Can I Connect To Your Wifi? Ch23

Chapter 23: WiFi Signal

Translator: マイ

Proofread/edit: adlt1226

T/N: a little notice for the next update. Usually, I update 2 chs a week for WiFi and LAMMLR, and 2 chs a month for Taizi, however, due to some problems I’m having right now, I might not be able to update for a while. I’ll try my best to provide bit by bit to the proofreader who has been helping me correcting my translating for all these times… if I can squeeze some spare time during this disaster period. (=´；ω；｀=) I hope I can be back on track soon.

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The image on the screen shook slightly as if the owner repositioned the camera downward, and then there appeared a bowl of ceramic whiteware. Inside were pork ribs, lotus root, yellow corn, and a handful of Chinese wolfberries especially sprinkled by Xiao Yao. 

【Envy, jealous, hate. I also want the soup made by someone I like】

【I’m full just by looking at the soup on the screen】

【Late night newspaper? I want to leave this fandom ahhhh】

Even though there was an uproar in the barrage and ear-piercing voices sounded at intervals through the earphones, Xiao Yao’s heart was pounding, and the sentence he had heard just now kept echoing in his ears. Xiao Yao repeated it many times in his heart.

“It’s the soup made by someone I like.”

Suddenly, he felt that everything was a bit unreal.

Xiao Yao thought for a while and sent a barrage.

【Is the soup delicious?】

As soon as Ti Xiao caught this barrage, he turned the camera angle, and took a sip of the soup. He made a posture as if to tell them how good the soup was. “It tastes great hehe. Isn’t he exceptionally awesome? I like him very much.”

【Then does this person you like like you too?】

This barrage was not sent by Xiao Yao, but seeing it still made his heart tremble.

Seeing this question, Ti Xiao couldn’t help but open the chat comment. “How to say it? I also don’t know whether he likes me or not, but I have a little bit of a feeling, you know what I mean. Aiya, anyway, we are neighbors. It’s a matter of first come, first served, and the future is still long hehe.”

“Okay, okay, I’m about to start drawing. Today I will talk about how to match red with green so that it looks good. Pay attention to the blackboard, and listen carefully to the class.” Ti Xiao glanced at the time, took the pressure-sensitive pen and turned it around in his hand, and began to draw.

Ti Xiao guessed right; there was indeed a little bit of good feeling. 

But Xiao Yao was reluctant to let go at this stage of good feelings. Although he hesitated to take a half step back, he didn’t dare to take that step forward and grab Little Bunny’s hand as well. 

Besides, he was still unclear whether this author was Ti Xiao or not. The voice wasn’t the same at all, but there were many other things that were similar to his. 

Book, soup, neighbor.

With the appearance of rough and sharp lines of a human body gradually taking shape and appearing on the screen, the corners of Xiao Yao’s tight lips also slightly unfolded.

He quit the live broadcast room and scanned through the author, Da A’Ti’s Weibo, and found a post titled “Long-legged Biscuit Buying Oranges”, which included a collection of three pictures. After a close examination of the photos, the more familiar the image of the back figure and the clothes became. 

Once he started drawing, Ti Xiao would lose himself in his own world. He would talk less nonsense and only focus on explaining some points regarding the human body and color matching. Fans were quietly watching Ti Xiao drawing, and only occasionally fired one or two bullet screens. 

During the session, he had a lot of trouble drawing because it was a colored picture. Ti Xiao had no intention to finish the drawing tonight, but by the time he finished the first draft, it was already two o’clock in the morning. 

Most of the fans who had to go to work and school the next day had already left a “good night” in the barrage and left the live broadcast room.

Ti Xiao put down the pressure-sensitive pen and stretched his waist, and found that three users were still watching the live broadcast.

Two of them were robots on the live broadcast platform, and the remaining user was called “pass by”.

It was the brother that caught Ti Xiao’s attention from before. 

“There is still someone here? Why aren’t you resting at this late hour?” Ti Xiao said after clearing his throat.

【Un, I’ll rest after you end your broadcast.】

His reply flashed on the screen within seconds of Ti Xiao’s question, – almost as fast as an express delivery. 

