After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 31

Lin You, who felt shy every single morning after waking up, was nearly in despair. Right now, she really sympathized with boys. Lust—viewed from the mind—could still be suppressed. But the body’s honest reaction was simply enough to make someone despair.

Would Fu Xinran misunderstand her as a starving ghost of lust? Lin You bit her lower lip in shame and indignation, her eyes carrying an unconscious look of wanting yet refusing.

Hot water poured over her head.

Ahhh!

In Lin You’s heart, it was as if five hundred ducks were screaming madly, like Tarzan swinging through the air, only lacking an actual shout.

After finishing her shower, Lin You picked up a blue bathrobe and put it over her fair skin and smooth-lined body. She casually used a blue dry-wet towel to dry her hair.

She did not know how many missions she had completed yesterday. All she remembered was hearing the system babbling nonstop.

“System, show me my points.” Lin You asked faintly toward the system that only knew how to issue missions and never showed itself.

The system dragged its little tail and excitedly crawled out from the void.

“Host, you’re finally clear-headed! Hurry and see how amazing I am.” The system proudly straightened its body, waiting for the host’s praise.

Lin You glanced at her point balance. From a pitiful twenty points, it had become three thousand points.

Lin You’s mouth rounded in surprise. Then she narrowed her eyes. “How many missions did you issue to me yesterday?”

“Ah, well, wasn’t it because the opportunity was rare? Right?” Seeing that Lin You’s expression was wrong, the system’s little tail shrank backward. Lin You picked up the small showerhead, and a stream of hot water sprayed onto the system.

The system could not afford to provoke her. It slipped away. Slip, slip. It felt a little wronged too.

Lin You could open the mission panel in her consciousness, but she occasionally had to give the system a chance to appear. Otherwise, it would be taking a salary for nothing—although no one was paying it either.

On a blue screen:

Great Completion System

Bound Person: Lin You

Attribute: Top-grade Alpha (secondary differentiation)

Pheromone: Black Tea

Combat Value: 5/10

Status: Bonding heat and nesting period. Recommended reasonable release. Please take care of your body.

Wife: Fu Xinran

Attribute: Top-grade Omega

Pheromone: Snow

Favorability: 50%

Status: Pregnant. The mother’s body is fatigued. Pheromone supplementation is excessive. No deep mark has been made yet. It is not recommended for the Alpha’s pheromones to excessively supplement and soothe her, as this may easily cause the mother’s bonding heat.

Plot: Unanalyzed.

Seeing the status column, Lin You was full of black lines. What kind of messy nonsense was this? Recommended reasonable release? Lin You’s old face reddened. How was she supposed to release it?

Lin You continued looking down. When she saw Fu Xinran’s status, she immediately could not stay calm. She did not even dry her hair. She put down the dry-wet towel, pulled open the bathroom door, and walked toward the bedroom.

Fu Xinran was sleeping deeply on Lin You’s pillow, one arm exposed and resting on the beige pillow. A few mischievous strands of hair covered her beautiful face.

Lin You, wearing a blue bathrobe, lay by the bedside, entranced as she looked at the sleeping Fu Xinran.

“System, can the point shop be opened?” Lin You had at least a basic understanding of the ABO world. The nesting period and bonding heat had arrived together, and the bonding heat had been suppressed by suppressants.

But the nesting period would last three days. There was no way to relieve this symptom. It could only be endured.

For affectionate partners, they naturally had inseparable, clingy methods to ease it.

But Fu Xinran was pregnant, so everything had to prioritize her body. Most importantly, Lin You still did not really know how to use that uncommon part of this body.

“Host, confirm opening?” the system said solemnly.

“Confirm.”

“Deducting one thousand points. Trade shop opened. Host may exchange for items you want here. A 5% handling fee will be charged for every successful transaction. No bargaining accepted.” The system recited the rules stiffly.

“…Back then, you never mentioned anything about deducting points and charging a handling fee.” Lin You felt that she had been scammed. The system’s electronic eyes glitched for an instant, then quickly returned to normal. Fortunately, Lin You could not see it.

“I… forgot…” The system could not find an excuse for a moment, so it could only dryly give the reason that it had forgotten.

Lin You’s consciousness sank into the system space. She glanced at the expressionless big iron ball. No matter how she looked at it, it looked guilty.

Lin You did not really care about this bit of points. She was still a little curious and wanted to see what the shop looked like. “Open the shop and let me see.”

A plain and unadorned panel unfolded in the room. This panel looked like a projector, so crude that Lin You questioned it.

The system also felt very wronged. For this point shop, the more things were traded, the more the shop template could automatically upgrade. This was its first time opening the point shop!

“Details aren’t important. What matters is that the items are very practical. Once our points go up and the level rises, everything will become grand and high-end.”

The system was like the head of a pyramid scheme, unscrupulously hooking in a downline. Its mouth painted a big pancake, while in reality, it was waiting for you to spend points to upgrade.

This empty-handed wolf-trapping trick was played quite smoothly.

Lin You: “…”

“Stop talking, or I’ll regret it.” Lin You raised her hand to stop the system’s online brainwashing.

She looked at the products listed on the panel:

Golden Spear Never Falls Pill.
A Spring Breeze Once, Leaving No Trace.
Unlimited Stamina, limited-time three days…
Want to experience a human-beast romance? Little Interest Transformation Pill—you deserve it.

Lin You woodenly turned her head to look at the system, demanding an explanation.

The system looked at Lin You innocently. It was only an innocent cluster of data. It also didn’t know, okay?

“This… this… might be advancing with the times according to Host’s current needs.” For the first time, the system used its electronic eyes to read someone’s expression.

