Chapter 74 (2)
While Tong Yao wondered when the two of them could compliment each other with sincerity, Lu Sicheng abruptly came to a stop when the crowd in front of him stopped– –Tong Yao who was still focused on his earrings bumped into Lu Sicheng. To steady herself, Tong Yao grabbed Lu Sicheng’s wrist out of instinct!
After the crowd dispersed somewhat enough for them to continue, Lu Sicheng still stood there, unmoving. He lowered his head to see the hand on his wrist and paused for a moment: “Shorty.”
Tong Yao: “?”
Lu Sicheng: “You seem to be taking advantage of me today a lot, what’s going on?”
Tong Yao: “……………………………..”
Tong Yao: “Screw you!”
Tong Yao threw down Lu Sicheng’s hand and stepped back three steps to show her innocence– –Lu Sicheng lightly smacked: “You can’t even wear shoes with heels well, why bother pretending to be a grown up.” Then he turned towards the fish section. Tong Yao stood at the same place and stared at his back for a while before hurriedly catching back up with him.
……There was much fewer people over at the fish section.
Lu Sicheng intended to buy the cheapest kind of goldfish. They randomly picked a stand to ask for prices. Tong Yao squatted down in front of the stand with a small fish net in hand. Her eyes following the swimming fish. She asked without looking back: “Cheng Ge, how many do you want?”
“Whatever.”
“What color?”
“Black.”
“Those gold and red ones look much better. The tails are like little umbrellas.”
“Oh, really? I want black ones.”
“Red looks prettier and festive. Look at that one, it’s so lively. You can tell just by looking at it that it’ll live forever– –”
“The one I had before could live forever if a fat cat hadn’t eaten it– –I said I want a black one. Put down the net. Who’s buying the fish anyway, you or me?”
Lu Sicheng squatted down next to Tong Yao and grabbed the net out of her hands. Tong Yao wanted to grab it back but Lu Sicheng gingerly moved away out of reach……They squatted in front of the stand pushing and shoving, bickering back and forth about whether to get a red or black goldfish each only worth 1.5RMB. They were having a genuine argument– —
“It’s my fishbowl, I decide.”
“Why do you dislike red so much? Then in the future, let me always have red buff.”
“You just try to touch my red buff.”
“You’re so capable, why don’t you convince the developers to make a black buff in the jungle for you. Just say that you’d like it that way, no objections accepted. It’s your jungle, you decide. Just like that.”
“You’re so chatty.”
They talked back and forth for about 10 minutes, 8 minutes of which was arguing who would get the buffs in the jungle– –The owner didn’t know what to think about the good looking couple that seemed to be speaking nonsense with complete seriousness……
Finally, the owner couldn’t stand it anymore. He was afraid that these two would bicker right in front of his stand for the entire day over just 1.50RMB fish. He interrupted them: “Young man, why don’t you just listen to this young lady. What’s the point of arguing about this with your girlfriend? Us men always suffer when women get irritated– –Wait till next month, when she refuses to hold hands with you and says its because you didn’t even let her get a fish in her favorite color last month, then you’ll regret today.”
Lu Sicheng: “……”
While Lu Sicheng paused, Tong Yao took the chance to grab the net back, scooped up the fish she’d been watching, and put it into a small bowl at the side. Then she quickly stuffed the net into the owner’s hand with a smile: “You must be joking. I’m not his……”
“Will you sell the fish for 1 RMB?” Lu Sicheng asked.
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