Chapter 3: Newbie Package
Shifting her attention to her injured hand, Ni Mengxue frowned. The wound on her hand had vanished completely.
Was it because of the system?
"Hmmm..." Lu Yucai groaned; his thick, long eyelashes fluttered briefly before he opened it.
Rather than looking confused or pained, his expression looked dim as he gazed at the familiar ceiling.
’Another day to endure,’ he thought. He wasn’t even curious as to who rescued him. Living was... just that plain.
"You are awake?" A gentle voice echoed, followed by a familiar yet unfamiliar face.
Lu Yucai stared at her face before looking away, looking utterly indifferent.
Ni Mengxue resembled her past self, yet something was different about her. However, he wasn’t interested in dwelling on the change.
Seeing him not responding, Ni Mengxue’s heart clenched, and at the same time, a prompt appeared in front of her.
[Lu Yucai, side villain. He is destined to die within the next 10 days. Please change his ending to unlock his storyline route! Note: In his past life, Lu Yucai was a general of Heavenly Star. He had contributed greatly, resulting in him accumulating massive merit points. By finishing his route, you will be entitled to 10,000 merit points.]
General of Heavenly Star? So he was indeed her second love, Lu Yucai from past life!
Suddenly, being given the hellish start didn’t look half bad. As long as she can reunite with her love in this life...
As for not having enough food to eat? She would research. In her past life, she had explored various fields, from researching to fighting.
Even if life were difficult, having enough to eat and enough to wear with her lover by her side... is still beautiful.
Thinking about water and other necessities, Ni Mengxue turned around and called out in her mind,
"System? Are you there?"
All that was returned was empty silence. Having read about various golden fingers, she knew that there must be some kind of system marketplace from where she could buy stuff!
"Open system marketplace."
[Insufficient level.]
"Then open the newbie package." She called out.
[Ding! Opening the newbie package. Congratulations, host, for obtaining 5000 gallons of water, 2000 kg of rice, 100 shampoo bottles, 100 soap bars, 100 sanitary pads, spice packets (each spice is 200 kg), and 200 meters of cotton clothes.]
After the system finished speaking, Ni Mengxue redeemed two water bottles, each of 1 liter. Turning around, she found a bowl, cleaned it thoroughly, and then poured water in.
It was only then that Ni Mengxue realized that she was parched. After drinking an entire bottle of water, she felt revitalized.
"Here." She extended the water bowl to Lu Yucai.
Lu Yucai still remained indifferent. It wasn’t like he didn’t feel pain. His legs didn’t feel like his own; his upper body was aching with throbbing pain, a burning pain in his stomach due to hunger, and every time he swallowed, it felt like someone was cutting his throat from the inside.
There was nothing left to live for anyway.
Ni Mengxue was acting kind and sweet, but maybe this was just a calm before the storm. She would soon hurl insults at him, call him a bastard, useless, etc...
That’s what happens whenever he doesn’t respond to her.
To his surprise, Ni Mengxue only sighed before sitting beside him and bringing the bowl near his mouth.
"Come on! Drink up. Otherwise, you won’t be able to recover."
Lu Yucai’s pupil dilated when he saw clean water. Since the moment he became a cripple, he hardly had one meal a day. As for water? It was a fantasy.
Though there were water users in the base, they were far fewer in number, resulting in water being in high demand.
But now... his body reacted faster than his mind, and the next second he started to drink the water.
When the last drop of water vanished, reluctance flashed in his eyes.
"Would you like some more?" Ni Mengxue’s gentle voice made him confused.
Was there any water left after drinking away so much?
To his surprise, Ni Mengxue took out a bottle half filled with water. He watched her pour it in the bowl.
Though confused at the sudden appearance of water, he drank it greedily.
Seeing him thirsty even after drinking half a bottle of water, Ni Mengxue took out another bottle.
Lu Yucai closed his eyes in bliss. It had been such a long time since he had drunk till his thirst was quenched.
"Let’s eat porridge later."
Ni Mengxue saw Lu Yucai’s unwavering gaze, and her eyes softened up. "Yucai... I apologize for everything that I have done to you. I promise to protect you better in the future..."
Midway through her speech, Lu Yucai closed his eyes. As if shutting away all the kind words would protect him.
’Something is better than nothing.’
Lu Yucai was depressed... and even a little interaction was a huge progress.
Things couldn’t be rushed, so she diverted her focus and started to look for a bathroom... only to realize in horror... there was no such place!
Talk about hell mode.
She could only take out cloth from her system inventory and hang it in one corner, creating a temporary bathroom.
After taking out shampoo, water, and soap, she washed herself thoroughly.
When the faint fragrance of soap and shampoo spread through the air, Lu Yucai cast a suspicious expression in Ni Mengxue’s direction.
By the time she saw her reflection in the mirror, her confidence about winning Lu Yucai was reduced by 10%.
Her skin was tanned, her hair was damaged, and there were dark patches on her skin.
"Sigh... I wish my laboratory had come along with me. I could have researched a cure for myself."
She moved to clean up Lu Yucai.
The word ’shock’ wasn’t enough to explain the turmoil in Lu Yucai’s heart.
Shampoo, soap, and water... Ni Mengxue was using it like it was infinite.
The main problem was...
"Don’t..."
She was tugging on his clothes!