Chapter 25: The Third Brother Bought You This

She was going to log off anyway, and he even dug a hole for her to fall into!

“When does the status take effect?” Xu Jiaojiao asked coldly.

She didn’t feel anything about the body fragrance that the system had activated a while ago.

She even doubted if the system was deceiving her.

“As the host’s nutrition recovers, the physique will gradually take effect.”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

Meaning she was malnourished now, and even if the status was added, it would be useless?

For a moment, she didn’t know whether to be relieved or not.

And how did Qin Shuo’s favorability become 20?

Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t understand. They were colder than strangers.

Did he actually like this kind of tune?

The more she ignored him, the more he got excited?

Thinking about it, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but look towards the corner.

That was where he slept.

It was pitch black, and she couldn’t see anything, but Xu Jiaojiao knew he was there.

The whole house was quiet, only the sound of his long breaths could be heard.

Realizing that the further away she was from him, the higher his favorability would be.

Xu Jiaojiao felt like she had realized something, and her mood improved.

Closing her eyes, she opened the system page again.

The lucky bag in the upper left corner had cooled down.

There were also a few things she had opened in the past few days.

Candy, jerky, sponge cake…

Xu Jiaojiao had no chance to take them out to eat, and nowhere to hide them.

With that man living in the house, she couldn’t be sure she could hide them from his eyes.

There were people everywhere when she went to work.

She wanted to find a secluded corner to eat secretly, but she was afraid that someone would see her like last time.

It was really miserable.

Looking at those few snacks, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but swallow.

With difficulty, she moved her gaze away and pressed the lucky bag.

Thinking of her empty pockets, Xu Jiaojiao silently prayed in her mind, hoping for some money.

The lucky bag, carrying her hopes, emitted a dazzling light.

Feeling this light, Xu Jiaojiao had a bad feeling in her heart.

Sure enough, when the light disappeared, she looked at the lucky bag with anticipation.

What she saw was not money, but a book!

And it was an old-looking book.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She shouldn’t have had unrealistic fantasies.

Xu Jiaojiao silently complained, then curiously looked at the old book.

When she saw the writing on it, her eyes widened.

It turned out that what she had opened this time was a medical book, and judging from the writing, it might even be an ancient medical book.

Xu Jiaojiao was instantly excited.

She felt like the system was finally not scamming her.

Without hesitation, she opened the book and read it eagerly.

However, the content was all in classical Chinese, which was very difficult to understand. If she hadn’t studied pharmacology, she wouldn’t have been able to understand it at all.

Even so, she still found it very difficult to read.

She didn’t know when she fell asleep.

On the folding bed by the wall, Qin Shuo suddenly opened his eyes.

Hearing the even breathing, he turned his head and looked towards the bed.

His brows were almost knotted.

The next day, as expected, Xu Jiaojiao woke up late.

Hearing the children playing in the yard, she quickly got out of bed.

As soon as she went out, she ran into Wang Fengmei.

She saw that the tight frown on her face had relaxed, and her eyes looked at her with some satisfaction.

“Why don’t you sleep a little longer?”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

“Mom, I’ve slept enough.” Xu Jiaojiao said awkwardly.

She took her toiletries and was about to go brush her teeth.

But before she took two steps, she was stopped.

“This is for you, the third brother bought it back yesterday.” Wang Fengmei lowered her voice and said to her.

Her hands were still covering something as she handed her a bag.

Xu Jiaojiao was puzzled, but she still reached out to take it.

After all, they couldn’t let the old lady know about their marital discord, so as not to worry her.

In her hand was a cloth bag, soft to the touch, and it seemed to contain some kind of cloth.

Xu Jiaojiao curiously opened it and took a look.

Her whole body froze instantly.

It turned out that the bag contained a vest, a toothbrush, and a towel.

“Take it back quickly.” Wang Fengmei urged.

There were many eyes and mouths in the family, and they might get jealous.

The third brother was also strange. He bought things for his wife, but didn’t send them himself, instead, he had to let his old mother deliver them.

He didn’t know where he went early in the morning, he was in a hurry.

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao quickly put away the bag.

Sure enough, she saw Liu Zhaodi peeking at her from the door of another room.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

After thanking Wang Fengmei, she took the bag and turned back to her room.

She opened the bag again and took out the vest inside.

Xu Jiaojiao curiously shook the vest open to look at it, but she found something strange.

Why was it so long?

Were women’s vests like this these days?

Xu Jiaojiao put the vest on her body and compared it, and a picture suddenly flashed in her mind.

Wasn’t the vest that Qin Shuo was wearing when she woke up the same style?

This was embarrassing…

Could it be that he bought it for her, and Wang Fengmei misunderstood?

But the towel inside was rose red.

In the end, Xu Jiaojiao decided to take the towel and toothbrush.

As for the vest, she would leave it for him.

Her current identity was still his wife, so she had no psychological burden taking the towel and toothbrush.

Even if their relationship wasn’t good, she was still earning work points every day.

She had a share of the family’s money, so why shouldn’t she take it?

Finally having a new toothbrush, Xu Jiaojiao felt like she had gotten a new toy and couldn’t put it down.

The toothbrushes of this era were different from those of later generations, the bristles were rougher.

Unlike those of later generations, there were all kinds of high-tech bristles available.

But even such a toothbrush, ordinary families couldn’t afford to buy it.

They would use willow branches if they could.

Children basically didn’t brush their teeth.

After all, there wasn’t any candy to eat, and there weren’t many people with cavities.

“Oh, you’ve got a new towel.”

Ding Xiujing looked at the rose red towel in her hand and couldn’t help but say sourly.

“When yours breaks like mine, just ask your mother for money to buy one.”

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t get angry.

It was normal to have bumps and scrapes in a big family.

She didn’t care about this level of sourness.

“Got it, who’s as wasteful as you?” Ding Xiujing rolled her eyes.

A broken towel could still be used, why bother buying a new one.

Seeing that she really thought so, Xu Jiaojiao was speechless.

But it seemed like people in this era were all like this, so she didn’t find it strange.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, Xu Jiaojiao went back to her room to get her tools.

When she saw the hat hanging on the door, she didn’t know what she thought of, and she didn’t take it, she went out directly.