His expression was solemn as he carefully inspected the room. However, the room was empty. Whether it was by the door or the window, there was not a single footprint. There were no signs that someone had broken in.

Moreover, he had always been vigilant. Even if he had a fever and was unconscious, it was impossible for him to be completely asleep and not notice if someone had entered.

The wooden door was also the same. The straw that was stuffed in it was sturdy and fine. It looked normal, and there was no sign of any deliberate mischief.

In fact, it could block out some of the cold wind.

This was truly inconceivable!

Lu Huan wondered if he was still having a fever and was hallucinating. But when he raised his hand to touch his forehead, it was icy cold.

Or perhaps — — he had been muddle-headed from the fever last night and had climbed out of bed to fix the door in his half-awake state?

He had long planned to fix the gap in the wooden door, but he had been too tired recently and had delayed it.

But no matter how he thought about it, it still didn't make sense.

Lu Huan stared at the mattress, and then at the door that had obviously been repaired. His pitch-black eyes were filled with vigilance. However, he didn't find anything suspicious for the time being, so he could only give up for now.

He walked to the wardrobe and pulled out a sharpened dagger from the bottom of his tattered clothes. He secretly placed it in a crack in the wall under the bed.

Outside the door, the two servants' urging voices sounded again.

Today was the day that Prince Ning Fu's children and family members went to the ancestral hall to pay respects to the ancestors. Lu Huan lived in this shabby courtyard with the servants. Early in the morning, he could hear the noise of chickens and sheep being slaughtered.

Although he was a bastard, he had to go to pay respects to the ancestors in order to avoid rumors.

Lu Huan used cold water to wash his face. After the fever and fever had receded a little, he turned and left.

He was already used to the gazes of the servants along the way and didn't avoid them.

The snow in the Prince Ning Fu's ancestral hall had frozen, and it was bone-chillingly cold.

Bastards were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, so he could only kneel outside the main door.

He only had two or three pieces of clothing in total, and they were all very thin. Not only were they patched up, but because of the young man's long bones, they were also much smaller. His sleeves and ankles revealed a portion of his pale skin, wet from the mud and snow on the ground, frozen white in the cold wind.

After a full hour, two blue draped palanquins with vermilion paint and silver roofs finally arrived and stopped in front of the main hall of the ancestral hall.

Two young men a few years older than Lu Huan, dressed in luxurious clothing, stepped on the backs of the servants as they descended.

The shorter one was Lu Wenxiu. He glanced at Lu Huan and snorted.

Yesterday, he had found an excuse to teach Lu Huan a lesson. He thought that Lu Huan would be bedridden today, but he didn't expect Lu Huan to be so tough and still be able to get up.

When he got down from the palanquin and saw Lu Huan's ramrod straight back, he was already very annoyed.

And when he stared at Lu Huan, he saw that although the young man's clothes were thin and his cheeks were white from the cold, he still raised his head and looked back at him. Lu Wenxiu immediately became even angrier. He walked over, wanting to continue yesterday and teach this third brother of his a lesson.

But before he could roll up his sleeves and walk over, his eldest brother Lu Yu-an pressed down on his shoulder.

"Wenxiu, this is the ancestral hall." Lu Yu-an shook his head and scolded in a low voice, "Don't mess around. If there's anything you want to do, go back and do it."

Lu Wenxiu rolled up his sleeves and glared fiercely at Lu Huan, "Letting him go back yesterday was really letting him off too easily."

Then a peony phoenix palanquin arrived. A noblewoman got down from the palanquin. She tightened her golden hairpin and fox fur coat around her body and said to Lu Yu-an and his brother, "Why aren't you going in?"

After the two brothers entered, Lady Ning turned around and walked into the side chamber. She glanced at Lu Huan outside the ancestral hall.

Lu Huan's face was expressionless. He only raised his head and looked back at her indifferently.

Lady Ning had always viewed Lu Huan as a thorn in her side. If this thorn could be removed, she would have done so long ago. But this ten-year-old youth's life was very tough and tenacious. He actually managed to survive until now.

Two servants came over with food boxes and distributed food to the imperial guards outside the ancestral hall.

When it was Lu Huan's turn, Lady Ning raised her hand to stop him.

She said to Lu Huan in a soft voice, "It's cold outside. Huan 'er, if you don't eat, I'm worried that you'll starve. But on the day of worship in the ancestral hall, you can't eat or drink. The servants aren't from the Lu clan, so they can disobey the rules. But you and your two brothers have to set an example. So I'll have to trouble Huan' er.

"You two, bring Third Young Master's food to his residence."

