Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Su Xi was crunching on potato chips. But looking at the serious and cold wrinkled face of the little character in the game, she was so amused that she found her little character more and more adorable.
However, wasn’t the cost of framing someone in the Ning Palace too low? With only the testimony of a few servants, the second young master could bring a large group of people into the Chaiyuan without asking any questions? It was really too much!
This kind of thing must have happened frequently before. And this time, Lu Wenxiu suffered a great loss from her game character. He was also slapped in the face on the spot, so he must have been even more resentful. She didn’t know how he would cause trouble for her game character next.
Su Xi looked at the dirty knees of the little game character and knew that something unpleasant must have happened when she was not online this evening, and he might have been punished to kneel.
But it was impossible for her to play games online 24 hours a day!
So, was there any way to at least prevent Lu Wenxiu and those servants from entering the Chaiyuan at will? Otherwise, the frame-up would definitely happen again.
Su Xi thought about it and took the initiative to open the mall to see if there was anything he could buy.
Based on her idea, the system immediately popped up a product list box.
At the top from left to right are: “The peerless master protecting in secret”, “The martial arts master protecting in secret”, “The royal guards protecting in secret”, “The master guards protecting in secret”, “The ordinary guards protecting in secret”, and “The powerless rookie protecting in secret”.
Su Xi’s eyes lit up and she rubbed her hands excitedly.
This is a good idea. I’ll buy him a game figurine. If Lu Wenxiu dares to provoke him again, he’ll just knock him down.
But when Su Xi took a look at the prices below –
“…”
She nearly fainted.
“What the hell, why is the price so high? A top master costs 10,000,000 gold coins, but even a weakling costs 100,000 gold coins?!”
The price of a peerless master was equivalent to 100,000 RMB. It was certainly impossible for Su Xi to spend 100,000 RMB on a game.
Even a weakling who couldn’t even lift a chicken needed 1,000 RMB – what was the point of buying this then? You’re already a weakling, why would I let you be a drag on the game character?
“Unscrupulous businessmen, the charging system is simply insane.” Su Xi said angrily.
The system was cold and ruthless as it said: “If you can’t afford it, shut up.”
Su Xi: “…”
Next, there were some silver swords, poisons and other things that could be bought for the game characters to defend themselves, but the prices were still beyond Su Xi’s reach.
Of course, even if she didn’t consider the price, she felt that she wouldn’t need these for the time being.
According to the current situation of her game character, if there was suddenly a guard beside him, or a bag of poison in his hand, will he want to be sent to the Dali Temple for investigation?
Su Xi pulled the frame down and found that the skill exchange column also included some skills such as “Knowledge of Astronomy and Geography”, “Piano Skills”, “Swordsmanship”, “Riding and Archery”, and “Painting Skills”.
It should be possible to improve her game character’s skills in this area by spending money.
But at present, these skills were all gray and locked. It should be that the current plot and world view had not progressed to that stage and could not be exchanged for the time being.
Su Xi had no choice but to give up.
The system prompted: “You need to find a backer for the protagonist.”
Su Xi suddenly understood.
Currently, the plot outside Ning Wang’s Mansion had not been unlocked yet. No one knew that the true identity of her game character was a prince, and it had not yet risen to the level of power struggle.
Now the character in her game was just a bast**d who was having a hard time surviving in the Ning Wang Mansion. If he wanted to avoid being bullied again and again by Lu Wenxiu and Ning Wang’s wife, he really needed a backer who was more powerful than Ning Wang’s wife.
Thinking of this, a message popped up on the screen.
“Please accept the main mission (primary): gain the appreciation of the old lady of Ning Wang’s Mansion.”
The old lady was not mentioned in the previous character introduction, and she had not appeared in the plot so far. Su Xi couldn’t help but feel confused about how to help the game character gain the appreciation of the old lady.
She didn’t even know her preferences, identity, and background.
It was simply impossible to know where to start.
Su Xi opened the map of Ning Wang’s Mansion and found that the Mei’an Garden where the old lady lived was located behind the main hall, next to the back mountain. The whole yard was actually one-third the size of Ning Wang’s Mansion, and the size of hundreds of firewood yard where the game character lived! Just from the living area, you could tell that this old lady was a big shot!
Su Xi rubbed her hands and asked, “Can you unlock the old lady’s Mei’an Garden?”
The system said: “To unlock the old lady’s Mei’an Garden, you need to accumulate more than 30 points, and you currently have only 7 accumulated points.”
Su Xi stopped talking: “…”
All right.
Su Xi couldn’t figure out how to complete the main task for the time being and was about to switch screens to see what the little man in the game was doing when a call suddenly popped up on his phone, with “Aunt” displayed on it.
She quickly turned off the game and answered the phone.
“Hello, aunt.” Su Xi curled up in the quilt. Her feet were a little cold, so she couldn’t help but curl up into a ball.
She thought she was in the hospital because of a broken leg, and her aunt had called to show her concern. So before her aunt could say anything, she quickly laughed and said, “Aunt, my leg is fine. I just broke it during sports. The doctor said I can go back to school after a while of rest.”
But who knew that she hesitated for a moment, and said: “Xi Xi, I am relieved that you are okay, but when you are free, can you help me urge your parents to return the 100,000 yuan to me as soon as possible? It’s almost the New Year, and I am anxious to pay your cousin’s tuition for the new semester…”
“One hundred thousand?” Su Xi was a little confused. When did her parents borrow money from her aunt? How come she had no idea about it?
“Yes, we originally agreed that your parents would pay it back next spring, but your aunt also needs money for something urgent.”
Her aunt’s tone was awkward.
Su Xi was also a little embarrassed. After all, being asked to pay back debts was not an honorable thing.
She bit her lip and said, “Okay, don’t worry, auntie, I’ll ask.”