It really was the most compromising system. Fresh out of the hut, and it had already learned how to read faces. Thinking of this, the system almost wanted to sing: You are the best, the best, the best little system.

Lin You continued rolling her eyes. “I really couldn’t tell that you systems were this unserious. Refresh it downward for me.”

“Shop level one. It can be refreshed three times a day. It can refresh again at midnight.” The system quietly said the restrictions.

Lin You held her forehead and asked speechlessly, “What other rules are there? Say them all at once.”

“No… no more.” The system stared blankly at her and spat out the last half of the sentence.

“Then keep refreshing.” Lin You was helpless. She raised her hand and touched the little system. The feel was actually pretty good.

“From now on, I won’t call you System anymore. Since you’re called the Great Completion System, I’ll call you Xiaoman.” Lin You decided that since it was a future partner, she should treat it a little better.

The system stared blankly at Lin You, as if very surprised that Lin You was not angry and had even given it a name.

“What, you don’t like it?” Lin You patted its round, big head.

The system blinked, then nodded. Still a little unable to believe it, it said dazedly, “I like it.”

Lin You nodded in satisfaction. Looking at the shop, there really were no good items. Most of them were intimate toys, which truly made her shy.

After refreshing three pages, aside from a bright pink rose blooming beautifully in the lower right corner, which could barely be looked at, the other items were truly shameful.

“This is… ‘A beautiful day begins with the love in this rose.’ The advertising slogan isn’t bad.” Lin You said she would buy this vivid, bright, delicate rose. It would be just right to give to Ranran.

Lin You purchased this gorgeous, dripping-fresh rose, and it appeared out of thin air, landing in her hand.

Lin You leaned forward and smelled it. Its appearance was full and plump, the color a deep, dark red. The petals were full and elastic, and the texture was also not bad. It truly deserved to be something she had spent twenty-one points on.

The rose cost twenty points, and the handling fee was one point. Both of them were quite happy. After completing the transaction, the system swam away cheerfully.

It now had 1,001 points too. If it saved a little more, it could buy its most desired form.

Lin You took the rose and found the most obvious place to put it. Then she gathered all the clothes from the bed and floor onto the sofa. Once Ranran woke up, she would have someone come clean up.

Fu Xinran’s return sleep was extremely comfortable. She elegantly stretched her body. As soon as she got up, she saw the different color in the room.

A deep, dark red, coldly gorgeous and proud. The corners of her mouth lifted slightly. She got out of bed, picked up the rose that had been placed on a chair one meter away from the bedside.

This was the first time she had received such a thoughtful and romantic little gift from Lin You. Fu Xinran nodded in satisfaction and brought the tip of her nose near the rose, gently smelling it. She was very pleased.

Lin You changed into a simple, casual outfit. On top was a simple white T-shirt with a few simple black strokes on it, outlining a fashionable casual feeling. On the bottom, she wore a pair of loose khaki trousers.

Lin You had originally planned to go dig up a few bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest for Fu Xinran to eat. She even wore a straw hat on her head, making her look rather relaxed, comfortable, and carefree.

She had checked online and found that bamboo shoots were rich in many vitamins, as well as protein, fat, fiber, and so on. Eating them was very beneficial for pregnant women.

“Uncle Lin, where is Lin You?” After Fu Xinran came downstairs and finished breakfast, she still did not see anyone, so she turned and asked the old butler.

“The Family Head said the weather is good today, so she went to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots for you to eat at noon.” The old butler immediately told Fu Xinran where Lin You had gone, and especially told her that Lin You had gone out specifically to dig bamboo shoots for her.

Fu Xinran was surprised for a moment. Thinking of the rose in the bedroom, she looked at the warm sun outside. Right now, the heat of the sun had not yet fully emerged.

The old residence was on Mount Li. The surrounding bamboo forests and fruit trees had been planted by the family, and the temperature was much cooler than in the city.

“Where is she digging? I’ll go take a look too.” Looking at the light clouds and gentle wind outside, Fu Xinran also wanted to go out for a walk.

The old butler arranged for someone to accompany Fu Xinran. He would not dare let Madam go by herself.

Lin You found it inconvenient to dig bamboo shoots while wearing the straw hat, so she directly threw the hat aside. Old Jiang, who stood uneasily beside her, rubbed his hands nervously. He had not expected the Family Head to snatch his work.

She even refused to let him help and worked by herself in a proper, practiced manner. The Family Head truly deserved to be the Family Head. She even knew how to find fresh, tender bamboo shoots.

One hoe went down, one pry upward, and a bamboo shoot came out.

The endless bamboo forest stretched out around them. The fragrance of bamboo leaves blended with the smell of withered leaves. It was not unpleasant; instead, it added a bit of freshness. When the breeze blew, the bamboo forest whispered. Fine, fragmented sunlight swayed with the bamboo leaves and fell mottled onto the ground.

When Fu Xinran arrived, Lin You had already dug a whole basket of bamboo shoots. She planned to dig more, to leave a good impression on those uncles, elders, and seniors she had not yet met.

The family banquet would also begin in a few days. That group of noisy children would also come to Mount Li. Fortunately, in this generation of the Lin family, there were no children under fifteen anymore. Otherwise, it would be too worrying.

Fu Xinran stood not far away and did not let Old Jiang remind Lin You. She simply stood above Lin You and watched the person skillfully digging bamboo shoots with a hoe.

She had not known that this person could do this too.

Lin You smelled a familiar scent. She immediately lifted her head and looked toward the direction where the scent drifted from.

Fu Xinran looked at the person smiling with such surprise and satisfaction. Under the brilliant sunlight, she could not help smiling gently too.