Su Xi felt that ever since they returned from the military camp, Zaizai's emotions had been fluctuating inexplicably, which was a little confusing.

These few days when she went online, Zaizai's eyes would light up as usual.

However, when she tucked Zaizai in like an old mother, grabbed a robe and threw it on Zaizai when he was reading, and occasionally stole two eggs from the Ministry of War's kitchen to throw on Zaizai's table to nourish his body, Zaizai didn't look that happy. Instead, there was a complicated look on his face …

Although he still looked at her with a gentle expression and thanked her.

… when he lowered his head, his lips were pursed, as if there was something stuck in his heart, but it was difficult to say, and he couldn't open his mouth.

Su Xi saw that after he came back from the Zhenyuan General's place, there seemed to be a hole in the hem of his official robe that he didn't notice.

If it were other clothes, it would be fine. After all, Zaizai was no longer the Zaizai of the past. He already had money, so he could just change it. However, this was an official robe.

Thus, Su Xi took advantage of the night when he was asleep to exchange for the sewing skill from the shop and happily patched it up for him.

The next day, Zaizai woke up and found out.

When Su Xi went online, she was a little proud. She was waiting to see Zaizai with a happy expression on her face. After all, she had secretly sent warmth to Zaizai previously, and his expression had become gentle as if a warm current had flowed across his face.

However, this time, she saw Zaizai wearing a white undergarment and holding the sewn official robe in his hand. The expression on his face was very complicated, and his eyes were gloomy — —

Su Xi, "…?"

She didn't know what Zaizai was thinking. In short, he didn't look very happy. Instead, he looked a little dazed.

He touched the sewn part of his official robe with his fingers and laughed at himself. His expression was a little bitter.

Then, this morning, he was silent for a long time before he put on his official robe and went to the yamen.

Su Xi, who hadn't greeted him and told him that she was already online, witnessed the subtle expressions on his face the entire time, "…???"

Su Xi didn't understand what was wrong with her gaming child. If it was before, he would definitely be very happy to see her do this, and his eyes would look at her with sparkling eyes. However, now — — was he tired of his old mother's company?!

Could it be that before she got tired of this game, her gaming child was already tired of this kind of company?!

It was as if Su Xi had been struck by lightning!

After she turned off the screen, her mind went blank. She repeatedly thought about what she had done wrong recently. Apart from meddling in other people's business and letting Zaizai visit the daughter of the Minister of War, she didn't do anything bad.

Then why was there an inexplicable sense of awkwardness between her and Zaizai ever since they returned from the barracks …

For the past few days, whenever she reminded Zai Zai to wear more clothes, Zai Zai would always stiffen. She thought it was just her imagination, but after seeing Zai Zai not so happy after receiving the clothes she mended, she finally realized that the awkwardness she felt these days was not her imagination.

Su Xi couldn't figure it out and felt a little down.

She knew that this was probably because every time she went online, no matter what she did, Zaizai would always wait for her with its dark and bright eyes. This made Su Xi feel needed and cared about.

However, she didn't know what Zai Zai was thinking these days. His mood was strange, and his relationship with her was also very stiff.

She felt uncomfortable all over.

Why did this happen?

Su Xi didn't understand. Had he really reached the rebellious stage?

At this age, she didn't want to communicate with her parents. Instead, she preferred to stay with Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan.

So, was Zai Zai the same? Did he prefer to stay with his friends now?

Outside the room, Mother Su called Su Xi to eat. Before Su Xi went offline, she switched the interface to the Imperial College and saw Yun Xiupang following behind Zai Zai.

These days, Zai Zai was always cryptic and difficult to talk to her. However, he was very calm with Yun Xiupang.

The two little dumplings sat on the steps outside Guangye Hall and talked. Dialog boxes kept popping up above Yun Xiupang's head. Zai Zai frowned. Although he was silent, he didn't interrupt him. The two of them seemed to have a lot to talk about.

Su Xi, "…"

Su Xi's heart ached when he saw this scene. He suddenly felt a sense of vicissitudes as if a grown child could not be kept at home.

