
[Dig! System successfully upgraded, congratulations! You have obtained an inventory with ten spaces!]
[Dig! The host has completed a hidden mission! You have earned 1000 points!]
[Dig! The host has completed a random mission! You have 10 points!]
[Dig! The host has successfully leveled up to the Chi Induction stage of the ancient martial arts! You've been awarded 100 points!]
[…]
System notifications come non-stop after the system has finally finished improving after three days, and the system spirit is awakened once the system recovers to its usual function, the system, and soon after it was greeted with an unrelenting sound of notice. [Qiao Qiao! What are you doing in these three days? What happens until the point jumps like this!]
Gu Xiqiao stopped flipping the documents and winked at all the notifications. It came to her mind that the system would complete the upgrade on that day, but what was the problem with all the notifications?
And secret missions too?
[Beauty Qiao, the system may have been turned off while I was upgraded, but you will still be rewarded for the missions you completed during that time? You even leveled up on your ancient martial arts!]
I don't do a lot of things. Gu Xiqiao looked back down and started looking through the documents again, but he was still thinking about the night he was kidnapped.
Did he level up on his ancient martial arts? He silently examined the chi and energy he had and noticed that it was twice as much as before. It was true that he was talented, but he had only stepped into Beginner ten days ago?
Gu Xiqiao looked at the paper that had evidence that could destroy the Gu family tenfold, but all he thought about was the points and levels of his ancient martial arts.
After all, he was even more shocked than his system.
Finally, the system made the only rational conclusion: [Beauty Qiao, you are lucky!]
Gu Xiqiao: “...”
There seems to be no other explanation for that, right?
Gu Xiqiao entered the virtual room and carried out his daily mission again as he pondered what had really happened. He had just earned over a thousand points from all the system rewards, and he was still rejoicing in suddenly becoming a whale.
After completing his daily mission, he suddenly recalled the inventory the system gave him, and he opened it with one thought, knowing that the inventory was exactly like one of the games. There was a total of ten spaces and each space could only be used to fill one item, but he could store up to 999 items in one place.
For example, she can store up to 999 eggs in one inventory space, but if she uses a box to hold 999 eggs, she can store 999 eggs in one inventory space.
Gu Xiqiao was instantly intrigued by this new function, and the first thing he did while exiting the virtual room was to store everything he could in the room into the inventory before talking about it again, he said, but his mental strength ran out quickly as he did.
[Beauty Qiao, you must be careful! You need to use mental strength when you put an item into inventory and take it out, and the bigger the item, the more mental strength it needs!]
The system spirit body became clearer and more realistic after the system upgrade.
After doing everything, Gu Xiqiao prepared to sleep.
The phone shook, and he took it out to see that it was an invitation from Xiao Yun to go eat at the Xiao Manor's mess the next day.
Xiao Manor was very crowded on that day, a stark contrast from how quiet it usually was because Grandpa Xiao never liked such an atmosphere, the young master never invited his friends, he said, and the young lady of the family was always aloof, but there was something different about that day.
The young lady from the Xiao family had a rare smile on her face, and the workaholic young master looked a little relaxed, while the host looked extremely friendly…
The waiter responsible for pouring the new tea was hired, and he looked towards the unknown boy and girl at the stone table in the garden, and just from their silhouette, he said, he knew they were really handsome. He started standing tiptoed to look at them better before a resolute middle-aged woman spoke behind him, “Xiao Li, started working!”
Xiao Li's expression turned pale with fright before he turned around and headed for the kitchen. Just as she was about to leave, the girl at the stone table turned her head and their eyes met, and clear eyes looked as if they could gaze into her soul.
Xiao Li did not dare to continue searching and immediately rushed towards the kitchen.
Gu Xiqiao finished preparing a pot of tea and poured one cup for Grandpa Xiao, before asking, “Grandfather Xiao, how have you been lately?”
“I jogged for an hour this morning, tell me!” Grandpa Xiao chuckled. He had been following the treatment plan prescribed by Gu Xiqiao for a few days, and he was starting to look healthier even his old friend was surprised by how healthy he was when they met that morning.
He was definitely satisfied with this friend of Xiao Yun and practically treated Gu Xiqiao as his grandson. If not for Xiao Yun blocking him, he would probably have accepted the girl at Xiao Manor and started treating her like a treasure.
“You know about tea too?” Wu Hongwen felt as if there was some kind of magic at work as he watched his hands working on tea under the sunlight, and he could not even take his eyes off.
“I've been practicing a way to show off all my life, you know.” Gu Xiqiao smiled and poured a cup for Wu Hongwen, before speaking to Grandpa Xiao again. “Have you had trouble sleeping lately?”
It was normal for an old man to be sleep deprived so that even Grandpa Xiao himself did not mind it too much because his health had gotten better, but when he looked at the girl and remembered how magical she was, he said, he can't help but ask , “Are you.. See the problem?”.
Gu Xiqiao smiled and changed the subject, and Grandpa Xiao did not continue on the topic again, instead starting to ask them about how they did it in the national finals.
It was an extremely rare event where Xiao Yun would invite his friends over to Xiao Manor, so his brother was very serious about accepting both of them as best he could, while Xiao Yun himself stood there in the kitchen while looking at the chefs and maids working.
He knew that they were not as good at cooking as Gu Xiqiao, but all he could do was make sure that they cooked as best they could so he kept an eye on them, but it seemed like it was the opposite effect.
After everything was done, Xiao Yun looked at the dish that looked quite delicious and called the people in the garden to go to the dining room to eat.
Wu Hongwen leaped behind Xiao Yun and asked, “Xiao Yun, are you avoiding me? Do you have any complaints about me? ”
“You just bought one free one, the door is there.” Xiao Yun glanced at him.
“Hey grandfather, look at Xiao Yun! He wants to make me go! ” Wu Hongwen immediately walked up to Grandpa Xiao and complained, and the older man made a serious expression at Xiao Yun before laughing cordially.
He was glad that his grandson had such a good friend.
“We recruited new chefs lately who are good at making simple dishes that taste good and fresh, you guys try it!” Xiao Yun pointed Gu Xiqiao at the table while explaining.
Gu Xiqiao glanced at the dishes at the dinner table — Fried pork, sauteed celery, goose wings with onions and oyster sauce, cucumber with steamed eggs, steamed eggs, chestnut with sweet sour pork and beef soup with tomatoes and yams, and it really looks like a party.
Gu Xiqiao's clear eyes narrowed coldly, and a grin appeared on his face.
How clever, even he was almost fooled.