Chapter 14: Point Infusion Power
Ni Mengxue checked the list in her hand and sighed. It had been a day since she had moved into the liveable apartment.
Even before she could explore it, she received her third mission.
[Mission: Please fulfil the requirement to start renting. Reward: Point Infusion Power]
Ignoring the mysterious reward power, she focused on the list. A bathroom, a washroom, a closet, and a bed.
How was she supposed to add these items? The closet and bed were manageable, but the washroom and bathroom were a problem!
The water closet was going to be hellishly expensive. As for the bathroom... sigh, she would need to use her one-click construction function again!
Thank god, she had Aunt Ruo, though. When she told the older woman about the items she needed, she quickly arranged them for her.
After spending 20 kg of rice and 2 soap bars, everything was arranged.
Since she had only made one room, and it wasn’t a complete building yet, the system only asked for one set of each item.
[Ding! Mission completed! Reward Granted!]
Ni Mengxue checked the power given to her, and her eyes brightened. Point Infusion power can infuse points into any items and upgrade them.
She clicked the use button, and the scene of the room appeared in front of her.
The room was made of wood, with a window facing north, a clean bed with an old mattress, a 160cm tall cupboard, and two enclosed spaces with doors.
One of them had a makeshift water closet, and the other had a bucket (a shower was expensive, and she still doesn’t have a water supply blueprint)
It was a small space, no more than 290 sq. feet, and very ordinary. However, it was clean and didn’t have any pungent smell wafting in the air.
Rotating the screen, she targeted the bed.
[Object detected.
Name: Makeshift bed mattress
Quality: Poor
Function: Sleeping
Upgrade Potential: 5 levels
Current Sanctuary Authority Level: 1]
[Would you like to allocate system points?]
"Yes!" Ni Mengxue said excitedly.
The next second, the mattress flashed with a blinding light, and what appeared was... still the same mattress!
Frowning, she checked the description and heaved a sigh of relief. The mattress had become sturdier.
But what if she used this power to upgrade silver or gold? Ni Mengxue’s eyes brightened up, and she tried to allocate the point to her surroundings but soon received a disappointing result.
With a quick trial and testing, she concluded that only furniture can be upgraded once taken out of that room; it would return to its original state.
Not only that! This point-power infusion only works for the items inside the sanctuary evolution system’s land.
Other than these requirements, Ni Mengxue noticed that she needed to erect walls; that was her new quest.
Turning on the system interface, she used the system points that she had exchanged during the construction of the room.
Merit Points can be converted into system points. 1 merit point can give her 1000 system points, but the latter couldn’t be converted into the former.
She again used the one-click construction feature, secretly crying inside when she saw the staggering 1000 merit points being deducted.
’No! I need to increase physical intimacy with Lu Yucai more!’
It was strictly for merit points! Not because she wanted to! Maybe a little... maybe... a little more than little.
After brewing medicine for Lu Yucai, she walked into his room.
He was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking dazed and lost with a detached aura.
The knock on the door attracted his attention, and seeing her entering with a medicine bowl, he just looked away.
Before she could begin with her usual chattering, he said in a cold voice, "Let’s divorce."
The cheerful atmosphere faded, followed by a sombre silence.
Coldness seemed to have seeped in Ni Mengxue’s heart, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Why?"
"I just want to." His voice was distant, as if the mundane world no longer held his interest.
"There must be a reason. Let me guess... do you want to end your life, and you know I won’t agree because I might have some ulterior motives towards you? You already know I am not the real Ni Mengxue." Her voice was serene, yet her words hit the mark.
Lu Yucai stared at the sharp yet gentle woman. From the bottom of his heart he felt respect... however, it wasn’t enough.
"Yes."
"Hubby~ I do have ulterior motives." She grinned as she crossed the distance and brought the pungent-smelling medicinal soup near his lips.
He could even make out faint rose fragrance in the air, making him wonder,
’This woman... does she use some kind of rose perfume... how rich she is to be able to afford perfumes in apocalypse?’
But at the same time, his heart sank, and his mind screamed, ’See! She finally accepted! Maybe she sees you as a substitute or something.’
His body, however, was much more honest as his lips parted instinctively and swallowed the bitter medicine.
"I plan to live at least 2 lifetimes with you; starting from the 3rd one, you will be responsible for chasing me. We will have 2 children and a field of bellrose flowers. Every day we will lounge beside the field and enjoy a cup of tea. We will also raise a dog, but a cat will do too, after you are a cat person."
’How does she know what my dream life used to be... no... how does she know I love bellrose flowers?’ Lu Yucai was stunned.
"So, my ulterior motive is to make you fall in love with me, Caicai." She purred and even bit his earlobes, making him shiver.
It was only then did he realise... the bowl of medicine was finished.
"Rest well, hubby~ Once you recover, I will eat you up." She winked at him, and a strange feeling spread in his heart, making him instinctively look away and feel his cheeks burning up.
Just then the doorbell rang, and she left to attend the person at the door.
’I... what’s happening with me... she... she is so wild... but... why do I...’
He placed his hand near his chest, which was beating wildly.
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Ruo Chiwu asked worriedly. "I have filed the complaint, and the Women’s Protection Association will pay you a visit soon. But Mengxue, aren’t you scared?"