Title: Baby’s Breath
Translator: System Yaoi
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Chapter 9 If you aren’t obedient, I won’t take you home
Xue Youka finished eating lunch and left the house, he was still carrying his school bag, which contained the homework assigned by He Xiaoyou.
There was no summer homework during Xue Youka’s vacation, but He Xiaoyou was strict with him regarding studies. His mom bought a seventh grade exercise book and expected Xue Youka to do the exercises by himself. She even tore out the answer key at the back of the exercise book so that Xue Youka could not refer to answers or cheat in the exercises given in the workbook.
His days went by with the mindset of three days fishing, two days drying net1sān tiān dǎ yú, liǎng tiān shài wǎng, this Chinese idiom is used to express that the person has no perseverance in studying and work, often gets interrupted, and cannot be persisted for a long time. He only wrote a little. Knowing that he had to soon hand in his homework, he had to hold the Buddha’s feet2lín shí bào fó jiǎo is another Chinese idiom to say when danger arises, or to profess devotion only when in troubleThe following parts of the text will be scrambled to prevent theft from aggregators and unauthorized epub making. Please support our translators by reading on secondlifetranslations (dot) com. If you are currently on the site and and you are seeing this, please clear your cache.
doing things at the last minute,
making a hasty last-minute effort, temporarily and pressuring himself to give the best results possible in his situation.
Sitting next to Cheng Yu, Xue Youka held his school bag in his arms. Chu Jin sat in the front passenger’s seat and asked him: “Do you still have to study when you are going out to play?”
“My mom, she gave me homework to do, when I go home tonight, she will be asking for it.”
Chu Jin: “So obedient. How much is still left? Is it difficult? If it is, you should let your brother teach you.”
Xue Youka simply denied.
Seeing this, Cheng Yu glanced at him.
Chu Jin still smiled and said: “Your brother told this old man that you wanted to go to Qingzhou to buy a birthday present for your mother?”
[/scramble]Xue Youka nodded.
“Really filial.”
“Uncle Chu, do you plan to go to Qingzhou to see an exhibition?”
“Yes, it is a space art exhibition.”
Xue Youka was not interested in art exhibitions. He then asked: “Uncle Chu, when will you be done with the exhibition? I can take the bus to look for a suitable present and I will find you after I buy one. I will feel bad to delay your business.”
Chu Jin waved his hand and spoke unhurriedly: “How long can it take you to buy something? We’ll buy it with you first and then go to the exhibition later together.”
This little girl didn’t even have a cell phone, they took her to Qingzhou themselves so how could he possibly let her go wandering around by herself in this unfamiliar place?
For Xue Youka, this was the first time he had traveled this far with someone he had just recently met. They drove from Shanling County to Qingzhou in less than an hour and a half. The young boy was listening to songs in the car while doing his homework, he also caught a glimpse of Cheng Yu playing with a pair of drumsticks.
While Cheng Yu was playing with his drumsticks he could still hear the music playing from Xue Youka’s very old and poorly maintained MP3 player from a distance. You did not need to listen carefully to know that it was from a passionate anime episode.
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They ended up going into a shoe store. The shop worker’s face became stiff when he saw Xue Youka take out a pile of coins and crumpled change from his school bag.
The two other men who accompanied Xue Youka were also a little surprised, and they knew that this must be the money the child had saved for a long time.
One worker counted the money, and the other wrapped up the shoes. Xue Youka asked the aunty who was obviously about the same age as his mother: “Sister, can you wrap it in wrapping paper and add a ribbon to make it look good?”
“This kid, I’m sorry, we have ribbons here, but no wrapping paper, but there is a stationery store in the mall. You can buy wrapping paper there for two yuan a roll.”
The worker counted the money twice, and it took him a long time to figure out the extra coins he had to return to the young boy. Xue Youka stuffed the coins back into his lucky cat piggy bank and put both the piggy bank and the shoe package into his school bag.
Cheng Yu considerably helped him put on his school bag and asked: “I had said why your bag was so heavy before but you didn’t mention anything, how long have you been saving the money?”
“I am saving them for several years now…” His mother always took away the New Year’s Eve money he received, saying that she would save it for him as his college tuition. Xue Youka could only save a small amount of money from time to time. In addition, to earn the bits of change, he ran a business at school, he took breaks between classes, and even collected the stock trading guide books that Hu Pi’s mother lost. When he was free, he read a lot of books in order to learn some financial knowledge.
Hu Pi’s father bought a computer for stock trading, however ended up at the end of the bull market. It did not take long for him to lose his money. Hu Pi’s mother was so angry that she smashed the computer and gave away all stock market analysis books.
