After Being Scummed – Chapter 58
by Little PandaA Princess Carry?
Zuo Jingyou leaned against Yin Bai’s embrace and drifted into an exhausted sleep. When she woke up, it was already a little after nine o’clock at night.
She groggily opened her eyes and found the room dim, with only the lights from outside shining through the window. Zuo Jingyou propped herself up in bed, pulling the thin air-conditioner quilt over her body as she looked toward the foot of the bed.
By the light casting in from the window, Zuo Jingyou could make out Yin Bai sitting at the end of the bed. She was wearing a thin silk shirt, her long black hair scattered over her shoulders. With her back to Zuo Jingyou, she held her phone and spoke in a hushed voice, “Yeah… I don’t know how long I’ll be staying…”
“You want to come visit too? No way, you have to study hard. Didn’t we agree you’d get first place on the final exams in exchange for LEGOs with me? Are you going back on your word? How could you deceive your faithful and reliable partner?”
“No way. You be good and study, don’t always be thinking about coming out to play~”
“Hm? You miss me… Alright, alright, I’ll be back as soon as I can…”
Zuo Jingyou tilted her head and leaned against the headboard, listening for a while. She had a faint feeling that Yin Bai was on the phone with the two children. She looked down and smiled, then, draping the quilt over herself, she shifted toward the foot of the bed.
Just as she was getting close, Yin Bai, who was sitting at the end of the bed, turned her head and looked at her through the misty darkness. Zuo Jingyou let out a soft laugh and, while scooting over, asked in a low voice, “Is it Tongtong or Wenwen?”
“Both of them.”
After her simple reply, Yin Bai extended a hand toward Zuo Jingyou. Zuo Jingyou took her hand and, following the momentum, fell onto Yin Bai’s lap. She pillowed her head on Yin Bai’s thigh, her eyes sparkling as she looked up at her from under the quilt. “What are they saying?”
Yin Bai covered the phone’s mouthpiece, looked down at Zuo Jingyou, and answered in a small voice, “They’re urging me to come home.”
After answering Zuo Jingyou’s question, Yin Bai quickly said to the children on the other end of the line, “Alright, alright, I’ll be back as soon as I can, and I’ll bring you gifts. You two can practice by yourselves today. It’s nighttime where I am, I have to rest now, okay~”
After saying that, she added in a tiny voice, “Okay, okay, good night.”
Having said her goodbyes, Yin Bai finally hung up. She placed the phone to one side, then raised her hands to lift Zuo Jingyou from her lap, kissing the corner of her lips as she explained, “It’s daytime on a weekend back home. My little partners wanted me to do some oral practice with them, and they were also urging me to come home…”
Zuo Jingyou found a comfortable position in Yin Bai’s arms, hooked her arms around her neck, and wrapped the quilt around her as she said with a hint of teasing, “Oh~ So you call my daughters every day?”
Yin Bai, hugging her waist, corrected her, “They’re not your daughters, they’re my friends!”
Fine, your friends.
Zuo Jingyou leaned in, nibbled delicately on her lip, and asked with a smile, “So you call your little friends every day, but have no time to pay attention to your big friend?”
Ah… here we go again. Time to settle accounts.
Yin Bai kept one arm around her waist and used the other to cradle the back of her head, pulling her down onto the bed. She kissed her while playfully retorting, “What are you talking about? Didn’t I spend the whole day playing with my big friend today?”
She said it with such earnestness, completely devoid of any teasing tone. Yet, the more serious and proper she acted, the more improper it felt.
Zuo Jingyou reached up and pinched her ear, chiding, “Nonsense!”
Yin Bai bit her lip and smiled, her hands roaming up and down Zuo Jingyou’s smooth waist, gently teasing her. “I’m not talking nonsense. My big friend clearly had a super fun time with me today~”
She took Zuo Jingyou’s earlobe between her lips and bit it lightly. “So happy you even started crying.”
Zuo Jingyou raised a hand and thumped her on the shoulder, saying in a delicate voice, “Yin Bai~ Stop fooling around…”
“Alright~” Yin Bai pulled her hands back, rolled over to press her down, and shook her shoulders in the darkness, speaking as if she were acting spoiled, “If we’re not playing, is Teacher Zuo going to get up now?”
