SM Married Life

Translation by: Wen
Writer: Lin Cai (Taiwan)
SM Notebook - Married Life (Part 19)

Just before work, Xiang-ze was in front of the mirror about to put on his tie. Shan-mei put down the comb in her hand and turned towards him.

“Wait!”, Shan-mei stood up, took over the tie from Xiang-ze’s hands, “let me try!”

“Why!?” Xiang-ze was shocked at Shan-mei’s sudden actions.

“Senior Yong-xi said that she’s the one who always put on Senior Xian-da’s tie for him,” while talking, Shan-mei’s hand was busying fiddling with Xiang-ze’s tie, “but I haven’t done it for Senior before!”
Xiang-ze covered his mouth and laughed. What was she doing? The fact that Yong-xi does Xian-da’s tie doesn’t mean Shan-mei must do the same thing for him!

“That’s weird. It looks simple!”, she frowned and clumsily figuring on how to do it.

“Come! let me do it myself,” Xiang-ze held the pair of hands fiddling around on his chest, and stared at her interestingly.

Shan-mei sat down in despair and was vastly discouraged, “I can’t do anything right! Why did you marry me?”

Since young, she was without a mother. She never knew what a wife should do for her husband. She must be an unqualified wife, she thought to herself.

He stood down in front of her, “Why did I marry you? Do you want to hear it one more time?” The three words ¡¥I love you’---- though he had told her hundreds of times, but he is more than glad to repeat for another hundred times.

“But!”, she pouted her lips, and looked as if she was going to burst into tears any moment.

“And I married you not to become an old hag at home,” his eyes shone clearly and looked at her gently.

“I don’t care!” Shan-mei snatched the tie from Xiang-ze’s hands, “I want to try again!”

He smiled and let her do whatever she wanted to do.

Finally, she nodded her head satisfactorily, “This should do,” she thought to herself.

“You are to go to work in this tie today!” She reminded him specially, “You cannot remove it! Neither can you re-adjust your tie, ok!

What a wilful wife! But all he felt was blissfulness and a tinge of sweetness.

“Yes, Madam!” He held her in his arms lovingly.

Deep in the embrace of Xiang-ze, Shan-mei smiled. She felt so fortunate, “it’s always so good to have Senior!” she thought. She’s always like a child in front of him, forever having her own way.

Remembered the times when we first met in London,

I was 20 years old then, and you were 25!

Not only was the Senior beside me tall and handsome, but also eludes a sense of security, making me feel like a little girl who could always look to you for attention, always spoiling me.

Time flies!

Now, I’m no longer 20 and you are not 25, our relationship has changed.

I’m no longer the little girl and Senior is not just Senior!

Luckily, the difference in our age will never change. You will always be 5 years older than me and I can forever be under your love and care, always running to you for attention.

EhUmm, how wonderful!!

It’s nearly noon and Xiang-ze was going through the last report. There should be time to have lunch with Shan-mei later, he thought to himself. He looked down at his tie and could not help smiling into space.

“Director Yin, Miss Zhen Shan-mei! oh no! your wife is here,” his secretary spoke through the telephone.

Shan-mei? She seldom comes to the office to look for him. In the office, she tend to maintain a distance away from him, except for that time because of You-zhen and Ying-mei! As he recalled that very day, he felt really bad!

Well, let’s put that aside first. His precious wife is here to see him now and it is more than what he could ask for!

As Shan-mei pushed open the door, he put aside his work first and smiled at her brightly.

“Why? Missed me terribly today, is it?” he teased her purposely, “Or is Yong-xi massaging Xian-da now?”

I’m here to tell him something serious, and here he is, trying to be funny!

“What’s this?” Shan-mei pouted her lips, shoving a rolled document to him.

“Oh? It’s this matter,” he smiled and nodded his head, “Xian-da’s work efficiency is really getting higher.”

But he’s not answering the question at all!

“Why did you applied for me a week’s leave?” she stared hard at him and asked, why didn’t he discuss it with her?

“I wanted to give you a surprise, had intend to tell you after I had prepared everything,” he replied light-heartedly.

Surprise? What surprise? Shan-mei was very curious and looked at him suspiciously.

“I have decided to let Jin En-qi a chance to prove himself, and not doing anything that would make him lose face.” He is very sure Jin En-qi would not succeed, but if he is present, he would surely be in an awkward position. From Shan-mei, he had learnt the true meaning of dealing with his competitor gracefully.

“The current season of the prograUmme is ending soon, we can make use of this opportunity to return to London,” He had long wanted to do that, but because of both their busy work schedules, they didn’t even have time to go for their honeymoon and could only spend their time in the country.

She flashed a bright smile, not because they could go to London but because Senior is not going to be on odds with his uncle anymore, she was really overjoyed when she heard that.

“Really?” She was a bit perturbed, however. Will this affect Senior’s work?

“EhUmm! think carefully, even if he becomes the manager, it is no big deal, because I will make sure you would grow to like Director Yin too!” He held her hands and said, “I promise!”

“Senior!”, overwhelmed by mixed emotions, she felt her vision blurred!

“But, this week, it is going to be hard on you,” though he does not bear to see her working so hard, but still she must not let it affect her work.

“Yes! I will work hard!” She raised her hand and gave him a salute. On the thought of being able to spend their time together in London, everything else does not matter, no matter how hard she have to work, it is worth the effort.

He laughed out merrily. She is still as mischievous as ever!

“It’s almost time.” He looked at his watched and pulled her to her feet. “Let’s have lunch together.”

“I just received my pay yesterday, so I can give you a treat today!” She smiled at him sweetly.

He looked at her adorable looks in sheer self-satisfaction and deeply engrossed, once again he found himself iUmmersed in the happiness and sweetness she had brought to him.

With such a lovable wife, what more can a husband ask for?