While Zaizai was doing push-ups, Su Xi moved a book called Hundred Battle Strategies in front of him and flipped it open from the first page so that he could read while doing push-ups.

There were many books exchanged from the shop that were obviously from ancient times. However, the Yan Dynasty in the game didn't have them. Zaizai had never seen them before, so these books were very novel to him.

He was very serious and eager to learn. Soon, he was engrossed in the detailed explanations of the art of war. He had a good memory and read very quickly. After doing a few push-ups, he turned the page.

At the same time, Su Xi, who was outside the screen, put her phone on the table to charge. She spread open the test paper and rustled her homework.

Su Xi's room was very quiet. Other than Su Xi's mother coming in to bring a glass of milk and Su Xi covering her phone with the test paper in a hurry, no one else came to disturb them.

Lu Huan's Firewood Courtyard was also very quiet. Only the slight sound of the cold wind blowing outside could be heard.

The two of them were separated by the screen, doing the same thing and accompanying each other.

Su Xi drank a mouthful of milk and subconsciously looked up at Zaizai on the screen. Suddenly, she couldn't help but smile. Her concentration wasn't strong. If she was doing the test paper alone, she might feel bored and check Weibo from time to time.

However, Zaizai was ambitious and had great patience. When he did things, he was focused and full of concentration. It was as if he was giving her invisible encouragement. Moreover, with someone accompanying her to do her homework, she didn't feel too lonely.

Zaizai on the screen also raised his head from time to time and looked into the void, as if he wanted to make sure that she was still there.

Without waiting for Zaizai to ask, Su Xi rubbed his small head, indicating that she was still with him. As a result, his expression became somewhat peaceful. He curled the corner of his lips and lowered his head to continue reading.

Lu Huan's slender fingertips fell on the page and turned a page. His mind couldn't help but fall on the ghost beside him. He raised his eyes and looked at the bright yellow lantern swaying in the wind under the eaves. The lantern fell like a warm river, not only falling on the page but also on him.

Everything was silent.

He couldn't help but have a peaceful smile in his eyes.

She was still there.

This seemed to be the first time that someone had accompanied him while he was reading at night in the cold wind in the woodshed.

Although he didn't know what she was doing in the room, perhaps she was dozing off on the bed, or perhaps she was in a daze, or perhaps she had opened a book and was reading a book about the world of ghosts and gods. But her existence was enough of a comfort to him.

He had never thought that there would be a day when there would be a person by his side who would make a certain empty place in his heart no longer barren and cold, no longer bleak and miserable, but instead filled with peace and warmth.

At this moment, the air was thick and warm, causing people to feel nostalgia in their hearts, wanting to stop time right there and then.

After that, every other night, the two of them would accompany each other and start their respective studies.

Su Xi was doing his homework. On the screen, Zai Zai seemed to understand what the Ghost God wanted him to do. He started doing push-ups, lifting buckets, aiming at the target, shooting arrows, and practicing swordsmanship. At the same time, he read the books that the Ghost God gave him.

He had a photographic memory and could read ten lines at a glance. He read very quickly. Su Xi had no choice but to exchange a lot of books from the store for him.

After reading the more important ones, the following ones were various construction projects, farming and water conservancy, the examination of officials' appointment and dismissal, the judicial examination, and so on. They belonged to the knowledge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Appointments.

In addition, there were many miscellaneous books in the store. They were books that didn't exist in the Yan Dynasty. They involved travel notes and the customs of other dynasties.

Seeing that Zai Zai was reading too quickly, Su Xi had no choice but to buy these for him. He read these with great interest and even began to read some picture books.

He seemed to be curious about the picture books from the underworld and wanted to understand the world that Su Xi lived in.

Su Xi was speechless.

Other than putting on a cloak and going to the farm to check on the greenhouse and crops, Zai Zai had been studying behind closed doors these few days. He forgot to eat and sleep, practiced swordsmanship, and practiced swordsmanship.

As a result, he improved very quickly.

Su Xi's motherly heart was greatly comforted. What else could be more satisfying than watching her own child study and improve tirelessly?

However, Zai Zai was working so hard, but the System's skill and stamina points had not increased.

The System said, "Push-ups, iron lifting, swordsmanship, pile driving, each must be done ten thousand times before one point is calculated."

Su Xi was speechless.

'Pile driving ten thousand times will turn into a pile driver. I think you're just making things difficult for my child.'

However, since it was so difficult to increase the points in this area, Su Xi was not in a hurry. After all, she didn't let Zai Zai do these for points. She wanted him to be able to avoid injuries in the future missions in the Northern Lands.

Zai Zai seemed to have his own plans. Although he didn't know about Su Xi's mission, he was someone who understood that only by working hard could one achieve great things.

Ten days passed in the game just like that.

Ten days later, the Imperial College's spring semester began.

The Imperial College had a total of seven scholars. Other than the Grand Tutor, the other six scholars taught Rites, Music, Archery, Imperial, Calligraphy, and Mathematics respectively.

The Imperial College was considered the most knowledgeable place in the entire Yan Dynasty. However, no matter how knowledgeable these Grand Tutor scholars were, what they had seen and heard came from the history of the Yan Dynasty and other countries.

