Seeing Xia Xianxian frozen in place and not moving, Meng Wenzhou reached out and nudged her shoulder.
“What are you dazing out for? If you are really tired, just sit down next to me and rest for a bit.”
As soon as his voice fell, Xia Xianxian abruptly snatched the bunch of green onions out of Meng Wenzhou’s hand and said, “No need, let me do it, let me do it. You teach me how to handle it.”
Meng Wenzhou squinted suspiciously at Xia Xianxian. This girl was being far too unusual—actually taking the initiative to do chores!
Xia Xianxian averted her gaze and shouted loudly, “What are you looking at? Is it against the law for me to help out? With your turtle-like speed, if I didn’t help, I would have starved to death long ago.”
Tsk, even more suspicious.
But since she was willing to work, he would let her be. Anyway, he would find out what she was up to sooner or later.
Meng Wenzhou raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.
Xia Xianxian counted the green onions, which amounted to fewer than ten, and began rummaging around the kitchen again.
“What are you doing? Can’t you just pluck the vegetables peacefully?”
“Oh, I think these few aren’t very pretty. I want to find some nicer-looking ones. Are these the only ones we have in our house?”
Hearing Xia Xianxian’s absurd and picky words, Meng Wenzhou actually felt a sense of relief, like the other shoe had finally dropped. Sure enough, whenever Xia Xianxian did chores, she was bound to cause trouble.
Meng Wenzhou asked tentatively, “There are some planted in the yard. Shall I go get them?”
“Your taste is too bad, I don’t look highly upon it. I’m going to go myself.”
Fine, this ancestor was treating this like playing QQ Farm.
Meng Wenzhou wiped his hands and picked up the kerosene lamp from the kitchen.
As if humoring a child, he led her to the green onion patch and handed the green onions in his hand to Xia Xianxian.
“These green onions have round bulbs. You can look for others like this for fun.”
Xia Xianxian waved her hand. “Alrighty, Little Zhou-zi, you may retreat.”
After saying that, she raised her head in confusion. “Why is the moon so bright? Take the lamp away with you, don’t stand next to me and block my light.”
As soon as Meng Wenzhou went inside, Xia Xianxian swiftly pulled up a small handful of onions.
The moment the ten green onion root sprouts were collected, they vanished with a swoosh.
Before Xia Xianxian could even react, the pocket of her top felt heavy.
The familiar electronic voice rang out in her mind once again.
“Ding!”
[The Novice Mission has been completed. The reward has been distributed.]
Taking advantage of Meng Wenzhou’s lack of attention, Xia Xianxian opened the cupboard, pretended to take out two eggs from it, and said, “Make some eggs, I want to eat eggs.”
“Sure, I’ll add them to the noodles.”
In the end, Meng Wenzhou chose to wash the dishes himself.
First, they only had these two sets of utensils now, so if she broke them, they would have none left; second, he really couldn’t trust Xia Xianxian—she would definitely not wash them clean. It was better for him to just wash them from the start.
At night, lying in bed, the two began to compare notes on their transmigrations.
It turned out that Meng Wenzhou had also transmigrated this morning. However, he was more sensible than Xia Xianxian and hadn’t stayed in bed to get beaten up.
The late arrival of the wedding party in the morning was also a delay Meng Wenzhou had managed to engineer.
Ultimately, seeing that there was truly no way to escape, he had steeled himself and gone to Shuize Village to pick up the bride.
The moment they met, seeing Xia Xianxian’s silly appearance, Meng Wenzhou knew exactly what was going on.
Honestly, watching this little idiot try to test him with a secret code was actually quite amusing.
Thinking of the scene during the day where the two of them wore military uniforms and recited slogans, Xia Xianxian found it hilarious. “Hey, do you think the two of us today looked like we were participating in a live-action murder mystery game?”
“Heh, you still have the nerve to say that. Fortunately, you directly changed maps by getting married today. Otherwise, with the way you are, I reckon people would have noticed something wrong within three days at most.”
“Hehehe, you’re just jealous of my good luck.”
“Alright, Miss Xia Xianxian who has such a good life, it’s time to sleep. We still have to go to the old house to eat tomorrow morning.”