Yin Bai lowered herself, her lips brushing against Zuo Jingyou’s as she murmured, “Teacher Zuo slept for a whole day. What a little sleepyhead. You didn’t even eat dinner. People are going to laugh at you!”
“So, is Teacher Zuo going to get up and eat dinner?”
Zuo Jingyou reached up and pinched her nose, her voice unbelievably soft. “I slept for a whole day. Who do you think is responsible for that?”
Yin Bai said with a grin, “It’s because of the sleepy bug!”
Zuo Jingyou extended a finger, gave Yin Bai’s shoulder a light push, and bit her lip as she said, “That’s right, it’s because of you, you sleepy bug. Alright, sleepy bug, you need to take responsibility.”
“I’m going to get up and take a shower in the bathroom first. Can you hurry up, get dressed, and have someone send some food up?”
Yin Bai nodded and answered cheerfully, “Okay, Teacher Zuo.”
Zuo Jingyou patted her cheek and coaxed her, “Go on, turn on the light and get me something to eat.”
The big friend who had just been ordered around knelt up, moved off Zuo Jingyou towards the head of the bed, and pa, switched on the light.
The harsh light made Yin Bai instinctively squint. When her gaze fell on Zuo Jingyou, who was kneeling on the bed and grabbing her bathrobe, Yin Bai dramatically threw a hand over her eyes and exclaimed with extreme exaggeration, “Wow, so bright!”
Zuo Jingyou, clutching the bathrobe to her chest, heard Yin Bai’s cry and quickly turned to look at her. When she saw Yin Bai’s theatrical pose, using her splayed fingers to shield her eyes, she couldn’t help but stifle a laugh. “What’s wrong with you?”
Yin Bai “covered” her eyes and, leaning against the headboard, said with great conviction, “Teacher Zuo is so beautiful, so fair, like a snow-night sprite, so dazzling I can’t open my eyes!”
What is all this nonsense?
Zuo Jingyou let out a laugh and tossed the bathrobe in her arms over Yin Bai’s head. “Enough with the glib talk. Hurry up and get some food. I’m really hungry.”
As she spoke, Zuo Jingyou slipped off the bed without a stitch of clothing on.
Yin Bai reached up, pulled the bathrobe off her head, and hugged it to her chest. She rested her whole body on her own knees, tilting her head to watch Zuo Jingyou’s graceful back as she called out with a smile, “Teacher Zuo~”
Zuo Jingyou, standing by the bed, looked back at Yin Bai and asked quizzically, “What is it?”
Yin Bai relaxed her body, pressing her face into the bathrobe in her arms. She gazed at Zuo Jingyou’s body, which seemed to glow under the light, her eyes full of gentleness. “It’s nothing, I just wanted to say…”
“I love you…”
“It feels like… even if I said it tens of thousands of times, it wouldn’t be enough…”
“In short… I love you…”
Zuo Jingyou’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled and replied to Yin Bai, “Then say it to me every day. Once a day, until you’ve said it ten thousand times~”
Watching the smile on her face, Yin Bai couldn’t help but smile too. She pursed her lips shyly, nodded emphatically, and said a very happy “Okay.”
Zuo Jingyou smiled and coaxed her, “Then be good. Go prepare dinner. I’ll be out after I finish my shower, okay?”
Having received this instruction, Yin Bai hastily threw on her clothes after Zuo Jingyou entered the bathroom. She obediently crawled from the head of the bed to the foot, hopped on one foot to her wheelchair, and maneuvered it to pick up the clothes scattered on the floor. Only then did she pick up the phone, dial the housekeeper Nina, and ask a servant to bring dinner up.
When Zuo Jingyou came out of the bathroom, Yin Bai had already prepared dinner. Seeing her emerge, Yin Bai quickly waved her over to eat.
The two had been at it all afternoon, and Zuo Jingyou had been rushing around lately, so she was quite hungry by now. After they finished their meal together, Zuo Jingyou pushed Yin Bai back to her bedroom and saw her to the bathroom.
