The days passed one after another.
Every two days, Su Yu would enter the space at a fixed time to water the vegetables.
Tang Chen’s admirers also stopped appearing.
One quiet late night, Su Yu entered the space and found 001 waiting for her there.
“Host, you finally came.”
There was an inexplicable trace of resentment in its voice. Although it was mechanical, Su Yu could still hear it.
“What’s wrong? Did you miss me?”
Su Yu didn’t think there was anything wrong with saying that.
Perhaps 001 had been exploited too badly by its superiors and wanted to return to the space to feel some warmth.
001 silently led Su Yu to the electronic panel and pointed at the treasure chest on it.
“Host, you recently completed many side missions, so the rewards inside the treasure chest are about to expire. Please claim them immediately.”
!!!
When had that happened?
Su Yu was obviously confused.
She quickly opened the treasure chest and found ten reward points inside, as well as an exchange coupon that could randomly draw a beginner gift pack.
“Is that all?”
001 heard the disdain in her voice.
It flew directly in front of Su Yu and stared at her seriously with its bar-shaped eyes.
“This is already very good. This time, you completed the missions by accident. I already reminded you last time that missions will randomly drop. There is a mission preview on the electronic panel.”
What was going on?
Wasn’t 001 being a little too irresponsible?
Su Yu opened the electronic panel and discovered that the sections had been upgraded.
Initial Luck Value: -100
Initial Exchange Coins: 0
When she saw these two values, Su Yu was speechless.
How could there even be a negative number?
“Why is my Luck Value -100?”
Her luck shouldn’t be that bad, right?
001’s bar-shaped eyes suddenly narrowed, making it look as though it was smiling.
“Host, your luck is indeed not very good.”
A seriously ill mother who favored sons over daughters.
A hooligan brother who liked stealing and acting like a thug.
And a husband with countless admirers.
Wasn’t that unlucky?
Su Yu: Alright. She really couldn’t refute that.
“However, Host, rest assured. Your life trajectory is already different now. Increasing your Luck Value can help resolve future crises.”
Future crises?
Su Yu tilted her head and studied 001.
“Don’t tell me you can predict the future?”
001 shook its head coldly.
“Host, I do not have authorization.”
So that meant someone with authorization could predict the future.
Su Yu felt as though she had discovered something incredible.
She returned to the main menu of the electronic panel with her hand.
Only then did she notice a very small label in the upper left corner that read: Mission Preview.
If someone were even slightly nearsighted, they probably wouldn’t be able to see it.
When she opened the mission preview, she saw line after line of text.
Many of them had check marks beside them.
Increase affection with Tangtang…
Make Tang Chen drive Chunxing away…
Win the argument against Chunxing’s mother…
The missions seemed a bit too simple.
Su Yu looked suspiciously at 001.
If reward points increased like this, how long would it take to raise every value by 100?
“Host, these are only small daily missions. You may choose whether to complete them or not. For mandatory missions, I will remind you directly in your mind.”
So that was how it worked.
Things were becoming more and more interesting.
The electronic panel showed that she was currently Level 3.
If judged by game logic, she was still a beginner.
No, more like a rookie.
“Reminder, Host. Reward points can be exchanged for coins. Coins can be used in the shop to buy things you want.”
How magical.
Su Yu smiled at 001.
“Then can you open the shop and let me see?”
“Sorry, Host. The shop can only be opened at Level 10.”
…
Then what was the point of telling her now?
After finishing her conversation with 001, Su Yu very “politely” said goodbye.
“Poor 001. I hope your superiors don’t exploit you so badly next time…”
001’s square head faced Su Yu.
It looked a little ugly.
001: If I told you I was the boss, would you believe me?
Su Yu took a deep breath and returned to the room.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a pair of bright eyes in the darkness.
“Ah—”
She instinctively bounced up from the bed.
Tang Chen immediately reached out and wrapped an arm around her waist.
“Shh…”
Their warm breaths intertwined.
Su Yu’s heart pounded wildly.
When had Tang Chen woken up?
