novelhk Chapter 33 Confession
Chapter 33 Confession
After a few busy days, Xiao's toy shop gradually got back on track, leaving only Xiao Siqi and his wife in the shop.
On this sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky, Xiao Siyue was practicing calligraphy in her room.
When Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin entered the room, they saw this scene: a tiny child sitting at the table, holding a pen in his little hand, slowly copying on the paper. Sunlight shone through the window onto the child's fair face, making him look exceptionally beautiful.
"Father, Mother, what brings you here?" Xiao Siyue looked up and saw the couple standing at the door.
"Yue'er, are you practicing calligraphy? Is there anything your father can help you with?" Xiao Qinian asked.
"Yes, Dad, could you write some more characters for me to copy? I've already learned these." Xiao Siyue had been copying these large characters for several days.
"Of course, I'll write it for Yue'er right away." Xiao Qinian fully supported Xiao Siyue's desire to learn and immediately wrote several large characters for her.
"Yue'er, do you want to practice a little longer?" Xiao Qinian asked after finishing writing.
"No, Father, I've finished learning today's material. I'll write it again tomorrow." Learning should be done step by step. She's still young, and if she writes for too long, her hands start to shake. One hour of study a day is enough.
"Then Yue'er, sit down. Father wants to talk to you for a while." Xiao Qinian pulled Xiao Siyue to sit at the small square table.
Looking at Xiao Qinian's seemingly serious expression, Xiao Siyue felt uneasy, as if something was about to happen. She then looked up at Lin Qin and saw that she was the same as usual, which slowly put her mind at ease.
"Father, what's wrong?"
“Yue’er, a lot has happened in our family recently, and I haven’t had a chance to talk to you. I just wanted to ask you how you learned to draw those toy pictures. I haven’t taught you these things yet,” Xiao Qinian said, glancing at Xiao Siyue before finally voicing the question that had been weighing on his mind for days.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Siyue's heart sank to the bottom. This day had finally come. Would her parents abandon her after finding out? The happy life she had lived these past few years, the love and care from her parents and elders, had made her reluctant to leave.
What should she do? Keep lying? Those clumsy lies from before couldn't fool Xiao Qinian. Besides, one lie requires countless more to cover it up, and she wasn't confident she could do that. Hadn't she already given herself away?
Xiao Siyue pondered for a long time before finally deciding to confess.
"System, I can't hide it anymore. If I expose you, what will happen?"
"Host, it's okay, you can talk about it, but please don't reveal that you've traveled through time."
"Why?" Xiao Siyue asked, puzzled.
"That's not good for the host, and there's no need for it."
"What if I expose you, and then my parents tell someone else about you?"
"Host, don't worry, they won't. They can't say it without the system's permission."
"Oh, that's good."
"Father, Mother, what I'm about to say may seem unbelievable, but it's all true," Xiao Siyue said solemnly. She just wanted to take a gamble.
Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin exchanged a glance. Could it be that Yue'er was really hiding something from them?
"Dad, Mom, it's like this. When I was born, there was a system in my mind. It said that as long as I do tasks and earn merit, I can prolong my life."
Xiao Qinian interrupted Xiao Siyue in shock, "Yue'er, what did you just say? That it can prolong life?"
“Yes, Father, merit points can be exchanged for life, but the maximum lifespan is 100 years. I have already earned 2200 merit points, which means I can live to be 12 years old.” Xiao Siyue told him everything in one go, and then looked at Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin.
"Yue'er, is what you and your father said true? Can it really prolong life?" Lin Qin held Xiao Siyue's hand, her hands trembling uncontrollably. She didn't know anything about merit points; she only knew that her daughter had just said she wouldn't die young.
“Mother, it’s true. The reason I know all these things is because the system taught me,” Xiao Siyue nodded affirmatively.
"Waaah... It's so good, Yue'er won't die young, Yue'er can live to be 100 years old," Lin Qin cried bitterly, as if she wanted to vent all the grief of the past years at once. Over the years, she had suffered, blamed herself, and prayed to God that her daughter could live a healthy and long life.
Xiao Qinian's eyes were also red. They all thought there was no hope, but they didn't expect that God would still favor them. The stone that had been weighing on their hearts for many years finally fell to the ground.
"Dad, Mom, don't be sad. This is a good thing. Your daughter can stay with you from now on." Xiao Siyue felt guilty seeing her parents so sad. She should have told them sooner.
"Yes, yes, Yue'er is right, we should be happy," Lin Qin wiped away her tears, still holding Xiao Siyue's hand tightly.
"Yue'er, what kind of system are you talking about?" Lin Qin asked curiously after calming down.
It can actually prolong human life! This is divine power! Yue'er must have encountered a deity!
"Mother, I don't know either. It's always been in my mind. I can only hear its voice, but I've never seen it." Xiao Siyue didn't know how to explain the system to Lin Qin, so she could only say this.
"That must be a deity, otherwise they wouldn't have such powerful abilities." Lin Qin became even more certain upon hearing this.
"What missions has Yue'er been doing all these years? Can you tell Daddy?" Xiao Qinian was a little worried. His daughter was only five years old this year. He wondered what missions she had been doing and whether they would be difficult to complete.
"Before, because I was too young, I didn't do any big tasks. But recently, I've done two tasks: one was to help my family earn 100 taels of silver and get 20 merit points, and the other was to open a shop in town and get 30 merit points. I've already completed both of them." Xiao Siyue felt a little depressed thinking about how she hadn't done many tasks in the past few years.
"However, besides doing tasks, I can also get a merit point by signing in every day, otherwise I wouldn't have more than two thousand merit points."
"This is actually quite good, but why does this mission seem to be helping our family the whole time?" Xiao Qinian asked, puzzled.
"I don't know either. Maybe it's because we're too poor." Xiao Siyue wasn't sure either. The main reason was that the missions were triggered randomly. She guessed it was because she hadn't met enough people. She'd try going out when she was older.
"Dad, Mom, I have some good news to tell you," Xiao Siyue said, remembering the seeds she received as a reward from the system.
"What good news?"
"Father, the system rewards you with something every time you complete a task. These last two times, the rewards were chili seeds and mushroom spawn,"
"What is this?" Xiao Qinian asked, puzzled. He had never heard of such a seed before.
"The system said that these are both vegetable seeds, which we don't have here." Xiao Siyue thought that if she told Xiao Qinian about this, she wouldn't have to hide it from him anymore, since his father would be there to protect her.
"Daddy, I've planted the chili seeds, and they've already borne fruit. Let's go check on them together later. There aren't any mushrooms yet, though."
"Okay, let's go take a look now."