Received A Wife From The Civil Affairs Bureau Ch.45

Jiang Ziquan lovingly held Shen Yumo’s hand as they walked down the street, hand in hand and her heart felt like it was filled with sweet honey. She never expected to be proposed to today. Fortunately, the makeup artist’s skills were not bad and they used waterproof mascara. Otherwise, if Shen Yumo saw her tear streaked face and dripping makeup, she would’ve looked like a crazy monster compared to the fairy-like Shen Yumo. 

Shen Yumo naturally did not know about these random thoughts floating in Jiang Ziquan’s brain and her eyes kept glancing at the ring on Jiang Ziquan’s left hand from time to time. Although she had to pick out the ring under pressure due to a short time frame, it seems that it turned into a blessing in disguise as the ring was beautiful on Jiang Ziquan’s hand. 

Beep! Beep! 

At a little past seven, the phone buzzed with a message from Lin Cuo. 

【Plain Water, where are you? Why haven’t you arrived yet?】

Jiang Ziquan stiffened for a few moments before she remembered she had agreed to eat dinner with Lin Cuo at seven. However, she had promptly forgotten about it after Teacher Shen proposed to her. Her expression didn’t change as she quickly texted back an excuse. 

【Be there soon, Teacher Shen is still changing. You gotta understand, for such an important day, one has to look their best.】

There was no reply on the other side but Teacher Shen’s phone started ringing and Jiang Ziquan could only watch as she picked it up. 

“Hello?” Shen Yumo was surprised to see it was from Lin Cuo and glanced suspiciously at the nervous Jiang Ziquan next to her before answering. 

“Teacher Shen, the private room at the bar has been booked already. So when are you and Ziquan arriving?” Lin Cuo only knew Shen Yumo via Jiang Ziquan, but she had already figured out her personality to a certain extent. She knew that if Teacher Shen had an appointment, she would definitely not arrive late, and definitely would not be taking her sweet time right now. Furthermore, she knew that Teacher Shen did not drink, so she probably didn’t know about the fact the agreed meeting palace was at a bar. 

A few question marks appeared in Shen Yumo’s mind for she had no idea what Lin Cuo was talking about. She could only answer with a, “We’ll be there soon.”

The voice on the other side seemed a little frustrated as they replied, “Fine, make sure to drive safely.”

Shen Yumo hung up the phone and still felt in the dark as she looked at the guilty culprit in front of her, “Lin Cup said she booked a room at a bar and wanted us to meet there. So, why didn’t you tell me about this in advance?”

Jiang Ziquan felt alarm bells ringing in her head and hurriedly took out her phone to see an angry message, 【How dare you forget your friends, you lovestruck idiot!】[1]

Shen Yumo watched as Jiang Ziquan didn’t reply and instead ‘ignored’ her for her phone. Feeling a bit dissatisfied, she started to frown a little. 

“Teacher Shen, it seems like my true nature has been revealed.” Jiang Ziquan sighed, a look of grievance on her face. 

“Huh? What?”

“Lin Cuo has seen the true nature that I am,” Jiang Ziquan paused and then smiled, “an idiot who spoils their wife.”

Shen Yumo stared at her, directly into her eyes. She knew that Jiang Ziquan was being shameless again, but it was still effective as her heart warmed up. She blushed, “What nonsense are you talking about again?”

“I’ve been wrongly accused!” Jiang Ziquan hurried over and hugged the beauty’s waist. She leaned close and whispered into her ears with a smile, “Actually, I prefer to talk dirty with you instead.”

The hot breaths blew onto Shen Yumo’s ears, causing her to feel both a little itchy and hot. She looked around at the people walking past them. Fortunately, nobody was paying attention to the two of them.  

She wanted to pummel her a bit with her fists, but Jiang Ziquan’s arms were too tight around her. She could only wiggle and squirm in her grasp as if she had no strength at all. 

Jiang Ziquan nuzzled into her neck and continued on shamelessly, “Teacher Shen, are you trying to tempt me?”

“Ah?!”

Shen Yumo burned bright red and turned around to kick Jiang Ziquan in the shins. She was wearing high-heeled shoes, so one could imagine how painful it was as Jiang Ziquan’s originally pale legs turned a dark shade of red. 

“Be serious.” Shen Yumo huffed, her face tight as she moved to the side and didn’t even bother to look at the possible injury she caused. 

Jiang Ziquan knew that she had gone too far with her teasing and didn’t dare to ask Teacher Shen for a ‘kiss to make it better.’ Instead, she only nodded with a bitter face and stood up again after the pain subsided. 

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Since today was Jiang Ziquan’s birthday, they had invited Lin Cuo and Yu Chengjia to celebrate. They originally invited Tang Jiu as well but he felt like he would be too out of place if he went. He felt confident that his looks were at least above average, but compared to the other four beauties, he was merely dirt. He felt that as the only male surrounded by attractive beauties, it would be a little weird. So he had declined and after all, he already gave his gift. 

