Marriage First, True Love Later Novel

Anran stared at him in slight confusion. She did not know why he had made a call to her home.

“Um.” On the other side of the call, Lin Xiaofen was caught off guard when she heard Su Yicheng’s voice. She was still getting used to accepting him as her son-in-law since her daughter married him out of the blue. After a while, it finally hit her that she was speaking to her son-in-law. She asked him immediately, “Ah, so I am speaking to Yicheng. Are you back from your business trip?”

“Yes, I am back from my business trip. Actually, I called because I want to tell you that Anran is with me right now. She might not go home tonight. I will drive her home tomorrow morning,” Su Yicheng said.

“Er…” Lin Xiaofen could not help herself from feeling startled by Su Yicheng’s words again. However, she recollected herself quicker this time and remembered that her daughter was a married woman now. She chuckled. “Okay, okay, okay. I get it. You, young people, are in your honeymoon phase right now. Anran is being silly. There is no need for her to keep her whereabouts a secret from me. The two of you are married now, so it is only natural that you will eventually share a home. However, since both of you rushed into marriage, this did not occur to me sooner. How about this: tomorrow, I will help Anran to pack her things so that she could move into your place right away. Seeing that she is married to you now, she should not continue living in her parent’s home. If someone else caught wind of this, she would be a laughing stock.”

Su Yicheng laughed. “Yes, yes, yes. Mother, you are right. I will drive there tomorrow after work to pick Anran’s belongings up and bring them here. Thank you so much for your help. I really appreciate it,” Su Yicheng said to her.

“It’s no bother. You can come over to my home tomorrow night after you get off from work. After that, we can have dinner together as a family. By the way, did you tell your family about your marriage? Why don’t you set a date for both sides of the family to meet up and have a meal together?” Although Su Yicheng and Anran had skipped the wedding ceremony, it was still necessary for both sides of the family to meet and get acquainted with each other. Otherwise, she would not be able to recognize her in-laws if they bumped into each other on the street.

“Mother, this is very thoughtful of you. I will arrange this family gathering within the next two days.” Su Yicheng agreed to her suggestion. When he saw Anran shooting daggers at him, he laughed in spite of himself. He could not resist patting her head.

“All right. Please inform us once you decide on the time and date,” Lin Xiaofen said. After that, she chattered on for a while before ending the call.

Su Yicheng gave Anran’s phone back to her, but Anran only glared at him fixedly without making a move to take her phone from him. He teased, “Is your head in the clouds?”

Anran finally pulled herself together. “Y-Y-You…” She pointed a finger at him. She was so furious that she had difficulty expressing her thoughts into words.

Su Yicheng smiled, and asked, “Yes?”

“Y-Y-You… How could you call my mom?!” Although Anran took her time to articulate her thoughts properly, she only managed to come up with this.

“Why not?” Su Yicheng replied to her with another question. He had a mischievous smile on his lips.

“I am the one asking you a question. How could you call my mom and say those things to her?!” Anran was quite upset. She never said anything about staying over at his apartment and moving in with him!

Su Yicheng only smiled at her silently before returning to the bar counter to continue eating his noodles. Although the noodles were rather cold now and slightly soggy, they were still quite delicious. Su Yicheng even thought to himself that this was the best bowl of noodles that he had ever eaten in his life, even though the noodles were quite tasteless on their own.

“Su Yicheng!” Anran walked up to him and scowled at him. She was so angry at him that her face turned completely red.

Su Yicheng finished his noodles in a few bites and even polished off the sauce. He stood up, placed his bowl and chopsticks in the sink, and even turned on the faucet to wash them. After that, he turned around to look at Anran. He asked her solemnly, “Where are we?”

“Your home,” Anran answered him with a stiff face to make the fact that she was mad at him evident to him.

“Then who am I to you?” Su Yicheng asked again.

“You are my…” Anran faltered. She still could not bring herself to call him her husband.

“Who am I to you?” Su Yicheng pressed with the same exceptionally earnest expression.

Anran stared at him for a long time. In the end, she did not say it. She turned around in a fit of pique, refusing to meet his eyes.

Su Yicheng sighed before reaching for her hand. Anran was sulking, so she tried to pull her hand away from his grasp. However, he gripped her hand tightly. Su Yicheng led her to the living room and sat down with her. He made her face him and spoke, “Anran, do you know what the current status of our relationship is?”

Anran nodded, refusing to look at him. She fixed her gaze on the coffee table, which was beside her.

“We are married to each other. From the moment we registered our marriage, this was not only my home but also yours. Your mother is not only your mother but also my mother-in-law. Therefore, I need to address her as my mother as well. Am I right?”

Anran nodded. She knew all of this. It was just that she was still unaccustomed to him at this time.

“Anran.” Su Yicheng called her name softly, before holding her chin gently and saying, “Lift your head and look at me.”

Anran felt slightly tense at the thought of such an intimate pose. However, she still obliged him by raising her head and looking at him. His penetrating gaze seemed to convey many things that eluded her.

Su Yicheng met her eyes and said with sincerity and conviction, “I take this marriage seriously!”

Anran stared at him, enthralled.

She was captivated by him, so much so that she responded to him without thinking. When Anran finally collected her thoughts, he already kissed her, brushing his lips softly against hers. Anran was dazed. She did not know how to react to him, so she stared at his face so close to her own with wide eyes. When he closed his eyes, his long eyelashes even grazed her skin.

Su Yicheng opened his eyes to a dumbfounded Anran. When he looked at her bewildered expression, he did not know whether to laugh or cry. He bit her lips playfully. His bite was just enough to make her feel pain, but not enough to break her skin.

The sharp pain brought Anran’s attention back to him. Embarrassment flitted past her eyes. She attempted to push him away. She was still not used to such intimacy.

Su Yicheng held her close before pressing his lips to hers again. He coaxed her with a husky voice, “Don’t move. Close your eyes.”

“I-mmph, mmph–” Anran spoke, intending to refuse him when he took the opportunity to deepen the kiss. He parted his lips and slipped his long tongue into her mouth, exploring it unhesitatingly.

Su Yicheng continued kissing her, his tongue engaging hers in a dance. Her lips were very soft and sweet, similar to the taste from when he had kissed her yesterday. He could not help but feel addicted to it, craving for more from her.

To Anran, kissing was something foreign to her. Even though she dated Mo Fei for three years, they were young and innocent, so the furthest they went in their relationship was to hold hands while walking on the street. Even if there was a kiss, it was only a light peck on the cheek. Even if this was the case, the two of them would turn crimson for half a day.

Anran did not know whether Su Yicheng was a skilled kisser. However, she felt slightly lightheaded from his kiss. Her rationality slowly left her mind, while her hands dropped to the side when she gradually lost the will to resist him.