NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3
Chapter 3
The two of them slept peacefully. Ningning found that Su Fei was really good at pretending. She didn’t even fight for the bed but intended to sleep on the floor.
Ningning wouldn’t let Su Fei easily forget about what happened this time. Did she want him to pity her? Impossible. He had to see if Su Fei really couldn’t remember anything or if she was pretending.
Su Fei slept on the floor like this. Before going to bed, she touched her nose and felt a bit hot. She breathed a sigh of relief, luckily she didn’t have a nosebleed.
The next day, before it was fully bright, Ningning got up to cook and go to work. In the hot summer, only early morning and evening were relatively cool. As soon as Ningning got up, Su Fei, who had not slept well, also woke up and helped him busy cooking and packing things.
Ningning was directly scared by Su Fei. Did she have to keep pretending? Didn’t she pretend enough yesterday? Today, when he was cooking, Su Fei was particularly enthusiastic about helping him light the fire. When washing up, Su Fei helped pour water.
Ningning suddenly felt like Su Fei had been possessed by a water ghost. Although Su Fei’s family background was not good, she had never done this kind of work before. After all, women didn’t do any work.
Su Fei didn’t realize she was about to give herself away. Yesterday, she thought about her insurance and enough to let Ningning’s parents live without worries. This morning, she saw Ningning was afraid of being exposed as a fake, so she quickly helped with the chores. After all, she knew that in the 1970s, women had to do both field and household work.
Ningning tentatively said, “Make lunch today.” Su Fei couldn’t cook! If this person agreed to cook, she must be a fake.
Su Fei was extremely nervous when she heard this. She couldn’t cook at all! Usually, it was her parents who cooked at home, and when they went out, they ate at restaurants or ordered takeout. So she said quietly, “I can’t cook, can you teach me?”
Ningning breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Fei lowered her head. It seemed like she hadn’t changed. So he straightforwardly asked Su Fei, “What’s wrong with you? Why are you acting so strange? Did you do something to upset me again?”
“No, absolutely not!” Su Fei quickly shook her head. “Actually, I don’t remember anything. I just know my name is Su Fei. So… what year is it now?”
Ningning didn’t quite believe Su Fei’s excuse, but he couldn’t think of another way. He thought for a moment and said straightforwardly, “As you might have noticed, you were bought back by me. When you turn twenty, we can get married. Your parents are already dead, so if you can’t survive on your own, you’ll be bought back home.”
Su Fei nodded in agreement. She was supposed to be a child bride. Then she nodded to continue.
Although Ningning’s words were a bit exaggerated, they were not wrong. After he brought Su Fei back, he had been taking care of her. He continued, “You’re eighteen this year, so we’ll get married in two years. Don’t go flirting around when you have nothing to do. Just stay at home and do chores, okay?”
“Okay.” Su Fei reassured Ningning and continued to inquire about her information. “I want to ask, do I have an education? I found that I recognize these characters.”
Ningning was quite proud and said, “Of course, if you didn’t recognize the characters, why would I bring you back home? You are the only high school student besides those educated youths, although you only completed the first year of high school.” Then he frowned and said, “I gave you such a good job as an accountant, but you didn’t take it. Now someone else has taken it.”
Su Fei felt ashamed and lowered her head. “Can you find me another job? I promise I’ll stick to it this time.”
Ningning thought that the village chief had asked about Su Fei’s situation two days ago and could arrange for Su Fei to work as a record keeper. After all, as a woman, she would always have more advantages than men.
Seeing Su Fei really lowered her head, Ningning thought it would be better for the two of them to earn money together than for him alone. So he agreed, “Okay, I’ll take you to the village chief’s house later. Let me make it clear first, you must stick to it this time. If you give up halfway again, then you won’t eat.”
Su Fei raised three fingers and swore to the sky, “I will definitely stick to it this time.”
After the two of them finished their meal, they went directly to the village chief’s house together. Along the way, people greeted Ningning, looking at them with malicious eyes.
Ningning glared back fiercely. Did they really think they could bully him just because he was a man? No way!
Su Fei walked with Ningning and found that she was almost as tall as this young man. Seeing Ningning walking further away, she shamelessly thought that since she was his child bride, she could just reach out and hold Ningning’s arm.
Seeing Su Fei’s actions, other old men didn’t dare to say anything and quickly left. Ningning looked at the hand on his arm and then at Su Fei’s pleasing expression. He felt that Su Fei was still useful, and those gossipy old men were afraid and ran away.
Su Fei saw that Ningning didn’t shake off her hand, and her heart surged with emotions. She couldn’t hold back her feelings anymore. Don’t say anything, she was just a sucker for good looks.
When they arrived at the village chief’s house, Su Fei felt something was wrong. Maybe Ningning didn’t explain everything to her clearly. She forgot to ask a crucial question.