Chapter 5: She Smells So Good

Chi Wan immediately understood. This spiritual treasure space was just like the online games of the future.

It required constant daily operations, monster slaying, leveling up, and accumulating experience points.

Everything she saw now was the newbie village and the newbie gift package, which is why there were so many ripe fruits.

Just as she thought about it, Chi Wan blinked, her thick, curled eyelashes fluttering gently. When she looked at the ripe fruits beside her, a line of words appeared on each fruit.

[Spiritual Power +1, Experience Points +1]

Chi Wan also saw a big, red peach, which displayed [Spiritual Power +2, Experience Points +2].

The better the fruit grown, the more spiritual power and experience points you could get!

After figuring all this out, Chi Wan looked at the Xiao Tuanzi beside her.

She discovered that the Xiao Tuanzi’s round head also had some data on it, like a control panel.

It displayed [Space Level 1, Spiritual Power 100, Experience Points 100, Favorability 0].

Spiritual power and experience points were the initial scores.

But…

“What is this favorability?”

Chi Wan squatted down, facing the chubby Xiao Tuanzi, looking at his dark, round eyes, and asked in confusion.

Unexpectedly, this question stumped the “User Manual.”

The Xiao Tuanzi scratched his little hair tuft and said in a milky voice, “I don’t know what favorability is either. I’ve been in this space for a thousand years and haven’t seen the favorability change.”

Then, he looked both guilty and discouraged.

Xiao Tuanzi: “Master, I’m sorry, I can’t answer your question.”

Chi Wan touched his cheek and comforted him, “It’s okay. There must be some special things left for me to explore. You’ve done a great job.”

She asked again, “By the way, what’s your name?”

The Xiao Tuanzi blinked in confusion again, “Name? Master, what is a name?”

Chi Wan was slightly stunned.

She then said, “You don’t have a name… Well, I’ll give you one. You look like a glutinous rice dumpling, so white and plump, so I’ll call you Xiao Tuanzi.”

“Xiao Tuanzi~ Xiao Tuanzi~” The Xiao Tuanzi repeated his name, unknowingly smiling, “My name is Xiao Tuanzi now.”

Chi Wan not only gave the Xiao Tuanzi a name but also picked a bunch of cherries.

One by one, the red, juicy cherries hung under the emerald green leaves.

“Xiao Tuanzi, come, eat cherries~ Ah~”

“Thank you, Master~”

The Xiao Tuanzi’s pink and white face turned red, and his little mouth opened to receive a red cherry.

He took a bite.

His round eyes narrowed involuntarily.

He had never tasted this fruit before without his master’s permission, and he didn’t know it was so delicious.

Chi Wan and the Xiao Tuanzi shared a bunch of cherries, taking turns.

…

While Chi Wan was in the spiritual treasure space, Huo Nanchuan was also busy.

He was in the kitchen making a fire and cooking, moving back and forth.

Zhang Yue’e helped him, adding firewood to the stove while constantly looking at Huo Nanchuan.

The woman’s eyes were both worried and melancholy.

Zhang Yue’e was straightforward, usually outspoken and couldn’t keep things in her heart.

Finally, she couldn’t hold it anymore and walked to Huo Nanchuan’s side.

“Eldest Son, it’s not that your mother doesn’t trust you, but that Lu Xiangxiang said it so firmly…”

“You said you went to meet your bride alone before your wedding, I didn’t even get a good look at your new wife…”

“Mother is just afraid you’ll get cheated! Last night, did your new wife really… sleep with you?”

Zhang Yue’e stammered, watching Huo Nanchuan’s expression, trying to find some clues.

“Mother.”

Huo Nanchuan called out softly.

His father had passed away early, and he was the eldest son, the pillar of the entire Huo family.

Therefore, he had always been a calm and reserved person.

When he was silent with a stern face, even Zhang Yue’e was somewhat afraid of him.

Huo Nanchuan slightly frowned and said in a serious tone.

“Mother, it’s fine if outsiders say things like this, but I’m your own son, could I possibly lie to you?”

“Just remember, Chi Wan is now our Huo family’s daughter-in-law, my wife, Huo Nanchuan’s wife.”

“Don’t mention this matter again.”

After hearing this, Zhang Yue’e felt like she had taken a reassurance pill and completely relaxed.