Had he discovered the space?
She was extremely nervous.
Tang Chen stared at her without blinking.
“Wife, what were you doing sitting cross-legged on the bed just now? I called you for a long time, but you didn’t answer me…”
His tone was so gentle it could drown a person.
Perhaps because he had just woken up, his voice was lazy and slightly hoarse.
Su Yu could also smell a comforting scent from his body.
She tried pushing Tang Chen away with her hand, only to find that his chest was harder than stone.
“Um… I was exercising just now. Haven’t you noticed that my body is much better than before?”
That wasn’t exactly a lie.
But Tang Chen was reluctant to let go.
He glanced at little Tangtang sleeping soundly on the bed, then directly carried Su Yu to the other end of the heated brick bed.
Su Yu’s head rested on his arm.
Tang Chen looked down at her palm-sized face.
“Wife, I…”
At some point, whenever they were alone together, Tang Chen had changed the way he addressed her to “wife.”
Both their body temperatures were extremely high.
If it had been daytime, one would have seen that Su Yu’s face was as red as a monkey’s bottom.
“No…”
She suddenly shouted and covered her eyes.
Grabbing the blanket beside her, she pulled it over herself, blocking Tang Chen’s burning gaze.
Tang Chen suddenly laughed in a low, hoarse voice.
The shy appearance of the little woman before him was truly adorable.
He felt extremely happy.
Lying down beside Su Yu through the blanket, he rested his arm over her.
“Sleep.”
After that, there was no other movement.
Little Tangtang slept alone on the left side of the heated brick bed.
Inside the blanket, Su Yu felt unbearably hot.
When she poked her head out, she discovered that the man beside her had already fallen asleep.
Staring at the beams above and listening to Tang Chen’s breathing, she suddenly felt sleepiness wash over her.
Gradually, she also drifted into dreams.
“So hot…”
Sunlight streamed directly through the window and onto the bed.
Su Yu felt something heavy pressing down on her body.
It was like a giant steamer weighing her down.
Half-asleep, she pushed at it with her hand, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t move it away.
Eventually, it became too hot to keep sleeping.
She opened her hazy eyes.
The moment she turned her head, she saw Tang Chen’s long eyelashes.
Su Yu swallowed.
“Tang Chen? Are you awake?”
His steady breathing told her the answer.
She had no choice but to carefully sit up.
Looking at the big and small figures sleeping on the heated brick bed, Su Yu felt especially happy.
If only life could continue like this forever.
Today, Tang Chen did not need to go to the production team.
Su Yu did not wake him and went to the kitchen by herself.
She was worrying about how to bring out the vegetables from the space.
After entering the space, she skillfully used a sickle to cut the vegetables and placed them aside.
Then she brought them out directly with her mind.
The vegetables had grown extremely well.
They were lush and green, and even their scent was sweet and fresh.
She hid some of them under the storage cabinet.
The cabinet had a moldy smell and was very dark inside.
001 had mentioned an exchange shop last time.
She wondered what would be sold there.
If it sold modern items, she definitely wouldn’t buy them.
Today, Su Yu planned to make braised noodles with green vegetables and long beans.
There was still some buckwheat flour at home, which happened to be useful.
People passing by her house on their way up the mountain to chop firewood smelled the fragrance.
“That smells really good. She must have used a lot of oil. How extravagant…”
One of the men looked toward the house and realized it was Tang Chen’s home.
“Oh, this is Brother Tang’s house. By the way, did you hear? Chunxing’s mother was beaten so badly she couldn’t get out of bed. Even now, her feet are wrapped in white cloth.”
As he spoke, the man sighed.
Chunxing’s mother being beaten was common.
To them, it was very normal.
But now, many people were privately saying this matter had something to do with Tang Chen.
Chunxing was already twenty-two.
Women her age already had two children.
If she didn’t discuss marriage soon, she might not be able to marry within the village at all.
“Chunxing sits at the door crying every day now. She even cries in the middle of the night. I don’t dare go near her.”
