299: Accepts the Young and Old

Wang Cheng spent a leisurely day in the main house, and finally witnessed Mama Emily’s charm. On that day alone, five or six men came to the main house to find her, and even more made calls. But for some reason, instead of calling Mama Emily's cell phone, they called the landline of the main house.

When Butler Zander noticed his confusion, he took the initiative to explain things to him. Apparently, when Emily wasn’t elsewhere and was staying in Italy, she didn’t take her cell phone with her. All her lovers knew this, so if they wanted to know where she was, they could only go to the main house or call the landline. Well, unless one could predict where she was, but that would be impossible because Mama Emily was a free-spirited person, and went wherever she felt like at the moment. Unfortunately, she was quite a sentimental person, and too many things could draw her sentiment.

“Mama Emily is really popular. I wonder how she takes care of herself, sometimes I forget that she is almost sixty years old," Wang Cheng said to himself.

"I know, right!"

Little Miss Sophie suddenly jumped out from behind Wang Cheng, quite loudly. When she saw that she successfully startled Wang Cheng, the little girl smiled proudly.

"Sophie, you are already nineteen years old, a beautiful young lady. If you continue to act like a child, how can you marry in the future?" Wang Cheng caught her and admonished her as if he was an elder.

Sophie pouted and disdainfully said, "I don't want to marry. Like Mama Emily says, ‘there’s no such thing as a good man’. I want to live as freely and unrestrained as Mama Emily, and then I can travel around the world."

Sophie’s aspirations shocked Wang Cheng, and he hurriedly said, "Sophie, there are actually many good men in the world, you just haven't met the one for you yet. How about me and your Leon Ge, are we bad men? You can’t think irrationally like that." Living young and freely was good, but then she’d be alone when she was old. Sophie's family would also probably not want to see her play with flowers*. Sophie, such a lively and cheerful girl, was actually better-suited to finding a man that truly loved her.

[T/N: *lovers, usually in a more casual sense]

"Of course you and Leon Ge are different, but you are a couple." Sophie looked at him resentfully. If Cheng Gege wasn't Leon Ge's partner, she would have been quite fond of Cheng Gege.

Wang Cheng thought she was saying that all the good men were gay, and gave an awkward cough. "Listen to me, you can’t consider yourself the same as Mama Emily..."

"Okay, okay, I get it. Now, didn’t you want to know how Mama Emily maintains her ageless beauty? I know how, I can tell you," Sophie interrupted him.

As soon as Wang Cheng heard this, he could tell that she was trying to divert his attention, and helplessly said, "Then tell me.” The girl was still young, there were many years to come.

"In fact, Mama Emily's has had a personal team for a long time now. This team includes nutritionists, hygienists, beauticians, psychologists and many other individuals. They customize a beauty and health plan for Mama Emily to follow daily, which lets her continue to look young."

To sum it up, these were the ways of the rich. Having such a team would definitely cost loads of money every month.

Wang Cheng lost interest immediately. He felt that he absolutely lacked the willpower to stick to such health regimens for decades, all for the sake of his appearance. However, the nearby Sophie was very excited. She said that she wanted to stay forever young, just like Mama Emily. She needed a confident and attractive appearance in order to achieve the future she envisioned for herself.

"What are you talking about?"

When Chu Yifeng came over, he saw one of them helplessly covering their face, while the other was gesturing wildly with their hands, as if describing something beautiful. He removed his suit jacket and handed it to a nearby servant, while another servant brought him a cup of coffee.

Sophie immediately hugged his arm, smiling brightly. "Cheng Gege and I were just chatting about how Mama Emily maintains her looks. Cheng Gege was quite interested in her secrets, so I explained the details to him."

Chu Yifeng suspiciously looked at Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng gestured and shook his hands as if saying ‘no’, but could not come up with a rebuttal, so he said, "Sophie said she wanted to learn from Mama Emily and not get married in the future."

Chu Yifeng understood, and smiled: "Don't pay attention to her, this isn’t the first time she’s said such things. Her family has already attempted to advise her otherwise many times. Anyways, everyone has their own destiny. Though she has such intentions now, in the future, when she meets whoever she is destined to meet, she won't continue to have such thoughts."

"No way," Sophie retorted, but neither of them took her seriously.

Relieved, Wang Cheng quickly moved onto another topic. "Why did you come back so early today, are you done with your company affairs?"

"Not much to do today."

"Oh, are you hungry? Do you want Butler Zander to prepare some snacks?"

Chu Yifeng took a sip of bitter coffee, put it down, and said, "No need. I have something to tell you, and find a time today to also tell Xie Wenzhi; we are going to the UK tomorrow."

