Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 101: Swallowing Destiny_1

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Swallowing Destiny_1

Nanzhi lay in bed at home for a full eight days.

Perhaps it was because the original host had not experienced her period for a while, which made its arrival this time particularly fierce.

Twisting her waist to make sure it was over, Nanzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got out of bed.

She felt that if she continued to lie there, she would grow mushrooms!

After taking a proper bath, Nanzhi picked up a basket of eggs and took Shen Zhiyu with her towards Aunt Guihua’s house.

Shen Miaomiao had come over to take care of her every day, and when she was in too much pain, it was the young girl who helped her change her sanitary napkins.

Nanzhi’s face turned red at the thought of that scene, and just as she turned a corner, she saw two people standing at Aunt Guihua’s doorstep.

One was Wang Jingzhi wearing a white robe, and the other was Su Tao, the original female protagonist whom she had been planning to avoid.

Wang Jingzhi, seeing Su Tao widening the distance between them, felt discouraged but still stubbornly stretched out his hand, trying to make her accept the eggs he was holding.

"I don’t want your eggs," Su Tao shook her head and refused, "You should take them back and eat them yourself, young doctor."

The young boy didn’t speak, only stared at her, as if trying to understand why she always rejected him.

Su Tao inevitably felt a bit annoyed. The system had not appeared for half a month, and she had been staying in this village, yet this young man kept knocking on her door every day. He didn’t say much else; he just kept trying to give her eggs.

What was this supposed to mean?

"Please go back, young doctor. I’m not interested in you."

The girl’s face showed impatience. She really didn’t understand why she was sent to this wretched place!

"Just take the eggs, take them, and I’ll leave."

Suddenly, Wang Jingzhi became as stubborn as a child, only insisting that Su Tao take the eggs he held.

Su Tao acted as if she hadn’t heard.

She never accepted threats from others. If she accepted his two eggs this time, who knew what he would bring the next day.

If she wasn’t prepared to accept him, she couldn’t give him any hope from the beginning.

Su Tao didn’t speak, just turned and entered the courtyard, no longer glancing at Wang Jingzhi.

"Mom, why is Uncle Wang upset? He looks like he’s going to cry."

Zhiyu and Nanzhi, mother and son, were both peering over the wall, watching the commotion. Seeing Su Tao leave, the little guy suddenly asked quietly.

"Probably because Aunt Su Tao didn’t accept his eggs," Nanzhi sighed as she looked at the young man’s desolate figure.

Those weren’t just two eggs; they were the young man’s genuine heart that the female protagonist had rejected.

"Why doesn’t Aunt Su Tao want the eggs? They’re delicious and smell so nice!"

The little guy looked up at his mother, somewhat puzzled.

Eggs were so tasty; why wouldn’t Aunt Su Tao want them?

"Because there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If you take or eat something now, you’ll always have to give something back later."

And when anything was associated with emotions, it would become even more complicated.

"Okay."

The little one nodded and etched these words into his memory.

Seeing that Wang Jingzhi had also left, Nanzhi then led Zhiyu out from the wall’s base.

"Zhiyu, go knock on the door," Nanzhi dusted off her clothes and directed the little one to knock.

"Alright."

Shen Zhiyu responded and, with his little short legs, ran to knock on the gate vigorously while not forgetting to shout, "Auntie, Zhiyu is here!"

Inside, Shen Miaomiao had been sewing clothes in the main hall. Hearing Zhiyu’s voice, she quickly put down the needlework basket and hurried to open the door.

"How come our Zhiyu is here? Sister Nanzhi, please come in!"

Nanzhi entered the room with a smile, but by the time Shen Miaomiao saw the basket of eggs she was carrying, it was already too late to push her out.

"Why are you pushing me?" Nanzhi said with a laugh, patting her on the backside. Fortunately, she had anticipated this and stood her ground. If she had really fallen over, all the eggs in her hands would have shattered.

"Why did you bring so many eggs?" Shen Miaomiao asked in a hushed voice.

These eggs were now precious commodities!

"Who visits without a gift?" Nanzhi chuckled as she tapped Shen Miaomiao’s forehead.

Just then, Aunt Guihua walked in from the backyard and found it odd to see her daughter blocking Nanzhi at the door.

What madness had gripped the girl this early morning?

Why wouldn’t she let Nanzhi into the house to sit for a while?

"Miaomiao, what are you doing? Let Nanzhi in," she said.

With her mother’s command, Shen Miaomiao stuck out her tongue and reluctantly stepped aside.

Aunt Guihua was also taken aback by the basket in Nanzhi’s hand.

Why did this girl bring a basket of eggs for a visit?

It was too late to change her mind and have Shen Miaomiao push her out; Nanzhi, holding the eggs, went to the main room and set the basket on the table before smiling and saying, "Aunt Guihua, I’ve been troubling you these past few days, having Miaomiao take care of me at home."

"What are you thinking, girl?" Aunt Guihua said, her heart conflicted at the sight of the basket of eggs.

Although her daughter had been helping out every day lately, they had a good relationship to begin with, and she herself had just been bringing some food each day—plain grains, nothing compared to a basket of eggs.

And now with Nanzhi’s man away from home, it was even more important for her and little Zhiyu to have some eggs to nourish themselves, right?

"Since I’ve troubled you, Aunt Guihua, I definitely need to show my appreciation," Nanzhi said with a smile.

Thinking about the two hens at home that laid seven or eight eggs a day on average, Nanzhi couldn’t help but feel a mix of amusement and frustration.

"You should take these eggs. When Zhiyu’s dad came back last time, he bought two hens, and they’ve been laying lots of eggs. We still have some at home," she explained.

Hearing Nanzhi speak like this, Aunt Guihua smiled and accepted the eggs.

While their home had grain, they indeed lacked meat and fish.

Her son might join the villagers on hunts, but he didn’t always bring something back, and these eggs would last the family for a while.

Aunt Guihua took the basket to the kitchen, and Shen Miaomiao brought some water over to chat and joke with Nanzhi.

Sitting in her room, Su Tao felt annoyed upon hearing their laughter.

[Host, luck transfer was successful.]

The system’s mechanical voice rang out, startling Su Tao. She quickly asked, "System, where have you been these past few days?"

[Transferring luck, would the Host like to assimilate it now?]

Su Tao was taken aback. Assimilate the luck she had gathered from Zhao Si?

"Assimilate it now," she said.

As her words faded, a flash of white light suddenly illuminated the small room.

Nanzhi, who had been chatting with Shen Miaomiao, instinctively turned her head towards the room on her left. She had felt something amiss; seeing that Shen Miaomiao didn’t react, Nanzhi pointed to the room and asked, "Miaomiao, whose room is that?"

"It’s Su Tao’s room," Shen Miaomiao responded, looking in the direction Nanzhi pointed to.

Upon hearing the name ’Su Tao,’ a sense of foreboding sank into Nanzhi. Could it be the heroine’s system doing something?

In the room, Su Tao looked at her hands, seeing no changes. She asked the system doubtfully, "System, I don’t feel any different, do I?"

[Favorability has increased by 5 points, current favorability is 24.

Luck has increased by 2 points, current luck is 7.

Appearance has increased by 1 point, current appearance is 11.]