Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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While the cub was doing push-ups, Su Xi moved a book called “A Hundred Strategies of War” in front of him, opened it from the first page, and let him read while doing push-ups.
Many of the books exchanged from the mall were obviously from ancient times, but they did not exist in the Yan State background in the game. The cub had never seen them before, so these books were very novel to him.
He was very serious and eager to learn, so soon he was immersed in the detailed explanations of military strategies. He was knowledgeable and had a good memory, so he read very quickly, and he could turn the page after doing only a few push-ups.
At the same time, outside the screen, Su Xi put her cell phone on the table while it was charging, spread out the test paper, and began to write her homework with a rustling sound.
Su Xi’s room was very quiet. Except for Mother Su coming in to bring a glass of milk causing Su Xi to hurriedly cover her phone with the test paper, no one came to disturb her.
Lu Huan’s courtyard was also very quiet, with only the faint sound of the cold wind blowing outside.
The two of them were doing the same thing across the screen, accompanying each other.
Su Xi drank some milk and subconsciously looked up at her baby on the screen. Suddenly, she couldn’t help but smile knowingly. She didn’t have strong concentration. If she was doing the test paper alone, she might feel bored and check Weibo from time to time.
But the cub was ambitious, determined and patient. He was further focused and attentive when doing things, which seemed to have inspired her invisibly. Moreover, she did not feel too lonely because someone was accompanying her in doing homework.
The baby on the screen would raise his head from time to time and look into the empty sky, as if trying to make sure she was still there.
Before the cub could ask, Su Xi rubbed his little head, indicating that she was still with him. Then, a look of peace appeared on his face. He curled the corners of his lips and lowered his head to continue reading.
Lu Huan’s slender fingertips landed on the page of the book, turning it, but his mind couldn’t help but fall on the ghost beside him. He raised his eyes and looked at the bright yellow lantern swaying in the wind under the eaves. The falling light of the lantern was like a long warm river, not only falling on the page of the book, but also on him.
All was silent.
A peaceful smile appeared in his eyes.
She was still here.
This seemed to be the first time that someone was by his side when he was reading by lamplight in the cold wind in the wooden hut at night.
Although he didn’t know what she was doing in the room at that moment, perhaps she was leaning on the bed and dozing off, or she was in a daze, or she might have opened a book and was reading a book about the world of ghosts and gods – but her existence was enough comfort for him.
He never thought that one day there would be someone by his side who would make the empty place in his heart no longer barren and cold, no longer miserable, but filled with peace and warmth.
At this moment, the air was thick and warm, which made people feel nostalgic and want time to stop.
….
Then, every other night, the two would start their respective studies in this way of mutual companionship.
Su Xi was doing her papers, and the kid on the screen seemed to understand what the ghost wanted him to do. He started doing push-ups, lifting buckets, shooting arrows at the center of the target, practicing swordplay, and reading the books given to him by the ghost one by one.
He had a photographic memory and could read ten lines at a glance. He read very quickly, so Su Xi had to exchange a large number of books for him from the mall.
After reading the more important ones, you should then read and gain some understanding of the various engineering construction, military farming and water conservancy, official appointment and dismissal assessment, imperial examinations, and judicial affairs that fall within the scope of knowledge of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel.
In addition, there were many miscellaneous books in the mall, which were books that Yan State did not have at all. They involved travel notes, customs and people of other dynasties, etc.
Seeing that the cub read too fast, Su Xi had no choice but to buy these for him with real money. He read them with great interest and even started reading some picture books.
He seemed to be curious about what the picture book from the underworld looked like and wanted to understand the world in which Su Xi lived.
Su Xi: …
Apart from putting on a cloak and going to the farm to check on the greenhouse and crops, the cub had only been studying at home these days, neglecting sleep and food, practicing swordplay with wooden stakes, and getting up early and going to bed late.
In this way, progress was rapid.
The old mother in Su Xi felt greatly comforted. What could be more satisfying than seeing her own child studying diligently and making progress?
