Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Hey, senior brother.” You Xu leaned against the kitchen door, answering the phone.
Duan Min suddenly stopped cracking eggs and turned to look at her.
Zhao Yiyan on the other end of the line said, “It’s been almost half a month since we last contacted each other, Xiao Xu. It’s not that I’ve been too busy to remember you. Last time when I was on my way back from your house, I don’t know how, I got into a car accident halfway there and I’m still in the hospital receiving treatment.”
A few days ago, Duan Min said he wanted to learn to cook, so she made a simple cookbook. She was teaching him to cook today when Zhao Yiyan suddenly called. She didn’t want to answer, but remembering the time Duan Min manipulated him into banging his head against the wall, she answered the call to find out what his current situation was.
You Xu: “How are you doing, senior brother?”
Zhao Yiyan: “I called you as soon as I felt a little better.”
Pretending not to notice the familiarity and warmth in his voice, You Xu said, “Sorry, senior brother, I’m busy right now. I’ll contact you again when I have a chance.”
“Okay, you go ahead and do your work.”
After hanging up, You Xu roughly knew that Duan Min had manipulated the driver to deliberately cause an accident on the way back to Zhao Yiyan, but in the end, he didn’t kill him, leaving Zhao Yiyan alive.
“Why did you stop?” You Xu said, “Crack two more eggs into a bowl, add some salt, and then stir evenly.”
Duan Min didn’t move, staring straight at her, and suddenly asked an unrelated question: “Is he more handsome, or am I more handsome?”
You Xu replied without thinking, “Of course you are more handsome.”
“Then why are you nice to him?” Duan Min frowned, not quite satisfied.
You Xu instinctively wanted to retort, but suddenly remembered that Duan Min had manipulated her before, asking why she approached him, and her answer was that she was nice to him because he was handsome. He then assumed that she would be nice to handsome people, and now he felt threatened.
“Nobody’s as pretty as you,” You Xu blinked and said. “I’m only good to you.”
The woman before him had her hair loosely tied in a bun, her wisps slightly messy, and she wore a white cotton nightgown. Her smile was somewhat languid, with her mischievous almond-shaped eyes raised like a little fox who had sneaked into the world.
Duan Min looked away, turned around, cracked two more eggs into a bowl, picked up a whisk, and stirred the yolks and whites evenly.
“You forgot to add salt, you need to add some seasoning…” She paused, her gaze shifting upwards to his ears, noticing a slight blush.
“Ding—” the system said, “Congratulations, host, villain’s trust value has increased to 70.”
Wait a minute, all that hard work to raise trust value before, and now a few compliments and kind words have resulted in such a rapid increase? Okay, she knew what to do.
You Xu rolled up her sleeves, stepped forward, and showered Duan Min with compliments, calling him an unparalleled beauty, a brilliant and handsome man, and a once-in-a-century genius.
Duan Min smirked, unable to withstand her incessant chatter, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, grabbed her forehead, pushed her out the door, and closed the kitchen door.
Seeing his slightly embarrassed and angry expression, You Xu pounded on the door and burst into laughter. After laughing enough, she rubbed her waist and asked the system, “Did it increase?”
As the saying goes, when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Since You Xu gained points, the system had been living a life of capitalist luxury. It used You Xu’s points to buy yo-yos, Italian leather sofas, parasols, foot baths, and all sorts of random things, piling them up in You Xu’s mind.
The system, often too busy enjoying life to attend to You Xu, was currently soaking its feet and sipping watermelon juice when it said, “No increase.”
You Xu’s attention was diverted. “You’re a stick figure, your face is as black as charcoal, why are you buying a parasol?”
“Mind your own business,” the system refilled its watermelon juice with five points. “I’ve followed you through thick and thin, can’t I even buy something?”
“…Are your systems illiterate or what? Don’t use such language,” You Xu waved her hand. “Fine, fine, you buy it, you buy it.”
She didn’t want this old-fashioned, husband-and-wife-like conversation anymore, it felt like it was a gold-digging wife and she was a poor, stingy husband.
While waiting for Duan Min, You Xu took out her phone to shop online.
After about ten minutes, Duan Min came out with a plate of food. You Xu put away her phone and looked at it, genuinely admiring his learning ability. The recipe she made only had simple steps and precautions, and he could perfectly follow it.
A plate of scrambled eggs with scallions, pale yellow and emerald green, the aroma of scrambled eggs mingling with the fragrance of scallions, steaming hot.
