Chapter 052 Jin丨Exclusive release by Jiang Wenxue
System: [If you really want to eat, why don’t you eat in the kitchen first and come back later?]
Xue Chen: [Not to mention that the food will get cold by the time I finish eating. Even if I can ask others to bring it to you, I am of low status, and eating before my master will make me look shameless, which is not in line with the self-cultivation of a spy.]
System: […Then you should go hungry.]
Liu Yixuan not only had to go hungry, but also had to serve tea and water, add rice and soup to the two of them.
He lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, doing things quietly.
Wanyan Honglie secretly observed him and saw that he did things in an orderly, steady and appropriate manner. It was not a big deal that he didn’t talk, but he would not tell others about his master’s affairs, so he was easier to control.
Wanyan Honglie: "This white croaker braised chicken is well made. The fish is salty and fragrant, and it is paired with the Yue chicken. It is fragrant and refreshing. It can be said that they complement each other and are the icing on the cake."
Liu Yixuan smiled faintly, avoiding his gaze as if shy, lowered her head, and revealed deep hatred in her eyes.
System: [Set synchronization rate +6, current vest synchronization rate 30%, 15 skill points can be used. ]
Xue Chen: [My head hurts no more! ]
The system sincerely suggested: [I think you look better when you don't speak. ]
Xue Chen: [You too. ]
After saying that, he locked the system in a small dark room.
Wanyan Honglie was very gentle and said with a smile: "Your cooking skills are very good, not much worse than the Yanyu Tower in Hangzhou. Did you learn cooking skills from some famous chef?"
Liu Yixuan shook his head, as if he wanted to explain, but because of his physical defect, he could not speak and could only remain silent.
Bao Xiruo saw that he seemed to be used to being silent. He was handsome, but not at all ostentatious. He had a very low sense of existence and was well-behaved and pitiful. She deliberately led the topic to him: "Some people are gifted. As long as they put it in their mouths, they know what it is made of. Xiao Liu might be such a person."
Wanyan Honglie looked at Bao Xiruo with a look that was obviously different from usual. He said softly: "The princess is right." Bao
Xiruo: "Your Majesty, let Xiao Liu come to the table together."
Wanyan Honglie nodded: "Since the princess is going to adopt her as her adopted daughter, she really shouldn't be treated like a maid or servant. Come on, prepare another set of bowls and chopsticks."
Liu Yixuan took a seat next to Bao Xiruo.
He released the system from the small dark room: [It's too much. Let me eat leftovers. 】
The system is paralyzed: [Can you please not block me suddenly?]
Xue Chen: [Okay, next time you block me, notify me five seconds in advance.]
System: [……]
Wanyan Honglie: "I've been busy with work these days, I'm afraid I don't have that much time to testify, why not today."
Bao Xiruo: "All is up to you, Lord."
Liu Yixuan couldn't participate in their conversation. He silently picked up dishes for himself, tasted all the dishes, and said in amazement: [My cooking skills are really good!]
System: [How good? Better than what you had with Lu Xiaofeng before?]
Xue Chen: [It's about the same, but these are all made by me. Although they are a bit cold, there are filters! The meal that Lu Xiaofeng took me to eat should be around level 4 and a half if estimated by skills. But those chefs can only make one dish to perfection, but I can make all dishes delicious! 】
System: [Then you can cook for yourself in the future. 】
Xue Chen: [My original body does not have this skill, and I have to maintain my image. As the sickly and noble eldest son of the Taiping Palace, how can I cook for myself! 】
System: [Keep your voice down, I get it... Speaking of which, is Wanyan Honglie too proactive? 】
Xue Chen: [He is not proactive, but he simplifies the ceremony, which could have been very grand, and just hands over a cup of tea and it's done. It's obvious that my adopted daughter is only the adopted daughter of the peasant girl Bao Xiruo, not Princess Zhao. 】
System: [Let Bao Xiruo fight for it again! 】
Xue Chen: [Without emotional foundation, it is useless to climb higher. I won't waste my time. 】
After dinner, Liu Yixuan was about to clean up the dishes, but Wanyan Honglie stopped him and called others over.
The tables, chairs and benches in this small hut are all the most ordinary and rough ones. No matter how hard they are wiped, they are still gray and not clean at all.
Xiao Liu was wearing a water blue dress and standing on the hard ground. The dim room seemed to become brighter because of him.
He held the teacup in both hands and handed it to Bao Xiruo respectfully.
Because he couldn't speak, he didn't even have to change his words.
This ceremony couldn't be simpler, just like Yang Tiexin adopting Mu Nianci. They met on the road and walked together from then on. There was no need to do anything special. As long as they were truly good to each other, they would be family.
Bao Xiruo took Xiao Liu's hand affectionately: "You are my daughter from now on."
Liu Yixuan nodded, with a bright light in his eyes. He opened his mouth but made no sound.
[Set synchronization rate +2, current vest synchronization rate 32, 17 skill points can be used. ]
Bao Xiruo looked at him lovingly: "Good boy, I heard it."