After hanging up the phone, Su Xi held the phone for a while.
Was there something wrong with the factory, or mom and dad? Why were they suddenly asking for money?
Although Su Xi’s family was not wealthy, they had enough food and clothing. Her parents had never let her worry about money since she was a child. Although her pocket money was not the highest among her classmates, it was definitely not a small amount. She was also allowed to take whatever tutoring classes and interest classes she liked.
Therefore, when Su Xi suddenly heard that her parents had borrowed money from her aunt, she couldn’t help but feel a little nervous, fearing that something had happened.
She couldn’t keep the secret, so she quickly called her dad.
“Why are you still awake so late?” Dad stood up and said, “Your mother is asleep.”
Su Xi said: “My aunt called me just now and asked me to urge you to pay back the money before the end of the year.”
Su Xi’s father frowned immediately: “She can just tell us about this matter, why did she go to find a little kid like you?”
Su Xi asked: “Dad, how come I didn’t know you guys borrowed money?”
Su Xi’s father hesitated for a moment before explaining.
Actually, it was not a big deal. There was just some problem in the factory at the end of the year and some money could not be circulated.
The couple originally had a savings of over 100,000 yuan, but they were unlucky enough to have an instrument break down last month, for which they had to pay out 80,000 yuan.
Then this month Su Xi was hospitalized due to a fracture. Although the medical expenses were reimbursed, the total hospitalization fee was nearly 20,000 yuan.
Things happened all at once so they suddenly became short of money, so they temporarily borrowed 100,000 yuan from her aunt to make ends meet.
“Originally, your aunt promised that we could pay her back as soon as your mother and I got our salaries at the end of this year and the beginning of next spring. But who would have thought that she would start to demand repayment less than half a month after lending it to us.” Father Su sighed in embarrassment.
It was only natural to pay back debts, but when they were still well-off, they lent tens of thousands to her aunt’s family and never asked for repayment.
Su Xi suddenly felt a little guilty and worried and didn’t know what to say.
Because of her unlucky physique, she had to go to the hospital every other day since she was a child.
This time she was hospitalized and underwent a lot of tests, which cost her 20,000 yuan.
She thought her parents still had savings, so she didn’t take it seriously. But she didn’t expect that her parents were also having a difficult time at the end of the year.
“Don’t worry. Everyone has difficult times. Everything will be fine in the spring of next year.” Father Su coughed twice.
Su Xi was a little anxious: “Dad, are you talking on the phone in the living room without your coat again? What if you catch a cold?”
Father Su comforted her and said, “You too, go to sleep quickly and don’t think about it. I’ll go to your aunt’s place to get some money back. At most, I can pay a little more interest.”
“If it really doesn’t work, I’ll go find a friend to borrow to repay it to your aunt, and then return it to my friend in the spring of next year. Xi Xi, this is not something you should worry about.”
Her aunt probably regretted lending money to their family and felt that it was not worth it since the interest rate was lower, so she came to collect the debt.
Su Xi said “hmm”, hung up the phone, and pulled the quilt tightly together, but she was still worried.
She could simply imagine that if the money was not repaid, her aunt would definitely tell everyone during the New Year that her family owed her a huge sum of money.
Her aunt won’t give her parents any face.
But where could Father Su find friends to borrow such a large sum of money?
Well.
Thinking of this, Su Xi felt that if she had not been hospitalized, at least her parents would not be so stretched.
I’m free anyway, so why not ask my classmates to help them with their homework and earn some money?
But that was just a drop in the bucket.
Now, she no longer had the heart to play games. She threw her phone under her pillow, turned on airplane mode, and went straight to sleep with a heavy heart.
….
At the same time, Lu Huan packed up the food box and returned to the house with a serious expression.
Lu Wenxiu was so ashamed and angry after what happened to him tonight that he probably won’t bother him in the short term.
The noisy servants around also quieted down, and finally it was late at night and everyone was asleep.
It was snowing outside, and Lu Huan wrung out his robes as usual, hung them up, blew out the candlelight, and lay on the bed, covered with a quilt. But he still reached out and touched the dagger in the crack of the wall, and held it in his palm, pressing it under his body, more vigilant than ever.
From this position he could just see the repaired roof.
Because some tiles were blown away by the strong wind and the snow was too heavy, a small part of it had collapsed. Lu Huan found some straw and stones from outside two days ago and repaired it.
But he clearly remembered that he had not finished repairing it that night because of his fever and weakness, and there were still some gaps. He planned to climb up and repair it when the weather cleared, but now –
There wasn’t even a crack at all in that spot, it was much more neatly and efficiently repaired than the one he had made!
It was not an illusion.
All the strange things that had happened in recent days were not illusions.
So now, the roof had been repaired, the wooden door had been filled with straw, and the quilt had become thicker. Although the cold wind was howling outside the house, there was a long-lost warmth inside the house.
–what is going on?
Lu Huan had a cold expression. He naturally didn’t believe in ghosts and gods. He thought that someone must be causing trouble.
But there were not only countless servants in Ning Wang’s mansion, but also hundreds of guests, literati, and guards who were good at martial arts. It was not easy to guess who did it.
Lu Huan couldn’t tell whether the other party had good intentions or bad intentions. Although the other party didn’t seem to have done anything bad to him in terms of the series of strange things that happened, Lu Huan couldn’t take it lightly anyway.
He had been in Ning Wang’s Mansion for fourteen years, and he knew best not to pin his hopes on any goodwill, as it simply did not exist.
The yard was covered with heavy snow like goose feathers, and the rice bran buns in the lunch box were untouched.
Everything was quiet.
In the darkness, Lu Huan frowned, tightly gripped the dagger, closed his eyes, and was half asleep and half awake, not letting down his guard the entire night.
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