After the rescue of more than a hundred elderly, women, and children, the Yan Dynasty's army continued their victorious pursuit and finally forced the neighboring country into a corner.

News of the victory spread throughout the imperial court. The Emperor was overjoyed and announced that he would promote the army to nobility once they returned.

After nearly a year of war in the Northern Region, there was finally a glimmer of hope for victory.

Northern Border City was gradually recovering from the hardships it had suffered during the war. The people's faces were no longer as pale and emaciated as before. They buried the bodies of their loved ones, and the living had no choice but to carry on with their lives.

Both Lu Huan's and Su Xi's systems popped up at the same time. [Congratulations on completing Quest 12: Quell the riot, make military contributions, and force the enemy to retreat!

You will be rewarded with 2000 gold coins and 18 points.]

Now, he had a total of 145 points!

Before this notification disappeared, new missions popped up on both interfaces at the same time. [Please accept Mission 13 (Advanced): Please let the entire capital know who is behind the 'Miracle Doctor of Yong' an Temple 'and the' Mysterious Rich Merchant Who Mobilized Ten Thousand Three Qian to Raise Forage '.

The reward is 1500 gold coins and 12 points.]

[Please accept Quest 14 (Advanced): Restore the identity of the Ninth Princes and have the Emperor accept you.

The reward is 2500 gold coins and 18 points.]

Su Xi's understanding of the two consecutive quests was that the Yong 'an Temple incident had become a much-told story, and so had the Wan San Qian who sent provisions to the front line. However, the people of the Yan Dynasty only knew that there was someone in the Zhenyuan Army who was brave and resourceful, who loyally protected the entire Yan Dynasty and even sent provisions to Feng Province and other places for disaster relief. However, they didn't know who the divine doctor and the mysterious merchant were.

If he used some tricks to let the people know that the person was Zaizai, they would definitely be grateful to Zaizai.

In this way, Zaizai's restoration of the identity of the Ninth Princes would be logical, and it would also help the imperial family's reputation.

But the question was, was this what Zaizai wanted?

Based on his conversation with Zaizai earlier, he didn't seem to want to be involved in the struggle between the princes.

Moreover, once he was restored as the Ninth Princes, the final quest of the game wouldn't be far away …

After all, the game had gradually paved the way for Zaizai in terms of the people, the army, and officials as he completed one quest after another.

As for the Emperor, as long as he knew that Zaizai was the son of a noble lady, he wouldn't be an obstacle to Zaizai.

Moreover, there was no rule in the Yan Dynasty that required the eldest son to be the Eastern Palace.

If the Emperor insisted on changing the Eastern Palace, and given the popular sentiment, there would not be many tasks left to complete.

Zaizaizai, Zaizai, and Zaizaizaizaizai, Zaizai.

Zaizai, Zaizaizai, Zaizai, Zaizai, and Zai.

Su Xi couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy.

It was like every time she played a game, she would hold her breath and want to pass the level as soon as possible, but when it came to the final level, she would be reluctant to part with it. Watching a TV series, she would be so excited at the beginning that she wanted to finish it quickly, but when the progress bar was pulled up and there were only a few episodes left, she would feel extremely lost.

Moreover, Zaizai had really grown up recently. He could handle everything perfectly and didn't need her help anymore.

She suddenly didn't want to see the end of the game as soon as possible.

She would rather start from Prince Ning Fu's small wooden hut, and then accompany Zaizai to walk through this one and a half years of his life all over again.

Su Xi subconsciously dragged it out, hoping that the last few quests would be completed slowly and that Zaizai would return to the capital in triumph later.

When Lu Huan saw that his total points had reached 145, his heart was filled with hope.

It was as if he had run a long distance and the day he could see her was close at hand. Thus, he practically didn't sleep or rest. He spent day and night learning about the entire Yan Dynasty's topography, past years' taxes, corvee, and various measures to learn more about governing a country.

The more he did this, the closer he was to a wise ruler who could govern the world, the more points the screen would give him.