Lin Cuo ordered a private room at KTV (karaoke bar) and was singing with Yu Chenjia while they waited for the star of the show to arrive. By the time Jiang Ziquan and Shen Yumo arrived, there was an ambiguous atmosphere in the air. 

“You’ve hurt me and still smile without any remorse.” Lin Cuo directed that line at Jiang Ziquan when she saw her walk in.

Jiang Ziquan, who had just come in smiling, stiffened and looked at Lin Cuo sheepishly. Now that she thought about it, she really had committed a sin as a married person by neglecting her single friend. She gave her an apologetic smile. 

The serious Yu Chengjia sang her part next, picking up the microphone, “Your love is greedy and my love is fragile ”

The lyrics were originally normal for a ballad, but Yu Chenjia sang horrendously off-key, causing the song to sting in your ears and made the rest of them laugh. 

Lin Cuo wanted to mess with her and glanced at her as she said calmly, “Then you can love your cowardice, but my love is not greedy.”

Yu Chengjia looked at the screen and realized that it wasn’t the original lyrics and it was sung to attack her. She stomped over to Lin Cuo and glared at her,  “Who do I love? Are you in charge of who I love?”

“Emm, too lazy to care.” Lin Cuo crossed her arms and stared down at her. She was wearing high heels today and Yu Chengjia almost always wore flats, so Lin Cuo looked down at her while Yu Chenjia looked up with a red face and said, “That’s for the best then.”

Jiang Ziquan bit her lip nervously. She had no idea what was causing the two of them to snipe at each other. She pulled Lin Cuo to the side and whispered, “She’s younger than you, why are you attacking her so seriously?”

Lin Cuo’s face darkened and she touched her face as she looked at Yu Chengjia silently sitting next to Shen Yumo. Her expression was a little complicated as she said, “She already has a receding hairline, how is she younger than us?”

Jiang Ziquan glanced at yu Chengjia’s hairline and coughed a few times, “…I’m at a loss as to how to answer.”

“Alright, forget it, let’s eat.”

After dinner, the waiter brought in a cake that had, ‘Happy Birthday, Jiang Ziquan’ written on it. Jiang Ziquan nodded her head in satisfaction when she read it. 

“Make a wish, sister-in-law.” 

“Alright, little sister-in-law.” Jiang Ziquan glanced at Shen Yumo with a strange look. After a moment of contemplation, she said silently in her heart, May Teacher Shen be happy forever and live a life without worry.

When she opened her eyes, Teacher Shen stared back at her from the opposite side. Her heart burned with heat and she stared back at Shen Yumo. It was Shen Yumo who looked away instead, embarrassed as she bowed her head to focus on cutting the cake instead.

“I’m going to sing.” Lin Cuo didn’t like sweets that much and especially with a lovey-dovey couple in front of her adding on another level of sickeningly sweet sugar that will be the death of her. Before leaving, she gave Yu Chengjia a look. Fortunately, Yu Chengjia wasn’t stupid and understood she was the third wheel if she stayed and happily took the other microphone. 

With only the two of them left, Jiang Ziquan took the knife, cut a small piece for herself, and walked over, “Teacher Shen, close your eyes.”

Shen Yumo glanced at her, not hiding the suspicion in her eyes. However, she thought that maybe Jiang Ziquan had cut the cake for her and reached out to accept it. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ziquan put it out of her reach and smiled again, “It’s my birthday today, so you have to do what I say.”

Shen Yumo thought about it and finally agreed.”

“Open your mouth, ahhhh.”

Shen Yumo frowned but obediently opened her mouth anyways. Suddenly a sweet taste bloomed in her mouth, it was a slice of cake, with the frosting and everything. 

“Are you done?” Shen Yumo opened her eyes, swallowed the rest of the food in her mouth and grabbed a knife to cut another piece of cake. 

Jiang Ziquan nodded, holding the small plate as she said excitedly, “Teacher Shen, you have to take responsibility.”

Shen Yumo thought that Jiang Ziquan meant to give her compensation for eating her piece of cake and nodded in understanding. She handed her another slice, “Here you go.” She then grabbed herself a slice and started eating it, one small bite at a time. 

Jiang Ziquan froze and stared blankly. She felt like her and Teacher Shen’s brain were in different dimensions, on completely different wavelengths. She pointed at the empty plate that held the slice she had fed Teacher Shen, “Teacher Shen, you ate the ‘Ziquan’ part of the cake, therefore you ate ‘me.’ So shouldn’t you take responsibility for eating me?”

She emphasized the ‘ate’ and ‘eating’ parts clearly. 