She hoped that Zai Zai would make more friends so that she wouldn't be distracted when she didn't appear for three days.

However, when she really felt that Zai Zai didn't tell her but told other children what was on his mind, she couldn't help but feel sad.

When she thought of this, Su Xi suddenly felt that she had hurt her mother's heart. She usually rushed into her room to do her homework and play games as soon as school ended. She only played with her good friends at school. She hung up after receiving a call from her mother.

Thus, she turned off her phone and went into the kitchen. She said to Mother Su with tears in her eyes, "Mom, don't play cards in the afternoon. I'll go shopping with you?"

Mother Su was dumbfounded. She carried the dishes to the dining room and waved her away impatiently, "Go, go, go and play with your friends. How old are you? Why are you still pestering me? I have an appointment to play cards in the afternoon."

Su Xi, "…"

Su Xi was despised both inside and outside the game. Today happened to be the weekend, so she simply asked Gu Qin to go to the library to study.

On the other hand, at the Imperial College, Yun Xiupang was eager to say more to attract Lu Huan's attention. However, Lu Huan, who was beside him, kept frowning. There was a hint of melancholy under his arched eyebrows. It was as if he was in a daze and didn't hear what Yun Xiupang said at all.

In the past, Lu Huan felt that it would be great if Ghost could accompany him forever like this.

Every time she appeared by his side, brought him something, and reminded him of something, he was very happy.

He was so greedy for the warmth of her company, her kindness, and her care.

However, gradually, Lu Huan became aware of the possessiveness, jealousy, protectiveness, and even some unbearable thoughts that he shouldn't have in his heart. He didn't know when the young man's heart became anxious, but she still …

She only treated him like a family member.

Because she treated him like a family member, she would treat him well, she would care for him, she would remind him to wear extra clothes when it was cold, and she would secretly sew clothes for him.

But she would never be like him, looking forward to the day when the two of them would meet. She would never be like him, who was so obsessed with looking forward to the day when the two of them would meet. She would never be like him, who was jealous of her friends in the other world. She would never be like him, who felt that one day apart from him seemed like three years.

She even sincerely hoped that he would meet another woman one day and start a family.

His world only had her, but there were many other people and things in her world.

She didn't seem to want his world to only have her. Instead, she hoped that he could set his sights on other people and not pay too much attention to her.

Liking someone wasn't like that.

Therefore, she didn't like him. She only had some affection for him.

Lu Huan's heart sank. His whole body was soaked in the cold water. He was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Su Xi welcomed this semester's mid-term exam.

Before this exam, in order to avoid the situation from last time, she told Zaizai in advance and thought of a way to make him understand that she had something important to do this time and might not be online for a few days.

Although Zaizai didn't say anything and just told her to be careful, his expression was obviously a little gloomy.

After Su Xi told him that she was leaving, she didn't completely turn off the screen when she saw Zaizai slowly fade out of sight. He sat alone on the steps in the courtyard of the official residence with a heavy expression on his face.

He looked like a kindergarten child who was anxiously watching his mother leave. He didn't know where his mother was, so he didn't know where to look. His dark eyes were filled with bitterness. Su Xi's heart suddenly squeezed. She almost couldn't control herself and ran back to pinch Zaizai's face.

However, it was only an exam. It was only three days. It was only eight days in the game. Eight days apart wasn't a big problem.

What's more, didn't Zaizai have other children?

Thinking of Yun Xiupang, Su Xi sighed. Zaizai finally made a friend. She should be happy, but why did she feel so upset when she saw that Zaizai didn't tell her what was on his mind these past few days?

Su Xi shook her head and decided that business was more important. For the past three days, she took the initiative to give her phone to her mother and focused on the exam.

The mid-term exam this time was a little more difficult than the previous one. Su Xi originally didn't have much confidence in her heart, but recently, when she studied with Zaizai, she went through more questions than before. This led to the fact that during the exam this time, there were several types of questions that she had seen when she was doing homework at night. During the exam, Su Xi was a little surprised and quickly went through the questions.

In this way, she felt that her results this time shouldn't be too bad.

