The Buggiest System

125 - What Took You So Long?

Zhou Jiahao returned after his wife sent him to shop for groceries.

"Lei, open the door!" He struggled to enunciate every word, as he panted between each one.

Zhou Xiang heard her husband and stood up from the sofa.

He had taken so long that the vegetables in the kitchen were already moldy!

Well, not really, but...

Anyways, she walked towards the door with one eyebrow raised.

Outside, Zhou Jiahao inhaled and exhaled deep breathes as he put down all of the groceries he bought.

His two hands were on his knees, with him occasionally wiping the sweat off of his forehead as more trickled down.

The door opened in front of him, and his expression changed as he creased his eyebrows.

"What took you so long?!" Zhou Jiahao screamed, before he widened his eyes as his wife stood in front of the door with crossed arms.

Oh, it's not my son...

She had an unsatisfied expression on her face.

"What about you? What took you so long?" She calmly uttered each word as her eyes moved from her husband to the two paper bags beside his feet. "And pick those up. What are you doing, putting them on the ground like that?"

Zhou Jiahao smiled as he wrapped his hands around the paper bags and said, "Yes, yes, honey."

I need to appease her anger...

He tried to pick up the groceries, but his arms were too tired as they trembled when he attempted. Not to mention that they were heavy, so much so that even when he wasn't tired, he still struggled to lift them off of the table, he had to carry them from the market to their house!

Zhou Xiang sneered, walked up to the groceries, and picked them up herself with ease.

She carried them all the way to the kitchen counter. "Why are you staring like an idiot? Get up already!"

Zhou Jiahao immediately stood up and sucked up to her to avoid sleeping on the sofa.

"Honey, you know, I love you..."

Zhou Xiang's mood was already quite bad as she waited for her husband to come home, but now that he was shamelessly sucking up to her, it made her mood worsen even more.

Zhou Jiahao observed his wife's expression as it went from bad to worse. He stopped talking as he walked away quietly.

He looked around the living room, but he didn't see his son. He opened the door to the other rooms, but the only one he saw was his little daughter, studying earnestly.

'Hmm, where did Lei go?' Zhou Jiahao's curiosity was itching. He needed to know where his son was, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to rest well.

He considered asking his wife, but as soon as he recalled the fearsome expression on her face, he dismissed the notion completely.

"Well... I just... wait for him, I guess..."