Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 72 The Farmhand and the Young Lady

Yan Xun thought to himself, "You even gave me a cultivation novel?"

You can't let the names of certain powerful beings appear in your mind, because just thinking about them will allow their divine sense to detect it, right?

Even though she knew Yan Yu was bluffing, Yan Xun still cooperated by putting on a terrified expression, "...But I'm scared living there alone."

“Wusheng Village is so safe,” Yan Yu reassured her. “There will be no danger.”

This is blatant lying, Yan Xun thought to himself, but since Yan Yu had already said so, in order to fit the plot of Yan Xun's disappearance in the movie, he could only pretend to believe it completely.

Although Yan Xun also wanted to complain, they were in the Cimu Hall right now, so why wasn't the Cimu Empress angry or annoyed?

As he got out of bed, he glanced at the corner of the wall, where the water vat was long gone. Noticing his gaze, Yan Yu explained, "I cleaned it up this morning."

Yan Xun nodded, and after washing up, he left Cimu Hall with Yan Yu.

……

It was still early, and there were few pedestrians on the road in Wusheng Village.

Following the route they had taken yesterday, Yan Xun quickly spotted the house Yan Yu had mentioned. It wasn't far from Xiaoxiao Supermarket. The doors and windows were tightly shut, and the couplets on the wooden door were somewhat faded, indicating that the owner of the house hadn't returned for quite some time.

"I've already told them," Yan Yu said. "You can stay here for now."

He said he found the key hidden in the flowerpot, unlocked the door, and led Yan Xun inside.

The room was simply furnished. Yan Yu first found a rag and cleaned the room inside and out before spreading the thin blanket from the closet onto the wooden bed.

Yan Xun just watched him bustling around, like a little snail.

After finishing tidying up, Yan Yu turned around and said, "I'll bring you meals during this time."

Yan Xun sat on a rickety chair in the room. "But there's nothing here."

"I am bored."

He looked annoyed. "How long am I supposed to stay here?"

"I wish I hadn't come."

Yan Yu looked somewhat troubled. "It won't be too long."

"Just wait until the temple fair starts. By then, the Mother Goddess's anger will have subsided, and she will naturally not remember to blame you."

"Heh, I would have been dead by then," Yan Xun thought, but he still had to play along with Yan Yu and continue the act. "I didn't offend Him, so why am I being held against for no reason?"

Yan Yu simply made a shushing gesture, saying that the will of Heaven is unpredictable.

"Then bring me the charger and everything," Yan Xun said. "Otherwise, I might as well just die."

"Anyway, I'm just a worthless life."

Yan Yu looked at Yan Xun, who suspected that Yan Yu was about to hit him, but to his surprise, Yan Yu held back.

"Okay," Yan Yu nodded.

Then he asked Yan Xun, "Is there anything else you want? Let's say it all at once."

His submissive and humble demeanor made him seem more like an honest farmhand being bullied than a villain in a horror movie, while Yan Xun was the unreasonable young lady who bullied others.

"I'll get it back for you."

"...Not angry at all?" Yan Xun was astonished.

How come he never noticed before that this guy had such a good temper?

"Then get me some more snacks," Yan Xun said. "I don't have any money."

"Just talk to Xiaoxiao's boss and put it on my tab."

Seeing that Yan Xun didn't seem to have any instructions, he left, but before leaving he warned him not to leave this place, otherwise there might be danger.

Yan Xun nodded perfunctorily.

As soon as Yan Yu left, Yan Xun opened the live stream—

[Heh, just an honest landlord and his child bride!]

[Sigh, our Xiao Yan has a bad temper, his older brother Da Yu just has to be tolerant of him (shakes head)]

[I think this is the kind of husband you should look for—one who doesn't talk back or fight back when insulted. Who agrees? Who disagrees?]

【No way?! Are you guys crazy?! We were just trying to solve a horror puzzle, and you guys messed it up again?!】

[Hold on a tight spot, this place is already under our control! Those of you who want to see horror mystery stories should be the ones getting out!]

Yan Xun: "Go get treatment if you're sick."

"Which eye of yours saw that Yan Yu and I could be a couple??"

All five eyes saw it.

[Even six eyes saw it.]

"After I lost consciousness last night, did you see anything?" Yan Xun asked after thinking for a moment.

No, after you left saying you were going to the bathroom, the entire live stream went black.

[This likely involves a storyline that couldn't be aired (it's quite telling)]

[Did you feel any pain when you woke up?]

Yan Xun: "………………………………"

"I'll kill you all!!!"

After closing the live stream, he asked the system, "Will there be any censored scenes during the live stream?"

"Of course! We're doing a legitimate live stream!" the system exclaimed.

"..." Yan Xun was silent for a while, "You should act normal too."

"Those things I saw yesterday can't be broadcast?"

[Some beings' true forms won't appear in the live stream.] The system also became slightly more serious in its reply, [This is beyond the reach of other beings.]

That makes sense.

Yan Xun thought that since that person's existence could not be directly seen, the scene he saw last night would indeed not appear in the live broadcast room—because of Yan Yu's warning before, Yan Xun decided not to call out that person's name directly.

"It's a pity the paper doll substitute has already been used," Yan Xun said.

"The axe was also left there."

He paused abruptly at this point, then added, "...No, that's not right."

He used the axe to smash the statue of that person last night, so it's impossible that Yan Yu didn't notice the axe that fell into the main hall.

"Given Yan Yu's level of piety, having such an axe appear in the main hall would be extremely disrespectful."

"He should definitely ask me."

But Yan Yu didn't ask, just as he didn't ask Yan Xun where he found the axe.

"Either he deliberately ignored it, or someone else took the axe before him."

Yan Xun naturally remembered Gu Jia telling him yesterday that he would come to help. Although he hadn't seen this person before he fell into a coma, thinking about it, he figured that maybe the axe had been picked up by him or Sun Zhao.

"That's good."

Yan Xun muttered to himself, "That way I didn't lose my 2000 points."

[Heh, you didn't lose the axe worth 2000 points.] The system quipped, [but you did lose the paper doll substitute worth 12 points.]

—Although the word "丢" here doesn't mean the same thing, Yan Xun remained silent.

Yan Xun, your life is worth a fortune!

"There's nothing we can do about it," Yan Xun nodded. "Some people are just that valuable."

"Look at the plot, maybe I'm in a male-oriented wish-fulfillment novel."

"Everyone who sees me wants to give me equipment and become my underling."