After Wang Puan left, Xu Nian sat alone on the bunk bed, lost in thought.

"Host, another one has gone mad." Yuanbao didn't know how to complain. She thought she had it in the bag this time, but she didn't expect that the male lead would go astray at the last minute.

"Yuanbao, I failed my mission again?" Xu Nian didn't want to believe it.

"I'm pretty sure it's true, and I just checked. The male lead already went to the matchmaker's office to collect your marriage certificate. Host, you've been secretly married off." Yuanbao was stunned. This male lead even struck first.

“Yuanbao, the plot has gone completely off track again. Now that I’m his legal wife, what about the female lead?” Xu Nian felt a mix of emotions as she thought of the female lead she had never met.

"Host, I'll go ask the main system."

Yuanbao disappeared for a while and then came back, saying, "Host, the main system's latest mission is to help the female lead return home. The reward is 10,000 points."

"Yuanbao, where is the female lead?" Xu Nian was overjoyed. It was like finding a new lease on life after a long period of despair. She had lost her mission points, but she had gotten something even better.

"Let me check." After a series of operations, Yuanbao discovered that the female protagonist was right next to the host.

As expected of the original female lead! She and the male lead are naturally drawn to each other; wherever the male lead is, the female lead will be there too!

"Host, the female lead is next door."

"Next door?" Xu Nian came out of the room in surprise. The yard was indeed separated by a wall. She peeked out but couldn't see anyone.

"Host, you're going the wrong way. It's the other side."

On the other side, Xu Nian couldn't see anything either. Thinking of the stool in the room, Xu Nian immediately moved the stool out and ran to the wall.

Standing on the stool, Xu Nian could just see the other side of the wall.

A quirky girl was lying in the yard, basking in the sun with a blade of grass in her mouth, looking utterly bored.

Perhaps it was because Xu Nian's gaze was so intense that the girl couldn't help but notice him.

She turned to look at Xu Nian, her face first showing surprise, then delight. "Hello, cute young lady, do you want to come and play?"

"Are you home alone?" Xu Nian peeked out and looked around, but didn't see anyone else in the woman's house.

"That's right, they won't let me go out or play, I'm so bored. Miss, are you home alone too?" Mu Qingqing ran to the wall to chat with Xu Nian. She smiled and her eyes crinkled, and she had two dimples on her face. She was playful and cute.

"Mmm!" Mu Qingqing thought to herself how adorable Xu Nian looked.

"Miss, wait a minute, I'll go get a stool." Mu Qingqing quickly brought a stool, and the two of them sat down by the wall and started chatting.

Mu Qingqing was very talkative, her little mouth never stopped chattering, which made Xu Nian laugh.

After chatting for a while, Mu Qingqing finally realized that this girl actually understood all the jokes she was making. "You...you understand what I mean?"

"Hmm! Is there a problem?" Xu Nian smiled gently.

"What problem? This is a huge problem. Niannian, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Mu Qingqing. I come from a thousand years in the future. I don't know why I came to this era and even possessed the body of the original owner, this idiot." Mu Qingqing was filled with resentment when she talked about this.

She's doing just fine in the modern world, with no worries about food, drink, or entertainment. Why bother with trends and time travel? She wants to go home.

"Mu Qingqing, do you want to go home?" Xu Nian smiled, and Mu Qingqing was stunned.

She stared blankly at Xu Nian, her voice hoarse and trembling with tears as she said, "Of course I want to go home. No matter how good my parents are here, they are not my original parents. I miss my mother's cooking, I miss her nagging, I miss my friends, and I miss the country where the five-star red flag flies in the wind."

"Don't be sad, there will be a chance to go back." Xu Nian didn't know how to send Mu Qingqing back yet, and she hadn't asked Yuanbao.

"Niannian, you've found a way?" Mu Qingqing was overjoyed, even more so than when she learned that Xu Nian was from the same hometown.

"I've got a lead, but I can't tell you yet," Xu Nian said mysteriously, winking.

"It's okay, I'll wait for you to tell me later. You've already revealed such important information to me so soon after we met, is there anything I can do for you?" Mu Qingqing held Xu Nian's hand, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Not for now. Wait for my good news. Don't cry, girls don't look pretty when they cry." Xu Nian reached out and touched Mu Qingqing's head. The girl's innocent little eyes were so cute.

"Niannian, if you touch my head again, I'll kiss you," Mu Qingqing threatened, baring her fangs.

"Oh! You're so cute, what's wrong with patting your head?" Xu Nian stroked the other's fluffy head a couple more times.

With a "smack," Mu Qingqing kissed Xu Nian on the cheek, looking at him smugly. "I'm not joking, I don't just kiss people like that."

"Mu Qingqing, come here, I'm going to pluck your hair bald." Xu Nian's eager look made Mu Qingqing arrogantly toss her head.

"I won't listen to you."

As the two were playfully teasing each other, a deep male voice rang out. "Niannian, what are you doing?"

Xu Nian turned around and saw Wang Pu'an's dark face. If looks could kill, Mu Qingqing would probably be dead eight hundred times over.

"Niannian, who is this guy? Why is he so fierce? He looks like he wants to kill me!" Mu Qingqing's voice was quite loud, and Wang Puan could hear everything she said clearly.

His already dark face turned even more gloomy. This little brat not only took advantage of Niannian, but also accused him of shady dealings right in front of him.

“I am her husband, legally, with a marriage certificate,” Wang Pu’an said, word by word.

"What? Niannian, you got married?" Mu Qingqing was dumbfounded.

Xu Nian doesn't look more than two years older than her. She's a modern person, so how could she accept marrying an ancient man? Besides, this man seems to have a terrible temper. Wouldn't he be abusive?

"Qingqing, you go back first, I'll come find you to play again next time." Xu Nian looked at Mu Qingqing with a reassuring gaze.

"Alright, just call me if you want to find me, I'm always here." Mu Qingqing reluctantly climbed down from the wall.

Xu Nian also came down from the top of the wall, where she was greeted by Wang Pu'an's sour look. "Niannian, how can she call you Niannian too? Don't let her call you that."

"Wang Pu'an, she's still a child. Why are you arguing with a child?" Xu Nian thought to herself, Mu Qingqing is still a girl! What kind of jealousy is this?

"I don't care, only I can call Niannian, no one else can." Wang Pu'an hugged Xu Nian's waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and said in a very aggrieved voice.

Xu Nian felt utterly exhausted. "Wang Pu'an, you're being unreasonable."

"Niannian, you even let her kiss you." Wang Pu'an was furious. He hadn't even kissed his own wife many times, but some other little girl had kissed her instead.

"What do you want?" Xu Nian finally understood. His unreasonable behavior was fake; what he really wanted to do was what he wanted to do.

"Niannian, I want a kiss too."