Kapsoura Translates

 That day Yaoyuan ordered takeout after they got home, and Tan Ruikang let him eat while he went to buy medication. He brought over a little stool and Yaoyuan rushed to say: “Let my dad do it.” Tan Ruikang smiled: “No worries, sit down.” “No!” Yaoyuan said: “Let my dad do it.” “Be good!” Tan Ruikang said. Yaoyuan refused to yield, he felt that it was embarrassing for Tan Ruikang to apply ointment to his foot for him. But Tan Ruikang was even more stubborn, and said in a raised voice: “If you don’t apply medicine now it’ll become more serious! Do you want to walk tomorrow or not!” Yaoyuan could only give in obediently. Tan Ruikang sat on the little stool, massaging Huang Dao Yi wood lock oil into Yaoyuan’s foot while he sat on the couch. Yaoyuan felt uneasy all over, and pressed down on the remote to turn on the TV. “It’s good,” Yaoyuan said. Tan Ruikang didn’t reply, he had his head lowered as he gently massaged Yaoyuan’s ankle. Yaoyuan could smell the ...

 Yaoyuan didn’t want to celebrate his birthday this year, when Zhao Guogang gave him three thousand yuan for him to go out with his friends, Yaoyuan said: “No need.” No need? Zhao Guogang thought that Yaoyuan must’ve been possessed by somebody else, and said, flabbergasted: “You’re not celebrating?” “I’m not celebrating.” Yaoyuan said into his practice books: “Don’t bother me.” Zhao Guogang said: “This money is still for you, as a reward for your midterm exam ranking.” Yaoyuan said dismissively: “Leave it there.” “Xiao Yuan, you did the sixth question wrong.” Tan Ruikang shouted from the room across the hall. “Oh—” Yaoyuan flipped through his books in boredom. Zhao Guogang realized that Tan Ruikang really had quite an influence, although he didn’t know what secrets Yaoyuan had with Tan Ruikang, but the two children have maintained an almost harmonious competitiveness between them. Yaoyuan was surprisingly not jealous of Tan Ruikang’s good grades, as if ...