Yin Bai’s legs were inconvenient, so Zuo Jingyou very considerately made a suggestion: “Do you want me to help you bathe?”
Although Yin Bai was very tempted, the thought of her leg made her refuse with a pang of regret. “No need. You’ve already showered, you don’t need to do it again~ Maybe next time~ When there’s another chance~”
Zuo Jingyou knew in her heart that Yin Bai was still a little self-conscious about her disability, which was why she hadn’t rashly invited her to bathe together earlier. Hearing her say this now, she pursed her lips and thought for a moment before finally saying, “Alright, then you have to let me help next time.”
“Okay~” Yin Bai went happily into the bathroom to take a shower.
After she went in, Zuo Jingyou sat on Yin Bai’s bed, talking to her agent on the phone about her upcoming schedule while keeping an ear on Yin Bai in the bathroom.
Hearing the conversation from outside the door, Yin Bai reached out and squeezed the little yellow duck floating in her tub, raised her voice slightly, and called out as if deliberately seeking attention, “Teacher Zuo!”
Zuo Jingyou paused her conversation, covered the phone, and turned her head to ask toward the bathroom, “What is it?”
“Nothing, just calling for you~”
Alright, alright, what a clingy person1.
Zuo Jingyou sighed helplessly and said to Yin Bai, “I’m here, don’t worry.”
After placating Yin Bai, Zuo Jingyou resumed her call with her agent.
But then, every minute, Yin Bai in the bathroom would start yelling senselessly, “Teacher Zuo, Teacher Zuo~”
And if yelling senselessly wasn’t enough, she also kept going awoo awoo like a frolicking puppy. Zuo Jingyou knew she was acting up again. After hastily ending the call, she yanked open the bathroom door and strode directly toward Yin Bai, who was soaking in the tub. “What are you calling me for now?”
Yin Bai was shocked to see Zuo Jingyou suddenly barge in, her eyes wide. She was stunned for a moment before she abruptly curled up, hugging herself tightly and stammering, “How could you… How could you just come in so suddenly?”
Seeing Yin Bai’s entire body suddenly flush a startling pink, Zuo Jingyou thought she was unbelievably cute.
She walked to the edge of the tub and sat down.
Zuo Jingyou looked down at Yin Bai, who was soaking in the warm water like a pink, tender peach, and said with a grin, “Didn’t you ask me to come in?”
“I didn’t… This… Isn’t this so embarrassing?” Yin Bai buried her face in her knees like a crab retreating into its shell, no longer able to brandish her claws2.
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. With a plonk, she buried her face in the warm water, making glug glug sounds.
Zuo Jingyou was splashed with water and couldn’t help but laugh. She reached out, fished Yin Bai’s face out of the water, and held it as she called softly, “Yin Bai~ Want to give it a try?”
Yin Bai didn’t understand. She looked up at her and asked blankly, “Teacher Zuo, what else do you want to try?” They had tried everything they could today.
Ah, it can’t be that she wants to… in the bathroom…
Seeing her astonished expression, Zuo Jingyou couldn’t help but laugh. She reached out, scraped Yin Bai’s nose, and gazed into her beautiful grey-blue eyes, saying softly, “What are you thinking… I just wanted to say, do you want to see if I can carry you out of the bathtub.”
Yin Bai stared at her blankly for a good while, then pointed at herself, saying with great surprise, “Are you talking about a princess carry?”
Zuo Jingyou’s eyes curved as she smiled with immense gentleness, “That’s right. To carry a princess, don’t you need a princess carry?”
LP: What do you mean you tried everything?! („ಡωಡ„)
Re-translated on July 01, 2025
Footnotes
- 粘人精 | nián rén jīng | A common, affectionate/teasing term for a “clingy person.” The suffix 精 (jīng) can mean “spirit” or “goblin,” implying that the person is the very embodiment of clinginess.
- 张牙舞爪 | zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo | Literally “to bare fangs and brandish claws.” A four-character idiom (Chengyu) describing a fierce, threatening, or aggressive posture.
It means they tried all the positions~
And now they want to unlock all the house rooms and furniture
It means they tried all the positions~
And now they want to unlock all the house rooms and furniture