Rock Sugar And Pear Stew Chapter 55

Chapter 55 – Bite you (Translated and edited by Xing)

Ever since that one time, Tang Xue would thicken her skin every night to call Li Yubing . Li Yubing had also suddenly become considerate by never once laughing at her and telling her bedtime stories .

It was Tang Xue who was somewhat unaccustomed to this . During the daytime, she asked Zhang Yuewei, “Why did Li Yubing suddenly become so well-behaved?”

“How will I know . ”

“Is it possible that he’s secretly in love with me as well?” After saying this, Tang Xue immediately shuddered and shook her head . “No, no, no, the thought of this is too scary . ”

She felt that she might be reading too much into things . One moment it was Zhang Yuewei, the next it was Li Yubing—without distinction between age and gender, how could it be that the whole world was secretly in love with her? She might be a little too narcissistic…

Tang Xue decided to repay Li Yubing’s kindness by treating him to meals, which he accepted cheerfully . This brat’s appet.i.te was huge . Tang Xue was thoroughly bankrupted by him by the time it came for her to head home .

She did not even have the money to buy a lunchbox on the high-speed rail . Right before boarding the train, she held a bag of cup noodles . Li Yubing counted and there was a grand total of four cups .

This was the first time Li Yubing saw someone took the effort to bring cup noodles home from thousands of miles away . He asked, “What’s this?”

“Food for the train ride . ”

“Four cups?”

“There’s also your share . ” With the responsibility of a zookeeper, Tang Xue was still concerned about treating him at a time like this . She also brought a corn-flavoured sausage . “You can have a bite later,” she told Li Yubing .

Li Yubing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry . He shook his head and said, “I don’t want to bite this . ”

“Then what do you want to bite?”

He turned his head without saying a word . His lips quirked and his gaze landed in the distance . Just like this, he merely smiled in silence .  

A tall, handsome youth with a bright and gentle smile planted in the ebbing flow of the ceaseless crowd—this was a striking sight that drew the eyes of everyone who walked past .

Tang Xue said, “I know what you want to bite . ”

“Oh?” Li Yubing retracted his gaze and lowered his head to look at her .

Tang Xue winked at him . “I’ll buy you a dog chew toy when we get back . ”

Li Yubing was utterly speechless . He raised his hands and shoved up his sleeves . “You, come here . ”

Tang Xue of course did not go over . She turned and ran around the luggage . Li Yubing’s movements were faster than hers and his legs were longer . With just one stride, he moved to the other side and blocked her path . Not giving her the chance to escape in another direction, he grabbed her shoulder and effortlessly hauled her back .

Li Yubing hooked his arm over Tang Xue’s neck and singlehandedly towed her into his embrace . His laughter was a little sinister . “Go on, why aren’t you running anymore?”

“Wait, wait, wait . Don’t be like this . We can talk things out . ” Tang Xue was an adaptable person . She tugged on his arms and tried to break free . The two of them were very close and her shoulders were almost pressing against his chest . When he breathed, her body could distinctively discern the rise and fall of his chest . This made her feel an inexplicable sense of awkwardness and shyness .

Li Yubing landed a merciless finger flick on her head, causing her body to give a light shudder of pain . Feeling the tremble of the teenage girl in his arms, his heart had an odd sensation that was part satisfaction and part faint desire for something more . His dream surfaced in his head . Though it appeared as fragmented scenes, this did not diminish the dream’s t.i.tillation . His breathing became uneven and the heaving of his chest deepened .

Tang Xue was still struggling fiercely when Li Yubing suddenly let go and released her .

She rubbed her head . “Petty . ”

Li Yubing turned without looking at her and pulled his luggage to the ticket gate .

Baffled, Tang Xue grabbed her luggage and followed him .

……

Tang Xue went up to the train first . The luggage racks on the floor were full . She towed her luggage to her seat, intending to put it on the luggage rack above . When she lifted the 26-inch luggage, the surrounding pa.s.sengers looked at her in admiration .

Tang Xue secretly despaired . She had stuffed numerous things in her luggage, to the point that it was nearly bursting . Halfway to the top, the luggage tottered and was on the verge of falling . However, the looks of admiration that everyone sent her way made her too self-conscious to put it down .

A pair of arms suddenly appeared and took firm hold of the luggage .