After finishing the last exam, Su Xi took the exam bag and walked out of the exam hall with the crowd. She finally exhaled a turbid breath.

After leaving the exam hall, it was always the most crowded time. Some students were rushing home and kept saying "excuse me" as they squeezed forward.

As Su Xi walked up the stairs, he was shoved by the pushing and shoving crowd behind him.

She had fallen countless times since she was young, so when the familiar feeling of weightlessness came over her, she suddenly widened her eyes and had a bad premonition in her heart.

But this time, there was a student in front of her who happened to block her, causing her to twist her ankle and barely stand firm on the stairs.

She actually stood firm?!

Su Xi looked at her feet in disbelief.

She thought that with her unlucky physique, if she didn't twist her ankle, she would fall somewhere.

Su Xi only felt that her luck was gradually improving. She took a deep breath and quickly followed the crowd on the stairs back to the classroom.

In these eight days, Lu Huan was also unusually busy.

Ever since the incident in the barracks, the Protector General intended to promote him and sent people to invite him to the General's residence several times. The Minister of War was also next to him.

The Protector General and the Minister of War discussed how to prepare for the expedition to the Northern Lands. They let him listen in during the discussion and occasionally asked him for his opinion.

In addition, the Second Division of the Ministry of War had many matters to attend to. The Imperial College's spring semester was about to end and a series of classes were left behind.

The Old Madame sent servants to invite Lu Huan several times, hoping that he could go back for a gathering. Lu Huan's heart was cold. He knew that the Old Madame's late kindness was only because she wanted to control him at all times and keep track of his movements in the court, so he always found an excuse to refuse.

In addition, he had gradually expanded the number of farms outside the city to five. Each farm had forty workers and ten or so greenhouses and cold shelters.

His masters Ding He and Chang Gongwu managed these people well. As for Bodyguard Third, he took advantage of Prince Ning Fu's dismissal at the end of the year to completely resign from Prince Ning Fu and become a farm's exclusive bodyguard.

The farms were all progressing smoothly. As spring was about to pass, the crops they planted gradually flowed to the market.

Previously, Lu Huan had communicated with Ghost God and asked about it. Ghost God had helped him expand the farms in hopes that the total output of the farms would reach a certain number.

Two thousand kilograms.

Gui Shen held up two of his fingers and told him the number.

Although he didn't know why Ghost God wanted the farms to reach this level of output, it coincided with Lu Huan's thoughts. If the farms could produce as many crops as possible, whether it was to transport them to the Northern Frontlines or to the poor people's markets, it would be a meaningful way to feed the people.

Thus, in recent days, Ghost God hadn't appeared. Lu Huan felt lonely and went to the farms a few more times to patrol.

He waited bitterly until the night of the eighth day. He had originally planned to stay in the official residence and wait for her to come, but today was the Bathing Orchid Festival. The streets were brightly lit and bustling. It was inevitable that people would fight. Something had happened at the yamen and he had to go over.

Lu Huan wanted to finish quickly and return. He first left a note on the table in the official residence telling her where he was going. Then, he went with the yamen guard.

After Su Xi finished her exam, she excitedly rushed home. The first thing she did was to quickly take out her phone and go online.

This time, as soon as she went online, she didn't even have time to see what Zaizai had left for her before a new main mission popped up on the screen.

【Please accept Main Mission 9 (Intermediate): Please find a nun who is sweeping in the backyard of the Monastery of Eternal Spring. Learn about the protagonist's past from her.】

【Mission Difficulty: Eight stars. Reward: 300 gold coins. Reward: 12 points.】

When Su Xi saw the words "past" on the screen, she suddenly quivered. Is it coming?

Is it finally coming?!

It's about Zaizai's past!

She opened the system in the upper right corner and saw that the profile picture and information about the Nine Princes were still blank. However, because her points had reached 54, which was more than half, the main mission was gradually beginning to involve Zaizai's past. Once she completed this Main Mission 9, the information here should be able to fill in.

Su Xi was a little excited. Ever since she started playing this game, she was very curious about how Zaizai ended up in the Prince Ning Fu. There must be a very complicated story behind it.