Shen Yumo’s brain exploded then and understanding dawned on her face. Her skin quickly blushed red and his eyes widened as she looked down at the cake and then at Jiang Ziquan. She knew that Jiang Ziquan was talking shameless nonsense again, but this time she was unprepared. 

Jiang Ziquan took advantage of her momentarily embarrassment to set the plate to the side and lean over. She hugged her waist and swept Shen Yumo into her arms, kissing her skillfully on her lips. She tugged on Shen Yumo’s lower lips, biting it gently and causing the person in her arms to shudder a little. However, before they could continue, a loud voice sang in an off-tune beat, 

“Bye-bye donuts, pearl milk tea, and instant noodles, hot rice and turkey-”

Jiang Ziquan’s thoughts were quickly changed to about how she would look if she gained weight. She released Shen Yumo and looked at Yu Chengjia who was still singing. That girl really knew how to destroy the atmosphere. She sighed and smiled, “Let’s sing instead.”

Shen Yumo looked at her and recovered from her daze, “Oh.”

Jiang Ziquan asked for a guitar from the waiter and prepared to sing a love song with Teacher Shen. She pulled Shen Yumo to sit beside her and thought a little before saying, “Do you know how to sing, 《You, My Deskmate》?”

“I know that song, but I can’t sing very well.” The third-years sometimes had singing activities and this song was a must-have during these events. After hearing the tune so many times, Shen Yumo could also sing along to it now.

“It’s not like you’re trying to put on a concert with Su Yan or something. Just sing casually, have some fun.” Jiang Ziquan encouraged her as she tuned the guitar. 

“F*ck yeah! I get to listen to my sister-in-law’s singing! My life is complete, I can die happy now.” Yu Chengjia clapped her hands happily and waved a glow stick around like a zealous fan. 

Lin Cuo was sitting beside her and leaned away from her a little with disgust. She was no stranger to Jiang Ziquan’s singing, but she was a little bit curious about Teacher Shen’s singing. 

“Will you remember tomorrow

The words you wrote in yesterday’s diary?

Will, you still recall tomorrow

the way that you used to be?

Your teachers have long forgotten,

you and your face and your name……”

Jiang Ziquan’s timbre is relatively low, so she sounded tender and affectionate when she sang. Meanwhile, although Shen Yumo rarely sang, her voice was pure and clear, almost an ethereal sound. Her singing was also very beautiful and when she smiled gently, it was pleasing to both the ears and eyes. 

“Happy cooperation, Teacher Shen.” Jiang Ziquan placed the guitar back in the case and smiled at Shen Yumo in somewhat a daze. She didn’t expect that Teacher Shen could sing this well. 

“En. Happy cooperation.” Shen Yumo wiped the sweat on her forehead and grabbed a cup of hot water. She then sat back down on the sofa and for the rest of the night, they listened to the other two sing while she whispered to Jiang Ziquan from time to time. 

After a while, they were ready to go home. Yu Chenjia had drunk herself silly and had to ask Lin Cuo to drive her home. Lin Cuo was annoyed by the request, but she didn’t want to trouble the couple and could only carry the drunken girl to her car. 

“Alright, I will be leaving first.”

“En.” 

Once they were in the car and Lin Cuo could no longer see the other two, she turned around and whispered to Yu Chenjia, “Don’t vomit in my car.”

Yu Chengjia hadn’t completely blacked out yet and vaguely heard what Lin Cuo said before responding with, “Whaa.” 

Soon after, an unpleasant smell wafted in the air. Lin Cuo tightly gritted her teeth, biting her lip. She really couldn’t get along with this person, their personalities just didn’t work well together. Thinking like that, her feet pressed even harder on the accelerator. 

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As soon as they arrived home, Shen Yumo was pushed against the wall by Jiang ZIquan. Her back felt a little cold against the hard wall and a little uncomfortable as she frowned, “What are you doing?”

“Kissing you.”

Jiang Ziquan didn’t wait for a response and carefully started kissing her, starting from the corners of Shen Yumo’s mouth. Then finally pressed against her red lips gently, pulling away after biting the bottom lip a little. Shen Yumo’s originally beautiful and fair face had turned a deep shade of red now, a haze glazing over her eyes. She noticed Jiang Ziquan’s gaze and lowered her face embarrassedly, her long eyelashes twitching slightly. She opened her mouth as if to say something-

“Mmh!”

Jiang Ziquan took the opportunity to enter her mouth, her tongue inviting the other to dance with her. Shen Yumo smiled against her lips, her excitement bubbling up inside her. Her hands wrapped around the other’s head, causing the hands at her waist to tighten its grip. In response, Shen Yumo pulled at the other person’s hair. 

Jiang Ziquan groaned and gently leaned down to kiss her neck, biting lightly at the skin. She felt the person in her arms go soft, hands hugging her neck. The weight of another person was pressed against her body and with a mischievous smirk, she used her legs to light press up and into the middle of the other person’s thighs. 