Tang Xue discovered Li Yubing standing behind her . His arms circled her two sides to grab the luggage, making it seem like he was hugging her from the back . That was not all . With one hand propping up the bottom of the luggage and the other gripping the luggage’s handle, Li Yubing’s actions mirrored hers . The handle was small and there was not much s.p.a.ce left for him to hold . Thus, half of his hand was resting on her hand .

This was different from earlier . Just now, she was like a captured quail that was flailing her wings mindlessly . Now, they were pressed together so intimately that she could perceive the flow of his breath . Tang Xue extended her neck lightly and her head b.u.mped into his jaw .

“Don’t move,” he said .

Tang Xue immediately stilled, displaying a rare bout of obedience .

Li Yubing heaved the luggage up . Tang Xue followed his lead and took effort to do the same but there was no need for her to do so . She could barely feel the weight of the luggage . Right now, what she most vividly felt was the hand resting on top of her right hand . His palm was broad and emitted a fiery dry heat as it wrapped around her hand . It was just like a mini stove roasting a frozen Chinese white pear in the stove chamber .

When Li Yubing successfully put the luggage onto the rack, his arm was raised at an angle . Tang Xue was shorter than him by 20 cm . By turning her head slightly, her vision was filled with his arm . It gave her the feeling of being enfolded by a human-shaped cage . This was the first time in her life that she acutely felt the difference between a guy and a girl in terms of body and height .  This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com .

She also finally understood why girls like tall guys .

Li Yubing smoothly drew back his hands . He lowered his head and glanced at her . “What are you zoning out for?”

“Nothing . ” Tang Xue quickly sat down on her seat .

Li Yubing stored his own luggage and sat next to her . As he bought his ticket at a later timing, his seat was not here . He could only wait for the person sitting here to come and request to change seats with him .

……

After the high-speed rail set off, Tang Xue rested her chin on one hand and stared out of the window at the scenery, behaving like a cultured young lady .

Li Yubing looked at her soft and s.h.i.+ny black hair . He asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Tang Xue turned to look at him . Her eyes blinked . “I’m thinking…”

Thinking… if we went to the same middle and high school, how would have things turned out?

Li Yubing waited for a moment but Tang Xue did not continue her words . He could not help prompting her, “So what exactly are you thinking about?”

Tang Xue did not say anything else . She fished out a mini pillow and an eye-mask, adjusted her seat, leaned back and tried to sleep .

Li Yubing quietly watched her from the side .

After a while, Tang Xue pulled down the eye mask . “Can’t sleep . I’ll listen to music . ” She took her bag and rummaged for a moment before asking Li Yubing, “Do you have earphones?”

Watching her restless movements, Li Yubing did not get annoyed . He found his earphones and pa.s.sed it to her .

“Thanks . ” Tang Xue plugged the earphones in and stuffed one earphone into her ear . Seeing how Li Yubing was gazing at her, she offered the other earphone to him . “Do you want to listen?”

Li Yubing took the earphone and put it into his ear .

Tang Xue selected a playlist and tried to fall asleep .

The first song was a sweet and upbeat male and female duet called “Perfect Weather for Falling in Love with You” . [1]

Li Yubing slowly twined the white wire of the earphones around his finger . He looked out of the window . The sky was overcast today . In the distance, the clouds hung heavy against the jagged peaks of the mountain range . Perhaps it might snow .

When in a good mood, the weather—be it clear skies or an endless stretch of dark, stormy clouds—was always perfect .

After watching the scenery for a while, Li Yubing’s eyelids started feeling a little heavy . He withdrew his gaze and looked at Tang Xue who was beside him .

Her face was turned to the side and her breathing was even like she had fallen asleep .

Li Yubing brushed her fringe but she did not respond .

He poked her cheeks but she still did not respond .

Li Yubing moved his hand down following the curve of her elbow . Finally, he grasped her hand .

After taking hold of her hand, he began flipping it around in the palm of his hand . He played with it by kneading her palm and pinching her fingers . Slender and beautiful, the hand of a girl was indeed different . Her hand was beyond soft and he did not dare to use too much force for fear of damaging it .

After playing for a while, Li Yubing suddenly lowered his head and drew her hand next to his mouth . His lips slightly apart, it captured her index finger and pressed down in a gentle bite .

Translator’s Notes:

[1] The Chinese t.i.tle of “Perfect Weather for Falling in Love with You” is 爱上你的好天气 (ài shàng nǐ de hǎo tiān qì) . I searched this up on YouTube and immediately laughed cause it’s the OST of “My Mr . Mermaid”, which is a drama adapted from another of Jiu Xiaoqi’s book .

