Supporting Role’s Aura

Arc 1.53 : Why Don’t Let Me Eat My Fill?

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The Old Madam stood at the entrance of the hall and looking outside. Sun Ting standing at the side and supported her. Seeing that the car had reached the gate, Sun Ting said to the Old Madam: “They are back, since people have arrived home, you should go inside and sit there. He is the younger generation, how can he accept you personally welcoming him.”

The Old Madam ignored her, and just looking outside.

After Ye You got out of the car, he saw the Old Madam personally standing at the entrance of the hall and waiting, he quickly walked over: “Grandma.”

“Aiyo, slow down, Ye You.” Qin Yuwei and the others hurriedly followed Ye You and let him walked slowly.

“Don’t be anxious, walk slowly.” The Old Madam also said as she raised her hand.

“Grandma, how long have you been standing? You must be tired?” Ye You walked up to the Old Madam’s side and helped her to walked inside.

“Didn’t stand that long, I just stood for a while, not tired.” After the Old Madam finished speaking, she turned to Qin Yuwei and asked, “What did the doctor say?”

“The doctor said everything is fine, he just have to pay more attention and rest more.” Qin Yuwei replied.

“It’s good that everything is fine.” The Old Madam sat down on the sofa, looked at Ye You and said, “Since the doctor has instructed you to rest more, then from today, don’t go to the Cultural Regiment, just rest at home. Eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink, and go to sleep when you want to sleep. Let your parents go and ask for leave with your Head Leader, you don’t have to worry about other things, just take care of your body.”

“Oh, okay.” Ye You agreed.

“You go to your room and sleep for a while, you must not have a good rest in the mountains.” Qin Yuwei suddenly realized that Ye You had vomited so badly before, and his stomach must be empty, so she hurriedly said: “Oh, yes, look at my memory. You must be hungry now, the kitchen is still cooking the porridge. Drink a bowl before going to bed. Sleeping on an empty stomach is definitely more uncomfortable.”

Qin Yuwei immediately turned her head and ordered helper to go to the kitchen to bring out the porridge. She was worried that Ye You had a bad appetite, so she asked the kitchen to make some appetizing side dishes for him to eat with the porridge. A moment later, she asked them to make a digestible snack. After a while she thought it would be much better to drink soup that warms the stomach, and in the end she simply got up and went to the kitchen herself to prepare.

“Mom has prepared a lot of things for you at home, just a preparatory to wait for you to get pregnant. They are stuff that can be use, and will be delivered to you tomorrow. Whatever you want to eat and play with, just tell mom, if we don’t have it at home, mom will let your brother find a way to get it for you from outside.” Xu Yun said, holding Ye You’s hand.

“Well, if I want anything, I will say.” Ye You nodded.

“There are still few months to give birth. You young people, unlike us older people who don’t like to move, if you sit and lie for a long time, you must be unable to sit still. You can walk around from time to time so that you can suffer less when you are giving birth. As long as you don’t tired yourself out.” the Old Madam said.

“When we were in the Military Hospital, the doctor also said the same. Old Madam is indeed have several decades more experience than us, know more than we do.” Xu Yun said with a smile.

“It’s all came from my young age. Although should take a good rest, children like them, how can they sit at home all day long like us old people. It is also not good for him to be bored.” After the Old Madam finished speaking to Xu Yun, she looked at Ye You and said, “If you feel bored at home, go back to your mother’s house and stay for a few days and accompany1Raw 亲热(qin re); affectionate; intimate; warmhearted. (Also familiarity, cordial and attached[?] I got this from ichacha.net) Affectionate and intimate seemed not appropriate, I wanna use the others, but it became weird when phrase it in English, so I can only use accompany. *sweat* Raw context is 跟你妈亲热亲热. Hope you get what the old lady means  your mother.”

“Thank you Old Madam for your understanding.” Xu Yun said happily.

“This era has changed, and way of thinking should also be changed. Like an old ideology that one can’t go back to mother’s house to nourish the fetus. Let it disappear with the old era, don’t care about it anymore. As a parent, didn’t they just want to do more for their children?”

“That’s right.” The Old Madam’s words went into Xu Yun’s heart.

