ATAPOW Chapter 70
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Chapter 70: Boiling Frog
“Hmm! Hmm~ Five Little Ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away1. Lalala~” Bai Ji laid her back against the water as she hummed a cheerful and lighthearted nursery rhyme. There was a small rubber ducky on her head, while her feet were like incessantly paddling oars.
‘Reasonably warm pool water, soft and comfortable lighting, cute and charming cartoon theme wallpapers and exquisitely crafted toys, huh.’
‘Well~ If I put those factors into consideration, the environment is alright~ It’s deserving of some praise for now, I guess.’
‘A private bathroom is just different~ Completely different from those public bathrooms where everyone just simmers in a large pot, they’re just simply unhygienic~! Ahh~ If I could just have another cup of fresh blood, I’d praise the sun2~’
Bai Ji believes herself to be a flexible and easily satisfied person.
The complicated and odd experiences she went through this year were much more wonderful than the twenty-plus years she previously lived. It had made her feel like she was getting on in the years, that her true age was that of an elderly woman who wanted to resign from the public spotlight.
Through the passing of time, mankind ages, and the elderly retire.
Her youthful frivolous spirit of yesteryears, as well as her somewhat proud and arrogant temperament, had gone through many changes after so many significant ups and downs in her life.
If it weren’t for the necessities of life, Bai Ji would have probably made her appearance in the battlefield of Azeroth or the bushes of Summoner’s Rift and stood aloof from worldly affairs. While she wouldn’t fight against any injustice encountered by mankind, she would similarly not create any problems for them.
Presently, her main objective was to become a happy parasite and live through the remainder of her life like that.
She really had very low expectations for material possessions.
Bai Ji had previously heard a pair of lovers arguing on the streets. The man expressed his constant dissatisfaction with the woman’s sexual posture, and yet the woman had justly and righteously expressed that he needed money to unlock even more postures.
“Is my request really that excessive? If someone is able to let me eat my fill every day, I’ll pose as many postures as he pleases~”
“Let’s be reasonable here, isn’t it just posing a few postures? It isn’t too big of a deal, isn’t it? Do you think that you’re made up of agate?”
Bai Ji puffed her cheeks and expressed her incomprehension towards the woman’s greediness.
Bai Ji clearly understood that it was very easy for one to lose their principles in their twilight years, yet she could only grit her teeth as she was at the end of the rope. She could only brave the risk of her being exposed and subsequently euthanized, bite the bullet, and enter the lion’s den.
‘Money truly is a hard-earned object.’
This was the second time that Bai Ji lamented on this matter.
“Sigh~ My life…” Bai Ji lied on the water pad and released a long sigh while looking at the ceiling.
‘Click.’ The turning sound of the doorknob resounded.
“Ehe! It’s finally time for me to take a bathie~ I love to bathe my skin properly~♬ And wash the tiredness in my body away~” “Pfft!” Without warning, the sound of a person entering came through from the side of the door, Bai Ji’s ahoge stood on its end. As she fell into a state of shock, she slipped and fell into the water from the water pad.
‘Wawa! Didn’t she say that there was no one here?!’
‘Whoosh!’ When mist rose from the splashing water, the footstep and happy noises that came from the door revealed a trace of hesitation.
“Oh my?~ Is there someone in the bathroom? I recalled I entered room 404. That’s no way I could have gotten it wrong, right?”
While listening to the sound of the person’s voice, she could tell that the visitor’s age was probably the same age as Ke’er. However, this school was, to be blunt, a place that laid outside the law, where humans and demons could live in harmony. It was a place where they could even fall in love and do shameful things here. It was impossible to jump to conclusions based on their voice alone.
The footsteps gradually grew closer.
‘It’s over, it’s over! I miscalculated and am now a frog in boiling water! What to do, what to do?! I’ll be euthanized if anyone were to see this appearance!’
Bai Ji was at a complete loss inside the pool. She was hugging her head and had a (>﹏<) expression on her face.
