Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The two of them planted the pear trees together, and soon there were several small mounds in the yard. Su Xi looked at the small mounds on the screen, then her mouth curled up, and her heart was full of anticipation. Planting trees in the game was much more fulfilling than planting trees outside, because time passed quickly in the game, and she could imagine the saplings growing vigorously and swaying in the wind next year.
Originally, the pear tree was just an ordinary tree to Su Xi, no different from any other tree.
But now, it seemed that because of the cub, the pear tree was given more and fuller meaning in her heart.
When the cub would see pear blossom petals appearing in his hand, he could look forward to her arrival. And when she walked down the street and saw a pear blossom tree in full bloom, she would think of the cub in the game.
Su Xi held the phone in her hand and couldn’t help but curl her eyes.
By the time they’d finished planting the trees, a thick layer of snow had fallen in the yard. It was only four or five in the afternoon for Su Xi, but in the game, it was already midnight, the coldest time of the night. Seeing that the cub’s fair, clean skin had turned a pale white from the cold, Su Xi couldn’t help but nudge his head with her fingers, shooing him back inside.
The child is growing, it’s time for him to go to bed.
“Are you telling me to go to bed? I’m not sleepy.” Lu Huan finally felt the presence of the ghost who had always been by his side. He was excited and happy, so naturally he didn’t feel sleepy at all. He wanted to talk to the ghost more.
Even if he was the only one who was talking and asking all the time, while the ghost could only answer with “yes or no”.
Not sleepy at all! Su Xi could clearly see from outside the screen that the baby’s eyes had turned red from staying up all night, and he was quietly yawning behind his sleeve. Her heart overflowed with adorable affection, thinking, “Oh my god, even the chubby-faced baby is so adorable when he yawns.” Sure enough, I shouldn’t pay for the original painting!
Lu Huan returned to the house, washed his hands, and dried them with a cloth. He then looked into the empty space inside the house, his eyes and eyebrows gleaming with joy. He asked again, “But do you ghosts also need to sleep?”
Generally, ghosts did not need to sleep or eat, but Su Xi was afraid that if she said she did not need it, the cub, who was full of curiosity at the moment, would not want to sleep even more, so she pulled the cub’s left hand, indicating – yes, ghosts also need to sleep.
The cub’s expression immediately turned serious and he said, “You must be sleepy. Blame me for pestering you with too many questions.”
Su Xi was happy in her heart. Why is he so well-behaved?
After the cub finished speaking, he looked around, thought for a while, then turned and went to the next room and said to the ghost, “Follow me.”
There were quite a few rooms in the firewood yard, and the cub repaired them all some time ago, so they looked quite presentable.
He pushed open the room next to his, then brought a new quilt and spread it out, carefully tidying up a clean room.
But there was no table or chair in the room, only a bed.
He scratched his forehead with his fingertips and said apologetically to the ghost beside him, “I don’t know how or where you sleep on a normal day, but from now on, please don’t sleep outdoors. I’m afraid the other big ghosts will bully you. If you don’t mind, you can stay here with me first. This room is still missing a lot of things, I’ll go buy them tomorrow, and you can stay in my room tonight.”
These words popped up word by word on the screen, and the cub’s bun-like face was full of seriousness.
Su Xi outside the screen was almost laughing to death. It was over. The cub really thought she was a ghost.
And that the big ghosts bullied her.
Why is he so cute?
She didn’t know what the cub had imagined her to be like. The cub had just asked her a lot of questions, and she also told the cub her gender. After that, the cub blushed for a long time. Besides, if it was an invisible ghost, living in one room wouldn’t be a problem, but after the cub knew her gender, he actually offered two rooms.
Su Xi simply couldn’t control her evil desire to pinch his face, but she was afraid that he would blush for a long time like before, so she tried hard to hold back the impulse.
…But when she first started playing the game, the cub was always cold. Su Xi didn’t expect that the cub was wary of outsiders, but very protective of his family, and he was also a very careful cub.