In fact, Xia Xianxian was already exhausted. It was just that these childhood friends hadn’t slept in the same bed for a long time, so suddenly lying together was rather unaccustomed.
After chatting for a while about random things, Xia Xianxian gradually regained the familiar feeling from childhood of sleeping head-to-head. Before long, she closed her eyes and fell into a sweet sleep.
Sleeping at the edge of the bed, Meng Wenzhou turned over and looked at the sleeping Xia Xianxian from the side.
After a long while, he reached out and gently stroked the top of Xia Xianxian’s head before closing his eyes to sleep with satisfaction.
……
The next day, the sunlight shone through the window and hit Xia Xianxian’s eyelids. She subconsciously knitted her brows, turned over, and continued sleeping.
Not long after, Xia Xianxian sat up from the bed with a start, shouting, “I’m up!”
Hearing the commotion outside the door, Meng Wenzhou pushed the door open and came inside to watch the rarity. As a result, he only saw a thoroughly exhausted and dazed Xia Xianxian.
“I was just preparing to call you up, yet you woke up on your own. Today, student Xia Xianxian can get a little red flower.”
Sitting on the bed, Xia Xianxian shook her head blankly and said with a look of utter despair, “Don’t even mention it. I think I have PTSD. I was sleeping so comfortably when suddenly I dreamed about getting beaten up yesterday morning, which scared me so much that I sat right up.”
Looking at Xia Xianxian’s silly demeanor, Meng Wenzhou shook his head helplessly.
“How about you go back to sleep for a bit longer, and I’ll come back into the room to call you later?”
“Forget it, I’ll just get up. I won’t be able to sleep soundly anyway.”
“Then get up. I’ll go to the kitchen to boil some more hot water.”
After Xia Xianxian tidied herself up and came out, she saw the two sets of green military uniforms hanging out to dry in the yard. She instantly felt the sky looked a lot bluer.
Chores don’t belong to you, nor do they belong to me; they only belong to the person who can’t stand looking at the mess. Living with someone who has a cleanliness compulsion and loves neatness was simply too delightful.
Xia Xianxian secretly covered her mouth and thought.
Meng Wenzhou, who had finished boiling the hot water and come out, said to Xia Xianxian, “Xia Xianxian, where did you throw yesterday’s green onion bulbs? You didn’t hide them in some corner of the kitchen, did you? They will stink, rot, and breed bugs like that. You know that, right?”
“No, I threw them into the vegetable garden.”
“Then why didn’t I see them?”
“Who knows, maybe they were blown away by the wind. Oh, didn’t you see me when I came into the room yesterday? Aside from the plucked green onions, where would there be anything else?”
Thinking back to the situation last night, Meng Wenzhou glanced again at Xia Xianxian, who was lowering her head to brush her teeth. In the end, he said nothing and went back into the kitchen to rummage through the corners.
Xia Xianxian frantically called out to the system in her mind.
“Help! System, system, calling the system!”
[Hello Host, what questions can I help answer for you?]
“Can other people know about your existence?”
[No, Host. According to the regulations of the main computer, the system cannot be known by anyone other than the host. Once discovered, both the host and the system will receive punishment.]
“What is the punishment?”
[It depends on the situation. Ranging from an electric shock for light offenses, to obliteration for severe ones. The system will also receive corresponding punishment.]
“Then we’re doomed. In three days at most, Meng Wenzhou will definitely find out, unless we unbind.”
The flat electronic voice of the system made a sizzling sound, like a television with a poor connection.
[What?!! You are not Meng Wenzhou?]
“What, did you bind to the wrong person?”
The sound of the system alarm buzzed loudly in Xia Xianxian’s head. She raised her hand to rub her temples.
Xia Xianxian sighed. “It’s fine, so what if you bound to the wrong person. Let’s just unbind, and you can go re-bind to Meng Wenzhou. It’s no big deal.”
[Cannot unbind, unless the host dies, and the system’s points are not enough.]
Xia Xianxian was almost angered into laughter by this dim-witted system. So, if the points were enough, it would find a way to kill her to change hosts, right?