In the following days, Mu Er Pang had a very comfortable time at his maternal grandmother’s house.

After all, there was only one aunt, Chen Shi, who didn’t like him in this house. With other family members present, Chen Shi didn’t dare to do or say anything to him. So, it didn’t have much of an impact.

Of course, Mu Er Pang didn’t forget his “mission” on this trip. He took every opportunity to speak well of his mother.

When Zheng cooked delicious food for him, he would say, “Grandma’s cooking is really good. Mom often praises you at home. It’s a pity she can’t enjoy it.”

When Zheng brought out the new cotton-padded jacket she had made for him to wear during the New Year, he would say, “Grandma’s jacket is really nice-looking, not inferior to those sold outside. In previous years, Grandma made one for me and my mother each. This year, Mom won’t get to wear new clothes.”

But no matter how he mentioned his mother, Zheng wouldn’t respond, making Mu Er Pang feel awkward to continue.

Until the day of New Year’s Eve, Zheng woke Mu Er Pang up early in the morning.

Mu Er Pang had become much smarter, but his lazy nature had not changed for a while. Compared to his peers, he still slept a lot.

He was no longer quick to get angry when getting up now. He just rubbed his eyes and said with a grievance, “Why did Grandma wake me up so early? Today is just the first day of the Lunar New Year.”

“Good boy, wake up. Grandma made you some sugar-coated eggs. Have a bite while they’re still warm.”

Mu Er Pang’s nose twitched, smelling the fragrance of food, and then he opened his eyes.

The sugar-coated eggs were the same, but Zheng’s were much better than the ones Shen Cui made last time. Each egg was round and full, and when you bit into it, it was still tender and creamy inside. Plus, there were dried dates in the bowl, which made it even sweeter.

Without much effort, Mu Er Pang finished three eggs.

While he was eating, Zheng also packed up the new cotton-padded jacket and shoes he was going to wear on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

“What’s Grandma doing?”

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“What else? Of course, I’m sending you home. You, this kid, can’t stop talking about your mother every day. You’ve been out for a few days. Don’t you want to go back?”

Mu Er Pang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

Zheng personally saw him off out of the city, put him on the ox cart, and sent him to the entrance of Shuiyun Village. Zheng then magically produced a small bundle, gave him some instructions, and finally let Mu Er Pang go home.

Mu Er Pang waved goodbye to his grandmother and happily went home.

His grandmother was right. Although life at his maternal grandmother’s house was very comfortable, he did miss his mother, and she must miss him too!

……

It’s true, Shen Cui was thinking about Mu Er Pang at this time.

When she sneaked into the Shen family to see him before, and later saw that Mu Er Pang’s mood value had been very good, she knew he was doing well. She was very relieved that her silly son was “vacationing” there.

But early that day, Shen Cui heard the familiar system sound.

[System Prompt: The system has been upgraded. The upgrade content is as follows…]

Shen Cui immediately perked up and carefully examined the update log.

One piece of information caught her attention — [After the system upgrade, voice services have been added. The host can choose to enable or disable them.]

Voice service? Shen Cui couldn’t help but smile. She really needed this!

You see, during this period, when the system issued tasks, there was only the occasional mechanical voice.

Besides the report, she didn’t make any sound!

All those tasks and regulations, she read them word by word, afraid of missing or misreading a single character.

She had read many online novels, where the system could directly communicate with the host and, in some extreme cases, even manifest in the real world, transforming into cute pets or the like. How unlike her, straining her eyes and spending so much time and effort.

She found the option to activate on the main interface and called out to the system again.

“I’m here,” a deep and smooth male voice sounded in Shen Cui’s ears, just like her favorite type in otome games!

Shen Cui: !!!

In the game, characters with voices that could make one’s ears pregnant were usually obtained by spending a lot of money. Was this one she could listen to for free?!!

Touching her burning ears, Shen Cui suspected that the system had spent energy to probe her host’s preferences.

After waiting for a while without receiving the next instruction, the system continued to ask gently, “May I assist you with anything, host?”

The system’s attitude was very gentle. Compared to text, this kind of communication made Shen Cui’s satisfaction soar.

As she conversed with the system, Shen Cui continued with her task at hand, making breakfast for herself.

Mu Er Pang was not at home, so Shen Cui’s meals were even simpler.

For breakfast, she had a bowl of plain noodles with a little pickled vegetables. There were few eggs left at home, and she was reluctant to eat them herself.

As expected, her attempt at cooking failed again.

When she scooped the noodles into the bowl, they turned into a lump.

This wasn’t the first time this had happened in recent times.

At first, Shen Cui thought it was because she wasn’t used to cooking on a traditional stove. But after so many failed attempts, she knew that wasn’t the reason.

When the system asked, Shen Cui finally asked about something that had puzzled her for days.

“I’ve been here for quite a few days now, and every time I cook, it ends in failure. It shouldn’t be my fault, right?”

“When the host travels to this world, they will be influenced by the laws of this world. So the host will undergo some changes unconsciously.”

“Are you saying that in this world of imperial examinations, ‘I’ am a very bad cook? So even though I have experience cooking from my past life, I can’t cook delicious food with this body.”

“That’s right.”

Shen Cui carefully searched through the memories of the original body and found that, surprisingly, the original body was lazy by nature and rarely cooked. However, each time ended in failure. Once, she absurdly mistook oil for water and almost burned down the kitchen.