3 – Competing with the Manly Bitch for the Fish Pond
“How could that be? Your husband is in great health.”
Ying Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, “Are you hungry? I’ll cook for you.”
Yu Ai nodded, “Yes, I’m hungry.”
Ying Yi gently touched Yu Ai’s cheek, “My baby is hungry. Don’t move, just enjoy watching TV. I’ll prepare our first meal as newlyweds.”
Yu Ai watched the man’s back as he cooked—tall and slender, elegant and refined yet not frail. From every perspective, he was the ideal choice for women seeking a husband.
No wonder Zhou Hui was willing to give up her fish pond for him and bear the stigma of being the other woman. Though Zhou Hui probably didn’t care about being criticized at all.
But infidelity was an unforgivable sin!
Ying Yi washed vegetables in the kitchen, the cold water flowing over his hands gradually calming his nervously pounding heart from when he first returned home.
He had truly been drunk yesterday. His alcohol tolerance had never been good, but he never expected to end up in Zhou Hui’s room!
She was his closest female friend, and this happened on his wedding night.
Zhou Hui had told him with red-rimmed eyes: “Ying Yi, I won’t tell Yu Ai, and I won’t disrupt your lives. Let’s just treat this as a mistake.”
Ying Yi sighed inwardly. His heart softened. Zhou Hui was such a warm and cheerful girl. The fault was his—he had entered the wrong room and mistaken the person. This wasn’t fair to Zhou Hui.
Suddenly, a pair of small hands embraced him from behind, interrupting his thoughts.
His body stiffened. He knew it was his wife, Yu Ai. She had always loved hugging him like this.
Yu Ai murmured softly, “Husband~ I missed you so much.”
Her tears soaked through the back of Ying Yi’s shirt, making his heart race with panic again. Did Ai’ai find out?
“Wh-what’s wrong?”
The petite woman behind him mumbled, “It’s nothing. I just missed you and wanted to hug you.”
Ying Yi didn’t dare turn to look at her, remaining rigidly in place.
After a few seconds when the woman had gradually calmed down,
Yu Ai released Ying Yi, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and tugged at his arm while standing beside him. “Husband… you love me the most, right?”
“Of course, why do you ask so suddenly?” Looking at her reddened eyes, his gaze wavered slightly. He was too afraid to face Yu Ai properly.
Receiving his response, the woman smiled happily. “I knew you loved me the most. I just wanted to confirm it again.”
She picked up some vegetable leaves from the sink. “Husband, let me help you.”
Ying Yi quickly refused, “Wife, don’t trouble yourself. I can handle it.”
“How could that be!” Yu Ai pouted playfully. “The first meal as newlyweds should be prepared together to be meaningful. Besides, I’ve already decided—I want to be a good wife, a good daughter-in-law, and eventually a good mother.”
Feeling guilty, Ying Yi didn’t stop her further.
When the food was served, it looked quite appetizing in appearance, aroma, and taste.
Yu Ai picked up some shredded potatoes with her chopsticks and placed them in Ying Yi’s bowl. “Husband, try your favorite potatoes. We made them together.”
Ying Yi picked up the shredded potatoes and took a bite. “They’re quite delicious.”
He hadn’t really tasted the dish properly. He remained tense throughout, his mind in turmoil.
After finishing the meal, they watched some TV together. Evening was approaching.
Ying Yi finally voiced the thought he’d been considering: “Wife…”
“Hmm, what is it?”Couldn’t hold it in anymore? From dinner until now, Yu Ai had been watching Ying Yi. His absent-mindedness was practically written all over his face.
“Honey, I’m sorry. I just received a notice from the Ministry of Education. There’s a sudden seminar I have to attend, and I’ll probably need to go on a business trip.”
Ying Yi really didn’t know how to face his wife right now. All he wanted was to find an excuse to get out and hide for a few days.
“Honey, can we postpone our honeymoon?” He immediately added, “Don’t be angry. I promise it won’t be for long! At most a week.”
He just needed some time to think things through properly.
Yu Ai gently stroked Ying Yi’s sharply defined cheek, her tone tender. “How could I mind? We’ve been together for six years already. What’s a little more time?” She deliberately emphasized the words “six years.”
As expected, his Ai Ai was still the most understanding.
Ying Yi hugged Yu Ai. “Thank you.”
After Ying Yi left, Yu Ai sneered coldly. Hah, honeymoon?
In her past life, after he walked out that door, he began his entanglement with Zhou Hui at the school.
From then on, for a whole year, he often worked overtime at the school. A professor, traveling more than Mo Yihan, a big boss? Who would believe that?
Only the original naive owner would have believed it.
“Master, since you know he’ll get entangled with Zhou Hui later, why did you let him go? Zhou Hui is also at the school. Isn’t this giving them an opportunity?”
“If you’re stupid, don’t come out. Go back and stay inside.”
“…” Why is Master only so fierce with it? She was so gentle with that scumbag just now.
“001, how old are you this year? So brainless?”
Being looked down on again, 001 proudly boasted this time, “Hmph~ I’m thousands of years old!”
In its view, being older was an advantage among humans. Isn’t there a phrase called “respect the old and cherish the young”?
“Then why do you still have such a baby voice? Are you a pervert?” Yu Ai made a disgusted sound, “Eww~ You’re not some dirty old man, are you? You actually like this kind of twisted taste?”
“Master! I’m still a baby!” 001 explained somewhat urgently, “My age is only equivalent to six years old in human terms!”
“So you’re a Little Pervert?”
“…” Couldn’t its master be a bit more harmonious?
“Do you systems have genders?” Yu Ai was quite curious, as she couldn’t tell from the voice.
001: “No, we only get genders after reaching adulthood.”
“What do you want to become? Just don’t ever become a man.”
The cute system was speechless: “So I can only become a girl then?”
“You have other choices too.”
001 was horrified. Other choices?!!!
It immediately said ingratiatingly, “Master, then I’ll become a girl. Girls are cute~”
Yu Ai stretched contentedly, “Good awareness! Time to sleep.”
001 asked anxiously, “Master, are you really going to let Ying Yi fool around with that Zhou Hui?”
Yu Ai chuckled lightly, “Men, at their core, aren’t much different from dogs. When a dog is in heat, you can still tie it up with a rope. But if a man wants to cheat, besides chopping that thing off, can you really restrain him? Might as well let him cheat to his heart’s content.”
001 felt a chill. Could its master be a man-hater?
“Master, please don’t act impulsively.”
“Don’t worry! I won’t do anything reckless.” Yu Ai knew what 001 was afraid of. In this world, there’s more than one kind of punishment besides castration.Since she couldn’t physically harm the main characters, psychological trauma was beyond her control. The power of destroying someone’s spirit was no less than physical harm—she wanted these people to taste the same torment the original host had endured in her past life!
…
After spending a full day at home, Yu Ai had gathered plenty of information about this world from the internet.
001 kept chattering nonstop, trying to persuade her to hurry up and complete tasks, but she paid it no mind.
“I just want to know how many points are needed to exchange for the System Shielding Device?”
001 felt like crying—what kind of creature had it ended up with?
“Master, I’m doing this for your own good! The original host only has half a year left to live. We must cherish every single minute and second!”
Yu Ai: “So?”
“So we need to quickly make ourselves known to the Capture Targets and earn Affection Points!”