Qin Yuwei walked quickly into the hall, and several helpers behind her were carrying freshly cooked vegetable porridge on trays, as well as various appetizing side dishes and easy-to-digest snacks.

“First, drink some porridge to warm your stomach. I already cook the soup for you. You can go to sleep in a while and later you can drink it when you wake up.” Qin Yuwei took the porridge and handed it to Ye You.

“Mom, I will do it by myself, you can sit down.” Ye You said after taking the vegetable porridge.

Then while Ye You was drinking the porridge, Qin Yuwei and Xu Yun discussed again how to arrange Ye You’s food and drink, and when Ye You had enough rest, where was the most suitable place to take him to relax.

Sun Ting sat on the side, listening to them arranged this and that for a while, no matter how uncomfortable it was, she could only hold back and continue sitting. She secretly scolded Ye Chen for failing to live up to her expectations. Not only was he inferior to Ye You in everything, but now even the child was conceived later than Ye You, he was really going to pissed her off.

Ye You sat for a while after drinking the porridge, and then went back to the room to sleep. Xu Yun and the others also left. Qin Yuwei and Du Zhenfeng wanted them stay for dinner before leaving. Xu Yun said that they would come again tomorrow. Today they were going to pack up the things for Ye You.

After Xu Yun and the others left, Qin Yuwei started to get busy again. She asked the helper to spread the carpet on the slightly slippery floor of the house. She also had the red lantern and red silk cloth that had not been taken down after the Spring Festival to be taken down, hung the peace lanterns2In case you’re also first time hearing about this 平安灯(píng’ān dēng), zh.m.Wikipedia said : Bright lanterns(光明灯) are a kind of folk belief behavior, also known as peace lanterns(平安灯). They are lamps used in religions to pray for blessings. In Taoist temples, there are often bright lamps that have the meaning of praying for blessings. The recent bright lamps are small in size and large in quantity. They are designed to be used by believers and to extend their burning time as much as possible. The charge of bright lamps is also an important source of incense money in many temples. In Chinese folk beliefs, lighting a bright lamp for oneself during the first lunar month of the Spring Festival has the meaning of “shining on the future”. and every night it must be on.

The Old Master learned about Ye You’s pregnancy only after he got home, and he was very happy. After Ye You gave birth to a child, their family will be four generations in the same house. His old friends would be very envious of him.

Sun Ting watched Qin Yuwei being busy at home, preparing for this for a while, preparing for that for a while, and the whole family were discussing what to prepare for Ye You. The more she listened, the more annoyed she became. After a few days, she couldn’t help it anymore and simply found an excuse to go back to her parent’s house for two days.

“They acted like someone who has never been pregnant or giving birth3This 就跟谁怀过没生过一样 sentences, tbh I don’t really understand the specific meaning but I’m certain ST was mocking YY and QY here..” Sun Ting was particularly angrily as she complained to several of her younger siblings and sister-in-laws: “When we were pregnant, we do what we should do. The necessary etiquette can’t be less in the slightest. Of all people he is just like a delicate prince and princess, it’s just a pregnancy and the whole family treats him like an ancestor. You guys tell me, what does this looks like?!”

“Children nowadays are all raised and treated like a darling by parents, naturally they are more delicate. And this is his first child too, brother-in-law must also look forward to holding his grandson. It doesn’t matter to take care of him more. Don’t take it to your heart.” Sun Ting’s third younger sis-in-law persuaded.

“Yeah, for woman and ger, giving birth to a child is like wandering around the gate of hell, there is nothing wrong with taking care of him more, and it would be the same when Ye Chen is pregnant with the child.” The fourth younger sis-in-law also persuaded.

“I just hate Qin Yuwei’s behavior. It’s like in the whole world, only her daughter-in-law can give birth to children, who is not raised by their parents? Mother-in-law is not like a mother-in-law, but treats a daughter-in-law as an ancestor. As a daughter-in-law he is also doesn’t have a little bit of upbringing and etiquette, unexpectedly he really can stand it!” Sun Ting became more angry as she spoke.

