Chapter 11.1 - The Eleventh Sentence Part 1

Translator: tarararawr

PR: soi bean

The Eleventh Sentence Part 1

Pu Tao stared at the red envelope. She only felt her sweet thoughts going on a rampage and completely conquering her.

When she was not under attack, she only said, “You have to think about it carefully. Once I accept this money, then I will be a woman with monetary ties with you.”

Cloud Dweller was quite calm, “Mhm.”

Pu Tao was confused. How can he be like that? His light “mhm” made her heart burst with joy.

Still, Pu Tao didn’t dare to click on it.

She knew that if she went along with it and took the money, then she would owe him something. However, she was also afraid of brushing off her male god. At this moment, she had no choice but to go to her friend for help.

Xin Tian was probably at her office and answered the call quickly. She sounded tired from getting up in the morning. “What’s the matter? It’s so early.”

Pu Tao frantically said, “It’s urgent! Let me ask you a question!”

Xin Tian: “Speak.”

Pu Tao spoke rapidly like a bean bouncing around: “What do you do if the guy you like suddenly gives you a red envelope and asks you to buy breakfast? Do you take it?”

Xin Tian got excited: “Who? Cloud Dweller?” That was the only person she could think of right now.

Pu Tao hesitated. “…Yeah.”

“Damn, aren’t you moving too fast?”

Pu Tao’s face heated up. “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ll wait for your answer.”

Xin Tian made a final decision and was pretty certain about it. “He likes you.”

Pu Tao’s face became even redder. “Really?”

“Or this is fish pond management 1 .”

Pu Tao: “You think he’s managing a fish pond? Quick, give me an official answer! You’re someone who has been in love!”

Xin Tian coughed. “My suggestion is to accept the money first, and then find a chance to return it to him later.”

Xin Tian couldn’t stop herself from being gossipy. “Pu Tao, how did you do it? How did you get the flower of kaolin 2 to send you money?”

Pu Tao scratched the back of her head. “I don’t know. Maybe I beat him at his own game~” She struggled with the red envelope issue and didn’t want to stray from it. “What should I do after that? Look for a chance to give him a present? Invite him to dinner?”

“Did he send you a selfie?” This was the issue that Xin Tian was most concerned about.

Pu Tao paused for a moment. “No.”

“So you still don’t know what he looks like?”

“Yeah.”

“Does he know what you look like?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Are you two online dating?”

“Perhaps, maybe…” Pu Tao slowly said. “I think we pretty much are…”

“Oh my god! I’m speechless!”

Xin Tian thought it was necessary to remind her: “Do you plan on having a long-term relationship with him?”

Pu Tao blinked: “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

Pu Tao thought of Cloud Dweller’s replies last night and her lips curved. “Yes, I don’t know. I think it’s good right now and I’m taking my time.”

As it turned out, they were both lost and foolish, sneakily fumbling around in the same sweet-smelling secret garden.

“Taking your time my a**!” Xin Tian sounded like she had taken a brick and smashed Pu Tao’s pink crystal ball 3 . “I will find a way to get you two to meet.”

“No!” Pu Tao immediately begged for mercy as if she was facing an archenemy. “I will end up making Cloud Dweller die from seeing the light 4 and I will lose him.”

Xin Tian giggled. “How is that possible? Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? You don’t look like a person who will cause him to see the light and die—you should be more worried about whether Cloud Dweller will cause you to see the light and die. He’s so mysterious. Maybe it’s because of his voice that he has something to offer to you.”

“You’re not allowed to talk about him like that,” Pu Tao defended him without realizing it.

“I give up. Did all your rational brain cells die?”

“That’s right.”

“Are you proud of yourself?”

“…”

After hanging up the phone call with Xin Tian, Pu Tao walked out of the subway carriage. She used her peripheral vision to follow the flow of people walking towards the exit and gave Cloud Dweller the rest of her attention.

She sent him a message to explain why she stopped texting. “Just arrived at the station, busy getting off.”

She pretended to be cut off during her commute and never cheated on him by turning to an outsider for help.

After that, she accepted the red envelope. She was secretly happy since it was akin to receive a promise of his love.

Unexpectedly, there was 200 yuan inside…

Pu Tao was surprised: “It’s too much. I’ll find a way to return it to you later.”

Cloud Dweller did not care, nor did he respond directly. He only said, “Be careful of where you’re walking.”

Pu Tao’s heart jumped. She stopped walking and looked around.

The goosebumps on her body were scrambling to spread everywhere. Did he install live surveillance cameras nearby to monitor her?

Pu Tao was suspicious. “How did you know I was walking?”

Cloud Dweller: “You just said you just got off.”

Pu Tao suddenly realized what she did. “Oh…”

In turn, she replied with, “I will be careful on the road when I walk, and you have to watch the road when you drive.”

Cloud Dweller: “Okay.”

He was being obedient.

What should I do?

Help!

It’s like I really am already in love!

Pu Tao wanted to hit her head to see if she was still in a dream. Otherwise, how did everything around her become so surreal, like a blurry filter with soft lighting?

Footnotes

鱼塘管理 (yú táng guǎnlǐ) – it means a scum man who will hang out with other girls when he has many girlfriends 高岭之花 (gāolǐngzhīhuā) – it’s a metaphor for things that can only be looked at from a distance, but cannot be touched Pink crystal balls means imaginary thoughts of love and chances of a happy marriage It’s a phrase that means something exists as a beautiful thing in fantasy and when you see the light or the beautiful thing’s true reality, you will die since it does not match your fantasy of it