Thus, even though he had been leading troops to war in the North for half a year, the total points on the System for governing a country through military force still slowly increased by seven points.

When Su Xi came online, she found out that the 145 points had suddenly jumped to 152 for some reason. Her heart was like dead ashes!

What was wrong with this broken game? Did it cheat in the later stages and automatically give players more points?!

Lu Huan had never thought of recovering his identity. Whether it was the Ninth Princes or Prince Ning Fu's bastard son, to him, they were all just outsiders. The person he truly cared about didn't care about his identity.

Thus, when he was at the Monastery of Eternal Spring, he put away the jade pendant.

Thus, when he stopped the assassination in Yunzhou, although he already believed most of what the Daoist nun said about his past, he still didn't present the jade pendant to the Emperor.

But when he saw that Missions 14 and 15 required him to recover his identity.

In order to quickly reach 200 points, he decided to do it.

He could easily pick up the position of Prince, and when the time came, he could also easily put it down.

At the time of the assassination in Yunzhou, Lu Huan felt that the Emperor should have already suspected his identity. In the past half a year, he should have already found something. But the reason he still didn't make a move was probably because he was waiting for him to return with the Zhenyuan Army's First Battalion to confirm his identity. Perhaps it was to drip his blood to confirm it, or perhaps he wanted to find something on him that could confirm his identity like the jade pendant.

Lu Huan thought about it and didn't do anything for the time being. He only wrote a letter and had someone quickly send it back to Chang Gongwu.

There was nothing written in the letter, and there wasn't even a signature. He only asked about the recent progress of the farm.

After doing this, Lu Huan didn't care about it for the time being, and quietly waited for the situation to develop.

Perhaps it was because Lu Huan was already used to some minor injuries, and the Jinchuang Ointment he exchanged from the Merchant Shop had miraculous effects, so his injuries healed very quickly.

Every time Su Xi came online, she saw that Zaizai was becoming more and more popular in the army. He also gradually had other friends besides Yun Xiupang who could talk about military matters. On one hand, she was very gratified, but on the other hand, she still felt a bit of melancholy that Zaizai would gradually no longer need her in the later stages of the game.

But she felt that the problem was her. Perhaps she should change her motherly way of thinking.

Su Xi's final exam was approaching, so she had to focus on it for the time being.

In this semester, except for the first two and a half days of the monthly exam, she directly disappeared without telling Zaizai in advance. Zaizai thought that she would never appear again, so she would always tell Zaizai in advance for every exam.

This time was no exception.

But what made her feel strange was that every time she said that she had to leave for a few days to deal with something, Zaizai's face would show a slightly disappointed and anxious expression, and he would constantly ask her what she was going to do.

But this time, when she said that, although Zaizai's face showed the disappointment of not seeing her for a few days, he didn't ask her what she was going to do in these few days.

Su Xi:?

Lu Huan saw that she was packing her bag on the screen while talking to him through the small screen. He knew that she was probably going to take the exam in her world like last time. The exam in her world was very frequent, and every three months in his world, she would take the exam.

Previously, Lu Huan didn't know what she was going to do every time she suddenly disappeared for eight days, so he couldn't help but ask a lot of questions. "What are you going to do?" "When are you coming back?" "Can you come back earlier?" He kept asking. But now that Lu Huan already knew what she was going to do, he felt relieved. He knew that she wouldn't suddenly disappear, so naturally, he didn't need to ask anymore.

But Su Xi felt a little uncomfortable without being asked by Zaizai.

She couldn't help but emphasize again, "I might not be able to come over for eight days."

Zaizai was reviewing the military intelligence, and the tip of his pen paused. There was a little disappointment on his face, but he didn't say anything. "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back."

Wait … Su Xi felt incredulous. She wanted to rush into the screen and shake Zaizai's shoulders. Zaizai, why aren't you like a kindergarten kid who couldn't wait for his parents to pick him up and repeatedly asked me where I was going and why I left you for other things …?!

Zaizai didn't ask anymore. Su Xi, the old mother who used to laugh at Zaizai for watching her too closely, was at a loss.

