After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 93

Time quickly passed for half a month, and the school celebration began rehearsals.

In the past half month, only Xia Shishi and Wen Jiao lived in a state of honeymoon every day. They basically stopped doing proper business the moment they arrived at the apartment, and even Grandpa Wen reduced his visits.

The only unfortunate ones were Fu Yunhan and Zhou Xiaojiang.

The previous few incidents had already caused the stock price of Fu Group to start declining, and after being exposed by Zhou Xiaojiang, the drop was even more severe. Fu Yunhan was so busy that he was overwhelmed, and even his parents, who had previously felt comfortable handing the company over to him, had to step forward again to contact shareholders for a major meeting.

However, the main impact of this incident was caused by the higher-ups. No matter how much they contacted platforms and news media, the buzz simply wouldn’t die down.

Soon, Fu Group received criticism and welcomed a large-scale inspection, which further wounded the company’s vitality.

Subtly, they had lost their former spirit.

Zhou Xiaojiang wasn’t doing much better. After making that choice, calls kept pouring in.

She blocked Fu Yunhan and her parents, but then unknown numbers started bombarding her. Only after pulling out her SIM card did Zhou Xiaojiang finally calm down.

She looked at the online comments. Fortunately, due to her righteous act, netizens were largely supportive.

Righteous? Zhou Xiaojiang sneered.

If it weren’t for Xia Shishi asking her to participate in the school celebration, Zhou Xiaojiang probably would have regretted it long ago.

Even so, she had regretted it.

It was just a school celebration, not a particularly good resource.

She’d just treat it as a stepping stone built by Xia Shishi.

If she continued to persevere, perhaps a new drama awaited her, followed by various announcements.

Otherwise, Zhou Xiaojiang didn’t know whether she should stick with it.

After Ye Murou made that suggestion, she quietly behaved as an assistant, only mentioning once by chance that her agent had said she needed to arrange more assistants for Zhou Xiaojiang, which was why she came.

This sentence gave Zhou Xiaojiang room for association.

She now had three assistants. Although she was closer to Ye Murou, none of the three assistants had been transferred back.

Did Xia Shishi forget? Impossible.

Then it could only be because Xia Shishi hadn’t intended to abandon her!

Zhou Xiaojiang said to Ye Murou, “Anyone who is betrayed will have a period of sadness and difficulty, but I’m her good friend, right?”

Ye Murou didn’t answer.

Regarding friendship, she had been invited by Xia Shishi to be friends.

It was definitely not the kind of relationship Zhou Xiaojiang and Xia Shishi had.

Zhou Xiaojiang didn’t really need Ye Murou’s answer. She rushed to the school early and, under the arrangement of the student union, began rehearsals, during which she inquired about Xia Shishi.

Meng Gui, who was scheduled to go on stage after her, smiled and explained, “She’s with her wife. She rarely appears at school outside of class time.”

Only then did Zhou Xiaojiang settle down.

It was okay. Even if Xia Shishi had changed, she was only a little obsessed with romance, not intentionally neglecting her.

Xia Shishi was intentionally neglecting Zhou Xiaojiang.

Of course, there was also the reason that being with Wen Jiao was too captivating, leaving her no mental space to think about Zhou Xiaojiang.

Wen Jiao: “Where are your clothes?”

Xia Shishi rolled over on the bed: “Under the bed, or by the sofa. Didn’t you take them off!”

In the situation last night, who would care where the sofa was.

Xia Shishi rubbed the pillow, then abruptly sat up: “Why did you collect the clothes?”

Wen Jiao: “To throw them into the washing machine.”

Only then did Xia Shishi remember that the hourly worker said her daughter-in-law was feeling unwell and needed to take a day off, so they had to do the chores themselves today.

Xia Shishi now knew how to wash dishes and how to start the sweeping robot, so she agreed without much thought.

Now she remembered that she also had to wash the clothes herself.

Xia Shishi walked over. Wen Jiao threw one piece of clothing into the washing machine, and the machine started running.

“Are you only washing one piece?”

“This one cannot be washed with other clothes.”

“Oh.”

