[Hahaha, Senior Brother Zhao finally spoke! He said ‘Roll!’]

[Quote: “My senior brother is actually a good person.” Quote: “My senior brother is tough outside, soft inside.”]

[Look what Senior Brother Zhao was forced into, directly cursing.]

[I was wondering, is learning sign language absolutely necessary? Only Zhao Jiuquan understands sign language. Others can’t communicate using it. If Zaizai learns sign language, is he going to practice with Zhao Jiuquan every day?]

[Dying laughing, I also don’t get why they want Zaizai to learn sign language.]

Shen Hanxiao carried Gu Rong and left, sighing repeatedly.

He patted Gu Rong’s little head and sighed again: “The pitiful act doesn’t work on my senior brother.”

Gu Rong sighed like a little adult too.

Shen Hanxiao suddenly had a good idea and said, “Don’t worry, little ghost. I’ll buy a sign language tutorial video from the system store and strive to teach you tonight.”

Gu Rong nodded his little head.

After returning, Shen Hanxiao and Zhuang Yu bought the sign language tutorial video together and jointly taught Gu Rong hand gestures.

Gu Rong mimicked the gestures quite well. He immediately learned the basics, such as “Hello,” “Goodbye,” and “Thank you,” and even learned how to make a heart shape.

Gu Rong’s hands were small, so he could only make an inverted heart, which looked more like a triangle.

The two of them found it incredibly cute and became more enthusiastic as they taught, learning quite a few signs themselves in the process.

After studying for half an hour, other players rushed over anxiously to inform Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao that it was time to go out and catch Jiangshi.

Seeing the two idly teaching the Little Jiangshi hand gestures, they were speechless.

What did they enter the instance for? Anyone who didn’t know better would think they were here to babysit. Truly unable to grasp the situation.

However, the player didn’t say anything, just delivered the message, glanced at the Little Jiangshi cub again, and went out to gather first.

Zhuang Yu asked: “Didn’t you say we were waiting to lure the Jiangshi into a trap and catch them all at once? Why are we going out to catch Jiangshi now?”

Shen Hanxiao smiled: “Have you ever thought about why Mayor Wu wants to catch so many Jiangshi? And why specifically these 20 Jiangshi? What exactly is his motive?”

Zhuang Yu: “It is indeed strange.”

But that wasn’t the players’ task; they just needed to catch the Jiangshi.

Jiangshi hide by day and come out at night, so naturally, they had to hunt them at night.

Before leaving, the two instructed Gu Rong to stay put in the Wu mansion, not run around, and sleep early if he got tired, so he could grow taller.

Gu Rong clasped his two small hands together, placed them beside his chubby little cheek, and made a “good baby sleeping” gesture.

Seeing this, the two thought, not bad, the gestures weren’t learned in vain, the meaning was conveyed. They both gave Gu Rong a thumbs-up.

Gu Rong also gave a thumbs-up. His hands were small and round, making the thumbs-up look adorable.

After the two left, Gu Rong didn’t go to sleep immediately. He planned to eat a midnight snack first, then sleep.

His one hour of free activity time had expired. Now he had to hop again, playing the role of a Little Jiangshi.

Before he could hop out, the Big Black Dog Laifu darted out from somewhere again, tongue lolling, running up to Gu Rong, looking completely loyal and honest.

As if it wasn’t the one who had abandoned Gu Rong and run off earlier.

As soon as Gu Rong saw the Big Black Dog, his little face lit up with joy. He hugged its neck, rubbing his face against the dog’s head.

Laifu happily wagged its tail.

Cub and dog were like family again.

The aunties in the livestream chat saw Laifu having the nerve to approach Zaizai again and stared wide-eyed.

[Laifu, oh Laifu, I really misjudged you.]

[Didn’t expect you were this kind of dog!]

[Can only share wealth, cannot share hardship! This dog looks treacherous, lazy, greedy, and slippery!]

Gu Rong had been focused only on getting the Jiangshi tooth earlier and hadn’t seen Laifu run away because the Jiangshi woke up. Later, with so many people arriving, he hadn’t thought to look for Laifu.