Once again, she felt a sense of loss.

As expected, her child was no longer a child.

Look, he didn't even rely on her anymore.

She resentfully turned off the phone screen, packed her bag and pencil case, and planned to go for the exam.

This final exam lasted for four days. Not only did it have to be tested on cultural subjects, but it also had to be tested on art, music, sports, and so on. Especially physical studies, she also had to run 800 meters. Su Xi felt miserable just thinking about it.

She gave herself a pep talk before picking up her bag and going to school.

As soon as Lu Huan raised his head, he could see that she had already arrived at the school on a four-wheeled carriage. She was entering a school and flipping open the white paper in front of her.

The tip of her pen was swishing as she took the exam.

Lu Huan also took out a blank piece of paper and tested the words he had learned from her side in the past six months.

Because Su Xi was wearing headphones, Lu Huan couldn't hear what he was saying. He directly skipped it. When Su Xi flipped to the cloze and reading comprehension, he skillfully zoomed in on the screen and did it with her.

After all, the words he learned from her textbooks were limited. In addition, half a year was too short. His speed of writing the paper was slightly slower than hers. However, he was faster than most people in the examination room.

As for the following history and geography papers, he also dabbled in it. It was also good to understand the history of her dynasty.

In the past six months, Lu Huan had learned a lot of things. Sometimes, when Su Xi was already asleep, he would switch the screen to the main street and begin to observe how the people in the four-wheeled carriage swiped the card and got on the carriage with a beep.

Although he hadn't completely understood transportation, humanities, medical, and other aspects, he wasn't completely clueless.

If there was a day in her dynasty, he wouldn't be detained on the main road and sent to the police station.

Lu Huan changed the exam paper full of answers and continued to answer the questions with Su Xi.

As for Su Xi, she also felt a little strange these two days.

Previously, she thought that the fish soup incident and the incident where she almost fell on the stairs were only because of the game and her luck had improved. However, these two days, she felt that something was wrong.

After she finished the first two exams, she was in the evening self-study class. At night, the teacher came in for class. Because she was in a daze for a while, she didn't hear what the teacher said and was called to answer a question.

Just as she was wondering what the teacher had asked and what she should answer, a gust of wind suddenly blew over. It seemed to have come from the window and abruptly flipped the textbook in front of her to the page that the teacher had asked her about.

She was stunned for a while before she stuttered and answered.

When she moved the tables with her classmates, she didn't know why, but the tables she moved were especially light. It was as if someone was lifting them online.

As a result, when she and Gu Qin moved the exam table back to its original position, Gu Qin was so tired that he was panting, but she couldn't feel the weight of the table at all.

Not only that, when she ran 800 meters on the fourth day, she also felt that the wind behind her seemed to have a pushing force, pushing her forward. As a result, she easily finished the 800 meters that she felt especially painful for the first time!

When Su Xi reached the finish line and took off the timepiece on her wrist, she felt that it was incredible.

After a while, Gu Qin ran to her side, panting, and said in amazement, "Su Xi, you're good this time. How did you run so easily?"

Su Xi also felt that it was extremely magical. She couldn't help but run another half a lap. However, she quickly felt tired this time. Could it be that she was in a good state just now?

On the way back to the classroom to change out of her sportswear, Su Xi thought about it and felt that something was wrong.

She was someone who had experienced the magic of the game. When she came into contact with the people in the game, she was like a gust of wind to the people in the game.

When she suddenly lifted the bucket, Zaizai also felt that the bucket became unbelievably light, just like how she felt now.

Su Xi was very quickly frightened by a thought that popped up in her mind … Could it be that there were also people who were playing the same game as her?

When she thought about it, she felt that the cup of brown sugar ginger water that suddenly appeared on the bedside table when she had menstrual cramps didn't seem like it was poured by careless people like her parents.

F * ck …

Su Xi suddenly thought of something, and then associated it with Zaizai's strange behavior recently. The guess in her mind became more concrete — Could it be that Zaizai could also see and touch her from the other side?!

