After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 36

“Just one IP address costs fifty points. That’s not cost-effective. I might as well have someone investigate it. It’ll only take a little time.” Lin You raised a brow and refused to take the system’s bait.

The system, which had originally been naming its price on the spot, saw that Lin You really did not plan to let it investigate and hurriedly said, “A discount is impossible. Discounts will never happen. Of course my cost-performance ratio is higher. For all the data that someone modified, and anyone who’s unfavorable to you, I can follow the data trail and investigate them. Fifty points isn’t a loss.”

Lin You held back her laughter as she listened to the system chatter nonstop in her ear, recommending itself in every possible way, yet refusing to lower the price by even half a point.

“Fine then. Fifty points. Deduct it.” Seeing that the system’s voice had grown quieter and quieter, even its tail wilting, Lin You found it rather pitiful.

The moment the system heard Lin You agree, its eyes lit up. It happily flicked its tail and spun around Fu Xinran.

It had originally thought there was no hope, but she had suddenly agreed. The system happily spun in circles.

In any case, Fu Xinran could not see it. Lin You watched the cheerful system disappear. This little thing was really simple. Very cute.

Fu Xinran did not have much appetite today. Faced with a whole table of food, aside from tasting the bamboo shoots Lin You had personally dug up, she only drank two mouthfuls of soup.

“Auntie, I’m not feeling well today. Please forgive my rudeness. Take your time eating.”

“Not rude, not rude. You’re the one working hardest. Youyou, hurry and send your niece-in-law back to rest.” Su Qingfeng quickly waved her hand. She was very much looking forward to her little grand-niece or grand-nephew.

Fu Xinran nodded and pushed her chair back, preparing to return to the bedroom to rest.

Lin You was not very reassured. She nodded at Su Qingfeng, asking her to wait downstairs, then thoughtfully supported Fu Xinran by the waist.

The two slowly walked upstairs. Looking at their well-matched figures, Su Qingfeng picked up a chopstickful of crisp, tender bamboo shoots, narrowed her eyes, and sighed emotionally.

So sweet.

“Ranran, if I’d known carrying a child was this hard, I should have…” Lin You looked at Fu Xinran’s pale face and felt somewhat regretful. If she had come a little earlier, perhaps this child would not have been conceived.

Then Ranran would not be suffering so much either. Lin You felt deeply guilty. These past two days, she had just happened to be stuck in bonding heat and the nesting period. Fu Xinran had been using pheromones to soothe her the entire time, and her body had already begun showing signs of overload.

Today, anyone could see Fu Xinran’s exhaustion. But unfortunately, there was no medicine to relieve the nesting period. Only one’s partner could soothe it. Otherwise, there would be all kinds of restlessness, and in serious cases, one might even violently hurt others just to find their partner.

Lin You was full of guilt. She should have understood ABO matters more thoroughly.

Maybe then, she could have noticed something wrong with herself early on, and Fu Xinran would not have had to work so hard soothing her while pregnant.

“What should you have done? Hm?” Fu Xinran shot her a sidelong glance. If this fellow dared to regret it, she dared to deal with her.

“Nothing.” Seeing Fu Xinran’s fierce expression, Lin You weakly lowered her head and wrapped her arms around Fu Xinran’s slender waist.

“Hmph. Come back early to sleep with me.” Fu Xinran lay on the bed, enjoying Lin You’s thoughtfulness. Lin You tucked the blanket around her properly and looked into Fu Xinran’s watery eyes.

“All right.”

Lin You waited until Fu Xinran closed her eyes and her breathing became steady before leaving quietly.

Downstairs, Su Qingfeng was eating comfortably by herself. Hearing Lin You’s footsteps, she turned and waved at her. “Come, come. Food from home really does taste best.”

Lin You endured the heat burning at the back of her shoulder, a faint smile on her face. “Auntie, since you came back early, you can rest properly for a while. The peach blossoms on Mount Li are blooming recently, so there’s no need to hurry back.”

