You're Beautiful When You Smile

CHAPTER 74

Though the team manager believed that Tong Yao and Lu Sicheng were going to the market and tying the knot at the same time, in reality, the conversation in the car went as follows-- --

Tong Yao: "Cheng Ge, I heard that you were searching for piranha fry online after I'd gone to bed......"

Lu Sicheng: "That's right."

Tong Yao asked after a moment of silence: "Did you find any?"

"Somehow the search ended up at Venus Flytraps." Lu Sicheng answered: "Since it'd have the same effect in the fishbowl, I just bought that."

Tong Yao searched for Venus Flytrap on her cell phone and became silent after seeing the images of the vicious look of the plant: "What effect are you talking about?"

"Whoever puts their hand inside the fishbowl gets bitten."

"......"

Tong Yao looked out the windshield without expression on her face. It was silent inside the car for the rest of the way. Lu Sicheng was concentrating on driving while Tong Yao dwelled on the question: "does he intend for it to bite me or the cat?"......When they arrived at the market, Tong Yao opened the door and saw a crowded market. This market specialized in selling flowers and all sorts of pets. A Labrador with a sign hanging from its neck saying "Looking for a mate, I have money," walked past Tong Yao. Tong Yao couldn't move her eyes off the dog.

Tong Yao: "......"

Amazing, even a dog knew to come to this market to look for a mate.

Lu Sicheng parked the car and walked over. He took a glance at the huge crowd at front and another glance at the person next to him who was still too short while wearing platform shoes and would be buried amidst the crowd. He paused a moment then flatly said: "I'm thinking of putting an auto alarm system on you. With one push of the button, an alarm will go off and I won't be afraid of losing you in a crowd."

"........................" Tong Yao was a bit uneasy: "I have a cell phone. Who needs an alarm? If we get separated, please call me on my cell phone."

"I won't." Lu Sicheng took a glance at her: "Just follow closely."

With his height and conspicuous clothes, Lu Sicheng not only stood out in the crowd, he also parted the crowd like Moses. By following right behind him, Tong Yao found it easier to move through the crowd......

Tong Yao stayed behind Lu Sicheng. The man was like a hill in front of her, blocking her view in front. All she could see when she raised her head were his broad back and the earrings on his ears......The silver earrings looked quite nice on him. Tong Yao didn't remember seeing him wear them before. She fixed her eyes on them-- --

"Cheng Ge."

"What?"

"I didn't even know that you have pierced ears. You look good wearing earrings. Why don't you wear them at the base?"

"For whom would I wear them for, at base?"

".......Then whom are you wearing them for now?" Tong Yao couldn't get it: "The fish?"


"Aren't you wearing a skirt? For whom are you wearing it? The cat?"

"You even wore new shoes."

"Are your shoes old?"

"......"

"......"

It was a moment of sweet embarrassment.

While Tong Yao wondered when the two of them could compliment each other with sincerity, Lu Sicheng abruptly came to a stop when the crowd in front of him stopped-- --Tong Yao who was still focused on his earrings bumped into Lu Sicheng. To steady herself, Tong Yao grabbed Lu Sicheng's wrist out of instinct!

After the crowd dispersed somewhat enough for them to continue, Lu Sicheng still stood there, unmoving. He lowered his head to see the hand on his wrist and paused for a moment: "Shorty."

Tong Yao: "?"

Lu Sicheng: "You seem to be taking advantage of me today a lot, what's going on?"

Tong Yao: "..................................."

Tong Yao: "Screw you!"

Tong Yao threw down Lu Sicheng's hand and stepped back three steps to show her innocence-- --Lu Sicheng lightly smacked: "You can't even wear shoes with heels well, why bother pretending to be a grown-up." Then he turned towards the fish section. Tong Yao stood at the same place and stared at his back for a while before hurriedly catching back up with him.

......There were much fewer people over at the fish section.

Lu Sicheng intended to buy the cheapest kind of goldfish. They randomly picked a stand to ask for prices. Tong Yao squatted down in front of the stand with a small fish net in hand. Her eyes followed the swimming fish. She asked without looking back: "Cheng Ge, how many do you want?"

"Whatever."

"What color?"

"Black."

"Those gold and red ones look much better. The tails are like little umbrellas."

"Oh, really? I want black ones."

"Red looks prettier and festive. Look at that one, it's so lively. You can tell just by looking at it that it'll live forever-- --"

"The one I had before could live forever if a fat cat hadn't eaten it-- --I said I want a black one. Put down the net. Who's buying the fish anyway, you or me?"

Lu Sicheng squatted down next to Tong Yao and grabbed the net out of her hands. Tong Yao wanted to grab it back but Lu Sicheng gingerly moved away out of reach......They squatted in front of the stand pushing and shoving, bickering back and forth about whether to get a red or black goldfish each only worth 1.5RMB. They were having a genuine argument-- --

"It's my fishbowl, I decide."

"Why do you dislike red so much? Then in the future, let me always have the red buff."

"You just try to touch my red buff."

"You're so capable, why don't you convince the developers to make a black buff in the jungle for you. Just say that you'd like it that way, no objections accepted. It's your jungle, you decide. Just like that."

"You're so chatty."

They talked back and forth for about 10 minutes, 8 minutes of which was arguing who would get the buffs in the jungle-- --The owner didn't know what to think about the good-looking couple that seemed to be speaking nonsense with complete seriousness......

Finally, the owner couldn't stand it anymore. He was afraid that these two would bicker right in front of his stand for the entire day over just 1.50RMB fish. He interrupted them: "Young man, why don't you just listen to this young lady. What's the point of arguing about this with your girlfriend? Us men always suffer when women get irritated-- --Wait till next month, when she refuses to hold hands with you and says it's because you didn't even let her get a fish in her favorite color last month, then you'll regret today."

Lu Sicheng: "......"

While Lu Sicheng paused, Tong Yao took the chance to grab the net back, scooped up the fish she'd been watching, and put it into a small bowl at the side. Then she quickly stuffed the net into the owner's hand with a smile: "You must be joking. I'm not his......"

"Will you sell the fish for 1 RMB?" Lu Sicheng asked.