That was why he didn't ask her what she was going to do after leaving for eight days. That was why when she went online after taking a shower that day, she saw that he didn't dare to raise his head to look at her. His ears were so red that they were dripping blood, and there was a bunch of strange handwriting on the table that said "see no evil"???

The more Su Xi thought about it, the faster her breathing became, and the redder her face became. Then, didn't that mean that he had seen her sitting on the sofa and eating potato chips without caring about her image, wearing a cap to school for several days in order to not wash her hair, and even talking in her sleep at night?!

Su Xi was going crazy.

Her face and ears were red, and the more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt. However, this was only her guess. She still had to confirm it with Zaizai.

However, after this thought emerged in her mind, the disappointment in her heart faded a little. She thought that Zaizai didn't need her anymore, but it seemed that Zaizai still secretly gave her the brown sugar ginger tea and accompanied her to finish the 800-meter run.

Su Xi's heart quickly became warm.

It seemed that her old mother was overthinking. She sniffled and took out her phone from her bag.

It was already summer here, and it was a little hot. She took off her school uniform and wore a short-sleeved shirt. She found an empty seat and sat down, and opened the game in advance.

After the game interface in Su Xi's hand opened, the first thing she saw was the initial interface of Prince Ning Fu's wooden hut.

She beamed with joy and casually looked at it. She found that ever since Zaizai left Prince Ning Fu, Prince Ning's consort and the others had become more haggard by the day. Perhaps it was because Consort Prince Ning's family had completely declined, but Consort Prince Ning hadn't attended banquets among the noble ladies in the capital for a long time. At this moment, she was sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in a daze. Her hair had actually turned white, and her two sons also looked very dejected. They didn't look as arrogant as they did a year ago.

Among Prince Ning Fu, only the old madam was still holding on and waiting for Zaizai to return. She still firmly believed that Zaizai could bring about a turnaround for Prince Ning Fu.

After he became an official of the imperial court, he would bring the declining Prince Ning Fu back to glory.

Su Xi didn't stay in the interface for long, and directly went to Zaizai's tent in the North.

But after looking around, she didn't find him.

So Su Xi looked around the military camp, but still didn't see Zaizai's figure.

She shrank the interface to see where Zaizai was. In the end, she saw Zaizai's red dot appear by the river in the North. What was Zaizai doing there?

Su Xi was a bit worried that something might have happened, so she hurriedly changed the interface.

But she only saw that nothing had happened.

By the river, some small soldiers were walking back and forth. They were taking down their tents, planning to return to the capital. And behind the poplar tree covered in snow, Zaizai was standing together with a civilian girl called Liu Ruyan, whom she had met a few days ago. They were talking about something.

Su Xi didn't know what they were talking about. Because the conversation didn't involve the plot, it wouldn't casually pop up as a dialog box.

But this scene was indeed very beautiful. By the river, there was a handsome young man and a weak peasant girl.

Moreover, Su Xi opened the upper right corner to take a look. She found that the peasant girl was still in the harem column.

Perhaps … a year ago, Zaizai didn't hesitate to reject Han Yue and avoid the embroidered ball because he hadn't been enlightened. But now, he was enlightened?

That's right, he should be at the age of first awakening of love.

And in the beginning, wasn't Su Xi's greatest wish for Zaizai to have relatives and friends in that world to accompany him?

Now, she finally saw that he had friends, and he might even have someone he liked. He was not far from recovering his identity as the Ninth Prince, and completing the final chapter of the game … These were all her initial wishes. She should be happy and excited … But why did she feel a sense of loss in her heart when the song came to an end and the people parted?

Su Xi glanced over there again, thinking that she shouldn't disturb him. She would go online later.

She turned off her phone screen, stuffed her school uniform into her schoolbag, and began to pack her books.

On the other side, Lu Huan asked the former imperial physician's daughter how to adjust a woman's mood when she was in a bad mood during her period. He carefully memorized each and every one of her suggestions.

Liu Ruyan felt that this kind of question was a bit awkward, but Lu Huan didn't care.

