Pretty idiots are born to be played with and ruined by their husbands.

Chapter 4: Promoting Blood Circulation – Did You Know?

"Shut up." Zhou Gangxun's face was gloomy, and his cold voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

He turned off the main water valve, changed his clothes, opened the bathroom door, and without even glancing at Ruan Zhijuan, who had deliberately placed her underwear on top of the pile of clothes in her arms, walked straight to the front door.

Ruan Zhijuan watched Zhou Gangxun walk out, "Zhou Gangxun, ヽ( ° 3 。)ノ? Where are you going...? My clothes haven't been washed yet..."

"Bang!" The liver-colored door once again cut off Ruan Zhijuan's words. "..."

Ruan Zhijuan hurriedly went into the bathroom and stuffed her clothes into Zhou Gangxun's pile of clothes soaking in laundry detergent. Hopefully, they wouldn't be thrown out while they were wet.

Then he remembered that he had just been bitten.

Ruan Zhijuan lifted her clothes and looked in the mirror, exclaiming, "Why is it so red..."

He bent down, cupped the water from the tap in his hands, and slowly rinsed the red, swollen flesh on his chest with the cool water, all the while cursing Zhou Gangxun, "Hmph, Zhou Gangxun is so poor, he won't even take me to the hospital..."

In fact, Ruan Zhijuan didn't dare to go to the hospital. Hospitals always exaggerate the severity of a person's condition and charge a large sum of money. They... didn't have any money right now, so he should only need some ointment.

Ruan Zhijuan reached out and pinched it; it was itchy and painful. "I wonder if it's poisonous, or if it will bite and hurt me..."

(σ-`д・´) Could it be that Zhou Gangxun broke it?

If he breaks it, he has to pay for it.

Just then, "Bang!" the door opened again.

Zhou Gangxun returned carrying a newly bought shower hose. Ruan Zhijuan, who had just been gossiping about someone else behind their back, was startled again and stammered, "You... what are you doing back here again?"

Zhou Gangxun's gaze first fell on Ruan Zhijuan's pretty face, which was filled with guilt, then on the prominent mound of white flesh that had been there since she entered, and finally, seeing Ruan Zhijuan clutching her chest, he sneered, "Are you trying to produce milk?"

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Ruan Zhijuan had given birth to his child sometime ago and was now feeding the baby milk.

To increase milk production...?

When Ruan Zhijuan heard this word, he immediately thought of the time when his family used to ask him to work for a pig farmer to earn money, and the sows would "huff and puff" as they produced milk.

Does he...do he look like a sow?

"What...what did you say?!" Ruan Zhijuan's face flushed with anger. She hurriedly put down the clothes and glared at Zhou Gangxun, "It's all your fault..."

"My fault?" Zhou Gangxun retorted with amusement, his dark eyes slowly landing on the spot on Ruan Zhijuan's chest. "Did I bite you? Did I lie on your chest and bite that piece of flesh?"

Ruan Zhijuan was stumped by Zhou Gangxun's series of shameless questions. He blinked and stared at Zhou Gangxun. It really wasn't Zhou Gangxun who bit him. He was so big that he couldn't lie on his chest and bite into that piece of flesh. But... but it was still his fault!

Ruan Zhijuan, hands on her hips, head held high and chest puffed out, said defiantly, "If you hadn't been broke and let me live in this shabby place, how would I have been bitten?"

However, it's much better than where he lived in his previous life. There's a water heater for boiling water and taking showers, a toilet that can be flushed, and a TV that shows static...

Actually, in his previous life, he lived a decent life. It wasn't a luxurious house, but it was an ordinary house that could shelter him from the wind and rain. Later, when his parents had a younger brother, his room was given to his brother.

There were limited rooms in the house: one for her parents, one for her younger brother, and then the chickens and ducks. So Ruan Zhijuan moved into the dilapidated shed where the family stored miscellaneous items.

The room was crammed with things, and there wasn't enough room for a bed. But even if there were room, his parents probably wouldn't spend money to buy something that was too expensive. So he slept on a simple wooden plank bed made of a few planks. He couldn't turn over too much, or it would collapse.

The bed was alright, you could sleep on it. It leaked in the rain and soaked the blankets, but that didn't matter. In winter, you could even endure the biting cold wind that seeped in. But the storage room was full of bugs, hiding in the cracks and corners...

Ruan Zhijuan was most afraid of insects.

Sometimes, he would fall asleep and suddenly see a praying mantis or centipede on his pillow, or he would just cover himself with the blanket and see a large spider crawling across the blanket. Every time he saw this, he would be so frightened that he would scream.

But if his parents heard him shouting, Ruan Zhijuan would get scolded because he was disturbing his younger brother's rest.

My parents had my younger brother when they were in their forties, so they cherish him very much.

Ruan Zhijuan felt even more aggrieved as she thought about it. She raised her hand and slapped Zhou Gangxun's arm. "And do you know how hard your sandbag-like hand hit me? It's all broken."

Zhou Gangxun looked at Ruan Zhijuan's eyes, which had suddenly turned red and were about to burst into tears. He thought for a moment, then raised his hand and pinched her cheek. "Shh—, it's too noisy."

Ruan Zhijuan was stunned. She stared at Zhou Gangxun in astonishment, her eyes wide. How could this person be like this? Shouldn't he comfort her when she was crying? (￢д￢。).

I still have to cry, otherwise it will seem a bit fake, but I'm not making a sound, just sobbing softly.

"Good girl." Zhou Gangxun looked at Ruan Zhijuan, who was so easy to bully, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes before he let go and went inside to get the ointment.

Zhou Gangxun was not used to working on the construction site and moving goods at first, and often injured his hands, so he kept some safflower oil, iodine, and abrasion ointment at home.

When Zhou Gangxun returned, he had an unlit cigarette between his teeth, leaning lazily against the bathroom door. He handed the medicine to Ruan Zhijuan and said, "Bend over and apply it in front of the mirror."

Still sobbing, Ruan Zhijuan subconsciously and obediently stuck out his buttocks. He blinked, realizing something was wrong; he'd been bitten on the chest, not the buttocks…

With a nasal voice from crying and red eyes, he looked at Zhou Gangxun and asked in confusion, "Why are you sticking your butt out..."

"It promotes blood circulation." Zhou Gangxun said mischievously, "You didn't know?"

"Of course I know..."

Zhou Gangxun's answer was too matter-of-fact, so Ruan Zhijuan just snorted, stuck her butt out high, lifted her clothes to apply the medicine, and kept confirming with Teacher Zhou like a student, "Is...is this how it is? Is the blood circulation good enough? It...it seems like it doesn't hurt anymore."

How stupid. Zhou Gangxun looked at Ruan Zhijuan's "pretending" and twisting and turning, his gaze falling on the bright red area. He suddenly felt that Ruan Zhijuan was fine like this, just swollen and red like this, it would be better if she got worse.

I even had an urge to grab those two pieces of flesh and tear them off.

Otherwise, should we save it for someone else to eat? (o｀ε´o)

He scoffed softly, his gaze falling on a tiny, mint-green patch less than a centimeter in size in the basin—Ruan Zhijuan's dirty underwear. "I'll wash the clothes when I get back tonight."