NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 91 - II
In a beautiful little courtyard.
Wang Zhuang led the black dog, which was fragrant after taking a bath, into this small courtyard with beautiful scenery.
In the corner of the small courtyard, a man and a woman were sitting upright on stone chairs, looking in the direction of Wang Zhuang.
Wang Zhuang glanced over and quickly averted his eyes.
He didn’t know how much sweat he had in his hand holding the leash around the black dog’s neck. He could probably water the flowers with it.
Blind dates were really nerve-wracking. Especially… the woman also brought her eldest brother with her.
Wang Zhuang walked up to the two of them and introduced himself, “*I am Wang Zhuang (王壮), the Wang from Wanglun (伦的) and Zhuang from Zhuang Zi (庄子). Hello.”
[*Wang is a common surname. Zhuang Zi is an ancient Chinese philosopher.]
Among the man and woman, the man was tall and strong with a big beard.
The man looked at Wang Zhuang and said, “Shu Han.”
After dropping two words, the man said coolly, “I’m going over there, it’s not far or near.”
Not close enough to hinder Wang Zhuang from talking to the woman, but not far enough to prevent Wang Zhuang from messing around. ‘If you mess around, I’ll come over right away and break your legs!’
Why legs? Wang Zhuang swore that the man glanced at his legs to demonstrate before leaving.
Wang Zhuang nodded. Our Brother Zhuang’s upright face was very easy to fool people.
The man left, and the woman in a sassy red dress smiled at Wang Zhuang, “*Shu Niang, the Shu from Shuben (书本) and Niang from Guniang (姑娘).”
[*Shu here using the word book and Niang could be translated as lady.]
Wang Zhuang pursed his lips with a bookish look on his face.
Shu Niang touched her face strangely, “What’s wrong?”
“No.” Wang Zhuang’s eyes flickered. He thought that Shu Niang suited his eyes very well. In order to see success, he had better use the trick given by Young Master Jing.
Wang Zhuang raised his head, looked into Shu Niang’s eyes, and blushed slightly, “Your name is really nice.”
Shu Niang laughed out loud and glanced at the black dog, “Is this the dog you raised?”
“No, I brought it with me…” Be brave. Wang Zhuang forced himself to swallow the last three words and racked his brains to say another sentence, “I wanted to see if I could please you.”
Wang Zhuang said, then lowered his head and patted the black dog’s butt, giving the black dog a hint.
Jing Xingzhi’s best black dog had already received the signal, swung its tail and rubbed against Shu Niang’s legs, raising its paws toward her in a flattering manner.
This kind of trick was not something that ordinary dogs could do. She had never seen it before, and she was immediately charmed.
Then Shu Niang hugged the black dog and got close to it, while Wang Zhuang stood aside and acted like a dog owner.
Jing Xingzhi would have been furious if he had seen this scene.
‘Brother! The dog is here to give courage; what kind of dog do you want her to play with? Dogs are just there to shorten the distance between you and the little sister!’
But no matter what, Shu Niang had a great time.
Her family ran an escort agency, she was also a martial arts practitioner, and she was very good with whips. But something happened to the family of the person she was betrothed to, and the engagement fell through, so she postponed her marriage until she was older.
Shu Han loved Shu Niang and didn’t want to marry her off randomly, so he was choosing slowly. Only when Wang Zhuang came, he was satisfied and let Shu Niang meet him.
The family’s approval made Shu Niang already have a good impression of Wang Zhuang.
The current black dog was well-liked by Shu Niang. Moreover, the black dog was raised by Jing Xingzhi, as Wang Zhuang said.
Jing Xingzhi was Fang Qichen’s successor in the future. This was obvious. The good relationship between the two also showed Wang Zhuang’s ability.
After petting the dog for a long time, Shu Niang also asked all the questions she wanted to ask.
Feeling like she was the one asking, she asked Wang Zhuang: “Do you have anything to ask?”
Wang Zhuang thought for a while and said, “I actually know a lot and have checked it out.”
Shu Niang nodded.
Wang Zhuang looked at Shu Han who was not far away and said, “Your brother can’t beat me.”
“Huh?! Are you going to hit my brother?” Shu Niang was a little confused and frowned slightly.
If this guy was not satisfied with her brother, then there was no need to talk. Her brother didn’t do anything bad at all.
Wang Zhuang touched the black dog’s head, shook his head, glanced at Shu Niang, and said implicitly: “I will let him do it in the future.”
Shu Niang was stunned, and her face slowly started to blush.
What was allowed and not allowed, how did it go to this…
She didn’t promise anything…
Shu Han occasionally glanced at it, humming in his heart.
Did his sister like this man or not?
Was this person any good?
Well! If he protected her too strongly, he was afraid that his sister wouldn’t get married, but he didn’t want his sister to get married to the wrong person…it was really hard to be a brother.
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After the two of them finished chatting, Shu Niang called Shu Han over. When he caught a glimpse of the blush on his sister’s face, Shu Han knew that the deal was done!
Shu Han’s mood was complicated.
Wang Zhuang patted the black dog’s butt again, and the black dog started to act cute again, grunting and asking Shu Han to hold him.
As soon as the dog came into his arms, Shu Han, who had never been so fond of animals, felt happy.
The cool man coolly hugged the 100-pound black dog, happily let the dog become a 100-pound baby.
The black dog laid comfortably on Shu Han’s arms, thinking that it felt so good to be hugged.
Only people with two legs could walk. It had four legs, so why did it still have to walk?!
After leaving the yard, Wang Zhuang sent the brother and sister back to the escort office. He also identified the place and made an appointment to propose marriage in three days.
After seeing off the guests, Wang Zhuang happily took the black dog home.
As soon as he returned to the academy, the black dog barked and left Wang Zhuang to seek credit from his master.
It had helped a lot today!
If it hadn’t been for it, that stupid big guy wouldn’t have succeeded so smoothly.
Jing Xingzhi listened to the black dog “woof, woof, woof” and pressed its head against his hand, thinking that the dog was probably going to become a genius, but no one knew that he had instilled the energy with his hands.
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The date was set, and Brother Zhuang’s marriage was arranged. Fang Qichen became happier every day. When he was in a good mood, he felt better physically.
A few days before the New Year, Wang Zhuang married his bride and left his single life behind.
He got a new wife, and there were more people during the New Year, which made it even more lively.
Jing Xingzhi made a painting on New Year’s Eve, a different kind of family portrait, including everyone in the family as a souvenir.
In the painting, Fang Qichen was sitting at the table drinking tea and playing chess with Wang Zhuang. The key point was that he could not beat Wang Zhuang and would lose.
Fang Yaojun was playing with the black dog, and Liu Fang and Shu Niang were talking. They didn’t know what they were talking about, but they were laughing very happily.
Only Jing Xingzhi was standing aside, with a painting in front of him. That was right, he painted himself, that was how awesome he was!
Note
This man is sure a bit narcissistic. Also the chapter just keep getting longer and longer T.T