After Being Scummed – Chapter 58

Do you want a princess carry?

Zuo Jingyou leaned against Yin Bai’s arms and fell into an extremely exhausted sleep. When she woke up, it was already past nine in the evening.

She opened her eyes drowsily, finding the room dimly lit, with only the light from outside shining through the window. Supporting her body, Zuo Jingyou got out of bed, pulled the thin air-conditioning blanket to cover herself, and raised her gaze towards the foot of the bed.

In the light projected from outside the window, Zuo Jingyou saw Yin Bai sitting at the foot of the bed. She was wearing a thin silk shirt, her black long hair scattered on her shoulders. With her back to Zuo Jingyou, she held a phone, speaking in a low voice, “Hmm… I don’t know how long I have to stay…”

“Do you want to come and play too? No, you have to study well. Didn’t we agree for you two to get first place at the end of the term and exchange Lego sets? Have you forgotten your promise? How can you deceive your loyal and reliable partner like this?”

“No, don’t. You study diligently and stop thinking about going out to play.”

“Hmm? Miss me… Alright, alright, I’ll come back as soon as possible…”

Zuo Jingyou tilted her head and sat by the bedside, listening for a while. She vaguely felt that Yin Bai was talking to those two kids. She lowered her gaze, smiled, and moved the air-conditioning blanket towards the foot of the bed.

As she approached, Yin Bai, sitting at the foot of the bed, turned her head and looked at her through the misty darkness. Zuo Jingyou chuckled and, as she moved closer, lowered her voice to ask her, “Is it Tongtong or Wenwen?”

“Both.”

After Yin Bai gave a simple answer, she reached out to Zuo Jingyou. Zuo Jingyou took her hand and gracefully leaned onto Yin Bai’s legs. Resting on Yin Bai’s thighs and wrapped in a blanket, she looked up with bright eyes and asked, “What are they talking about?”

Yin Bai covered her phone and looked down at Zuo Jingyou, answering in a low voice, “They’re urging me to go home.”

After answering Zuo Jingyou’s question, Yin Bai quickly addressed the kids on the other end of the phone, saying, “Alright, alright, I’ll come back as soon as possible, and I’ll bring you gifts. Practice by yourselves today. It’s evening here, and I need to rest, okay?”

After finishing her words, Yin Bai added in a hushed tone, “Good, good, goodnight.”

Once she bid them goodnight, Yin Bai finally hung up the phone. She placed her phone aside, lifted Zuo Jingyou from her legs, held her in her arms, and kissed the corner of her lips. She explained, “Back home, it’s daytime on the weekend, and my little partners want to practice oral English with me. They’re also urging me to come home.”

Zuo Jingyou found a comfortable position in Yin Bai’s arms, raised her hand to loop around Yin Bai’s neck, and, wrapped in the air-conditioning blanket, teasingly remarked, “Oh~ So, you call my daughter every day?”

Yin Bai hugged her waist, correcting her statement, “She’s not your daughter; she’s my friend!”

Fine, your friend.

Zuo Jingyou leaned in, nibbled on her lip, and with a smile, asked, “So, you call your little friends every day and don’t have time for your big friend?”

Ah… here it comes again, time to settle the score.

With one hand around her waist and the other cradling the back of her head, Yin Bai lowered her onto the bed. While kissing her, she playfully argued, “No way, didn’t I spend the whole day today with my big friend?”

She spoke so seriously that there was no sense of teasing at all. The more earnest she was, the more it felt improper.

Zuo Jingyou raised her hand and pinched her ear, scolding, “Nonsense!”

Yin Bai, biting her lip, chuckled. She reached out, embracing Zuo Jingyou’s smooth waist, caressing her gently up and down, playfully teasing, “I’m not talking nonsense. Clearly, my big friend had a super happy time playing with me today.”

She nibbled on Zuo Jingyou’s ear and lightly bit it, saying, “So happy that she almost cried.”

