When he was eight years old, concubine-born children were not allowed to enter Lu Yu-an's birthday banquet. Lu Huan could only squat on a pile of frozen straw outside the dark courtyard walls and collect some rewards with the servants.

At that time, it was snowing heavily. His hands were red from the cold, like swollen carrots.

When he returned from the main residence, he saw Fourth Concubine sewing boots for Lu Yu-an.

Fourth Concubine was one of the few people in the manor who took care of Lu Huan. However, she was also powerless to protect herself. Most of the time, she could only follow behind her mistress and do whatever she wanted.

She was sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, wearing a large cloak. She was sewing the boots stitch by stitch.

From afar, the eight-year-old Lu Huan's gaze couldn't help but fall on the boots.

He saw Fourth Concubine carefully wrap the bottom of the boots, the front of the boots, and the back of the boots with three pieces of high-quality leather. She also embroidered a golden sparrow in the middle of the boots with red thread. Then, she used some of the golden feather thread she got from Lady Ning to tie the feathers into the shape of a golden sparrow, making the boots look magnificent.

The boots were wrapped in animal skin. The soles of the shoes were thick and looked very warm.

The eight-year-old Lu Huan was still very young. As he watched, he subconsciously curled up his toes in the straw shoes, which were frozen to the point that he couldn't feel them.

However, the servant behind him immediately became impatient and pushed him, urging him to hurry forward.

Lu Huan staggered forward, but he couldn't help but continue to look in the direction of the pavilion.

He saw Fourth Concubine pick up another pair of shoes.

Her embroidery skills were excellent. After she finished sewing the boots for Lu Yu-an, there was still some leather left over. Lady Ning allowed her to use the leftover leather to make a pair of embroidered shoes for her unborn daughter.

At this time, her expression was no longer tense and nervous, as if she was afraid of making a mistake. Instead, it was filled with gentleness and love.

She embroidered the smaller pair of shoes as if she was looking forward to her child wearing the shoes she made and growing up year by year.

Lu Yu-an was Prince Ning Fu's legitimate son, he was born with everything he could ever wish for, so he did not care for that pair of golden sparrow boots.

Although Fourth Concubine's daughter was also a concubine's daughter and lived a simple life, she had Fourth Concubine's protection no matter what.

However, Lu Huan had never received a pair of boots.

Naturally, there had never been such a person who waited for him to grow up year by year.

At this moment, he stared at the unimaginably heavy boots in his hand. His eyes were gloomy, and his fingers involuntarily curled up.

The rough texture of the shoes was transmitted to his fingertips, causing an indescribable feeling to surge in his heart.

However, he immediately loosened his grip and coldly threw the boots back to the ground. His expression was cold as he sized up the entire room.

The doors and windows had not been touched, so how did that person sneak into his house?

Who was it? What did they want?

Lu Huan's heart was unprecedentedly vigilant. His gaze was like that of a ruthless young wolf that had entered its den, full of suspicion and unease. He thought back to the steaming steamed pork with preserved vegetables from a few days ago. It must have been done by the same person — — but what did the other person want?

Of course, Lu Huan did not think that someone would suddenly help him in secret.

In this world, there was no such thing as sending charcoal in snowy weather for no reason, nor was there such a thing as kindness.

On the contrary, there were all sorts of ways to bully, frame, and deprive.

Was it another trap?

Lu Huan unconsciously reached for the dagger he carried with him.

However, he stood in the room, which was completely silent. Outside, he could only hear the sound of heavy snow falling. Inside, he could only hear the soft crackling of the charcoal fire. There was no one else. There was only him here.

After being tense for a moment, Lu Huan did not relax. His brows were furrowed, and his expression was still very unsightly.

He looked around at the extra things in the room. For the time being, he could not figure out who had sneaked into his house, nor could he figure out what the other person's purpose was. Thus, he could only bide his time and deal with any changes by remaining unchanged.