Chapter 55 – Bite you (Translated and edited by Xing).

Ever since that one time, Tang Xue would thicken her skin every night to call Li Yubing . Li Yubing had also suddenly become considerate by never once laughing at her and telling her bedtime stories

It was Tang Xue who was somewhat unaccustomed to this . During the daytime, she asked Zhang Yuewei, “Why did Li Yubing suddenly become so well-behaved?”.

“How will I know . ”.

“Is it possible that he’s secretly in love with me as well?” After saying this, Tang Xue immediately shuddered and shook her head . “No, no, no, the thought of this is too scary . ”.

She felt that she might be reading too much into things . One moment it was Zhang Yuewei, the next it was Li Yubing—without distinction between age and gender, how could it be that the whole world was secretly in love with her? She might be a little too narcissistic….

Tang Xue decided to repay Li Yubing’s kindness by treating him to meals, which he accepted cheerfully . This brat’s appet.i.te was huge . Tang Xue was thoroughly bankrupted by him by the time it came for her to head home

She did not even have the money to buy a lunchbox on the high-speed rail . Right before boarding the train, she held a bag of cup noodles . Li Yubing counted and there was a grand total of four cups

This was the first time Li Yubing saw someone took the effort to bring cup noodles home from thousands of miles away . He asked, “What’s this?”.

“Food for the train ride . ”.

“Four cups?”.

“There’s also your share . ” With the responsibility of a zookeeper, Tang Xue was still concerned about treating him at a time like this . She also brought a corn-flavoured sausage . “You can have a bite later,” she told Li Yubing

Li Yubing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry . He shook his head and said, “I don’t want to bite this . ”.

“Then what do you want to bite?”.

He turned his head without saying a word . His lips quirked and his gaze landed in the distance . Just like this, he merely smiled in silence .  .

A tall, handsome youth with a bright and gentle smile planted in the ebbing flow of the ceaseless crowd—this was a striking sight that drew the eyes of everyone who walked past

Tang Xue said, “I know what you want to bite . ”.

“Oh?” Li Yubing retracted his gaze and lowered his head to look at her

Tang Xue winked at him . “I’ll buy you a dog chew toy when we get back . ”.

Li Yubing was utterly speechless . He raised his hands and shoved up his sleeves . “You, come here . ”.

Tang Xue of course did not go over . She turned and ran around the luggage . Li Yubing’s movements were faster than hers and his legs were longer . With just one stride, he moved to the other side and blocked her path . Not giving her the chance to escape in another direction, he grabbed her shoulder and effortlessly hauled her back

Li Yubing hooked his arm over Tang Xue’s neck and singlehandedly towed her into his embrace . His laughter was a little sinister . “Go on, why aren’t you running anymore?”.

“Wait, wait, wait . Don’t be like this . We can talk things out . ” Tang Xue was an adaptable person . She tugged on his arms and tried to break free . The two of them were very close and her shoulders were almost pressing against his chest . When he breathed, her body could distinctively discern the rise and fall of his chest . This made her feel an inexplicable sense of awkwardness and shyness

Li Yubing landed a merciless finger flick on her head, causing her body to give a light shudder of pain . Feeling the tremble of the teenage girl in his arms, his heart had an odd sensation that was part satisfaction and part faint desire for something more . His dream surfaced in his head . Though it appeared as fragmented scenes, this did not diminish the dream’s t.i.tillation . His breathing became uneven and the heaving of his chest deepened

Tang Xue was still struggling fiercely when Li Yubing suddenly let go and released her

She rubbed her head . “Petty . ”.

Li Yubing turned without looking at her and pulled his luggage to the ticket gate

Baffled, Tang Xue grabbed her luggage and followed him

…….

Tang Xue went up to the train first . The luggage racks on the floor were full . She towed her luggage to her seat, intending to put it on the luggage rack above . When she lifted the 26-inch luggage, the surrounding pa.s.sengers looked at her in admiration

Tang Xue secretly despaired . She had stuffed numerous things in her luggage, to the point that it was nearly bursting . Halfway to the top, the luggage tottered and was on the verge of falling . However, the looks of admiration that everyone sent her way made her too self-conscious to put it down

A pair of arms suddenly appeared and took firm hold of the luggage

Tang Xue discovered Li Yubing standing behind her . His arms circled her two sides to grab the luggage, making it seem like he was hugging her from the back . That was not all . With one hand propping up the bottom of the luggage and the other gripping the luggage’s handle, Li Yubing’s actions mirrored hers . The handle was small and there was not much s.p.a.ce left for him to hold . Thus, half of his hand was resting on her hand