“Humph.” Sun Ting’s Elder sis-in-law said with a mocking smile: “The uneducated level of Qin Yuwei’s daughter-in-law, I have seen him. Now Qin Yuwei is like this, you should feel happy because one day she will know what to regret of one’s past deeds(idiom) means.”

“You haven’t seen Qin Yuwei’s cautious look, it’s like Ye You is carrying a dragon4Historically, the Chinese dragon was associated with the Emperor of China and used as a symbol to represent imperial power. breed in his belly, waiting to inherit the throne.” Sun Ting said in a ridiculed tones: “Ye You, that merchant-born bastard, what kind of good stuff can he give birth to, wants to take away Du Hao’s father’s Eldest son and Eldest grandson title, no way! What would born is definitely a money-losing5As daughter(or ger) getting married, they would need dowry giving from their parents, in that way, the family lose money. I don’t know why some people would think like that, isn’t daughter also their flesh and blood?! _(:3」∠)_ thing! I’m just waiting for Ye You to give birth to daughters one by one, and piss Qin Yuwei off!”

Sun Ting only cared about venting her anger, her eldest sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law all changed their faces without realizing it.

These daughters-in-law of the Sun family all gave birth to daughters one after another, and none of them gave birth to a son. Sun Ting’s words of ‘money-losing thing’ made them very angry, thinking that when Sun Ting was talking, it was as if she herself wasn’t a woman.

In fact, these eldest and younger sister-in-laws of Sun Ting were dissatisfied with her a long time ago. After Sun Ting was married off, every time she returned to Sun family’s house, she would be arrogant and domineering towards them, and she often accused them of failing to live to expectations and unable to give birth to a son. Sun Ting this sister-in-law was more difficult to serve than their mother-in-law.

“I suddenly remembered that there is still something to do in my room, you guys talk.” The third younger sister-in-law put the tea cup down, got up and walked out.

“The matter that mom handed over to me yesterday, I haven’t done it yet. When I finish it, I will come to talk to you guys again.” The fourth younger sis-in-law also stood up and walked out.

“Fourth sister-in-law, wait for me, I’ll go with you.” The fifth younger sis-in-law also followed.

The remaining sixth and seventh younger sis-in-law looked at each other without saying anything. They directly stood up and walked out. Only Sun Ting and her eldest sister-in-law were still sitting, because she still wanted to listen to Sun Ting scolding Ye You.

“You guys…” Sun Ting’s face became even more ugly, and she shouted: “You think I’m married out, so I can’t speak in this family, right? You dare to treat me like this, you don’t want to have a good life anymore?!”

The sixth younger sister-in-law just walked down the steps, and heard Sun Ting’s words, she was really angry, she turned back to looked at Sun Ting and said: “In the heart of the second sister, all women in the world are money-losing item, and only the second sister yourself it’s a valuable item. We, these money-losing item, how are we worthy chatting with your this valuable item? It’s a pity that you, this valuable item, don’t even have a decent reputation.”

The seventh sister-in-law hurriedly went over and took the sixth sister-in-law away: “Forget it, it’s not like you doesn’t know her temperament. It is not worthwhile to upset your body by squabbling with her.”

“You guys!” Sun Ting was so angry that she forgot how to scold them. She strode out and said loudly, “Okay! Since you don’t want to have an easy life, then don’t have an easy life!”

Sun Ting’s eldest sister-in-law followed, thinking that Sun Ting must have gone to her in-laws to complaint again. If she followed, she would definitely become a punching bag for her in-laws to coax their daughter. She should go out and hide.

These sister-in-laws of Sun Ting have been holding grudges against her for a long time, but because the Old Master and the Old Madam were still alive, and cannot separate their families, they can only endure it. They just waited for the Old Master and the Old Madam to leave, and they will moved out immediately. They won’t bother to talk to Sun Ting anymore. Just don’t come to them whether there was anything bad or good.

During the few days that Ye You was recuperating at home, every day he ate and drank, or walked in the yard, or accompany the Old Madam and Qin Yuwei talked. It was just that his appetite suddenly opened up, and wanted to eat all the time. His mouth didn’t stop all day long. When he really couldn’t eat anymore, he also would had a candied fruit in his mouth to relieved his craving.

