NOVEL NEXT Chapter 73
Chapter 73
The three people came out of the FRUIT base: Shan Zha looked like he was in a good mood, Ling Meng looked like he was conflicted, Shan Zhu’s mood was indecipherable.
“What to do, I was trying to back him out of an awkward situation, but it turned into pushing him onto the pro path.” Ling Meng was very twisted up inside.
Shan Zhu patted his head: “Never mind, younger generations will do alright on their own (idiom). Don’t worry too much about being a father.”
“And I seem to have inadvertently obliterated VEGE’s future hope, Potato. I feel so sorry for Shan Yao.”
Walking in front, Shan Zha shot back a smile, showing a mouthful of white teeth: “MengMeng-gege.”
“Oh my god!” Ling Meng hugged his arms, “You calling me that gives me goosebumps. Please, is it okay to go back to the version from when we first met?”
Shan Zha: “Ah →_→”
Ling Meng breathed a sigh of relief: “This is a lot more comfortable. That’s right, where can I stay the night? Is there a hotel near your house?”
Shan Zhu was puzzled. “Why would you go to a hotel? Of course, you should stay in my house.”
“Staying the night on a xuedi’s first visit, not very good, ba?”
Shan Zhu: …..
“MengMeng.”
“Ah.”
“I forgot to tell you.”
“Ah?”
“My ma saw my stream a long time ago. It must have been earlier than you. Because she didn’t read much because she couldn’t understand it.”
“Ah…..oh?”
“So she knew you since a long time ago too. She went your first day of streaming and told me the kid was cute.”
Ling Meng: ???
“Remember when I had a housekeeper ID in the studio that was a bunch of digits?”
“I remember, I also called him a phone number.”
“That’s my ma.”
Ling Meng: ?????
“Such an important message, why didn’t you tell me?”
“As soon as you enter the door, you cosplayed
as a primary school xuedi. I didn’t have a chance to tell you.”“The point is auntie also went along with my act!”
“Probably thought you were amusing.”
“What to do? I’m not ready to curry favor with my zhangmu.”
“I’ll do all the hard work, you don’t need to. You just sit there like a housewife killer4.”
“….hasn’t your Ning Blower Experience card expired?”
“I recharged the funds again.”
Shan Zha impatiently felt that they were walking too slowly.
“What are you two muttering about back there.”
“We’re talking about adult matters, kids don’t need to worry.”
When a rebellious child was left alone, he’d always run over.
“You won’t let me call you MengMeng-gege, so what should I call you?”
“Whatever.”
“Stupid5 Meng.”
“What???”
“Where did you get the age on your ID changed? I want to change it too.”
“??? I didn’t change it!”
“You look about the same age as me.”
“????? I look way older than you, okay? I’m telling you, Banana is my powder; if you talk nonsense again, I’ll ask him to refuse to recommend you to the team!”
Shan Zha scoffed: “Banana is your powder? What about you does he worship, liking you because you lost to me 3:0?”
“People who are 3:0’d aren’t entitled to laugh at others!”
“3:0 by a pro player and 3:0 by a junior high school student, we’re not the same~~~
“Hey, still singing, you bear child5, call me Ge!”
“Stupid Meng.”
“Call me Ge!!”
“Stupid Meng.”
“Ge!!!”
“Sigh.”
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Footnotes:
1. ban lan gan: Isatis root is a renowned antiviral and antibacterial, which makes it quite useful for conditions such as colds, influenza, sore throats and mumps 
2. xuedi: younger male classmate/brother
3. housewife killer (师奶杀手): slang for a man that can charm housewives or that middle-aged/elderly women view as an idol
4. Er (二): Literally two, Beijing slang for “stupid/silly”
5. bear child (熊孩子): slang term for brat, little devil
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Shan Zha (单吒) – Hawthorn (山楂) ps. Rose hip is the fruit of hawthorn.
Niu YouGuo – Avocado (he showed up previously but was only called by Avocado)
I’m pretty sure there was never any mention in the novel previously about this “phone number housekeeper” in Mangosteen’s chat. so it just happened off-screen, I guess. poor Shan Yao will never find love because his team forbids relationships T_T I think he needs to transfer to FRUIT so he can find a partner.