Married to a Disabled Man in the 70s - Chapter 103
Su Jiaojiao gave up and went to buy something else.
“I picked a gift for my mother. You should pick a gift for your dad.” Su Jiaojiao said with a smile.
Song Qinghan nodded earnestly and went to the leather shoes section.
After buying all these gifts, Song Qinghan already had a lot of bags hanging on his arms. His expression was still calm, but that was about to change.
Because Su Jiaojiao wanted him to buy something for himself.
When she saw his brow wrinkle, Su Jiaojiao smiled, “You can’t refuse. You must spend at least 40 dollars to buy gifts for yourself. Otherwise…”
Song Qinghan looked at her with distress and a little nervousness, trying to plead with a weak voice, “…Jiaojiao…”
Su Jiaojiao ignored his pitiful pleading and looked at the time on his watch, “There is still half an hour. If you can’t spend this money, we’re aren’t sleeping together!”
She was reluctant to sleep in different beds, but she was willing to sleep separately in the same bed! [1]
He had to spend forty dollars because they left with 100 dollars, and now they had just over 40 left. The remainder would be used for the return trips and some snacks.
Song Qinghan has never spent money like this and was embarrassed to take money from his biological parents.
Song Qinghan’s eyes widened in shock as if he couldn’t believe how cruel she was being.
Su Jiaojiao took off the watch from his wrist to prevent him from looking at the time. At the same time, she said fiercely, “You can’t negotiate your way out of this. Every minute you’re overtime is one we sleep separately. If you never finish spending this forty dollars, I won’t go to bed with you for a month!”
Song Qinghan had been calm and relaxed, but now, he felt a little flustered. His thin lips pursed slightly. He put down the bags he was holding and took the money.
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Song Qinghan wasn’t used to spending money on himself. It wasn’t because he was unable to, but because he doesn’t like buying unnecessary things.
For example, he thought the cologne other people liked was utterly unnecessary. It is a waste to spend money on it, and the money would be better off used to buy Jiaojiao food or beautiful clothes.
However, he didn’t care about this right now and went directly to the perfume area.
Most of the perfumes at this time were imported from foreign countries and were pricey. Vouchers were needed to buy them, but that wasn’t an issue.
He scanned through the rows of perfume and pointed to a few of them, “Can I try them out?”
“Sure.” The woman in charge of perfume smiled and handed over what he wanted. [2]
Song Qinghan put it directly on the tip of his nose and sniffed them, quickly choosing a suitable one, “I want this.”
“Okay, it’s 21 dollars.” The woman reached out to collect the money.
Song Qinghan felt invisible distress and handed over the money. When Jiaojiao set this task, he was still worrying in his heart that cash was hard to spend. But he changed his mind after looking at the 19 dollars left in his hand.
Song Qinghan thanked the saleswoman and went elsewhere. Jiaojiao just bought the leather shoes, so he couldn’t buy a second pair. He decided to buy some nice clothes.
He didn’t like fancy suits all that much and felt they weren’t very comfortable, but he still bought some nice clothes to spend money.
He finally spent the money.
He was an economical person. Although his goal was to spend money, he still didn’t want to overspend. He would save as much as he could and only buy items with practical use.
Of course, he also felt uncomfortable as he was spending his parents’ money.
When he finally returned and saw Su Jiaojiao’s petite figure waiting for him, his heart suddenly settled down, and he was filled with warmth.
Song Qinghan natural knew why Su Jiaojiao was doing this. After this, he wouldn’t feel as embarrassed when he received Ji Ya and Song Junhuai’s good intentions.
Previously, he hadn’t rejected these gifts to their faces, but he felt hesitation and uneasiness when accepting them.
Ji Ya and Song Huaijin occasionally noticed and felt a little sad and guilty, because they thought: Their son should be able to accept their gifts unhesitatingly. It was all because of that rotten couple!
This was all due to the wretched Song parents and their negligence as Song Qinghan’s parents.
Song Qinghan quickly approached her and wanted to hold her hand.
Su Jiaojiao smiled as she looked down to check the time, then looked at the handsome young man in front of her. She asked, “You’re done?”
“Yeah!” Seeing her looking up at him, Song Qinghan couldn’t help but want to rub her head.
The smile on Su Jiaojiao’s face widened. But just when Song Qinghan was about to pinch her face, she said, “You were overtime by five minutes.”
Song Qinghan felt like he had been struck by lightning. Hadn’t it only been a while! How did time pass so quickly?!
He looked at Su Jiaojiao slightly pitifully. However, she didn’t waver in the slightest, “We’re sleeping separately for five days~”
Armos D. Platypus: Shopping, but with a twist!
[1] What kind of punishment is that?
[2] They’re wearing shabby clothes in comparison to the rest of the people in the shopping centre, wouldn’t they get looked down upon? Food for thought.