Sanbao only had one camo cotton jacket, which wasn’t enough for the winter. Also, the cotton jacket was filled with cotton taken from a quilt, so it wasn’t very warm.

With these vests, they would be warmer. Plus, these vests could be buttoned onto the camo jackets to become camo jackets with vests inside.

However, making these vests took a lot of time, mainly because Ning Shu was meticulous. She made sure each square was neat and the same size, with almost the same amount of cotton inside.

For someone in the fashion industry, Ning Shu couldn’t stand sloppy clothing. Because of this, making a cotton jacket would take her a whole day.

When the daytime wasn’t enough, she used her evenings as well. The three Bao were so impressed by Lin Guodong’s stories that now, after dinner, he would tell them stories in their room. He would only come back after they fell asleep listening to his stories.

This way, he saved himself the trouble of warming the blankets and carrying Sanbao over, as the kids could get too hot or catch a cold.

One night, the family of five was having dinner when they suddenly heard Lin Xiaojing’s voice outside. “Third Brother… Third Brother, are you there?” Since she had a conflict with Ning Shu, Lin Xiaojing didn’t come in directly but called out from the yard.

Lin Guodong: “I’m here. Come inside and talk.”

Lin Xiaojing hesitated for a moment. “Third Brother, can you come out for a moment?”

“Being so secretive…” Lin Guodong put down his chopsticks and stood up.

He said to Ning Shu, “I’ll be right back.”

Ning Shu nodded.

Lin Guodong walked out of the house. “Are you back from school?”

Lin Xiaojing used to feel nervous and couldn’t look directly at her brother, but now, standing in the yard and looking up at her tall brother, she felt a bit dazed.

“What’s wrong? Can’t speak?” Seeing his sister in a daze, Lin Guodong spoke again.

“Huh? Um, it’s Saturday today, so I’m back from school,” Lin Xiaojing snapped out of it. “Third Brother, can you talk to me outside?”

Lin Guodong felt like he wanted to pry open his sister’s mind. “It’s cold outside in winter. If there’s something you need to talk about privately, we can go to Yibao’s room.” With that, he headed to his son’s room.

Lin Xiaojing thought about it and followed him.

Once inside the room, she still looked outside, but when she saw Ning Shu didn’t follow, she felt relieved.

Seeing her acting so stealthily, Lin Guodong was helpless. “What do you need from me?”

Lin Xiaojing had mustered up the courage to come after hearing that Lin Guodong had returned home today.

But when she saw her brother, she felt a bit intimidated.

She felt guilty after all these years. “Third Brother, you… you…”

Seeing her hesitant, Lin Guodong suddenly reached out and patted her shoulder. “I’m doing well now. Don’t feel pressured. Your sister-in-law is very good, and the three children are very well-behaved. Let the past be the past.”

“Third Brother…” Lin Xiaojing’s eyes welled up with tears. Her brother knew what she wanted to say.

Lin Guodong understood her well.

After all, she was his own sister.

He also understood her feelings. “Although it started out wrong, things are heading in a good direction now. So, we should be happy. If we couldn’t avoid the beginning, then we should guide it towards a better direction instead of avoiding it.”

Lin Guodong thought this way, and he acted accordingly.

When he saw Yibao and Erbao for the first time, he decided to give them a good family.

So when he came back to visit, he planned to live well with Ning Shu.

His actions were consistent with what he said to Lin Xiaojing. One cannot dwell in the past, as that would be not letting go of oneself.

“Third Brother, as long as you’re happy, I’ll be relieved. Really, I can finally rest assured now.”

After parting ways with Ning Shu that day, Lin Xiaojing was happy, happy with Ning Shu’s changes.

Today, she came urgently to confirm, and now she could finally be at ease.

This was the guilt that had weighed on her for five years, and at this moment, she finally let it go.

In the kitchen, Ning Shu saw that Lin Guodong had come back soon after leaving. She asked, “Didn’t you ask Xiaojing to stay for dinner?”

Lin Guodong replied, “I did, but she didn’t stay. She used to be heavy-hearted, but now she’s more open-minded.”

Ning Shu said, “It’s also my fault for what happened before, scaring her when she was so young. Any 13-year-old girl would have been scared.”

Seeing her bring up the matter voluntarily, Lin Guodong admired her. “You were young at the time too, but you had quite the courage to drug me.”

In his whole life, he hadn’t been hit by an enemy’s bullet, but a glass of drugged water had taken him down.

“Seeing an opportunity,” Ning Shu replied matter-of-factly.

Lin Guodong wanted to say, “Thank you for drugging me out of opportunity.” But then he asked seriously, “Where did you buy the drug at that time?”

Where did she buy the drug at that time? Ning Shu couldn’t help but laugh when she remembered. “I went to the pharmacy in the county town at that time. I said my man was incapable and wanted to buy some medicine to make him capable. The pharmacy said they didn’t have any at the time, but when I was leaving, someone followed me out from the pharmacy. He said he had it, but it was expensive. So I bought it from him.”