The two servants hurriedly nodded and bowed, turning their heads.

"I'll have the kitchen make something you like."

Lady Ning still maintained the facade of a mistress in front of outsiders, but the thin youth in front of her clearly didn't have the patience to feign civility with her.

Although Lu Huan's stomach was rumbling with hunger, his back was straight and his icy face was expressionless. He didn't even bother to respond.

What did he like?

It was nothing more than chaff and steamed buns.

Lady Ning's face stiffened slightly. She smiled and was helped into the side chamber by a maidservant. After she entered, her face immediately showed some anger.

Heavy snow swirled and fell. In the blink of an eye, it covered the deep alley outside the ancestral hall. Lu Huan knelt outside the vermilion walls and green tiles. His body and shoulders were covered in snow, turning him into a small snowman.

From time to time, laughter could be heard from the ancestral hall.

Outside the ancestral hall, the deep alley was deathly silent and cold.

The youth knelt motionlessly in the same place with his eyes lowered. He listened to the whistling cold wind in his ears and felt the endless bone-piercing cold. Day after day, fourteen years, his heart was filled with gloom and hatred.

After Su Xi and his classmates finished their homework and sent them off, Father Su and Mother Su also came.

As soon as they entered the ward, the smell of black chicken soup from the thermos in Mother Su's hand immediately spread throughout the room.

Su Xi was starving and cried out in surprise, "Mom, how did you know I wanted to drink the soup you stewed!"

Mother Su put the thermos on the bedside, picked up the two snack bags next to the trash can, and threw them into the trash can. She said angrily, "Didn't I tell you not to eat snacks? How can you drink the soup I stewed if you eat it?!"

Su Xi, with his cast leg in a cast, happily moved to the bedside and stared at the thermos eagerly, "My stomach is big enough. I can still drink it!"

Father Su cleaned the ward while Mother Su pulled a chair and sat down. She scooped the chicken soup into a bowl and handed it to Su Xi.

She also carefully took a small table and put it on the bed. She asked Su Xi to put the bowl of chicken soup on it so that it wouldn't be too hot, "Then finish it for me."

After drinking the chicken soup and eating some rice, Su Xi burped and felt warm in her stomach.

Father Su and Mother Su chatted with her for a while and cleaned her up.

After watching her lie down to sleep and tucking her in, the husband and wife left the ward quietly.

Su Xi was a night owl, so of course, she couldn't fall asleep at this time. Suddenly, she heard her phone ring. She took it out from under her pillow and remembered that she almost forgot about the little person in the game.

She quickly went online. As soon as she opened the game interface, several messages popped up.

They were the rewards she received a few hours ago when she exchanged for "Repair the Firewood Door" and "Thin Quilt".

"Congratulations on the initial improvement of the material foundation. You've received a reward of + 8 gold coins and an external environment improvement point!"

External environment improvement points?

Was it the thing that the system said before that could be exchanged for a koi fish by accumulating 10 points?

Su Xi closed the message in a hurry. Just as she was about to study what it was, she heard footsteps.

At this time, she hadn't unlocked the other interfaces, so the screen could only stay in the game's dilapidated woodshed.

The woodshed was empty, and the bedding was neatly folded. A day had passed in the game, and it was evening. She didn't know what the little person in the game had gone out to do.

Something was wrong. Su Xi found that there seemed to be a simple food box in the woodshed. It was placed on the wardrobe.

She reached out and poked it.

The food box wasn't flowing with steam. It was so cold that it made people lose their appetite. She didn't know what food was inside.

The footsteps outside the woodshed door were getting closer and closer. Three seconds later, the door was pushed open.

It wasn't Su Xi's little person in the game who sneakily poked their heads in. Instead, it was two servants wearing coarse clothes. On the left side of their heads was a "Lu A", and on the right side of their heads was a "Lu B".

Su Xi was speechless.

Wasn't this game's name a little too casual?

Lu A and Lu B were also cartoon characters, but it was obvious that their bodies weren't very good. Their arms were as thick as lotus roots, and their heads were shorter than their thighs.

What were these two people here to steal?

However, the little person in the game's house was already so poor. What could be stolen?

Just as Su Xi was confused, she saw Lu A walk directly to the food box and reach out to take it down. He said to Lu B with shifty eyes, "Since this is food for worship, and it was specially sent over by the kitchen by Madam, this kid should eat better than us, right?"

Lu B looked so hungry that he was about to drool. As he spoke, the two of them opened the food box.

As soon as they opened it, the two cartoon characters were dumbfounded.

Su Xi, who was outside the screen, was also dumbfounded.

