Me and My Two Bosses' Systems

The financial flow of the Li Family Orphanage is open and transparent to all members of the Li family, and there will be no situation where the inflow and outflow of funds are unclear.

Li Xile walked quickly to the four of them and picked up Li Xingyu in her arms: "Come on, let Uncle carry you. When did you get back?"

“It’s been almost two weeks since we got back, let’s go out for a walk today.” Li Xingyu put her arm around Li Xile’s neck and rubbed her cheek against his smooth side.

"Ah~ As expected of Little Feather, you still don't want to communicate with others as always. Does Uncle belong to the category of other people?" Li Xile teased Li Xingyu, pretending to be sad.

"No way~ It's because I awakened, and I also gained 'inherited memories'. Uncle Xi Le is one of our own." Li Xingyu said a little embarrassedly.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Where are you guys going now?" Li Xi asked the four of them with great interest, bouncing Li Xingyu around.

"We plan to go to the lotus pond at the foot of the mountain and pick some lotus flowers, leaves, and pods. Is Uncle Xile on patrol?" Li Xingyu answered Li Xile's question.

Li Xile is one of the Li family's visible guardians, and her daily routine involves patrolling the area within the Li family's territory, which is why Li Xingyu asked that question.

The guardians of the Li family are all members of their own family.

While Li Xingyu and Li Xile were talking, Xinghe and the other two nodded to Li Xile as a greeting, and then quietly went back to dig dandelions.

It's not that they don't want to talk to Li Xile; she's really impressive, isn't she? Whether it's combat skills or life experience, these are things they need to accumulate right now, and talking to her more would be very beneficial for them.

But... looking at Li Xile, who was holding Li Xingyu tightly, the three of them sighed inwardly, feeling a little envious, yet unsure of whom to envy.

Li Xile's mind is clearly focused on Li Xingyu now; they have that much insight.

After digging up most of them, Xinghe and the other two kept some of the dandelions they had dug up in their own storage space, and stored the rest away, planning to have Li Xingyu teach them how to handle them later.

Li Xingyu and Li Xile chatted for a while.

Li Xingyu learned that Li Xile hadn't come to the small hill connecting to the backyard because of patrol; he was just taking a stroll and had come over out of curiosity after hearing the noise.

Li Xingyu suddenly remembered that Li Xile did indeed live not far from his home.

Li Xingyu's family lived about halfway up the mountain, while Li Xile and some other members of the Li family lived at the foot of the mountain.

"I'll go with you guys. I don't have anything else to do anyway, so I'll keep you company." Hearing Li Xingyu's words, Li Xile freed one hand to rub her head and looked at Li Xingyu and Xinghe.

“Great! Uncle Xile will be a great help.” Li Xingyu wanted lots and lots of lotus pods, lotus leaves, and lotus flowers. It would take the four of them a long time to pick them, but with Li Xile, it would be much faster, not to mention that Li Xile is an expert swimmer.

Although the four of them said they were going to the lotus pond, they weren't in a hurry. After asking Li Xile's opinion, Li Xingyu and the others continued to walk and stop as before. Li Xile followed beside the four of them, looking like she was learning something new.

'As expected of Little Feather, so amazing~' Li Xiyue calmed down and then helped Li Xingyu and the others collect the materials. Li Xingyu still insisted that he keep some for himself.

Li Xi listened very attentively to Li Xingyu's explanation of things in the mountains. He had just discovered that they could basically use everything Li Xingyu said, and some of it was even very suitable for guardians like them.

To put it another way, not everyone can afford high-end storage space. Even with medical insurance, the cost of going to the hospital and seeking treatment from healing-type ability users can vary greatly depending on who you are. Treatment drugs are also expensive; keeping two or three on hand is already a significant expense.

Moreover, in some situations, using treatment drugs is making a mountain out of a molehill, and there's not enough time to go to the hospital or find a healing-type ability user, but not treating it is not an option either. That's where Li Xingyu's knowledge comes in handy.

It has to be said that having an extra adult really makes a difference. Not only did Li Xingyu and the others become much faster, but they also gained more after Li Xile kept a portion for herself.

"Wow~"

Looking at the vast lotus pond before her, Li Xingyu raised a hand to shield her eyes from the sun and couldn't help but sigh.

The lotus pond is filled with lush green lotus leaves, interspersed with white, pinkish-white, and plum-red lotus flowers of various colors. A gentle breeze blows by, and they sway in the wind, turning into waves on land.

