Honey Stewed Squid Chapter 8

Chapter 8

On one end, he was wearing his headphones still listening on the phone, and his beautiful eyes nevertheless gives off some effort and sweeps over Tong Nian’s body, and then turn around to see: “You called her what?

“Elder, elder sister-in-law……” A little petrified. (Literally says: weak in the legs)

The dark eyes swept back to her: “Why did he call you elder sister-in-law?”

Tong Nian almost cried: “I don’t know……”

The devil know why this person must call me elder sister-in-law……
*Note: By saying devil know why, it’s like saying who in the world would know why. I mean no offense, but another way of thinking about it is: “G.o.ds knows why…”

He looked at him: “You know her?”

He closed his eyes, shook his head: “I don’t know.”

“Really?” He doubted.

“Really ……Leader (LaoDa) just forget about it and give me a knife.”*

*Note: By using this phrase of giving a knife he is trying to say that he’s really telling the truth.

His eyes narrowed again to Tong Nian: “Do you know him?” His chin pointed towards her…

The devil knows who he is……

He was silent for a few seconds, and then used English to tell the person in charge of the European team, “Continue talking, don’t stop.” Then, he standing up from the sofa by the window, he waves to Tong Nian. He motioned for her to follow him to a small office. Tong Nian is embarra.s.sed and does not dare lift her head. Yet also, not paying attention to those admiring eyes that seem to say “Leader (LaoDa) is managing his wife greatly”. With her head down, she obediently follows him into the small office.

He gave a beautiful gesture: close the door.

Tong Nian easily and quickly closes the door.

He walks behind door, turns on the air conditioner switch, and adjusts the temperature. He throws the outer black jacket off onto the empty sofa, and pointed to the chair beside her: sit.

Tong Nian quickly sits down.

The wheels slipped, and she almost didn’t sit stably……

Immediately correcting her posture, and then discovered, it isn’t because she didn’t sit stably, but because the wheels are broken……

(TN: Wow…that happened to me when my wheel came off on my chair. How is she still sitting right? -_-‘)

But, she felt the atmosphere here was too weird, and did not dare to move. She can only be embarra.s.sed as she sat on the chair with the broken wheel.  Finally, he got off the phone, and sat down across from her.

“The chair is broken?” He quickly glanced at the chair under her.

“Ah?” Tong Nian immediately shook her head, “It’s okay, it doesn’t matter. I can still sit.”

He looks down at the small wheels on the chair unconvinced. Without much concern, he conveniently opens the Texas Hold’em Poker game on his phone, and starts a round: “If I’m not mistaken, this is our second time meeting?”

She replied: “Mm……”

He asked: “The first time was the Internet café night bundle, the second time was just now?”

She answered: “Mm……”

She looked down toward her legs. Stirring her hands together, and melancholy cries*.”

Just a moment ago that case of unexpected mistake circled around in her head, and she roughly became aware of her what kind of mistake she had made. All because of Dou Nai, that guy is not reliable. He actually mistakenly gave me the wrong name.

Obviously the one he called is the sissy wearing the gla.s.ses……

That simply isn’t him……

The cards is still pretty good? He placed a bet, continued to ask: “Then do you know anyone else in K&K? Besides me?”

“There isn’t……”

He reaffirmed: “So, at this stadium, you only know me?”

“Mm……”

“So, you came to find me?”

“Ah? “ She startled looked up, and blurts out to deny, “No, that’s not it, I didn’t come to find you.”

Don’t tell me that I should have said it was love at first sight when she saw him several days ago. Or that in the morning, she saw him at the airport, and immediately she excitedly trys to find his news from over the world, and then from the anime expo to chased him finally to the stadium……

Of course I can’t!

He arched his eyebrow, he throws in all his stake on his phone into the bet, successfully scaring off all the opponents, wins a round, and collects the countless casino tokens into his bag: “Then that’s weird, you only know me, but didn’t come to find me……why did specifically come to the K&K lounge area?”

“I……” She stuttered, “I was just pa.s.sing by, felt it was interesting, and saw it was bustling with excitement here.”

“Oh? Came to see the exciting bustling environment?” He bent the corners of his mouth, his cheeks reveal a dimple, “You took an airplane and rushed here from far away, pa.s.s by this stadium, and felt it was interesting so you specially bought a ticket to watch the bustling scene. And then, you suddenly hear someone saying ‘there’s a player with stomach bleeding’. Thinking this person is pitiful, so……you enter the K&K lounge area to see this unlucky ghost?”