“Yes, how could I not believe my son’s words? It’s all because of that Lu Xiangxiang, she came to cause trouble on your first wedding day, making my heart pound nonstop. It’s really bad luck. Phew phew phew, I won’t say it anymore, I won’t say it anymore…”

She patted her chest with her palms and sat back by the stove.

She made a fire and cooked.

She took out the best food they had in the house.

She couldn’t let the new wife from the city look down on them rural folks.

Just as Zhang Yue’e felt at ease, Huo Nanchuan’s eyes darkened, recalling what happened last night—

On their wedding night, Chi Wan handed him the cup of giaobei wine. Her slender, white fingers trembled uncontrollably, even holding the cup was unsteady.

She lowered her head, her face pale.

From the middle of her drooping hair, he could even see her panicked and frightened eyes.

Huo Nanchuan wasn’t a slow person.

From the beginning, he had noticed something was wrong with the giaobei wine.

He even vaguely guessed that Chi Wan wanted to escape…

Imagine, she was originally a delicate and beautiful city girl, a proper rich and beautiful woman.

Having to go to the countryside, to a small mountain village like this, was already miserable.

In the end, she had to marry him, a poor peasant with only three acres of land.

Even Lu Xiangxiang from the same village didn’t look down on him, let alone Chi Wan.

At that moment, Huo Nanchuan tightened his face and clenched his fists.

He said nothing, but pretended to drink the cup of wine, and then followed Chi Wan’s plan and “fell drunk” on the bed.

But unexpectedly, Huo Nanchuan didn’t hear Chi Wan open the door and leave. Instead, a moment later, he felt a soft touch on his chest.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Chi Wan also “passed out” on him.

On the small table next to them, Chi Wan’s cup was empty.

Huo Nanchuan’s black eyes trembled in disbelief.

Had he guessed wrong?

His new wife didn’t have any intention of escaping?

For a long time, Huo Nanchuan held the soft and delicate woman in his arms, his body feeling warm and stuffy, his thoughts seemed to stop at this moment, sinking down.

Chi Wan had already fainted at that time.

Perhaps feeling cold, she hugged his chest with both hands and even rubbed against him.

A certain sensitive nerve of the man almost snapped.

Then he gritted his teeth and endured it.

After thinking for a while, Huo Nanchuan carried Chi Wan to the bed, and the newlywed couple spent the night peacefully.

When they woke up, the things that happened just now occurred.

Actually, when Lu Xiangxiang came, Huo Nanchuan had already heard her voice, he was just pretending to be asleep.

The man never expected that he would hear those words from Chi Wan’s mouth.

The sharp confrontation between the two women.

Chi Wan used her gentle yet firm voice to say firmly:

【——I just got married yesterday, entered the Huo family’s door, and became Huo Nanchuan’s wife.】

These words.

Made Huo Nanchuan’s heart feel stuffy.

As his thoughts raced, Huo Nanchuan didn’t stop his actions. He held the spatula in his hand and skillfully flipped the braised fish in the large iron pot.

He simmered it over low heat.

Finally, he sprinkled some green chives on top.

The fragrant and delicious braised fish was ready.

Huo Nanchuan looked at the iron pot next to him where the rice was cooking, and the fragrant smell was coming out.

It was almost done.

He walked towards the room next to him, ready to call Chi Wan out for dinner.

But before his hand knocked on the door, the wooden door with the big red double happiness character on it opened from the inside.

Chi Wan walked out of the room, looking up at Huo Nanchuan and his hand hanging in the air.

Cough cough.

Huo Nanchuan’s face flashed with embarrassment, he coughed a few times and said softly, “Dinner is ready.”

“Okay.”

Chi Wan’s eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smelled the aroma in the air, so she quickly walked out.

As they passed each other, the man’s gaze involuntarily lingered on her delicate face.

Why did she smell so good?

The fragrance wasn’t the common floral scent, but rather a fresh, elegant, fruity scent.

It even had a hint of sweetness.

It gently brushed past Huo Nanchuan’s nose.

It was ticklish.

Not only that, the man also noticed that Chi Wan’s lips had a faint layer of crimson, moist and shiny.

Her soft lips were like they had been smeared with rouge.

He turned his head to look at the simple room, which was practically bare, except for a wooden wardrobe, there was nothing else.

Where did she get the things to put on?

But it didn’t matter, they would all be there eventually.

Huo Nanchuan secretly darkened his eyes, thinking so in his heart.