He felt that Xiao Xi's mood had been fluctuating a bit recently, but he didn't know the reason. Last time, he saw that she was in so much pain. It was probably because she was in so much pain every time she had her period. He felt that this couldn't go on.

He learned how to use Baidu through her tablet, and he already knew the password of her tablet. It was six zeros. He had no choice but to unlock it once and search for the corresponding solution. However, he found that there were no good measures for menstrual cramps in her world. She could only take so-called painkillers.

And in Lu Huan's dynasty, there weren't any good measures either. He flipped through Chinese medicine books and only found a few methods of decocting herbs.

He thought that since the former imperial physician's descendant was also a woman, there should be some special methods to adjust her condition. Thus, before returning to the imperial court, he came to ask first.

Liu Ruyan wanted to go back to the capital with this young cavalry captain, so after answering his question, she opened her mouth shyly and said, "Sir cavalry captain, since you saved my life, I don't know if you can …"

But before she could finish speaking, this person seemed to know that she was going to say something like giving herself to him. Without hesitation, he interrupted her, "No, the capital is far away. I can't take you. If you want to go to the capital, find another way."

Liu Ruyan, "…"

After speaking, Lu Huan quickly turned and left.

Liu Ruyan, "…"

When Lu Huan returned to the tent, he first memorized the few methods that Liu Ruyan had mentioned to improve her mood during her period. He was going to try them the next time when Su Xi's mood was inexplicable.

Then he looked at the sun outside and saw that it was already the evening of the eighth day. According to the time, she should have finished her exams, but he didn't know why she hadn't come yet.

Lu Huan waited for a long time and couldn't find her, so he turned on the screen and switched from her home page to her school.

Because he didn't know which classroom she was in, Lu Huan searched room by room. However, he couldn't find her even after searching through the entire school building.

Lu Huan switched the screen to the lawn, field, laboratory, and other places. She most often went to the snack stall at the entrance of the school. Perhaps she would be there.

This was a good opportunity to see what she liked to eat. The former imperial physician's daughter said that when a woman's mood was bad during her period, eating some good food would improve her mood.

With this thought in mind, Lu Huan quickly found her in a group of people at the entrance of the school.

His dark eyes lit up slightly and he pulled the screen over.

However, at this moment, he saw Xiao Xi and her friend named Gu Qin standing there. There was another person standing opposite them.

The title above that person's head was "School Hunk."

School Hunk —?

What did this mean?

Lu Huan was a little confused.

The next second, he saw the person named "School Hunk" take out two small rectangular bills from his pocket and hand one of them to Xiao Xi.

The School Hunk didn't say anything. His face was cool, and his other hand was still in his trouser pocket as he leaned against the school gate.

There were many people around the school gate. They seemed to be watching the show. Some of them even covered their faces and made noises.

Lu Huan tried hard to understand the scene in front of him.

He saw that Xiao Xi's face didn't change, but Gu Qin's face was red. He suddenly understood what this School Hunk kid was doing.

Lu Huan's face suddenly stiffened.

Su Xi was fair and beautiful. Although she wore a loose school uniform all day and had her hair tied up in a ponytail and kept a very low profile, she was quite popular in school.

Previously, when her family was short of money, Huo Jingchuan said that if she posted on the school forum and went on a date for 500 yuan, she could immediately earn a pot of gold. This wasn't a lie.

However, she was more of a homebody. If she wasn't doing her homework, she would be doing her studies or playing games. Although she was very easy-going and even a little insensitive, many students thought that she was very cold. Therefore, there weren't many people chasing her. Many of them didn't dare to approach her and just quietly handed her love letters.

At this moment, standing in front of her and Gu Qin, he handed out the movie tickets and wanted to go to the movies with her. It was Yin Yao, the most handsome boy in school whom Huo Jingchuan often talked about.

Although he was called the School Hunk and was rich, he wasn't very handsome. He was above average and wasn't even as handsome as Huo Jingchuan.

However, perhaps because he was rich, he often donated to the school's New Year's Eve party. Therefore, he was more popular and became the School Hunk.

