Since the system became my girlfriend

Besides not being able to participate in battles directly, Su Rui is not currently receiving any buffs because Simige's level is too low. She is only level one at the moment, so she doesn't provide any attribute or skill bonuses to Su Rui. All of this will only start to help Su Rui after she reaches level ten. Moreover, as Simige's level increases, her help to Su Rui will become greater and greater.

Su Rui could understand all of that, but he couldn't accept the last note!

When hungry, Simige will first deduct her own health. Once her health drops to 30%, she will start deducting Su Rui's health as a percentage, at 5% per minute. This means Su Rui only has 20 to 30 minutes to find food for the little thing, otherwise he will die even if he takes drugs.

"Damn it, are all pets like this? If so, that's fine, but if only this little thing is like this, then this is really bad!" Su Rui muttered to himself, but he guessed that the truth was probably that only Simig was like this, otherwise the fortune teller wouldn't have dumped her on him like a burden.

But now, no matter what, Simig has become Su Rui's companion pet, and it's too late for him to regret it. Moreover, the little thing is already hungry, and its health is down to only 55%!

"Let's go!" Su Rui pulled Feng Lixi's arm.

"Brother Rui, where are we going?" Feng Lixi asked knowingly.

"Let's go to the restaurant!" Su Rui said as he pulled Feng Lixi along.

There is a nice restaurant in Xuanwu City that sells not only wine but also food. In addition to satisfying players' appetites, this food can also speed up the recovery of health during rest. However, these items are not medicines and therefore cannot be used in battle.

Su Rui had previously bought some bread and steamed buns. Although these things tasted so-so, they were quite cost-effective. He could sit down and eat a few bites while fighting monsters to speed up the recovery of his health.

When buying bread and steamed buns, Su Rui saw rice balls on the menu, but he never bought them.

Soon, Su Rui brought Feng Lixi to the restaurant, and then he went straight to the waiter.

"Ten rice balls, please!" Su Rui said to the waiter.

"Alright! Fifty silver coins, please!" the shopkeeper said to Su Rui.

"Holy crap! So expensive?" Su Rui was shocked. He knew that when he bought steamed buns and bread before, they cost five copper coins each, but this damn rice ball cost five silver coins. That's a hundredfold difference!

"Mercenary, are you going to take him or not?" The shopkeeper rolled his eyes at Su Rui.

"Yes!" Su Rui gritted his teeth.

After the waiter took the fifty silver coins from Su Rui, he handed over ten rice balls. These rice balls were quite large, about the size of an adult's fist. Given Simige's small frame, Su Rui estimated that they would be enough for her to eat for a week.

"Here! Eat up!" Su Rui picked up a rice ball and brought it close to his shoulder, where Simige sat on his shoulder.

"Wow!" Simige hadn't spoken to Su Rui before, but when she saw the rice ball, she jumped up and flapped her little wings to fly onto the rice ball, then pounced on it.

"Awoo... Awoo..." Don't let Simig's small size fool you, she eats like a wolf, not at all like a little girl. In just half a minute, Simig finished a rice ball clean.

Keep in mind that a single rice ball is about the size of three Simiggs, and Su Rui had no idea where the little thing had eaten all the rice.

"So cute!" Feng Lixi touched Ximig's little face, and Ximig not only did not resist, but also rubbed against Feng Lixi's fingers.

"You bad guy! I want more food!" Simig said to Su Rui.

"Still eating? Aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death?" Su Rui was startled.

"I'm hungry!" Simige cried.

When Su Rui opened the pet panel, sure enough, the word "Hungry" was still displayed under Ximige's status.

"Wow! What a glutton!" Su Rui picked up another rice ball.

"Aww... Aww..." Simig happily started eating again.

In the blink of an eye, half of the five rice balls Su Rui bought were devoured by Ximige. At that moment, a bad feeling suddenly arose in Boss Su's heart. This little thing can eat too much. How am I going to raise him in the future...?

Finally, after Simige ate six rice balls, the word "hunger" in her status bar changed to "full".

"Six rice balls per meal, that's thirty silver coins..." Su Rui secretly calculated. He wondered how many meals this little thing would eat in a day. If she also ate three meals a day, then it would be about one gold coin a day!

"Damn it, this is simply unaffordable!" Su Rui rolled his eyes. Nowadays, ordinary players can only save about twenty or thirty silver coins a day. Although he can always get some high-quality tasks, after accounting for expenses such as potions and equipment repairs, he can't actually earn more than one gold coin a day. If he doesn't have some extra money, he simply can't afford to support this Ximig.

Although Su Rui still has nine and a half gold coins thanks to the system reward, it won't last more than a few days. If he runs out of money and can't afford to feed this little thing anymore, then Boss Su will be dragged to his death on the street and repeatedly die in the safe zone until he dies all the way back to the newbie village!

"Hey buddy! Bring me five more steamed buns and five more loaves of bread!" Su Rui beckoned to the waiter.

"Alright!" After receiving the money, the waiter brought over the steamed buns and bread.

"Simig, do you want some of this?" Su Rui picked up a piece of bread and offered it to Simig.

"No! I'll just eat rice balls!" Simige didn't even glance at the bread, and Su Rui did the same when he switched to steamed buns.

"Sigh!" Su Rui sighed.

“Brother Rui, she’s still young. She probably won’t be able to eat this much when she grows up,” Feng Lixi advised from the side.

"Hmm...that's true!" Su Rui nodded. Ximige is currently in its juvenile stage and should still be growing, so it's understandable that it eats a lot and has high demands. However, while it's understandable, it's true that raising this little thing is expensive!

"Sigh! Let's keep it for now, and throw it away if it doesn't work out!" Su Rui sighed. Although raising this little thing was expensive, the bonus it would provide to its owner after it grew up was truly incredible, so Su Rui definitely couldn't bear to give it up now.

Su Rui took out another one and a half gold coins and bought thirty rice balls, putting them in his backpack. He didn't know when the little thing would get hungry, so he had to prepare some just in case.