Chapter 35: Insecurities
The staple food is still coarse rice.
Just as she was planning on how to improve her speed, she saw Lu Yucai wheeling himself out, and her eyes brightened. She needed merit points, and her husband... would be a perfect way to get them.
Walking up to him, she said with a stressed face, "Yucai, there is something that I would like to share."
"Yes, go ahead," Lu Yucai said, blushing slightly. Why didn’t he notice before... she looked so gorgeous when her hair was tied up!
"It’s like this... I have the ability to grow vegetables." Ni Mengxue knelt in front of him. "But to grow it, I need to become intimate."
Lu Yucai was dazed by her words. Vegetables? Was there anyone left in this apocalypse who could grow vegetables? No one.
Everything was infected... the land, the water, and even the seeds. As long as Ni Mengxue released this news... how many men would line up to marry her? At least 50,000... and her limit to take in more husbands might increase to 200...
After marrying so many men... would she even think about a cripple like him? No... the question is... does he even have the qualifications to stand beside her?
"Yucai? What happened?" Ni Mengxue asked worriedly when she saw his face turn pale. Does he feel disgusted by her touches?
"I... do I even qualify to be your husband... I... divorce me." Lu Yucai murmured, completely lost in his world.
Ni Mengxue narrowed her gaze. Why? Why, in novels, when the male lead plays the pity card... they are able to take advantage of their wife, but when she does it... it ends up... pushing her lover even further!
Without wasting any time, she leaned in and started to kiss his lips. At first he didn’t respond, but when she started to moan and even tug on his clothes, he responded back with equal enthusiasm.
When he felt her lips prying into his mouth, he let her in and felt her sweet longing for him. The coldness in his heart started to fade away inch by inch.
Finally, when she pulled herself back, she pressed her forehead against him and murmured, "Just you being you makes you qualified enough to stand beside me."
Before Lu Yucai could speak again, he heard her speak with determination, "And if you want any more qualifications, then let me kiss you at least 20 times a day."
Lu Yucai’s face turned bright red, and he rolled his eyes. "You are saying this now, but when you meet more outstanding people and reveal your ability to the world, you will have to take more husbands."
"Hm? I have four husbands... they are already a handful. A single more... and my kidney would leave me to find another body." Ni Mengxue winked mischievously.
What she didn’t tell him was... other than four of him... she might never be able to love anyone else. In her past life, when her heart broke for the fourth time, she remained single for 1000 years.
And even became disgusted by the crown prince who pestered her to marry him. She had seen from the insect race’s prince to the galaxy’s most favoured son.
Many were more highly praised for their looks than her four crushes, and many had heaven-defying talent. And after seeing all of this... she only had one thought... when she would die.
"If I let you kiss me 20 times... will you promise not to take in any more husbands?" Lu Yucai asked hesitantly.
"Hm? You don’t need to put any conditions. I will promise you anyway." Ni Mengxue smiled and pecked his lips. When she felt it wasn’t enough, she kissed his nose, eyes, and ears and even bit his cheeks.
Lu Yucai’s heart was beating so quickly that he was worried she might even hear it. How can such a naive woman appear? How can she not wish for more husbands?
But it still put his heart at ease, and he started to kiss her face too.
[Ding! A romance target has started to like you! Reward: 20,000 merit points!]
Ni Mengxue ignored the notification and removed her top. The next second, however, Lu Yucai stopped her. "Not now."
"Why..." Ni Mengxue asked, breathing heavily.
"Hm... Your period is about to arrive..." Lu Yucai blushed furiously.
"What?" Suddenly, she felt a warm gush of liquid from her private part and cursed under her breath.
.......
Plopping onto the sofa, she smiled when Lu Yucai handed her warm water. "There is no brown sugar, so..."
Ni Mengxue nodded and saw him subconsciously rubbing his left forehead.
When she had given him water to wash his face for the first time, and the mark on his forehead hadn’t vanished, she had thought that he hadn’t washed up properly.
Only when they shifted to the new house and better lighting did she realise that it was a birthmark... and Yucai was deeply insecure about it.
"Once I make birthmark removal cream, we can get rid of it." Her voice echoed softly.
She didn’t try to make him feel better or make him think that he was still handsome. If insecurities can be cured by words, then it would become a therapist’s speciality.
Lu Yucai’s eyes brightened up, and he asked curiously, "Really? Then can it cure a burnt face too?"
"No. A separate cream needs to be made for it. Why? Is there any friend who might need it?" Ni Mengxue asked curiously.
Lu Yucai hesitated but still told the truth, "Your first husband, Meng Xiaoni, has ruined his face; he is also the one who suffered most under the previous Ni Mengxue."
Meng Xiaoni? Ni Mengxue’s heart sped up a little.
Her third crush from her previous life. She had met him during one of the experiments and was scolded by him for her reckless behaviour.
She wondered where he might be and whether she could reunite with him before she left this base.
"So can you create a cure for his ruined face?"