She was afraid that if she didn’t stay in the cub’s room tonight, the cub would be too sad to sleep. The cub couldn’t see where the ghosts and gods had gone anyway, so she might as well fulfill the cub’s wish.
So Su Xi tugged at the cub’s left hand and said with a smile, “Okay.”
The sweet-scented perch dish had been forgotten by both of them, having grown cold in the winter night. Lu Huan returned to his room, put away the three boxes, and prepared to take the sweet-scented perch dish to the makeshift room next door.
Su Xi immediately grabbed the corner of his clothes – son, be good, our family is not poor anymore, we won’t eat the cold food.
Seeing that he couldn’t move, Lu Huan knew what the ghost meant. She was worried that the food had gone cold and would make him feel uncomfortable after eating it.
A warm feeling flowed through Lu Huan’s heart. Although it was only a tiny act of concern, it was still invaluable to him… After all, from childhood to adulthood, no one had even cared if he was hungry, let alone if he ate cold food…
It’s a pity that she can’t eat with me.
He turned around and said to the ghost behind him, “Don’t worry, I’ll put it in the kitchen and warm it up tomorrow.”
Only then did Su Xi let go.
Lu Huan stepped out of the door with the food box and turned back to help her close the door.
When the door closed, he couldn’t help but stop and look inside.
The room was still empty. Although he couldn’t see her, he knew deep down that she was there. Perhaps she was sitting by the bed, perhaps standing by the window, or perhaps squatting in front of him, looking at him with amusement…
When Lu Huan thought of this, he was full of anticipation for the rising sun tomorrow. In the past, he was always alone and his days were dull, but now, it was as if a candle was lit in his heart, swaying and full of hope.
“See you tomorrow.” Lu Huan looked into the void, his eyes shining like stars.
It was the first time Su Xi heard the cub say “See you tomorrow”. It was like an agreement to meet every day, which made people feel warm in their hearts.
She looked at the little cub in front of the door and couldn’t help but stretch out her fingers and rub his little head lovingly.
“…” Lu Huan’s expression turned a little strange. Why did this ghost treat him like a child? He was already fourteen years old and many people had already gone to the battlefield by the time they turned fifteen. He was no longer a child.
Su Xi outside the screen naturally didn’t know what the cub was thinking. She just looked at the cub with a loving look on her face as he went back to his room to sleep, and then she opened the mall.
….
Anyway, I have finished the exams and I have nothing to do, so I might as well make the most of the time to build the greenhouse.
Task two required a grain output of 2,000 kilograms, and task six required disaster control and feeding the local people. Both were related to grain production, and the greenhouse must be built well.
She had planned to prepare it and send it to the cub’s farm before the exam, but she kept delaying it.
When Su Xi’s class was divided into different subjects, she directly chose liberal arts and had no knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology, etc. If she hadn’t played this game, she would never have searched Baidu for questions like “the principle of greenhouses.”
She was studying hard while sighing, it was hard to believe, but the game motivated her to study!
Modern greenhouses already had a full range of functions, but cooling systems and automatic control systems were obviously completely impossible to achieve under the ancient conditions in the game, so Su Xi simply cut them out.
As for the current freezing weather in Yan State, the insulation system and irrigation system naturally had the greatest impact on grain production.
Just like the last time when she was exploring the cold-proof shed, Su Xi exchanged the blueprints of a simple version of the greenhouse from the mall and then pieced it together using wood and candlelight.
It was like playing with building blocks. This time it was a little more difficult than last time. It took her several hours to barely put together a simple version of a greenhouse.
Su Xi didn’t know if it could be used, but she put it in the cub’s yard first, and then put the drawings exchanged from the mall directly on the table in the cub’s house.
The cub is so smart. Maybe after seeing her greenhouse, he can get some inspiration and improve it into a better one.
After doing all this, Su Xi went offline with great anticipation.
….
Lu Huan was lying in the next room, but he had not slept all night. He leaned on the bed, looking out the window at the last heavy snow before the arrival of spring. The snow was falling heavily. But he pursed his lips lightly, with a bright look in his eyes.
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