After Marrying the Officer

Chapter 108: Chapter 108 This is Very Cheap

Honestly, if it weren’t for all that messy business, she might have been willing to have a proper romance with Huo Shiqian.

But now, their beginning was wrong, their statuses were wrong, and the control over the beginning and end was entirely in his hands; she had already lost her right to equal speech.

A pat on her head, neither too light nor too heavy, brought her back to her senses.

She just heard him say indifferently, “Chuyi, remember, no matter where, you must write every single day.”

Look, just like now, every word from Huo Shiqian was an order.

Xia Chuyi blinked.

“But, uh, postage stamps are expensive, so are writing paper and envelopes.” She still wanted to struggle a bit over this matter.

Don’t look at how a few cents for a stamp or envelope, a few dimes for a stack of writing paper might seem trivial, but the daily cost of writing added up to a considerable expense.

Her store in the city hadn’t even opened yet, and here she was facing an additional everyday expense, which was certainly not cost-effective.

The patting on her head paused for a moment.

Silence hung in the air for two seconds.

“I’ll send you the postage stamps, envelopes, and writing paper.”

Meaning she still had to write.

Xia Chuyi pursed her lips.

Alright, she had anticipated this outcome.

But at least it would save her some money.

“Then okay, I’ll just respond to your letters.”

You write however much, I’ll write that much!

She thought with a sly smile.

Huo Shiqian’s movement paused again, clearly having read her inner monologue.

But in the end, he said nothing about it, just patted her head again and said, “Be good, wait for me.”

Then he let go of her.

Just when she thought it was all over, that she could breathe a sigh of relief, he swiftly took her left hand and slipped an exquisite small ladies’ quartz watch onto her wrist.

Eh?

When had he taken that out?

“What is this?” she raised her hand, her gaze catching the foreign language logo on the watch, “Foreign goods?”

And it was a top-tier brand she recognized.

“You know?” Huo Shiqian’s eyes flickered slightly.

“Cough cough… I don’t know, I just saw the foreign letters on it and guessed.”

She certainly couldn’t say that she not only knew the brand but also knew that, decades later, it was still a super popular brand all over the world.

At this moment, as an unsophisticated village girl, she wasn’t supposed to know these things.

“This is too valuable, I can’t accept it.” Xia Chuyi raised her hand, preparing to slide the watch off her wrist.

Barely had she moved when Huo Shiqian caught her hand.

“Not expensive,” Huo Shiqian said seriously, his tone indifferent, “These things are very cheap abroad. I had someone bring it back, just a few bucks.”

Xia Chuyi: “…”

Uncle Liberation Army, can’t you draft your lies before telling them? Do you really think I’m an inexperienced village girl?

A few bucks… please bring me a dozen, okay!

If she could get a dozen, she’d become a ten-thousand-yuan household in a minute.

“Uh, this watch, it looks even better than the Shanghai brand… Uh, I think it should probably…” Xia Chuyi carefully chose her words, but before she could finish, her hand was suddenly enveloped by his large palm.

“Keep it,” Huo Shiqian said, his expression unchanging, his tone calm and steady, “It’s not a purchased brand, it’s privately made, really not expensive.”

“…”

A private order from some brand… wasn’t that even more expensive?

She no longer needed to mince her words; Huo Shiqian was convinced that she wasn’t aware of international prices and planned to bamboozle her into accepting it.

And as a “village girl,” it seemed that indeed she shouldn’t know.

Great, she clearly received a gift, yet somehow felt aggrieved.