“I remember you. You gave me a lot of rewards last time, thank you. But don’t do this next time, it’s a waste of money. Just enjoy the comics.” Ti Xiao said.

【It’s okay, I like your work very much.】

“You need to rest early. Don’t learn from me. It’s wrong to always stay up late.” Ti Xiao twisted his neck with a creaking. 

【There are times when unexpected accidents happen】

Another noise came through the earphones, and Ti Xiao tapped on it with his fingers. “My mic seems to be broken. Is it strange listening to my voice?”

This time the bullet screen did not respond in seconds like the previous instances. It took a while before it came out.

【Un, a bit】

Ti Xiao yawned. “I’ll change to another one later. Anyway, I’m going to end the broadcast brother, you should rest soon.”

【good night】

After saving the file, Ti Xiao turned off the computer and prepared to wash and sleep, while the person next door stared at the words “The owner went fishing” on the screen. He then put down the phone and yawned for a while.

(T/N: catching fish in muddy water; loafing on the job.)

Before brushing his teeth, Ti Xiao reheated a bowl of pork rib soup and drank it cheerfully, unaware that most of his disguise had already been stripped off.

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“I’m not helping you with this parent-teacher meeting.” Ti Xiao righteously said, “Not a chance.”

“Uncle, if you don’t go to the parent-teacher meeting, it will definitely be the end of me. My mother has had a bad temper recently due to her menopause. Ball ball you!*” Ti Nanyi pleaded bitterly, with snot and tears in her eyes.

(T/N: words in English; meaning ‘please, I beg you.’)

Ti Nanyi became busy near the end of the year and as the end of the semester approached. As such, the number of her visits to Ti Xiao’s apartment reduced significantly. However, whenever she did come to visit, she always came with some strange requests.

This time she was bold enough to beg Ti Xiao to go to a parent-teacher meeting in her mother’s place.

If Ti Jiji* knew about it, he would definitely break Ti Nanyi’s and his leg together.

(T/N: Last time I said that I had no idea about Ti Jiji. It’s TX’s older brother’s (probably) nickname. His name shown in ch 8 was 题喆 (Ti Zhe), and this 吉吉(Jiji) character is like one Zhe divided to two.)

Although Ti Xiao had gone to her parent-teacher meeting before, it was only because his brother and his sister-in-law were on a business trip at that time, so he had no choice but to go.

The end of this little girl’s semester was still a month from now. Coming to beg him this early to help her with the parent-teacher meeting, it was obvious that she hadn’t done well in her previous exams. 

“Review well for the exam and try not to create an opportunity for me to meet with your English teacher.” Ti Xiao said jokingly, “I will give you a thick red envelope this year after the exams.”

Ti Nanyi’s eyes flashed in an instant when she heard this, and all the snot and tears she had just cried turned into strength for review. She then happily went back to school, and even volunteered to help Ti Xiao throw away several bags of garbage.

Not long after she left, the little girl sent over a screaming voice message. 

“Ah, ahh ahhhhh, I just saw my English teacher come out of your community. I will not have any meals at your place anymore.”

Ti Xiao could hear the nervousness and panic in her tone.

“That would be wonderful. You just try your best to review.” Ti Xiao also couldn’t ask for anything more.

After that little episode in life was over, Ti Xiao went out to buy things from the supermarket, and at the same time thought about Xiao Yao.

During the past few days, when he got sick and had a fever, Xiao Yao had taken care of him like a busy bee running back and forth; not only did he bring him breakfast but even brought him supper as well. Ti Xiao only said a thank you for everything he had done for him and felt that it didn’t seem sincere enough. 

He just wanted to think of a suitable way to show his gratitude. 

Even if he wanted to send a gift, he didn’t know what Xiao Yao liked; he also didn’t want to repay him by inviting him to dinner again. 

Ai you wei, Ti Xiao scratched his head, if only I could give myself as a thank you gift.  

(T/N: same as the UK slang, Blimey; expressing shock, surprise or exciting.)

But on second thought, What if he doesn’t want this thank you gift? Wouldn’t it be quite embarrassing? 

