Chapter 3

After inspecting the courtyard wall, Bei Qiao strolled along the path to the door of the two-story building and slowly peeked inside. "I can't afford a villa in real life, but in the game, we live in a small building with a yard. This building looks quite nice from the outside, but the basic facilities inside... It's really sad to see."

Speaking of household items, at first glance it seems that everything that should be there is there, but if you look closely... it's just some of the things that should be there, but there are some things that should be there that are not there at all, and some things that shouldn't be there are not there at all.

Not to mention the comfort, there is no atmosphere of life at all. If the system hadn't shown that this was her family's territory, Bei Qiao would almost think it was a model house.

"Isn't it said that the setting of the game is different from the real ancient times? How can I not tell?" Bei Qiao tugged at the lock hanging on the door. After twenty years of using facial recognition password door locks, she was a little uncomfortable with this retro padlock. "This lock... is it safe?"

"There's a security door inside, don't just look outside." Qiao Lin answered from inside the house. When she used the key to open the door just now, she saw through the gap in the wooden door outside that the metal door inside first retracted, and then the padlock opened with a click.

Bei Qiao squinted his eyes and looked up at the top of the threshold. He finally found a groove on the wall where the door frame was located. There was a metal door hidden in the groove. It was invisible without careful observation. "Oh, it's hidden so well, I almost didn't notice it..."

Bei Qiao pushed the half-open door open completely, walked in, and stood in the hall on the first floor to look around at the situation in front of him.

The hall is opposite the door and is very large. In modern times, it can accommodate a class of students for a party. However, in such a large space, there is only a dining table and four chairs. There is nothing extra, not even decorative potted plants.

The hall is on the left side of the first floor, and the space on the right is divided into two columns, north and south, by a corridor. The room on the south side is a large kitchen, and there are two rooms on the north side. The outer one opposite the kitchen door is the dining room.

Pushing open the door of the room next to the restaurant, Bei Qiao stopped silently: "Woodhouse, well, that's quite logical. Cooking requires firewood, so there must be a woodhouse, otherwise the natives will find it strange. But...

After closing the door of the woodshed, Bei Qiao ran to find his mother: "Mom, why doesn't our escort agency have any horses? I've searched the entire yard, and I couldn't find a horse, let alone a carriage. No, I couldn't even find a stable or a horse shed. Did you see it?" How can you transport the goods without having people carry them on your back?

"No, maybe it's because the escort agency has just opened, so the corresponding equipment has not been prepared yet. Okay, you go upstairs and see what the room on the second floor is like. I'll go see the kitchen on the first floor and cook some food." Bei Qiao's mother waved her hand and drove Bei Qiao out of the kitchen. She opened the stove and took a look inside: "The cooking utensils are really hidden inside." The appearance of the stove looks like an ancient wood-burning stove, but it uses electricity inside. The wires are hidden inside and cannot be seen from the outside.

"Don't you want me to fan you? Mom, the kitchen is so fumy!"

"Go ahead and do your thing. There's a range hood in the wall."

"oh……"

"I've counted. There are five rooms upstairs, three of which are bedrooms. Besides where we live, there's still a guest room." Bei Qiao followed her mother's instructions and ran up the stairs to the second floor. She counted the doors and returned to the second floor. She held onto the handrail and shouted, "Which room do you choose?"

"Let's choose later. You choose first and check what basic appliances are available. Don't disturb my thoughts. I'm going to start cooking." Bei Qiao's mother shouted to the outside of the door, then put on an apron and rolled up her sleeves, picking the ingredients piled in the corner of the kitchen: Since there is taste and smell in the game, let's make a little more fried food that we can't eat too much normally!

"Okay!" Bei Qiao responded, turned around and stood in the middle of the corridor, looking carefully at the room on the second floor.

The rooms on the second floor are divided into two rows, north and south, by the corridor, just like the structure on the left side of the first floor. There are two large bedrooms facing south side by side, and next to the room is the staircase leading to the first floor.

Across the hallway from the large bedroom, there are three rooms with north-facing windows. These rooms don't get as much light as the bedrooms. One of the small bedrooms, located right at the stairwell, has northwest-facing windows. While the light is decent, it's not as good as the master bedroom, and you might find it chilly in winter.

"Forget about the remaining two rooms being locked. Let's check the bedroom first."

Bei Qiao searched through all three bedrooms, testing out each bed. All three had wooden beds, wide enough for two people to sleep side by side, with curtains of varying colors overhead. There were dressers and wardrobes, not to mention the usual suspects. In the corner, there was a shelf holding a copper basin, covered in towels and an antique toothbrush and toothcup.

