Happy Family Rules

He gagged silently, clutching his stomach with one hand while immediately picking up the entire fish head with the other.

Seeing this, Mom's smile immediately returned to normal, and she said gently, "You have to eat it all."

The daughter chimed in, "Eat it all!"

Qin Rang saw the fish head transform into the head of a newborn baby in his eyes, grinning at him.

Without hesitation, he placed the fish head in his mother's bowl, putting on a heartfelt performance. "You eat it. I'm giving you my favorite food. You've worked hard too, dear."

Without waiting for her mother to speak, Qin Rang got up, cleared away the dishes, went back to her room to get her briefcase and change her shoes. "I'm going to the company."

"Bang."

The door was closed, Qin Rang leaned against it, his face pale and heaving. Perhaps his decision had worked, as the churning food in his stomach gradually subsided.

That's insidious; this is the first time he's seen a food that only mutates when the Rules are triggered.

Qin Rang was certain that if he hadn't handled things well, he would have died from being devoured by the food that was supposed to be digested by him.

But he couldn't go without food. He hadn't brought anything else with him when he came in, except for the Weird Objects and Weird Artifact carried. So finding food in this Weird World was crucial.

It seems that although the food at home is dangerous, at least some of it is edible. He can go home after the food in his stomach is digested.

Thanks to this identity, Qin Rang was recently laid off, and his family didn't know about it. He is currently free from work pressure and is a free agent for the time being.

But he also had to think about the possibility of being laid off if his family found out, to prevent being killed because of this trap.

Thinking about this, Qin Rang a headache coming on. This was clearly a trap deliberately set by the Weird, and he had no idea how to dismantle it.

His apartment is 201, and across the hall is another apartment, 204. Looking further in, you can see apartments 203 and 202. It's a two-elevator, two-apartment building.

The other three rooms are currently locked, and it's unclear whether there are players inside or if something eerie is living there.

If this entire neighborhood is inhabited by eerie people...

Qin Rang dared not think too deeply. He walked to the door of the emergency exit and, taking advantage of the hidden space behind the door, opened the note he had torn off the door and began to read it.

[Rules of Building 4, Unit 1, 201, Happy Family

1. As Dad, you need to support the family by working hard, going to work on time, and coming home on time.

2. As Dad, you love your daughter, care for your wife, and maintain a harmonious family.

3. As Dad, you will not spoil your daughter or indulge your wife.

4. As Dad, do you prefer boys and dislike girls?

5. As Dad, you are an alcoholic and abusive, and often suffer from insomnia.

6. As Dad, you like Mom when she wears a red apron and dislike her when she wears a black apron, but as long as you give Mom a hug, everything can wait until tomorrow.

7. Happy Family has no deceit, no conflicts; you are a happy family.

This Rules, as always, is problematic. If he likes daughters and wants to maintain family harmony, why would he dislike girls? There are no boys in the family, or was he in such a rush this morning that he didn't see his possibly infant brother?

In the Happy Family," the character is an alcoholic and may be abusive, yet the Happy Family claims to be free of deception and conflict—how is that even possible?

After all, he lied to his family as soon as he appeared on screen and had already lost his job.

After reading the Rules, Qin Rang carefully placed the note close to his body.

Many of these Rules are contradictory, yet they have no trace of corruption, but there's no point in dwelling on them now.

Not knowing what was happening outside, he hesitated, looking at the stairs, wondering whether to go upstairs to check or go downstairs to look for clues outside.

Just as I was about to go downstairs to take a look, I suddenly heard very light footsteps on the stairs.

A girl with pink curly hair, dressed in a heavy blue patchwork dress, came down from upstairs. She was very beautiful and fashionable. A huge, bright pink Chainsaw hung from her waist.

"Tao Yuan?"

"Team leader?"

The two unexpectedly met here, their eyes brimming with joy.

"It's not safe to talk here, come to my house," Tao Yuan said quickly.

Qin Rang thought of his own home and hesitated for a moment, "Is no one home?"

"No, it's just me," Tao Yuan said. "My identity is that of a woman living alone."

"Okay, let's go."

"Stay close to me, there's a weirdo in my neighborhood, probably an S-Rank weirdo."

Tao Yuan's words made Qin Rang swallow back the words he had just uttered to express his admiration for her good fortune.

"Also, I saw an acquaintance," Tao Yuan whispered, "The owner of the Weapon Shop, Boss Lin, in Fourth Floor, 404 on the fourth floor."

Lin Nieran leaned lazily against the dining table, watching his Weird Mother smile as she took away the dumplings he didn't like and brought him a bowl of wontons.

The eerie Dad was sitting on the sofa watching the morning news, with a steaming bowl of soy milk next to him.

The sunlight streaming through the window into the room brought a touch of warmth.

Ah, it's such a familiar day.

He had spent countless days like this in his childhood, and he knew these bizarre Rules by heart.

"Dad, Mom, how come I can still see you? Weren't you dead?"

System 007: [Host, watch your words!]

If it weren't for the Dalmatian-shaped system still floating in front of him, Lin Nieran would have really doubted that everything before was a dream.

"What nonsense are you spouting, child?" The Weird Mother slapped him on the back of the head and then brought him a cup of hot water.

Lin Nieran lazily accepted the slap, muttering, "Ms. Wang Yumei, you'll give your son a concussion sooner or later."

"Then our family will have to rely on your younger brother to get into university," the strange Dad said with a smile.

"We don't have a younger brother. You've got it wrong again," Lin Nieran reminded him for the nth time.

"He's truly our good son," the Weird Mother chuckled.

"Dad," Lin Nieran glanced at the clock on the wall, "It's almost 7:30. You need to start work at 8:00, aren't you going to work? If you're late, your boss will dock your pay again."

The strange Dad then got up and put on his shoes. Lin Nieran didn't even look at him. "Remember to bring the toolbox."

"Oh right, right, right, look at my memory." The strange Dad picked up his toolbox and went out.

After finishing breakfast, Lin Nieran washed the dishes and said, "Mom, I'm going out to play."

Wang Yumei took the clothes out of the washing machine to hang them to dry, and without turning her head, she said, "Are you going to see Lin Yi again? His parents are difficult to deal with, so don't stay at his house for too long."

"Also, don't stay out too long, and buy me some groceries when you get back."

"Got it!" Lin Nieran ran back to her room, glanced at the "[Building 4, Unit 1, 404 Happy Family Rules]" posted on the table, took out some pocket money from the drawer, said goodbye to Wang Yumei, and left home.