Chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Stay away!"

Li Shuchen's tone suddenly rose sharply, with a hint of murderous intent in his cold voice.

In panic, he let go of his crutch to lift his robe, but did not fall down.

Realizing that she was still lingering around, Li Shuchen's face became as gloomy as if it was about to drip water. He gnashed his teeth and blurted out a cold word: "Scram."

Seeing his strong reaction, Qi Huan belatedly realized that this position was a bit like a toilet hole.

She blushed instantly, although she didn't see anything, she was really embarrassed to the point her toes dug into the ground.

In a daze, she went back to the yard, squatted on the ground, grabbed two handfuls of snow, pressed it against her red hot cheeks, before feeling a little better.

After calming down, she suddenly remembered what she had just seen, and stood up abruptly, just in time to bump into Li Shuchen, who had tidied up his clothes and was walking out with his crutch.

Her eyes fell on his crutch, and her slender eyebrows knitted slightly together.

Just now, Li Shuchen seemed to have let go of his crutch...

At this moment, she heard a prompt from the system in her mind, "Do good deeds +1, 100 points added."

The sudden bonus broke her speculation: "Li Shuchen is not a fake cripple?"

"Yes and no. His physical injuries are no longer a problem, but he has a psychological barrier. However, the host was too aggressive just now, which helped him overcome the barrier..."

Qi Huan was surprised and opened her mouth wide.

She had unexpectedly helped him get better by accident...

Seeing her standing in the wind and snow like a silly goose, Li Shuchen looked up at the fluttering snowflakes and said lightly, "The snow is getting heavier, you should go back."

"Okay!"

Qi Huan happily agreed, planning to go back home first to relieve the emotional ups and downs of today, and come back tomorrow to find ways to help.

She had just taken a step out with her left foot, when she heard Li Shuchen say again, "Don't come back from now on."

Oh, she made a mistake. She should have stepped out with her right foot first.

Qi Huan's mood instantly fell to the bottom of the valley. "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it. I can help you grind ink, I can cook, ...I can do a lot of things."

"No need."

His tone was colder than the wind and snow outside, freezing Qi Huan's heart to the core.

Seeing her standing in the wind and snow like a dumb goose, Li Shuchen looked up at the fluttering snowflakes again and said lightly, "The snow is getting heavier, you should go home."

"Okay!"

Qi Huan happily agreed again, preparing to go home first to relieve the emotional ups and downs of today, and come back tomorrow to find ways to help.

She had just taken a step out with her left foot, when she heard Li Shuchen say again, "Don't come back from now on."

Oh, she made a mistake again. She should have stepped out with her right foot first.

Hell hath no fury like a flatterer scorned, Qi Huan decided to use a sweeter tongue, although she truly admired Li Shuchen's foresight.

"Why did you come back again?"

"Because the snow collapsed my house," she answered dejectedly.

Then she tentatively asked again, "Can I stay at your place?"

Li Shuchen put down his broom, walked into the house without closing the door.

Not seeing her follow him in after a while, he stiffly walked out again, "Do you want to freeze to death in my yard?"

He was able to stand up again thanks to the help of the Qi father and daughter. Moreover, she was a decent cook, and there were many suspicious points about her, so he might as well take her in for now and keep her under observation.

Qi Huan was overjoyed and quickly followed him into the house.

But then the problem arose again, where would she sleep?

In the center hall there was an old square wooden table, surrounded by long benches on four sides.

On the east and west sides of the room, there was a wooden door on each side connecting to the bedrooms. The west bedroom had a large communal sleeping area that took up almost the entire small room, with three bedding mattresses laid out, which should be the lodgings of Xiuwen Yiwu and Yan Qinghe.

The east bedroom door was closed, and she couldn't see the layout inside.

Clearly, Li Shuchen had also thought of this problem.

"You sleep in my room."

"Then where will you sleep?" Qi Huan asked concernedly.

"I'll stay with Qinghe and the others."

As he spoke, Li Shuchen opened the door to his room, ready to move his bedding, but glanced back at the empty-handed Qi Huan, and put the bedding back down.

Qi Huan, who had been watching his actions all along, quickly understood his intention that he wanted to give her the bedding to use.

"Then what will you cover yourself with?"

Stumped by her question, Li Shuchen's face stiffened a little. Sharing a bed with Yan Qinghe and the others was already the limit of what he could endure. To further take their bedding would make him very uncomfortable.

"Don't worry about it."

"But I insist on worrying about it, heh heh."

After speaking, Qi Huan dashed out carrying a hoe, full of determination to dig out bedding. But she found that the accumulated snow and collapsed mud wall were too thick. Moreover, the mud wall was frozen solid and impossible to dig at all.

Besides, it was already dark outside and getting colder. She could only ask someone for help to dig it out another day...

Qi Huan rubbed her face that was about to freeze stiff, found a secluded spot, and temporarily bought another quilt to use tonight: "System, system, I want to buy another quilt!"

"Okay, host."

"A quilt is valued at 146 points. Repurchase fee is 14.6, rounded up to 15, totaling 161. Does the host confirm repurchase?"

"Where did you learn this set of tricks, System? You even round up numbers now, be careful or I'll report you!" Qi Huan was annoyed.

"Sorry, the system does not have decimal arithmetic capabilities, and cannot perform decimal calculations."