The Most Random System

Chapter 1243: Chapter 549: Cultivators Are Not Invincible

"An early Happy New Year to Uncle and Auntie, and apologies for bothering you!"

"Ah, Happy New Year, Happy New Year. Auntie will give you a red envelope later. Come in first, Lin Li, here are slippers, brand new, try them on and see if they fit. Both Uncle and I have small feet, so if they’re too small, you can wear Bufan’s."

"They fit just right, thank you, Auntie." Lin Li, having fully switched into the mode of a well-behaved child from another family, wore a polite smile so sweet that Wu Min would pull out a cross to perform an exorcism.

"That’s good!" Mrs. Bai nodded in satisfaction, then frowned at the door.

Because someone was making a racket—

"Hello, hello? Is anyone home? Open the door~"

"Little bunny, open the door~"

"Knock, knock! Knock, knock!"

"Grandma, I’m Little Red Riding Hood! Grandma!"

—So noisy.

"Even during the New Year, the beggars come knocking." Shaking her head in disapproval, Mrs. Bai still reopened the door to let the beggar in.

"Did you go to Lin Li’s house empty-handed?"

Bai Bufan, faced with this questioning upon entering, shrugged helplessly while taking off his shoes:

"Mom, you might not have gotten it right. First, I was woken up directly by this person; I’m still a bit sleepy and had no idea I was going to Lin Li’s house today, let alone prepared any New Year’s gifts.

Second, Lin Li tricked me into his home not to have me over for a meal, but to use me as a slave to help with his family’s cleaning. Give him New Year’s gifts? He ought to pay me wages instead.

And the gift in my hand was a stab in the back; he secretly bought it without telling me. This guy is full of schemes. I hope you and Dad can see clearly and not be deceived by this kind of person."

Bai Bufan warned earnestly.

"You didn’t cause any trouble while doing the cleaning at Lin Li’s house, did you?" Mrs. Bai ignored her son’s warning and frowned with concern.

Bai Bufan: "..."

Ugh.

What treatment Lin Li gets at Lin Li’s house, I get that at my home.

Truly no human rights here.

Numb to it, used to it.

Bai Bufan didn’t attempt to argue further, swiftly changing into his slippers and heading toward the living room, but when he noticed something amiss, he widened his eyes:

"Wow, even the heater’s on! Full house heating? This is too much! I’m really jealous now!"

As everyone knows, in the southern winter, because there’s no such thing as floor heating, although outdoor temperatures can’t compare to the north, indoors can’t reach the level of leisurely wearing shorts and T-shirts like in the north.

In reality, most people in the south deeply understand that regardless of whether they’re playing on a computer or phone, within less than half an hour, their hands and feet will be afflicted with a "piercing cold" debuff, severely affecting operation and experience.

The solution, of course, is turning on the heater, which serves as a lower substitute for floor heating.

But unfortunately for Bai Bufan, his family didn’t have this habit. Although he’d still turn it on himself and wouldn’t be stopped by his parents, because they knew he turned it on just to play games, they couldn’t help but make snide comments.

As for themselves, they never turned it on.

But today, at this moment—

Not only were the master and guest room’s air conditioners turned on, but the doors weren’t even closed, so the warm air could diffuse into the living room!

What remarkable extravagance! What a treatment!

What does Lin Li have over others? Does he deserve this!?

To put it simply, if Bai Bufan’s parents had the enthusiasm they have now back in the day, when Zhuge Liang first visited his grass hut, he would have been moved to tears, announcing to the world, "No one’s allowed to curse Xuande, Xuande is my butterfly."

"What are you blabbering on about, stop making noise."

Mrs. Bai gave her son a disdainful glance first. Then, when it’s Lin Li’s turn, she instantly switched to a warm tone and manner:

"Lin Li, you must be tired from driving over here. Dinner won’t be ready for a while; you can rest in Bufan’s room for now. Auntie will prepare some fruit for you to nibble on."

"Thank you, Auntie. I appreciate it." Lin Li didn’t say anything like "Is there anything I can help with?" knowing it’d be rejected, so he politely nodded.

Bai Bufan skipped over this passion that wasn’t meant for him and quickly entered the kitchen, sniffing the air exaggeratedly, and asked boldly:

"Mom! So what dishes are we having today? Smells good. Mom, you have no idea; after I was tricked to Lin Li’s house, I didn’t have a bite of food, been looking forward to tonight’s meal."

Bai Bufan didn’t have a bite of food at noon.

Not just one king crab at lunch, Wu Min added several more because of Bai Bufan’s arrival, resulting in king crab legs being so plentiful they couldn’t finish them, leaving no room to eat rice.

Mrs. Bai glared at her son with a bad temper, pretending to reach out to swat his head:

"Eat, eat, eat! All you know is eating! Lin Li is the guest; show some proper manners!"

"Lin Li, Auntie doesn’t know what you like to eat, but I tried to prepare according to what Bufan said.

I even specially got some plump crabs; they’re particularly good quality, full of roe, bright yellow and appealing just by looking, still alive and very fresh. I’ll steam them for you guys later.

You had king crab today, right? Auntie dares say, the flavor of these crabs won’t be much less than that; you must give them a good try later.

And as for the fish, I’m not sure if you like it; the vegetables are cooked the way you prefer..."

"Thank you, Auntie..."

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