roccoschili Chapter 153 An Encounter at the Night Market
Chapter 153 An Encounter at the Night Market
Aze Hotel
"Hey! Really! You guys have been playing for so long, isn't it my turn?" The salamander looked at the group who had returned with their packed snacks, muttering to itself as it stuffed some pastries into its mouth.
"How about I stay at the hotel and let Dong-ryong go out instead?" Sun-woo put Pearl down and let her play in the room by herself.
"You have to accept the consequences of your bet! Dong-ryong isn't the kind of person who doesn't admit defeat, is he?" Jung-hwan retorted, leaving the dollfish speechless.
"Cough cough~~" The salamander pounded its chest twice, almost choking to death from what he said~
"How about this, since Sunwoo is going to take Pearl with him tonight anyway, let him take your place when we go out to play!" Deoksun had a sudden idea.
"Great idea!" Liu Shuyu nodded approvingly and gave her an approving look.
Deok-sun looked happily at the bustling streets outside the hotel window, her eyes filled with excitement.
I've been in a state of high excitement since I landed, and I haven't cooled down yet.
I have to say~
Deok-sun's enthusiasm is truly amazing!
However, every time she gets happy, something bad is bound to happen; it's practically a law...
"Brother Shuyu, where should we go tonight?" Just as Liu Shuyu was daydreaming, Yu Hui looked at him with a smile.
"Let's go to the night market tonight! I'll show you the nightlife of Guangzhou!" Liu Shuyu replied, looking at the afterglow.
"Night market? Are there lots of food options? And can we drink alcohol?" Jung-hwan's voice trailed off as he asked the last question.
He looked at Paula nervously, afraid that she would say something to stop him.
Paula seemed lost in thought, not saying a word since returning. She sat at the table, lost in thought, and didn't join in the conversation.
"Is Taek's match still not over?" Deok-sun asked the dowager.
"No, this time it's been especially long. My assistant and I chatted for hours while we were waiting outside... It's still raining now..." the salamander complained helplessly.
Ah Ze has been raining for so long, he's really an iron man!
"I'll bring Aze some more food when I get back tonight~"
"I really need to eat properly~~"
"Sitting for several hours must be exhausting, right?"
"Besides, we also need to think about how to play the game~"
The giant salamander sighed.
"This opponent is really strong too," Liu Shuyu remarked. Aze's match this time is truly a tough battle.
It seems like we'll have to fight for almost 10 hours to finally win.
On the field
Aze sat under the cameras of the media, locked in a tense game of Go with his opponent, beads of sweat already visible on his forehead...
His assistant and two reporters standing to the side were all worried for him.
.........
Night market
Brightly lit
A sea of people
Deok-sun happily took a picture with the camera.
Just as she picked up the camera again and used the telephoto lens, she seemed to have discovered something unexpected. She quickly tugged at Liu Shuyu's arm and looked up again to confirm the distance.
"What's wrong, Deok-sun?" Liu Shuyu looked at her curiously.
Jung-hwan and the others were also drawn to Deok-sun's big move.
“Look at that stall over there, isn’t that the girl I bumped into?” Deok-sun handed him the camera.
Liu Shuyu took the camera, glanced at it through the telephoto lens, and had to admit, Deok-sun's eyesight was truly excellent.
She can recognize him even from this far away.
"Seowoo! Quickly teach me an apology, I bumped into someone and haven't apologized yet!" Deoksun pleaded urgently.
Amidst the constant stares of the crowd around him, Liu Shuyu could only teach Deok-sun a short Chinese phrase on the spot.
"I'm sorry~ I'm sorry~ I'm sorry~~"
Deok-sun walked ahead, muttering to herself, her words drawing sidelong glances from the crowd of passersby.
"What accent is that? Chaoshan or Fujian?" a man asked his companion in a low voice.
"Maybe they're from Shanghai?" the man's companion replied.
"No wonder you have such a heavy accent~" The man nodded in his Guangzhou-accented Mandarin.
Liu Shuyu:.........
Hey~ Your accents aren't much better, are they?
Man: How did you figure out that it was thunder?
........
"Xiao Wu, take this over here," an older woman called to a girl named Yang Shiwu.
"Here you are!" Yang Shiwu, with her hair in a ponytail and wearing an apron, walked between the tables carrying a plate.
"I'm sorry~~!" Deok-sun walked up to the busy girl with a heart full of apology.
"Huh? You are!" Yang Shiwu looked at Deok-sun in surprise. She was in a hurry to leave today and hadn't paid attention to her appearance.
"Oh! It's you guys!" But she still remembered that the person who helped her was Liu Shuyu, and only when she saw him did she realize it.
I was late this morning! I was rushing to school, but...
I lost my student ID...
"I'm sorry~" Deok-sun apologized again.
"It's okay~ It was my own clumsiness~" Yang Shiwu looked at Deoksun who was apologizing again and quickly wiped the oil stains off her hands on her apron before helping Deoksun up, who was bowing her head in apology.
Looking at the girl, Deok-sun wanted to speak, but struggled with the difficulty of communication. After holding back for a while, she finally remembered that she hadn't had time to take her identification to the police station.
"Here!" Paula rummaged through the bag Liu Shuyu was holding for her and handed over her identification.
Paula glared at her, still sporting her usual 'don't mess with me' expression.
Deok-sun smiled gratefully at her sister and handed it to the girl.
"Oh! You found my ID! I thought I lost it on the way!" Yang Shiwu took it with delight. "Thank you so much!"
“Deok-sun, she’s thanking you,” Liu Shuyu translated.
"You're a foreigner!" Yang Shiwu exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise, after hearing Liu Shuyu's translation.
"Is it a friend?" Yang Shiwu's mother called out.
"Oh! Mom~ Foreign friends~" Yang Shiwu exclaimed happily~
"Would you like something to eat? Please sit down for a while, I'll be right there~" Seeing that Deok-sun didn't understand, before Liu Shu-yu could translate, she considerately pulled out a standard plastic chair for Deok-sun, just like in the night market.
Deok-sun smiled and, seeing her actions, immediately understood what she meant and obediently sat down.
"Thank you for returning my documents. Let me treat you to something to eat."
Yang Shiwu handed them the menu.
"No, no, my girlfriend accidentally tripped you."
"How can we let you treat us? Bring us some of your signature dishes!"
Liu Shuyu looked at the bewildered crowd and began to talk to her.
"Okay then~"
"Hello~ Is there anything you'd like to eat?" Yang Shiwu looked at Deok-sun beside her, and Liu Shuyu quickly translated.
"Oh~! I want to eat... stir-fried rice cakes!" Deok-sun couldn't read Chinese, so after thinking for a moment, she hurriedly uttered a familiar dish name.
Liu Shuyu translated for her with a smile.
"OK!" The girl gave Deok-sun an OK sign.
"OK~OK~OK~!!" Deok-sun watched with a grin as she went over and got busy.
"What a coincidence~ We just happened to run into the person Deok-sun got into trouble with~" Jung-hwan exclaimed.
"What! Jung-pal, don't talk nonsense!" Deok-sun looked at him with a sullen face.
"What? What are you talking about?" The salamander was completely bewildered; he hadn't understood a thing or anything from the beginning.
What happened during the day today?
But his first instinct was that it was related to Deok-sun.
After all, this is the kind of person who, after making a promise to their parents, can immediately lose the family's most valuable camera.
A ruthless person who's more likely to cause trouble the happier they are!
After hearing Jung-hwan speak, he became even more certain...
"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing, don't worry about it," Deok-sun said sheepishly.