However, even though the cub had worked so hard, the points in his skills and physical strength in the system have not increased.
System: “Push-ups, weightlifting, sword training, pile driving, you must do each of these 10,000 times to get one point.”
Su Xi: ????
If you pound piles ten thousand times, you’ll become a pile driver. I think you’re just making things difficult for me.
However, since it was so difficult to increase points in this area, Su Xi was not in a hurry. After all, she asked the cub to do these things not for the points, but to ensure that he would not get injured in the subsequent mission to conquer the north.
And the cub seemed to have his own plans. Although he didn’t know about Su Xi’s mission, he was the one who understood best that only through hard work and perseverance could great things be accomplished.
Ten days passed in the game like this.
Ten days later, the spring semester of Imperial Academy began.
There were a total of seven scholars in the Imperial Academy. In addition to the Grand Tutor, the other six scholars taught etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics respectively.
The Imperial Academy was considered the most learned place in the entire State of Yan. However, no matter how knowledgeable these Imperial scholars were, what they had seen and heard only came from the history of the State of Yan and their travels to other countries.
However, many of the ancient books that Su Xi exchanged from the mall were things that these scholars had never seen before.
When Lu Huan was in his early teens, the place he wanted to enter the most was Imperial Academy. However, for the fifteen-year-old Lu Huan, who had read a lot of books, the things taught in Imperial Academy were nothing special.
On the first day of the cub’s schooling, the old lady sent someone to deliver a lot of things, and Su Xi exchanged a sturdy cloth bag from the mall to use as a schoolbag.
The old mother was even more excited than the child himself for his first day of school. She rushed home early and took him to school with all her heart. She also brought him a set of large and small wolf-hair brushes, rice paper, and an inkstone, and placed them generously on his desk.
That morning, as the sun was just rising, Lu Huan saw these things on the table, and a ray of warm sunlight seemed to fall on his brows.
Although it was very likely that he would not use them, he still packed these things into his cloth bag one by one, not minding the weight at all. After all, they were her tokens of love.
When he was still a bast**d in Ning Wang’s mansion, forced to carry water and do heavy work all day long, all the while being beaten or framed if he was not careful, he also thought that one day he would use his own strength to step out of this quagmire and step into the gate of Imperial Academy.
But at that time, his heart was filled with biting coldness and gloomy hatred. He thought that even if he stepped out of the gate of Ning Wang’s Mansion, he would not feel any happiness in his heart. He would still be alone and helpless.
No one would warm his wine and no one would be happy for him.
He never thought that one day, he would be accompanied by someone…
Accompanying him every night to read and write, listening to the rustling of rain, accompanying him as he stepped from Ning Wang’s Mansion into the Imperial Palace and the capital, facing the whirlpool and undercurrent that followed…
She accompanied him to realize his childhood dream of entering Imperial Academy and was excited and happy for him. She prepared pens, ink, paper, and a cloth bag for his books in advance – she hoped for his best and was even happier and more excited than he was.
Lu Huan felt as if he had found a home in his heart.
He looked into the empty space in the room, his brows moist, and whispered, “Thank you for doing this for me.”
Outside the screen, Su Xi was finishing dinner and waiting for her son to get up early in the morning to go to school.
Seeing the kid carrying a cloth bag and wearing the crimson brocade robe of the Imperial Academy students, which was worn by the ninth-rank students, his big chubby face and black eyes were very cute. He didn’t go to school yet but was still muttering something here.
So she reached out and pushed him, indicating: It’s time to go to school, otherwise you will be late.
Lu Huan was surprised by her sudden appearance, as she had usually come at night recently. Her sudden appearance this morning made him overjoyed.
“Are you free today?” A dialog box popped up above the baby’s head on the screen.
Su Xi pulled his right hand.
Lu Huan immediately understood that she was not free this morning but probably didn’t want to miss his first day of school, so she came specially to accompany him.
Lu Huan was moved, and his eyes were dark and bright as he looked into the void.
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