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This day was very fulfilling. Xue Youka bought shoes for his mother decorated with wrapping paper, and even attended an exhibition. Although he could not understand it, he took a picture as a memory. When they came out of the exhibition hall, Wei Bo went to a supermarket to buy some water and asked Xue Youka to pick up some snacks. “Buy whatever you want, uncle invites you to eat.”
Finally, Xue Youka chose a bag of instant noodles and asked: “Is this fine?”
Wei Bo was surprised and questioned: “Why did you buy a pack of instant noodles?”
“I just heard you talking about wanting to eat seafood for dinner.” Xue Youka rubbed the corner of the instant noodles package and continued: “You guys can enjoy it, I’ll just eat instant noodles.”
“Are you allergic to seafood?”
“No…” He looked even more embarrassed.
Wei Bo understood that the kid was being polite. He laughed and said with a smile: “You kid, it’s not like I won’t buy you dinner. Besides, are you going to buy a bag of instant noodles? How do you plan to eat it?”
“Of course I will mix it with the seasoning packet and eat it dry.” If it was possible and allowed, Xue Youka would like to eat dry instant noodles everyday, they were not great and heavy for the stomach.
A hand appeared behind him, Cheng Yu pulled out the pack of instant noodles from his hands and stuffed it back onto the shelf.
“What are you doing?” Xue Youka turned around and asked.
“I won’t pay for this.”
“Even if you don’t buy it for me, I have the money to buy it myself.”
Cheng Yu reached out and grabbed his collar and dragged him over while reprimanding: “If you are not obedient, I won’t take you home.”
Xue Youka opened his eyes wide in a posture of being carried by the collar, staring at him blankly, like a threatened little squirrel. Cheng Yu released his hand and stared at him with his head down, without much emotion in his eyes.
“Oh…” Xue Youka lowered his head down honestly.
Wei Bo quickly said: “This brother is just teasing you. You are not allowed to buy instant noodles because they are unhealthy. Wherever we eat tonight, you can eat whatever you want, you are welcome.”
The boy nodded obediently.
After getting in the car, Cheng Yu handed him an ice cream bar, but Xue Youka refused to accept it. Cheng Yu frowned and just casually threw the ice cream at him.
Xue Youka did not want to eat it. The boy felt that he had eaten too much from this person’s home, and wondered if it made Cheng Yu unhappy. Just now he said he wouldn’t take him home.
He looked up and saw Cheng Yu was eating the ice cream bar, still feeling a little greedy, he endured. Xue Youka passed the Menglong3Chinese name for the popular Magnum ice cream bar available in many flavours to Uncle Chu in the passenger seat, saying: “Uncle Chu, you can eat this.”
Chu Jin looked in the rearview mirror and found that Cheng Yu was sitting next to the car door with his face facing outside, wearing an unhappy expression. He asked Xue Youka: “What? Didn’t your brother buy this for you? Why don’t you eat it?”
Xue Youka pursed his lips and thought of an explanation and said: “My stomach… is not feeling well.” After speaking, he covered his belly.
“Stomach…” Chu Jin originally wanted to ask what the pain was, or whether to go to the hospital, but suddenly remembered something and didn’t ask.
Cheng Yu frowned slightly when he saw the thin girl clutching her stomach with a bitter face.
Even at dinner, Chu Jin didn’t order sashimi, but spicy fried clams, ivory mussels, and steamed eggs with sea cucumbers. They were all cooked dishes, after all, Chu Jin was afraid that the coldness of raw dishes would aggravate the little girl’s physiological reaction.
Xue Youka ate with restraint and was too embarrassed to eat any of the fancy dishes. Later, it seemed that everyone was full, but leaving so much leftover food was a waste so he just gave up and let go of the little restrain he was practicing.
Sweeping the rest of the table clean, Wei Bo praised his appetite, and Xue Youka just responded by saying that he was especially hungry today.
Xue Youka said: “I have a big appetite today. I usually eat a lot since I want to grow taller like my brother Cheng Yu.”
Cheng Yu, who was 1.8 meters tall, sneered.
In the car, Xue Youka was a little sleepy, but he had yet to finish his homework. He told his grandma that he would go home soon. He did not know if his grandma would call home and ask about him. If she did, it would be found that he was not at home.
He scratched his neck while doing his homework, not knowing why, but he was a little itchy.
Wei Bo drove at a high speed back to Shanling County from Qingzhou, only taking about an hour or so.
When getting off the highway, the car came to a stop for a while and slowed down. When Cheng Yu turned his head, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with Xue Youka.
Xue Youka scratched his face with his pen and bent over to scratch his legs.
