievous smile appeared on his mouth, "I really like this method of spreading viruses."

Ding Meng, "…"

Mother, his shamelessness has reached a new record!

Qiao Yichen sat down on the couch, and Ding Meng swiftly scooted further away. When the seat next to her sank down, her heart seemed to thump along with it.

Qiao Yichen placed one arm over the back of the couch and leaned in ambiguously. He spoke in a low voice as if he was whispering sweet nothings, "Do you want to spread it back to me?"

In a fluid motion, Ding Meng placed a back pillow between the two of them, "Qiao Yichen, don't think you can steal a kiss from me again!"

Qiao Yichen lifted his hand and picked up the pillow dividing them, staring closely at her with his pitch-black eyes, "Last night, all we did was kiss, right?"

"…What else were you thinking of?!" Ding Meng's foot was about to greet him again.

Qiao Yichen looked down and laughed. Sure enough, it was exactly as he had thought.

He felt a little bit of regret, but overwhelmingly, he was rejoicing.

He hadn't forcefully taken her while his mind was unclear, and he hadn't completely forgotten their first time together.

He threw the pillow in his hand behind him and leaned over to get even closer to Ding Meng, "Then, when shall we finish what was supposed to happen afterwards?"

His voice was very gentle and deep. It seemed to hold a spell capable of bewitching others.

Ding Meng was already completely curled up on a corner of the couch, confined by him into a small s.p.a.ce. She, who had nowhere else to retreat, could only stare at the person in front of her and speak with bravado, "Your, your sperm have swam up to your brain!"

Qiao Yichen laughed out loud, surprised that she could utter such bold words, "These are normal physiological needs. Why do you need to make such a big fuss?"

Ding Meng was mentally collapsing inside, "Then go find someone who has the same needs as you!"

Qiao Yichen picked up her hand that was hugging her knee, stuck out his pink tongue, and gently licked her white fingertips, "I only want you."

Ding Meng, "…"

Mother, this guy was outrageous…

Ding Meng: died in battle.

Seeing that he had bullied the little rabbit almost to the point of tears, the big bad wolf wasn't quite satisfied but didn't dare to actually do anything. Since the little rabbit was still sick, his first priority was still getting her back to good health.

He stood up from the couch and turned around to pour Ding Meng a gla.s.s of sugar water, "Drink more water. It's good for reducing fevers."

Since she was sick, Ding Meng didn't have much energy to start with. After Qiao Yichen provoked her just now, she really felt as if she might faint at any time.

Real women don't take losses sitting down. Just wait until she got better and watch how she put him in his place!

Holding onto this wonderful desire, she received the big gla.s.s of water from Qiao Yichen's hand and took large glugs.

After she finished the gla.s.s, Qiao Yichen made her continue sleeping and said that he would call her when it was time to eat. Ding Meng didn't trust the Wolf Goudan who had completely exposed his perverted nature, but her body was clamoring for more rest. She persisted in keeping her eyes open for half an hour, but in the end she couldn't fend off her sleepiness.

When Qiao Yichen saw that she had fallen asleep, he couldn't help but gently smile. He bent down and kissed her lips with yearning, using his hand to brush off the hair on her forehead that was damp with sweat.

At noon, instead of buying food at the cafeteria, he ordered two bowls of congee through delivery. This particular delivery service was very quick. When the congee arrived at the office, it was still nice and warm. Qiao Yichen gave it a taste and found that it was just a bit salty, which was perfect for someone with a fever.

He woke Ding Meng up and tested the temperature of her forehead again before giving her some congee. Completely oblivious to the fact that there was someone watching her attentively, Ding Meng was really hungry so she took the congee and immediately started eating.

Qiao Yichen laughed as he watched, "Eat a bit slower. No one's going to steal it from you."

Ding Meng spared him a glance but continued to take big mouthfuls of congee. She needed to quickly regain her strength to fend off this beast wearing a human disguise.

She had clearly neglected the fact that, even if she completely recovered, there was still a very wide gap between their physical strengths.

In the afternoon, Ding Meng had to film the MV so she couldn't slack off. When Qiao Yichen saw that her fever almost completely receded, he didn't protest. Instead, he went with her to the offsite shooting location.

Even though Ding Meng was sick, the filming progressed quite smoothly. All the scenes were completed within the scheduled period of time, and all that remained was work for the video producers.

Work was going great, but there was a rumor that had been traveling through the company like wildfire. Even Xiang Guang couldn't help but make a phone call to hear what was going on from the person involved.

"I heard you were drugged by a woman and taken advantage of?"

Qiao Yichen, "…"

Spreading rumors is against the law! Don't you know?!

He threw down his phone and angrily went to find the sound technician. Even if he used his toe to think, he could still figure out what had happened!

