Fantasy Farm

Chapter Ch67.2 - Big pig trotters

translator: baumkuchen 

(big pig trotters = liar. e.g. all men are big pig trotters = all men are liars)

After staying up for an entire night, Lu Qingjiu was a little tired. After he finished eating, he went right off to sleep and didn’t get up until it was afternoon. After waking up, he went to go check on Bai Yuehu’s condition—— No, more accurately, he was checking that Yin Xun was still alive.

“Wuwuwu, I’m so scared,” Yin Xun, who had chewed halfway down his hands out of nervousness from being alone in the same room with Bai Yuehu, said, “How about I send Jiang Buhuan off, and you look over him?”

Lu Qingjiu, “Did he wake up halfway?”

Yin Xun, “He woke up, he woke up halfway, glanced at me, and asked ‘where’s Lu Qingjiu’. I said ‘he’s sleeping’, and then he told me to stay further away from him, otherwise he wouldn’t be responsible if he ate me in his sleep.”

Lu Qingjiu, “……” Why was it that he felt that Bai Yuehu was actually disdaining Yin Xun.

Yin Xun said sorrowfully, “I’m just a pitiful, weak, helpless little mountain god, why is he treating me like this.”

In the end, Lu Qingjiu helplessly agreed to Yin Xun’s suggestion, letting him drive Jiang Buhuan back in the pickup truck. After all, Yin Xun had already eaten half his hands out of nervousness, if he ate any more who knew when they’d be able to grow back. ‘Eating my hands’ was meant to just be cutesy, only his family’s idiot son would really bite them off.

Hence, Yin Xun happily took over the task, going to send Jiang Buhuan off, leaving Lu Qingjiu to stay in the house and watch over the still-sleeping Bai Yuehu in his place.

All the other creatures were a little afraid of Bai Yuehu, but strangely, since the moment he saw Bai Yuehu, Lu Qingjiu had practically never felt any fear of him. In his point of view, Bai Yuehu was just an absolutely ordinary fox spirit, nothing to be afraid of.

After sleeping until about three or four o’clock in the afternoon, Bai Yuehu finally woke up. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Qingjiu leaning against the window, reading a book. Warm sunlight shone onto his cheek, coating both his skin and black hair in a layer of warm gold. The light blurred the outline of Lu Qingjiu’s figure, making him seem as if he was about to disappear with the light.

“Lu Qingjiu.” Bai Yuehu called his name like he was speaking a spell to call him back.

Lu Qingjiu’s body moved as he raised his head to look at Bai Yuehu. Seeing that he’d woken up, his usual gentle smile appeared on his face. “You’re awake.”

“En.” As Bai Yuehu watched him quickly stride over to him, looking at him against the light, his chest swelled, as if something was about to gush out of it, making him press his lips together slightly, afraid of revealing his emotions.

“Are you hungry?” There really weren’t many things that Lu Qingjiu could do for Bai Yuehu. Fortunately, of them, was what Bai Yuehu needed most.

Bai Yuehu nodded. Yesterday’s fight had consumed too much of his energy, requiring a long period of replenishing and recovery.

“I’ll cook for you,” Lu Qingjiu said, “What do you want to eat?”

Bai Yuehu said, “Anything’s okay.”

Lu Qingjiu discussed, “Then I’ll cook some pork trotters for you, then fry up some fried rice.”

Bai Yuehu said, “Anything’s fine.”

Lu Qingjiu turned and went to the kitchen. All these things had been ready-made, from him having been worried that Bai Yuehu wouldn’t have anything to eat after waking up. After he quickly heated them up, he brought them to Bai Yuehu’s bedroom, only to find the bedroom empty, with no sign of Bai Yuehu.

“Yuehu??” Lu Qingjiu called out, a little panicked.

“I’m here.” Bai Yuehu’s voice drifted over from the courtyard.

Lu Qingjiu walked over to the courtyard, and saw Bai Yuehu sitting on his rocking chair once more. He said, “I wanted to soak in the sun.”

Lu Qingjiu let out a sigh of relief. Smiling, he walked over to his side, and placed the food on the stone platform. “Eat.”