System: [What did she hear? ]
Xue Chen: [Her brain filling. ]
System: [……]
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Liu Yixuan just entered the mansion today. He was alone and didn't even have a decent piece of clothing. He didn't need to bring any luggage and could move in directly.
He was originally going to live in the servants' room. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not move again for most of his life.
But he was from the same hometown as the princess, and he could cook delicious dishes, which made the princess happy. She adopted him as her adopted daughter on the spot, and her status in the mansion rose. She was directly above those ordinary maids and could live in a single room directly!
Cui Rong, the maid beside Bao Xiruo, led him to where she lived.
"This place is very close to the princess's residence, and it is convenient to travel. Miss, please stay here. The princess has not had an easy life in recent years. The prince has spent a lot of effort to make her happy. It is rare that the princess and the young lady get along well. Please stay with the princess more."
Xiao Liu nodded seriously.
Cui Rong: "The bedding here is all new, the young lady can use it with confidence. I will send some clothes over later. The young lady has just arrived and has not been measured, so the size may be a little wrong. When the new clothes are ready in a few days, you don't have to wear these ill-fitting servants' clothes anymore."
Liu Yixuan smiled at her gratefully.
After Cuirong left, Liu Yixuan closed the door, undressed without any image, threw his clothes directly at the end of the bed, and jumped onto the bed.
Xue Chen: [Finally, I can sleep on the bed! ]
The system thought about his experience in the past few days and felt that it was not easy: [Have a good rest. ]
Xue Chen rolled over with the quilt in his arms: [I discovered when I was cooking that Xiao Liu's physical condition is not ordinary poor. I didn't expect that he even had difficulty holding the bed and quilt. ]
When he was cooking in the kitchen, he couldn't hold the iron pot steadily. He was afraid that the food would spill outside, so he had to ask other people to help.
System: [Not that bad? The quilt looks quite soft. ]
Xue Chen: [It is more difficult than the other vests. 】
System:【Maybe you have eaten too little these days, and your body is weak. You just need to replenish it.】
Xue Chen:【It is possible, but I doubt whether Xiao Liu has used any medicine in the past. Tong'er, do you think it is Xiao Liu's past experience that made the vest weak, or is it because the vest itself is weak that it is matched with the role of Xiao Liu?】
System:【I think... uh...】
Liu Yixiuan spread his limbs and fell on the bed:【Forget it, it's useless to ask you.】
System:【...】
Xue Chen:【If it is really the vest itself that is weak, can it be adjusted by lighting up the skills related to the physique?】
System:【No. 】
Xue Chen: 【That's great, I can eliminate a few skills. Let me think about which route Xiao Liu should take... Now four skills have been activated...】
The system silently waited for him to make a plan. First, [Memory] was upgraded to level 5. The remaining three skill points were respectively activated for [Light Kung Fu], [Toxin Resistance], and [Resilience], whose effect is yet to be determined.
Including level 2 [Dressing] and level 4 [Cooking], the six basic skills are considered to be confirmed.
System: 【I thought you wouldn't wear women's clothes. With your intelligence, you should be able to get the synchronization rate even if you don't wear women's clothes.】
Xue Chen was alert: 【Are you secretly calling me a pervert in your heart?】
System: 【...】
Xue Chen: 【I knew it! Dog system! 】
System: [……]
The host is too smart, but this is the bad thing. You can't win an argument with him, and you can't even hide your secrets from him.
Xue Chen felt it necessary to clear his name: [Xiao Liu has to dress up as a woman in this situation. First of all, the Wanyan Mansion is recruiting maids, and the gender is already fixed. If I want to enter the mansion as a man, I have to think of another way. 】
System: [You should be able to think of a way, right? 】
Xue Chen: [There is a way, but no matter which one, it will arouse the other party's vigilance. Xiao Liu can't speak, so he is destined to only run errands or be a bodyguard. The information he is exposed to is limited, and the channels of his activities are too clear. Once there is a leak in the mansion, it is easy to suspect me. 】
System: [Can't you contact Bao Xiruo as a man? 】
Xue Chen:【Wanyan Honglie must be so jealous that he has to be buried before I can get familiar with Bao Xiruo.】
System:【...With your current identity, if you leak the news, you won’t be suspected?】
Xue Chen:【Bao Xiruo doesn’t care about the vulgar people in the mansion. I follow her and stay away from the disputes in the outside world. I have a fairy filter and usually don’t get involved in the front affairs. I passed the first level of testing directly. In addition, I learned Qinggong, which can rush back as quickly as possible to get rid of suspicion. Moreover, I don’t have some internal strength. Everyone thinks I don’t know martial arts.】
System:【You are really thoughtful.】
Xue Chen:【It came to mind naturally.】
Liu Yixuan has been having a bad time these days. Today, he has been on guard and fell asleep while talking.
The system woke him up and told him to cover himself with the quilt before going to sleep. Liu Yixuan had almost only his body's instinct left. He pulled the quilt over himself and immediately went offline.
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"Xiaomiang, the bed is ready for you. Sleep here tonight." Zhui Ming turned around and looked at the aggressive young man in black. He felt a little strange.
