For two or three days in a row, Lin Jie still hadn't seen Luo Nianzhen. According to Luo Shanshan, her cold still hadn't gotten better!

That evening, Lin Jie and Lin Miao were at the nearest big supermarket to their apartment, shopping for food, drinks, and daily necessities.

With the foreign Christmas approaching, the supermarket was also newly decorated, with Christmas trees set up, people dressed as Santa Claus, and music playing, "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way..."

For the locals, foreign holidays simply meant shopping festivals!

"This is too expensive, even more expensive than meat!"

Lin Miao, with a puzzled look, held a package of bell peppers wrapped in cling film in each hand.

Lin Jie leaned in to take a look. The regular bell peppers in Lin Miao's left hand were priced at 3.5 yuan per jin, whereas the so-called eco-friendly bell peppers in her right hand were priced at a whopping 11.99 yuan per jin.

Lin Jie chuckled, took a pack of bell peppers from Lin Miao's hands, tossed it into the shopping cart, and said, "What's there to fret about? It's not like we can't afford it!"

Lin Miao nodded, smiling, "I get it, but brother, you picked the wrong one!"

"I didn't pick the wrong one!" Lin Jie insisted.

"Take a look!"

Lin Miao waved the bell pepper in her hand in front of Lin Jie and said, "The one I'm holding is the eco-friendly one. The one you threw in was the regular bell pepper! You picked the wrong one!"

"No mistake there!" Lin Jie said seriously, "What we want is the regular bell pepper!"

"Ah..." Lin Miao was a bit puzzled!

Lin Jie smiled, no longer teasing Lin Miao, and started pushing the shopping cart forward slowly with her, saying earnestly, "I have my reasons for choosing the regular bell peppers. We need to 'go with the flow' and gradually adapt to this world!"

"What do you mean by 'go with the flow'? Why?" Lin Miao looked completely baffled!

Lin Jie relished the chance to show off and said with a deep tone, "Miaomiao, you should know that, like any other animal, humans can adapt to their environment over time and gradually evolve, right?"

"Of course, I know. Humans evolved from monkeys. But what's that got to do with buying vegetables? Stop showing off, just tell me!" Lin Miao puffed her cheeks and reached out to pinch the soft flesh at Lin Jie's waist.

Lin Jie quickly said, "The pollution and destruction of the Earth's environment are getting worse, a trend that can't be reversed in the short term. So, we need to adapt to this increasingly polluted world!"

"How do we adapt? By breathing polluted air, drinking polluted water, and eating polluted food. Our bodies will gradually adjust to this polluted world, slowly evolving to increase resistance to toxins."

Lin Miao pouted, "There are constant reports online and in the news about pollution being severe somewhere and local cancer rates significantly rising!"

"That's because the pollution in those places suddenly intensified, which goes against the principle of gradual adaptation."

"Moreover, as we gradually adapt to pollution, it's also a process of survival of the fittest. People with poor constitutions or weak resistance will naturally be weeded out by nature due to various diseases."

After explaining these points, Lin Jie continued seriously, "Miaomiao, let me tell you! Scientists once conducted an experiment."

"In some part of the Earth, scientists built a completely enclosed environment. Animals and humans born there could be said to have grown up in an absolutely pollution-free environment."

"Due to a lack of funding, the experiment had to be shut down after seventeen years. The humans and animals inside had to return to the outside world!"

"You know what? The newborn animals and human children who had never been exposed to the outside world all fell ill and gradually died within a year of coming out due to their inability to adapt to the polluted environment outside."

"Oh my, is that true?"

Lin Miao was full of surprise, slightly disbelieving as she asked, "Brother, are you making this up to fool me?"

Lin Jie rolled his eyes, "Of course it's true! Why would I lie to you? The vegetables we're buying aren't just for you to eat, I have to eat them too."

Indeed, the experiment was real, told by Shen Lanruo, though not as exaggerated as Lin Jie made it sound, but the principle was the same. If we can't change the environment, we should gradually adapt to it!

Lin Jie continued, "These vegetables claim to be 'eco-friendly,' but the problem is the air, soil, and water are all polluted; in other words, pollution is everywhere. These so-called eco-friendly vegetables just have a bit less of the harmful stuff than the others."

"A little more, a little less; avoid breathing a few extra breaths of smog, and it all balances out. So, all in all, there's no need to spend several times the money for the words 'eco-friendly.'"

"Though we have money, we can't just spend it recklessly!"

Lin Miao chuckled, saying, "Oh, your distorted logic! You've even got a whole theory just to save money."

Despite her words, when she selected vegetables, she no longer picked those that were attractively packaged and exorbitantly priced 'eco-friendly' ones.

The two of them wandered around the supermarket, filling the entire shopping cart with vegetables, meat, snacks, drinks, and daily necessities.

Lin Miao, looking at the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, asked with bright eyes, "Brother, should we buy some decorations and dress up the house?"

Lin Jie shook his head, saying, "Let's not follow the trend; it's the foreigners' holiday. We'll decorate the house nicely for the Spring Festival."

"Alright!" Lin Miao obediently replied without insisting!

The two of them pushed the shopping cart toward the checkout area with the crowd.

Just then, a young, beautiful long-haired woman carrying a shopping basket full of items hurried toward them anxiously. As she was about to pass by Lin Jie, her foot seemed to twist, and she lunged towards him!

Lin Jie instinctively reached out to steady her!

The young woman caught herself, but Lin Jie felt a sharp pain on the back of his left hand. When he withdrew his hand to look, there was a small cut one or two centimeters long, with blood beading up immediately!

The young woman, stable on her feet now, saw this and quickly tore open a sanitary pad package, pulling out one to cover Lin Jie's wound, apologetically saying, "I'm so sorry! I was in a hurry to the restroom and accidentally hurt you!"

"Honestly, why are you so careless? My brother's hands are meant to heal and save people!" Lin Miao glared at the young woman displeased.

It was an unintentional accident, and the injury was very mild. Lin Jie said dismissively, "Miaomiao, it wasn't intentional. Go buy some band-aids!"

He then told the young woman, "Gather your things quickly, go check out, and head to the restroom!"

The young woman quickly collected her scattered items and, with an awkward smile pointing at the sanitary pad on Lin Jie's hand, whispered with embarrassment and flushed cheeks, "My period just suddenly came. I don't feel so urgently now. I'm really sorry!"

Lin Jie nodded in understanding with a smile!

Lin Miao quickly returned with band-aids and carefully applied one to the wound on Lin Jie's hand!

After the young woman apologized once more, she swiftly left with the blood-stained sanitary pad!

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