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 gra.s.s . 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 .

“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 b.a.l.l.s, beef b.a.l.l.s, 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 appet.i.tes . 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 embarra.s.sment 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!”

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 succ.u.mbed to Tang Xue’s tyranny and failed to say anything till the very end . He merely pa.s.sed 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, s.e.x, 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]

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] 東方不敗 (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

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 gra.s.s . 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

“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 b.a.l.l.s, beef b.a.l.l.s, 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 appet.i.tes . 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 embarra.s.sment 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!”.

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 succ.u.mbed to Tang Xue’s tyranny and failed to say anything till the very end . He merely pa.s.sed 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, s.e.x, 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].

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] 東方不敗 (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.