Rock Sugar And Pear Stew Chapter 59

Chapter 59 – Obedient Tang Xue (Translated and edited by Xing)

When Tang Xue woke up the next morning, her father was already home . He was cooking noodles in the kitchen . Thin wheat noodles simmered in a rich tomato broth garnished with chopped onions while two eggs sizzled on the frying pan . A mouth-watering scent filled the air, greatly whetting the appet.i.te of anyone who smelled it in the early morning .

Tang Xue leaned against the kitchen door and swallowed her saliva .

Princ.i.p.al Tang got a shock when he turned his head casually and saw her . “Why do you have a moustache?”

Tang Xue patted her head . “Forgot to wash it off . ”

Having said that, how did she fall asleep last night? Tang Xue searched her memories and the only impression she had was of her lying on the sofa to watch television . Li Yubing that lunatic who was fond of old people hobbies had stolen her remote control .

Then, she seemed to have fallen asleep after that .

As for how she moved from the sofa to the bed…

Tang Xue immediately felt her cheeks getting a little warm . Ruffled, she raised a hand and rubbed her neck .

She turned to wash up . Princ.i.p.al Tang topped the pot with more hot water and took out additional noodles to add in . He asked, “How much do you want to eat?”

Tang Xue did not even turn her head as she replied with confidence, “I’ll eat however much you cook”

Princ.i.p.al Tang, “…”

When she came out of the washroom, the cooked noodles were already served on the table . The father-daughter duo sat down for breakfast . Tang Xue asked her father, “Where’s mom?”

“She just fell asleep after being busy for the whole night . I’ll cook for her again when she wakes up . ”

Tang Xue was slightly resentful . “Always out taking care of the motherland’s flowers and ignoring the flower at home . ”

Princ.i.p.al Tang was tickled . “You have a pretty high opinion of yourself . ” He suddenly thought of something and asked Tang Xue, “I just filled up the fridge and found it nearly empty this morning . Tell me, did you sell the things inside because you’re tight on money?”

Tang Xue almost choked on her noodles . After coughing for some time, she looked at her father with dissatisfied eyes . “Am I someone with such a terrible character? … I merely invited some schoolmates over for hot pot . ”

“What a modest description . Are you sure you didn’t invite an elephant over for hot pot?”

The reason why Princ.i.p.al Tang did not believe her was because the kitchen and living room were simply way too clean . He could not have known that this was due to Li Yubing and Liao Zhenyu’s diligent and meticulous efforts at cleaning up . They had even thrown the rubbish before they left .  This chapter is a labour of love that should not be found outside of teafragrance[dot]wordpress[dot]com .

“So that’s how you actually think of me . ” Tang Xue was deeply hurt . “All right, since I know you don’t want me anymore, I shall go find my grandparents in a while . ”

Princ.i.p.al Tang knew that she was going to tell on him . He waved his chopsticks . “Fine, fine, fine . Eat your food . Don’t go around causing trouble for me over the New Year . ”

“That said, I’m certainly a little tight on money now . How about you lend me some allowance money first? I’ll return it to you when I get my red packet money . I’ll give you a hundred and one yuan for every hundred yuan . ”

“You’re definitely here to collect debts from my past life . ”

After pestering her father for the better part of the morning, she managed to pester him for two hundred yuan .

During the day, she did some physical exercises in her neighbourhood and inline skated around for a while . Even though inline skating was a subst.i.tute training method, there were still differences between solid ground and ice . It was important to retain familiarity with the ice surface, the so-called ‘feel’ of the ice .

Tang Xue touched the two pathetic bills in her pockets, at a loss where she could go to ice skate . Then, Li Yubing that fellow messaged her unexpectedly .

He sent her a link to an amus.e.m.e.nt park . The amus.e.m.e.nt park was newly-built in their city and had a huge Ferris wheel that looked stunning . At the base of the Ferris wheel was an outdoor ice rink .

This was a pretty nice place that was both attractive and crowded . Tempted, Tang Xue scrolled down for the ticket prices and her vision immediately went black .

An amus.e.m.e.nt park? More like a bandits’ lair! This was daylight robbery!

Li Yubing: When ordering takeout today, I got lucky and managed to win two evening-entry tickets .

Tang Xue: Say it, what do you want me to do before bringing me to have fun .

Li Yubing: Call me something pleasant . [1]

Tang Xue: Daddy!

Li Yubing: …