It was just that even when the footsteps of Christmas had already passed, and the breath of New Year’s Day had quietly arrived, Ti Xiao still hadn’t thought of a better solution.

At this time of the year, on the last day of December, the neighborhood committee’s uncles and aunts would usually gather together to make dumplings. The elderly, the children, and the young people living in the same community gathered together to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new year. 

Ti Xiao and Xiao Yao were certainly invited without exception.

Ti Xiao was invited because he had a good relationship with everyone, and he often helped these uncles and aunts with many things, while Xiao Yao moved here not too long ago, and on top of that, he rarely spoke or smiled to them. 

Although they were all in the same community, Xiao Yao’s relationship with  this group of uncles and aunts was not very good.

Ti Xiao didn’t understand their intentions until several of the neighborhood committee’s uncles and aunts brought their sons and daughters over. 

Suddenly, he realized that this scene was reminiscent of the dating show If You Are The One.

“Xiao Yao ah, this is my daughter. She’s planning to go to the UK next year. Can you give her some pointers so that she can be careful while she is alone over there?”

What are you doing? What are you doing? 

Someone has already returned home. He doesn’t remember! He won’t remember! How old are you? Can’t you check it online?

“I think you’re in good shape. Do you often go to the gym to exercise? Can we go together?”

You keep looking at other people every day. But don’t you have eyes? He’s already made an appointment with me, you have no chance!

“Xiao Yao, I heard that your English is good, can you translate the English on this dress for me?”

You have a bad memory, his English is not good at all!

Perhaps this group of elderly people were also worried about their children’s marriage, they directly led them to surround Xiao Yao, and even Ti Xiao, who was sitting next to him, was squeezed away to make dumplings.

Watching the good-tempered Xiao Yao and them talking in harmony, Ti Xiao angrily scooped a large spoonful of stuffing and stuffed it into the dumpling wrapper.

Although Ti Xiao didn’t know how to cook, he was an expert at making dumplings. When he was a child, he and Ti Zhe often competed with each other to see who could make more dumplings for the Chinese New Year. Which led him to develop his dumpling-making skills.

Even after Ti Xiao had already wrapped a dozen dumplings, Xiao Yao was still surrounded by enthusiastic single men and women.

Ti Xiao’s teeth were itchy with anger.

“Xiao Xiao, it seems we’re all out of soy sauce. You go buy a bottle for me.” Aunt Zhang, who was chopping meat stuffing, shook the empty soy sauce bottle in her hand and winked at him.

“Oh, okay.” Ti Xiao, who was puzzled by the Auntie’s sudden wink at him, still grabbed his jacket and went out. 

As soon as he walked out of the warm room, the cold wind surrounded his whole body without mercy. Ti Xiao bowed his head and wanted to zip up his jacket, he tried several times but without success.

It happened that he was a little irritable in his heart, and simply stopped pulling in a fit of anger. When he was about to go forward with his jacket open, someone chased after him and pulled him back.

It was Xiao Yao. 

Before he had time to say anything, Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and rubbed his exposed face a few times. The white flour that had accidentally stuck on Ti Xiao’s face while he was angrily wrapping the dumplings were now stuck on Xiao Yao’s fingertips. 

“There is flour on your face.” Xiao Yao twisted his fingers and smiled lightly.

He looks just like a tabby cat.

Ti Xiao wore a bright red scarf. Half of his face was hidden in the scarf, and the remaining half of his exposed face was flushed. “Thank, thank you.”

“I’ll go with you. Aunt Zhang asked me to buy another bottle of vinegar.” Xiao Yao helped Ti Xiao pull the scarf up, and said, “Let’s go.”

After hearing these words, Ti Xiao understood why Aunt Zhang had to wink her eyebrows. 

What a good Chinese auntie.

His mood was much more beautiful now.

Xiao Yao looked at his blushing appearance, and couldn’t help thinking about what he had heard during the live broadcast that day. The corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a nice arc. “Let’s go.”

Just before Ti Xiao could open his mouth and say “okay”, it was as if Xiao Yao seemed to have knocked against something and his whole figure leaned toward Ti Xiao’s side. 

The scene looked like Xiao Yao strengthened his arm and pulled Ti Xiao for a hug. 

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