Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 616 - 612 Dignity, Offended

Chapter 616: Chapter 612 Dignity, Offended

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"Why are you here?" Xie Jingchen asked in a heavy voice, very impolitely.

"Commander, you’re back, just in time for dinner! Speaking of Chun Mei, she’s the one Aunt Zhou hired to cook for us, and also to take care of Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi!"

Seeing Wang Chunmei scared by the boss to the point that she even spilled the vegetables she was washing, Ma Shan winked and explained with a chuckle.

Seeing Xie Jingchen’s gaze turn cold, Ma Shan, who had been grinning, immediately snapped to attention and saluted formally: "Reporting, Commander, Wang Chunmei is the eldest daughter from Wang Dashan’s family in Qingfeng Village..."

"Enough." Xie Jingchen, after a sweep of his spiritual power, realized his mother had been drawn out by Ma Shan’s loud report, and interrupted the booming voice. With a casual glance, he ignored Wang Chunmei who wanted to speak and went straight towards the archway.

Xie Jingchen felt incredibly annoyed.

Ma Shan was completely puzzled after his salute and saw his buddy winking at him; he glanced from the corner of his eye at Wang Chunmei: How had this girl offended their boss?

That shouldn’t be right~ since when had their boss become so petty, squabbling with a woman? Something was off!

Out of professional habit, Ma Shan decided that from now on at home, he needed to not only beware of strangers coming near but also not overlook this village girl.

He couldn’t ignore the dangers close at hand.

"What’s wrong?" Zhou Xiuhua came out upon hearing Xiao Ma’s ’report,’ but instead of seeing San’er, she saw everyone looking oddly at Wang Chunmei and asked, puzzled.

Fortunately, Wang Chunmei had braced herself for what to expect when she decided to help at the Xie Family, so she managed to keep a normal expression on her face and didn’t seem about to cry.

Ma Shan glanced at Wang Chunmei, who was hanging her head, and laughed, "No worries, Aunt Zhou, is there anything else that needs to be done? I can lend a hand."

Wang Chunmei had already picked up the vegetables that had fallen on the ground and continued to wash them without making a sound. Zhou Xiuhua didn’t notice anything special and also remembered that her cooking was still on the stove, so she exclaimed, "Oh no, my dish!" and hurried back to the kitchen.

"No worries, no worries, Aunt Zhou, don’t panic, it hasn’t burnt yet... even if it’s a bit charred, still smells delicious!" Ma Shan entered alongside Aunt Zhou, of course sniffing the faint scent of burning meat in the air even before Zhou Xiuhua did.

Wang Chunmei was relieved to see that no one was paying attention to her anymore, her eyes began to redden, but then she thought that dinner was soon and she couldn’t cry.

She definitely couldn’t be willful, to avoid catching Sister Yan’s attention and inquiry.

Over these past few days, Wang Chunmei had managed to keep her presence as low as possible, staying mostly silent except when doing chores.

Even in caring for Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi, she kept quiet, not daring to let her gaze linger on the adorable babies.

The two little ones were nearly seven months old, looking really adorable. Xiaojiu already managed to toddle around with the help of a small stool, very brave.

Shiyi, on the other hand, was more shy around strangers, he always exhibited reluctance to get close to Wang Chunmei.

So most of the time, Wang Chunmei’s time was taken up with house chores, laundering, cooking, cleaning, boiling water and so on.

With many kids in the house, the adults are indeed busy non-stop.

Eat, then drink; drink, then go to the toilet; go to the toilet, then sleep. If it were just one person looking after the kids, chores could only be done while the kids slept, and even before finishing the chores, the kids might wake up. Over time, the kids would be fine, but the mother definitely couldn’t take it.

At that time, washing dishes by hand, laundry by hand, even vacuuming and cleaning were all done by hand, everything was hands-on. The most important daily routines were taking care of one’s own meals and the children’s, and with little children around, there was also the need for baths and diaper changes...

Wang Chunmei was still unmarried, yet this was the first time she truly understood how challenging life becomes once you have children!

What softened her heart the most was how truly smart Xiaojiu was and how adorable Xiao Shi was; she found herself becoming tender-hearted when she looked at these two little cuties.

In the end, Yan Jinsu didn’t give her any trouble at all. Perhaps because Wang Chunmei’s gaze was so calm when she looked at Yan Jinsu, and since she hadn’t encountered Xie Jingchen directly in these past few days, and no one stirred up her inner ambitions, she looked up to "Sister Yan" with the trust and envy only a younger sister could have for her blissful happiness.

Seeing Yan Jinsu tenderly and virtuously taking care of the twins, along with the Xie Family’s younger generation, she actually felt a sense of extreme guilt, as if she had committed a terrible sin!

Over the course of two or three days, Wang Chunmei didn’t think much about Xie Jingchen. However, she repeatedly felt intimidated by the sagacious and kind-hearted Yan Jinsu.

Witnessing Yan Jinsu always looking gently at her own children and those of the Xie Family, Wang Chunmei asked herself if she could reach such lengths herself.

Then, Wang Chunmei realistically shook her head.

They were not her children, not her kin, she simply couldn’t match Yan Jinsu’s ’selflessness’!

Thinking further, Xie Jingchen himself was a Rong Wei, and isn’t that why he liked Yan Jinsu’s ’innate’ kindness!

No wonder Xie Jingchen had said from the start, that if it weren’t for Yan Jinsu, it couldn’t possibly be her, Wang Chunmei!

Because her heart was too small.

Wang Chunmei initially thought this realization would be enough to extinguish her hopes for Xie Jingchen, but then at noon today, Yan Jinsu suddenly smelled a fishy odor and began to vomit intensely, frightening her.

Who knew Aunt Xie would actually say that this was normal!

Turns out, Yan Jinsu was pregnant again!

Upon learning this news, Wang Chunmei felt like she was struck by lightning!

But at the same time, there was a sense of relief, grateful that she hadn’t committed a grave error. No matter how despicable her heart, she hadn’t actually harmed anyone!

For some reason, after learning this news, Wang Chunmei accepted it calmly, even feeling as if a weight had been lifted from her, not so much as a reddening of her eyes.

Although deep down she knew that she ’must’ give up on Xie Jingchen, when Xie Jingchen spoke to her with a tone reserved for interrogating criminals, she was still hurt.

Even though her eyes did not redden, at this moment, Wang Chunmei felt her dignity had been affronted!

That’s right, until today, she, Wang Chunmei, had liked Xie Jingchen, but just liking him hadn’t harmed him, so why did he look at her as if she were a ’criminal’!

She may have come to the Xie Family because of him at first, but it wasn’t Xie Jingchen who had asked for her, so why did he demean her like this!

Wang Chunmei became spiteful!

Hmph, if Xie Jingchen didn’t want to see her, she would stay just to spite him! Not to mention that Aunt Zhou had always been kind to her, even the amnesiac "Sister Yan" was actually quite pleasant to interact with!

Or rather, "Sister Yan" had always been nice to interact with. Just by looking at how she would transmit her skills for the greater good and offer up her medicinal recipes, one could tell Yan Jinsu was a kind and magnanimous woman!

Previously, it was just because she felt that Yan Jinsu had stolen her secret crush right from the start, that’s why she held so much resentment against her in her heart...

Truly, a woman who loses her rationality is the ugliest of all!