Chapter 6 - The Sixth Sentence

Translator: tarararawr

PR: soi bean

The Sixth Sentence

For some reason, the tone of these words did not seem to be very pleasant. It was so stiff that Pu Tao smiled when she read it.

Without knowing much else about him, there was an image automatically taking shape in her mind, and she couldn’t stop her smile from rising.

She clicked-clicked-clicked to type a report of her true height: “Yes. I am 162 cm when I don’t wear shoes. Can I have a chance to stand with you?”

Cloud Dweller was defeated by her fearlessness: “I am telling you not to concern yourself with me.”

Pu Tao put forth what she wanted to say: “But I don’t want to give you up. If there is someone who can listen to your voice for the rest of her life, then why can’t that person be me?”

Cloud Dweller: “What would you do if I already had a girlfriend or if I am already married?”

Pu Tao: “You do not. My friend helped me ask around and said you are still single.”

Cloud Dweller: “You investigated me?”

Pu Tao: “Because my three values 1 are my morals. I don’t want to be a mistress.”

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Cloud Dweller: “Who’s your friend?”

Pu Tao would never betray her intelligence: I can’t tell you.”

Cloud Dweller: “So you still stick to your principles.”

Pu Tao: “If you really want to know, then I can ask the person first. I will tell you if they agree.”

Cloud Dweller: “They?”

Pu Tao was in crisis mode: “Yes, I can’t reveal their gender so easily. It will let you narrow down the scope of the investigation for the criminal.”

Cloud Dweller: “How old are you?”

Pu Tao was on alert: “What are you trying to do?”

Cloud Dweller: “I’m curious.”

Pu Tao: “How old are you? We can do an equivalent exchange.”

Cloud Dweller: “You said your height immediately, but you can’t do the same for your age?”

Pu Tao: “Yeah, you can take my height as a bonus to grab your attention.”

Cloud Dweller: “I guess you are five years old at most.”

Pu Tao: “Who can be five years old and have 162,339 reincarnations?”

The man in front of the desk chuckled. In just a couple of minutes, he laughed for the second time. It was because the girl on the other side was interesting and spoke so honestly.

She had an unconventional way of thinking and spoke like piano keys that were randomly played. The music she produced was chaotic, but the upside was that it was unique and sincere.

So, he unintentionally asked her how old she was.

People in the city liked to cruise around in a flawless facade, cautious about their reputation like they were treading on thin ice.

Unlike this person. She put all her thoughts out in a stall—the good, the bad, the honesty, and the friendliness. When customers were attracted by this peculiarity and stopped to ask a question, she revealed the face of a business shark who had nothing to lose.

He didn’t know her exact age, but her mental age was definitely not high.

But the relaxed feeling he had was beyond his expectations. It was very…

Mellow.

Yeah, mellow. It feels very mellow to talk to her.

He found the exact adjective.

He didn’t mind spending more time in front of her stall, so he continued to reply: “339?”

The TV tower in Rong City was up to 339 meters. He guessed that she was a local.

As he was thinking about this, Cheng Su clicked on her information. Just as he expected, it was filled out with: Sichuan Province-Rong City.

The other party obviously stepped into his trap: “You’re from Shan City and you don’t know about the TV tower?”

Cheng Su lightly sighed: “Do you know where I am from?”

Pu Tao: “Anyone can see it on your profile.”

Cheng Su: “It was filled in randomly.”

Pu Tao: “Huh? Really?”

Pu Tao: “So where are you from?”

Cheng Su: “How old are you?”

He returned with a question without answering hers.

Fine, we’re back where we started.

Pu Tao’s principle changed to one of no principles for Cloud Dweller: “I am 24. So where are you from?”

Cheng Su: “From Shan City.”

Pu Tao: “…”

Pu Tao’s speechlessness was ushered in for the first time. The villain in her mind was punching and kicking the air: “It’s not random?”

Cheng Su: “Something randomly filled out can also be the real address.”

Deception.

Pure deception.

Pu Tao was not quite convinced: “But your Mandarin is very standard, there is no LN 2 .”

Cheng Su: “Don’t discriminate against regions.”

Pu Tao: “I am not, I am not, and we are no better. Discriminating against you—Shan City people—is the same as bringing shame on myself. The one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps 3 .”

As soon as she was about to defend herself more, her supervisor was doing a check-in and was about to wander to her area.

Pu Tao could only bear the pain of bidding farewell to him, and pretend to be devoted to her work.

Pu Tao: “Our supervisor is coming. I’ll hide for five minutes. Can you wait for me?”

