I'm Not Afraid of My Wife Being 30 Years Old, I'm Afraid of Her Knowing Everything

4: A restless girlish heartThe owner of this shop has excellent skills, and the flavor is great.

Halfway through the meal,

a woman’s voice suddenly came from behind:

”Oh, Xiao Hao, you’re back from your hometown?”

Turning to look,

it turned out to be the noodle shop’s proprietress, Shen Ping.

Shen Ping was holding two large plastic bags filled with seasonings and various ingredients.

Jiang Hao often came here to eat and was acquainted with Shen Ping.

”Proprietress, you went to the supermarket?”

As he spoke,

Jiang Hao sized up Shen Ping before him.

She wore a white short-sleeved top on the upper body, the undergarment beneath faintly visible.

On the lower half, she wore a pair of jeans and sports shoes.

Shen Ping’s figure wasn’t as slender and graceful as Mu Qianqian’s, yet it possessed a different kind of voluptuous and full beauty.

Her delicate face was lightly made up, adding a touch of mature charm.

Her hair was piled high, fully displaying an efficient air.

Shen Ping and Mu Qianqian were women of two different temperaments.

Mu Qianqian had the refined aura of a metropolitan woman.

Shen Ping, on the other hand, had the housewife’s temperament of a homemaker.

Each had a different charm, yet they shared the same scent!

The scent of a mature woman!

Seeing Jiang Hao ask this, Shen Ping nodded:

”The shop’s ingredients ran out, I just went to restock, and I bought some dried goods while I was at it.”

Shen Ping placed the two bags of items on the table next to Jiang Hao.

She picked up the kettle, poured a cup of hot water, and then gulped down several mouthfuls with a ”gulugulu” sound.

That pair of peaks jiggled incessantly with her drinking movements, truly a spectacular sight.

”This damn weather, carrying these two bags for such a long walk, I’m absolutely parched!”

Jiang Hao smiled and said:

”Proprietress, running such a big shop is quite hard work. Seeing how prosperous your noodle shop’s business is, you must be raking in money hand over fist.

In a while, you’ll be able to open a second branch, then a third, just like Chuan Yu Noodles, eventually building it into a large chain, famous throughout Sichuan and Chongqing!”

[Your pie-in-the-sky talk made Shen Ping feel pleasant, intimacy +3. Current total intimacy: 8 points. You received a 30,000 yuan cash reward (withdrawable at any time).]

Wow.

Painting rosy pictures can also increase intimacy?

Found another shortcut to making money.

Jiang Hao’s words made Shen Ping let out a ”pfft” laugh, exuding charm:

”Xiao Hao, you really know how to spin a yarn. I have no money, no people, no special skills. It’s enough just to keep this little shop going. I don’t have the ability to open a chain.”

Jiang Hao didn’t mind raising Shen Ping’s intimacy above 80.

Whether he could clear the channel and get the critical hit reward would be left to fate.

”Proprietress, don’t lose heart. Look at those big chains; most started from a single small shop. With your skills, running a small noodle shop is truly a waste of talent. Opening a chain would let more people taste your exceptional craft!”

Jiang Hao wasn’t just flattering Shen Ping.

There were quite a few noodle shops on this street, but hers had the best business and the most customers.

No other reason.

Because their noodles tasted the best and had the most generous portions.

As the saying goes,

people in business

all want to monopolize an industry and pocket all the money in that field.

Shen Ping would have such thoughts during her free time too.

But they were just thoughts, mere daydreams.

However,

Shen Ping was still quite willing to listen to Jiang Hao’s words.

Regardless of how realistic they were, they sounded pleasant anyway.

”Xiao Hao, don’t flatter me anymore. I know my own limits. I can manage a noodle shop, but opening a chain or something... hey, I’m just not cut out for that.”

[Shen Ping felt wonderful from your sweet talk, intimacy +4. Current total intimacy: 12 points. You received a 70,000 yuan cash reward (withdrawable at any time).]

Sweet-talking people makes me happy.

Making money makes me happy.

Just as Jiang Hao and Shen Ping were chatting,

the dimpled woman who had served the noodles earlier walked out of the shop.

Seeing Shen Ping chatting with Jiang Hao, she quickly came over:

”Auntie, you’re back and didn’t even call ahead for me to pick you up. Carrying two such big bags must have been exhausting.”

Auntie?

Hearing the dimpled girl’s address for Shen Ping, Jiang Hao’s eyelids twitched:

”This girl is actually Shen Ping’s niece? A bit unexpected.”

Taking a closer look,

this girl did bear some resemblance to Shen Ping.

Shen Ping introduced her to Jiang Hao:

”This is my niece, Shen Zhi, my older sister’s child. She was in high school back in our hometown. Now that she’s graduated, she came here to visit and help out a bit.”

Shen Zhi?

That’s quite a literary name.

Jiang Hao smiled and said:

”So it’s the proprietress’s niece. No wonder her features resemble yours. She’s as pretty as you are, proprietress, and will surely grow into a great beauty!”

Jiang Hao’s words made Shen Ping beam with joy.

”Xiao Hao, don’t make fun of me. I’m old now, past being pretty. I’m already an old woman.”

Shen Zhi didn’t speak, but her expression was shy, well-behaved, and cute.

[Your praise made Shen Ping inwardly delighted, intimacy +2. Current total intimacy: 14 points. You received a 20,000 yuan cash reward (withdrawable at any time).]

[Your praise made Shen Zhi’s heart flutter like a startled deer, intimacy +5. Current total intimacy: 5 points. You received a 50,000 yuan cash reward (withdrawable at any time).]

”Huh, Shen Zhi’s intimacy is rising fast. Young girls really can’t handle praise, huh? Her heart’s already fluttering? This is just the beginning. If I praised her more intensely, wouldn’t she get soaked on the spot?”

Jiang Hao looked at Shen Zhi before him, pondering.

”Judging from Shen Zhi’s reaction, her personality should be relatively introverted. If she were outgoing or worldly, she definitely wouldn’t react like this. She just graduated high school; she should be untouched. Hiss, there’s potential here!”

Just as Jiang Hao was distracted, Shen Ping suddenly changed the subject:

”By the way, Xiao Hao, didn’t you go home a few days ago to check your college entrance exam results? How did you do? Which school did you apply to?”

Seeing Shen Ping ask about this, Shen Zhi also looked curious, seemingly eager to know which school Jiang Hao had applied to.

[Shen Zhi feels curious about you, intimacy +2. Current total intimacy: 7 points. You received a 20,000 yuan cash reward (withdrawable at any time).]

Seeing the prompt,

Jiang Hao was surprised:

”What’s up with this young lady? I haven’t done anything, why is her intimacy rising again? Is she just a wealth-bringing child?”

Actually, what Jiang Hao didn’t know was

that there was a reason

why Shen Zhi’s intimacy rose so quickly.

In high school, Shen Zhi focused wholeheartedly on studying, just to get into a good university and have a future.

Her personality was relatively introverted, and her high school class was a humanities class with only a few boys, so she rarely interacted with the opposite sex.

Now, attracted by Jiang Hao’s handsome and sunny appearance, her long-suppressed maiden heart began to stir restlessly.

This was spring fever!

Of course,

if a maiden doesn’t have spring fever, can she still be called a maiden?

Jiang Hao wasn’t clear about what Shen Zhi was thinking now. He told Shen Ping:

”I applied to Sichuan Normal University. With my score of over five hundred, I should get in steadily.”

As soon as Jiang Hao finished speaking, Shen Zhi let out a soft exclamation, her tone carrying a hint of pleasant surprise:

”You... you also applied to Sichuan Normal University!”