If he could make up such stories, why didn't he go become a playwright?!

When the sound technician saw Qiao Yichen enter aflame, he knew he was in deep trouble. His face paled and he begged for forgiveness in a manner that was full of grievances, "Great Qiao, I really don't know how the rumors spread like that! I only said that you suspected that you had slept with a woman but didn't have any recollection of it, that's all! Everything that followed was stuff that other people got creative with!"

Qiao Yichen, "…"

Very good. Beating you up a bit won't be unjustified.

When Ding Meng came to start recording, she saw the sound technician's pitiful expression. She asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?" What was up with that "the end of the world is approaching" face?

"I'm fine." It's just that Great Qiao had thrown him an impossible work a.s.signment, that's all. Estimating conservatively, his next half month would be spent in the office.

He said that Great Qiao had slept with a woman, and Great Qiao made sure that he wouldn't have any women to sleep with.

This was truly karma.

Ding Meng had also heard a bit of the rumors going around the company. When she saw Qiao Yichen, her bright eyes blinked twice, "I heard that a woman forced you to…"

"If you dare say it out loud, I'll make sure that you'll still be recording this song in half a year!"

Ding Meng, "…"

She smiled and said to him, "Qiao dada, let's start work~^_^"

Qiao Yichen had promised Jiang Man that You Wanted to Break Up Today would be recorded in one morning, so Jiang Man had really only given Ding Meng one morning's worth of time.

Ding Meng's fever had already completely gone down and her voice had recovered very well so Qiao Yichen didn't need to be fussy about the song. Just as promised, the song was completely recorded within the morning.

After the new song was entirely recorded, Ding Meng finally felt as though she had been relieved from a burden. When she walked out of the recording booth, Qiao Yichen looked at her and spoke, "Be more careful in the future. Jiang Man really dislikes it when artists don't take care of themselves and end up delaying work."

"Eh, I got it." As long as certain people didn't randomly become huge perverts, she wouldn't get sick so easily.

Qiao Yichen noticed that she was still lingering in the recording room so he glanced at her and asked, "Do you still have something to say?"

Ding Meng thought for a bit and spoke hesitantly, "Today, Manager Jiang asked me again about collaborating with Gu Xin."

Not only was she unsure why she needed to get his opinion, but they technically hadn't even settled their score about this matter yet.

However, she knew subconsciously that she needed to talk about this with Qiao Yichen first.

When Qiao Yichen heard her words, his heart shook for a second, before he looked over as if nothing had happened, "Oh, collaborating with him is pretty good. Not only can you learn things, it'll be very helpful to increasing your popularity."

Ding Meng looked at him in amazement, "You really think this way?"

"Yup."

Ding Meng still didn't quite believe him. After all, he had previously been so against this matter, "You're really not opposed?"

Qiao Yichen snorted, "I've said this before, but I'm not your manager. I'm not originally in charge of deciding these matters anyways. However, if Gu Xin is willing to let you ride on his popularity, why wouldn't we ride it?"

In any case, he had already thought things through. He was determined to win Ding Meng over. He wasn't about to let other people s.n.a.t.c.h away his woman.

Ding Meng reflected for a while and decided he probably wasn't using reverse psychology. She felt happily surprised inside. In truth, she had really been hoping to be able to collaborate with Gu Xin. Just like Qiao Yichen had said, she would be able to learn things and gain popularity more quickly.

"Goudan, I just knew you were the best!"

Qiao Yichen's face turned a little unnatural. The sound technician's face turned even more unnatural.

What had she called Great Qiao just now? Goudan??

Ding Meng had already left so the sound technician could only look blankly at Qiao Yichen who was standing nearby.

Qiao Yichen thought of the sound technician's remarkable display last time and looked down at him threateningly, "Did you hear something just now?"

The sound technician froze and his expression turned even more blank. However, he spoke in a particularly steady voice, "Did you two say something just now?"

Qiao Yichen nodded his head approvingly.

Looks like the phrase "A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit" did make sense after all.

Thanks to the sound technician's tears of blood while working overtime, everyone else was intimidated and the suggestive rumor circulating the company regarding Qiao Yichen quickly disappeared.

After completing work and finally being able to relax, Ding Meng decided to eat out and reward herself with good food. However, she figured Qiao Yichen would most likely not agree…so she decided to drag him along as a solution!

She took out her phone and sent Qiao Yichen a text, "Dandan, the new song is completely recorded, and I've also received the money for the concert. I'll treat you out to a meal ~(≧▽≦)/~"

Qiao Yichen looked at the text and couldn't help but laugh. This person really didn't hold grudges. Just a couple days ago, she was still doing her utmost to fend him off. His eyebrows raised slightly and his fingertips flew across the screen as he typed, "What are we eating?"

"Chuan chuan!"