In her mind, she pressed her hands together, then prayed and prayed again.

Cloud Dweller was really a ruthless man: “I’m going to be busy.”

Pu Ta was like a female student who was cheating in the exam room. She looked up and quickly typed: “How long will you be busy? I can wait for you. I get off work at six o’clock. After that, my time will be yours.”

Cloud Dweller is concise and to the point: “I don’t know.”

Ah! What kind of person—

Pu Tao almost flung her cell phone.

She thought that through this barrier-free chat, they had deepened a bit of their understanding of each other, had accumulated a certain degree of interest for the other person, and that they would look forward to the next chat.

She won’t give up: “Can I add you on Wechat? It’s because I use Wechat more.”

Cloud Dweller didn’t reply.

Pu Tao was racing against the clock, and her fingers were poking out fragmented sentences 4 : “Our supervisor is coming! I’m waiting for your QR code! I haven’t put down my phone yet! I’m clenching it with both hands! If you don’t give it to me! My salary is going to be deducted! I am all alone in the big city! Deducting money is like cutting my flesh! I’m risking a thousand cuts to ask you for your Wechat! Just pity me!”

Anyway, writing exclamation points did not require money, and she has to highlight her urgency.

Bang.

Pu Tao pressed send and quickly put her phone down. Then, she looked at her monitor with a blank expression.

The supervisor was like a mountain, slowly moving closer from behind.

Pu Tao looked nonchalant like she was never distracted. In reality, her ears were paying close attention to the sound on top of the table.

For a moment, the phone vibrated.

The corners of Pu Tao’s lips secretly started rising. Despite being happy, she was not very confident if that was only a normal app notification.

However, it would not weaken her secret delight: imagining a response to her affection.

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After that, the supervisor left their office and her colleagues continued to whisper to each other.

Pu Tao did not dare to move and her thoughts wandered around. When she got off work, she immediately picked up her cell phone and clicked on QQ.

In the next moment, her blood pressure rose and her heartbeat became rapid.

In the chat box with Cloud Dweller, [picture] was displayed.

What can I do to contain my surprise?

Pu Tao thought about hiding under the table. She tried really hard to suppress the distorted expression that would not completely disappear. If she didn’t, it would probably frighten most of her colleagues when she usually had a low-key style in the company.

She decisively took a pen out of the penholder and pretended to drop it on the ground accidentally.

Pu Tao was really hidden under the table.

While she was crouching, she pressed in to see what it was.

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She’s going to cry! That’s his QR code!

Bang!

Pu Tao’s colleagues heard a loud noise.

The people walking by in the aisle paused, and a lot of colleagues looked at her.

Pu Tao was so excited that she hit the table with the back of her head. She clenched her teeth in pain, but she was so elated that a smile was surging and she could not even catch the butterflies that were dancing wildly in her heart.

She lowered her head again. She saved the picture, and switched to Wechat to scan the code at once.

Cloud Dweller’s Wechat set off more fireworks in the world than Weibo or QQ.

The profile picture was no longer a water tower, but a tabby cat. The name was not Cloud Dweller, but the emoji of a cat’s head.

She suddenly felt like she was closer to him.

Pu Tao began to feel embarrassed again when sending the friend request.

How do I want to say “hello” to Cloud Dweller on Wechat? Just introduce myself? How old-fashioned, how boring, how uncharismatic.

Pu Tao looked through their previous chat and was struck with inspiration.

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At the same time, in the supermarket, the cashier had scanned all the items and said the price in an indifferent and tired tone, “342 yuan, do you want to pay by scanning the code?”

“Mhm, yes. Please give me a bag.”

The cashier looked at the customer because the voice was as pure as clear water in the noisy room.

After only one glance, she never looked away.

This customer’s appearance was also worthy of his voice.

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Cheng Su clicked on Wechat and was about to scan the code when he caught a glimpse of a red reminder on the friend list.

He did not even need to think about it to know who it was.

After paying, Cheng Su clicked on it. In the next moment, the corners of his lips rose.

On the cell phone screen, there was an amusing friend request message from the other person. It was just five words:

「Are you done being busy?」

Footnotes

三观 (sānguān) – fundamental values of a person L and N are one of the sounds that are hard to differentiate and pronounce well. 五十步笑百步 (wǔshíbùxiàobǎibù)- Link to an explanation of what this means The raws also use exclamation points everywhere. The proper way to write it out in Chinese would be commas instead of exclamation points, but the exclamation points come out better when translated into English.