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.
“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!”
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-a-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]
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
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.
“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!”
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-a-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]
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
