The Game with Fairies

In the end, Li Yuechan was driven away by Li Muyang.

Well… it wasn’t so much that she was driven away.

Li Muyang’s attitude was indeed poor but not extremely fierce. After the girl sat and rested for a while and put down the things she had entrusted her to bring, she obediently left.

She was very tactful.

Watching Li Yuechan’s departing figure, Li Muyang sighed inwardly.

Perhaps it was because she had been dependent on others from a young age, but despite her youth, this girl was very good at reading people’s expressions and had high emotional intelligence.

Her optimistic and cheerful nature made it difficult for anyone to dislike her.

She didn’t get angry even when Li Muyang scolded her.

This kind of emotional intelligence and composure in a sixteen-year-old girl completely overshadowed the original body’s chuunibyou immaturity.

A self-important chuunibyou teenager meeting a peer who outclassed him in every way was bound to feel resentment.

After sending away the adoptive younger sister, Li Muyang checked the belongings she had left behind.

Apart from a box of pastries brought from Jiuyuan City, there was also a bundle containing two sets of brand-new winter clothes, newly made boots, a letter from home, and a purse.

Although the original body had proclaimed in front of the neighbors, ‘Do not look down on the young for being poor’, after being away from home for so long, his mother still worried about her son.

She had prepared the winter clothes just before the end of summer, and had her foster daughter bring them over, fearing that her son might catch a cold in the Demon Refining Sect.

The silver coins in his purse were also a small fortune for Li Muyang, who was now destitute. It was enough for him to live on for quite some time.

In the end, looking at the family letter in his hand, Li Muyang hesitated for a moment, lacking the courage to open it.

The words spoken by Li Yuechan had already dealt a huge psychological blow to the transmigrator Li Muyang.

He really didn’t dare to read the letter sent by the parents of his original body.

The original Li Muyang was a foolish and ignorant teenager, but he was not.

He couldn’t accept the love of a mother who was a stranger to him. It was too intense and terrifying.

Li Muyang had resolved to abandon all social ties of his original body.

Fortunately, given the poor relationship between his original self and his sister, Li Yuechan, even if she wasn’t holding a grudge, she probably wouldn’t bother him again after this cold reception following her warm approach.

…At least, that’s what should have happened.

……

The next afternoon, Li Muyang sat down under a tree on the ridge to rest and once again entered the game after he finished watering the spiritual field. Ɍ

He continued to play the role of a kind Elder Brother in Black Cloud Village, taking care of Xiao Yecao.

But the sound of a girl’s footsteps arose at dusk.

When Li Muyang opened his eyes, he saw a girl in a light white dress appearing cheerfully in the sunset.

She was carrying a food container, hopping and skipping along the mountain path, her hands clasped behind her back, looking innocent and naive.

Seeing Li Muyang opened his eyes, the girl greeted him with a cheerful voice.

“Brother, I’ve made some food. Would you like to eat together?”

The girl opened the lid of the food container, allowing Li Muyang to see the steaming dishes inside.

There were three dishes: two meat and one vegetable, all looking delicious and appetizing.

The color of the two meat dishes made Li Muyang unconsciously swallow his saliva—he had eaten too much pickled vegetables and hadn’t had meat in a long time.

But after hesitating for a moment, Li Muyang still didn’t give the girl a warm welcome and shouted at her with a dark face to get lost.

“Don’t bother me!”

Li Muyang had too many secrets now. He had to keep his distance from others and couldn’t afford to be soft-hearted.

What if Li Yuechan discovered the Endless Spirit Rice Jar in his house?

Who knows what thoughts might cross the mind of this sixteen-year-old girl?

Li Muyang was not about to gamble his safety on someone else’s conscience.

After being scolded by Li Muyang, the girl holding the food container blinked innocently.

“Alright then…”

She didn’t argue with Li Muyang and seemed to have no temper at all.

Instead, she simply placed the food container on the spot and turned to leave.

Li Muyang told her to take the food container with her, but she ignored him.

Finally, the girl disappeared into the sunset.

Watching the girl’s figure, Li Muyang, who had just played the villain, sighed.

He glanced at the food container left behind… Li Muyang had intended not to waste it. But what if the girl came back tomorrow and saw that the food had been eaten and became even more presumptuous?

So, Li Muyang forced himself to ignore the tempting aroma of the food container, turned away, and continued his meager life of rice with pickled vegetables.

As for that box of food, it was left out in the wild for a day and a night.

The next evening, when the girl with the food container appeared again, she saw the food container that had been left untouched in its original place.

The girl hesitated for a moment, then looked towards the old tree on the distant ridge where Li Muyang sat with his eyes closed.

In the end, she said nothing and silently carried today’s food box to the doorstep of Li Muyang’s house, taking away the uneaten meal from yesterday.

On the third day, she once again carried the food box to the side of Li Muyang’s spiritual field at the same twilight hour.

She saw Li Muyang resting under the tree on the ridge and the untouched food box at the doorstep of the house.

This time, she confidently walked to the doorstep, placed down the food box filled with freshly cooked hot dishes, and took away the untouched food box from yesterday.

Then came the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day…

This girl seemed to have taken up a challenge with Li Muyang.

Even though Li Muyang never touched the meals she brought, she still delivered food every evening.

This standoff continued for nine days until the girl came again and saw that the food box was empty, with only the clean bowls and plates remaining.

Seeing this, the girl’s eyebrows curved into a beautiful crescent, and a smile appeared on her face.

She hummed a cheerful tune softly, took away yesterday’s food box, and left today’s food box behind.

As for Li Muyang under the old tree on the ridge, she did not disturb him and left on her own.

Thus, a touch of color was added to Li Muyang’s life.

He no longer had to eat rice with just pickles every day.

The sister brought hot dishes every day in addition to the fragrant spiritual rice.

She changed the meat and vegetable variety every day, and Li Muyang had to admit that this sister’s cooking skills were very good.

Moreover, Li Yuechan maintained a good sense of boundaries.

Between this oddly related brother and sister, a strange balance was maintained.

Both sides lived in peace, and their relationship was arguably quite harmonious.

As for Li Muyang, who unashamedly accepted the feeding as a ‘useless big brother’, he felt no shame.

He had already figured out that this adoptive sister was not a simple character.

Quiet and undemanding, yet more wearing than those noisy and persistent girls, she would not give up until she achieved her goal.

Although he didn’t know why she was so eager to feed him, Li Muyang didn’t mind giving her some face as long as she didn’t further disturb his life.

At this point, Li Muyang had successfully raised Xiao Yecao’s favorability to 【36】 after a long period of cultivation.

As Li Muyang had guessed, this second cultivation phase required time to accompany Xiao Yecao.

Two years had passed in the game’s time, and now Xiao Yecao’s favorability towards Li Muyang was slowly increasing, almost breaking through the 【40】 mark.

Li Muyang was now looking forward to the rewards he would receive after the second stage of the game ended.

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