The Black Card Chapter 37 - In A Relationship ≠ Marriage

Chapter 37 - In a Relationship ≠ Marriage

Translator: Lav

Editor: Levs

Shi Lei’s impressions towards Zhang Meimei before was like a beautiful married woman, and on the degree of a capable and experienced, independent woman. 

Through Zhang Liangliang’s descriptions today, Zhang Meimei’s image in Shi Lei’s mind became even more plump.  

Uh……. Her characteristics became more plump, not her figure.  

The Zhang Meimei before was only marked as a parent. But now, that image gradually changed.  

This women had capabilities, but she never learnt how to be a mother. 

Zhang Liangliang’s descriptions were obviously exaggerated, but Shi Lei believed that Zhang Meimei definitely didn’t know what a motherly image was. Shi Lei could imagine that Zhang Meimei probably lacked family warmth and her parents’ attention. 

 He asked: “Are your grandparents the same as your mother?” 

Zhang Liangliang shook her head and said: “I’ve never met them before. I heard from my Mum that they were geological investigators. She never really saw them since she was young because she grew up with her grandma. My grandparents apparently went to investigate in Africa when she was in middle school and never came back. My Mum didn’t seem to be happy to mention them so I didn’t ask any more.” 

Shi Lei thought, as expected, everyone’s personalities are closely related to their environment since childhood. Zhang Meimei became extra independent due to her family situation and because of this, she believed that her daughter could also live like how she lived in the past. 

Originally, Shi Lei wanted to chat with Zhang Liangliang more often to turn over a new leaf. But now, he thought that Zhang Meimei’s problems were much more severe than Zhang Liangliang’s. 

 “Are you full? If you are, I’ll walk you home.” Shi Lei put down his bowl and chopsticks. 

“What can I be doing at home? Even if I go back, I’ll be by myself. Dashu, what about you get a room at a hotel?” 

 Zhang Liangliang’s voice was as loud as usual. People on a few tables turned around to look at them and Shi Lei really wanted to hit Zhang Liangliang so he can carry her back while she’s unconscious.

“It’s still your home even if you are by yourself. Stop the nonsense and hurry up, I’ll send you home. I’m tired, I want to go back to my dorm and sleep!” 

 “How about you take me your dorm and play?!” Zhang Liangliang lived up to the expectation of her name as she was really ‘er’(1).

“My dorm only has four men and more than ten pairs of socks that can almost stand up, you sure you wanna go?” 

Zhang Liangliang: “......” 

Shi Lei stood up and slapped Zhang Liangliang on the back of her head, and said unhappily: “Go home!” 

Felt wronged, Zhang Liangliang twitched her lips, turned around after every step. Shi Lei couldn’t watch it anymore, he lightly kicked her on the b.u.t.t and she finally went back to a normal pace.  

Shi Lei walked Zhang Liangliang in front of her houseand gestured her to go up by herself. But Zhang Liangliang hugged his arm and begged Shi Lei to go up with her, which made Shi Lei grossed out.  

After pulling her hand off his arms, Shi Lei said: “You are a girl, be more reserved. A man and woman along in the middle of the night, be careful, don’t let the dry firewood catch on fire and burn yourself.” 

Zhang Liangliang didn’t care at all. With slanted eyes, she said: “What do I have to reserved for? Life is not long. You have to dare to love and dare to hate. You really fit my taste, dashu. I just like you, dashu, what about it? I know you are gonna say that I’m young and stuff, but you aren’t too much older than me either. Our age gap is actually pretty normal. I just want to be in a relationship with you, don’t tell me, you are thinking of marriage and having children? That’s too far into the future. Relationship is a relationship. It is different to marriage and having children. Who said you have to have marriage as the purpose when you are in a relationship?” 

 Shi Lei was stupefied; it could only be said that people born in the 00’s really do have different thoughts…… 

No, which year was this girl born in? It should be 1999, then she was the same as Shi Lei, someone born in the 90’s. 

