Hua Xin's Courage

She stared intently at the various fruits displayed on the shelf. For a long time, she had relied on concentrated vitamin tablets to maintain the body's essential trace elements, rather than obtaining them from fruits and vegetables. Meat and vegetables could be skipped, but vitamins would lead to malnutrition. This was Hua Xin's ultimate money-saving method for monthly food expenses—a few dozen yuan—summarized after consulting various sources! It had helped her survive countless hungry days and nights. Even after she became wealthy and her health improved, she continued this method. Therefore, Hua Xin didn't know the prices of those fruits in stores. But today, she finally saw it for herself. She looked at the beautifully packaged box containing a dozen or so grapes... uh, should it be called raisins? After all, purple ones are called grapes, and green ones should be called raisins. In short, on this box of fruit, the girl saw more than a week's worth of food money. Although going empty-handed was a little bit inappropriate, maybe she should just skip it today? After all, she had done this many times before, so what difference would it make today... Feeling the emptiness in her wallet, the girl turned and left this place that could swallow her money at any moment. "I'd better just buy something cheap as a token; Xia Yan probably won't mind. He definitely won't..." Hua Xin sighed, unsure what to say. She had planned to just eat noodles at home, but Xia Yan, for some reason, insisted she come to his house to discuss their trip tomorrow. Clearly, Xia Yan was more experienced in these matters. After arriving in Weihai, Sister Li Xue and Brother Shan Qing would separate from them, meaning she and Xia Yan would be together the entire time. In this situation, if she didn't rely on Xia Yan, the girl feared she might wake up one night in a bridge tunnel and start some kind of "Hua Xin's Wandering Life" vlog. You know, she had just been out. But this kind of long trip was something she didn't even dare to dream of. "What a fool..." Hua Xin snorted softly, muttering to herself. "Knock knock knock." "Click." "..." "You're like this at home?" When Hua Xin saw Xia Yan, shirtless, open the door, she didn't show any of the shyness a young girl should have. Instead, she looked at him with disdain and provocation, her expression as calm as could be. What a joke, did she really think she was someone special? It's just a cricket's shirtless body, what's there to be shy about? But his abs are pretty cool. The girl glanced down slightly, inwardly affirming Xia Yan's well-trained physique. "Ahem, I just finished showering, and I didn't have time to put on clothes when I heard you knocking." "Come in." Seeing the girl's nonchalant attitude, Xia Yan felt a little uncomfortable. You know, even Xia Fen, who previously stayed at his place, had never seen him shirtless. Even with his sister, Xia Yan maintained a good distance, and would wear a tank top when exercising. But this was clearly a special case. He really, really had no intention of "..." with the girl. "Tch..." "You might as well say you ran into a little monster on your way to open the door and it tore your clothes to shreds." Although Hua Xin said she didn't believe Xia Yan's story, she couldn't help but notice the occasional drops of water slowly trickling down his wet hair and neck. The girl, who quickly took off her shoes, revealing clean white socks, walked into Xia Yan's house with practiced ease. She casually placed the fruit she was carrying on the table, sat on the sofa, crossed her arms, and stared intently at the half-naked Xia Yan. The meaning in her eyes was clear. "Wife, I'm getting shy looking at me like that." "?" Xia Yan looked at the girl with a shy expression, as if he, not Hua Xin, was the one who had suffered a loss. The girl twitched her lips, looking at the soaking wet man in front of her with obvious disgust. She propped her chin on her Xia Yan immediately stood up straight, answering with unusual seriousness, then turned and went back to his room to find some clothes. Otherwise, even in his own home, this scene with the girl still felt like he was being a pervert. Hua Xin watched Xia Yan return to his room and stood up with obvious disgust. Without hesitation, she went to the bathroom, took out her mop, and wiped away all the water stains Xia Yan had brought from the bathroom. Well, after all, Xia Yan had rushed out of the bathroom unprepared because of her. She just wanted to relieve her guilt and her disapproval of Xia Yan's sloppiness! Having long been used to living alone, Hua Xin naturally knew how to do such simple chores. Before her transformation, she seemed to have developed a germaphobia, perhaps even becoming a bit sloppy herself? "Is this... real?" "I'm so touched. Could it be that I've traveled through time? Are we actually an old married couple already?" Xia Yan, who had just come out of the room, looked at the girl who was doing housework, her whole body seemingly overflowing with emotion. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief and choked out. "..." "Get up, I just don't want to fall down here later." Hua Xin rolled her eyes at Xia Yan, who was in a shrimp-like state, threw the tools in her hand to him, and then looked curiously at the small black suitcase in Xia Yan's hand. She had never seen one before, but she had. From a mechanical point of view, using a suitcase is definitely much less strenuous than carrying a backpack or a bag. But for her, the reason she never owned one was simply because it was useless and expensive. "I have another suitcase. See if this one is big enough for your things?" Xia Yan handed the suitcase to the girl, and their fingertips lightly touched each other. But this wasn't the first time the two had had physical contact like this, so she wasn't so innocent as to blush like that. They almost crossed that line during the New Year... Hua Xin opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't voice her question. In the end, she simply answered softly and normally, "It's definitely enough... I don't have that much stuff." She couldn't very well question Xia Yan about things like, "How did you know I didn't have a suitcase?" He had only asked her on the phone if she had a lot of stuff, and that she was coming to his house to discuss the trip. Besides, she could go directly with Li Xue and Shan Qing the next morning, which would be much more convenient without having to find a meeting point. Hua Xin figured that since it wasn't the first time she'd stayed at Xia Yan's place, she might as well not cry herself to sleep in that lonely Little Black. After all, Xia Yan wouldn't suddenly become aggressive and do anything to her. Heh heh, the girl understood Xia Yan's thoughts all too well. It was as if... it was as if... Hua Xin, who was squatting on the ground opening her suitcase, paused, as if realizing something. A faint, peculiar feeling slowly spread through the girl's heart. Why did Xia Yan possess such an unconscious understanding and familiarity with her? Even now, as Gu Xin Hua, this feeling lingered. Was it a coincidence? She silently pondered how to describe this feeling. It was as if... Xia Yan understood her perfectly. 177. Hua Xin's Courage