Chapter 38: Renovation Plan (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
At first, Shu Lan looked around curiously, but slowly she could no longer walk: “Older brother Wolf, let’s catch fish here, don’t go anymore, my feet hurt!”
Xiao Lang looked at her and said temptingly: “Don’t worry, don’t worry. We’ll be there soon. There are so many fishes over there. There is no fish here at all!”
Hearing this, Shu Lan turned her head and looked into the river. The shallow river water was sparkling, crystal clear, and indeed no fish could be seen. She pouted. Knowing this, she would let him come alone, as long as he forked the fish, she could still eat it.
After walking for a while, Shu Lan finally gave up, twisting her body to get free from Xiao Lang’s hand: “I don’t want to eat fish anymore. I want to go home!” No matter what Xiao Lang said, she didn’t listen. Her feet were aching and Shu Lan cried out in grievance.
Xiao Lang understood this was the maximum that Shu Lan could tolerate at the moment, so he hurriedly put the bucket aside, leaned over to wipe her tears, and coaxed in a low voice: “Alright, alright, let’s not go, just fork fish here, do you want to fork with me? If you fork yourself, you can catch as much as you want!”
In just a few words, Shu Lan’s attention was successfully diverted.
“But I can’t...” She looked at the river, annoyed.
Xiao Lang smiled and patted her head, carried her to the stone next to it, and sat down. While taking off her shoes and socks, he said: “It’s alright, older brother will teach you. It’s very easy.” Seeing Shu Lan’s red feet, thinking that she had never traveled such a long distance before, she must have been exhausted just now, and he couldn’t help but feel a little distressed.
Shu Lan had forgotten the discomfort on her feet. When Xiao Lang took off her shoes and socks for her, she was about to run into the river.
“Wait!” Xiao Lang pulled her back in time, lifted her skirt, and pinned it around her waist, then rolled up her trouser legs before letting her go.
The river water only reached the knees, and there was a layer of fine sand below which was very comfortable to step on. Especially when you lift your feet, the gurgling river water immediately surrounded your feet, stroked the delicate and sensitive skin, and shuttled between your fingers, making it easy for you to walk. The fatigue and soreness of the long journey were gone. There was a cool wind blowing from the shore, even if the hot sun hung high, it did not feel panicked.
Shu Lan walked around the river playfully. When she was tired of walking, she remembered she was here to fork fish, and hurriedly stopped, looking down at the surrounding water.
Don’t say fat and big fish, not even a finger-thick fry!
She turned around angrily and glared at Xiao Lang: “You lied to me again, where is there any fish...” She didn’t expect to meet the thin wheat-colored chest, so shocked that she swallowed the complaining words back in her stomach, and asked instead, “What are you doing? Why did you take off your clothes?”
She only took off her shoes and socks, but Xiao Lang only had a pair of gray cloth shorts all over his body. The sun was shining on him, making him even darker.
“It’s so cool!” Xiao Lang said casually, handing the sharpened bamboo spear in his hand to Shu Lan and then turning behind her. Because there was still a gauze on his left arm, he couldn’t make big moves, so he helped Shu Lan put up a posture first, and then pressed his left hand on her shoulder, put his right hand on Shu Lan’s small hand, and said to her ear: “You walked around here just now, scaring the fish away. Now stand upright, the fish will swim over in a while, just wait, and don’t speak.” After speaking, he pecked her face.
Shu Lan was used to his sneak attack from time to time and didn’t take it to heart at all. She was staring at the water, waiting for the fish to swim over.
Her serious appearance made Xiao Lang fascinated, and he simply bit her small, white, and smooth earlobe and tasted it carefully.
Shu Lan was so tickled by him that she couldn’t calm down at all. She knocked her head against his forehead, stared, and said in a low voice: “Don’t mess around, I want to catch fish!”
Xiao Lang fell in love with her charming and beautiful appearance!
He turned her head over and covered her tender red lips fiercely. After he had eaten enough, he let go of her panting slightly, and before she got angry, he said solemnly: “Okay, stop talking, what if you scare the fish away?” He made a look at the water’s surface.
In order to catch the big, fat, fish, Shu Lan couldn’t let it out even if she was angry. She glared at him angrily and ignored him.
Xiao Lang stood behind her, smiling extremely happily.
After a while, small fry gradually came over and just got close, they retreated and then turned back as if they were testing something.
Shu Lan was unprecedentedly nervous.
“It’s here!” Xiao Lang suddenly squeezed her hand tightly and lifted the bamboo spear out of the water.
Shu Lan’s heart followed rising. She looked around anxiously. Where was the fish, why didn’t she see it?
Just when she began to suspect Xiao Lang was lying again, her hand that was clenched by Xiao Lang suddenly stabbed at her feet uncontrollably. The strange feeling from the top of the bamboo spear made her hold her breath. The next moment, Xiao Lang had already picked up the bamboo spear and held it high. Shu Lan looked up and saw a big, fat, fish forked on it, shaking its head and tail uneasily, and the water droplets splashed all over her body.
“Ah, it really hit a fish!” She exclaimed excitedly as if not noticing that her skirt was wet.
Xiao Lang took her back to the shore. He put the fish into the wooden bucket filled with water, turned around, and smiled: “How about it, am I very good?”
Shu Lan didn’t look at him. She stared at the fish in the bucket with a smile and her almond eyes turned crescent-shaped as if the fish had been turned into a dish and placed on the table.
Xiao Lang felt a little frustrated, so he simply sat on the ground, stretched out his hand, and pulled Shu Lan into his arms. He hugged her tightly and said: “I forked you fish to eat, how do you thank me?”
His legs were still wet, and as soon as Shu Lan sat down, she felt damp and uncomfortable. She twisted and wanted to stand up.
How could Xiao Lang let her run away? Since she didn’t speak, then he would ask for benefits.
Holding her head, he lowered his head and covered her lips. It was very inconvenient in the river just now. He hadn’t enjoyed it himself yet...