Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Su Xi was stunned outside the screen. How could they meet? Could she pinch a paper figurine the same size as her son and put it in front of him, telling him, “Here, this your old mother?”
By the way, did this game have this kind of character creation function? Su Xi actually searched everywhere in the interface, but no, there was no item for creating a character.
Besides, that was obviously not the kind of meeting that the cub wanted.
But she simply couldn’t do what the cub wanted her to do.
Even if she cleared this game and got 100 points, she would only be able to communicate with her kid.
Want to meet? Daydream! I think you are making things difficult for your old mother.
Su Xi scratched her head, not knowing how to respond for a moment. She could only watch the cub fold the note, put it in the small box as usual, and stuff it between the table legs.
Now Su Xi didn’t know what to do. She could only hope that her son’s memory was not too good. After all, there were still two days before the agreed hunting trip at Qiuyan Mountain. Maybe he would forget it by then. At worst, she would find a way to make an excuse that she couldn’t go because of something else.
Thinking of this, Su Xi felt a little anxious, and she put the matter aside for the time being…
After Lu Huan said this, he stood in front of the table, his dark eyelashes drooping in thought, without saying a word, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
On the one hand, he felt that the man would definitely not come to the appointment. After all, he had known him for such a long time, and that person had always been quite mysterious. He had not even left any handwriting, let alone any clues for him to investigate. How could he suddenly show up?
So he didn’t actually hold out much hope.
But on the other hand, perhaps because he was too eager, he still wrote the letter with a single glimmer of hope.
There was always a chance of something happening.
He had been unlucky for too long, and the appearance of that person in his life was the best luck he had ever had.
That person was his “what if”. What if that person really came to the appointment this time…?
After Lu Huan put down his pen and ink, although he really wanted to know the man’s answer, he still couldn’t help but not look at it, and a day passed like this.
….
The next day, he was called by the old lady.
The weather finally cleared up, the morning sun shone on the lake where the snow had melted, the waves were shimmering and there was a gentle breeze.
The old lady had not been out of Mei’an Garden for more than half a month because of her rheumatism. Now that the weather was fine, she sat down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake with a warm glass of wine and asked the doctor in the mansion to give her acupuncture to relieve her knee pain.
When Lu Huan arrived, Ning Wang’s eldest son Lu Yu’an was also in the pavilion in the center of the lake, standing next to the old lady and saying something.
Lu Huan walked over and just happened to hear the old lady asking in surprise, “An’er, do you really have a way to invite the miracle doctor from Yong’an Temple? Don’t let me be happy for nothing! My knees have been hurting so much in recent days. The doctors in the palace and the imperial physicians are of no use at all. It’s useless to see them. It’s rumored in the capital that the miracle doctor is quite capable. If he is willing to come, maybe there is still some hope for my old cold legs!”
Lu Yu’an bowed and said, “Of course, grandma, don’t worry. I have already found out where he lives and will set out to invite him this afternoon. Even if I have to visit him three times, I will invite that eccentric doctor to you!”
The old lady was very happy, and her usually stern face was filled with smiles. She repeatedly praised Lu Yu’an for being a filial person unlike his younger brother Lu Wenxiu.
Seeing that Lu Yu’an looked confident, Lu Huan looked at him in surprise, feeling a little strange.
Already found out where he lives? When?
But Lu Huan also roughly knew that the information Lu Yu’an currently knew about him was nothing more than that he knew Zhong Ganping and had met the Minister of Revenue and the Fifth Prince. This little clue was probably what he had spent a lot of effort and money to dig out from some people in the capital. And he thought that he could find him with just this little clue.
Lu Yu’an was different from Lu Wenxiu. He was not as useless as Lu Wenxiu who could only embroider pillows, but he was still mediocre and had no extra talents. Although he had been trying to please the old lady and get closer to the second prince’s side, he had never had the chance to get the second prince’s favor.
Lu Huan understood after a little thought. This time, his elder brother Lu Yu’an must want to take advantage of the fact that he had found the miracle doctor to introduce him to the second prince and the old lady, killing two birds with one stone and gaining their respect.
But he was too impatient. Before he even found the people, he couldn’t wait to come to the old lady to take credit and show off.
Lu Huan’s mind was clear as a mirror, and he did not speak. When the old lady saw him coming, she said to him, “Lu Huan, you heard it, you should also go and ask for the miracle doctor and see if you can get him.”
Lu Huan called out, “Yes.”
When Lu Yu’an heard this, he became a little anxious, but he tried his best to hold back and said calmly, “Grandma, what use can he be? He spends all day in that yard farming and raising chickens, never leaving the house. What kind of connections can he have? Why don’t you just leave this to me? Why do you want Third Brother to get involved?”
The old lady said, “Go separately and invite them, and take control of both sides!”
It was not that the old lady didn’t believe that Lu Yu’an could invite that miracle doctor – but she really didn’t believe it. Ever since the last incident by the stream, she was extremely disappointed with Lu Wenxiu, the son of Ning Wangfei, and her impression of Lu Yu’an, the legitimate grandson, was also greatly reduced.
The whereabouts of that miracle doctor were so secretive that no one in the capital knew his identity. Even the people she sent out couldn’t find him. How could Lu Yu’an get any clues to find him?!
However, she should encourage her grandson’s filial piety.
But for some reason, she had a feeling in her heart that what her legitimate grandson couldn’t do, her illegitimate grandson could do…
She raised her eyes to look at Lu Huan. The child, dressed in snow-white, stood silently aside. Although he still had some of the immaturity of a teenager, he looked calm, resolute, mature and indifferent. There was a hint of the ability to accomplish great things between his brows.