Zuo Jingyou raised her hand, playfully thumped her shoulder, and coquettishly said, “Yin Bai, don’t tease…”

“Alright~” Yin Bai withdrew her hand, turned around, and pressed her beneath her, shook her shoulders in the darkness, playfully asking, “If we don’t play, is Teacher Zuo going to wake up?”

Yin Bai lowered her body, gently speaking over Zuo Jingyou’s lips, “Teacher Zuo slept all day today, such a sleepyhead. She didn’t even have dinner; people will laugh at her!”

“So, does Teacher Zuo need to get up for dinner?”

Zuo Jingyou raised her hand and pinched Yin Bai’s nose, her voice soft and playful, “I slept all day, who do you think caused it?”

Yin Bai chuckled mischievously, “It’s the sleep bug’s fault!”

Zuo Jingyou extended a finger and gently pushed Yin Bai’s shoulder, biting her lip as she said, “Yes, it’s because of you, the sleep bug. Alright, Sleep Bug, you need to take responsibility.”

“I’ll get up first and take a shower. Can you quickly dress up and have someone bring up some food?”

Yin Bai nodded enthusiastically, saying, “Sure, Teacher Zuo.”

Zuo Jingyou raised her hand and patted her face, coaxing her, “Go on, turn on the lights, and prepare some food for me.”

The summoned big friend knelt up, moved away from Zuo Jingyou, and went to the bedside, with a snap, turned on the lights.

The glaring light caused Yin Bai to instinctively squint her eyes. As her gaze fell on Zuo Jingyou, who was kneeling on the bed and grabbing a bathrobe, Yin Bai exaggeratedly raised her hand to shield her eyes and theatrically exclaimed, “Wow, so bright!”

Zuo Jingyou, holding the bathrobe in her arms, heard Yin Bai’s exclamation and quickly turned to look at her. Seeing Yin Bai pretending to shield her eyes with splayed fingers, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “What’s wrong with you?”

Yin Bai, “shielding” her eyes, sat at the bedside and confidently said, “Teacher Zuo looks so beautiful, so fair, like a snow elf, dazzling me to the point that I can’t open my eyes!”

What a peculiar situation.

Zuo Jingyou chuckled, and she tossed the bathrobe from her arms towards Yin Bai, covering her face. “Enough with the sweet talk, hurry up and prepare some food. I’m really hungry.”

As Zuo Jingyou spoke, she gracefully descended from the bed.

Yin Bai reached out, took the bathrobe covering her head, and cradled it in her arms. She leaned over, placing her head on her own knees, and gazed at Zuo Jingyou’s graceful figure. Smiling, she called out, “Teacher Zuo~”

Zuo Jingyou, by the bedside, turned to look at Yin Bai, puzzled, “What’s wrong?”

Yin Bai relaxed her body, pressed her face into the bathrobe that covered Zuo Jingyou, and gazed at her illuminated figure in the light. With tenderness in her eyes, she said, “Nothing, just wanted to say…”

“I love you…”

“It feels like saying it a thousand or even a million times wouldn’t be enough…”

“Anyway, I love you…”

Zuo Jingyou arched her eyebrows and replied with a smile, “Then say it to me every day, once a day, until you’ve said it ten thousand times.”

Yin Bai looked at the smile on her face and couldn’t help but laugh. Blushing, she pursed her lips, nodded emphatically, and happily said, “Okay.”

Zuo Jingyou chuckled and teased her, “Be good, go prepare dinner. I’ll be out in a moment after my shower.”

Having received these instructions, Yin Bai, after Zuo Jingyou entered the bathroom, hastily put on her clothes. Obediently crawling from the bedhead to the foot of the bed, she hopped on one foot to reach her wheelchair. Manipulating the wheelchair, she tidied up the scattered clothes on the floor. Afterward, she picked up her phone and called the housekeeper Nina, instructing her to have the maid bring dinner up.

When Zuo Jingyou emerged from the bathroom, Yin Bai had already prepared dinner. Seeing her, Yin Bai quickly called her over to eat.