Cheng Yu directly reached out and shackled his wrist, saying in a reprimanding tone: “Don’t scratch.”
The clueless boy raised his head, with countless red rashes on his face and neck, he was dripping with sweat.
“I’m fine, maybe I was bitten by a mosquito at the beach just then.”
Cheng Yu ignored him and reported: “Wei Bo, go to the hospital, she is allergic to seafood.”
Wei Bo looked back and realized the seriousness of the matter, and was quick to drive to Shanling County Hospital.
“Your home is so close to the sea, don’t you know that you’re allergic to seafood?” Cheng Yu saw that he was still scratching, so he directly knocked his hand down, scolding: “Still scratching.”
“I don’t know, I don’t eat seafood often.” Even though his father works in Beihai, he rarely brought seafood back.
Cheng Yu grabbed one of his hands, but Xue Youka’s other hand couldn’t be controlled. The hand sneaked down to try and scratch his foot. Cheng Yu continued to stare at him and simply locked onto both of his hands.
Xue Youka’s eyes were red, and he even felt sick in his stomach.
Soon, Wei Bo found the hospital and commanded: “Quickly, Cheng Yu, you take her to the registration desk while I find a parking spot.”
Grandpa Chu Jin also came with Cheng Yu and hurried to the emergency room. There were a few people in the waiting room so he went to the registration desk to check with them.
This hospital was where He Xiaoyou worked, but Xue Youka was only familiar with the obstetrics and gynecology department, doctors and nurses in other departments did not know him, not to mention that he looked so pitiful now.
Cheng Yu gave him a glass of warm water. Looking back, he saw Xue Youka sitting on the chair secretly scratching his neck again.
“I told you not to scratch!”
“I know, but it’s so itchy…” He slowly put his hand down and Cheng Yu asked him to drink the water. Xue Youka this time obediently followed the older boy’s words.
Cheng Yu asked him if he was still uncomfortable: “Are there any other symptoms?”
“My eyes… are a little dizzy.” Xue Youka blinked and explained: “It feels like when I wore my grandma’s reading glasses.”
When Cheng Yu heard him say such a thing, he knew the situation was a bit serious.
“I knew I should not have let you eat that much at dinner.”
“So now you know I should have just bought that packet of beef noodles with sauerkraut!”
“Don’t talk, you are too ugly to look now.”
“Oh.”
Xue Youka was a boy who didn’t care about beauty and ugliness. He waited with his head tilted downwards. Then suddenly, Xue Youka saw an acquaintance from a distance!
It is not that he could recognize her by her face with his blurry vision, but he recognized the skirt! It’s his cousin Fang Liqing!
Is it because of her asthma again?
Xue Youka was shocked and did not know what to think. Seeing his cousin walking towards the emergency room, he turned his head and hid his face away, his face deeply buried in Cheng Yu’s neck and shoulders.
For a moment, Cheng Yu’s breathing stilled, feeling Xue Youka tremblingly arch his head against his neck.
He did not know if it was saliva or sweat that rubbed on him and made him wet, but Cheng Yu frowned, trying to pull him away with his backhand.
“Wait a minute!” Xue Youka was very afraid of being seen by his cousin, the boy was always teased by her since childhood. When Fang Liqing hadn’t entered junior high school, she saw him in school, she always pretended not to see him. His cousin even told him: “We do not know each other outside the house and when out of sight of our family.”
Her expression always seemed to say: “Our family does not have a poor relative like you.”
So whenever he met her beside when they were with their family, he would always avoid her.
“Cheng Yu, wait a minute… my stomach hurts.” Hearing her voice being a little dull, Cheng Yu lowered his head and saw sweat dripping down Xue Youka’s neck profusely. Red rash-like mosquito like-bumps were protruding from her spine all the way to the base of her white neck.
The girl was still trembling a little.
Cheng Yu’s raised hand slowly fell down.
Then, he patted the little girl’s head lightly.
TLers Note: (You might have already read this note at PD & BPETIT’s bonus Kofi update)
Hwello again, you all can skip this note if you want to ><, this is just system rabbling about her feelings. System got a Kofi yesterday by a kind reader. And not even kidding, when system gets the mail stating that you got a Kofi, it’s a kind of happy feeling that makes you dance. Anywho, system just wants to apologise, it feels as if system has wronged the readers. All 3 projects of system are very dear to system, but due to personal reasons and studies, it’s just system cannot contribute all the time to these projects. But system promises that she will do her absolutely best to complete all 3 projects and try not to let anyone down. System really hopes you all can stick around to see that day. Thank you so much for being here with system and sharing the same interests. Stay safe and take care!
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