Shen Yumo felt her body soften even more and a loud moan escaped her lips. The sound that came out of her mouth surprised even her and she understood that if she didn’t stop now, things were only going to escalate. 

“Ehm…”

She didn’t know when, but one of Jiang Ziquan’s hands had made its way up to her chest. The gentle kneading from the other person caused her body to feel like it was on fire. 

Ziquan, s-stop, stop.” Shen Yumo’s mind struggled to stay sane, and she gently pushed the other person away. She stared into Jiang Ziquan’s eyes and saw that there was still some lingering passion in her eyes. 

“Huuu.” Jiang Ziquan wiped the sweat on her forehead and gently hugged Shne Yumo, resting her head on the other’s shoulder. She then said gently, “You still owe me a birthday gift.”

Shen Yumo stiffened, Based on what had happened just now, she could guess what gift Jiang Ziquan would ask for. She whispered, “Did my proposal not count as a gift?”

“Hmm, I guess it does.” Jiang Ziquan leaned on her for a while before pulling back, the blush on her face having receded by now, “Then, Teacher Shen, you should sleep early.”

Shen Yumo lowered her head, staying silent for a while. Jiang Ziquan turned to leave before she felt something pull gently at her sleeves and a soft voice whispered, “Fine, I will give you your gift. But, you have to give me two gifts next time when it’s my birthday.”

Jiang Ziquan’s footsteps stopped and she turned her head with a look of disbelief on her face. Shen Yumo had a faint smile on her face. Her eyes burned a little as if something threatened to spill out and she hurriedly kicked off her high heels, lifted Teacher Shen easily into her arms, and said, “I understand.”

Shen Yumo silently wrapped her hands around her neck and nodded shyly. 

Jiang Ziquan, without question, chose her room for this experience. For her first time, she didn’t want to borrow the power of some stupid scroll. She gently set Shen Yumo onto the bed, and kissed the other’s forehead. She pulled back and looked into the other’s eyes, and this time what she saw wiped away whatever hesitation she had as she pressed herself against those lips. 

She kissed those red lips, again and again, her hands moving down to undress the beauty’s clothes. However, she couldn’t seem to pull it off, even though she remembered that Shen Yumo was wearing clothes that were easy to take off today. She opened her eyes and looked down, only to see the beauty’s hand preventing her from pulling off her clothes. 

“T-turn off the lights.” Shen Yumo whined, her blushing face turning into the pillow. 

Jiang Ziquan stared down at that blushing face and saw a pair of wet eyes looking up at her. Her heart melted into a mess at the sight of it and she stood up to turn off the lights. When she came back, the clothes were easily pulled off this time. 

“L-leave fewer marks. I still have to go to work tomorrow.”

“I understand.” Jiang Ziquan then silenced that mouth with another searing kiss and began a night full of passion.

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Author’s notes: 

Shen Yumo: “Why does everyone want me to bottom?”

Jiang Ziquan: “Naturally it’s because everyone wants to….wish you longevity. [2]”

Shen Yumo: “….”

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T/N notes:

[1] Technically it’s a saying that directly translates as:  ‘to neglect one’s friends when smitten with a new love.’ I never liked the English translations for proverbs and whatnot so I took some liberties to make it sound more ‘modern’. 

[2] This is a play on words. In Chinese, the word for ‘bottom’ is [受] (Shòu) which means to receive, suffer, endure, etc. However, it sounds like the word [寿] (Shòu) in [万寿无疆] which means to wish someone longevity or ‘long may you live.’ Chinese puns are weird alright. 

The songs sang in this chapter are all real, here is the list in order of appearance:

 1. Heartless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yChlBVnjsUY (2017)

(I found an English translation for it but I didn’t like it, because technically it was off, so I just went with my own translation. Man, this song is so heartbreaking. Basically about a woman who was hurt and broke up with someone but that person just laughed it off and continues on with their life as usual while the woman suffers. Smh, Chinese people, and their ballads, always so depressing.)

2. Calorie- Rocket Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3De50Nx1c5I (2018)

(This is so cute! The cutesy voices fit my image of Yu Chengjia too!) 

3. You, My Deskmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_3Sqhp-_I

(I borrowed the translation for this song: https://chengnina.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/%E5%90%8C%E6%A1%8C%E7%9A%84%E4%BD%A0/ This is a song about a person’s old crush on their deskmate and their nostalgia of her. It’s a pretty old song, I think around 2008 or so.)

Could this chapter be considered R-18? My Editor sure thinks so, but I disagree. If I don’t get any detailed descriptions of the ‘doing it’ part, I classify it more as PG-13, at most. Ah, my pure editor just doesn’t understand~

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