As they walked and discussed it, they felt this matter was most likely connected to Tang Chen.
They silently decided to stay away from his family.
If something really happened to Chunxing, they didn’t want to get dragged into it.
Su Yu, who was making braised noodles with vegetables and long beans in the kitchen, heard none of this.
Today, she had casually tied her hair into a bun.
Her face carried an unconscious gentleness.
When Tang Chen walked into the main room, he saw that breakfast was already prepared.
“Tangtang is awake. Come eat. Try the food I made.”
Tang Chen looked at the huge sea bowl filled with noodles in front of him, then looked at Su Yu and Tangtang’s smaller bowls.
He sat down and immediately picked out several pieces of cured meat from his bowl, placing them into Su Yu’s.
“You eat them. I don’t like them.”
Looking at the slightly oily cured meat in her bowl, Su Yu unexpectedly smiled at Tang Chen.
“Thank you…”
While the family of three was eating, Tang Chen suddenly frowned.
Since when had their family grown long beans?
And the vegetables were so bright and green.
They looked even better than those grown by the production team.
After finishing breakfast, Tang Chen walked over to Su Yu.
“Wife, did you secretly learn how to grow vegetables from your family?”
Su Yu’s eyes flickered away.
Of course, she couldn’t reveal the secret of the space.
“No. Why would I learn how to grow vegetables?”
There was nothing wrong with her explanation.
But the expression on her face looked far too panicked.
“Really?”
Tang Chen looked at her.
“Why do I feel like today’s vegetables taste even better than before? And those long beans—where did you get them?”
Some families in the village did grow long beans in their own yards, and no one could interfere with that.
Tang Chen looked at Su Yu.
He felt more and more that she was hiding something from him.
Just as the atmosphere gradually became stiff, Tangtang walked out of the room.
“Mommy, I think Daddy is right. Today’s vegetables are really delicious. Ever since Mommy started cooking in the kitchen, every meal has been tasty…”
As she spoke, Tangtang even gave Su Yu a big thumbs-up.
Her smile was extremely bright.
Taking the opportunity, Su Yu quickly crouched beside Tangtang and smiled.
“What are you talking about? Mommy’s cooking isn’t as good as Daddy’s. I’ve only just learned how to make food taste a little better.”
She gently tapped Tangtang’s little nose.
Tang Chen stood nearby in silence.
But he did not continue asking.
“If you suffer any grievances at your family’s home, you must tell me. Understand?”
His voice carried a trace of heartache.
Tang Chen knew what kind of person Su Yu’s mother was.
Whenever she obtained anything good, she thought of Su Jianguo first.
At home, Su Yu could only ever eat leftovers.
She was also constantly mocked.
When things were serious, she would even be cursed at.
He worried that when Su Yu was alone with her mother, she would suffer verbal attacks again.
Su Yu was momentarily stunned but quickly recovered.
“You don’t need to worry about me. I’m already married now, and I’m not a child. How could I let her bully me?”
Now that her mother was bedridden, it was about time for Su Yu to go back and visit.
So she used this opportunity to discuss the time with Tang Chen.
“I’ll go home in a couple of days to take a look. I’ll leave Tangtang to you.”
Tang Chen nodded.
His lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Looking at Su Yu’s thin body, he was still worried.
“Why don’t I go with you?”
Su Yu shook her head.
Some things had to be faced by herself.
Even though her mother had done wrong, as her daughter, she still had to fulfill her duty.
Three days later, Tangtang went with Tang Chen to the production team.
Su Yu carried a small basket by herself.
Inside were a few eggs, half of the cured meat from before, and several plump sweet potatoes.
This was already considered a generous gift.
“A-Yu, if Mother… treats you badly, just run away…”
Tang Chen held a hoe in his right hand and Tangtang’s hand in his left.
His eyes were full of worry.
He stood at the doorway, reluctant to let her go.
Su Yu really had no choice but to step forward and straighten his clothes.
“Don’t worry. I’m not a child anymore.”
In the end, Tang Chen held Tangtang’s hand and watched Su Yu leave.