Thinking of this, Lu Huan's expression was cold. He threw the pair of boots into the wardrobe, turned around, and went out the door before the sun had completely set. He went to boil some water and come back.

Su Xi, who was watching from outside the screen, was completely confused by his series of reactions.

Previously, when she gave Zaizai hot food, he was extremely vigilant to see if there was any poison. Why did he look so unhappy when she spent money to decorate his room?

This table, chair, and boots couldn't be poisonous, right?

He even threw the boots she gave him directly into the corner of the wardrobe?!

No, it's 7 gold coins. Why don't you take a look?

Why don't you wear it and stomp your feet in the snow to say "thank you, Sponsor Daddy"?

This game's setting for the protagonist's temper was really strange.

Su Xi was a little confused. Just as she was about to change the screen to see why her game character went out again and where he went, she saw that he had already returned. He was even carrying a wooden bucket. The water in the wooden bucket was still steaming.

He came in with a calm expression, closed the wooden door with his heel, put down the wooden bucket, and put the cloth towel on the edge of the wooden bucket.

He took off the light-colored cloth that tied up his hair. His long black hair fell down like a waterfall. Then, he began to —

Began to take off his clothes???

Su Xi:?

Wait, no, does the game character need to take a bath?

Although Zaizai was still just a cartoon milk ball on the screen, he was still a male teenager character. Realizing this, Su Xi's face inexplicably turned red.

Just as her face turned red, the screen suddenly turned black — —

Su Xi:???

"What are you doing?"

Su Xi was so angry that she almost slammed the table. She frantically pressed the unlock button on her phone. The phone lit up, but the game interface was black.

The system popped up: "The game's protagonist's bath is a scene that requires spending money. It requires 1000 gold coins to watch."

Su Xi: …

I've f * cking taken off my pants, and you're telling me this?

Su Xi's face was indifferent: "It costs money?

Then forget it. "

System: …

The black screen stayed black for half an hour.

Su Xi didn't know why her game character needed so long to take a bath.

Don't ask. If you do, you'll be a clean freak.

She waited for a while, but the screen still didn't light up. She took advantage of this time to wash up.

Su Xi brushed her teeth as she thought about how she should leave the hospital earlier. Although her leg was fractured, it had been fixed. She could walk with the help of crutches. It was indeed not a good idea to stay in the hospital all the time.

Falling behind in homework was a small matter. The key was to burn money.

When she came back after washing up, the game interface had already lit up. However, looking at the time in the game, it seemed to be midnight.

Su Xi thought that the game character should be asleep. She planned to turn off the game.

But at this moment, she was slightly stunned.

The candles in the room had been extinguished. Only a little moonlight reflected from the snow came in through the window. The game character was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. His black eyelashes cast a layer of dark shadow on his pale skin. However, his left hand, which was leaning against the wall, was holding onto something tightly.

If Su Xi didn't look at him from this angle, she definitely wouldn't have noticed that his whole body was tense and alert.

What was he holding —?

Su Xi tried to rotate the screen and zoomed in on his left hand.

She saw that it was a dagger.

"What's wrong with him?"

Su Xi was stunned. She observed him for more than ten minutes. However, she saw that he had been holding onto the dagger and hadn't fallen asleep.

He was in a defensive state the whole night, as if he was guarding against someone rashly breaking into the house.

Su Xi looked at him and then looked at the extra tables, chairs, and charcoal braziers in the house. She suddenly realized something. Could it be that the game character thought that a thief had sneaked into the house and gave him these things for no reason to harm him?!

This was also true. If she had so many extra things in her house, she would have been scared to the point of calling the police.

But, no, this —

Wasn't this just a game?

Was this the thought process of a game character?

Shouldn't he just use the new items without thinking?

Su Xi was once again stunned by the protagonist's thought process, which was close to a real human's flesh and blood.

She was in a daze for a while. She could only attribute it to the game designer being too godly.

