Chapter 7: Sweet Rescues and New Family Ties

“I’m warning you, you insisted on following me. I won’t wait for an old man and a kid just because of that. I have important business.”

The woman held her sugar figurine, looking at Liang Dekuai and Gu Yunfei.

With that, she dashed off in one direction.

Gu Yunfei and Liang Dekuai exchanged a glance and smirked.

The woman ran ahead anxiously, while Liang Dekuai, holding Gu Yunfei, followed leisurely behind.

As a Spirit Transformation cultivator, how could Liang Dekuai be outpaced by a young girl?

Clang!

The woman rushed home, clutching the sugar figurine, and hurried to the bedside, lifting the person lying there.

“Sister, I got the sugar figurine. Eat it quick!”

She hugged her younger sister, tears streaming down her face.

“Sister… Sister…”

The girl in her arms was frail, her breath weak, as if her life was slipping away.

The younger sister struggled to take a tiny bite of the sugar figurine.

“It’s… sweet. Sister, you eat.”

Gu Yunfei sat in Liang Dekuai’s arms, watching the scene unfold.

“Grandpa, save—”

Gu Yunfei looked at the pitiful sisters, clutching Liang Dekuai’s arm in a plea.

“Alright, alright, for my little rascal’s sake, I’ll save her.”

Liang Dekuai stepped into the room, stroking her beard.

“Looks like the young lady’s in trouble. Need an old man’s help?”

“Sir, you know medicine?”

The woman looked at the old man.

“I’m Qing Zhener, and this is my sister, Qing Zhuer.”

“True pig?”

Gu Yunfei’s childish voice rang out.

“Yes, like pearls. Our parents named us, but they’ve passed away.”

At this, the sisters’ eyes dimmed.

Gu Yunfei jumped down from Liang Dekuai’s arms, crawled onto Qing Zhuer, and placed a hand on her forehead.

He wasn’t worried about catching anything—not with Liang Dekuai around.

“Hiss, so hot!”

He studied Qing Zhuer’s face, thinking.

“Throat… hurt?”

Qing Zhuer nodded with all her strength.

Gu Yunfei was certain—this was likely a cold.

Liang Dekuai pulled a pill from her pocket and placed it in Qing Zhuer’s mouth.

Moments later, the girl who seemed on the verge of death sprang back to life.

Gu Yunfei gave Liang Dekuai a thumbs-up.

“Grandpa, nice work!”

“Hahaha, a little illness can’t stump your Grandpa!”

[Received affection from Qing Zhener and Qing Zhuer.]

[Qing Zhener’s current favorability: 60.]

[Qing Zhuer’s current favorability: 70.]

[Congratulations, Host, for gaining the affection of three women. Beauties Mode activated.]

[Each time the Host reaches max favorability (100) with a Beauty, an exclusive Beauty reward will be granted.]

[Reward quality depends on the Beauty’s conquest difficulty and strength.]

Gu Yunfei checked the System panel, asking inwardly, ‘So, even if an ordinary woman is the hardest to conquer but has no strength, the reward won’t be great, right?’

[Correct.]

“Let me see my current Beauties.”

[Beauty 1: Liu Hongmei (95)]

[Beauty 2: Qing Zhener (60)]

[Beauty 3: Qing Zhuer (70)]

[Beauty 4: Leng Ningbing (0)]

Gu Yunfei was about to ask why Grandpa wasn’t listed but noticed the word “Beauties” on the System.

Of course, Grandpa was a man—how could he be a Beauty? No way he’s a woman.

What, like some dramatic reveal? “Surprise, little rascal! Grandpa’s actually a woman! No beard! Shocked yet?”

Gu Yunfei shook his head inwardly.

‘What am I thinking? Just a joke.’

“But Leng Ningbing’s at 0? Makes sense, I have no connection with her.”

[Leng Ningbing’s favorability decreased by 10.]

[Current Leng Ningbing favorability: -10.]

“What the fck! Favorability can go negative? What did I do? Why’d her favorability drop?”

The System didn’t respond.

Gu Yunfei pondered, asking inwardly, “System, can you see the conquest difficulty for these Beauties?”

[Querying for Host. Please wait…]

[Query successful.]

[Conquest difficulty divided into three levels: Easy, Normal, Hard.]

[Liu Hongmei conquest difficulty: Easy.]

[Qing Zhener conquest difficulty: Easy.]

[Qing Zhuer conquest difficulty: Easy.]

[Leng Ningbing conquest difficulty: ???]

“???”

Gu Yunfei saw the three question marks for Leng Ningbing, and his tiny brain froze.

“System, what does this mean?”

[Unable to calculate difficulty. Her favorability may max out from one action, drop to -999 from another, or never increase.]

“Fine.”

Since the System said so, Gu Yunfei didn’t push it. He’d let it be.

The priority was to win over the Qing sisters.

He looked at the younger Qing sister beneath him, crawling onto her with hands and feet, lifting his right foot to step on her chest.

Pointing at Liang Dekuai, he said, “Gramps, call!”

“Huh?”

Qing Zhuer didn’t catch his babyish voice.

That was only part of it.

The other reason was that Gu Yunfei, wearing open-crotch pants, caught the attention of six-year-old Qing Zhuer, who stared curiously at something she didn’t have.

“What’s that wiggly thing?”

Qing Zhuer wondered.

“Why don’t I have one?”

Qing Zhener, seeing this, understood her sister’s thoughts.

Though only six years older, as the eldest in a two-child family, she’d matured early, especially after their parents’ death.

She quickly told her sister not to look, directing her gaze elsewhere.

Qing Zhuer was curious but obeyed, though her eyes occasionally drifted to the odd spot.

“Grandpa, save them.”

Gu Yunfei crawled to Liang Dekuai’s leg, hugging her waist.

Liang Dekuai picked him up.

“Little rascal, I get it. You think their lives are too hard and want Grandpa to take them as granddaughters. But who’s Grandpa? I can’t just take anyone as family.”

Gu Yunfei’s acting kicked in, tears welling in his eyes as he leaned against Liang Dekuai’s face.

“Grandpa good, please, Grandpa, please.”

“Oh, my little rascal, don’t cry. Grandpa agrees, but are they willing?”

Liang Dekuai looked at the sisters.

Qing Zhener quickly pulled her sister off the bed.

Qing Zhuer, still looking for differences, was yanked down, her mind blank.

She only knew her sister knelt, saying, “Grandpa, our parents died early. If you don’t mind, I’d like to care for you in your old age.”

Then she kowtowed.

Qing Zhuer, recalling her sister’s instructions to say “Me too” in such situations, blurted, “Me too!”

She kowtowed so hard her head hit the floor with a thud.

The sound made Gu Yunfei wince.

Qing Zhener hurriedly checked on her sister.

“Hahaha, good kids. Your hearts are in the right place, but to care for me, you’ll need to work hard!”

That was the last thing Qing Zhener heard before fainting—she’d knocked herself out with the force.

Liang Dekuai shook her head with an amused smile, placed Gu Yunfei in Qing Zhener’s arms, and carried Qing Zhuer on her back.

“Let’s go, Grandpa’s taking you home!”