However, the many ancient books that Su Xi exchanged from the shop were things that these scholars had never seen before.

Lu Huan, who was just over ten years old, wanted to enter the Imperial College the most. However, to the fifteen-year-old Lu Huan who had read a lot of books, the things taught in the Imperial College were nothing to write home about.

On Zai Zai's first day of school, the Old Madam sent a lot of things over. Su Xi exchanged a sturdy cloth bag from the shop for his schoolbag.

The Old Madam was even more excited than Zai Zai himself when she saw that it was his first day of school. She rushed home early on that day and focused on sending him to school.

She even gave him a set of writing brushes, rice paper, and inkstone.

She very generously placed them on Zai Zai's table.

Early in the morning, the sun had just risen. When Lu Huan saw the things on the table, it was as if a warm ray of sun had fallen on his face.

Even though it was very likely that he wouldn't need them, he still put them one by one into his own cloth bag. He didn't mind that it was heavy at all. After all, it was her good intentions.

When he was still Prince Ning Fu, he was forced to carry water and do heavy work all day long. If he wasn't careful, he would be beaten and framed. He also thought that one day, he would rely on his own strength to step out of this quagmire and enter the Imperial College.

However, at that time, his heart was filled with bone-chilling coldness and gloomy hatred. He thought that even if he stepped out of the Prince Ning Fu's door, he wouldn't feel any happiness in his heart. He would still be all alone and alone.

No one would warm the wine for him. No one would be happy for him.

At that time, he didn't think that one day, he would have someone by his side …

Accompanying him to study and write every night, listening to the rustling of the rain, accompanying him from Prince Ning Fu to the Imperial Palace and the Capital, facing the whirlpools and undercurrents that would follow …

Accompanying him to fulfill his long-cherished wish of entering the Imperial College when he was young. She was excited and happy for him. She prepared the brushes, ink, paper, inkstone, and a cloth bag to hold the books for him in advance. She was even happier and more excited than he was himself.

Lu Huan's heart seemed to have a place to belong.

He looked at the empty space in the room. His eyes were moist as he said in a low voice, "Thank you for doing all this for me."

Outside the screen, Su Xi had just finished eating dinner and was waiting for Zai Zai to wake up in the morning to go to school.

He saw Zai Zai carrying a cloth bag and wearing a secondary class ninth rank robe with flying phoenixes. His big round face and dark eyes were very cute. Why wasn't he going to school yet? What was he talking about here?

She reached out and pushed him, indicating that it was almost time to go to school. Otherwise, he would be late.

Lu Huan was surprised by her sudden appearance because she had always come at night recently.

He was overjoyed to see it appear so early in the morning.

[Are you free today?] A dialog box popped up above Zai Zai's head on the screen.

Su Xi pulled on his right hand.

Lu Huan immediately understood. She wasn't free this morning, but she probably didn't want to miss his first time entering the school, so she specially came to accompany him.

Lu Huan's heart moved. His eyes were dark and bright as he looked at the empty space.

Two days before entering the school, because the weather was clear, they were taught archery. Next to the Imperial College's Inkstone Lake, the princes and heirs stood in a row. They were instructed by the archery master to shoot the fish swimming around in the pond and the birds flying in the sky.

Lu Huan had previously been in the limelight on Autumn Swallow Mountain, so after entering Imperial College, he had become the fifth prince's study companion and avoided the sharpness, doing his best to ensure that the number of shots he shot was less than the other princes.

However, even though he shot fewer than the other princes, he was far more powerful than the heirs.

The Fifth Prince's nature was to strive for merit and advance prematurely, so he was very satisfied with him. He increasingly felt that he was much stronger than his previous study companion who didn't even have the strength to truss a chicken. Thus, he casually rewarded Lu Huan with some things.

Lu Huan indifferently accepted the rewards.

After the princes and scions escorted him out of school, he picked up the scattered arrows on the ground and casually walked two steps forward. With a casual throw, he accurately threw the arrow into the arrow basket in the pavilion in the middle of Inkwater Lake.

The Crown Prince was already past the age to attend the Imperial College. Moreover, he had a special tutor to teach him. Thus, there were only a few other princes in the Imperial College, as well as some heirs from the princes' residences and marquises' residences.

The heirs and study companions fawned over the princes one after another, but undercurrents flowed between them.

The division of power in the capital was rather complicated. Even though these study companions were only youths, they were already somewhat shrewd.

Even though the two brothers from Prince Ning Fu, Lu Yu-an and Lu Wenxiu, had the qualifications to enter the Imperial College, the two brothers could only sit in at the back of the school. They couldn't become study companions, and they couldn't compete with the other heirs. Thus, they didn't have the opportunity to make friends with the other princes.

Now, one of them was crippled, and the other was recovering from a cold. Neither of them could come to school. They were currently lying in Prince Ning Fu's bed, gnashing their teeth in hatred at Lu Huan.

Originally, Lu Wenxiu disliked going to the Imperial College the most. He would take sick leave for as long as he could. However, now that he saw that Lu Huan could enter the Imperial College, he was so angry that he began to beat the bed.