Xia Shishi only knew that some clothes couldn’t be machine-washed and could only be hand-washed.

The hourly worker would separately handle those clothes, so Xia Shishi mostly just remembered that those specific clothes had to be hand-washed. She wasn’t very clear on why machine-washable clothes couldn’t be washed with other items.

Xia Shishi went to the living room, opened a video, and started her online lesson.

After a while, she heard the washing machine stop running and thought Wen Jiao should be coming out soon.

The washing machine started washing again, but Wen Jiao still didn’t come out. Xia Shishi put down her tablet and walked over.

She looked inside the washing machine: “Only washing one piece?”

This dialogue was so familiar.

“This one also cannot be washed with other clothes.”

This answer was also very familiar.

Xia Shishi looked at the laundry basket. There were so many clothes waiting to be washed, but if they were washed one piece at a time, how long would it take?

Wen Jiao knew she found the process time-consuming, so she said, “You change out of a lot of clothes.”

“Black, red, white… they can’t be washed together.”

“Actually, I don’t really mind…” since they wouldn’t be worn many times anyway.

How long would it take to wash them separately like this? Xia Shishi wanted to dump everything in at once.

Wen Jiao was very serious: “They can’t be washed together.”

Xia Shishi: “Give me a reason other than color mixing.”

Wen Jiao: “…I find it very interesting.”

Wen Jiao pointed at the washing machine: “Doing this, watching the inside of the washing machine turn, I find it very interesting.”

What kind of ridiculous form of entertainment was this? Xia Shishi didn’t understand!

Just as Xia Shishi was widening her eyes to express her surprise, she remembered that Wen Jiao probably didn’t have much entertainment as a child, so just washing clothes seemed interesting to her. She then felt pity: “Then you can wash all the clothes from now on.”

“Okay.”

“By the way, why aren’t the underwear here?”

“I hand-washed them.”

“It was very interesting.”

It was time to expand Wen Jiao’s entertainment options.

In the evening, Xia Shishi specifically called Grandpa Wen up. Grandpa Wen looked flattered when he entered: “You actually still remember there’s an old man downstairs.”

Xia Shishi gave a guilty dry laugh. They had indeed been a bit exclusionary toward Grandpa Wen recently.

Grandpa Wen left the manor precisely because he was afraid of loneliness and wanted to be with them, didn’t he? Xia Shishi promised: “We’ll call you up to play often from now on.”

Grandpa Wen’s expression immediately changed: “That won’t do. My buddies and I have a guild war.”

“Guild war?” Xia Shishi hadn’t played that type of game. “But I was hoping you could teach my wife how to play games. I’m worried that I’m too unskilled and will ruin her gaming experience, preventing her from having fun.”

Hearing that he would teach Wen Jiao to play games, Grandpa Wen immediately got excited.

This was something he was most interested in!

He had tried before, but after Wen Jiao gave him a faint look, there was no follow-up. Wen Jiao continued to work, and he continued to play single-player games.

Grandpa Wen rolled up his sleeves: “This is when I need to step up. As Wen Jiao’s grandfather, I am the most qualified to teach her.”

In the living room, Wen Jiao was persuaded by Xia Shishi and patiently waited for the two of them to come in.

Game controllers were already placed on the table, and a large number of games were downloaded on the phone. Grandpa Wen and Xia Shishi planned to teach Wen Jiao a new life experience.

“Let’s start with some competitive games. These games are the easiest to ignite a person’s fighting spirit.”

In other words, it’s easy to get competitive over winning or losing, especially after losing. Playing again and again is the beginning of descending into the gaming abyss.

Wen Jiao did not refuse, so Grandpa Wen chose the most popular mobile game on the market: Honor of Kings!

First, they went through the tutorial, and then they started playing.

Wen Jiao easily won the match: “Is it difficult?”

Grandpa Wen laughed: “Oh, right now it’s just a bit match, a beginner’s perk to let you get familiar with the hero skills. You have to play a few more rounds to enter the real-player matches.”

Wen Jiao: “Then will we only be playing with bots tonight?”

