"Little Chu, you want to buy rabbits?"
"Your uncle has some, no need to buy."
Yu Lanhua wiped her hands on the apron tied around her waist.
"How many do you want? I'll catch them for you."
Boom!
Wang Jianguo felt like the sky had fallen.
Wasn’t it hard enough for him to secretly raise those few rabbits?
This woman, why did she have to spill everything?
"How many does Uncle have?" Shen Nanchu looked at Wang Jianguo with a meaningful smile.
"Ten."
"Your uncle is an expert at raising rabbits—each one is plump!"
His precious bunnies were doomed.
"Y-Your aunt’s right, these rabbits are indeed plump!"
Every word Wang Jianguo spoke felt like a stab to his heart.
Shen Nanchu’s interest was genuinely piqued now.
"Where are they? Let me take a look."
"Come, I’ll sneak you over to see them."
Yu Lanhua took the empty bowl from Shen Nanchu’s hands and shoved it into Wang Jianguo’s.
The two unlikely companions happily headed off to see the rabbits, while Wang Jianguo trailed behind, clutching the bowl with a heartbroken expression.
Wang Jianguo’s rabbits were kept in a shed behind his house, next to the kitchen garden.
Inside the cages, the rabbits munched on grass blissfully, unaware of the impending danger.
Shen Nanchu stood in front of the cages, eyes gleaming.
These were ordinary domestic rabbits—meaty, with short, dense fur.
If she wanted high-quality pelts, Angora rabbits would be ideal.
But that breed hadn’t been introduced to the country yet.
Silently, Shen Nanchu opened her system exchange page.
A litter of Angora rabbit kits—1,000 dislike points.
Shen Nanchu fell silent.
Great.
"System, why do the Angora kits cost 1,000 dislike points?"
"Host, that’s always been the price," the system replied.
"But the steamed buns I exchanged earlier were only 600 points."
The system hastily checked. "The discount period ended."
Shen Nanchu: "..."
"Don’t worry, Host, I’ll renew the discount for you."
"Wait—is this discount randomly generated?"
"Yes."
"Your luck’s terrible. You only got 60% off. Let me try."
"Fine."
Shen Nanchu rubbed her hands together and slapped the button.
She was known for her incredible luck.
This time, she’d definitely get 90% off.
If she did, she’d go on a shopping spree.
♡´･ᴗ･`♡
The next second, the rolling numbers stopped at—
[Nine] percent off.
Shen Nanchu: "..."
System: "..."
"Host, want to try again?" The system offered, eager to cheat a little.
"No, you handle small things like this." Shen Nanchu declined.
Another second later—
"Host, done. 60% off."
Shen Nanchu: "..."
Was she really that unlucky lately?
She began questioning her life choices.
Meanwhile, Wang Jianguo watched Shen Nanchu stare at his rabbits with shining eyes, his already shattered heart crumbling further.
Finally, Shen Nanchu moved.
"Uncle, Auntie, I want those two."
Wang Jianguo followed her finger and saw—
The two skinniest rabbits in the bunch.
He hesitated, then reluctantly agreed.
"Kid, why not take these two instead? They’ve got more meat."
"The ones you picked are all fur, no substance."
Shen Nanchu shook her head with a smile.
"No, I want those two."
Only those two could potentially produce offspring with longer fur, closer to Angora rabbits.
Besides, the female was already pregnant.
That way, when she later "produced" the system-bought kits, it wouldn’t seem suspicious.
"Those two really don’t have much meat," Wang Jianguo pressed, oddly unsettled that she wasn’t taking his prized rabbits.
"You sure?"
"Yes, them."
Wang Jianguo frowned.
"Little Chu, how are you planning to cook them? Stir-fry or stew?"
Yu Lanhua weighed the rabbits in her hands.
"These two wouldn’t even fill your stomach."
"Oh, Auntie Lanhua, I’m not eating them."
Before she could finish, Wang Jianguo cut in.
"If not for eating, then what?"
"I want to try breeding rabbits with longer fur."
Shen Nanchu got straight to the point.
"Wang Family Village is surrounded by hills full of grass rabbits love. If we raise them properly, we could produce wool."
Wool?
Such a luxury?
Wang Jianguo’s jaw nearly hit the ground.
After a long pause, he snapped back to reality and grabbed all the rabbits from the cage.
"Kid, take them all."
"Study them properly."
"If you need more, just tell me."
"I’ll get you more."
Shen Nanchu glanced at the plump bunnies and reluctantly shook her head.
She’d love to take them all!
But who would cook them?
Next time.
Next time, she’d come back openly for a rabbit feast.
With that, Shen Nanchu left, carrying a basket with two small rabbits, her heart full of longing.
——
At home,
Pei Zhengnian was chopping firewood.
The heat was unbearable, so he’d stripped to the waist.
He’d been at it all morning.
Ever since Pei's Mother moved his belongings into Shen Nanchu’s room, forcing them to share a bed,
his mind kept drifting to memories of the past.
To distract himself, he’d taken to chopping wood.
But even after stacking an entire wall’s worth,
those thoughts still haunted him.
Keep chopping!
Pei Zhengnian bent forward, muscles tensing as the axe split the log cleanly in two.
Sweat dripped from his forehead, trailing down his cheeks, over his chest, across his sculpted abs, and vanishing below his waistline.
Shen Nanchu hadn’t expected such a feast for the eyes upon returning.
No wonder he was the male lead—his physique was top-tier.
She stood there, basket in hand, admiring the view.
In her world, men were either pale or scrawny.
To see a body like this, she’d have to pay a fortune.
Perhaps her gaze was too intense, because Pei Zhengnian finally noticed her.
"Hi~"
Shen Nanchu waved cheerfully.
Pei Zhengnian froze for a second before hurling the axe aside and scrambling to pull his shirt back on.
This time, not just his ears—his entire face turned red.
"Why don’t you make any noise when you walk?"
"Me?" Shen Nanchu pointed at herself.
