Chapter 68: Pitiful Beauty
Author: Black Lantern (黑色花灯)
Link: https://book.qidian.com/info/1009922190
Translated by Gumihou
Ye Fei really nearly spat up blood at Tian Xinlan’s suggestion to buy the Potato Shrimp Balls at 10 yuan each. Craftsmanship aside, the ingredients are almost impossible to buy, you know?
Thus, for a while, he did not know how to answer Tian Xinlan.
When Ye Fei did not answer, Tian Xinlan popped the final bit of Potato Shrimp Ball into her mouth, rolling it carefully in her mouth before swallowing. “What? You’re not willing, ah? If that’s not enough I can pay more.”
Ye Fei smiled and say, “It’s not that I’m not willing. It is a great honour for me to be recognised by a beauty like yourself, but it’s not something I make all the time. Even if I want to sell it to you, I can’t.”
Ye Fei was perfectly sincere on this point. He rarely used ingredients provided by the System for personal consumption. For one thing, it was too expensive, for another, it was waaay too expensive.
He had spent nearly 4,000 yuan just on those 4 Potato Shrimp Balls. With Ye Fei’s current economic strength, he just could not afford it.
Tian Xinlan stretched out her cute little tongue to lick the breadcrumbs around her lips and said with some disappointment, “It’s fine if you’re not willing. However, I live just next door. If I smell anything nice from your place, I’ll come here.”
Ye Fei, “… …”
He never thought that a great beauty like her would suddenly play tricks like this.
However, he has to admit that beauties are very seductive looking when they acted sly and cunning.
“Some other time, ba. Some other time, when I make something again, I’ll call you over to eat. Is that fine?” in the end, Ye Fei had no choice but to give this compromise.
Only then did Tian Xinlan nod. Finally satisfied, she stood up and said, “It’s almost dawn, I should go back. Thank you very much for tonight. If not for you, I don’t know what would happen. I’ll treat you to dinner next time.”
With that, Tian Xinlan turned around and walked out of the kitchen.
Sharpie scrambled to run after his mistress. Right now, he dared not stay inside this nice-smelling house anymore. Ye Fei’s dog-killing eyes really scared him, ah.
[1] After the two left, Ye Fei stared at the empty plate for a long moment before shaking his head helplessly. Finally, he cleaned up the mess and went to bed, falling into a deep sleep.
He was sleeping soundly when his phone rang, waking him up in a daze. [1] Blinking confusedly, Ye Fei groped for his phone and muttered, “Hello, who is this, ah?”
Ma Cuihua’s voice came through the other end, “Brat, you haven’t woken up yet? Well? Did something good happen last night?”
When he registered Ma Cuihua’s words, Ye Fei felt as though he had suddenly received a jolt and sat up, “Sister Ma, why do you think something good happen to me, ah?”
Ma Cuihua snickered, “Well? Did a beauty come knocking at your door?”
Ye Fei was stunned, “Sister Ma, you know that next door’s weird habit?”
“Of course, don’t forget, you’re living at my place. I used to live there too, I was there when someone came knocking in the middle of the night. Luckily this old auntie was not frightened to death. In the end, I dared myself to open the door and found a beauty sleeping in my doorway. I was really curious at that time. After she woke up, I questioned her a little and found that she lives in Room 904, just one door down. She has the sleepwalking disease. Aiya, don’t you think it’s such a pity? That such a great beauty is plagued with a disease?”
[1] Ye Fei fell silent for a while before saying, “Yes, it is a pity. But, medicine has advanced so much, surely such a thing is treatable?”
“What? You want to help her? Tsk, tsk, I didn’t expect you to be a person with tender feelings for the fairer sex, ah.”
“It’s not like that, I’m just saying it in general. It’s sad for anyone to be plagued by such a disease.”
Ma Cuihua sighed and said, “That’s true, that poor girl. She’s a pretty one, but after getting this disease, it was a bit difficult for her to get a boyfriend.”
“What about her family? Why aren’t they looking after her properly? What if something happened to her while she is sleepwalking? If something really happens, if she wants to cry it would be too late, ah.” Ye Fei was really curious about this part.
After all, if her family knows that she has this kind of disease, they should not let her live alone or walk around unsupervised, ah.
