Mr. Yuan’s Dilemma: Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

Title Translator’s Note: It is a Chinese idiom that says ‘what has been done cannot be undone’. It is usually used when two people have sex and there is nothing they can do to change it.

Su Qingcheng did not play by the books. That had turned Jiao Shuzhen and Wei Hongmian instantly into the passive party.

Wei Hongmian had always looked down on Su Qingcheng. She was nothing but an inexperienced little girl. What could she ever achieve?

She definitely did not expect Su Qingcheng to be so confident and outspoken. She made Jiao Shuzhen eat her own words…

“Miss Su, stop playing the fool!”

Wei Hongmian lowered her voice and there were hints of rage in her eyes.

After all, she was well educated, so it was impossible for her to raise her voice in public. All she could do was lower her voice to express her dissatisfaction.

“Auntie is being very straightforward, can’t you see it? Do you still not know the purpose of our visit today?”

Wei Hongmian’s voice was trembling since she was trying very hard to suppress her emotions.

Su Qingcheng was shocked by Wei Hongmian’s tone. She leaned backward and said with a smile, “I’m not so sure!”

Su Qingcheng retaliated smoothly.

Wei Hongmian was speechless.

Jiao Shuzhen was having a headache!

What would happen if a girl like that got married to her son in the future?

She was not only stubborn but also immune to both soft and hard tactics. If they did not maintain a good mother and daughter-in-law relationship, she was afraid that her son would no longer listen to her!

“Miss Su, I want you to break up with my son!”

Jiao Shuzhen stopped beating around the bushes and spoke her thoughts exactly as they were without a trace of hesitation. She had always been a kind mother in front of Shao Yibai and she still was one, but she was the only kind towards the people who she liked.

Her son’s future could not be destroyed in the hands of this girl. She was not suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Shao family!

Su Qingcheng saw the disdain in Jiao Shuzhen’s eyes that seemed as though she was telling her she was being persistent and was pestering Shao Yibai. Thus, the grievance in her heart grew stronger!

She then looked at Wei Hongmian. She had heaved a sigh of relief after Jiao Shuzhen said what she did. The elegant look she had on her face when she first entered the door reappeared. Moreover, she even started knocking her delicate nails on the table rhythmically.

Su Qingcheng took a deep breath and exclaimed in her heart, “I know that I was born into a family of nothing, but did that give you the right to trample on me?”

“Miss Wei, has Shao Yibai kissed you?” Su Qingcheng turned to Wei Hongmain and asked, suppressing the grievances and sadness in her heart.

Wei Hongmian was stunned. She did not expect Su Qingcheng to ask this question, and she did not know the purpose behind the question either.

She was known as Shao Yibai’s childhood friend. Nonetheless, the time that they had spent together might even be lesser than the time that Su Qingcheng had spent with him, so how could she be kissed by him…

“N-no…”

Wei Hongmian’s face flushed. The woman who had always been sharp-tongue started stuttering in her speech.

They never even held hands, not to mention kissing.

Although she had received western education and was open-minded, it was impossible for her to admit that they had kissed in front of Jiao Shuzhen when being asked such a question.

Due to the Wei family’s strict upbringing, she was still a socialite who followed the older traditions.

“Shao Yibai kissed me!” Su Qingcheng said softly. Her skin had always been fair, and her little face was ever delicate and lovely. When she said that, she wanted to cry from feeling wronged. Thus, her reddened eyes made her seemed rather pitiful.

“After Shao Yibai kissed me, he told me that he would marry me and be loyal to me for the rest of his life…” Su Qingcheng felt a reckless kind of persistence, and her voice was becoming hoarse.

Su Qingcheng’s heart twinged in pain. Although the person who bullied her was not Shao Yibai, the thought of separating with Shao Yibai made her feel like crying.

Wei Hongmian’s face turned red and green when she heard Su Qingcheng’s declaration.

She could imagine an outstanding man like Shao Yibai saying “I’ll be loyal to you for the rest of my life” to the woman he liked affectionately and charmingly.

Wei Hongmian sighed in her heart. If he said that to her, she would also be as reckless as Su Qingcheng.

Jiao Shuzhen stared at Su Qingcheng’s little face and saw through her joy and the emotions she was feeling at the moment.

A hint of hesitation flashed through Jiao Shuzhen’s eyes. After all, she was a pitiful child. Her parents did not love her. She only needed to be loved spoilt by a man like Shao Yibai for her to become so obsessed with him…

“Miss Su, you should take a man’s words with a pinch of salt…”

Even though Jiao Shuzhen was somewhat hesitant, she decided to be honest with herself when it came to her son’s future and career.

“It’s not like that!”

Su Qingcheng wiped the tears threatening to fall with the back of her hand and continued earnestly, “I believe in everything Shao Yibai said!”

Jiao Shuzhen saw the overly persistent look on Su Qingcheng’s face and gave a light smile. “You should know that most men are just fooling around. Why are you take it so seriously?”

“Shao Yibai is your son, don’t you believe in him?”

Su Yangcheng’s tone had become softer, but it did not sound weak. “Do you really think he’s just one of those men?”

Jiao Shuzhen was stunned speechless by her words. This girl was truly stubborn!

“Shao Yibai is the one and only man in my heart! You do not believe in him as his mother, but I do!”

Su Qingcheng said with absolute conviction.

“I won’t blame you if you hate me and do not want me to be part of the Shao Family! However, even if we were to break up, I want Shao Yibai to tell me so in person instead of hearing it from someone else…”

She could not even let Shao Yibai know that she visited, let alone asking Shao Yibai to break up with her.

He knew her son very well. Although he had always smiled and joked around her, the girl in front of her was his bottom line.

If he knew that she and Wei Hongmian came to pressure her, she was afraid that he might make a big fuss out of it. When that happened, even the bond between a mother and a child could not have prevented it.

Su Qingcheng saw that Jiao Shuzhen had stopped talking and looked at Wei Hongmian whose face had turned completely red. She continued, “Although I haven’t known Big Brother Shao for a long time, I know that he won’t abandon me, not to mention dating two girls at the same time! If Miss Wei truly likes him, I don’t mind the fair competition!”

Fair competition?

In Wei Hongmian’s dictionary, there was not a word called ‘failure.’ Thus, she was never afraid of competitions!

“Okay!” Wei Hongmian was also a little excited. She glanced at Jiao Shuzhen and said to Su Qingcheng calmly, “Since Miss Su said so, I’ll accept your suggestion!”

Jiao Shuzhen heard that and realized then how popular her son was. She did not have any opinions on the outcome.

Jiao Shuzhen agreed with what Su Qingcheng said in her heart. Shao Yibai was not someone who would abandon his loved one. He was as loyal as his father, Shao Jingshan.

At that time, if she did not play a little trick to force Shao Jingshan to sleep with her, the one-track minded man would most probably remain alone all his life, and she would have married Yuan Tangbai instead.

He had always treated her extremely well after their marriage. In his mind, he should be loyal to her for the rest of his life. Since she gave birth to his child, she would be the woman that he had to take care of for the rest of his life.

Shao Yibai behaved just like his father on this matter!

When Su Qingcheng said that she wanted to compete fairly with Wei Hongmian, an idea quickly flashed through Jiao Shuzhen’s mind, but she was frightened by her thoughts soon…

That was too dangerous. If it fails, she was afraid that Shao Yibai might hate her. Besides, Wei Hongmian might not necessarily agree to it…