Nalan Yanran? Who was Nalan Yanran?
Dongfang Chen was a little confused by the system.
This Broken System had been acting up for ages.
There was only one Mu Ningxue by his side right now. Where had Nalan Yanran come from?
Wait!
Dongfang Chen suddenly remembered the system's bizarre habits. Could this Broken System have mistaken Mu Ningxue for Nalan Yanran?
Dongfang Chen's gaze shifted as he looked at little Mu Ningxue.
It wasn't that he had any strange preferences; he simply had an eye for beauty.
No, that wasn't it. Information about Nalan Yanran (Mu Ningxue) had appeared in Dongfang Chen's field of vision.
[Target: Nalan Yanran] [Meet-the-target Mission Progress: Met] [Reward for meeting Nalan Yanran: Daily Check-in benefits unlocked] [Host has completed the mission to meet Nalan Yanran. Reward issued] [Next-stage Mission: Get to know her] [Host has not checked in today. Check in now?]
"Check in."
Dongfang Chen silently said the words in his mind.
[Today's Sign-in Rewards have been issued — Grade 1 Pill medicinal materials ×10]
Dongfang Chen: "..."
He wasn't an Alchemist. What use did he have for medicinal materials for pills?
Whatever. A reward was better than nothing. At least he could get some medicinal effects by eating the materials raw.
Dongfang Chen considered himself pretty optimistic.
"Dongfang Chen, why are you standing there spacing out? Don't you want to play with me anymore?"
Little Mu Ningxue, who was walking ahead, noticed that their hands had somehow come apart. She walked back to Dongfang Chen and took his hand again.
"No, I was just thinking about something. What do you want to play? I'll play anything with you."
Little Mu Ningxue's sweet, soft voice nearly melted Dongfang Chen's heart.
Although his mental age and physical age were worlds apart, he was happy to play with little Mu Ningxue, even if the games seemed quite childish to him.
After all, Dongfang Chen had an eye for beauty. He definitely didn't have any strange preferences.
At his answer, a smile quickly spread across little Mu Ningxue's face.
"Wonderful! I've always wanted a friend to play games with me. Will you keep playing with me from now on?"
Because of her status, Mu Ningxue had almost no playmates her own age. She longed for a friend her age to play with.
"Of course."
Dongfang Chen answered without hesitation.
Dongfang Chen played with little Mu Ningxue until late into the night. Only when Butler Sai reminded them that it was time to sleep did Dongfang Chen finally part from her, with Mu Ningxue watching him reluctantly.
After declining Mu Zhuoyun's invitation to stay the night, Dongfang Chen returned home to Bocheng with Butler Sai.
"Grandpa Sai, let's hire some servants tomorrow."
Dongfang Chen spoke up.
Although Butler Sai was skilled at all kinds of household chores, Dongfang Chen couldn't bear to make a sixty-year-old man handle such trivial tasks—even if the old man was a High-Tier Mage whose body was stronger than most young men's.
"Of course, Young Master. Get some sleep first. I'll take care of it tomorrow."
Butler Sai spoke softly.
They hadn't brought any servants from the Dongfang Family with them on this trip, so Butler Sai had already been thinking about hiring new ones.
"Mm..."
Dongfang Chen yawned.
"Our house isn't big, so we don't need many servants. One or two will do, but make sure to pay them well."
"Heh, I know. Go to sleep, Young Master."
Butler Sai said with a chuckle as he closed Dongfang Chen's bedroom door. Young Master wasn't very old, but he spoke like an adult.
The moment Butler Sai stepped out of the bedroom, Dongfang Chen opened his eyes.
A child's body made him incredibly sleepy, but he had something more important to do right now.
He needed to check the rewards the system had issued today.
He had completed two System Missions today, so there were two rewards.
One was the reward for settling in Wutan City (Bocheng), and the other was the Sign-in Rewards unlocked after meeting Nalan Yanran (Mu Ningxue).
There was no need to say much about the Sign-in Rewards: a pile of medicinal materials.
As for the reward for settling in Wutan City...
The Flame Mantra Dou Technique was a great thing.
