"Xiaoxiao, wait a minute before you go to sleep!"
Just as Xiaoxiao was about to climb into the kang bed, she heard her make-do husband call out to her. What could it be, "What’s the matter?"
She saw Yang Ming take out a quite unique little box from his bosom and hand it to her, "This is for you!"
"..." This... couldn’t be the legendary New Year’s gift, could it? A bit of a surprise! Could that blockhead have actually done something so significant?
Xiaoxiao received the box that looked like jewelry packaging and quite special at that. It couldn’t possibly contain gold or silver treasures, could it? When had her make-do husband bought this?
Xiaoxiao’s eyes, greedy like those of a treasure hunter, widened. Upon opening the box, she found a pair of earrings, made of silver. They were not particularly exquisite, but in such a backward place, they were considered quite unique.
Xiaoxiao had her ears pierced, but she didn’t wear earrings because she wasn’t accustomed to wearing silver. This was a habit left from modern times, where she was allergic to anything other than gold, so she had developed a habit of only wearing gold jewelry.
Could it be that her make-do husband noticed she wasn’t wearing any earrings and bought them for her? Was he such a thoughtful man?
"When did you buy them?" Xiaoxiao really wanted to know.
"Last time, when we were shopping for New Year’s goods, I saw you bought a bracelet for your mother, and I thought you didn’t have any earrings, so I picked these out."
Could he say that he went back specially for them? And that he had taken a long time to choose, only settling on this pair, just to give them to his wife as a New Year’s gift?
"Thank you!" So, it was a casual purchase during the New Year’s shopping. She didn’t know why, but she felt a little disappointed.
"Uh-huh!" Looking at her make-do husband’s clumsy demeanor, Xiaoxiao nodded, feeling it would be rude to reject a gift outright. She put the earrings back in the box, about to put them away, when she heard her make-do husband say, "Let me help you put them on!"
"..." Huh? What kind of plot twist was this? The atmosphere felt strangely off!
Before Xiaoxiao could reply, Yang Ming took the box, removed the earrings, walked up to Xiaoxiao, carefully brushed her hair behind her ears, and began to help her put on the earrings.
He was so nervous, his hands were shaking, and the more nervous he got, the harder it was to find the holes in her ears. He fumbled for quite some time!
Then he heard his wife yelp, "Ouch!"
"What happened!" Yang Ming asked in a panic, and his hands stopped moving.
"That... I’ll do it myself! It hurts a bit!" Her make-do husband couldn’t find the earhole and kept jabbing randomly, hurting her so much that she couldn’t help but cry out after enduring it for so long.
A perfectly good mood was thoroughly spoiled.
"Oh, sorry, I hurt you!" He really was so clumsy, failing even to put earrings on his wife!
"It’s okay, it’s okay, you’ve never helped someone with this before!" Xiaoxiao waved her hand, while she took the earring, felt for her ear, and was about to put it on, she heard her make-do husband say.
"Yeah, it’s my first time!"
"Tssk!" Xiaoxiao was so startled by his comment that she poked her ear again.
"..." First time, first time, ah! Ah! Ah! Could he phrase it in a less suggestive way? Did her ear have a grudge against him?
After putting on the earrings, Xiaoxiao climbed onto the kang and, recalling the recent scene, her face flushed red in an instant!
She... she... what on earth had she and her make-do husband just said? She was going crazy.
A little pain? Did I hurt you? First time?
OMG! This make-do husband was definitely toxic!