Wang Cheng was puzzled. "Why are we going to the UK all of a sudden?"

The reason Old Locke had called Chu Yifeng back was actually related to this matter. Eimer conducted business in the UK, and not on a small scale. So, British aristocrats didn’t dare look down on the Eimer family, in fact, most of them tried to form good relationships with Eimer. At this time, the Duke wanted to invite the Eimer family to attend his beloved daughter's wedding banquet. Old Locke was friends with Duke Auston, and the two also had business dealings, both public and private. However, he wasn’t in good enough condition to sit on long flights recently, so he wanted Chu Yifeng to go in his place, and Chu Yifeng wanted Wang Cheng to go with him.

The main country that the Zhou Group was branching its foreign markets into was the United Kingdom, and it was also a key country for their development. If Wang Cheng went with Chu Yifeng, he could use the wedding banquet to meet more people in the aristocratic circle, which was quite beneficial to the Zhou Group.

"I want to go too," Sophie immediately said when she heard that they were going to England.

"No." Chu Yifeng rejected her without a second thought.

"Why?" Sophie pouted.

Wang Cheng suddenly said, "Sophie, if you want to be a beautiful woman like Mama Emily, stop pouting. And you can only speak gently, like a real adult who doesn't get provoked easily. Also, you must be ladylike and can't make things difficult for others, or else you’ll never be able to achieve the life of your dreams."

Sophie thought about it for a moment and found that his words made sense, but she still couldn't help but be disappointed. "Fine."

Chu Yifeng secretly gave Wang Cheng a look of praise.

Wang Cheng returned a proud expression.

In the evening, Emily mentioned this matter at the dinner table. She was also planning to attend the Duke’s daughter’s wedding banquet. None other than the Duke himself invited Emily, and he was also sending a private jet to pick her up. Since Emily knew they were going too, she asked them if they needed a ride.

Wang Cheng almost choked on the soup in his mouth, accidentally getting some soup on his face in the process.

Chu Yifeng picked up a white cloth napkin to help him wipe his face.

When Wang Cheng noticed the ambiguous smile on Mama Emily's face, he was a little shy, for once. He took the napkin and said, "I'll wipe it myself, you eat."

As they went to bed, Wang Cheng could not help but remember what happened at the dining table. When Chu Yifeng laid on the bed beside him, he asked, "This Duke isn’t another one of Mama Emily’s admirers, is he?"

"What do you think?"

Although Chu Yifeng did not answer him directly, Wang Cheng could guess the answer. It was just as he expected. "How old is that Duke?"

"In his fifties."

"That's fine, it's not too old." Wang Cheng couldn't imagine Emily being close with some old man who was about to enter his coffin. However, Chu Yifeng sent him a ruthless blow.

"My mother accepts both the young and old. As far as I know, my mother has only been with two men who were older than the Duke of Auston. Four years ago, one of those two old guys passed away. The remaining one is probably going to leave soon as well."

"..."

"What about your father?" Wang Cheng was suddenly curious about Chu Li's love life. Since his ex-wife was like this, and they had similar personalities and preferences, maybe they even had similar tastes in partners.

Chu Yifeng knew what he was thinking, and flicked his forehead. "Don't worry, my father doesn't have as heavy an appetite as my mother, he simply likes young women. He won’t consider lolis, let alone old women - how can he kiss their wrinkled faces?"

Wang Cheng suddenly climbed up and pressed down on top of Chu Yifeng, staring at him with bright eyes, "Then you won't be able to kiss me when I'm old?"

Chu Yifeng suddenly wanted to knock on his head and see what was inside. "When you grow old, won’t I be even older? Will you kiss me then?"

Wang Cheng immediately calmed down when he heard that. It was true, Chu Yifeng was five years older than him. He happily rolled back to his pillow and replied, "Of course I won’t."

Chu Yifeng rolled over to press down on him, narrow his eyes, and grow closer and closer to him, "What did you say? I didn’t hear it, say it again."

Wang Cheng courted death by curling up his legs under the quilt and deliberately provoking Chu Yifeng. Chu Yifeng’s breaths suddenly became a little heavier. Wang Cheng wrapped his arms around his neck and said, "Of course I will."

"You're playing with fire and setting yourself on fire in the process." Chu Yifeng clamped his legs. Though his words seemed like a warning, his hands were actually already inside Wang Cheng’s clothes, touching and feeling his firm abdominal muscles.

"What fire? I don’t see any fire?" Wang Cheng pretended to look around. Chu Yifeng straightened his face and kissed his mouth that spewed both loving and hateful words.

Wang Cheng immediately regretted his actions the next day, when they were taking the Duke of Auston's private jet all the way to England.

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