Although the Li family's home is located in the mountains, there is no shade over this lotus pond, and the sun shines directly on them. However, it is already close to four o'clock in the afternoon, and the temperature is not as high as it was in the afternoon, so it is still an acceptable level.

"Let's go~ I'm coming~" Looking at the huge lotus pond, Li Xingyu rushed over there.

The layout of the lotus pond is quite similar to that of the plantation, both dividing the land into square blocks. However, the square blocks in the lotus pond are larger than those in the plantation, though it's unclear how much larger.

In Li Xingyu's memory, this lotus pond was public, meaning that everyone in the Li family could come and pick the lotus. This included all the plantations and lakes. The Li family would have people specifically responsible for managing and protecting it. Occasionally, people from the Plant Department and others would also come to check on the growth of the plants and animals.

"Holy crap! What is that?" Li Xingyu was almost at the lotus pond when she suddenly saw an unknown creature covered in mud emerge from the pond in front of her.

Li Xingyu ran a little too fast, and before her mental energy could react, she turned around and pounced on Tian Shu, who was closest to her, wrapping herself around him like an octopus, looking at the creature with a wary expression.

Tian Shu's ears and face were red, but he looked blankly at the humanoid creature in the lotus pond, while holding onto Li Xingyu who was hanging on him to prevent her from falling.

Xinghe and the others were momentarily confused when they suddenly saw that thing, but they weren't nervous at all, because they sensed a familiar power fluctuation from that creature—it was one of their own.

Before a woman awakens, she cannot sense any fluctuations in ability, only faint fluctuations in mental energy. Because Li Xingyu has only recently awakened, she hasn't memorized many fluctuations from ability users and spirit creatures yet. So far, she has memorized the fluctuations of all the ability users and spirit creatures she has ever seen.

"Qingshi? What is this...?" Xinghe and Li Xile walked to Li Xingyu and Tian Shu's side, patted Li Xingyu on the back, and called out the other's name with some surprise and hesitation.

"Brother Qing Shi?" Li Xingyu also sensed the fluctuations of human power, and it was even at the god level. He looked surprised.

"Um... Uncle Xi Le, Sister Yu Mao, Xing He, Tian Shu, and this friend from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, good afternoon." Li Qingshi looked at the people in front of him and responded with a tearful sigh.

He just wandered around and came to the lotus pond. He saw that the dragonflies by the pond were quite pretty, so he transformed into his original form, which was about one meter tall, to catch the dragonflies and let his nature run wild. Then he accidentally stepped into a hole and, if he tried to fix it, he would easily damage the lotus pond.

So Li Qingshi let himself fall in, and was buried in the mud. He just climbed out of the mud and was thinking of getting ready to go back.

Who knew that when he looked up, he would see Feather Sister running over like a butterfly, which startled her. Uncle Xi Le, Xing He, Tian Shu, and a nine-tailed fox boy he didn't recognize were also there. Li Qing Shi lowered his head dejectedly.

"Brother Qingshi, what happened to you?" Li Xingyu got off Tian Shu, embarrassed, and approached Li Qingshi. She squatted down, picked a blade of grass from the grass beside her, and brushed the mud off his body with a curious expression.

“Feather Sister…” Li Qingshi looked at Li Xingyu weakly, then at the others who had gathered around him, and stammered out what had happened. It was a little embarrassing, but Feather Sister had asked him.

After listening to Li Qingshi's explanation, Li Xingyu turned her back and squatted down some distance away from Li Qingshi, secretly laughing. One reason was that Li Qingshi was going to discipline her, so she wanted to avoid him. The other reason was that she didn't want to laugh too loudly, lest she hurt Li Qingshi's already fragile self-esteem.

The levitating ball had its camera turned off by Li Xingyu, leaving only a faint sound as it hovered in front of her.

"Alright, Feather Sister, I'm all packed up." Li Qingshi poked Li Xingyu's back, his voice light and cheerful, as if he had recovered.

Li Qingshi is indeed the kind of person who is carefree, sunny, and cheerful. Coupled with the prototype of his snow wolf, he is really easy to mistake for a big, smiling dog.

"Brother Qingshi, we're going to pick lotus flowers, lotus leaves, and lotus pods. Do you want to come with us?" Li Xingyu stood up, turned on the screen of the floating ball, adjusted the sound to normal mode, and asked Li Qingshi, who was walking over.