"The papered wooden windows are easy to open and close, and there are hooks for anti-theft protection. This setup is considered safe for this era... probably." Bei Qiao reached out and poked the window paper. "It's quite sturdy." The game is very concerned about player safety, and there's even a pot of cactus under the window. If a thief crawled in at night, he would be in tears with a kick.

There are three bedrooms, two large and one small. In the small bedroom, there is only a single bed without bedding and an empty wardrobe. There is only a table by the window, and not even a chair, which directly expresses the lack of expectation of guests.

"Isn't it said that the beds in the game are allocated according to the number of people in the player's family? I can sleep in a single bed or a double bed, so what's the matter with this extra bed in the small bedroom?" Bei Qiao was a little confused, knocking on the wooden bed board in the small bedroom.

System: It's just a standard setting, otherwise I would put one less bed for you

After checking the candlestick-like table lamp on the small bedroom table, Bei Qiao turned it on and tested the brightness. It had to be said that after the lampshade was put on, the lamp looked almost identical to an ordinary candlestick. The smoke wafting from the lampshade was also simulated, and one could even smell it when one got close.

"The lamp can't be moved, and the wires are hidden inside the table... Luckily, the table isn't made of pure wood, otherwise it would be a fire hazard." Skipping the wardrobe, desk, and chairs that are common in any bedroom, Bei Qiao fumbled around in the wall for a while before finally discovering the air conditioner hidden inside. "Summer comfort is guaranteed."

In addition to the air conditioner on the wall, Bei Qiao also found a small secret room in each large bedroom. In addition to a waterproof mat, there was also a shower head in the secret room, which seemed to be used for hiding and bathing. There were also cabinets on the wall for storing things.

"The shower head is hidden so deep, it seems that the natives of this game are very intelligent." Bei Qiao closed the door of the secret room, turned and walked out of the bedroom, looking at the remaining two rooms on the second floor.

The two rooms next to the small bedroom were locked, but the keys were hanging next to them and could be seen at a glance.

Bei Qiao first opened the room next to the small bedroom and saw a wardrobe and two boxes. The outer wardrobe was empty, with nothing inside. The box next to the wardrobe did contain some miscellaneous items, all related to clothes, such as needlework and fabrics.

"Finally found it!" Bei Qiao opened the box in the room opposite the wardrobe and found a daily necessity inside: a washing machine. To prevent the locals from noticing anything unusual, the washing machine was completely hidden inside the box, requiring the homeowner's fingerprint to open it.

"It's great to have a washing machine. Washing by hand is really too tiring." Bei Qiao closed the door of this room and opened the last one: "It's the warehouse. It's so messy in there, just like the woodshed just now." So all the daily necessities are here? And they are placed in a mess. I have to clean it up later.

He dug out a robot vacuum cleaner disguised as a fat cat from the warehouse, placed it on the ground, and let it start cleaning. Bei Qiao closed the warehouse door and ran back to the first floor with the seasonings he had found. "Mom, I've checked the second floor. It has air conditioning and lights. The bed is connected to the stove and has floor heating. There's a washing machine next door, but I can't find a refrigerator."

"The refrigerator is in the kitchen." Qiao Lin took the seasoning and pointed to the small door on the west wall of the kitchen: "Look, this small door is the storage room, and the refrigerator is in the basement." It's such a nice little home, but modern appliances have to be hidden to use, just like a thief, which is really awkward.

"oh……"

"Okay, get out of here and don't make any trouble. If your dad comes online, remember to call him... Never mind, he still has an hour to get off work. Go find a broom and dustpan first. I remember there are more than one in the woodshed."

"Okay, will you find it and put it in the living room?"

"It's out in the yard. Your dad uses it to clean up the dog's poop."

"oh."

After finding the cleaning tools and putting them in the martial arts arena, Bei Qiao touched the little black dog's head again, and suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the escort agency.

"Who is it?" Bei Qiao touched the short stick at his waist and stood behind the door.

"Holy crap, there's someone in the escort agency! Are you opening today?" the person outside the door said excitedly, "I need to fix the air conditioner and refrigerator!" Although the stranger seemed very excited, she consciously lowered her voice when she mentioned the words air conditioner and refrigerator. If Bei Qiao hadn't been standing close to the door, she wouldn't have been able to hear the last few words clearly.

Bei Qiao was silent for three seconds, then calmly reminded the other party: "...I'm from the escort agency." Although it sounds like players are here to meet, repairing appliances doesn't seem to be a skill that ordinary people have, right?

"Oh, I said something wrong in my excitement. Please help me take them to the repair shop. I really can't move them by myself." The weather in August was so hot that she couldn't survive a day without air conditioning or a refrigerator! This is such a ridiculous world of martial arts. Why does the heat have to be so real?