"Damn it, Dad, if I could learn even a fraction of your ability to just go for it without a word, I wouldn't still be single!"
Ren Yuanhao cried out in misery, but at this moment, his parents were also silent.
Everything was quiet, and even the chirping of the cicadas could make one's mind wander.
"Brother Hao, since we can't sleep in the side room, you sleep on this bed, and I'll just make a makeshift bed on the floor."
Fortunately, Wang Xin was sensible. If it were another girl, she would have probably slapped Ren Yuanhao a few times and shouted for help.
"Uh, it's fine. Guests should take precedence. You sleep on the bed. I'm healthy, and I'm used to sleeping on the ground since I was little. If there aren't any ground beetles crawling on me, I won't be able to sleep."
"Wh-what ground beetles?"
Wang Xin shrunk into the quilt, scanning the surroundings with the dim lamplight.
"Here, like this."
Ren Yuanhao casually grabbed something from the floor, trapping a beetle with a black shell, its slender long legs scratching desperately in the dim light.
Wang Xin couldn't help but get goosebumps.
"You, you don't come over."
"Scared, are you?"
After putting down the ground beetle, Ren Yuanhao casually found a mat and was about to lie down.
"Wait, what if those bugs crawl into your nostrils while you're sleeping? No, you should sleep on the bed!"
Wang Xin pulled the quilt tighter.
"Alright, if you're not afraid of me doing something bad, then try it?" Ren Yuanhao put on a mischievous look, which instead made Wang Xin burst out laughing.
"Hey, hey, hey, young lady, can you be a little more serious? Aren't you afraid I'll be embarrassed at all!"
"Brother Hao is a good person, I figured that out long ago. I'm not afraid."
Wang Xin's eyes, like black holes, stared directly at Ren Yuanhao. In the flickering dim light, her face became even more radiant and moving.
"Hey, hey, hey, can you stop looking at me with that adoring gaze? I actually like men."
"Damn it, I'll even roast myself when I'm crazy. Tell me if you're scared or not!"
"Perfect timing, I like men too. What an astonishing similarity!" Wang Xin pretended not to understand, staring intently at Ren Yuanhao.
"Stop fooling around and go to sleep. Don't you have to find your wallet and phone tomorrow?"
"Suddenly, I don't want to look anymore."
Wang Xin's thoughts were also subtle. If her wallet and phone hadn't been lost, how would she have met Ren Yuanhao?
Could this be called fate?
"Hey, hey, hey, young lady, I finally came home, and you're going to snatch my bed too? What justice is there in this!"
Ren Yuanhao muttered to himself, pretending to fall asleep. In a short while, he heard Wang Xin's breathing gradually deepen.
He took out his phone. Ye Lan had sent him a text message, saying that she had successfully deleted her data and intelligence network from the assassination website.
And at this moment, the system sound rang out again in his empty skull.
"Beep beep, the host's attribute values have been rebuilt.
Strength: 5
Agility: 7
Luck: 6
Intelligence: 3
Magic Power: 1
Learned Skills: Bubbly Sea Tide Heart Method Level 1, Dragon's Claw Hand Basic."
"Magic power has awakened. Now you can tell me what magic power is?"
Ren Yuanhao's understanding of magic power was almost zero. If we were to follow normal cognition, magic power was very likely related to magic, sorcery, and the like. However, these were just guesses, and did such things truly exist in the real world?
"Magic power, simply put, can be understood as a special anti-scientific energy. I believe you should know that the human brain has not been fully developed. Even the strongest human, Einstein, only developed sixteen percent. And the other, undeveloped part, we call it the 'Forbidden Zone of God.'"
"God's forbidden zone?"
"That's right. This area has not been open to normal humans all along."
"What do you mean?"
"It means nothing. You don't need to know this yet, and even if I told you, you wouldn't be able to accept it with your current cognition. In short, try your best to live."
"You're speaking strangely today."
"After all, you've lost some important things. Do you really think the system has no feelings?"
"Forget it. You'd better remain a heartless system. I'm not used to you like this."
"Is that so? By the way, because of the system upgrade, I forgot to notify you about one thing. The treasure map function is now enabled. You have a chance to obtain treasure maps from the roulette or by completing bonus tasks during future orders."
Ren Yuanhao felt that this system was definitely preparing to find ways to rip him off for his points, so he pretended to fall asleep, snorting loudly.
Unknowingly, the sky had already dawned. The forest birds chirped outside the window, the wind rustled, the stream gurgled, and the crickets hiding in the weeds responded, weaving into a peaceful symphony.
Wang Xin was no longer in the room at some point, and the villagers, who woke up early, would occasionally greet his father outside.
He slowly got up. He hadn't slept on the floor for a long time, and his body felt stiff. As soon as he stretched, he saw Wang Xin walking into the room with a bowl of hot porridge and two steaming sweet bean buns.
"Brother Hao, you're awake. Auntie's sweet bean buns are delicious. Do you want one?"
"How early did you wake up?"
"I woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to talk to you, but you slept like a pig."
"Who the hell is so energetic in the middle of the night! It's not like I've been injected with chicken blood. I'm almost thirty, is it wrong to be a bit less energetic?"
Ren Yuanhao grumbled, took a sweet bean bun, said nothing, and carried his backpack out of the house.
He skillfully passed through a patch of banana trees, went around a few rice fields, and arrived at the riverbank where he used to catch loaches twenty years ago.
"Cheng Li, do you remember this place? Remember that bridge? I remember you were bolder than me back then. You could jump from three to four meters high into the river without blinking."
Ren Yuanhao took off his backpack, made sure Wang Xin wasn't following, and then slowly took out the urn.
"Cheng Li, forgive me for not taking your ashes to your adoptive parents. You should understand why I did this. Now, I'm scattering you in this river where we met. I think this is your best resting place, right?"
He changed into his slippers, hugged the urn, and let his feet sink into the cold riverbank, walking step by step towards the center of the river.
At that moment, the wind, mixed with the fragrance of rice, brushed against his face, and ripples appeared on the water. In the ripples, Cheng Li's figure appeared.
"Cheng Li, I will remember that day forever. The sunset was like blood, the wind suddenly blew, the river surface was like fire, brilliantly beautiful. Your figure crossed the stone bridge, and my world finally had light. And now, I'm burying you in your favorite place. Seven years later, I hope someone can scatter my ashes here too. Then, we can play and fight together again."
Ren Yuanhao finished speaking, sprinkled the ashes into the air, and they danced all over, like mist and dust...