Those Sweet Times - Chapter 51 Part 1

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.



Those Sweet Times
Chapter 51 Part 1

Lin Chuyan wanted to borrow one of his father’s cars.

Lin Xueyue asked: “What for?”

“To go out with some classmates.”

“Ok, sure. But I have to tell you in advance that if you damage the car in any way, you have to pay for the repairs yourself.”

“Isn’t that point of insurance?”

“Well, do you want to borrow one or not?”

It seemed to Lin Chuyan that his father wanted him to get in an accident with the car, depleting all the money he had saved.

Being on the cautious side, he picked the cheapest car from his father’s car collection.

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Lin Chuyan, Zheng Dongkai, and Waiwai were all from Nanshan City. Yang Yin was also in the city. They didn’t have anything important to do during their vacation and were quite happy to have the chance to go to Xiang Nuan’s city for a chance to earn some money.

Lin Chuyan drove to pick up the other three. Waiwai lived the closest and was the first one to arrive at the pick up place. Lin Chuyan parked the car and rolled down the window to call him.

Waiwai was surprised: “Where did you get this Porsche?”

“I borrowed it.”

“Tsk, tsk. Why don’t I have such a rich relative.” Waiwai sighed and got in the car.

Lin Chuyan said: “It doesn’t make much difference whether you have one or not.”

Waiwai nodded: “That’s true.”

After a short while, Zheng Dongkai and Yang Yin arrived. It was the first time the three men had met the coach. Yang Yin was of average height with short hair and single eyelids. She had very fair skin, probably from staying at home most of the time. When she smiled, there was a tiny dimple right next to her lips…...She looked just like the girl next door, a daddy’s girl.

It was hard to imagine a girl like this could be bold enough to quit school at 16 to go play professional esports.

Yang Yin asked Lin Chuyan: “How long is the drive?”

“Less than two hours.” Lin Chuyan replied and started the GPS.

The destination was the name of a residential area.

“Are we going to Xiang Nuan’s home directly?”

“En.”

Though Yang Yi wasn’t much older than the three men, she had been working for some years now and was more aware of social etiquette: “Then shall we bring something over as a gift? Are Xiang Nuan’s parents going to be home?”

“I have some fruit in the trunk. I don’t think we need to buy anything else.”

“Oh, ok.”

Lin Chuyan couldn’t forget the way Xiang Nuan’s father looked at him. It seemed like he was sizing up Lin Chuyan, as if Lin Chuyan was the bad guy who was going to steal his child.

Thus, Lin Chuyan was wary of appearing too attentive and thought some fresh fruit probably would be more proper.

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Xiang Nuan’s home was a three story townhouse. There was a garden in the front of the house with various plants and flowers, but since it was winter, most had withered. Her father had moved some of the more precious ones into the house.

The most conspicuous object in the garden now was a large, light blue vat, now empty, which was used to keep lotus flowers and fish during the summer. Xiang Nuan had seen people in northeastern China used similar vats to make sauerkraut and had suggested to her mother to do the same during winter time…...Her mother found it to be an absurd idea.

Lin Chuyan and others carried the fruit and followed Xiang Nuan into the house. Waiwai exaggeratedly said to Xiang Nuan: “Xiang Nuan, so you’re actually a fair rich beauty who lives in a big mansion.”

Xiang Nuan laughed: “We bought this house a long time ago, it wasn’t that expensive at the time…...and it’s not that big.”

Lin Chuyan kept quiet and lowered his head listening to the chatter with a smile.



Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.