He concluded, and conveniently also emphasizing this sentence: “Oh, right, forgot to say, this unlucky ghost you also don’t know.”

She almost cried: “I really do not know him, really……”

Although it sounds like quibbling……

Combining these answers, after drawing an almost reasonable conclusion, he stopped the inquiry.

Just looking at the girl’s expression as she just spoke and the content of her speech, when she says she didn’t know. It is very unlikely, but two people with the same voice insisting they don’t know each other, estimated……is it a love debt situation? This little girl came from thousands of miles away but was rejected. And in return to protect him, she does not want to speak the truth?

But for what reason must it be said that she is my wife?

To make the boss the scapegoat?

He frowned. Suddenly he felt that not many of his key team members let him be worry-free. How come they are all love problems?

How come he isn’t asking anymore?

Tong Nian secretly raises her head again, took a quick glimpse at him. Unexpectedly, once again she was caught red-handed…

Turning off the game, in a teasing tone: “What? You have a questions you want to ask?

Mm? Really……it’s okay to ask?

Tong Nian hesitates for half a second, musters up the courage: “Are you also a professional player?

“Me?” He pondered for a moment, “Don’t count as one.”

“Then why do they call you Leader (Laoda)?”

This question?

He truly haven’t answer this toward outsiders before, but can only ambiguously say: “They play in compet.i.tions, and I take care of their housing, food and clothing.”

Oh……so it’s just like exhibition planning. To be responsible for organizing all of the guests to come. Arranging room and board, and arranging the entire process……that kind of work must certainly be very laborious. Ai*, these professional players, take so many awards. Such a sight to behold. Who would think about the hard work of the people behind the scenes?

*Note: Ai sounds like aye or as in when you say “Aiya!”

Tong Nian quietly, embarra.s.sed for a moment: If he later see her many fans, would he be scared off? Would he be pressured? Do men not like women who have more fans compared to him?

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

“That……Leader, you and……” Coughing twice, “Are you guys finished talking?” Asking with a quivering voice, evidently forced to get in the line of fire.

He slowly putting away the phone, not too patient: “You have something to say?”

“……No, just that……hungry……”

Subtext: Don’t know what you and sister-in-law are doing enclosed in the room, but letting the bunch of us from the morning until now who still haven’t eaten a thing. Pitiful single players, how can this be endured, ah how can this be endured!

“Let everyone board the bus first,” He looked down, glancing at his watch, also feeling the time was too late.

Regarding this little girl……

First, he let himself take on the blame, when night comes, he’ll take care of her matters..

He stood up, and picked up his coat from the sofa. Once again, he glances at her sitting position: “Are you sure that chair isn’t broken?

“It’s not.” Tong Nian stands up in a whiz.

With the sound of a bang, the chair crashed down.

(TN: Lol…omg…let me stop laughing for a bit before I continue translating)

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He looks at chair that has fallen to the ground, arches his eyebrow, doesn’t say anything, and directly goes out…

Tong Nian stands there alone.  Kind of wanting to cry for miles, and with urgency to run directly back home…

She vowed, the most embarra.s.sing thing in her life, was all done in these past few days..

The conference room was completely empty already. Whether it was the sick sissy, or the doctors and the nurses seeing the patient, all of them have been dismissed. Surrounded by silence, she blamed herself for three minutes, and finally dejectedly pushed the door, and walks out. .

In the work area, the tournaments today still have not ended yet, thus naturally, there were many staff members that was still there.

Everyone saw Tong Nian come out from the K&K’s special conference room.  Immediately glancing once more, guessing, and speculating. In the end, this weak little Moe girl compared to today’s people is of what origin?

……

Tong Nian quietly took a few steps, just somewhat sober.

Not right, her luggage.

Luggage is still in the hands of the boy who brought her in.

She pulled herself together, and looked around in all directions wanting to find which room she had put her luggage in. At this moment, a positively smiling boy pulling a silver luggage came over.

“Thank you.” Tong Nian put out a hand awkwardly, wanting to take her own luggage

“Sister-in-law what is this politeness for, “Grinningly, basically without giving any indication to give her back the luggage, “Quickly get in the bus. I’ll help you hold the luggage.”

“Ah?” Go where?

“Leader is still discussing things with the hosts. Let me take you in the bus first. Victory celebration, to eat dinner.”

“Ah? Victory celebration?

“We must meet sooner or later,” Lowering his voice, softly comforting, “Don’t be afraid ah, sister-in-law, don’t be afraid of us.”