Contract Marriage

Chapter 8

Xu Luozhao entered the bar to soon discover, sitting at its counter, the man whose entire body emitted an aura saying "Don't come close"-HeLian Qing. Half an hour earlier, that brooding guy had called him only stating the name of the bar, causing him to wolf down his dinner then rush over to him. That guy's way of, doing things as he pleased, really made him quite troublesome to deal with.

Seeing HeLian Qing already had two empty bottles beside him, he went over, blocking the path of the drink the man held in his hand.

Lifting his eyes, HeLian Qing saw the one who came beside him was Xu Luozhao, so he waved to call the bartender with the intention of getting the newly arrived man a glass, "Sit."

Xu Luozhao sat down beside him, took a sip of his drink, propped up his chin with his hand then towards HeLian Qing jokingly said, "Qing'er, what happened? Tell us who hath done you wrong my Lord."

[T/n: He's making fun of our pouting Princess Qing FYI:)]

"Ha." HeLian Qing shot him a glance, coldly laughing as he asked, "Xiao Zhao, has it been too long since that Gongzi ◻◻ you?"

[T/n: 公子: Gongzi: (slang) Playboy/Player/Flirtatious man]
　
"......" Xu Luozhao sneered, "You're not cute at all."

"Right back at you." HeLian Qing took another swig of his drink.

When the grumpy one called him, Xu Luozhao was just about to have his dinner. He guessed the grouchy man probably had not eaten as yet, so he got the barkeep to prepare a few dishes for him to snack on, before proceeding to question him some more, "Seriously, what happened? What got you so worried that you need to drink just to chase it away?"

HeLian Qing stopped drinking, then next said, "Why are you blabbering on so much?"

Xu Luozhao chuckled, replying, "I'm just concerned about you, alright. Oh, by the way, I heard Shou Yanjin say you found that kid you fell in love with. He even said you're planning to register your marriage to him. Tsk, tsk. Don't you think that kid should now be called Erkang instead?"

[T/n: In, My Fair Princess, Qing'er was in love with a guy called, Fu Erkang but Erkang was actually in love with another girl named Ziwei.]

HeLian Qing paid no attention to his taunting, slowly drank from his drink, just saying, "Then Shou Yanjin should be changed to Zhang Wuji, don't you think so Zhao Min?"

[T/n: Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min are characters from the novel, The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber. They were rivals turn lovers.]

"Screw you, you jerk! You really know how the stab where it'll hurt. No wonder your family and that kid can't stand you. You deserve to be here all alone drinking your sorrows away." Xu Luozhao rolled his eyes, placed his hand atop HeLian Qing's head, wondering whether he should pat or smack that bad-tempered and difficult guy.

HeLian Qing, "Oh, shut up."

Xu Luozhao did shut up, but only for a little while, then he had to ask, "What about that kid? Why didn't you give us a chance to get to know him?"

"Why is it any of your business?" HeLian Qing stated.

"None of my business? You're the one who called me all the way out here tonight!" Xu Luozhao huffed, "Anyway... I actually wanted to meet up with you. You know, you can't hide out here in the bar forever, right?"

"I'm okay with it." HeLian Qing, persisted[1].

[T/n: this line "I'm okay with it" lit. translates to "I'm happy to" it was changed for context but keep the lit. version in mind as you read on.]
　
Xu Luozhao rolled his eyes, the bartender soon came, bringing a few snacks along, then placed them before HeLian Qing, "You should eat something first."