His name was Xiaomian!
This name didn't suit him at all, but it was cute.
Pei Rui didn't reject this name. Every time he called him "Xiaomiang", he would respond. The sense of oppression on his body seemed to be not so heavy. He was unexpectedly well-behaved.
Pei Rui: "What about you?"
Zhui Ming: "I'm right in front, sleeping with my wine."
Pei Rui: "Drinking too much wine is not good for your health."
"Are you concerned about me?" Zhui Ming smiled, "I'm different from others. My father is an alcoholic, my master is also an alcoholic, and I have suffered internal injuries since birth. My master used wine to suppress my injuries. I started drinking when I was very young, so of course I'm also an alcoholic. These wines are not that bad for me, and it doesn't matter how much I drink."
Pei Rui nodded.
Zhui Ming: "Go to bed quickly, I'll take you back to Weiluo Town tomorrow."
Weiluo Town is where Zhui Ming was born.
It's a very small town, close to the sea.
His father was a fisherman, and his mother was originally from the Liang family of "Taipingmen". When she was young, she was called "Yanshuihan". After marrying his father, she came here to live in seclusion, and from then on she stayed away from the disputes in the rivers and lakes, but her figure also changed, and she became an ordinary woman who was calculative for life.
When he was three years old, his father was killed, and when he was five years old, his mother also died.
Zhui Ming followed his master Wen Yuehong until he returned to Weiluo Town at the age of eleven, and met Xiao Tou.
It was already noon when Pei Rui and Zhui Ming arrived in Weiluo Town. They came to the tavern and ordered a plate of salt-fried hairy clams, a portion of smoked fish, a plate of peanuts, and a jar of wine. The staple food was the dry food they brought with them.
Zhui Ming took a sip of wine: "It's not easy to come back once. As the host, I should treat you to some good food, but there is not much to offer in this town. Only these street snacks are pretty good. I'll take you for a walk after things are settled."
Pei Rui lowered his head: "What snacks?"
Zhui Ming: "Nothing more than some fish, shrimp, crab, scallops, seaweed and the like."
Xue Chen: [Not bad, you can eat fresh seafood! ]
System: [Is it delicious? ]
Xue Chen: [The ones on the table smell pretty good now. The seasonings are definitely not as complete as those in modern times, and the flavors are relatively simple, but they are authentic and fresh, so I guess they are not bad at all.]
Pei Rui reached out and touched the tabletop. He didn't touch the chopsticks, but his hands were sticky.
Zhui Ming pushed the plate towards him: "Hairy clams have shells. Can you peel them yourself?"
Pei Rui touched one, touched it carefully around, confirmed its shape, and broke open the outer shell. The juice inside flowed out. He moved his hand forward to avoid getting it on his clothes. He was a little stiff and looked quite at a loss.
Zhui Ming had been observing him, and when he saw Pei Rui's expression, he couldn't help but laugh: "Let me do it."
Pei Rui put down the seafood in his hand, sat on the stool, and waited for Zhui Ming to feed him.
Zhui Ming: "You don't remember these foods?"
System: [It's inconvenient to have no vest memory, how should you reply him? What if Xiaomian is not Xiaotou's brother, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?]
Xue Chen: [It's okay, just compromise.]
Pei Rui showed some confusion: "Before... the elders at home would help me..."
Zhui Ming was stunned.
The child was only five years old when he got lost, and he was born blind. He must not be able to eat well and needs help from others.
Even if he was really born in Weiluo Town, he never really understood this town. It was very difficult to judge his origin through Pei Rui's memory.
Zhui Ming put the peeled clams in a separate bowl, picked some fish, removed the fish bones, and put them in front of Pei Rui: "Eat."
Pei Rui ate silently.
Zhui Ming: "How did you survive these years after leaving home?"
Pei Rui: "Some kind people helped me."
Zhui Ming smiled.
He heard different meanings in this sentence.
Xiao Mian must have been very pitiful when he was a child, just as lovable as Xiao Tou. When he encounters difficulties, there will definitely be kind people to help him, but it will definitely not be smooth sailing.
Zhui Ming himself has suffered a lot. Pei Rui is blind, and he has no one like his master and uncle to help him. His life must be extremely difficult.
But he never mentioned those difficulties, and only talked about "kind-hearted people".
Xiao Mian looks cold and heartless, but unexpectedly, he is a grateful person.
He doesn't seem to hold grudges, and those things in the past have not left any traces on him. Unlike himself, he shouldered too much when he was young, and only found his own way out later.
Pei Rui's intuition is full, and he is extremely sensitive to the emotions of people around him. He buried his head in hard work and said to the system: [It's a pity that Xiao Mian's synchronization rate has been maxed out, otherwise it can be maxed out! ]
System: [I'm curious, what did Zhui Ming think of. ]
Xue Chen: [Kind-hearted people. 】
Zhui Ming has never seen Pei Rui being chased by someone, nor has he seen his appearance when he kills someone. He has no deep understanding of the setting of the idiot nuclear bomb, and probably really thinks that "good-hearted person" means literally.