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Chapter 35.2
Editor: Jodi
“Even parrots are snobs these days.” Xu Ling was extremely upset as they rode back to Qing’an Town on the tractor.
“It was cute.” Ning Sheng said. “That’s the first time I’ve had a conversation with a bird.”
“Chirp, chirp, chirp.” Xu Ling poked him, “Chirp, chirp.”
“Get lost.” Ning Sheng was disgusted.
The tractor chugged slowly, the straw on board dry and soft. The sky in the countryside was a vibrant blue, with fluffy clouds that drifted along with the breeze lazily.
Before long, Li Haoyue tapped Xu Ling’s shoulder and pointed at Ning Sheng.
Ning Sheng had fallen asleep on the straw.
The market had been fun, but it was also exhausting. Even though Ning Sheng’s energy had been improving steadily, he still wasn’t quite up to par with kids his age.
Xu Ling glanced over and saw Ning Sheng sitting there, his head tilted to one side as he breathed softly, his long eyelashes fluttering faintly with the movement of the tractor, like the fragile wings of a butterfly that might crumble at the slightest touch.
Xu Ling shifted, sat cross-legged, then laid Ning Sheng’s head on his lap.
“Princess is already tired?” Lu Peng whispered. “He needs to eat more of my family’s pork.”
“He also needs to learn how to fight better.” Xu Ling muttered under his breath.
“I think he should do more math problems to enrich his mind.” Li Haoyue added.
Xu Ling: “You two write a plan and give it to me to review it.”
Lu Peng: “?”
Li Haoyue: “?”
After a day full of play, one would always sleep soundly and deeply, so Ning Sheng’s sleep today was much deeper than usual.
However he was woken up because of sinking.
He was lying on Xu Ling’s lap, covered by three people’s cotton-padded jackets.
“You guys!” He struggled. “Are you trying to bury me alive?”
“Sleep a bit longer.” A hand pushed him back down, “We’re almost there.”
Ning Sheng: “?”
Lu Peng and Li Haoyue had both passed out in awkward positions on the tractor, while Xu Ling was the only one still awake.
“How far now?” Ning Sheng asked.
“We’re almost at that tree you climbed.” Xu Ling said. “Do you want to relive the experience?”
Ning Sheng rolled his eyes, tilted his head back, then fell asleep again.
Xu Ling chuckled to himself quietly.
The trip to the market fair had done wonders, because by the time they got back, Ning Sheng even found Pei Qi more pleasing to the eye.
After all, no matter how annoying, they were still something he raised himself.
Standing by the pigpen, he tore off a few leaves of cabbage and tossed them in.
“Want to take a bath?” Xu Ling yawned. “I’ll get you some clothes.”
Ning Sheng: “I want to wear the new one you just bought.”
“I haven’t even worn it yet.” Xu Ling told him.
Ning Sheng: “This Young Master will bless it for you.”
Recently, thanks to Xu Ling’s persistent efforts, his family’s bathroom had gotten an upgrade, and now with a basic shower, Ning Sheng loved to stay at night even more.
“Dog Xu.” Ning Sheng called out halfway through his shower, “I want to eat an orange.”
In the past, Xu Ling used to pour buckets of water over his head while he was bathing, something which he didn’t quite like.
However sometimes, the little devil king would give him an orange.
And he quite…. liked it.
“Hang on.” Xu Ling shouted from outside.
A moment later, the bathroom door creaked open, and Ning Sheng sitting in the tub watched as Xu Ling handed him— a plate of grapefruit.
“I asked for an orange.” Ning Sheng told him, “Not its cousin.”
“It’s not home today, but its cousin is just as tasty.” Xu Ling tried to sell it.
“And why aren’t you done yet?” Xu Ling grabbed the body wash, lathering some foam and rubbing it on his shoulder.
“It hurts.” Ning Sheng pulled away.
“Really? Then let me press harder.” Xu Ling said. “Otherwise if not now, then when?”
Ning Sheng: “?”
“Don’t pounce on me! I just swallowed bath water!” Xu Ling said angrily.
“Do you even deserve it?” Ning Sheng shot back angrily.
After the bath, Ning Sheng sat on Xu Ling’s bed with a bottle of melon milk, watching TV.
Meanwhile Xu Ling, crouching in front of a mirror, grimaced as he looked at the two red marks on his neck.
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Ning: The math nerd is on TV.
[AAA Premium Piglets Wholesale]: I’ve also seen it, it’s an interview for a competition.
[AAA Premium Piglets Wholesale]: He said the current math textbooks are all trash.
[AAA Premium Piglets Wholesale]: Then he casually promoted his family’s orchard, my family’s pork shop, and Xu Ling’s car wash.
Ling: I told him to say that.
[AAA Premium Piglets Wholesale]: He also mentioned that the campus belle spot belongs to princess.
Ling: ? That was his own improvisation.
Ning Sheng, fuming, flopped back onto the bed.
“Stop calling me princess.” He grumbled. “No one is allowed to call me that in high school.”
Xu Ling: “Then we still have some time.”
The night grew still, and before long, Ning Sheng had fallen asleep next to Xu Ling.
Xu Ling fell asleep too, however he woke up not long afterwards, his eyes wide open like saucers.
Then cursing under his breath softly, he got up, rummaged through his drawers for a fresh pair of underwear, then went into the bathroom upstairs.
The noise woke Ning Sheng up.
“Xu Dashan!” Ning Sheng started scolding, “Are you sick? Washing clothes at three in the morning?”
“I suddenly felt that my clothes were dirty and so needed washing.” Xu Ling’s voice echoed from the bathroom.
Ning Sheng: “?”
“It’s your brain that needs washing right?” Ning Sheng retorted.
“Go back to sleep.” Xu Ling called out, “I’m almost done.”
“So noisy.” Ning Sheng grumbled. “Just don’t make any noise.”
“Fine, I’ll wash with my mind.” Xu Ling agreed, “Give me a second to chant a spell.”
Ning Sheng shut his eyes again but didn’t sleep. The sound of the water in the bathroom became much quieter.
Xu Ling came back not long after, sneaking back with a clothes hanger in hand.
Then the little devil king balanced the hanger on a pole and hung a pair of underwear outside the window.
Ning Sheng: “?”
Washing underwear in the middle of the night? Did he wet the bed? Just don’t wet my side.
Wait, no.
On second thought, this was the time when dogs developed and grew up.
“My dog is growing up.” He thought proudly. “I really know how to raise.”
The dog finished hanging the underwear, breathed a sigh of relief, then climbed back into bed gently.
Moonlight streamed through the gap in the curtains, casting a soft glow over Ning Sheng’s peaceful, beautiful sleeping face, his lips curling into a small smile.
Xu Ling tugged at his hair in frustration, trying to shake the dream from his head.
Ning Sheng opened his eyes: “Are you shaking your brain out at three a.m.? If you don’t go back to sleep, you’ll go out and stand there as punishment.”
“…” Xu Ling lay flat.