Suddenly, the system flashed in front of her. On the TV screen, several cheesy heart-shaped fireworks and firecrackers were set off in succession. The 3D colorful subtitles for the broadcast were in bold and capital letters, looping several times.
If the system had a physical form,
Li Chuchu would even suspect that it would come out and do a yangko dance by itself.
Shen Yanshan lowered his head into the bowl and slurped his noodles.
He made little noise while eating. He ate gracefully and quickly. He would blow on the steaming noodles a little and then put them into his mouth, as if he was extremely hungry.
She had made a large portion of the noodles.
Unexpectedly, he ate them all up, not even leaving a single mouthful of soup. Li Chuchu reasonably suspected that the big villain hadn't eaten much outside these days.
Li Chuchu thought it necessary to inform Shen Yanshan about the home renovation, after all, it was now their shared home.
"I've tidied up the house. I've also replaced the bed in your room with a new one. The old bed is still in the room in case you need it. If you don't need it, we can clean it up tomorrow and let Uncle Wang take it to the scrapyard to sell."
Shen Yanshan didn't even lift his head while eating. "You can decide everything at home."
This meant that he had completely handed over the household management rights to Li Chuchu.
Li Chuchu sat quietly on the chair, slightly closing her eyes.
There had been too many things to deal with today, and she was a bit tired.
After dinner,
Shen Yanshan got up neatly.
Li Chuchu was startled by his movement and opened her eyes. "Why not wash up tomorrow? It's too late today."
Shen Yanshan said, "It's okay. I'll be gentle. You go to sleep first."
He gently pulled open the door without making a single sound.
It was quite quiet in the yard outside. Only by listening carefully could one hear the gurgling sound of running water.
【Ding! The total value obtained by the bootlicker has accumulated to 20. The Bootlicker Mall has been opened. You can use the available currency to exchange for goods and supplies in the modern mall. Please check, host.】
After the previous series of alarm bombings, Li Chuchu was now immune to the system's prompt sound.
She clicked on the Bootlicker Mall.
To her surprise, there were actually quite a lot of things in it.
Li Chuchu even found sanitary pads in it, which she had searched all over the black market but couldn't find.
In this era, most women still used cotton cloth strips and menstrual belts.
It was just a piece of cotton cloth that was washed and reused.
Li Chuchu had done a lot of mental preparation for herself before she could barely accept this way.
Now that there were sanitary pads, it was really great. Moreover, the price tag below was 50 cents a pack.
There were also things like shampoo and shower gel. Even the small electric baton that the system had provided last time could be bought here. And the price was not expensive, cheaper than in the black market.
The more Li Chuchu looked, the more excited she became.
This stingy system finally provided something useful.
She bought all the daily necessities that she might need. She couldn't treat herself badly no matter what!
Suddenly, there came a soft sound of pushing the door. Li Chuchu's hand trembled slightly. She calmly put away the system.
She looked up and gave a mechanical smile.
Although she knew that Shen Yanshan couldn't see the system in her hand, Li Chuchu still felt a bit guilty.
Shen Yanshan saw Li Chuchu sitting upright on the bedside. The moment he came in, it seemed as if she was looking through a book.
But on closer inspection, there was nothing in her hand.
He lowered his eyelashes and gathered all his thoughts. He clenched his fist and coughed slightly against his lips. "You should rest early. I'm going out tomorrow morning."
"Ah... okay."
Li Chuchu was a bit stunned.
She didn't know if it was just her illusion, but she always felt that Shen Yanshan's look at her had become much softer recently.
Could it be that she had really managed to cling to this powerful figure?
Li Chuchu found it extremely novel.
Oh, right!
The weekend was over, and she had to go to work tomorrow.
Sure enough, no matter where she was, she couldn't escape the fate of being a hard - working drudge.
Li Chuchu let out a long sigh and then huddled under the quilt to sleep.
She didn't know if it was because of the new bed, but she felt that the bed was extremely comfortable.
...
In the inner room.
The new bed didn't creak like the old one. In the past dozen days, he had rushed from Beijing to Shanghai and then back from Beijing to Shanghai. He hadn't closed his eyes for several days.
It was not so much that he hadn't closed his eyes as that he couldn't fall asleep.
The carriage was too noisy. He couldn't sleep soundly on the chair. He was also worried that the people in the carriage were too mixed and that someone who knew the value of the Monkey stamps in his hand might covet them. The string in his heart was always taut.
Now he could finally lie down on a bed, but there were always inappropriate thoughts floating in his mind.
For example, the long, jet - black hair under the dim light...
Or the bowl of steaming Yangchun noodles.
The warmth in his stomach hadn't dissipated, and it became even hotter as his thoughts wandered. He had taken a sip of the lean - meat and Chinese - cabbage congee before leaving. He had actually missed it a lot in the past dozen days.
He suddenly had an urge to go home quickly...
This was the first time in twenty - odd years that his dead - still heart had beaten so wildly.
Shen Yanshan felt that there was a ball of silk thread in his heart, getting more and more tangled.
His temples throbbed.
Damn it!
He wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight either!
Just as he started to get irritated,
a faint, mysterious fragrance wafted over,
like the fragrance of Li Chuchu's hair.
His body suddenly stiffened. Under the quilt, something indescribable happened.
This was really fucking annoying!
Shen Yanshan spat on himself several times in his heart.
He forced himself to close his eyes and not think about these things. But some instincts of a male animal were really beyond his control.
After struggling for a long time, Shen Yanshan got out of bed with a cold face.
He was going to take a cold shower.
As soon as he opened the door,
"Ah—"
a scream came.
In the darkness, Li Chuchu turned her head in horror. "Who are you?"
Shen Yanshan:...
"What are you doing here?"
Li Chuchu heaved a sigh of relief. Shen Yanshan's voice seemed a bit hoarse.
It couldn't be that he had caught a cold just by going back to his room, could it? She must have heard wrong.
She coughed awkwardly and explained,
"Nature calls."
There was no toilet in the compound. To use the toilet, one had to go to the public toilet behind the alley.
There was not a single lamp on this road, and one had to pass through a small grove.
According to Li Chuchu, that small grove was simply the chosen place for all sorts of shady activities like thievery and murder.
Although she had tried her best to avoid drinking too much water at night to prevent having to go to the toilet in the middle of the night these days,
but there was always an exception.
She had been greedy and eaten a few extra pieces of watermelon tonight, and she had forgotten about this.
"Are you also going to the toilet? How about we go together?"
This was what Li Chuchu was thinking.
She, as a supporting female character who might die at any time, might accidentally trigger some plot and become a victim of the plot.
It must be safer to stay with the big villain.
Moreover, if they happened to encounter something surreal or related to metaphysics, the villain had plenty of yang energy and would surely attract such things more than she did.
Shen Yanshan didn't know the idea in Li Chuchu's mind that she secretly wanted to use him as a sacrifice. He only felt that in the darkness, she seemed to be getting closer to him.
When that slender and soft hand landed on his arm,
Shen Yanshan held his breath.
In the thick and sticky night, time seemed to stand still at this moment.