CH 30

Chapter 30: A Little Extra Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.

Question: Why is Shu Lan so afraid of Xiao Lang and has to hide from him?

Answer: Three feet of ice does not form in a single day.

In the summer when she was five years old, the weather was very hot. Every evening, the villagers would sit under the tree at the door to enjoy the shade, chatting and chatting until the night got cold, and then they went home to sleep.

Qin-shi and Lan-shi sat chatting under the big locust tree by the river. 10-year-old Shu Wan was sitting beside her mother with a small fan and listened carefully to the two of them talking about how the mother-in-law of a specific family bullied her daughter-in-law. How the young lady of the landlord’s house cleaned up the little maid who was climbing the bed, and then the topic turned to what kind of skirts were popular in the town...

Before it was completely dark, Shu Maoting and Xiao Shouwang sat opposite each other under the apricot trees in the yard, chatting and playing chess. They occasionally mention Shu Zhan studying in the town.

At this moment, Xiao Lang walked in from the door.

“Uncle, is Ah Lan at home? I picked up two peaches in the mountain...”

Shu Maoting didn’t lift his head: “In the house, go and see if she’s awake.”

“Oh!” Xiao Lang covered his pocket and ran in.

The light in the room was dim, Xiao Lang opened the bamboo curtains, and saw Shu Lan lying on her back on the west heated-brick bed with four feet and eight forks (like an X). She was wearing a pair of white satin trousers and there was only a red dùdōu embroidered with peony flowers above. Her white and tender lotus-like root arms were placed on both sides of her head. In this position, he really didn’t know how she could fall asleep!

He walked over quietly, took off his shoes, and got on the heated-brick bed. He stared at her small face red from sleep for a while and reached out to hold her nose.

“Um...” Shu Lan turned her head, trying to break free from something that made her unable to breathe, but she failed several times. She had to open her eyes as she became more uncomfortable. She saw a dark shadow sit by your side in the dimness.

She blinked. The next moment she saw who the shadow was, and she was about to scream when she opened her mouth.

Xiao Lang covered her mouth in preparation and said with a smile: “Ah Lan, don’t be afraid. I was wrong last time, don’t worry, I will never bully you again.”

Shu Lan whimpered twice. Her misty almond eyes were full of disbelief. If it wasn’t for her luck that day, she would have drowned by him long ago!

Xiao Lang took out two green fruits. Seeing Shu Lan staring at the fruits, he slowly released his hand and handed the fruit to her: “Look, I found a wild peach tree on the mountain, which bears two fruits. I specially brought it back for you to eat. Is it good enough?”

Shu Lan swallowed her saliva, propped herself up, and sat up. She tilted her head to look at Xiao Lang, and asked uncertainty: “Really give me food?”

Xiao Lang nodded vigorously and handed the thing over: “We each have one, you pick first!”

Shu Lan immediately smiled beautifully. Let her pick first, then what he said must be true, so she sweetly and coquettishly said: “Older brother Wolf is so nice.” She reached out to get the round and big one. During this time, she secretly paid attention to Xiao Lang’s expression. Seeing that he was always smiling, she was completely relieved, grabbed the fruit, and bit it.

Almost instantly, a sour and bitter taste filled her mouth.

“Pah!” She bent down and spat out the pulp in her mouth, crying out, “You big liar...”

Hearing the movement, Shu Maoting walked in quickly. Seeing Shu Lan crying while wiping her mouth, he hurriedly hugged his daughter in his arms distressingly: “Why are you crying, didn’t your older brother give you peaches to eat?” He looked down at Xiao Lang, seeing him staring blankly at the thing in his hand. He obviously didn’t know why his daughter was crying.

Shu Lan hugged Shu Maoting’s neck and complained: “What a rotten peach. It’s bitter to death. He did it on purpose!”

How could peaches be bitter?

Shu Maoting became more puzzled. He bent down and picked up the fruit his daughter had bitten and was thrown on the ground. With just one glance, he couldn’t help laughing: “These two little idiots. How could this be a peach? This is a walnut. You can’t eat the green stuff on the outside!”

Xiao Lang let out an “ah” and bowed his head apologetically: “Uncle, it’s all my fault. I thought it was a peach, and caused Ah Lan to eat the wrong thing, then, then she will be fine after eating it, right? Will her stomach hurt?” The worry was real.

Shu Maoting patted his head and walked out with his daughter in his arms, saying as he walked: “It’s alright, just rinse her mouth.”

Shu Lan turned her head to look at Xiao Lang when he was about to step over the threshold. It turned out he didn’t know Walnut either...

As a result, she happened to see Xiao Lang shaking the fruit in his hand towards her with a schadenfreude smile on the corner of his mouth.

“Daddy, he did it on purpose!” Shu Lan shouted angrily in Shu Maoting’s arms.

Shu Maoting patted her fleshy back and reprimanded gently: “Don’t talk nonsense. Ah Lang is the nicest to you. If there is anything good, he remembers to share it with you. This time he just makes a mistake...”