Laifu bit onto Gu Rong’s Little Jiangshi clothes again, pulling him outwards, wanting to lead him somewhere.

Gu Rong was trusting, hopping along, following the big dog.

The aunties in the livestream chat sighed collectively, deciding to give the dog another chance.

At this time, there weren’t many people in the mansion courtyard. Apart from some servants, everyone else had gone out with Wu Sandeng to catch Jiangshi.

The servants saw Laifu, then saw the Little Jiangshi, and all cast curious glances but didn’t dare say anything.

They just wondered, how did this Little Jiangshi get so close to the Third Master’s beloved dog so quickly? They look like they have a good relationship?

Laifu led Gu Rong through twists and turns to a room.

Entering the room, Laifu didn’t stop, running straight behind a bookshelf.

Gu Rong looked at the room full of bookshelves, filled with various books, wondering why Laifu brought him here.

006 said: [Little host, this is Wu Sandeng’s study.]

Gu Rong asked: [Is there yummy food in the study?]

006: […]

At this moment, Laifu stopped in front of the innermost bookshelf. Its dog paw patted a mechanism-like object, and the bookshelf instantly flipped over, revealing a secret room.

Behind the secret room, it was pitch black, with a long passageway.

Laifu looked back at Gu Rong, tongue lolling, then dadada ran inside first.

Darkness didn’t affect Gu Rong’s vision. Gu Rong found it strange, but seeing Laifu run in, he hopped in after him.

Behind the two of them, the buzz cut man sneakily followed.

The other players had all gone out to catch Jiangshi. The buzz cut man, because he had thrown glutinous rice at Gu Rong earlier and been hit by Zhao Jiuquan’s jujube nail, was limping on his right leg. Going out would just hold everyone back.

Wu Sandeng hadn’t taken him along when he went out.

The buzz cut man’s leg had already healed completely after buying a healing agent from the system store. He had intentionally stayed behind in the Wu mansion.

This instance was considered a team effort. As long as the 20 Jiangshi were found, they could clear the instance. He didn’t need to go out and catch Jiangshi; he could just lie down and win. Why not enjoy the easy way out?

He stayed behind mainly to cause trouble for that little cub.

Seeing the other players leave, the buzz cut man was just thinking of finding Gu Rong. As soon as he left his room, he bumped into the cub and dog heading towards this study.

So, he tailed them.

The buzz cut man didn’t take this NPC cub seriously at all. He knew about Mu Xingye’s previous Zaizai-killing livestream, where instead of killing the cub, Mu Xingye ended up being abused himself, making a fool of himself.

He believed that was because Mu Xingye was useless, not because Gu Rong was particularly strong.

Can’t even handle a two-year-old cub? If that’s not useless, what is? Look at that little cub, not even enough for him to kick.

All the players were sucking up to that NPC cub. He deliberately wanted to go against the current.

People often have the illusion that “if I go, I can do it”, and they tend to judge by appearances, deceived by looks.

Gu Rong looked extremely weak and pitiful.

“This is supposed to be a horror game. Who the hell has the mood to coax a kid?” The buzz cut man looked at the comments in his livestream. “Just wait. This time, I’ll definitely kill this little cub and open everyone’s eyes.”

[Uh, too many points to criticize, speechless. Next commenter, please.]

[Tsk, stupid. I can’t even be bothered to curse him. Cursing him is giving him too much credit.]

[Hey, do you know what ‘Dong Shi imitating a frown’ means?]

[Mu Xingye’s suffering was at least worth watching. You go up and feed ten or eight kills, nobody wants to watch! You don’t even understand how to leech off traffic.]

The buzz cut man saw that his traffic hadn’t increased much. The fans of the NPC cub who came in also ignored him, not even bothering to curse him. A sinister and venomous look flashed in his eyes.

Most importantly, the audience saw through his intentions at a glance and didn’t take him seriously at all, which made him even angrier.

Being ignored was more unbearable than being cursed.

Just wait. After he killed that cub, he would become famous overnight.

–

Gu Rong followed the Big Black Dog into the secret room, twisting and turning several times, until a glittering golden light appeared before his eyes, dazzlingly bright.