The age gap was only 6 years yet the difference between their thoughts were that different? In front of Zhang Liangliang, Shi Lei felt like he was an inflexible and old-fashioned elder.  

The key point was that Shi Lei actually thought that Zhang Liangliang’s fallacious reasoning actually made sense. How many people can step into marriage in their first relationship? And they can be together until they die? If it was according to this standard, almost 99% of relationships in the world won’t go as far as marriage.  

No, no, he was off tracked by the girl. The outcome can be not marriage, but they can’t just play around with each other straight from the beginning.  

Hey, that’s also not right. What relationship and marriage, what is this? Who the h.e.l.l wants to be in a relationship with this idiot? If he was really going to be in a relationship, someone like Sun Yiyi was probably a better fit, right? 

At the thought of Sun Yiyi, Shi Lei’s heart unexpectedly warmed up. That girl, he don’t know if she had slept or not yet.  

“Dashu, what are you thinking? d.a.m.n, you’re not imagining being in bed with me, are you?” Zhang Liangliang pushed Shi Lei and displayed expressions of dislike.  

Shi Lei rolled his eyes in anger and slapped Zhang Liangliang on her back, and swore: “Why are you talking rubbish? Hurry the f.u.c.k up and go. You little brat, no b.o.o.bs, no b.u.t.t, love you my a.s.s. f.u.c.k off!”  

Zhang Liangliang twitched her lips and scowled miserably: “Dashu, how can you be so heartless?”  

“You crazy girl!” Shi Lei yelled in a rather odd tone. He turned around and ran off, and disappeared into the dark in a blink of eye.  

Zhang Liangliang laughed and yelled towards his direction: “Dashu, slow down! I’ll go to your school and play with you tomorrow!” 

“I won’t be at school tomorrow, I’m going to a movie with my girlfriend!” Shi Lei left her with this sentence and ran even faster. 

Zhang Liangliang tilted her head and talked to herself: “He has a girlfriend? Hmm, an excellent quality dashu like him, and in a place like uni, it would be weird that no girls like him. Oh well, I’ll change my appearance to the type he likes first, then I’ll ask if he minds to change his girlfriend. If he minds, I’ll ask if he minds to have an extra girlfriend, a kind that doesn’t mind that he has another girlfriend. No man can turn down this kind of girl, right?” 

Zhang Liangliang walked inside and she was immensely pleased with herself and was rather high spirited. As if Shi Lei heard her words, he staggered as he ran, and fell onto the floor and traces of blood seeped through the skin in his palms.  

 ……

In the morning while he was still half asleep, Shi Lei’s phone rang. He didn’t check who it was and chose to pick up.  

“Who is it? Don’t you know that you will go to h.e.l.l for disturbing someone’s sleep? If you have something to say, spit it out, so I can go back to sleep.” Shi Lei was rather angry. By the time he returned to the dorm, it was already past 1am. He didn’t know why, but Zhang Liangliang’s words echoed in his head and he was on the verge of death as he was tortured by that little girl. When he fell asleep, it was almost dawn. Obviously, he hadn’t had enough sleep yet and it was rather annoying to have someone call him at this time. 

On the other side of the call, the voice was rather shy: “s.h.i.tou ge, so…...sorry, I didn’t know you are still sleeping……”  

After hearing this voice, Shi Lei was immediately awake. It was Sun Yiyi.  

He sat up abruptly and looked at his phone, it was really her.  

“Oh, it’s Yiyi, all good, I was about to get up anyways. I came back a bit late last night. Why are you calling me? Did something happen to aunt?”  

Sun Yiyi said hurriedly: “No, no, Mum is fine. She went to the hospital today and the doctor was very cooperative and told Mum according to what we told him. The doctor said that her situation seemed to be fine after observation and they can perform the surgery the day after next.” 

“That’s good.”  

“s.h.i.tou ge, I’m at your school, but I don’t know where you live……” 

“Huh? Where are you? Wait, I’m going to get you right now!” Shi Lei quickly chucked his clothes on. 

Er: Internet slang for stupid, but often in a cute way rather than offensive