This was different from earlier . Just now, she was like a captured quail that was flailing her wings mindlessly . Now, they were pressed together so intimately that she could perceive the flow of his breath . Tang Xue extended her neck lightly and her head b.u.mped into his jaw

“Don’t move,” he said

Tang Xue immediately stilled, displaying a rare bout of obedience

Li Yubing heaved the luggage up . Tang Xue followed his lead and took effort to do the same but there was no need for her to do so . She could barely feel the weight of the luggage . Right now, what she most vividly felt was the hand resting on top of her right hand . His palm was broad and emitted a fiery dry heat as it wrapped around her hand . It was just like a mini stove roasting a frozen Chinese white pear in the stove chamber

When Li Yubing successfully put the luggage onto the rack, his arm was raised at an angle . Tang Xue was shorter than him by 20 cm . By turning her head slightly, her vision was filled with his arm . It gave her the feeling of being enfolded by a human-shaped cage . This was the first time in her life that she acutely felt the difference between a guy and a girl in terms of body and height .  This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com

She also finally understood why girls like tall guys

Li Yubing smoothly drew back his hands . He lowered his head and glanced at her . “What are you zoning out for?”.

“Nothing . ” Tang Xue quickly sat down on her seat

Li Yubing stored his own luggage and sat next to her . As he bought his ticket at a later timing, his seat was not here . He could only wait for the person sitting here to come and request to change seats with him

…….

After the high-speed rail set off, Tang Xue rested her chin on one hand and stared out of the window at the scenery, behaving like a cultured young lady

Li Yubing looked at her soft and s.h.i.+ny black hair . He asked, “What are you thinking about?”.

Tang Xue turned to look at him . Her eyes blinked . “I’m thinking…”.

Thinking… if we went to the same middle and high school, how would have things turned out?.

Li Yubing waited for a moment but Tang Xue did not continue her words . He could not help prompting her, “So what exactly are you thinking about?”.

Tang Xue did not say anything else . She fished out a mini pillow and an eye-mask, adjusted her seat, leaned back and tried to sleep

Li Yubing quietly watched her from the side

After a while, Tang Xue pulled down the eye mask . “Can’t sleep . I’ll listen to music . ” She took her bag and rummaged for a moment before asking Li Yubing, “Do you have earphones?”.

Watching her restless movements, Li Yubing did not get annoyed . He found his earphones and pa.s.sed it to her

“Thanks . ” Tang Xue plugged the earphones in and stuffed one earphone into her ear . Seeing how Li Yubing was gazing at her, she offered the other earphone to him . “Do you want to listen?”.

Li Yubing took the earphone and put it into his ear

Tang Xue selected a playlist and tried to fall asleep

The first song was a sweet and upbeat male and female duet called “Perfect Weather for Falling in Love with You” . [1].

 .

Li Yubing slowly twined the white wire of the earphones around his finger . He looked out of the window . The sky was overcast today . In the distance, the clouds hung heavy against the jagged peaks of the mountain range . Perhaps it might snow

When in a good mood, the weather—be it clear skies or an endless stretch of dark, stormy clouds—was always perfect

After watching the scenery for a while, Li Yubing’s eyelids started feeling a little heavy . He withdrew his gaze and looked at Tang Xue who was beside him

Her face was turned to the side and her breathing was even like she had fallen asleep

Li Yubing brushed her fringe but she did not respond

He poked her cheeks but she still did not respond

Li Yubing moved his hand down following the curve of her elbow . Finally, he grasped her hand

After taking hold of her hand, he began flipping it around in the palm of his hand . He played with it by kneading her palm and pinching her fingers . Slender and beautiful, the hand of a girl was indeed different . Her hand was beyond soft and he did not dare to use too much force for fear of damaging it

After playing for a while, Li Yubing suddenly lowered his head and drew her hand next to his mouth . His lips slightly apart, it captured her index finger and pressed down in a gentle bite

 .

Translator’s Notes:.

[1] The Chinese t.i.tle of “Perfect Weather for Falling in Love with You” is 爱上你的好天气 (ài shàng nǐ de hǎo tiān qì) . I searched this up on YouTube and immediately laughed cause it’s the OST of “My Mr . Mermaid”, which is a drama adapted from another of Jiu Xiaoqi’s book