After being persuaded by Lin Xue, the five children in the family eagerly awaited the arrival of Lin Xue's master.

Ling's days passed slowly in this mundane life until five days later, when Lin Xue's first luxury carriage was finally made.

It is considered luxurious because it has many functions, which are not visible from the outside.

"Sister-in-law, our carriage is ready. When is Master Lin coming? Could he take us to catch the horses?"

Zhou Xiaohai squatted down beside Lin Xue, watching her paint the carriage piece by piece. Now that the carriage was finished, could they go catch the horses?

"It should be soon. If you're in a hurry, I can go deep into the mountains and catch a couple first. Then I'll ask my master if he'd be willing to take you with him when he arrives."

"After all, I have the ability to protect myself, but if I take you all to the deep mountains and forests, I definitely can't protect so many of you!"

Lin Xue answered Zhou Xiaohai's questions while painting her carriage.

This is a process she goes through every day, and she's long been used to it.

"Sister-in-law, when your master arrives, could you take Zheng Mingxuan with you? He's been very envious when we told him we'd be going to the deep mountains with our ancestor to catch wild horses!"

Zheng Mingxuan is the son of the county magistrate, and he is only 11 years old. He often plays with Zhou Xiaohai and the others.

Of course, this had to be after school. The magistrate's son was different from the farm boy; he had a lot of schoolwork every day.

In addition to attending a private school, he also had a special teacher who taught him riding and archery.

The Zhou family's sons also frequently went to audit the classes, and the instructors didn't say anything about it, nor did the county magistrate seem to care.

Lin Xue felt bad about letting her child attend classes for free, so she would occasionally go to the forest outside the city to hunt a couple of animals.

At first, she would find various excuses to send the prey to the back office, but later she got too lazy to make excuses and would just send the prey to the kitchen in the back office and then ignore it.

Occasionally, when the people in the back office cook something delicious, they invite their family over.

Things have been relatively peaceful lately. Apart from a few thugs causing trouble, nothing major has happened.

Since the murder case in the west of the city, the county magistrate has ordered the constables and yamen runners to increase patrols, and the entire Qingshan County has been quite quiet for a while.

Lin Xue only needed to accompany the county magistrate's wife when she went out occasionally. Nothing happened on these trips, so Lin Xue had a relatively leisurely time during this period, except for making carriages at home.

In the evening, after the children finished their homework and went to bed, Lin Xue began to summon 629.

"The system?"

"You've rested enough, why don't you come out and stretch your legs?"

Lin Xue had previously fabricated a mysterious and powerful master, and now she needed to find someone to play the role.

Such a divine figure is not something an ordinary person can portray, unless she finds an excuse to go out, then puts on makeup and comes back to play her own master.

However, considering that 629 was idle anyway, otherwise this task would not have been assigned to it.

"Are you asking me to play the role of your master? To take care of me in my old age and bury me with those kids?"

629 had been watching Lin Xue's actions closely, so as soon as Lin Xue spoke, it understood its host's meaning.

"That mainly depends on your willingness. If you are not willing, then I will have to pretend to be my own master!"

Although Lin Xue had this intention, she did not plan to force her system to comply.

She was worried that 629 would get bored staying in the system space, so she decided to call it out to move around.

In the past, 629 wouldn't have been able to come out even if it wanted to. It's only because it went to the interstellar era and created countless skins for itself that it was able to come out and play for a short time.

"I'm willing! Who says I'm not? I'm worried I'll get moldy in the system space!"

"But after I leave, you can't call me 'system' anymore, and you shouldn't even use my code name!"

"We still need to be careful, lest some entity find something to use against us!"

The system with skins can come out and move around, but only if it cannot arbitrarily change the plot.

If it's a minor character like "Passerby A," it's perfectly fine, since he doesn't play any role anyway.

"Don't worry, I won't make you do anything. You just need to show your face and then come with me to play in the deep mountains for a couple of days!"

Seeing that 629 had agreed, Lin Xue quickly assured that she would absolutely not allow the system to get too involved in the plot.

After the two main figures discussed it, the next day a Taoist priest with white hair and beard and an air of otherworldly elegance appeared at Lin Xue's door.

"Excuse me, Taoist priest, who are you looking for?"

Zhou Xiaocang opened the door. He looked at the figure outside who looked just like an old sage and wondered why this person was knocking on his door.

"I'm looking for my apprentice, Lin Xue. I don't know if she's here?"

629 touched the beard on his chin, feeling its soft and smooth texture, and couldn't help but touch it again.

Zhou Xiaocang was impressed by the otherworldly and serene demeanor of this hermit. He couldn't help but think to himself, "No wonder he's my sister-in-law's master. He truly has the bearing of an immortal."

"Grandmaster, it's you! Come in quickly! My sister-in-law went to the county government office. I'll go and bring her back right away!"

After Zhou Xiaocang confirmed 629's identity, he quickly welcomed him into the courtyard and then rushed to the county to find Lin Xue, who was talking to the county magistrate's wife.

"Since your master has come looking for you, you should go back quickly. There's nothing much going on at the county office today, and I won't be going out. Just stay home and entertain your master!"

After spending some time together, Lin Xue and the magistrate's wife became closer.

When the magistrate's wife was silent, she seemed aloof and unapproachable, but when she opened her mouth, she revealed a straightforward and cheerful nature.

Since none of us were the type to be coy or hesitant, we naturally hit it off quickly.

"Okay, I'll go back and take a look first!"

With the magistrate's wife's permission, Lin Xue quickly returned home. When she saw 629's appearance, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Mr. Mei, I asked you to dress up as a wise man, not as a deity!"

Lin Xue pulled 629 aside and spoke to it in a low voice.

"Don't all reclusive masters look like this?"

"Does this look make me look a little too old? But apart from my white hair and beard, my face still looks quite young, doesn't it?"

This was also the first time 629 had pretended to be a master. Lin Xue hadn't told it what exactly it should look like, so it naturally just did what it wanted to do.