True simp! Is this really a strawberry?

Chapter 9: True Simp! Is This Really a Strawberry?

After Qin Lin delivered the red strawberries to RT-Mart, the heavens did not cooperate and it started to rain.

When the rain lessened slightly, it was already past noon by the time he returned to Market Street.

Back at his shop entrance, the black dog was sheltering from the rain outside his door, wet all over, curled up and licking its wet fur.

This black dog was getting more and more brazen.

He hadn't shooed it away for over ten days, it was acting like it was settling down here permanently.

"Whimper!" The black dog saw Qin Lin and suddenly stood up, baring its teeth and barking at him.

Qin Lin pretended to ignore the black dog, opened the shop door, and went inside. After busying himself for a while, his stomach growled. He decisively took out his phone and ordered takeout.

Add 2 large chicken legs and 2 fried eggs; he was now someone who could afford to indulge in a lavish meal every now and then.

Just as he was about to check out, he suddenly noticed the black dog tiptoeing around the shop entrance. The black dog seemed to sense his gaze and tiptoed two steps further into the shop, squatting down and staring intently at him.

Qin Lin silently operated his phone, added another large chicken leg, and then checked out.

This black dog hanging around his shop every day had actually given him a strange feeling.

Humans were probably complex creatures like that.

It was like how women felt about simps; although they found it disgusting, once they got used to being simped for, they would even use it as a source of pride. If the simp stopped, they would become anxious and fearful of loss.

Soon.

The delivery driver arrived.

Qin Lin took the takeout and placed it on the table, opening it. The black dog, which had been squatting, suddenly lifted its front legs off the ground, its head staring fixedly at the takeout on the table.

Seeing this, Qin Lin decided to tease the dog, deliberately holding a chicken leg and taking a bite, putting on a look of enjoyment.

The black dog, however, stuck out its tongue and lowered its head even further, as if waiting for him to throw it a chicken bone.

Qin Lin found it genuinely amusing and picked up a large chicken leg, tossing it to the black dog.

The black dog, with incredible speed, opened its mouth and caught the chicken leg.

It seemed it hadn't expected to receive meat instead of just a bone, its eyes widened in surprise. It was stunned.

Qin Lin ignored the black dog and, while eating, shifted his attention to the game screen in his mind.

The worms had grown again, and he also needed to water the plants.

After dealing with the game issues and finishing his takeout, he was about to clean up when he noticed movement by his feet. The black dog was gently rubbing against his calf, seemingly making a further attempt to show goodwill.

Seeing Qin Lin look at it, it retracted its head and squatted back down at the shop entrance.

Evening.

The watermelons and red strawberries in the game had ripened again. This batch of watermelons yielded 421, and the red strawberries weighed 301 jin. He moved them all out of the game, transported them to the RT-Mart warehouse in batches for weighing, and then found Manager Chen to settle the day's accounts.

421 watermelons: 7893 yuan. 606 jin of strawberries: 18180 yuan. Plus the watermelons he wholesaled to Liu Dasheng and the others in the morning: 6341 yuan. Today's daily income: 32414 yuan.

As he left RT-Mart, the bank SMS notification for the payment arrived:

"Your account ending in... deposit amount 26,073.00 yuan, balance 199,157.60 yuan."

His savings were about to break 200,000.

Qin Lin couldn't help but glance at the message a few more times before putting his phone away. He then rode his tricycle back to Market Street, parked it, and hopped on his electric scooter to pick up Zhao Moqing from the tax bureau.

Coincidentally, just as Qin Lin's electric scooter stopped at the main entrance, he saw Chen Hao, the guy from last time, walking out.

Their eyes met. Chen Hao frowned slightly, looked at the electric scooter Qin Lin was riding, and couldn't resist pressing his car key to unlock his Audi, causing it to beep and its lights to flash.

This was clearly an attempt to show off.

Weren't men just vulgar like this? They flaunted their careers, houses, cars, and women.

Of course, there were also less vulgar men; they were either truly successful and no longer needed to do such low-class things, or they genuinely had nothing to show off.

Chen Hao clearly fit neither category, so he was vulgar. In his mind, he drove an Audi while the other person rode an electric scooter, giving him a sense of superiority for no reason.

At this moment.