‘Calm down… I couldn’t just sit here and wait for my death!’
After looking around her surroundings, Bai Ji’s eyes came into contact with a few bath towels at the side of the pool.
‘It exists! Let me see if I can slip through…’
“Seriously, could the front desk have gotten it wrong or something? Uhuhu~ I’m using my rare relaxation time to take a soak in the pool, you know…” Her silver hair spilled downwards to her heels like a tail, she was wearing her super small-sized school swimsuit that perfectly fitted her body. On her chest, the word ‘Anna’ was printed on it while her slender waist was wrapped with a cute, small, and yellow duck-shaped swimming float meant for children.
The clothing and accessories on her body highlighted the adorableness and exquisiteness aspects of the loli. It caused one to forget the swathes of flat land in her chest area to a certain degree.
At this moment, the silver-haired girl pouted her small and delicate lips. She was obviously in an extremely unhappy mood.
There were two pleasures after a busy day ended. They were happily showering, and then after that shower, going into the bed to catch up on some missed shows. ‘When combined, these two should give birth to an even greater pleasure, but why did things turn out this way?’
‘My special bathroom was forcefully occupied by someone else… How could something like this cheer me up?!’
‘There’s no way I would use the water that someone bathed in before! It’s going to use up more effort If I change the water in the pool too. After doing such a menial task, the time that I’ll use for catching up shows will be greatly reduced!’
“Hmph~! I really want to see the person that took up Anna’s special bathroom!”
Anna puffed her cheeks. After dragging the door handle with her, she panted with rage as she walked into the bathroom.
Hearing the silence from the doorway, Bai Ji trembled from head to toe while swallowing a mouthful of spittle.
‘S-So this bathroom was specially owned by someone else!’
While looking at the muddled water and the small rubber duckies lying in front of her, Bai Ji, whose body was wrapped with a bath towel, felt like she had gotten into trouble.
‘Uhm… I don’t exist, I don’t exist… I’m just a desk lamp. I didn’t do anything, so please don’t find me…’
“Wahhhhh~! I’m really infuriated! Who did this?!” Anna was instantly enraged when she saw the completely disordered pool and the empty glass goblet on the water pad.
Her scarlet eyes narrowed into slits as she began to size up the room around her. Eventually, her eyes settled on the side of the pool. It was a slightly trembling small hill that was made up of bath towels.
‘Great! You even dared to hide in this area! Are you trying to insult the intelligence of me, Lady Anna?’
Just when the enraged Anna was going to lift up the towel on the spot and find out who exactly had the audacity to be this bold, a few strands of silver hair was revealed from the side of the bundle of towels.
‘?? Lin?’
Anna was slightly stunned. After looking at the empty glass, she seemingly understood something, and all of her anger dissipated in an instant. What’s more, there were even traces of happiness in her heart as well.
‘Oh my~ So it’s this child? Honestly! She frequently drifts apart from me on purpose, yet she’s actually so clingy to me in her heart~ You must have wanted to act coquettishly towards your esteemed mother, but couldn’t do so because your face is stopping you from doing it, right? It must have been really hard on you! Ehehe~ Don’t worry, your esteemed mother knows everything!’
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‘You can’t see me, can’t see me (>﹏<)…Eh? Why is it suddenly silent? Could it be that my disguise is so perfect that she can’t see me?’
Just when Bai Ji was at a loss, a pair of small, tender hands slipped between the towels and unexpectedly attacked her waist.
“Ehehe~ Although little Lin’s lips say no, your body’s very honest~! If you wanted to act so coquettishly to your esteemed mother, you should have just honestly said so. Your mother will accept everything you confide with her~”
Bai Ji: ？？？Σ(ﾟдﾟ；)
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- The original sentence is “A flock of ducks swept underneath the bridge”, which is a nursery tune in Chinese. But I changed it to a more familiar nursery tune, that y’all can understand! You’re welcome!
- Referring to the emote in dark souls where the player stretches his arms 45 degrees outwards and points his finger straight towards the skies.