Of course, right now, these two brothers were no longer something that Lu Huan needed to pay attention to.

He tidied up the cloth bag and walked towards the Imperial College. Suddenly, he heard a few sounds coming from the clock tower in the corner.

He looked over in alarm.

Outside the screen, Su Xi had his phone on and was doing homework at his desk. When he heard the commotion, he also raised his head to take a look.

He saw a few heirs leading a few bodyguards. They were currently beating up a 15 or 16 year old youth.

The youth looked white and fat on the screen, and his clothes were about to burst. However, he looked very cowardly. His hair was messy, his nose was bruised, and his face was swollen. He cried and begged for mercy. He was surrounded by a few people who were much thinner than him and were punching and stepping on him.

What was going on?

Imperial College bullies?

A character introduction quickly popped up on Su Xi's screen.

It turned out that the person being beaten was the youngest son of the Grand Commandant. His name was Yun Xiupang.

【Yun Xiupang: Youngest son of the Grand Commandant.

Function: None.

Intelligence: None.

Martial Strength: None.

Background: None.】

【In the Yan Dynasty, the Grand Commandant was a civil position in charge of the Privy Military Academy. He was a first-rank official. However, three months ago, the Grand Commandant Of Cloud committed a serious crime and was sent to Liuzhou by the Emperor as the Provincial Governor. This position is temporarily vacant.

The Grand Commandant Of Cloud's family is still in the capital. His two sons have become drowning dogs and are being bullied.】

【Yun Xiupang can be developed into the protagonist's friend. If you go forward to rescue him, you will activate a side mission. Do you want to accept this optional side mission?】

Wait, this fatty Yun had nothing. His martial strength and intelligence were all zero. What benefits could there be if she saved him other than provoking those heirs?!

Was she looking for trouble?!

However, this fatty suddenly had a name and not a friend. This made Su Xi feel that he might be a key character.

Should she secretly save him?

Thinking of this, she pushed Zaizai's hand.

Lu Huan knew that Godfiend was beside him and should have seen this scene. He lowered his voice and asked, "You want me to save him?"

Su Xi touched his left hand.

Lu Huan didn't refuse. Instead, he quickly walked to the entrance of the Imperial College. He casually picked up a few stones on the ground and threw them back.

The two heirs' bodyguards in the clock tower cried out and cursed in pain. A moment later, they rushed out while covering their heads.

However, Lu Huan had already strode away and disappeared.

After saving the boy, Lu Huan walked to the market.

Of course, he also felt that the boy was pitiful. Before Godfiend spoke, he wanted to help him.

However, the demon god beside him spoke first, causing him to feel an indescribable sense of gloominess in his heart …

He also realized that he was extremely selfish. She helped him, so she could help anyone. She was so good, so it was natural for her to do this.

However, the possessiveness in his heart made him feel like he was being unreasonable. He didn't want her to look at anyone else. He didn't want her to give any of her gaze or emotions to anyone else, even if it was sympathy.

Lu Huan also felt that these thoughts were ugly. He was afraid that she would hate him, so he didn't dare to reveal any of it.

However, she came out with him and even wrapped around his side. This eased the possessiveness in his heart.

He continued to walk towards Prince Ning Fu.

Today, because Lu Huan came back late, the sky was already dark. The restaurants in the market were open.

Two heirs who came back from the Imperial College were walking towards the brothel with their arms around each other's shoulders. When they recognized him, they immediately smiled and greeted him, "Lu Huan, are you the Fifth Prince's study companion? Do you want to come with us?"

Lu Huan also knew some people at the Imperial College. Although they couldn't be considered friends, he was familiar with all the heirs in the capital and the descendants of officials and nobles.

Just as he was about to refuse, he felt Godfiend excitedly grab his sleeve!

Lu Huan, "…"

Outside the screen, Su Xi had already put down her pen. Her eyes were extremely bright as she stared intently at the brothel's "Fireworks in March" sign. Oh my, she could imagine how many beauties were inside even through the screen. If she could go in, she could spend a few minutes and look at the original art. It was simply a visual feast!

However, why was Zaizai rooted to the spot and not going in?

She tugged at Zaizai's sleeve until it almost came loose, but Zaizai still didn't move.

He was already fifteen years old. In ancient times, he should be able to enter a brothel. Even if he didn't do anything, couldn't he go in and gain some experience?

Su Xi couldn't help but continue tugging at him.

Zaizai lowered his head slightly and stared at his sleeve. His expression was very calm as he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Su Xi frantically pulled his left hand. Quick, bring Mama in to gain some experience!

However, Zaizai smiled and was very considerate. He whispered very gently, "It's not convenient for me to go in. If you want to go in, then float in. I'll wait for you outside. You can come out in the time it takes to burn a stick of incense."

This dialog box popped up. Su Xi was about to let go of his sleeve and cut in to see what beauties were inside.

However, at this moment, a large number of white bubbles popped up on the screen like a flood, directly drowning the screen.

— "You dare."

— "You dare."

— "You dare!"

Su Xi, "…"

The screen was filled with these two large words. It shocked Su Xi so much that her hands trembled. Her desire to enter the brothel was instantly extinguished.