When the actual combat training of the cooperation between the two countries finally ended, Du Yao had taking leave and returned home, the first thing he saw was Ye You sitting on the sofa, holding a plate of dried fruits, and eating very seriously.

“You’re back?” Qin Yuwei saw Du Yao entering the door and immediately said with a smile: “Have you eaten yet? Would you like to let the kitchen prepare some food for you?”

Du Yao hadn’t answer yet, Ye You immediately replied for him: “Want, want, prepare more, I will eat with him.”

“Okay.” Qin Yuwei looked at Ye You and smiled, then got up and went to the kitchen to see what other dishes could be prepared immediately for them to eat.

“Are you still vomiting these days?” After Du Yao sat down and carefully observed Ye You’s face, he found that not only was he whiter and tenderer, but his face also seemed to be rounder.

“After I got home, I slept all night and didn’t vomit again the next day. I can eat and drink, it’s fine.” Ye You said while eating.

“Isn’t it really can eat and drink?” The Old Madam couldn’t help laughing when Ye You said so.

Ye You also turned his head and smiled at the Old Madam.

“Is it not uncomfortable anymore?” Du Yao asked again.

“It’s not uncomfortable.” Ye You said, shaking his head.

Seeing that Ye You’s complexion was quite good, and did not seemed to be uncomfortable, Du Yao felt relieved. He had been wondering whether Ye You was unwell and uncomfortable these days, and he could not accompany him by his side. He must felt very aggrieved in his heart.

After the foods done, Du Yao and Ye You moved to the dining room to eat. Du Yao was talking about training while he was eating. Ye You nodded while he ate seriously.

Seeing Ye You look very hungry, Du Yao finally couldn’t help but stop and ask: “Did you not have lunch?”

“I’ve eaten already.” Ye You took a meatball and put it in his bowl and said, “I am pregnant with a child, and quick to be hungry.”

Du Yao thought for a while, felt that it made sense, and then continued to eat and talked about the training.

“Marshal Bunaber, said he wanted to see you.” Du Yao said.

“What did he want to see me for?” Ye You asked suspiciously: “After the previous dance performance, he has already seen me. I quit training halfway through. Why does he want to see me again?”

“He wants your medicine.” Du Yao said.

“Medicine?” Ye You said after a daze, “Is it the kind of pill that I gave to others that day?”

“More than that.” Du Yao said: “The Ye family’s drugstore now has several particularly good medicines, and he definitely want them all. And I guess he mainly wants to see Great-grandfather through you.”

“Impossible, let alone Great-grandfather has left, we may not be able to find him, even if he does not leave, it is impossible for Great-grandfather to agree on meeting him.” Ye You said affirmatively.

“Marshal Cheng has already rejected him. Even if Great-grandpa agrees, Marshal Cheng will not agree to it. Every country has strictly control medicines and does not allow them to flow abroad in large quantities.”

“Aurico’s intelligence personnel are very capable. It has only been more than ten days and already heard everything that they can inquire.” Ye You said and curled his mouth.

“There are too many people know that Great-grandpa had came to treat me. And Ye family’s pharmacy has several medicines that have miraculous effects, and they have all been spread around. It is very easy to inquire about it.” Du Yao looked at Ye You and said. : “But don’t worry, if you really have to go to see him, I will accompany you.”

“I’m not worried, if he wants to see me then just meet.” Ye You said indifferently: “Anyway, it’s impossible if he wants to see Great-grandpa. If he wants to see me, let him give me some benefits, and I will meet him. But, it is impossible for him to get anything from me.”

Du Yao nodded and continued to eat.

When he returned to the room at night, Du Yao entered the small living room outside the bedroom and saw various foods on each table. He thought that Ye You would be easily get hungry during pregnancy, put some food in the small living room, it will be more convenient when he wanted to eat, but as soon as he walked into the bedroom, he was immediately stunned.

As soon as Ye You sat down on the sofa, he started to eat. While eating, he looked at Du Yao and said, “What are you doing in a daze? Go take a bath, go to bed early after washing. Spend so many days in the mountains, aren’t you tired?”

