Once he put his clothes on, he immediately felt much more secure, but there was nothing he could do about his legs. It was the height of summer; he couldn't very well be expected to sleep in long pants.
Ye Yaodong fiddled with his undershirt, then counted the few lucky hairs growing around his right nipple. "All six on this side are still fine, but now the left side's missing one. Five-six, five-six doesn't sound lucky."
"Then have your precious little girl pluck another one from the right, and they'll match."
"No way! Right now, I only have to wait for one to grow back on the left. If she pulls out another, I'll have to wait for two to grow back. How long would that take? Why don't you water it for me instead? Give it some nourishment. Maybe it'll grow faster..."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't keep a straight face at his outrageously suggestive words. Looking both reproachful and embarrassed, she sprang to her feet, the tips of her ears turning red.
"What are you talking about? You'll say absolutely anything."
"Hehe, water is the source of life."
"I'm not bothering with you. I'm going out to help."
"Haven't you hired people to do it? Why do you need to do anything yourself? Stay here..."
"I still have to lend a hand. Otherwise, with your mother out there helping clean the catch, it'd look awful if I just stood there watching."
"Nobody's asking you to stand there watching. Stand for a while, then walk around and have a look, feel the dried squid, and repeat. Won't that make you look like you've got things to do and you're busy?"
"That's your secret to slacking off. How could I master that? It's our own work. How could I scheme to get