This mission seemed to be just to find someone, so it shouldn't be that difficult.

Su Xi couldn't wait to immediately grab Zaizai and go to the Monastery of Eternal Spring.

However, she suddenly thought of a problem. What if there was some ugly conspiracy behind Zaizai's past that he couldn't accept?

Then, did Zaizai still want to know?

If Su Xi was just playing a game, of course, she couldn't wait to know the truth. However, she was no longer in the mood to play games to accompany Zaizai. She suddenly felt a little worried that Zaizai would be unhappy after knowing the truth.

Su Xi suddenly felt a little uneasy. However, she temporarily suppressed it and decided not to think about it.

After she read the note Zaizai left on the table, she switched the screen to the government office to find Zaizai. However, after looking around, she only saw a few people in charge discussing in the hall. She didn't see Zaizai. Thinking that Zaizai might have left the government office, she switched the screen to the street market.

At this moment, the street market was very lively. There were some lion dancers scurrying around in the street market. There were many people surrounding them and watching. There were also people who threw copper coins to these lion dancers.

Su Xi looked at the lion dancers who were treading on the tip of the knife and couldn't help but hold her breath. She watched with great interest for a while.

After a while, she saw that the other end of the street market seemed to be a little crowded. She didn't know what was going on. Only then did she remember that she was looking for Zaizai. Thus, she moved the screen along the street market and found her Zaizai in the sea of people.

At a glance, she saw that Zaizai was passing through the particularly crowded crowd. His eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was in a hurry to come back.

The reason why the crowd was so crowded was because there were people throwing embroidered balls on the tall buildings.

The person who threw the embroidered balls should be the daughter of a wealthy merchant in the capital. Taking advantage of the crowded streets during the Bathing Orchid Festival, she was looking for a good son-in-law.

Su Xi had never seen people throw embroidered balls in the Yan Dynasty, so she first went over and tugged on Zaizai's sleeve. Then, she excitedly looked at the veiled woman who was preparing to throw the embroidered balls on the tall building.

For eight whole days, Lu Huan felt like eight years had passed.

At this moment, he felt a familiar feeling return. His breath stopped, and warmth crept into his heart. He was about to speak to the person beside him and ask her if she had finished what she wanted to do. In the end, he felt that the attention of the person beside him seemed to be focused on the woman who was throwing the embroidered balls.

She even subconsciously pulled him into the crowd excitedly.

Then, a frivolous wind came out of nowhere. It seemed that it couldn't hold back anymore and was eager to try. It excitedly blew up the white veil of the young lady upstairs.

Some of the men below could see half of the woman's face under the veil, and their eyes lit up.

The wind beside Lu Huan became even more excited, as if it couldn't wait to whistle.

Lu Huan: "…"

Su Xi didn't notice Zaizai's sullen face in the crowd. She was so depressed that water could be wrung out of her face.

She couldn't help but cut the original art to look at the veiled woman's face. She only felt that the woman who was throwing the embroidered ball was very beautiful. She was even more beautiful than the daughter of the Minister of War. She could be described as beautiful as a flower and as beautiful as the moon!

She didn't know which dog of a man would take advantage of her next!

At this moment, the woman on the tall building threw the embroidered ball.

Regardless of whether it was a teenager or an adult man below, they all seemed to have gone crazy. After all, no matter how beautiful this woman was, she was still the daughter of a wealthy merchant, Wan Sanqian!

If they married her, they would directly become the son-in-law of the richest man in the Yan Dynasty!

The embroidered ball was like a parabola, flying towards Lu Huan in the crowd.

Su Xi was also shocked. He didn't know if the embroidered ball was thrown intentionally or unintentionally. After all, Zaizai was indeed the most eye-catching in this group of people. No matter who stood on the tall building, they all subconsciously wanted to throw it towards him.

Could it be that a side quest was happening here?

Just as Su Xi was thinking this, she saw Zaizai's gloomy face. He quickly dodged and the embroidered ball flew past him, landing on Cripple behind him.

Su Xi, who was still watching the show, was speechless.