Du Yao looked at the food all over the house. Fruits, dried fruits, candied fruits, snacks, jerky, etc., everything one can think of was here. He turned his head and looked at Ye You, who was constantly eating, and found that after his return, Ye You didn’t stop putting food in his mouth. No wonder Ye You’s face became more rounder after only a few days.

“Go and wash now, I can also wash after you finished.” Ye You urged again.

“Aren’t you washing with me?” Du Yao asked.

“This one in my stomach, it hasn’t been three months, I won’t wash with you.” Ye You said while rolling his eyes at him.

Du Yao think about it, if he really takes a bath with Ye You, both of them will be tortured, so he took his clothes and walked into the bathroom.

After Du Yao finished washing, Ye You got up and went in to wash, then the two leaned on the bed, hugging and chatting together. Ye You ate too much, and his stomach would feel uncomfortable if went to sleep right away, so he had to sit for a while before going to sleep.

They hadn’t seen each other for a few days. Naturally, the two wanted to get intimate with each other, but Ye You’s stomach was inconvenient right now, and they also can’t do anything, only kissing each other.

After sitting for a while, Du Yao hugged Ye You and lay down, patting him to sleep. Ye You leaned against Du Yao’s arms, and soon fell asleep when he was most at ease and comfortable.

After Du Yao felt that Ye You was already asleep, he also fell asleep soon.

When he sleep until in the middle of the night, Du Yao suddenly felt the person in his arms moved. He opened his eyes and looked at him and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you going to the toilet?”

“Uh…Yes, I’ll go to the toilet, you sleep yours, don’t worry about me.” Ye You said, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

“I’ll accompany you.” Du Yao was also about to sit up.

“No.” Ye You pushed him back and pressed him to keep him from moving: “My belly is not that big enough to require someone to accompany me to the toilet. You just lie down, no need to follow, I will be done immediately.”

Du Yao could only lie down and watched Ye You walked into the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Ye You did not come out of the bathroom. Du Yao was worried, so he called out: “Ye You?”

“I’m in the toilet ne, go to bed quickly.” Ye You replied.

Du Yao heard Ye You’s voice very normal, and closed his eyes and continued to wait for him to come out, but after another ten minutes, Ye You still did not come out. He finally couldn’t help getting out of bed and walking towards the bathroom.

As soon as Du Yao pushed open the bathroom door, he saw Ye You sitting on a small stool, holding a platter of dried fruits, like a greedy little white cat trying to steal something to eat, looking a little cute, also looking a bit pitiful.

Seeing Du Yao pushing the door in, Ye You looked at him with a guilty expression, thinking that he had forgotten to lock the door. But after he came back to his senses, he thought about it again, he was hungry and wanted to eat, why did he feel guilty, and why did he hide in the toilet to eat?

Du Yao walked over, squatted6Raw context 在叶攸面前等下(Zài yè yōu miànqián děng xià); waiting in front of Ye You. With DY’s feeling for YY, I guess he wouldn’t just stand and looking down at YY, that’s why I assume this might be typo. More likely it’s 在叶攸面前蹲下(Zài yè yōu miànqián dūn xià); squatted down in front of Ye You. down in front of Ye You, looked at him and asked, “Hungry?”

Ye You nodded with a pitiful and innocent looks.

Du Yao helped Ye You up and walked out with his arms around him. After walking to the side of the bed, Du Yao asked Ye You to sit on the bed. After he helped him cover the quilt, he looked at him and said, “These things eat too much will not be easy to digest. Later will have a stomachache when you fall asleep. I’m going to help you make some milk to drink, okay?”

Ye You flattened his mouth aggrievedly and said: “I don’t want to drink milk, I want to eat some jerky.”

“Jerky meat is more difficult to digest. If you don’t want to drink milk, I will bring you some digestible snacks?” Du Yao discussed with Ye You.

“Digestible snack, after eating it, I will be hungry again in a while.” Ye You felt aggrieved, and tears rolled in his eyes. He just wanted to eat something, why did he had to hide, why not let him eat his fill?

“Okay, okay, okay.” Du Yao immediately compromised: “Don’t cry, I’ll get you jerky, and wait until you are full we just going to bed.” Du Yao got up and fetched the jerky for Ye You, then watched him eat.