There wasn't anything good in the food box. It was all leftovers. A few thin green vegetables had lost their color and were hanging at the top. Below them were some dry rice bran and steamed buns.

Before Su Xi could feel pity for his little person in the game, he saw Lu A reach out and grab a green vegetable. He put it in his mouth and chewed.

He almost spat it out. "It's so f * cking disgusting."

Seeing him like this, Lu B didn't want to steal food anymore. He said angrily, "I thought I could get some good food from this kid. Who knew that his food would be so terrible on this day of worship? He's even more useless than us."

Lu A said, "Let's take it to the kitchen and feed it to the pigs. That kid ignored us this morning. It's obvious that he looks down on us servants. It's a lesson for him."

Lu B immediately clapped his hands in agreement. "Deal!"

Su Xi's eyes widened. He was furious. The food was already so bad. Why didn't they leave some for her little person in the game?

And deliberately throw it away?

How much hatred did they have for each other?!

These two idiots!

She was furious. She wanted to slam the wooden door in front of them, but she was too slow. Before she could close it, the two had already disappeared from the house.

Su Xi was a little anxious. He wanted to turn the interface and chase after them.

However, the interface didn't move at all!

However, the System immediately disappeared. "Currently, only Lu Huan's wooden house has been unlocked. If you want to unlock the kitchen, you must accumulate more than 3 points."

Su Xi was so angry that he didn't hesitate. "3 cents, right? Deduct, deduct, deduct!"

The System said, "… No, points can't be exchanged with RMB. You must accumulate them by doing missions."

"For example."

The System popped up the store and promoted "roof repair" goods to Su Xi. It said, "When the protagonist repaired the roof yesterday, there was still a small gap left. If you help him finish it, you'll get points from improving the external environment."

"Steal money?" Su Xi looked at the price.

20 gold coins!

Twenty cents was enough to buy a piece of chewing gum.

Su Xi was a little hesitant.

The System was speechless. It had seen stingy people, but not so stingy.

However, the two of them stole the food of Su Xi's little person in the game right under Su Xi's nose. This was no different from robbing in front of Su Xi. She was so angry that she couldn't care less about her vow to "never spend money".

She closed her eyes and steeled her heart. "Deduct, deduct, deduct!"

The System immediately beamed with joy. It took 20 gold coins from Su Xi and quickly repaired the roof.

"Completed the roof repair mission. Congratulations. You've received + 3 gold coins and 2 external environment improvement points!"

The points accumulated in the upper right corner were 3.

With a click, the kitchen was unlocked.

Su Xi couldn't wait to chase after them.

He saw the two thieves walking around the kitchen leisurely. At this time, Prince Ning Fu's people might have gone to hold a large-scale worship ceremony. There was no one in the kitchen and no sound could be heard from outside. Thus, the two of them acted without restraint.

Lu Yi was rummaging in the corner to see if there was anything to eat.

On the other hand, Lu Jia opened the lid of Su Xi's little person's food box on the chopping board. He then turned around to get the feed for the pigs, planning to mix it up.

As soon as he turned around, Su Xi sneered and swiped his finger across the screen. He picked up the lid and put it back on the food box.

Lu Jia heard the noise and turned around. He was stunned.

'This lid … Didn't I just open it?'

He shook his head and felt a little stunned. He walked over to open it again and turned around to get the feed.

But when he staggered over from a high place with the feed in his arms, he saw that the lid had been f * cking closed again!

"What the hell?!" Lu Jia almost dropped the feed in his hands.

He walked closer in disbelief, reached out a hand, and lifted the lid heavily.

Su Xi was lying on the bed with his legs crossed. He was at odds with him. He slammed the lid shut with one finger.

"Pa da!"

Lu Yi was shocked. "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Lu Jia's face was already pale.

He trembled as he lifted the lid again.

But in the next second, the lid rose in the air in front of the two of them. It spun in the air and almost cut their necks. It even jumped eight times. Finally, with a click, it covered the food box!

The two of them:???

Open, close.

Open, close.

Move away. The entire food box was picked up by an invisible hand in the air and jumped back to its original position.

The two of them: …

The feed fell to the ground. Their faces were ashen. They bumped their heads against each other and were dizzy.

The two of them got up from the ground covered in mud and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen. As they ran, they wailed. "Oh my god!

What the hell!!! "

Su Xi heard their shrill cries and heard the butler outside shout, "Why are you crazy!"

She felt better.

Hehehe, who asked you to steal my things?