A gold vault appeared before him.

It was a real gold vault, the entire room filled with gold bars, stacked neatly, illuminating the whole secret chamber brightly enough to be overwhelming.

Laifu stopped, wagging its tail at Gu Rong as if seeking credit.

Seeing the room full of gold bars, Gu Rong let out a “Wah,” his eyes wide.

What is this?

He picked one up with his small hand, looked at it, then brought it to his mouth and bit down.

Couldn’t bite it!

Instantly lost interest.

006: […]

Seeing Gu Rong wasn’t interested, Laifu drooped its head.

It had seen Wu Sandeng and others liking gold bars, so it thought Gu Rong would like them too. Thus, it brought Gu Rong here to make amends for its earlier actions. Unfortunately, Gu Rong was too young to know the value of goods.

The aunties in the livestream chat, however, were very happy watching. Can’t touch, but happy just looking.

So this is Wu Sandeng’s gold vault. No wonder he gives out gold bars directly.

Just then, a “Ding!” sounded in Gu Rong’s mind, a system notification.

[Little Jiangshi, please receive new tasks.]

[Task 1: Find out the secret behind the Jiangshi and the gold bars.]

[Success Reward: 1,000,000 points, Devil’s Key *1.]

[Failure Penalty: Identity card rendered void.]

[Task 2: Obtain Jiangshi teeth.]

[Success Reward: 100,000 points / 2 teeth, 40 teeth total. Current progress: 2/40.]

[Failure Penalty: Deduct 100,000 points / 2 teeth.]

Seeing the Devil’s Key, both Gu Rong and 006 were stunned.

Gu Rong’s small voice was excited: [Devil’s Key!]

It appeared again! What exactly is this?

006 said: [Little host, this shows that the Devil’s Key is indeed unusual. It must be something very important. Maybe it will appear again in the future!]

Gu Rong nodded: [Okay!]

He felt like he was on a treasure hunt, waiting to collect all the keys and open the treasure chest. Little flames of anticipation flickered in his big eyes.

After looking at the gold vault, Gu Rong patted Laifu, pointed outside with his little finger, then patted his little tummy, meaning: Let’s go eat food.

After eating his midnight snack, he still needed to sleep to grow taller.

Laifu immediately jumped up from the ground, tongue lolling out, instantly energized from its previous listlessness.

Gu Rong was a bit tired from hopping. The lazy little egg didn’t want to hop anymore and used the [Green Jiangshi] card again.

He leaped, flying away through the air with a shua. Who knew his little foot kicked something? A muffled grunt was heard, followed by a loud “Peng!”, the sound of a heavy object falling.

Gu Rong also landed.

After landing, he bounced on his little feet in place, hopping and bouncing, soft and springy.

Huh?

Gu Rong glowed green all over, greener and more dazzling than the gold bars. Even though the cub had good eyesight, he could only see things far away clearly, not his immediate surroundings.

Therefore, he had no idea what he was stepping on.

Gu Rong stretched his arms straight out. Not in a hurry to fly away, he started hopping in place for fun, bouncing up and down. It was very fun, like playing on a trampoline.

And on the ground, the buzz cut man lay with his eyes rolled back, whether dead or alive is unknown. Each time Gu Rong hopped, he bounced slightly like a salted fish.

[You hop hehe-da, I die toutou-da.] (T/N: Here, the -da adds a cute or mocking tone.)

[What did I miss? I saw this freeloader looking everywhere for Zaizai earlier, how did he suddenly end up paralyzed on the ground for Zaizai to step on and play?]

[Didn’t he find him? Serving as Zaizai’s trampoline now.]

[A self-delivered trampoline! Tough skin, elastic, doesn’t hurt the feet, quality is awesome!]

[Came looking for Zaizai, ended up as a trampoline. You’re actually quite nice! [Gift points]]

[Others use treats and toys to coax kids; you use your life!!]

[Hahaha, you successfully made me laugh! [Gift points]]

Gu Rong still remembered eating food. After playing on the ‘trampoline’ for a while, he hopped away.

The Big Black Dog immediately followed, dadada. As it left, it even stepped twice on the human-shaped object lying on the ground.