But at that time, she was controlled by the plot, and she knew it all too well through the plot.

Lin Guodong chuckled.

Lin Guodong almost choked on the food he was about to eat.

He quickly swallowed the food and then gulped down several mouthfuls of seaweed soup. “Ning Shu, you’re really something,” he said.

She was just a little girl at the time, yet she dared to lie like that in the pharmacy.

Ning Shu hurriedly used a tone that was both flattering and coquettish. “Brother Guodong, I’m sorry, please don’t be mad at me. I won’t dare to do it again.”

That sweet voice made Lin Guodong’s hair stand on end. But… Lin Guodong cautiously asked, “Do you still have that medicine?”

Ning Shu was about to raise her hand to swear, “I don’t have it anymore.” In the plot, she only needed Sanbao, so the plot didn’t leave her any extra medicine.

“Really?” Lin Guodong was somewhat skeptical. “Are you sure you don’t have any left?”

“Really.” Ning Shu raised her hand. “I swear to my leader, I don’t have that medicine anymore.”

“I believe you.” Lin Guodong naturally believed such a vow. But… he felt a little regretful.

Ning Shu didn’t hear his regret and thought he was worried about her coming for a third time.

After dinner, Ning Shu took a walk to aid digestion, then took a shower and went back to her room.

The vests for Sanbao were already done, while Lin Guodong’s vest was just beginning.

With nothing else to do in the evening, she continued to work on it to pass the time.

Feeling a bit sleepy from the work, and with Lin Guodong not back yet, Ning Shu tidied up and went to bed.

Ning Shu slept soundly.

The sanitary pads of this era couldn’t compare to the sanitary pads of later generations.

Ning Shu not only used grass paper as a pad, but also placed a blanket on the bed to avoid any leaks while sleeping.

So every time her period came, she was particularly obedient. Now that her period was gone, she felt like she could ascend.

Yawning, as she was about to fall asleep, the door was pushed open and Lin Guodong walked in with a cold breeze. “Quick, close the door, it’s freezing,” Ning Shu urged.

But Lin Guodong closed the door quickly, so the cold breeze was gone in an instant. It wasn’t surprising that Ning Shu felt cold; she really was afraid of the cold, and it was also true that the countryside was especially cold in winter.

Lin Guodong felt hot coming out of the room opposite, just a few steps away, but his body felt cold when he walked over.

When he got into bed, Ning Shu shrunk her body and moved away from him, trying to get away from Lin Guodong.

Seeing her curled up in the blanket, with only a pair of big watery eyes exposed, Lin Guodong had a thought and lifted her foot.

“What are you doing?” Ning Shu asked, curling up.

Lin Guodong asked, “Did you put something in my bowl during dinner tonight?”

Ning Shu widened her eyes in disbelief. “I swore that I didn’t, how could I still have put something in your bowl?” Was there really no trust left?

“Is that so?” Lin Guodong’s voice grew heavier. “Then why did I have a reaction?”

“What?” Ning Shu didn’t understand for a moment. Or maybe she suspected she had misheard.

Lin Guodong suddenly pulled off her blanket and pressed down on her. “You have to take responsibility for this.”

Ning Shu was stunned, her eyes widened. So this guy wanted to be lecherous.

Lin Guodong had long wanted to be lecherous.

If it wasn’t for her menstrual period, could he have held back?

This was his wife, sleeping by his side every day, tempting him with her snowy white body.

The only two times he had experienced this were in such circumstances, but even then, along with the shame brought by his body, there was also a deep sense of relief in his soul.

He really wanted to try it without being controlled by drugs.

Yesterday, when he saw her take off the small blanket she was sitting on, he had an idea.

“Are you going to take responsibility or not?” Lin Guodong pressed harder, seeing her looking at him.

Ning Shu’s heart beat a little faster.

The previous two times were controlled by the plot.

Even though she could feel the pleasure at the time, she had long since forgotten about it.

But now, with him pressing heavily on her, he brought her both psychological and physical thoughts.

“I will take responsibility,” she smiled.

Today was the safe period.

This was the man she found aesthetically pleasing from the start.

Their relationship was legal, so why wouldn’t she take responsibility?

The next day

The more enjoyable last night was, the more tired she was this morning.

Damn it, if he mentioned taking responsibility again, she would not be human.

Who said that if a man had good physical strength, a woman must be happy? She was not happy at all; her waist felt like it was about to break.

How many positions did she change yesterday? Four or Five? She had forgotten.

Anyway, in the end, she fell asleep.

Her usual routine was very good.

She usually went to bed around ten o’clock and woke up around five in the morning. She was up late last night and when she woke up today, the sun was already up.

Ning Shu looked at her phone… it was eight o’clock.

Her stomach growled with hunger.