So the old lady said, “Okay, it’s settled. Whoever can find the young genius doctor first to treat grandma will be rewarded handsomely. You can leave first.”
Lu Yu’an was unhappy, but he didn’t dare to show it in front of the old lady. He took his servants and left the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Lu Huan was alone, also walking out from the corridor.
Halfway through his walk, he stopped when he saw Lu Yu’an waiting under the eaves of the corridor, looking at him with a frown.
Lu Huan raised his eyes, his expression still cold and indifferent: “What’s the matter?”
Lu Yu’an, with his hands behind his back, took a plum blossom from under the eaves and sniffed it, then said leisurely, “Third brother, you should have refused the old lady just now, otherwise when you return empty-handed, it would be so embarrassing. You don’t have any connections in the capital, how could you possibly find that miracle doctor? Don’t say that your brother bullied you then.”
Lu Huan didn’t say anything, just looked at him deeply, then walked around him and left.
Lu Yu’an was still mature and steady, but he was also angered by his indifferent attitude and squeezed the plum blossom petals in his hand into a ball. However, Lu Yu’an quickly adjusted himself, snorted, and left flicking his sleeves.
As a legitimate son, Lu Yu’an had everything he could expect. So originally, he did not hate Lu Huan that deeply. However, his younger brother Lu Wenxiu caught a cold and had a high fever because of Lu Huan, and he had been bedridden ever since. He was thus somewhat angry with this illegitimate son now.
His mother also reminded him many times that he must not let Lu Huan go to the hunting party in Qiuyan Mountain, lest he steal the limelight from her. So naturally, he became even more hostile towards Lu Huan.
When he returned home that night, he told the wife of Ning Wang about this matter.
After he left, Lady Ning looked a little anxious, and said to Nanny A beside her, “The hunting event will be held at Qiuyan Mountain the day after tomorrow. If we can’t do something tomorrow to stop him from going, then there will really be no chance! Hurry up and find a solution for me!”
….
Su Xi had been recuperating for more than half a month due to the fracture and had missed a lot of classes. Not only was she anxious, but her father, mother and class teacher were also anxious. After all, it was now a critical period in the second year of high school. If too many classes were missed, it would not be easy to make up.
So that day on a Monday, Father Su drove her to school.
Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan were waiting at the school gate. When they saw Su Xi getting off the car with a plaster leg and crutches, they hurried over to help her to the teaching building.
Father Su was very worried and said to them, “Sorry to bother you. Come to uncle’s house some other day and auntie will make cola chicken wings for you.”
“What’s the trouble?” Gu Qin smiled obediently and said, “Uncle, don’t worry, Xi Xi is in our care.”
But as soon as Father Su left, Su Xi was quickly dragged to the store by the two of them: “Su Xi, come on! You won such a big lottery last time, please treat us to some snacks! Let’s have hot pot for lunch!”
Of course she had to treat them, but Su Xi touched her wallet and said, “You may not believe me, but I still have to save money in the future because I have to spend real money on a game.”
Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan both looked at her as if she were an alien: “You spent money on the game? Come on, everyone knows you. You spend all your pocket money on textbooks.”
Su Xi was previously a good girl with excellent grades, there was no doubt about that, and she almost never played games, but now——
Su Xi also felt it was incredible!
What was even more incredible was that she didn’t have time to open the game to check on her baby because she had to go to school today, and she felt sick all over! So far, she hadn’t logged into the game for a whole night and half a day, so nothing should have happened to her baby, right?
…It shouldn’t be a problem. What could go wrong?
It’s only been a short time, only two days have passed in the game!
…I am just an old mother whose heart is too overflowing.
But after entertaining the guests and being supported by the two people to walk towards the teaching building, Su Xi couldn’t help but take out her mobile phone and open the familiar interface.
After she watched the plot that took place when she was away from the system, she switched the interface to the cub’s firewood yard. She saw that the cub had changed into his traveling clothes, but today he was not wearing an inconspicuous black cloak, but a white casual dress with tight sleeves.
After he got dressed, he walked out through the bamboo forest, like a white and sticky dumpling walking through a green lotus leaf.
It was the first time Su Xi saw him wearing this outfit, and she felt so cute that her heart was moved.
She was just about to switch the interface back to the house to see if the cub had written any new notes since she wasn’t there last night, when she suddenly heard some noise coming from the stable.
The cub was in the bamboo forest and could not hear the sounds from the stable far away, but Su Xi overlooked the entire Ning Wang Mansion and could easily see what was happening in the stable at a glance.
It turned out to be Nanny A beside Ning Wang’s wife!
Su Xi had just learned from the system that the old lady wanted the cub and Lu Yu’an to go out to find a miracle doctor. When he saw them in the stable, he immediately became alert and zoomed in on the screen to see what she was doing with the other two servants.
The two servants were pouring some white medicine powder into the feed of a chestnut horse. After the horse ate it, its eyelids drooped and it looked listless.
Su Xi was startled. If she remembered correctly, this was the cub’s horse. What did they pour into the feed? Sleeping pills or something like that?
But as if afraid that the horse’s signs were too obvious, Nanny A had the two servants pat the horse’s head a few times to cheer the horse up. Then, as if afraid that this was not enough to harm the cub, she cut a little bit of the saddle. The marks were not obvious, and the work was done quite neatly, so it would definitely not be noticed easily.
Su Xi watched them use these dirty tricks with her own eyes and was so angry that her blood boiled.
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