After time travel, share a space with your modern family.

When Ruan Mumu and Qiao Tinghao returned home, it was already completely dark. A bright moon hung in the sky, casting a cool glow that illuminated their way home.

After entering the village, the two dared not use the large flashlight for lighting anymore, and let the horse slowly walk into the village.

"Mumu, Hao'er, you're finally back! I was so worried about you." Chen Donghua heard the noise outside the door and rushed out. Seeing that it was the brother and sister, she finally felt relieved.

"Mother, I'm sorry for making you worry," Ruan Mumu said apologetically as she jumped down from the carriage.

“Silly girl, I’m worried about you…” Chen Donghua looked at her daughter, who still looked quite young, but felt that she handled things better than her two older brothers.

"Mother, aren't we back safe and sound?" Ruan Mumu hugged her mother and comforted her with a smile.

Chen Donghua looked helplessly at her increasingly capable daughter, her heart filled with pride.

Ruan Mumu took Chen Donghua's hand and entered the door, then turned back to instruct Qiao Tinghao to drive the carriage to its parking spot.

"Mother, here is three thousand taels of silver. Please keep this for yourself. You can decide how to handle things at home. I don't have time to deal with things at home, so I can only rely on you to take care of them." Ruan Mumu took out three thousand taels of silver notes and put them into Chen Donghua's hand.

Chen Donghua didn't take the silver note. Instead, she pushed it into Ruan Mumu's arms and said, "Mumu, you talked about so many plans and so many things to do in the meeting. It will cost a lot of money. You should keep this money for yourself!"

“Mother, I set aside that money myself. This money is for household expenses. We’ll also need to spend money on the wine tomorrow. I guess you don’t have much money left.” Ruan Mumu forced the banknotes into Chen Donghua’s hand. It was the first time Chen Donghua had held so much money in her hand, and her hand trembled involuntarily.

"Master, I want to level up..." A weak voice rang in Ruan Mumu's mind.

"Shut up. Don't you think I'm making a fuss?" Ruan Mumu roared inwardly.

"Master, I leveled up for you too..." The purple elf's voice sounded particularly aggrieved at this moment.

"Oh my, has Mr. Zi switched to the gentle route today?" Ruan Mumu mocked, making the purple elf so angry that she wanted to die on the spot.

Ruan Mumu knew Zi Jingling's nature; since she'd brought it up, if things didn't go her way, she'd probably resort to robbery again. She figured it was best to resolve the matter quickly. So she hurriedly said goodbye to Chen Donghua, explaining she was tired, and went back to her room.

"Master, considering I earned you 25,000 taels today, you promised to upgrade me..." the purple elf spoke again.

"Tell me first, what can you get in return for the 5,000 taels I'll use to upgrade you?" Ruan Mumu asked slowly after making the bed and lying down. She was actually quite looking forward to it, after all, the Purple Elf had said that its upgrade would bring new functions and benefits.

"Master, what do you want most?" the purple elf asked.

"I want a lot, can you do it?" Ruan Mumu stretched and changed from sleeping on her side to lying on her back.

"Don't even think about asking for more. You want to use a few thousand taels of silver to exchange for a wish a thousand times greater? What are you dreaming of?" the purple elf said disdainfully.

Ruan Mumu smiled and said, "Since you're so worthless, what's the point of upgrading you?"

The purple elf said slowly, "The day after tomorrow is the day you're supposed to meet your family over there, so you probably won't be able to see them..."

"Oh no, I forgot about meeting the day after tomorrow. I'm completely unprepared." Ruan Mumu slapped her forehead, groaning in pain as the blow was too forceful.

"So, Master, about my upgrade..." the purple elf's voice rang out again.

"Get lost, can't you see I'm thinking about something?" Ruan Mumu said again, annoyed.

The purple sprite disappeared with a "whoosh" and never made a sound again.

As Ruan Mumu pondered what gifts to bring to her modern-day family, she suddenly felt a sense of quiet, as if something was missing.

Yes, that noisy purple elf won't give up so easily. Will it try the same trick again?

Thinking of this, Ruan Mumu suddenly realized something was wrong. She glanced at the silver notes in the box in the drawer of her room and noticed that many were missing. After scanning with her consciousness, she discovered that five thousand taels of silver were missing...

"Ugh... Purple Skinflint, here we go again..." Ruan Mumu was so angry that she kicked the bed board with a loud "bang".

"What's wrong? What happened?" Before they knew it, three figures rushed in from the outer room, asking anxiously.

Leading the charge was Qiao Tinghao, who was also the most agile.

Ruan Mumu realized that she had just vented her anger directly, and now she had to find a reason to cover it up, otherwise she wouldn't know how to answer when everyone asked.

Ruan Mumu jumped out of bed and, seeing Qiao Tinghao rushing in, immediately leaped onto him, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck, shouting, "Third Brother, there are cockroaches! I'm scared..."

Qiao Tinghao hugged her tightly, afraid she would fall, and gently coaxed her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

"You silly girl, I've never seen you afraid of cockroaches before!" Chen Donghua said, a little puzzled.

"Alright, Mom, let's eat quickly! I'm starving." Seeing that his younger sister was alright, Ruan Xiaojun took the lead and went out to eat.

Chen Donghua and Ruan Xiaohai also walked out one after the other.

"What happened? It's not about the cockroaches, is it?" Qiao Tinghao asked quietly.

"My five thousand taels of silver are gone..." Ruan Mumu said dejectedly.

"What happened?" Qiao Tinghao was very surprised.

"Put me down first." Ruan Mumu relaxed her legs and released her hands that were tightly holding Qiao Tinghao.

"You little rascal, you need to eat more, you're too thin." Qiao Tinghao released Ruan Mumu and gently patted her head. "Tell me about the money."

Ruan Mumu pouted and said in a low voice, "The gold-devouring beast in my space swallowed another five thousand taels of silver from me."

Qiao Tinghao smiled, feeling instantly relieved that Ruan Mumu had finally told the truth. "So all your things came from your spatial dimension."

"Yes! It's a secret, and you're the only one here who knows it," Ruan Mumu told the truth.

"Alright, don't be angry. You can earn it back later. You can only earn more money with it," Qiao Tinghao comforted him with a smile.

"I'm just furious. It swallowed my money without even waiting for my consent. This is the second time." Ruan Mumu was very angry when she thought about how this had happened twice.

"Master, if you disagree next time, I will do the same thing again, so please just agree next time and you won't be angry..." The purple elf's voice rang in Ruan Mumu's mind again. It was just that—hateful.

"Ugh... I want to hit someone." Ruan Mumu was so angry she was about to explode again.

Qiao Tinghao looked at the person who had just calmed down, but now lost control again. He guessed it was the work of the money-devouring beast once more.