Chapter 149 - It’s Your Birthday Tomorrow
Before the ‘meeting’ even started, Old Zhou’s daughter showed off her hostility by staring at her father impatiently. She said in a less-than-friendly tone, “Dad, why did you bring me here? Why am I meeting your students?!”
She then sized Su Yang and Chu Xia up with a disgusted look. “And why should I talk to an old lady and a—”
Right before she could attack Su Yang with her words, Su Yang turned on the [Ally Halo].
Old Zhou’s daughter softened right away, “—hottie?”
Old Zhou and Chu Xia were both instantly stunned.
‘What the…? What just happened?’
Question marks filled their heads. They looked at Su Yang and saw his confident smile, but there was nothing strange about his expression as if he knew that Old Zhou’s daughter would call him a hottie.
Su Yang noticed how Old Zhou and Chu Xia were looking at him, so he replied with a playful gaze, “What are you guys looking at? Have you never seen a hottie before?”
‘Besides, guys usually say that getting an older wife means securing a rich future, but they always take younger girls as wives. It seems like only their peers are never considered…’
Chu Xia was a little carried away as she stared at Su Yang.
It was then that Su Yang noticed a gaze on him, so he looked up and turned to Chu Xia. Both of them locked eyes and Chu Xia blushed. She unconsciously averted his gaze but nervously peeked at him after that.
She saw Su Yang smiling at her. His smile was like the sun that shone brightly at night.
For whatever reason, at that very moment, her heart skipped a few beats.
On the other hand, Su Yang made great progress with Zhou Yueting. After half an hour of chit-chat, Zhou Yueting finally viewed him as a friend. It was only expected since Su Yang’s mouth was blessed with the special ability and talent. Maybe only less than a handful of people would not have fallen for his sweet words.
However, he was not able to understand the problem between Old Zhou and Zhou Yueting within half an hour. After all, no one would reveal their problems to a stranger after talking to them for half an hour.
This was not related to Su Yang’s abilities anymore. It was more about Zhou Yueting’s EQ. Therefore, he asked her out for another meeting privately the following afternoon.
Su Yang then called Chu Xia and Old Zhou over. The four of them sat down for coffee with their minds filled with their respective problems.
After the meeting, Su Yang habitually sent Chu Xia back to her dorm since they were walking in the same direction.
Along the way, Chu Xia looked at him and asked, “Are you free tomorrow?”
Su Yang shook his head. “I don’t think so. I just promised her to meet up.”
“Her? Who?”
“Old Zhou’s daughter. I should finish what I started, so I plan to talk to her more and persuade her.”
Chu Xia looked into Su Yang’s eyes. “Can you change it to another day?”
Su Yang frowned. The girl before him did not act or behave like the Chu Xia he knew. Ever since she wanted to tag along to the meeting with Old Zhou’s daughter, something had been troubling her mind and she had been acting weird the whole day.
Just when Su Yang was pondering about the problem, Chu Xia said softly, “It’s your birthday tomorrow.”
Shocked, Su Yang widened his eyes. “My birthday?!”
‘Right…It is my birthday…’
[1] Lin Hong is a famous poet in the early Ming Dynasty, whose poetry was treated as the genuine echo of Tang poetry, has been hailed as the founder of Min-Zhong poetry school by many scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Lin didn’t achieve great fame in Fujian in the early Ming Dynasty based on my investigation. However, he turned out to be an outstanding poet with the emergence and expansion of the Min-Zhong poetry school. With his excellent reputation in the poetic world, Lin’s biographies were added fabrication. The name “Lin Hong” was eventually viewed as a label with his poems and thoughts forgotten.
[2] 浮亭夜月樽前满,古树秋声笛里哀
[3] 周月亭
[4] 周月停
[5] Su Yang thought Zhou Yueting’s Chinese characters are 周月亭, which literally means Moon Pavilion. 月 means “moon” and symbolizes purity and love; 亭 means “pavilion” and symbolizes the beauty of a girl and straightforwardness. Both characters 月 and 亭 are taken from the poem 浮亭夜月樽前满,古树秋声笛里哀, which modern people use to name their daughters. However, Zhou Yueting revealed that her Chinese characters are 月停, which literally means “Moon Stop”. 停 has an extra Chinese radical compared to 亭, so it means stop rather than pavilion.