Chapter 57
Chapter 57 – Pig farm (Translated and edited by Xing)
Tang Xue only lost two rounds for the entire afternoon of Landlord that they played . It was always when Li Yubing was the Landlord and he had used the two strokes to draw a tiny moustache on her face .
As for Li Yubing, Tang Xue had helped him to line his eyes exquisitely . She had retraced each eye line numerous times, each time elongating the end a little more with a flick . Li Yubing’s originally handsome eyes had been embellished until it held a beguiling charm .
He blinked lightly and languidly raised his eyes to look at Tang Xue .
Mesmerizing and terrifying, this was a beauty capable of devastating cities .
Oh my .
Tang Xue clutched her chest dramatically . “Tsk, tsk, tsk, a devil indeed . ”
Li Yubing could not keep his straight face and burst into laughter .
Liao Zhenyu inched over with a simpering smile, his expression begging to be praised . “Boss, what about me?”
“You’re a nightmare . ” [1]
“… QAQ”
Liao Zhenyu looked at his reflection in the mirror, sad and depressed .
Actually, this was not his appearance’s fault . One has to know that most of the lines on his face were drawn by Li Yubing . At first, Li Yubing only helped Tang Xue to line his eyes . The problem was, being a straight guy, the eye lines he drew were just so darn straight as well . Stroke by stroke, the lines appearing on Liao Zhenyu’s eyelids were like withered grass . This painting style reminded Liao Zhenyu of painting the sun as a child . Then, straight lines had indicated the sun’s brightness .
Later, Li Yubing stopped drawing eye lines . He went along with his whim and drew a bicycle on Liao Zhenyu’s left cheek .
A! Fricking! Bicycle!
Just how many rounds had he lost… ┭┮﹏┭┮
With this huge blow, Liao Zhenyu mourned in silence .
Tang Xue said, “You can’t avoid victories and defeats in battles . I’ll treat you guys to a meal . ”
Liao Zhenyu perked up a little . “Oh? Boss, what are you treating us to?”
“Let’s see what there is in my fridge . ”
Liao Zhenyu silently swallowed his delusions of a “seafood buffet” before he could voice it out loud .
Tang Xue went to the kitchen and discovered quite a number of items in the fridge .
Liao Zhenyu followed behind Tang Xue and watched as she took out stuff from the compartments like a pro .
Li Yubing crossed his arms and leaned against the kitchen entrance, watching them in a manner that seemed like he was supervising from the side . With his tall build, fair face and beguilingly lined eye, the way he surveyed them expressionlessly had the bearing of a queen .
Tang Xue hefted the potato in her hand and tossed Li Yubing a glance . She said, “Li Yubing, you really look like Dongfang Bubai[2] now . ”
Li Yubing thought of the missing object on Dongfang Bubai’s body and his face darkened . This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com .
Liao Zhenyu asked Tang Xue, “Boss, you know how to cook?”
“Please . ” Tang Xue pointed at the fully stuffed fridge . “I know how to cook everything here . ”
“You’re that capable?” Liao Zhenyu was deeply impressed .
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“Of course . Go on, set the table with zhen’s[3] Seven Treasures Exquisite Grand Hot Pot[4] . ”
Liao Zhenyu: … I can’t believe I fell for that!
His arms still crossed, Li Yubing watched these two idiot children play around . In the end, he quirked his lips lightly, unable to hold the soft smile in despite his disdain .
……
The hot pot soup base and ingredients were all readily available . Besides the vegetables in the fridge, Tang Xue also found fish balls, beef balls, mutton slices and frozen prawns the size of her palm in the freezer . They prepared the ingredients before gathering around the table, ready to dig in .
All three of them had big appetites . The tableful of ingredients diminished rapidly as they methodically polished off the steaming hot food as soon as they cooked . In the midst of eating, Liao Zhenyu raised his head . Realizing their eating frenzy, he suddenly broke into laughter .
Tang Xue was baffled . “What are you laughing for?”
“I suddenly recalled the scene I saw when visiting the pig farm in primary school . ”
Tang Xue and Li Yubing stared at him in silence .
Liao Zhenyu also realized the inappropriateness of this comparison . He coughed in embarrassment and purposely asked, “Boss, you guys should also have gone before, right?”
“We went to a chicken farm,” Li Yubing said .
“Oh? Was it fun?”
“Still alright . After we came back, your boss did something even more fun than visiting the chicken farm . ”
Liao Zhen asked curiously, “What was it?”
When Li Yubing was about to speak, Tang Xue hurriedly raised her chopsticks to hit him . “You’re not allowed to say!”
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Li Yubing chuckled and ducked backwards out of her reach . When she withdrew her chopsticks, he straightened and pretended that he was about to speak again . This made Tang Xue re-raised her chopsticks to hit him .
Liao Zhenyu was about to die of curiosity . “So what was it? Please stop playing, the two of you are burning my eyes! Can you tell me before I lose my sight…”
Unfortunately, Liao Zhenyu never got his wish . Li Yubing succumbed to Tang Xue’s tyranny and failed to say anything till the very end . He merely passed her an egg with a grin .
Tang Xue kicked him under the table .
Liao Zhenyu released a long sigh, lowered his head and sent a message to Xia Menghuan .
Liao Zhenyu: What are you doing?
Xia Menghuan: Eating, watching television . Why?
Liao Zhenyu: I kind of need you a little right now . [wearily-lights-cigeratte . jpg]
Xia Menghuan: Liao Zhenyu, do you need someone to bail you out of the police station right now? Spill it, sex, gambling and drugs… which offence did you commit?
Liao Zhenyu: …… So that’s how you actually think of me!
Xia Menghuan: Then why do you need me?
Liao Zhenyu: You know what, my boss is being targeted by an experienced swindler .
Xia Menghuan: Is it Li Yubing?
Liao Zhenyu: Bingo[5]
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Xia Menghuan: Waah, I’m still carrying my king’s child!
Liao Zhenyu sweated . He had nearly forgotten that Xia Menghuan was a talented graduate of the ‘drama queen’ academy and had went on to the ‘rogue’ academy to be a doctoral advisor . He was really grasping at straws at this point…
Xia Menghuan: Actually, I want to see how wanton consorts outside try to seduce my king .
Liao Zhenyu: …
Xia Menghuan: Can you help me to record it? Make sure it’s as detailed as possible .
Liao Zhenyu: I…
Xia Menghuan sent Liao Zhenyu a sticker of a Lolita acting cute, causing him to agree unwittingly .
… It must be because the sticker was too cute!
Translator’s Notes:
[1] Tang Xue used 妖孽 (yāo niè) to describe Li Yubing and 妖怪 (yāo guài) to describe Liao Zhenyu . Both can be loosely translated as “demons” but the former has the modern usage of being an envious sigh for praising good-looking people . Tang Xue is using the latter to scoff disdainfully at Liao Zhenyu but “demon” doesn’t have the same depreciative kick so I translated it as “nightmare” instead .
[2] 东方不败 (dōng fāng bù bài), literally “Invincible East”, is a fictional character in the wuxia novel “The Smiling, Proud Wanderer” by Jin Yong . A very effeminate man who castrated himself to learn certain powerful martial arts . – Source: Wikipedia
[3] From Chapter 39: Tang Xue is using 朕 (zhèn) instead of “my”, which was how emperors referred to themselves . It’s something like the royal “we” .
[4] Tang Xue randomly named her hot pot in the style of how treasures in ancient China were named, what a joker .
[5] “Bingo” is in italics as it was originally in English in the raws