After a busy afternoon, coupled with Zuo Jingyou’s recent intense schedule, they were both quite hungry now. After finishing their meal together, Zuo Jingyou pushed Yin Bai back to her bedroom and escorted her to the bathroom.

Considering Yin Bai’s difficulty with her legs, Zuo Jingyou kindly suggested, “Do you want me to help you with your bath?”

Although Yin Bai was tempted, the thought of her own legs made her decline with a painful expression, saying, “No need, you’ve already showered. Don’t do it again~ Next time~ maybe, when there’s a chance~”

Zuo Jingyou understood that Yin Bai was still somewhat sensitive about her disability, which is why she didn’t casually invite her to shower together earlier. Now, hearing Yin Bai say this, Zuo Jingyou pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and after a while, said, “Okay, next time you must let me help.”

“Alright~” Yin Bai happily went to take a shower.

After she went in, Zuo Jingyou sat on Yin Bai’s bed, talking on the phone with her manager about her upcoming schedule while keeping an eye on Yin Bai’s situation in the bathroom.

Hearing the conversation from outside the door, Yin Bai reached over and squeezed the small yellow duck floating in her bathtub. She slightly increased the volume, deliberately seeking attention, and called out, “Teacher Zuo!”

Zuo Jingyou paused the conversation, covered the phone, and turned to the bathroom, asking, “What’s up?”

“Nothing much, just calling for you~”

Alright, alright, so clingy.

Zuo Jingyou sighed helplessly and reassured Yin Bai, “I’m here, don’t worry.”

After comforting Yin Bai, Zuo Jingyou resumed her phone call with the manager.

However, every minute or so, Yin Bai in the bathroom would start making a fuss, “Teacher Zuo, Teacher Zuo~”

Making a fuss was one thing, but she also howled continuously like an exuberant little puppy. Knowing she was up to her antics again, Zuo Jingyou quickly hung up the phone, swung open the bathroom door, and walked straight towards Yin Bai, who was soaking in the bathtub. “What are you shouting for again?”

Yin Bai, startled by Zuo Jingyou’s sudden entrance, widened her eyes. She stayed still for a moment, then abruptly curled up, tightly hugging herself, and stammered, “How… how could you… just come in like that?”

Seeing Yin Bai suddenly blushing all over, Zuo Jingyou found her incredibly adorable.

She walked to the edge of the bathtub and sat down.

Zuo Jingyou lowered her gaze, looking at Yin Bai immersed in the warm water, resembling a pink and tender peach. She chuckled and said, “Didn’t you tell me to come in?”

“I didn’t… this… it’s too embarrassing, isn’t it?” Yin Bai buried her face in her knees, like a crab retracting into its shell, unable to show claws and fangs anymore.

Zuo Jingyou reached out and poked her forehead, teasing, “What’s there to be embarrassed about? Your body… Today, is there any part of it I haven’t seen?”

Yin Bai fell silent and, with a splash, buried her face in the warm water, making gurgling sounds.

Zuo Jingyou, sprinkled with water, chuckled softly. She reached out, lifted Yin Bai’s face from the water, and cradled it gently, softly calling, “Yin Bai~ Want to give it a try?”

Perplexed, Yin Bai looked at her and asked, “Teacher Zuo, what else do you want to try?” They seemed to have tried everything today.

Ah, she couldn’t be suggesting something in the bathroom…

Zuo Jingyou, looking at Yin Bai’s surprised expression, couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Zuo Jingyou reached out and rubbed Yin Bai’s nose, gazing into her beautifully gray-blue eyes, and softly said, “What are you thinking… I just wanted to say, how about trying if I can lift you out of the bathtub.”

Yin Bai stared at her for a moment, then raised her hand, pointing to herself, and exclaimed in amazement, “Are you talking about a princess carry?”

Zuo Jingyou raised her eyebrows, laughing gently, “Yes, a princess carry. Isn’t that what a princess carry is?”

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LP: What do you mean you tried everything?! („ಡωಡ„)

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