On the screen, a side quest had just appeared. "Please accept side quest 7: Accept the embroidered ball and use this opportunity to get to know Wan Sanqian." It also paused for a moment before slowly disappearing.

"Side quest 7 failed!!!"

Su Xi: …???!!!

At the top right corner of the screen, Su Xi opened the current status and looked again. As expected, in the harem column, the daughter of the richest man had already been buried before she could appear.

She: …

Zaizai didn't know what he had missed. He glanced in the direction of Su Xi, who was tugging at his sleeve, and strode out of the crowd with a cold face.

Su Xi didn't understand why he was in a bad mood again when she just came online and didn't do anything. She pulled the screen towards Zaizai.

Both sides of the street were very lively. Zaizai seemed to be angry and walked very quickly with his two short legs.

Su Xi decided not to argue with him. She went over and tugged at his sleeve. Only then did Zaizai stop in his tracks. His chest rose and fell violently as he stood there. His expression wasn't very good. He restrained himself before asking her, "That embroidered ball was about to fall into my arms. Were you just going to stand there and watch the show?"

Su Xi thought to herself, Zaizai, your emotions are becoming more and more unpredictable. Your question is weird … If I didn't stand there and watch the show, would I be sitting there and watching the show?

"I haven't seen you for eight days. You —" Zaizai gritted his teeth as if he wanted to ask something, but he swallowed the words back. "How have you been these eight days?"

Su Xi tugged at his left hand, meaning that she was fine.

However, she couldn't help but look back to see what happened to the embroidered ball that fell on Cripple's body. What happened after that? Thus, she pulled the screen a little closer.

For some reason, Zaizai on the screen clearly didn't know what she was doing outside the screen. However, he seemed to be able to sense that her mind was still on throwing the embroidered ball. Thus, the gloominess on his face became more obvious.

Su Xi looked over there. Several servants of the richest man, Wan Sanqian, hurriedly ran down from upstairs and snatched the embroidered ball from Cripple's hands. The scene was chaotic. She wanted to laugh as she watched the show.

However, Zaizai's stiff words suddenly popped up on the screen, "I'm fine. You go and see. Come back to me when you're done."

These words were too familiar. Last time when Su Xi wanted to enter the brothel, she heard Zaizai say something similar. Her eyelids suddenly twitched.

On the screen, Zaizai clenched his fists. Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, he suddenly seemed a little sad and angry and walked straight ahead.

Su Xi's smile gradually stiffened.

No way. Zaizai had never dared to leave her alone like this. Did he grow wings now?!

However, just as Zaizai walked a few steps away indifferently, a large string of white bubbles jumped out from the top of his head.

— — Did she really leave?

— — Did she follow me?

— — Should I turn back? But I can't see if she's following me.

— — I haven't seen her for eight whole days. She's actually in a hurry to lift someone else's veil!

This pile of bubbles filled the screen, preventing Su Xi from seeing any scenes of him throwing the embroidered ball. She thought this Zaizai was doing it on purpose!

Zaizai's heart was in a mess, and these psychological activities finally turned into a pitiful sentence:

… … Am I annoying?

Su Xi: … …

Her heart was suddenly poked.

She watched as Zaizai silently slowed down and moved forward bit by bit. A piece of rain drooped on top of his head.

She didn't seem to realize that only three days had passed on her side, but eight days had passed on Zaizai's side. As soon as she went online, her attention was focused on someone else. Zaizai seemed to be very sad … Forget it. Throwing the embroidered ball wasn't a very important thing.

This pile of bubbles covered all the images on the screen. It was overbearing and selfish to not let Su Xi see it, but it made Su Xi understand that although Zaizai had been acting strangely after returning from the military camp, she should still be number one in his heart.

After confirming this, the little disappointment she had before suddenly disappeared without a trace. She even couldn't help but smile.

She went over and held Zaizai's hand, indicating that she hadn't left.

Zaizai's eyelashes fluttered. The aggrieved leaves on top of his head obviously turned into a small sun that finally turned sunny.

However, he still looked straight ahead and pretended not to care at all. He snorted softly, "Hmph."