Bai Yuehu raised up his hand and began to eat slowly.

The spring sun was, sure enough, the best. Cool wind brought with it peach blossom petals from who knows where. Some fell on the soil of the courtyard, while some fell on Bai Yuehu’s black hair. Lu Qingjiu suddenly stood up, walked over to stand behind Bai Yuehu, lowered his head and gathered Bai Yuehu’s hair behind his neck, and neatly tied it up.

“Will they come back again?” Lu Qingjiu asked.

“En,” Bai Yuehu said, “As long as there’s light, there’s shadow. As long as the light still exists, the shadows will not be eliminated.”

Lu Qingjiu said, “This is what you’ve done for generations?”

Bai Yuehu said, “Yes.”

Lu Qingjiu let out a soft sigh.

Bai Yuehu said, “Right, I have something to give you.”

Lu Qingjiu, “What is it?”

He originally thought it would be something extremely important, but then saw Bai Yuehu stand up, then, his expression serious, turned his butt towards Lu Qingjiu. Before Lu Qingjiu could react, he saw nine white, fluffy tails emerge from Bai Yuehu’s tailbone. Bai Yuehu’s voice drifted over. “You see, it’s grown back.”

Lu Qingjiu, “…………”

Bai Yuehu, “I said it would grow back in spring.”

Lu Qingjiu’s shoulders shook. He tried his best to hold back his laughter, but failed. He laughed so hard he doubled over, and laughing so hard he even began to tear up.

Bai Yuehu stared at Lu Qingjiu suspiciously. “What are you laughing about?”

“No…… nothing.” Lu Qingjiu felt like his family’s fox spirit was really too cute, so much so that he could hold back, reaching out and hugging those nine fluffy fox tails, indulging in the soft feeling left after those tails rubbed against his face. “I like you so much.”

Bai Yuehu, “Like me?”

Lu Qingjiu gave the tails a firm kiss. “Of course.”

However, Bai Yuehu looked at Lu Qingjiu doubtfully, then turned back and muttered something in a low voice. Standing behind him, Lu Qingjiu was of course able to hear Bai Yuehu’s little complaint loud and clear. Bai Yuehu had said, “What you like is clearly fluffy things.”

“What do you mean,” Lu Qingjiu explained, “Who told you that I like fluffy things?”

Bai Yuehu said, “All humans like them.” His tails twitched. “If you don’t like them, what are you hugging them for.”

Lu Qingjiu said, “I like your tails, because they belong to you. If they were someone else’s, I might not like them.”

Bai Yuehu didn’t reply, but he clearly didn’t believe Lu Qingjiu’s words. Hmph, humans always lied easily. Even though he said that, when he truly saw his real form, he would turn and run. Otherwise, how did the phrase “Lord Ye’s passion for dragons (I’m pretty sure I’ve explained this before, but just a recap: Lord Ye was famous for really liking dragons, but when a real dragon came to see him, he was actually very afraid)” come about.

Lu Qingjiu said, helpless, “Do you see me lusting after Su Xi’s father’s tails?”

Bai Yuehu mercilessly saw through Lu Qingjiu. “That’s because he doesn’t show them.”

Lu Qingjiu, “……” He actually couldn’t refute this.

“And right now, he only has bald tails,” Bai Yuehu said, “All his extra fur was lost to me for me to make the fur coat. Isn’t it warm?”

Lu Qingjiu, “It’s warm.”

Bai Yuehu, “Good.”

Lu Qingjiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He really wanted to explain that he actually didn’t value fluffiness so highly, but felt like with his hands hugging those tails, he wouldn’t seem very convincing. In the end, he could only sigh, rub his face against those fluffy tails, and say, “Even though I like fluff, I like you more.”

Bai Yuehu raised an eyebrow. “Is it that the tails aren’t nice to hug anymore, or is it that the coat isn’t nice to wear anymore?”

Lu Qingjiu, “……”

Bai Yuehu was firm despite the lack of truth in his words. “I’m fluffy.”

Lu Qingjiu, “……” Fine, maybe he was better off skipping this topic.