You Xu picked up her chopsticks and took a bite; it was smooth and tender, perfectly seasoned, with a rich flavor.
Duan Min looked at her with bright, clear eyes: “How is it?”
“Delicious.” You Xu gave a thumbs up.
Duan Min’s brows relaxed, and the corners of his eyes curved into a beautiful arc.
He thought, from now on, he could cook for her too.
….
After lunch, You Xu, as usual, nestled on the sofa. This time, instead of immediately dozing off, she took out her phone and continued shopping online.
Duan Min, unusually, didn’t rummage through the bottles of sauces she had made. He leaned closer to her and asked, “What are you buying?”
“Pajamas,” You Xu said.
Then another phone screen was placed in front of her. “I want one too,” he added, “the same one as yours.”
You Xu had no choice but to take his phone, buy the same pajamas as her, grab his hand, and successfully pay with his fingerprint. Just as she was about to continue shopping for her own things, Duan Min said, “Change the sofa, buy a big one, the kind big enough for two people to lie down on.”
You Xu had no objection; after all, it was the big boss paying, so she quickly ordered a sofa for him.
“I want a set of your bed sheets and blankets too, and I want your soft blanket as well,” Duan Min said.
You Xu’s fingers paused; she simply couldn’t accept the sight of the big boss sleeping on a small floral bed sheet, so she bought him a striped one. Then, at his instruction, she bought the same health-preserving cup, pillow, and cushion as hers…
When he even said he wanted a dressing table like hers, You Xu was speechless. Hey, this young man has quite a strong shopping desire; how come she never noticed this potential before?
Duan Min: “And that little fox plushie on your bedside table, I want that too.”
You Xu said expressionlessly, “They’re not for sale. I got it as a prize in a lucky draw when I spent over 500 yuan at the supermarket.”
Duan Min didn’t seem to care: “Then you can use money to enter the lucky draw.”
“…”
You Xu couldn’t resist his burning desire to buy things, which seemed to want to burn all her money. So she had to try to distract him, “How about I tell you a short story for your afternoon nap?”
“Okay.” Duan Min leaned back lazily on the sofa and looked at her.
You Xu realized she didn’t have any storybooks with her. The delivery here was extremely fast; if you ordered now, the package would arrive in the delivery box three hours later. But by the time she got to nap, the golden time for her afternoon nap would be over. So she had to rummage through the remaining novel stories in her mind.
“Once upon a time, there was a young widow,” You Xu ran a hand through her hair and cleared her throat, “she fell in love with a scholar…”
Duan Min listened intently, like a top student following a lesson, while You Xu, like a student who had been playing games all night, fell asleep after only a few words.
As evening fell, You Xu kept her eyes closed, but she felt like there were figures moving around in front of her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Duan Min dressed in a black and white cow-print pajama set. He was carrying a bedding and pillows and walking towards the guest room next to hers, looking like he was treating the place as his own home and wanted to settle down there permanently.
Noticing that You Xu was awake, Duan Min put down what he was holding and took a set of cow-print pajamas from the delivery box for her: “Yours.”
The usually aloof and indifferent man, wearing the fluffy cow-print pajamas, still looked handsome, with his crimson lips and pale skin, but with an added touch of adorable boyish charm.
You Xu stood on the sofa, about the same height as him. She reached out and touched his soft, fine hair, meeting his clear, amber eyes, and softly said, “Okay.”
She was always easy to talk to when it came to handsome people.
You Xu took the pajamas, changed, and went to the guest room. Duan Min had decorated it similarly to her room, so he stayed there that night.
….
The next morning, You Xu vaguely heard the doorbell ring in her sleep. She groggily thought, “Duan Min has moved in, then who’s ringing the doorbell so early in the morning?”
“Warning, warning,” the system finally sprang from its vacation-like leisure, “Key figure You Qi has appeared!”
You Xu: “?!”
She hadn’t been away for long last time, and now it was back so soon. You Xu sat up abruptly. No, she had to get You Qi out of there before Duan Min woke up. She couldn’t let them meet; what if they fell in love at first sight, some kind of predestined fate?!
Without even putting on her shoes, You Xu rushed to the living room, only to find— Duan Min had already opened the door for You Qi.
You Qi poked his head in, facing the man in a cow-print pajama set, holding a milk cup, and with a milky white ring around his lips, and called out, “Cousin! Brother-in-law!”
Duan Min raised an eyebrow but didn’t speak.
You Qi continued, “Cousin-in-law, is that you, cousin-in-law—”
You Xu: “…”
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