Grandpa Wen thought about it. Passing the beginner tutorial takes a long time, and his granddaughter was so smart, there was absolutely no need for that.

So he simply switched to another account: “This one has already reached Gold rank. You’ll be playing with real players when you go in.”

Grandpa Wen and Xia Shishi were still thinking that since it was Wen Jiao’s first time playing, she would have many things she didn’t understand in a gold match and would need to ask them. So they both sat aside in anticipation.

Ten minutes later, Wen Jiao won.

Hmm, maybe the teammates were strong. Let’s start another round… and another round…

Wen Jiao’s genius wasn’t just in company management. She quickly became familiar with the game mechanics and hero skills. Combined with her grand strategic view, she won all the way from Gold to Platinum without a single loss.

As a beginner who had just started playing, this was terrifying.

“It looks like it’s time to take you to see another kind of scenery in the Canyon,” Grandpa Wen said seriously.

“Go, Shishi!”

“Huh?”

“Use your skill level, which drags down the team, to increase the difficulty for Wen Jiao and enhance her gaming experience!”

“Huh?”

Xia Shishi was unconvinced. No matter how unskilled she was, she couldn’t be worse than a Platinum rank, could she?

So after adding each other as friends, they started another match. After a while, Xia Shishi blushed: “Actually, I rarely play games. I just understand the game rules.”

Wen Jiao nodded.

Xia Shishi hurriedly emphasized: “Seriously.”

Wen Jiao: “I know.”

She knew that the game rules Xia Shishi understood were that destroying the Crystal wins the game.

But Wen Jiao knew in more detail: how to defeat the enemy first and then destroy the Crystal.

With Xia Shishi in the game, the match was indeed more difficult. Fortunately, the opponents in the Platinum rank were not overly strong, and Wen Jiao could handle them easily. After a while, Grandpa Wen also got an itch to play and joined in, creating a very strange situation.

An elderly man and a woman in a wheelchair.

These two led the perfectly healthy Xia Shishi to dominate the match, while Xia Shishi was repeatedly beaten by the opposing team, having no gaming experience whatsoever.

She really, truly, rarely played games…

In the end, Xia Shishi didn’t know if Wen Jiao was having fun, but she didn’t want to play anymore. She thought taking Wen Jiao out shopping would be more interesting; only when shopping could a feeling of pleasure be generated.

Grandpa Wen, however, was having a great time and scheduled to come back tomorrow. Wen Jiao did not refuse.

After Grandpa Wen left, Xia Shishi closed the door: “You could have refused.”

That way, she could take Wen Jiao shopping tomorrow.

Wen Jiao smiled gently: “Actually, my gaming experience has always been great.”

Xia Shishi blinked, a flicker of confusion crossing her face: “But you only started playing games today. Why did you say ‘always’?”

Wen Jiao acknowledged: “Because there are many kinds of games. Watching the sweeping robot move is very interesting, watching the washing machine wash clothes is very interesting… and being with you is also very interesting.”

The ‘games’ Wen Jiao mentioned were clearly not serious games.

From her answer, Xia Shishi understood. It wasn’t that Wen Jiao had too little gaming experience, so she paid attention to such dull things. On the contrary, it was because she had been doing more interesting things recently, and her whole mindset had relaxed, which was why she noticed the things around her that were originally boring.

As for why she said it was very interesting, it was because being with Xia Shishi was very interesting, making everything interesting.

Originally, the sweeping robot sweeping and the washing machine washing clothes were very normal things.

But now, the sweeping robot was sweeping the place where the two of them lived, and the washing machine was washing Xia Shishi’s clothes, which was why Wen Jiao felt that way.

“Do you understand?”

Wen Jiao’s voice and face were both captivating.

Xia Shishi was utterly smitten: “Then why did you still agree to let Grandpa Wen come over to continue playing tomorrow?”

Wen Jiao looked at her and smiled: “Indeed, I should let you rest a little, and also, playing games with you is very interesting. Watching you rush forward again and again, unaware of the dangers ahead, waiting for me to save you—that is truly… addictive.”

“You are indeed wicked.” Xia Shishi was sullen.