Ma Cuihua, “I asked her about this before. It sounds like her parents are abroad and they left her home alone with only a caretaker to look after her. However, that caretaker couldn’t stand her sleepwalking habits and ended up leaving without even claiming her wages. So, right now she’s all alone.”
Ye Fei said, “Oh? But, Sister Ma, surely you haven’t called me this early just to talk about this?”
Ma Cuihua said, “Of course, there are other matters, are you free today? My father wants to see you.”
“What? Your father wants to see me?”
Sweat popped out of Ye Fei’s head. What is this about, ah? Ma Cuihua’s dad is Ma Qingyun, why would he want to see Ye Fei? Wait, did he really want me to be his daughter’s boyfriend? But… that’s too ridiculous, ah. Although Ma Cuihua is good-looking, she is too… strong-willed. If they ever get together, he would be the one who had to give in on everything, ag.
Ye Fei violently shook his head at the possibility: No way, I’ll never agree to it.
“Do you know why your father wants to see me?” asked Ye Fei.
“How could I know, ah? He just called and asked if you’re free to have a quick meal. You brat, are you going or not? If you don’t want to, I can just repossess the house, ah.”
Ye Fei, “… …”
F*ck, it’s another threat. Can’t you change your persuasion tactics?
However, he had to admit, he was helpless when Ma Cuihua pulls out this ultimate move.
Finally, Ye Fei could only say, “En, what time? Where? I shall say it now, I have something to do today.”
“Isn’t it just your shitty little project? That broadcasting thing? Do you think you’ve become a Great Deity just after a few days holing up at home? Hurry up, I’ll be downstairs soon. Don’t dawdle.”
Ye Fei checked the time on his phone. It was close to 10 o’clock. Looks like he had been sleeping for a long time.
“Alright, I’m getting up now.”
After hanging up his phone, Ye Fei practically threw himself off the bed and into the shower. When he got out, he paused, made a beeline for his laptop and left a message for Tang Xiaomin: Something happened today, I may not be able to broadcast.
Message left, he put on some decent clothes and left the house.
Downstairs, Ma Cuihua had just arrived in her red Silmarillion. Seeing Ye Fei stepping out of the building she nodded with satisfaction and said, “Not bad. You did not make me wait long. Get into the car.”
Ye Fei smiled and got into the passenger seat. [2]
The two of them left Yijing garden and drove for more than an hour. Finally, the car left the suburbs.
Ye Fei looked more and more confused the further they went. He said, “Where are we going? We have left Yinzhou City, right?”
Ma Cuihua smirked, “What? Are you afraid that I’m selling you? Ye Fei, it’s not that I’m looking down on you, but from the way you looked, I probably won’t get much money. So, don’t worry about it.”
Ye Fei was depressed. He found that each time he tried to talk to Ma Cuihua, he ended up shocked or depressed by her words. It felt as though his life force takes a hit every time they talk. What do you mean can’t sell me for much? It looks like you’re the one who has no vision, you know?
When Ye Fei stayed silent, Ma Cuihua tsked and said, “Are you angry? I say, aren’t you a bit too sensitive?”
“How can that be? Why would I be angry with you? I’m just wondering why your father wants to see me.”
“I don’t know either, but we’re almost there. When you see him, you’ll know, right?”
As the two spoke, the car stopped in front of a farmyard, turning into a small dirt road.
Finally, the car stopped at an open area and Ma Cuihua said, “We’re here.”
Ye Fei looked left, then looked right. This was certainly a nice place. The surroundings were filled with fruit and vegetable plants and there were all kinds of flowers blooming under the sun.
There was also a pond nearby, with several people fishing by the pond.
“This is the place?”
“This is the place. Come on, my father’s fishing.”
With that, Ma Cuihua [1] got out of the car and led the way, with Ye Fei trailing after her.
[Gumihou: Tian Xinlan is realistically shameless as a spoilt rich girl. Also, Ma Cuihua, your Tsundere act is not cute. I would not want to be your friend.]
[1] Some small adjustments to improve the text
[2] Some unnecessary extra details: Ye Fei opened the passenger side door of the Red Silmarillion and got in. Ma Cuihua is the driver.
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