"Let's go together, I want to go too, but why are you picking these things?" Li Qingshi was in high spirits, smiling brightly, but then he looked a little puzzled.

Li Xingyu rolled her bright golden eyes, and with Xinghe, Tianshu and Liyue watching with amusement, she gave Li Qingshi and Li Xile a dish name related to lotus flowers, lotus leaves and lotus seeds.

"Alright, alright, I know. Let's go pick them. Can I come to your house for dinner tonight? Are you making all these delicious dishes today?" Li Qingshi covered Li Xingyu's mouth before she could say anything, and carried her towards the lotus field.

Li Xile swallowed hard several times, muttering to herself, "Little rascal." Then she followed behind Li Qingshi and Li Xingyu with Xinghe and the others.

Li Xingyu hadn't noticed before, but when Li Qingshi carried her to the lotus flower, she realized that the lotus leaf was about the same height as Li Qingshi.

Li Qingshi is 115 years old this year. At this age, people are usually still growing. He is considered tall among his peers, already reaching about two meters. Hehua is about a little taller than his head.

"Lotus can be picked in Jiangnan

Lotus leaves are lush and green

Fish playing among lotus leaves

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(Song title: Fish Playing Among Lotus Leaves, Lyrics: Han Dynasty, Anonymous/Jia Yinan, Music: Jia Yinan, Original Singer: Jia Ziye/Wang Yicheng)

Li Xingyu hummed a song, carrying a bunch of lotus flowers in her arms, and walked towards the intersection where they had come from. She was using her own voice, but the language was Wu dialect, which was gentle, soft, and sweet. It was incredibly pleasant to listen to.

The levitating ball dutifully followed beside Li Xingyu, with a rectangular tray extending from its top, piled high with lotus flowers.

Li Xingyu placed all the lotus flowers in the roadside grass, using several baskets to stand them upright so that the other parts wouldn't get dirty.

They'll put everything they picked here later, and we'll clean it all up then.

It's not that they can't be put in storage space, but freshly picked lotus leaves, lotus flowers, or lotus pods all have long stems attached and are covered with some dirt.

It's not that storage spaces can't be washed, but washing them means washing all of them, and washing storage spaces too often isn't good either. Anyway, it just takes a little time, but it's not a big deal.

"Enjoy the scenery here, and while you're at it, keep an eye on these things for us~" Li Xingyu wrote a note on a sticky note, stuck it on her levitating sphere, and said to the camera.

Then Li Xingyu turned on the live chat:

Drizzle: [Okay, Your Highness, go ahead. But could you sing us a song later? Your song was so beautiful!]

Dada: [Your Highness Xingyu~ What language were you speaking just now? It sounded so nice, so gentle!]

Vertical Column: [Your Highness, is this a human language? It sounds familiar, very much like the language of my great-grandmother's side.]

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"Oh~ This is the language of Suzhou, it's called Wu dialect. Because of the geographical and cultural factors, people from southern China generally speak in a softer tone, it's also called Wu Nong soft language." Li Xingyu explained to her viewers in her live stream.

After finishing, Li Xingyu waved to the camera on the floating sphere, turned around, and walked briskly towards the lotus field.

"Bang~ Bang bang bang~"

"Oh dear, why is it raining?" Li Xingyu took out a lotus leaf from the bag she was holding and put it on her head. She took a step and went to the place where they had put their things and her floating ball.

A curved metal plate extends from above the floating sphere camera, resembling a baseball cap.

Li Xingyu carried the lotus leaves to where they had put their things, put all the lotus leaves together, and glanced at the barrage of comments that she hadn't turned off.

Then I noticed they were all commenting "Beautiful" and "So cute."

"What's wrong? Why are you all saying it looks good? What's so good about it?" Li Xingyu was wearing a lotus leaf hat on her head, which looked like she was wearing a straw hat.

The lotus leaf was half a meter in diameter, with a lace trim around the edge. Not a single raindrop fell on Li Xingyu; they all rolled down the lotus leaf and onto the ground.

The live stream's perspective shifts back to Li Xingyu appearing in their line of sight:

A delicate little girl appeared before them, carrying a large lotus leaf on her head. The girl was adorable, with chubby cheeks and bright golden eyes reflecting the lush green mountains. She ran towards them, carrying a large lotus leaf in her arms, with a radiant smile on her face.

It was like shooting arrows into their hearts, and with a critical hit of its own.