Although it was only a Yellow-Tier Low-Grade Cultivation Method right now, it could grow by devouring flames.
There weren't any Heavenly Flames in the world of Full-Time Magician, but there were Element Seeds.
Once he awakened his magic, Dongfang Chen could try using the Flame Mantra to devour a Fire Element Seed and see whether it would let his Cultivation Method advance.
As for the other reward, the Grade 4 Pill, Juqi San.
Dongfang Chen planned to take it tonight.
The next day.
With the help of Juqi San, Dongfang Chen successfully advanced.
He was now a One-Star Dou Zhe.
Just based on the Dou Qi in his body, Dongfang Chen felt he could take on a Servant-level Demon head-on.
If he could get a few Dou Techniques from the system later, killing a Servant-level Demon would be no problem at all.
After stretching his stiff body from sitting for so long, Dongfang Chen opened his bedroom door and pretended he had just woken up.
Besides Butler Sai, there were two other figures in the living room, one tall and one small.
Dongfang Chen was stunned when he saw them.
"G-Grandpa Sai, are these your new maids?"
"Yes, Young Master."
Butler Sai stood to one side in his suit. Beside him stood the new maid.
More importantly, the new maid had brought along a little girl about Dongfang Chen's age.
The girl had beautiful black hair and looked like a delicate doll.
Unfortunately, she seemed to have trouble walking and was sitting in a child's wheelchair.
"Introduce yourself to Young Master."
Butler Sai said to the new maid.
The new maid nodded awkwardly and gave Dongfang Chen a gentle smile.
"Young Master Chen, my name is Ye Chang, and this is my daughter, Ye Xin Xia."
Ye Chang?
Dongfang Chen parted his lips, suppressing his surprise.
Wasn't Ye Chang the real name of Salang, the current leader of the Black Church?
At the thought, Dongfang Chen examined her.
Her appearance was quite ordinary, no different from that of an average woman.
But whether it was the name "Ye Chang" or the Ye Xin Xia beside her, both were enough to prove that this woman was none other than Salang, one of the Black Church's many wicked Red-robed Archbishops.
As for why she had revealed her "real name," Dongfang Chen guessed that it was because few people knew that "Ye Chang" and "Salang" were the same person. So she didn't mind revealing her real name.
"Young Master, Ye Chang is a single mother who just arrived in Bocheng. It can't be easy for her to care for her daughter, who has trouble walking. Why don't we give her the job?"
Seeing how silent Dongfang Chen had become, Butler Sai thought he disapproved of Ye Chang. He leaned close and whispered to him.
"Sure, fine."
Honestly, Dongfang Chen didn't want to keep Ye Chang around, but if he acted too strangely, he was afraid she might notice something.
So he could only agree to let Ye Chang take the maid's job.
"A-Aunt Ye, can I ask why you came to work as a maid at our house?"
Ye Chang was taken aback by Dongfang Chen's question, but she soon answered.
"I'll tell you why I came here to work. I hope you won't laugh at me, Young Master.
"I applied for the maid's job because you offered such a high salary. But don't worry, I'm perfectly qualified. I'm good at cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking."
Ye Chang's answer left Dongfang Chen speechless.
So she'd come because he'd told Grandpa Sai to offer a high salary?
Dongfang Chen felt as if he'd picked up a rock only to drop it on his own foot.
But then again, she'd applied under the identity of an ordinary person, which meant she probably posed no threat to him for now. If Ye Chang had wanted to harm him, someone with her abilities wouldn't have needed to go to all this trouble.
So Dongfang Chen wasn't too worried.
After finishing his conversation with her, he walked toward Ye Xin Xia, who was hiding shyly behind Ye Chang.
"Hi, I'm Dongfang Chen. What's your name?"
Salang, since you wanted to disguise yourself as the maid by my side, I'll gladly take your daughter off your hands. Heh heh heh!
"I-I'm Ye... Ye Xin Xia."
Just as Dongfang Chen approached Ye Xin Xia, his misbehaving system sounded again.
[Beep! Mission target Xiao Xun'er detected!]
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