Chapter 9: Mission Accomplished

Those familiar army green pants, she knew who they belonged to without even looking.

Xu Jiaojiao’s cough, which was about to escape her lips, was forcibly suppressed, her face turning red from the effort.

“Xu Jiaojiao, how come you’re choking while eating?”

Seeing her blushing, with tears in her eyes, a pitiful sight, Ding Xiujing couldn’t help but feel a twinge of envy that she could eat so well.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

Wasn’t it all because of you two?

“Third brother, come eat.” Qin Chao called out.

“Okay.”

Qin Shuo retracted his gaze, taking the porridge Qin Sheng handed him.

He paused for a moment, then walked a few steps forward.

Seeing that he wasn’t sitting next to her, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She didn’t want to be near him right now.

But her joy was short-lived, as she saw the man sit down opposite her!!

Xu Jiaojiao: ?!

Looking at the man in front of her who was burying his head in his food, Xu Jiaojiao felt like her whole world was falling apart.

Since she woke up, she couldn’t remember how many times she had embarrassed herself in front of him.

“Jiaojiao, now is the best time to do the mission.”

The system reminded her in her mind.

“Shut up!”

She didn’t want to do any missions right now, she just wanted to slack off.

Xu Jiaojiao even suspected that she had been hit with a “meet Qin Shuo and you’re bound to lose face” buff.

“Xu Jiaojiao, are you not going to finish your food?”

Ding Xiujing, who was sitting beside her, saw her not eating and her eyes were fixed on Xu Jiaojiao’s rice bowl.

As if, as long as she nodded, she would take over the remaining porridge.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She covered her bowl and turned around.

Ding Xiujing was just teasing her, in this day and age, who could afford to leave food?

As long as there was any, it wouldn’t be enough to eat.

But just as she finished saying this, she saw Qin Shuo across from her raise his eyes and look over.

Ding Xiujing: …

She silently moved away a little, pretending to eat her own food seriously.

Can’t afford to offend him!

He’s got a man protecting him now.

Xu Jiaojiao, who was already embarrassed, saw that she had moved away.

How could this be?

She held her bowl and moved over as well.

Ding Xiujing looked at Xu Jiaojiao who was almost hiding behind her, then at Qin Shuo.

She just thought this couple was really strange.

But she didn’t think much of it, she buried her head and continued to eat her own food.

But after a while, she suddenly thought of something and bumped Xu Jiaojiao’s arm.

“Hey, I said, how did you know that method?”

Ding Xiujing still felt a little surprised.

The child’s skin was purple, and she was able to cure it with just a few pats.

“My grandfather was a doctor, you don’t know?”

Xu Jiaojiao’s grandfather was the village doctor of the team, but he was from Hongxing Brigade.

It’s just that he passed away early, and the original owner was only seven years old at the time, so it was impossible for her to learn medicine.

It was her who knew about pharmacology.

Before she transmigrated, Xu Jiaojiao studied Chinese medicine, and this kind of basic rescue was a must-have skill.

The reason she chose this major was purely for self-preservation.

After all, a place like the palace, where people eat people without spitting out bones, what good is having just the skills of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting?

Wouldn’t it be better to learn some pharmacology?

Who knew that she would have everything ready, but ended up transmigrating to the wrong place?

Ding Xiujing naturally knew that her grandfather was the village doctor, but—

“You learned it at such a young age?”

Facing her suspicious gaze, Xu Jiaojiao didn’t panic at all, and calmly said: “I’m gifted, I have photographic memory!”

Hearing this, Ding Xiujing was shocked by her shamelessness.

They had lived under the same roof for four years, how could she not know what kind of intelligence she had?

“I’m a genius too!” Ding Xiujing spat at her.

The two sisters-in-law laughed and joked, a complete change from their usual habit of fighting whenever they met.

They even stunned the people who came and went.

“Didn’t they say these two don’t get along?” A woman asked curiously.

“Hey, they live under the same roof, it’s normal for them to bump into each other.”

Which family in the team wasn’t like this?

They would argue and fight normally, but if something happened, they would still turn to their own brothers.

“But this Qin Shuo’s wife really changed.”

Everyone in the team knew about Xu Jiaojiao’s habit of slacking off.

They originally thought she was just too lazy, but now they knew she was doing the work for the people in the knowledge youth point.

It has to be said, she was too foolish.

She still needed a man at home.

As they were talking, a kind-hearted woman came over to talk to Qin Shuo.

She meant to tell him to cherish his wife, saying that it wasn’t easy for her to be alone at home for these years.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She didn’t expect the people here to be so enthusiastic, even interfering with how a couple gets along.

Xu Jiaojiao was almost baffled.

But she didn’t want him to cherish her at all, she just wanted him to stay away from her.

But thinking about the pitfall of the mission, Xu Jiaojiao forcibly suppressed that awkward feeling.

She pretended to be shy and listened.

“Your wife is really good, she has a kind heart.” The woman praised her again and again for saving the child earlier.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She swore, she really didn’t pay anyone to praise her.

Could this woman be her relative? Otherwise, why would she only speak on her side?

However, listening to her praise, Xu Jiaojiao suddenly had an idea.

A pair of watery eyes looked at the man opposite her expectantly.

As if she was expecting him to praise her as well.

Qin Shuo raised his head and met the woman’s pleading gaze, his movements paused.

He didn’t know what he was thinking, but he nodded lightly, “Indeed, she has a kind heart.”

As soon as his low, magnetic voice fell, the system’s robotic voice rang out.

“Ding! Side mission completed, reward three points, please continue to strive, host.”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

The mission was completed just like that?

He, really, praised, her?

But when she met those scrutinizing eyes, Xu Jiaojiao felt her hair stand on end again.

The feeling of being exposed came again.

But in a blink of an eye, the man’s gaze returned to normal.

Xu Jiaojiao felt like she might have been mistaken.

The mission was completed, three points in hand, she couldn’t help but show a grateful look to the woman.

What a good person!

But this expression, in the eyes of others, had a different meaning.

The woman was very pleased with her gratitude, if she wasn’t afraid of being annoying, she would have said a few more words for her.

And Qin Shuo’s face was even more unpredictable.

He retracted his gaze and continued to eat his food in big mouthfuls.

The brief interlude had already been forgotten by Xu Jiaojiao.

She was in a great mood now.

She had completed two missions in one day, she was a little excited just thinking about it!

She was even more energetic when she worked in the afternoon.

As if she was tireless, her movements were light and agile as she picked tea.

The aunts and sisters around her couldn’t help but smile knowingly when they saw her like this.

“I said, Jiaojiao’s man is back, she’s different, look how hard she’s working.”

Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao’s tea-picking movements froze.

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What kind of misunderstanding is this?

Sure enough, on the way back from work, she was met with ambiguous glances all the way.

As if they were some kind of dry firewood and a raging fire.

Xu Jiaojiao: …