Chapter 675: Guilty Conscience

When Qin Wenhao saw his wife walking over, he hurried to her side.

"Honey!"

"What did you buy?" Fu Mingxue’s gaze fell to his hands, seeing how much he was carrying.

"Some household supplies, meat, and vegetables. I also bought two chickens."

Fu Mingxue was surprised to hear that. "So much? What are you going to do with two chickens?"

"I just happened to see them, so I bought them." Qin Wenhao had already planned on buying two chickens to make chicken soup for his wife.

’My wife is working way too hard. I need to make sure she’s well-nourished.’

’I’ll stew one this afternoon for us to eat.’

"Honey, what’s this you bought?"

"I bought two wood carvings. They’re quite nice."

Qin Wenhao’s gaze fell upon the wood carvings. The one of the pixiu, in particular, was carved so vividly it looked alive.

"It really is excellent."

He didn’t ask how much they cost.

After all, as long as his wife liked them, that was all that mattered.

"Honey, is there anything else you want to buy?"

Fu Mingxue shook her head. "No, I’m good."

"Then let’s head back!"

"Okay."

Qin Wenhao loaded their things into the car.

By the time the couple drove back to the family residences, they had just gotten out of the car.

Wang Xiang came out from next door. "Mingxue, you’re back! Did you two go to the market?"

Fu Mingxue nodded.

"We did!"

When Sister in law Liu saw Wang Xiang talking to Fu Mingxue, she became incredibly nervous.

As Qin Wenhao was taking their things from the car, he happened to catch Sister in law Liu scurrying back inside, a panicked look in her eyes.

Qin Wenhao: ...?

He frowned slightly.

He looked up and scanned the area, noticing a few other women from the residences avoiding his gaze, their eyes darting away.

’So, what have they been up to?’

’Why do they look so guilty meeting my gaze?’

He impassively averted his gaze.

Then, he carried their things into the courtyard.

Wang Xiang and Fu Mingxue didn’t chat for much longer.

The few women who had participated in Sister in law Liu’s discussion that morning breathed a collective sigh of relief when they saw that Wang Xiang didn’t say anything more to Fu Mingxue.

Qin Wenhao put the two chickens in the coop.

His mother-in-law had built the coop back when she was staying with them.

Now that his mother-in-law was no longer there, the coop had been sitting unused.

Now it was finally being put to use.

It was still early, so Qin Wenhao first went to park the car.

Fu Mingxue had nothing else to do—after all, she didn’t have to clean the rooms, the courtyard, or the kitchen.

Qin Wenhao had even done the laundry first thing in the morning!

’I have to admit,’ she thought, ’he really is a great man.’

Since she had nothing else to do, she simply took out a book and sat down to read in the living room.

Half an hour later, Qin Wenhao returned.

Fu Mingxue found it strange when she saw that he didn’t look very happy.

"What’s wrong?"

Qin Wenhao instantly composed himself and shook his head. "It’s nothing!"

Fu Mingxue: ...?

’That expression of his doesn’t look like ’nothing’ at all.’

’He rarely let his anger show so openly, after all.’

However, since he clearly didn’t want to talk about it, she didn’t press the issue.

"Honey, it’s almost noon. I’ll go get started on lunch."

Hearing this, Fu Mingxue asked, "Do you need my help?"

Qin Wenhao immediately replied, "No, I can handle it. You just keep reading your book."

Seeing that he really didn’t need her help, Fu Mingxue didn’t insist.

Qin Wenhao worked quickly.

With the meat he had bought that morning, he first made a meat sauce.

Then, he made some noodles.

A little over half an hour later, Qin Wenhao carried the noodles into the living room. "Honey, come and eat!"