So in the end, Bai Yuehu sat back down on his rocking chair, proudly lending his tails to Lu Qingjiu to hug. The tails really felt like they were real. Not only did they have warmth, they could even move. It felt very pleasant when they wrapped around Lu Qingjiu’s waist. But the question arose, where did the tails come from? Were they the result of a bet, like how Bai Yuehu had gotten that coat? Or…… had he eaten the rest?”

Lu Qingjiu was a little conflicted. Compared to before, the fur on the tails had become more lush, as well as more smooth. Hugging them felt like hugging a big stuffed toy, unimaginably comfortable. The most magical thing was they could even wrap around you. Lying against them, it felt like Lu Qingjiu was lying against a cushion. Adding on the warmth of being in the sun, he quickly drifted off to sleep.

By the time he next woke up, the sun was already in the west. The first thing he saw after opening his eyes was Bai Yuehu’s profile. A peach blossom petal had landed on the tip of Bai Yuehu’s nose. Lu Qingjiu reached out a hand, and gently picked the petal up.

Despite this, Bai Yuehu woke up. He opened his eyes as well, his eyes still slightly muddled from sleep. He turned, moving slightly with a soft humm, and pulled Lu Qingjiu into his chest.

This was probably a habit left from them sleeping together in the winter. At that time, when Lu Qingjiu went to sleep, the two would be in perfectly acceptable positions, but practically every morning, he would wake up in Bai Yuehu’s arms.

“Oh……” Lu Qingjiu said, “It’s time to get up, I haven’t even made dinner yet.” 

Bai Yuehu said, “I don’t want to eat.”

Lu Qingjiu smiled and said, “Alright, don’t fuss, you just got hurt, how can you not eat?”

Bai Yuehu said, “I’m not very hungry.”

Even though Bai Yuehu said that he wasn’t hungry, Lu Qingjiu still struggled out of his arms. He checked the time. Right now, it was already past 6 pm, but Yin Xun, who’d sent Jiang Buhuan off, had yet to come back.

Could something have happened? Lu Qingjiu was a little worried, hurriedly pulling out his phone to call Yin Xun.

After the call connected, Yin Xun’s voice sounded from the other end. He said, “Jiu-er, there’s no need to worry about me, I’ll be coming back a little later.”

“What happened?” Lu Qingjiu asked doubtfully.

Yin Xun said, “Aiya, it’s nothing big. It’s just that after sending Jiang Buhuan off, I noticed that I had a red rash on my butt. I went to the clinic to get some medicine, and the doctor said that I had an allergic reaction and said he’d put me on a drip for a while before I went back.”

Lu Qingjiu, “……” He remembered that Yin Xun seemed to have been allergic to slugs, just that hadn’t it not been very serious before? Why did it suddenly flare up today?

Yin Xun’s explanation was very skimpy. “I’m also confused. The doctor said that it might be because it’s spring. Y’know, spring, it’s the season of allergies……”

Lu Qingjiu, “Alright, come back soon.”

Yin Xun hung up the phone in silence. He stared at the screen of his phone, weeping silently. He wanted to go back too, okay, but that afternoon, a certain person had sent him a text, saying that he wasn’t to appear in front of him before 6, if not he’d kill him and eat his flesh. He couldn’t do anything, and could only grit his teeth and let the pickup truck take the blame. This was his first time getting a text from Bai Yuehu, when he got the text, he originally thought that Bai Yuehu had actually changed and texted him, who knew that when he opened the text, he would find that Bai Yuehu wanted his life.

“Wuwuwu, Jiu-er, you need to protect your body at home.” As Yin Xun wiped away his tears, he worried for his good friend. “Don’t have it so that when I come back, I see you having been eaten by Bai Yuehu until only your skeleton is left……” Lu Qingjiu wasn’t like him, who could grow back after being eaten, but speaking of which, what kind of eating method was still open to discussion.

The author has something to say:

Bai Yuehu: Lu Qingjiu, do you like my tails or me?

Lu Qingjiu: Only a child would make a choice, as an adult, I want both.

Bai Yuehu: Both? Then I’m yours and my tails are yours, come, I’ll help stick in the tails for you.

Lu Qingjiu: Wa…… wait???