Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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When he was eight years old, Lu Yu’an’s birthday banquet was held. Bast**ds were not allowed to enter. So, Lu Huan just squatted on a pile of frozen straw outside the dark green courtyard wall and collected some rewards with the servants.
It was snowing heavily and his hands were frozen red, like swollen carrots.
When he came back from the main house, he saw his fourth aunt sewing boots for Lu Yu’an.
The Fourth Aunt was one of the few people in the mansion who treated Lu Huan with some care, but she could not even take care of herself, and most of the time she could only follow the mistress around like a slave and try to please her.
She was sitting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, wearing a cloak and sewing a pair of boots in her arms, stitch by stitch.
From a distance, eight-year-old Lu Huan couldn’t help but keep his eyes on the pair of boots.
The fourth aunt carefully wrapped the soles, front and back of the boots with three pieces of fine leather and embroidered a goldfinch in the middle of the boot with red lines. Then, she used some golden feather thread obtained from the wife of Ning Wang to tie them into goldfinch feathers, making the boots look magnificent.
The boots were wrapped in animal skins and had thick soles and looked very warm.
Lu Huan, who was eight years old, was still very young. He looked on eagerly and subconsciously curled up his toes in his straw sandals that were numb from the cold.
But the servant behind him immediately became impatient, pushed him, and urged him to move forward quickly.
Lu Huan staggered forward, but still couldn’t help but continue looking towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Then the fourth aunt picked up another pair of shoes.
She was an excellent embroidery worker. After sewing the boots for Lu Yu’an, there was some leather material left. Lady Ning allowed her to use the remaining leather to make a pair of embroidered shoes for her unborn daughter.
At this time, the expression on her face was no longer tense and afraid of making mistakes, but full of tenderness and kindness.
As she embroidered the smaller pair of shoes, she seemed to be looking forward to and imagining her child wearing the shoes she made and growing up year by year.
Lu Yu’an was the legitimate son of Ning Wang’s Mansion. He had everything he needed since he was born and he was not interested in this pair of golden sparrow boots.
Although the fourth concubine’s daughter was also a concubine’s daughter and lived a simple life, she was protected by the fourth concubine anyway.
But for Lu Huan, he never received any boots.
Naturally, since there had never been such a person who waited for him to grow up year after year.
….
At this moment, he stared at the heavy boots that appeared inexplicably in his hands, his eyes darkening, and his fingers curling up involuntarily.
The rough and worn texture of the shoe surface was transmitted to his fingertips, causing an indescribable feeling to surge in his heart.
But then he immediately let go, coldly threw his boots back to the ground, and looked around the room with a stern face.
The doors and windows were not touched, so how did that person sneak into his house?
Who was it and what did they want to do?
Lu Huan was more alert than ever before, his eyes like a vicious young wolf whose nest was disturbed, full of suspicion and uneasiness. He recalled the steaming pork with preserved vegetables that had come out of nowhere a few days ago, and thought it must have been done by the same person – but what exactly did the other party want to do?
Of course Lu Huan would not think that someone would suddenly want to help him secretly.
There was no such thing as unprovoked help or goodwill in this world. Instead, there was only bullying, framing, and deprivation in every possible way.
Was this another trap?
Lu Huan subconsciously reached for the dagger he carried with him.
But he stood in the house, which was completely silent. Outside, he could only hear the sound of heavy snow falling, and inside, he could only hear the slight crackling of the charcoal fire. There was no one else here, only him.
After being tense for a moment, Lu Huan still did not relax. He frowned and his face still looked ugly.
He looked around at the extra things in the house again. He couldn’t figure out who the person who sneaked into his house was, nor what the other party’s purpose was, so he could only keep his troops in place and respond to all changes with the same attitude.
Thinking of this, Lu Huan threw the pair of boots into the closet with a cold face, then turned and went out, going to boil some water before the sun completely set.
However, Su Xi outside the screen was completely confused by his series of reactions –
It would have been fine if he had carefully checked whether the hot food and dishes were poisonous like before, but why did he seem unhappy when she paid to help him decorate his room? The table, chairs and boots couldn’t possibly be poisonous, could they?
And he threw the boots she gave him directly into the corner of the closet?!
No, it’s 7 gold coins, why don’t you take a look at it?
Without wearing any clothes, would you stomp your feet in the snow to say “thank you, my sponsor”?
The character in this game had a really weird temper.
Su Xi was a little confused. She was about to turn the screen to see why her game character went out again and where he went, but she saw that he had come back, carrying a wooden barrel with steaming water in it.
He came in with a calm expression, closed the wooden door with his heel, put down the wooden barrel, and placed the towel on the edge of the barrel.
He took off the light-colored cloth that bound his hair, and his long black hair fell down like a waterfall, and then he began to –
Start taking off clothes???
Su Xi:?
Wait, does the little character in the game also need to take a bath?
Although Zaizai was just an image of a cartoon baby on the screen, he was still a male boy character after all. Realizing this, Su Xi’s face inexplicably turned red.
Just as her face turned red, the screen suddenly went black –
Su Xi: ???
“What are you doing?” Su Xi was so angry that she almost pounded the table. She then pressed the unlock button on her phone frantically. The phone lit up, but the game interface was black.
The system pops up: “The game protagonist taking a bath is a krypton gold scene, you need 1,000 gold coins to watch it.”
Su Xi: “…”
I’ve taken off my fu**ing pants and you’re telling me this.
Su Xi looked indifferent: “It costs money? Forget it.”
System:……
The black screen lasted for half an hour.
Su Xi also didn’t know why her game character took so long to take a bath. Don’t ask, if you ask, it’s just mysophobia.
She waited for a while, but the screen didn’t light up yet, so she took the opportunity to wash up.
Su Xi was brushing her teeth while thinking, why not get out of the hospital early? Although her leg was broken, it was already fixed, and she could walk with the help of crutches. It was not a big deal to stay in the hospital all the time. Falling behind in schoolwork was a small matter, the key was the money.
When she came back after taking her time to wash, the game interface had already lit up, but looking at the time in the game, it seemed to be midnight.
Su Xi thought the little man in the game should have fallen asleep and planned to turn off the game.
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