Chapter 86: The Space Expanded
Su Zhaozhao only had one psychological therapy session with Jiang Shulan today, so she was able to get off work early.
Back at the guesthouse, she gave Yu Huijun a bag of dried sweet potato strips. After all, she had been living here for quite some time, and the young woman had taken good care of her.
Giving her a small bag of snacks was no big deal.
Yu Huijun was quite delighted. She rarely received gifts from guests and felt from the bottom of her heart that Su Zhaozhao was a truly beautiful and kind-hearted person.
Returning to her room and closing the door, Su Zhaozhao entered her space.
The Chinese cabbages were ripe. Gazing at the exquisite, beautiful heads of cabbage in the field, Su Zhaozhao spoke as she always did, "Alright, good work, Little Black Soil. Go ahead and harvest the cabbages."
After speaking to the land, Su Zhaozhao thought for a moment and added, "Next, please plant some rice for me. Thank you for your trouble!"
’If I’m going to make money from this,’ she mused, ’I’ll definitely need some necessities, and they have to be high-consumption items.’
Cabbages, for instance, were eaten with basically every meal. Rice would certainly be another one of those consumables.
Later, she could also plant wheat.
That was the most common crop here in West State; rice was mainly grown in the southern regions.
In any case, she would take it one step at a time.
Su Zhaozhao went over to the spiritual spring water and soaked her wound in it.
The wound, which had looked a bit torn and was seeping blood, slowly began to mend under the effects of the spiritual spring water.
The cool, soothing sensation that reduced swelling and eased the pain felt incredibly comfortable to Su Zhaozhao.
In the end, however, Su Zhaozhao pulled her hand out before the wound had completely healed.
Her main goal was just to let it recover a little so it wouldn’t hurt as much.
She couldn’t let the wound vanish completely. Xie Huaizheng was so observant that he would definitely become suspicious.
After soaking her wound, Su Zhaozhao checked the new things that had appeared in the space.
Lately, more and more things had been showing up here.
It had actually turned into a small house.
The spiritual spring water and the farmland were outside, while all the other supplies were stored inside this little house.
Su Zhaozhao opened the door and walked in, discovering the structure of a very modern home.
It was enormous, with an upper and lower floor, like a massive villa.
Different rooms stored different types of supplies.
For example, an entire room was dedicated to clothes. When Su Zhaozhao opened the walk-in closet, she was stunned.
It was filled with a dazzling array of clothes, with everything from hats to shoes.
Unfortunately, for now, the only things she could wear were a few of the simpler styles.
But that was more than enough to make Su Zhaozhao happy.
There was also a snack room. The moment she opened it, she saw an overwhelming variety of snacks. There was even a refrigerator stocked with all sorts of fruits, drinks, and ice cream.
’This is amazing!’
Su Zhaozhao opened another room and found that it was the master bedroom.
Inside was a large, soft bed. As she lay down on it, she found it was very similar to the one she used to sleep on in modern times.
Lying on the bed, Su Zhaozhao no longer wanted to leave the space.
Oh my god, after sleeping on a hard wooden plank bed for so long, to now be able to lie on a spring mattress—a two-meter-wide one at that, in a room decorated in soft pinks—Su Zhaozhao was practically moved to tears.
Suddenly, she felt a fresh wave of homesickness.
’What should I do? I want to go home so badly!’
Lost in her thoughts, Su Zhaozhao fell asleep right there in the space.
It had been a long time since she had slept so comfortably.
She didn’t dream, just slept peacefully.
Until a knocking sound woke her up.
’Is there someone in the space too?’
Su Zhaozhao was initially startled.
Once she was fully awake, she realized that wasn’t right. It couldn’t be in the space.
’It’s at the guesthouse!’
Su Zhaozhao immediately exited the space.
Someone was knocking at her door. She walked over to open it.
The door opened to reveal Xie Huaizheng’s handsome yet cold face.
Su Zhaozhao was thoroughly confused.
’I thought after what he said, he wouldn’t come looking for me again and was giving me three days to think it over.’
’He’s come to find me already?’
Xie Huaizheng’s gaze fell on Su Zhaozhao, and the words he was about to say suddenly vanished from his mind.
The young woman was wearing a slip dress.
It was a little black dress made of real silk that perfectly outlined her figure.
She usually looked quite thin.
But this little black dress accentuated her curvaceous figure.
It was knee-length, revealing a pair of fair, slender calves.
Faint light from the window behind her filtered in, passing through her thin shoulders, making her seem both slender and fragile.
Su Zhaozhao had worn similar sleepwear several times before, but those styles were all loose.
They were more like tank tops, without such thin spaghetti straps.
In that instant, the visual impact of the sight left Xie Huaizheng somewhat dazed, and his dark eyes couldn’t help but narrow.
He suddenly felt a thirst in his throat, and an inexplicable restlessness stirred within him.
Seeing Xie Huaizheng staring at her without saying a word, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but ask, "What is it? Do you need something?"
’I still remember how he bit me and ran off! This dog of a man... he’s not here to cause trouble for me again, is he?’
But she saw the man lean down slightly, closing the distance between them.
His gaze, filled with desire, roamed over her body, inch by inch.
Under his intense stare, Su Zhaozhao looked down and finally realized.
Inside her space, she had treated the rooms as if they were her own in the real world.
Naturally, she had been more casual.
She had changed into her favorite pajamas and gone to sleep.
Waking up and rushing out of the space in a hurry, she had forgotten she was still wearing sleepwear that was completely out of place for this era.
And Xie Huaizheng’s undisguised, aggressive gaze made her heart tighten.
Su Zhaozhao immediately said, "I’m going to change my clothes."
She then shut the door.
With the door closed, Xie Huaizheng’s line of sight was cut off completely.
The man pushed his tongue against the inside of his cheek, pulled out a lighter, and began to fiddle with it, as if trying to dispel the heat building inside him.
He had actually come to get Su Zhaozhao to go to Zhou Xiaoyun’s house for dinner.
He had promised Zhou Xiaoyun today.
But at noon, he had been so focused on their serious discussion that he had completely forgotten about it.
So, after his training ended, he had come to the guesthouse to find her.
As it turned out, he had to knock for a long time before Su Zhaozhao finally opened the door.
But the moment he saw what Su Zhaozhao was wearing, he instantly forgot what he had wanted to say.
A short while later, Su Zhaozhao opened the door, having changed back into the clothes she was wearing that morning.
"What is it? Did you need something?"
"Aunt Yun invited us to her place for dinner," Xie Huaizheng said.
"Oh, are we leaving now?"
When they arrived at Zhou Xiaoyun’s house, she was already busy in the kitchen. Su Zhaozhao went straight to the kitchen to help.
Xie Huaizheng stayed in the living room to chat.
Zhou Xiaoyun said to Su Zhaozhao, "Zhaozhao, you haven’t come over for dinner in days. Are you upset with me or something?"
Su Zhaozhao quickly replied, "No, no, I just didn’t want to impose."
"Don’t worry, you’re no imposition at all," Zhou Xiaoyun said. "I made your favorite braised pork ribs."
Su Zhaozhao’s eyes lit up. "Wow, Aunt Yun, you’re the best!"
Meanwhile, in the living room, the two men were chatting.