“Hahaha, that’s right. I haven’t returned to the country in so many years. I really missed the motherland.”

“And you? When do you plan to send someone to take over the group branch and let this old woman go have a romance? Otherwise, by the time your child grows up, I’ll still be single.”

Su Qingfeng covered her face with a rather melancholy air, pretending to be sorrowful.

“Auntie, have you taken a fancy to someone?” Lin You’s well-defined fingers lifted a cup of tea and offered it to Su Qingfeng.

Su Qingfeng lightly clinked cups with Lin You and took a sip of the fragrant, slightly astringent green tea. “After the child is born, let’s go have a drink. The wine your mother buried under the peach tree should have been dug up long ago.”

Su Qingfeng’s gaze shifted to the pink, brilliantly blooming peach trees outside. Flowers on the mountain bloomed a little later than those below the mountain. The flowers on Mount Li were blooming just right.

Lin You paused with her chopsticks. In her heart, she helplessly sighed. It seemed this meal was not easy to eat either.

The broken system only gave her plot fragments. She still had to make things up on the spot herself.

Lin You thought about it. Before her own father sacrificed himself for the country back in her previous life, he had also buried several jars of wine for her to drink when she got married. Unfortunately, those jars of old wine had been buried for over twenty years in vain.

This should also be the wine the original body’s mother had buried for her. It was just that the family changes had happened too quickly, and when the original body married Fu Xinran, no one had brought it up.

Thinking of the original body marrying Fu Xinran, Lin You felt a little sour. She decided that after the child was born, she would propose to Fu Xinran. They would get married all over again.

Thinking of this, Lin You’s eyes lit up. This idea was good.

“The longer wine is stored, the more fragrant it becomes. There’s no rush. Auntie, have you had any unusual encounters recently?” The two exchanged words back and forth, neither talking about what the other wanted to know, yet every sentence led toward it.

Su Qingfeng smiled, setting aside her steadiness and refinement, gaining a bit of her former carefree air. “I met someone very interesting. Unfortunately, we were destined to meet but not be together.”

“As long as the hoe is swung well, what corner of the wall can’t be dug out?” Lin You raised her brow and jokingly offered Su Qingfeng advice.

“Forget it, forget it. If someone isn’t mine, no matter how much I swing the hoe, it’s useless.” Su Qingfeng picked up a piece of crisp, white bamboo shoot. Mm, bamboo shoots personally dug by her niece really were delicious.

The two did not chat too much at the dining table. Su Qingfeng, who had rushed over in a hurry, was also tired. After eating, she went back to the villa where she was staying.

Lin You immediately dropped her chopsticks and ran toward the bedroom without stopping. She suppressed the desire in her heart to mark Fu Xinran and merely hugged Fu Xinran tightly through the blanket.

The nesting period, which had not been quiet for long, began again. On the second day of the nesting period, it would not be as unbearable as the first day, nor would she want someone so desperately. After that, she would only cling pitifully to her own partner.

Lin You carefully rubbed against Fu Xinran’s chin. She did not dare use too much force, afraid of waking Fu Xinran.

It would be fine once tomorrow passed. It would be fine tomorrow. Lin You carefully comforted herself in her heart. In a place Lin You could not see, the corners of Fu Xinran’s lips lifted slightly.

The sticky Lin You was very fun, and she also made Fu Xinran very happy. Lin You’s large hand slipped under the blanket and intertwined fingers with Fu Xinran. She herself narrowed her eyes happily and rested her head on Fu Xinran’s pillow.

Hugging someone through the blanket was still uncomfortable. Lin You lifted the blanket from one side and lay down beside Fu Xinran. Her long, beautiful fingers loosely clasped Fu Xinran’s palm beneath the blanket.

The ticklish rubbing in her palm made Fu Xinran’s heart tingle too. This fool—say she did not know how to flirt, yet she liked teasing people. But when it came to actual combat, she ran faster than anyone.

Fu Xinran shyly and angrily pinched Lin You’s hand hard, then turned her back to her. Feeling the response in her hand, Lin You immediately stuck close and hugged Fu Xinran’s back tightly.