Ye You just ate too much sweet, and now he wanted to have salty jerky, but when he just ate two pieces, he suddenly burst into tears, crying and saying, “I just feel hungry, why don’t you let me eat my fill…”

“I didn’t meant not to let you eat your fill.” Du Yao immediately coaxed: “You can eat as much as you want. We will sleep when you are full.”

“Do you, do you think…,” Ye You sobbed and said, “think that if I eat too much, I will become fat. If I become fat, I will be ugly. If I am ugly, you don’t like me anymore?”

Seeing Ye You crying and getting sad, Du Yao immediately found a handkerchief to wipe his tears, and then hurriedly said, “How could I not like you because you have become fat? No matter what you have become, I also love you.”

“If I became ugly, do you still love me?” Ye You looked at him and asked, “Didn’t you like me because I look good?”

Du Yao held Ye You’s face and said seriously: “From the very beginning, I was attracted by your temperament. What I love is the charm that radiates from your body. Your appearance is just to set off the existence of your soul. No matter what you have become, as long as you exist in this body7Raw 皮囊(Pínáng); skin, husk, vessel, I will love you forever.”

“But,” Ye You said hesitantly, “I like you because of your good-looking face, and then I just slowly fell in love with you.”

“…” Du Yao was silent for a while and said, “Then the person who should cry, should be me, right?”

“Do you want to cry for a while?” Ye You looked at him and said, “After I cried, my heart feels more comfortable. If you want to cry, I can also coax you.”8 LOL

“Don’t be so polite, I can bear it.” Du Yao said helplessly.

“Then can you make me a cup of milk?” Ye You took a bite of jerky and said, “If eat too much jerky, it won’t be easy to digest, and stomach will feel uncomfortable when we sleep.”

“…” What else can Du Yao say, he can only nodded his head and said: “Okay, wait for me, I’ll make a cup for you.”

Ye You drank the milk Du Yao made for him, then went to the bathroom to brush his teeth, and then went to bed again ready to sleep. But just after sleeping for a while, his stomach began to feel uncomfortable, and he could only sit up again.

Du Yao hugged Ye You, let him lean in his arms to sleep, then gently rubbed his stomach, after waited for him to fall asleep, only then he lay him down.

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The number of time DY being speechless though

1Raw 亲热(qin re); affectionate; intimate; warmhearted. (Also familiarity, cordial and attached[?] I got this from ichacha.net) Affectionate and intimate seemed not appropriate, I wanna use the others, but it became weird when phrase it in English, so I can only use accompany. *sweat* Raw context is 跟你妈亲热亲热. Hope you get what the old lady means 2In case you’re also first time hearing about this 平安灯(píng’ān dēng), zh.m.Wikipedia said : Bright lanterns(光明灯) are a kind of folk belief behavior, also known as peace lanterns(平安灯). They are lamps used in religions to pray for blessings. In Taoist temples, there are often bright lamps that have the meaning of praying for blessings. The recent bright lamps are small in size and large in quantity. They are designed to be used by believers and to extend their burning time as much as possible. The charge of bright lamps is also an important source of incense money in many temples. In Chinese folk beliefs, lighting a bright lamp for oneself during the first lunar month of the Spring Festival has the meaning of “shining on the future”.3This 就跟谁怀过没生过一样 sentences, tbh I don’t really understand the specific meaning but I’m certain ST was mocking YY and QY here.4Historically, the Chinese dragon was associated with the Emperor of China and used as a symbol to represent imperial power.5As daughter(or ger) getting married, they would need dowry giving from their parents, in that way, the family lose money. I don’t know why some people would think like that, isn’t daughter also their flesh and blood?! _(:3」∠)_6Raw context 在叶攸面前等下(Zài yè yōu miànqián děng xià); waiting in front of Ye You. With DY’s feeling for YY, I guess he wouldn’t just stand and looking down at YY, that’s why I assume this might be typo. More likely it’s 在叶攸面前蹲下(Zài yè yōu miànqián dūn xià); squatted down in front of Ye You.7Raw 皮囊(Pínáng); skin, husk, vessel8 LOL