Cultivation games are generally like this: once the player arranges the child's schedule, time will automatically move forward for a period of time.
In "Girls' Dream Plan", the time limit is fixed - [every twelve hours, it will instantly advance "one semester". ]
[Detective: So...if half a day passes in this world, half a year will pass in this game. If one day passes in this world, one year will pass in this game. And so on.]
[Detective: In other words, I have to arrange Alice's schedule for the next semester. Because if I go online after noon, half a year will have passed in this world.]
…
Su Mingan looked at Alice. She had already dried her hair and stared at him with moist eyes.
Looking at Alice's timid appearance, the original words of the Eye of the Past echoed in Su Ming'an's mind: [Detective, as long as you train her to be an adult, all your glory and wealth will be due to her. ]
To educate adults?
Su Mingan was thinking.
What does it mean to cultivate an adult?
Is it a failure to raise a child to be an artist who doesn’t have enough food but has a rich spiritual world? Is it a success to raise a child to be a social machine who only cares about making money and becomes a successful person in the social sense?
These questions may make sense in an era of abundant resources, but in an era when war is imminent, Su Mingan hopes that Alice can become stronger so that she can survive in the future.
[Detective: Alice. I want you to become stronger. As for dancing, painting, and playing the piano, you may never have the chance to do them again, is that okay?]
[Girl: Detective, you have done me a great favor by allowing me to live. I am even more grateful to you for sending me to school. Whatever you want me to learn, I will accept it.]
[Detective: You are twelve and a half years old. I just checked and found that children cannot go to school until they are thirteen years old. So in the first semester, tell me what you want to do. In the second semester, when you are old enough, you can go to school.]
[Girl: Detective. I... I am a little interested in medicine. Can you let me be an assistant at Aunt Jenny's nurse station next door? ]
…
Su Mingan looked at the job column in the [Schedule] and found that there was indeed a [Nurse Station Helper], which could earn 10 grams per semester and was a very ordinary job. The job description was: [Let the child work as an assistant at the nurse station on the next street, doing some odd jobs such as carrying medical supplies and keeping account books.]
The game prompt appears:
[As the child's attributes continue to improve, the types of jobs will continue to increase, and more advanced jobs will be unlocked! ]
[As children come into contact with more and more people and trigger more and more events in the future, they will be able to open up additional jobs that are impossible to access through normal channels, such as [Priest], [King's City Knight of Light], [Demon King], etc. Stay tuned! ]
…
...What the hell is a demon king! Is this considered work?
Su Mingan realized that the background of this game was not a simple steam age. Many things were like icebergs hidden under the deep sea, and had not yet been discovered by players.
The jobs Alice can do now are very limited, such as [helping a vendor], [setting up a stall outside], and [moving bricks at a construction site].
Su Mingan looked at the hundreds of courses, hundreds of job categories, and thousands of courses and jobs that had not been unlocked - he suddenly realized that she had unlimited possibilities.
[Detective: The job of helping at the nurse station is too hard for someone your age. You can choose to stay at home and rest for half a year instead of going out to work.]
[Girl: It's okay. I know Aunt Jenny at the nurse station. She's a kind-hearted person. If I can work for her, she will teach me medical knowledge. Please promise me.]
…
Seeing this, Su Mingan chose the option of [Assisting at the Nursing Station]. The next moment, a text appeared in [Schedule]:
[First semester: Helping at the nurses’ station].
When this line of text appears, all other courses darken. It seems that only one activity can be arranged for the child in one semester.
[Detective: Alice, I have arranged your schedule. I will be leaving for a moment.]
【Girl: Okay, Detective. 】
…
Su Mingan quit the game and tested it. He found that after he quit the game, the detective in the game would also disappear synchronously, and only Alice would be left in the room.
Considering that Alice might not be safe alone, Su Mingan planned to sleep in the game tonight and not quit the game for the time being.
[Girl: Detective, why are you back again? ]
[Detective: I won't leave. Go take a hot bath and go to bed early.]
…
There was only one bed in the room, and Su Mingan slept on it. Alice slept on the sofa not far from the bed. The two of them were separated by a distance, and the room was very quiet, with only the occasional sound of the fire in the fireplace being heard.
Su Ming'an lay on the not-so-soft bed, his back felt stiff, and he once again felt the embarrassment of poverty.
"...Detective." The girl's faint voice came from the other side.
“……”Su Mingan’s breathing became even.
"Thank you, Detective," said the girl.
Su Mingan did not reply.
"...I thought that my whole life would be spent lingering in the back alleys, and when I grew up, I would be easily bullied by others like those sisters in the slums...I didn't have any expectations for myself." The girl said:
"——But because of you, I'm beginning to look forward to the future."
Su Mingan turned over.
"Go to sleep." He said with his eyes closed.
There was no sound from the girl.
The snow outside the window fluttered and rubbed against the blurry window glass, like pure white goose feathers, or like the touch of angel wings.
Su Mingan fell into a deep sleep amid the crackling of the fire. The warm light of the fire danced on his face, and his closed eyelids were filled with a warm glow.
When Su Mingan fell asleep, the girl's voice floated softly.
"... Detective, the snow is so beautiful today."
"good evening."
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