However, since Zaizai was so wary of her giving him this and that, Zaizai would be even more resistant if she gave him more.

Su Xi thought for a while and moved the kettle. She wondered if it was possible to use water to write 'I have no ill intentions' on the ground.

However, the System said, "You don't have enough points. Currently, you can't use this method to communicate."

She could actually communicate like this?

Su Xi was delighted. She asked, "How many points do I need?"

The System said, "At least 100 points."

Su Xi was extinguished by a basin of cold water. "Forget it. It's too far away."

Su Xi temporarily gave up on this idea. She covered the door and windows for her game character. After making sure that no wind could get in, she turned off the game and went offline.

Before going to bed, she took out the lottery ticket she just bought and looked at it. It was the lottery ticket that would be drawn in three days.

Although she didn't believe the System's bullshit about koi from the bottom of her heart, Su Xi didn't throw the lottery ticket away. Instead, she put it in her book seriously.

Anyway, she would know what was going on in three days.

Within these three days, she had to increase her points to more than 10 points as soon as possible.

Su Xi slept for a while. The first thing she did when she woke up was to groggily take out her phone and open the game interface.

As soon as she opened the interface, she saw that there were two servants in the firewood courtyard. They said that the kitchen was short of water and urged her game character to quickly get water.

It was currently afternoon in the game. There was no snow in the sky, but the ground was still very slippery because of the ice.

The game character seemed to have just returned from work. His clothes were thin and fluttered in the wind. However, there was still a thin layer of sweat on his white forehead.

He looked at the two servants coldly and didn't say anything. He carried the two buckets and walked towards the well.

As soon as he turned around, Su Xi saw that the two servants had evil smiles on their faces. Her instincts told her that Lu Wenxiu, that son of a bitch, had been quiet for a few days and sent people to make things difficult for her game character again.

At this moment, a message suddenly popped up on the interface.

[Notification, entering main mission: Obtain the appreciation of Prince Ning Fu's Old Madam. Please quickly prepare your strategy.]

Su Xi: What the f * ck?!

So sudden.

[Mission reward: 50 gold coins, 6 points.]

What the f * ck, so much?!

Su Xi's eyes saw the $, and she suddenly woke up.

She wiped her face and quickly jumped off the bed. She held her phone with one hand and brushed her teeth with the other. She said excitedly to the System, "Where did he go with the buckets?"

The System said, "Over at the well pool."

Su Xi swallowed her saliva and mumbled, "Quick, quick, quick. Help me unlock the map for the well area."

Suddenly, another area on the map was lit up.

Fortunately, Su Xi had saved some points and wasn't in a hurry to unlock a random corner. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to follow him there today.

The interface switched to the well area. She saw that it was a well dug by a stream to the west of Prince Ning Fu. It wasn't far to fetch water from the well and carry it to the kitchen, but at this moment, there were hundreds of buckets piled up at the well.

It was so densely packed that it made one's scalp tingle.

Lu Wenxiu had lost face last time. No matter how he thought about it, he was filled with anger. This time, he decided not to play the trick of framing others. He might as well make things difficult for them on purpose.

Two servants brought him a rattan chair and placed it by the stream. He sat on the rattan chair carelessly with his legs crossed. Beside him was a little girl about three or four years old. That was Fourth Madame's concubine's daughter.

The little girl's eyes widened in horror. She wanted to cry but didn't dare to. She had already wet her pants.

From afar, Lu Huan walked over and coldly threw the buckets on the ground.

Lu Wenxiu knew that Fourth Madame usually took care of Lu Huan. Lu Huan wouldn't leave Fourth Madame's only remaining daughter in the lurch. Thus, he specially ordered someone to move Fourth Madame away and bring her daughter over.

He looked at Lu Huan proudly and said, "If you don't finish moving these hundred buckets of water today, I'll push Fourth Sister down. It's winter. If she falls into icy water, she might freeze until she gets tuberculosis or something."