Chapter 80 - Mystery solved (Translated and edited by Xing)

It was merely ten minutes but the comments section of that Weibo had exploded. The first comment that Li Yubing saw when he clicked in was: so you're still a virgin?

Li Yubing deleted his Weibo speechlessly.

Though the Weibo was deleted, his fans did not calm down. They had already uploaded screenshots of that Weibo onto the forum and were discussing it animatedly.

[Thread] Holy c.r.a.p, Li Yubing announces his relations.h.i.+p. Who is his girlfriend?

The thread was filled with all sorts of comments.

[OP, please don't spread rumours.]

[*Screeches* It's not a rumour, I saw it as well!]

[Who is Li Yubing? Why are all of you so agitated? What did I miss?]

[Baidu's your best friend, person above. Give us an 800 words essay on your thoughts when you come back.]

[I just came back from Baidu, how can there be such an attractive person! Not to mention he's from an elite school and an athlete as well. Heavens, I'm in love! Ahhhhh!]

[Girl, chill. Dude just announced his relations.h.i.+p.]

[Looks like this can't be hidden anymore. That's right, I'm Li Yubing's girlfriend.]

[Person above, stop dreaming. It's time to face reality.]

[Li Yubing just deleted that Weibo. What's going on?]

[Maybe he posted it accidentally. Could it be that he has a side account?]

[I have a friend from RCU. When I asked her, she said that it could be Tang Xue.]

[Who's Tang Xue?]

[My friend said that Tang Xue is quite a legendary girl.]

[Huh?]

The fans began to gossip heavily on Tang Xue. After searching the internet, the first thing that popped up was the press release of the RCU speed skating team clinching gold. In the photo attached to the article, Tang Xue had yet to change after the compet.i.tion and her inky black fringe stuck to her fair forehead in damp locks. She stood with her teammates and faced the camera with a brilliant smile on her face.

The fans pored over the photo. Translated by Xing for only teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com.

[She's really pretty. And she has a clean look that is so much better than those ridiculous internet celebrities. Ice G.o.d, go ahead and date her. We approve.]

[I don't approve, my heart hurts. T^T]

[I knew it. Guys are all visual animals. Sigh.]

[Madam, my Ice G.o.d is so attractive. What's wrong with him looking for a beautiful girlfriend?]

[Am I the only one who noticed the gold? It's the National University Speed Skating Champions.h.i.+p. From what I know, the bar of this compet.i.tion is not low. This Tang Xue should be quite good.]

[It's a relay. For all we know, her teammates carried her.]

[Can we find the video? We'll know who carried whom after watching it.]

Very soon, this group of extremely capable fans found the video. After watching Tang Xue's compet.i.tion video, they were sent into yet another flurry.

[Holy c.r.a.p, go watch the video, it's way too amazing! And what nonsense of her being carried—she was the one carrying, all right! Oh, yes, there's an Easter egg at the end as well!]

[As expected of a girl who managed to catch my Ice G.o.d's eyes, 6666666]

[Is she the one who gave the thank you speech at the end?? My goodness HAHAHA]

[Good bye, I think I'm no longer straight. No, no, no, I need to remember that I'm Ice G.o.d's woman…]

[So far, we only see her indicating interest in Ice G.o.d. We've yet to see Ice G.o.d's response. She's not the only one who has confessed to Ice G.o.d. Let's not jump to conclusions and wait for more information.]

[The whole video, everyone, look at the whole video! There's a surprise in the beginning when they panned through the audience!]

[Ice G.o.d is in the audience. Does the cameraman have a thing for good-looking people? He got quite a few close-ups.]

[f.u.c.k, look at Ice G.o.d's expression. If he ever looks at me this way, I might just die from happiness.]

[So, mystery solved?]

At 3.20 am, the case of "Li Yubing's first love" was solved. The suspect in question—no, wait—first love in question, Tang Xue, had long drifted into dreamland. This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com.

Tang Xue only knew about the entire affair the following afternoon. Her training had just ended and she was checking her notifications while walking out. Xia Menghuan sent her a link with the attached message: My king, you've been gossiped on. Brace yourself.

Tang Xue clicked in curiously.

That thread was a summary of the fans' investigation from the night before. The first thing posted in the thread was Li Yubing's Weibo post.

When Tang Xue saw it, she fumed till her nose was crooked. She should have known that it was impossible for this dog boyfriend of hers to let a day pa.s.s without causing trouble!

After scanning the article, she kept her phone and went to find Li Yubing in a rage.

Li Yubing was walking out of the ice stadium training hall with his teammates and saw Tang Xue from afar. Beside him, his teammates nudged his shoulders suggestively. "You lucky dude, sis-in-law is quite clingy."

Li Yubing's heart began fizzing in sweetness. However, he kept an aloof expression and merely replied with a light "mm".

When Jiang s.h.i.+jia saw Brother Bing's behaviour, he really felt like exposing the extremely girly side account ID.

Tang Xue stormed over. When Li Yubing saw her face, he silently cried in alarm.

"Li Yubing," Tang Xue gritted. "What did you promise me yesterday? Pulling wool over my eyes, sucking up in the dark and disobeying in the light[1]!"

Li Yubing felt extremely guilty. He tugged her outside. "We'll discuss this outside."

"Let me go. I'm going to bust your dog head today."

"Listen, I didn't mean to…"

The two of them ran out in a chase. Li Yubing's teammates stood in their original spot, their faces full of gossip.

A tall, brawny guy with tanned skin asked Jiang s.h.i.+jia, "Did I hear incorrectly? Sis-in-law said that Ice G.o.d couldn't get it up[1]?"

Jiang s.h.i.+jia rolled his eyes. "It's 'sucking up in the light and disobeying in the dark'[1]! Sis-in-law merely said the idiom wrongly…"

"Oh, right, I was wondering how this could be possible."

Jiang s.h.i.+jia: = =

Their conversation seemed to be heading in a weird direction…

Translator's Notes:

[1] I'm sorry if this seems confusing but I couldn't find a way to translate the wordplay over. The idiom in question, 陽奉陰違 (yáng fèng yīn wéi), means agreeing on the surface and disobeying in the dark. Tang Xue mistakenly said 陰奉陽違 (yīn fèng yáng wéi) and the last two words sound like 陽痿 (yáng wěi), which, uh… means impotence.

A henpecked Li Yubing. I feel like all of us should have seen this coming from miles away.