The system popped up again. "Congratulations on successfully assisting and handling the protagonist's interpersonal relationships. Congratulations on obtaining gold coins + 3 and interpersonal relationship points + 1!"

She could earn gold coins like this?

Su Xi was instantly tempted by the money.

On the map, she saw the two of them running around like headless flies. They actually ran into Lu Huan's woodshed yard. She was overjoyed and the interface followed.

The two of them panted and propped themselves up on their knees. Their faces were paler than paper.

Lu Jia said with a long face, "What was in the kitchen just now?"

Lu Yi panted heavily, his courage almost flying out. "How … How would I know?"

At this moment, they suddenly had an ominous feeling.

Su Xi curled her index finger and hooked it on her thumb. She kicked Lu Jia's butt hard. The force was so strong that Lu Jia flew out and smashed into the wall of the yard.

Lu Yi was stunned. Before he could think about what had happened, he was slapped in the face.

After Su Xi kicked the two of them and slapped them, there was the sound of gold coins falling into her pocket.

Gold coins + 2, + 2.

Su Xi: Do I really get gold coins?

She rubbed her palms and kicked them again.

The words' + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 'kept popping up on the screen …

Su Xi's eyes were filled with $$. She was having a lot of fun. She said to the system, "This segment is well designed. It's like Mario holding a mushroom. Money keeps coming out."

System: …

A line flashed on the screen. "Please don't be too greedy." Then, no more gold coins dropped.

Su Xi looked at the top right corner and saw that she had accumulated 23 gold coins and 4 points. She pursed her lips as if she hadn't had enough.

The two of them cried on the ground for a while. After a while, they were dragged away by a few servants who thought they had gone crazy.

Prince Ning Fu was very, very big. Other than Prince Ning Fu, there must be an even bigger capital. However, Su Xi could only unlock two small corners of the game character's hut and kitchen.

Soon, these two places were empty and no one was around anymore. She felt a little bored.

She didn't know what the game character was doing and when he would come back.

Su Xi suddenly remembered that his food box was still in the kitchen. She quickly cut to the kitchen.

However, when she saw the sallow and emaciated vegetables in the food box, Su Xi felt a little nauseous. She glanced at the fragrant chicken soup by her bedside and deeply felt that how could these vegetables and rice bran be eaten by humans?

The system sensed her thoughts and jumped out sneakily. "Do you need to spend 5 gold coins to buy food from the store?"

"No, no, no."

Su Xi still adhered to the principle of not spending money. She said, "I'll look in the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat."

As soon as she finished speaking, she found a fragrant and hot steamed pork with preserved vegetables in the covered stove.

Su Xi said, "See, isn't this saving money?"

System: …

You win.

Su Xi poured the food in the food box into the pigsty on the right side of the kitchen courtyard. Then, she scooped up the steamed pork with preserved vegetables that she didn't know who had hidden there and replaced it in the food box. She then took it back and put it on the wardrobe in her game character's hut.

She clapped her hands and was very satisfied.

Time flew by quickly in the game. Su Xi had only spent a day here, but it seemed like it was already the third night in the game.

The game character only came back when the frost fell and the moonlight rose.

Su Xi's first reaction was to look at the health bar in the upper left corner. She saw that it was still at 30% and her stamina was at 5%.

Su Xi frowned.

What did he do again?

Why were his knees so dirty, his robe was soaked, and his face was so pale from the cold.

Of course, because Su Xi was stingy, she didn't exchange for the game character's appearance. Right now, the game character still looked like a cartoon character with short arms and legs.

However, although he looked like a cartoon character, his steps were very steady and heavy. His expression was also cold, so much so that there was a kind of adorable contrast that made people dazed.

After he walked in, he seemed to smell something wrong in the air. The tip of his nose twitched and his eyebrows furrowed as he looked towards the wardrobe.

Su Xi observed him and saw the game character's subtle expression. She was a bit dazed.

This game was too vivid. For a few moments, she almost didn't think of the game character as a cartoon character.

Lu Huan's expression was cold. He walked to the wardrobe and took the food box down.

Today's food box seemed to smell a bit wrong and was heavier than usual, but he didn't care.

He casually opened the lid of the food box and was about to pour it into a random bush outside when his expression suddenly froze.

There was a dish of braised pork with preserved vegetables in the food box. It was sparkling and translucent, and the aroma assailed his nostrils.

There was also white rice underneath. Just the smell of it was enough to make one's mouth water.

Lu Huan's pupils constricted.

Something inconceivable happened again.

The kitchen had always sent him chaff and steamed buns. Why did that woman specially send him a steaming hot meal today?

Was he confused by the fever or was he dreaming?