Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 21: Official Pairing

Gu Jiaojiao got dressed and went out to wash up. Their room didn’t have a bathroom.

Although Su Shuochi was paraplegic, his hands were very nimble. He didn’t need help with things like changing clothes.

He needed even less help getting out of bed, and Gu Jiaojiao never saw how he managed to move around.

The man had strong pride. Since Gu Jiaojiao hadn’t seen, she was too embarrassed to pry.

Not long after Gu Jiaojiao finished washing up, Su Shuochi had also finished and took his seat at the dining table.

He had changed his shirt and pants, and his hair was dripping wet. He must have showered and washed his hair that morning.

The Su family’s breakfast was lavish: a thick, fragrant, and soft millet porridge with pickled cucumber strips.

There were also store-bought soup dumplings and fried dough sticks, as well as hard-boiled eggs. The eggs were the ones Gu Jiaojiao had taken from her ’space’ yesterday.

Gu Jiaojiao ate with great satisfaction. ’Now this is the life!’

The Su Family’s sallow faces were brimming with happy smiles. They must have never eaten this well before.

After breakfast, Su Qinchun rushed to wash the dishes, Mr. Su wiped the table, and Su’s mother swept the floor. Gu Jiaojiao looked from one to the other—there were no chores left for her.

Once everything was cleaned up, Mr. Su and Su’s mother went to work, and Su Qinchun went to school. Gu Jiaojiao tidied up her and Su Shuochi’s room.

Thinking that everyone had gone off to work, she pushed Su Shuochi outside to sell rice for some cash.

Gu Jiaojiao took an electric wheelchair out of her ’space’ and taught Su Shuochi how to use it. A wheelchair like that didn’t need anyone to push it.

Su Shuochi merely remarked that things from an Immortal were truly useful, without a hint of surprise on his face.

This left Gu Jiaojiao with no sense of accomplishment, so she could only glare at the man resentfully. "You don’t appreciate good things when you see them."

The man gave a forced twitch of his lips. "Of course items from an Immortal are the best. I know a good thing when I see it."

Gu Jiaojiao: ...

’He would have been better off not saying anything.’

To avoid drawing attention, Gu Jiaojiao still rested her hand on the wheelchair. She had wanted to avoid the morning rush hour.

But just as they turned the corner, they heard the sound of arguing up ahead.

"Zijin, why are you treating me like this? Even though I truly love you, I can’t accept you.

I’m afraid people in the compound will say I stole my sister’s fiancé. Why are you ignoring me?

You leave me at home all alone to suffer their cold stares and ridicule, and they even forced me to... boo-hoo..."

Sheng Xinglian was crying her heart out. She wiped her tears as she spoke, her tear-streaked face so pitifully beautiful that any man would surely feel a pang of sympathy.

Gu Jiaojiao held onto Su Shuochi’s wheelchair, watching the drama from the corner. ’Doesn’t the book say the female lead runs and the male lead chases?’

’How come it’s the other way around in real life?!’

"I’ve told you, the engagement was between the two of us. It has nothing to do with Gu Jiaojiao, so why do you keep bringing her up? If you don’t want to marry me, then stop making excuses."

’So annoying, Lian’er. Don’t you realize?’

Song Zijin’s tone was calm, but it held a note of resolve. His expression was terrifyingly grim.

Looking at Sheng Xinglian’s tear-streaked face, his initial thought of giving up on her instantly turned to self-reproach.

She had a magical power that drew him in. Every time he saw Lian’er, he felt exceptionally happy.

But whenever he saw Gu Jiaojiao, he felt like he must have been blind to have ever liked such an unreasonable person.

But seeing Gu Jiaojiao again yesterday had left Song Zijin suddenly unsure of what to choose.

Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t as annoying to him as before, and Sheng Xinglian wasn’t as captivating.

Song Zijin’s attitude made Sheng Xinglian instantly stop crying. Her eyes widened as she stared at him in terror.

’I can’t believe this is the man I deeply love.’ "That’s not what you said before."

Song Zijin looked at her, a flicker of impatience in his eyes. "What do you want me to say? Gu Jiaojiao is already married. Why are you still using her as an excuse?"

"I’m not using her as an excuse! It’s just... Zijin, can we please not fight? I’m willing to do anything for you."

Sheng Xinglian nodded desperately, as if grasping at the last straw, looking eagerly at the man she adored.

Tears still clung to her small face, causing Song Zijin’s heart to melt completely in an instant.

"Alright, my little kitten. I’ll take you to school." The two of them walked off, arm in arm.

"Jiaojiao, are you upset?" Su Shuochi asked grimly.

Gu Jiaojiao had been watching the couple in front of them, while Su Shuochi had been turned to look at Gu Jiaojiao the whole time.

Seeing her face flushed red, Su Shuochi assumed she was sad.

"I’m excited from watching! What’s there to be sad about? They’re the official couple, after all."

"What’s an ’official couple’?"

Su Shuochi heard the excitement in his wife’s voice—definitely not sadness—so he asked for an explanation in a good mood.

"’An official couple’ is when the author... Let’s put it this way: it means two people who are, in a sense, the most perfect match.

Generally speaking, it’s an official couple if they have mutual romantic feelings. It doesn’t count if one has a one-sided crush and the other doesn’t reciprocate."

"Do Immortals have official couples too?"

"Of course. As long as two people are in love and end up together, it counts." ’It doesn’t matter if it’s two men, or a man and a woman.’

Gu Jiaojiao and Su Shuochi reappeared on the main road of the compound, talking and laughing again.

When pedestrians saw them, they still dodged them from a distance. Not a single person came up to say hello.

Gu Jiaojiao’s curiosity was instantly piqued. She addressed him respectfully as "Brother" in front of Mr. Su and Su’s mother, but dropped the title when they were alone.

"Su Shuochi, do you think these people are avoiding me or you? Generally speaking,

if everyone’s avoiding you, it’s either because you’re too outstanding, or because you’ve offended everyone."

’As for the first reason, I have a good sense of self-awareness; I’m not so outstanding that everyone would shun me. That only leaves the second possibility.’

’But in the original owner’s memories, she hadn’t offended this many people!’

"They’re avoiding me. They’re afraid my bad luck will rub off on them."

Gu Jiaojiao patted her chest in relief. "As long as they’re avoiding you, that’s fine. It would still make me uncomfortable if everyone were avoiding me."

Even though she didn’t care much about what others thought, having everyone avoid her like the plague was truly unsettling.

"Hahaha... So you’re happy that they treat me like the plague?" Su Shuochi asked, looking at his young wife’s adorable expression.

He laughed out loud, drawing the attention of passersby, who once again felt a pang of jealousy.

"A cripple and a sickly girl, and they can still laugh. Let’s see if they’re still laughing in the end."

"He gets a disability pension, and the organization arranged easy, high-paying jobs for Uncle Su and Aunt Su. Of course he’s happy, why wouldn’t he be?"

"No matter how happy he is, he still can’t walk. I’d rather eat a little less and be able to jump and run around freely."

Su Shuochi had sharp hearing and could hear them no matter how far away they were. He now had hope of being able to stand again.

So he didn’t care about their gossip. In fact, he repeated every word of it to Gu Jiaojiao.

"Those gossips have nothing better to do. Always talking about us. Let’s see what they have to say in a year."

"Jiaojiao, don’t be angry. As long as I have you by my side, I’d be happy even if I could never stand up again."

"Get lost! If you don’t stand up, who’s going to stay by your side?!"