She buried her head against Fu Xinran’s back and rubbed back and forth, acting spoiled. Her short, neat hair had already rubbed up static electricity and felt a little prickly.

“Stop rubbing.” Lin You’s uncontrollable tea fragrance leaked out from beneath the blocking patch again. Fu Xinran turned around and deliberately pinched Lin You’s nose hard.

Lin You laughed foolishly, fully displaying her silly aura. Her two beautiful eyes looked at Fu Xinran cleanly and clearly. Her warm breath carried a delicate, fragrant sweetness.

Lin You shifted her body, and under the blanket, their bodies drew closer and closer.

The air inexplicably became a little sticky. Lin You spread her long legs and wrapped Fu Xinran entirely together with herself. Fu Xinran’s fair, soft legs were gathered together by Lin You.

The two of them were pressed tightly against each other. Lin You’s scorching body temperature heated Fu Xinran’s body.

Fu Xinran froze because of Lin You’s movements. When she came back to herself, her first reaction was to shrink back.

Lin You wrinkled her nose in grievance and pressed close to Fu Xinran’s lips.

Lin You placed her fingers on Fu Xinran’s neck. The touch beneath her hand felt like tender tofu. With just a light touch, a faint blush appeared on that snow-white skin.

Warm fingers gently and softly stroked her tender neck. Fu Xinran bit her lip. Seeing that the hand behind her neck was about to wander toward her delicate pheromone gland…

It was like a feather lightly brushing over her heart, numb and itchy. She could not help slightly lifting her head, wanting to avoid that hand behind her.

Lin You could not bear to part from the skin beneath her fingertips. Her body naturally reacted, her muscles growing tense. Fu Xinran sensed it immediately.

In the dim room, only the thin blanket on the bed wriggled where no one could see. In this ambiguous, intimate atmosphere, red lips parted slightly, and their breaths brushed against each other’s mouths.

Lin You blinked. She felt that the red lips before her were like her favorite cake—fragrant, sweet, and soft. At some unknown point, Lin You’s always sparkling eyes had darkened.

She gently leaned forward and pressed against those slightly parted red lips. She shyly closed her eyes. Fu Xinran looked at Lin You’s trembling eyelashes and could not hold back a laugh.

Had their positions been reversed?

Lin You did not care. With her little face burning red, she pressed tightly against Fu Xinran’s lips without any other movement.

“Ding. Mission Seven completed: kiss for one minute.”

The system cheerfully watched the rising points inside the system space.

It felt that its new skin was already in the near future. Taking advantage of Lin You being in love, it began issuing a pile of missions behind Lin You’s back again, then accepted them itself with a few slaps. Lin You had given it default permission to accept missions.

Including the missions it had issued at the start, the system had already issued twelve missions in total. Now, it quietly accepted three more.

These were all missions that should have been issued long ago. If the main system found out it had neglected its duties, it would have to go back and retake system school.

So as long as there was a chance, the system desperately issued missions.

Because the system needed to protect the host’s privacy, it could not see Lin You and Fu Xinran’s actions either. It could only judge through mission progress and the favorability levels Lin You and Fu Xinran had toward each other.

Lin You’s thin lips were still pressed against Fu Xinran’s red lips. Fu Xinran did not respond to Lin You, and Lin You stayed there pitifully, unwilling to take another step forward.

The corners of Fu Xinran’s mouth lifted. Lin You felt Fu Xinran’s smile, and her eyelashes trembled even more shyly. The legs clamping Fu Xinran tightened, her muscles stiff as she wrapped Fu Xinran firmly.

Yet she did not use too much force and make Fu Xinran uncomfortable. Seeing that if she teased her a little longer, Lin You would make another move, Fu Xinran smiled and responded to Lin You’s kiss.

Fine, dense kisses soon swallowed Fu Xinran’s initiative back down. At some unknown point, the thin blanket had also been kicked away by Lin You.