After seeing Zaizai's handsome original arts, Su Xi felt that the most handsome person in school was instantly reduced to dregs when compared to Zaizai's original arts.

Moreover, Zaizai had been on the battlefield for more than half a year. He had abs that could support his shoulders and lift his waist. The boys in school were all stupefied from studying and couldn't even stand straight. There was no way they could compare.

Gu Qin hammered her back crazily, wishing that he could take the movie ticket for her. However, she was a little dazed as she looked at the School Hunk in front of her who had a small pimple on his forehead but could still be considered handsome.

The School Hunk quickly became dissatisfied and said, "The people who want to watch the movie with me are lining up all the way to the school opposite. Su Xi, if you don't want to, you won't have a chance."

Many people around them started to jeer. They felt that it was especially cool for the School Hunk to lean against the school gate and say this.

At this moment, Su Xi wasn't in the mood to play games or watch a movie.

She was planning to go shopping with Gu Qin.

However, there were so many people around them. She had to think of a better way to reject him.

Therefore, Su Xi stared at the School Hunk and muttered to herself, "I …"

However, before she could finish speaking, a gust of wind suddenly blew and Yin Yao's outstretched hand was suddenly hit hard.

He couldn't hold onto the movie ticket and it fell to the ground.

The gate he was leaning against suddenly squeaked as a screw was removed. Yin Yao jumped in fright. He couldn't support himself against the school gate and fell forward.

Su Xi was speechless.

This sudden turn of events caused the surrounding students to be stunned for a moment.

Yin Yao rubbed his arm and cursed in his heart. He felt that this was an unlucky year. He was about to continue the topic when he saw Su Xi suddenly seem to realize something. She puffed up her cheeks as if she couldn't control herself and wanted to laugh. Then, she took out her phone and pulled Gu Qin away.

Gu Qin was still nagging beside her when Su Xi opened the game.

If her guess was right, then the scene just now was definitely Lu Huan's doing.

Su Xi held back her laughter and put on her headphones. She walked in the green belt and turned on her screen. She turned to the tent and said to Zaizai in a refreshed manner, "I'm here!"

Zaizai was transcribing military intelligence behind the table. He looked expressionless and didn't even lift his head. "Oh."

Su Xi saw that he was acting as if nothing had happened and was even more certain that he was the one who had caused trouble.

Su Xi wanted to laugh. She pulled the interface to the back of the table. Sure enough, she saw that Zaizai's hand under the table was tightly clenched into a fist. His knuckles were distinct.

He seemed to sense that she was turning the screen. His eyelids twitched slightly and he suddenly let go of his hand.

Su Xi wanted to laugh again and the disappointment in her heart subsided a little.

She didn't know why, but her emotions had been inexplicably fluctuating recently. She didn't want to be like this, but sometimes … In short, she felt very concerned. She was very concerned that as the game gradually reached its final goal, they couldn't be the same as before.

She couldn't explain these feelings.

She felt as if there was something wrong with her, but when she scratched it through her clothes, it was like scratching an itch through a boot. She couldn't find the main point.

She didn't know what to say. On the screen, Zaizai's face was sullen as he continued to transcribe military intelligence. He didn't seem to be in high spirits.

Su Xi suddenly remembered that Lu Huan hadn't been sullen to her many times. The last time he was sullen was in the Ministry of War's courtyard when he questioned her about "getting married and having children."

Su Xi had a faint guess in her heart. It was like a moth that was about to break out of the ground. It made her heart itch. But that thought was fleeting and she couldn't catch it.

She thought about it and felt that there was something she had been very concerned about recently that she had to ask.

So she blurted out, "You, Liu Ruyan, do you want to go back to the capital with you —"

But before she could finish her sentence, the voice of the youth behind the table came out at the same time. "There's a shadow puppet show on the street. Do you want to go —"

Both of them asked at the same time. When they saw each other's words on the screen, they were both stunned.

Then, the air was quiet for a few seconds.

Both of their faces inexplicably turned red.