A chubby young man came out and greeted Chen Hao, "Chen Hao, why aren't you waiting for Zhao Moqing? Didn't you want to ask her out for dinner and confess your feelings? With your conditions, you should be able to win her over, right?"

This abrupt remark struck a blow to the superiority Chen Hao felt on his face. He walked silently towards his car.

Damn it, Zhao Moqing had left with someone riding an electric scooter! He was left in the wind, what dinner was there to eat?

He truly couldn't understand how someone riding an electric scooter could snatch such a beautiful "cabbage." Why was he still single?

Why him?

The chubby young man was confused by Chen Hao's reaction and drove away in a nearby Jetta.

"Qin Lin!" Zhao Moqing came out of the gate and saw Qin Lin, running over with a smile. She skillfully got on the back seat of the electric scooter, hugged his waist, and said, "Let's go!"

As Qin Lin rode the electric scooter onto the road, he asked, "Should I take you home, or should we go out for a big meal?"

Zhao Moqing thought for a moment and said, "Let's buy groceries and go to your place? I haven't seen Auntie in a while."

"Mhm, I'll call back later. My mom will be so happy when she knows you're coming," Qin Lin said, then rode his electric scooter to Darunfa Supermarket to go shopping.

Qin Lin didn't like shopping, but he liked holding Zhao Moqing's hand and shopping with her.

After a round of shopping, the two of them had bags full of vegetables and seafood in their hands.

Back home, Lin Fen's smile was uncontrollable when she saw Zhao Moqing arrive. "Moqing, you're here! Come in, come in!"

Lin Fen was completely satisfied with Zhao Moqing. It was a blessing from eight lifetimes that her son could find such a gentle, unmaterialistic, good-natured girl who respected her elders.

If only their family wasn't so poor, she would have already arranged her son and Zhao Moqing's wedding and made her her daughter-in-law.

"Auntie! Qin Lin and I bought a lot of groceries. I'll wash them first," Zhao Moqing said sweetly, not minding the narrow, chaotic, and even messy environment.

"Oh, okay, let's wash them together!" Lin Fen took the groceries from Qin Lin's hands and, with a smile, entered the kitchen with Zhao Moqing.

Qin Lin suddenly felt like an outsider.

Zhao Moqing's cooking skills were actually quite good, so Lin Fen happily helped out. After a table full of dishes was prepared, her appetite was better than usual, and she ate quite a bit more.

After the meal, Qin Lin went into his room and came out with a bag. Inside was the Quality 2 red strawberry that had just come out today; half of the 4 jin had been taken out.

"Xiao Lin, what are you holding?" Lin Fen asked curiously.

"Red strawberries. I saved these specially for you, Mom, Moqing. Try them." Qin Lin placed the Quality 2 red strawberries on the table.

Upon seeing this, Lin Fen immediately put all the strawberries in front of Zhao Moqing. "Moqing, strawberries are very nutritious and can also beautify your skin. Eat more."

"Okay, Auntie." Zhao Moqing liked eating fruit and didn't refuse. She picked one up and tasted it, but soon she was surprised. "Qin Lin, why are these strawberries so delicious?"

"These are special quality strawberries. You can't buy them anywhere else, you can't eat them even if you want to. Delicious, right?" Qin Lin said a little smugly. And why shouldn't he be? Deliciousness +2, sweetness +2, texture +2, aftertaste +2 attributes.

This was produced by the game, and he was the only one who had it.

"Mhm!" Zhao Moqing quickly nodded. "The strawberries I ate before can't compare to this at all. This is the first time I've eaten such delicious strawberries."

"Isn't it just red strawberries? Are they that delicious?" Lin Fen asked, a little confused by Zhao Moqing's words.

Having been a fruit and vegetable vendor her whole life, she knew red strawberries quite well. Their taste was just so-so, all pretty much the same.

However, after picking up a strawberry and tasting it, she also showed an expression of disbelief.

The taste of these strawberries was truly beyond her expectations. After eating one, there was still a lingering aftertaste in her mouth, making it endlessly memorable.

She couldn't believe she was eating a strawberry.

Let alone Zhao Moqing, she had eaten and tasted countless strawberries every year throughout her life as a fruit and vegetable vendor, but the taste of those strawberries was far inferior to the one her son had brought out.