My game even includes ancient times

Filled with fear, He Shi saw the candied hawthorn that had suddenly appeared and was stuck in the haystack.

The bright red hawthorns are large and uniform in size, coated with a crystal-clear sugar coating, making one's mouth water just looking at them.

In Yuanshan County, there are vendors who sell candied hawthorns. They always carry a straw target and walk through the streets and alleys, with candied hawthorns stuck all over it.

"Candied hawthorn berries~ Candied hawthorn berries that are both sour and sweet~"

The vendor walked around calling out his wares, attracting the attention of nearby children who then begged their parents to buy him things.

Adults always complain that this thing is expensive and not filling, and that eating too much will damage their teeth, but most of them still give in to the child's constant whining and buy one.

Then, seeing the child's genuine smile, I smiled helplessly too.

The deity gave me candied hawthorns; did that mean he forgave me? Isn't he going to punish me?

He hesitated for a moment before standing up from the ground. He slowly walked to the string of candied hawthorns, picked it up, and examined it closely.

The ones that the vendor was selling were nowhere near as beautiful as this one.

In He Shi's memory, candied hawthorn was something adults used to coax children, but now a deity was giving it to him.

Even though he had done something wrong, the gods were still willing to coax him like a child.

It turns out that the gods weren't always high above, bestowing charity upon mortals. Instead, they seemed to be standing right beside me, genuinely caring for me like an adult buying candied hawthorns for a spoiled child.

Realizing this, He Shi's eyes welled up with tears, and a strange, heartwarming sadness welled up in his heart, making his nose sting as well.

He opened his mouth and took a bite of the red fruit on the top of the string, the cool, sweet and sour taste spreading in his mouth.

This was the first time he had ever tried candied hawthorn. So this is what it tastes like! It's really delicious.

He Shi gently chewed on the crunchy candy coating, but tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.

He Yu was dumbfounded.

Watching the image on the screen of a thin, small boy holding a candied hawthorn, eating it while silently shedding tears, she felt helpless for the first time.

This child, I didn't blame him for fighting, nor did I say I would take care of him in the future, so why is he crying?

She didn't cry when she was seriously ill or injured before.

Seeing He Shi crying so pitifully, He Yu just wanted to comfort him as soon as possible.

She opened the warehouse and saw only a few items on the shelves, and suddenly felt like crying along with He Shi.

We are too poor, we are really too poor.

I can't even afford to give my child a gift to comfort them...

After hesitating for a while, He Yu gave the cotton-padded coat to He Shi.

After all, this kid can fight against criminal gangs, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to wear new clothes, right?

He Shi was still chewing on a candied hawthorn when a neatly arranged light brown cotton coat suddenly appeared on the haystack.

He blinked his wet eyelashes, a little taken aback.

Just then, the sleeve of the cotton coat fluttered up and touched his eye, gently brushing against it.

He Shi was truly stunned. Holding the candied hawthorn, he stood there at a loss for what to do.

Suddenly, an unbelievable thought flashed through my mind.

Is this...is the deity wiping away tears?

He couldn't help but hold his breath.

The fabric of this cotton coat isn't very fine; when I gently rubbed it against my face, it gave me a tingling, itchy feeling.

He Shi felt a tingling and itchy sensation in his heart as well.

He stared blankly ahead, his mind a complete blank, with only the peculiar sensation on his face remaining.

After wiping away the tears on her face, she slipped the sleeve of her cotton coat back onto the haystack and remained motionless.

He Shi stared blankly at the sleeve, noticing the damp spots, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his stomach. The rapid "thump, thump" sound kept echoing in his ears until it finally calmed down after a long time.

In the end, he couldn't bear to wear the new clothes, afraid that the dust on his body would dirty them.

He Yu watched as He Shi, his face flushed, carefully folded his clothes and placed them in a corner of a clean haystack, covering them with something, and still went out wearing that tattered cotton coat. He Yu tilted his head in confusion.

Why isn't the silly boy wearing new clothes? Is he afraid of getting them dirty?

But she couldn't tell He Shi not to worry about getting it dirty and to quickly put on his thick cotton coat.

I could only watch him walk further and further down the alley, until he turned around at the end and his figure disappeared into the bright sunlight.

He Yu shook his head, preparing to shift his perspective to follow He Shi. He had just stepped out of the shack and hadn't even reached the alley entrance when he saw the gate of the Wang family's house open.

Wang Xiaoya peeked around and looked left and right. Seeing that the alley was quiet and empty, she took the lead and stepped over the threshold with her short legs.

Wang Cheng followed her out, carrying a small bamboo basket covered with a cloth.

The brother and sister walked hand in hand toward the end of the alley.

[Wang Xiaoya: Brother, do you think that handsome boy is home right now?]

Wang Cheng: He shouldn't be here. He seems to leave very early every day.

Wang Xiaoya: Okay...

[Wang Cheng: We're just delivering food. Who cares if he's there or not? If he's not there, we'll just leave the food there, right?]

Wang Xiaoya pouted, glanced at her brother, and didn't say anything more.

He Yu followed the brother and sister to the shack with great interest.

Wang Xiaoya stood outside, peering curiously inside, while Wang Cheng walked in confidently, looked around, and found the bowl placed on the stone.

He lifted the cloth covering the basket, took out most of a bowl of mixed grain porridge, and poured it into the bowl.

As I put away the bowl and looked up, I saw my younger sister standing by the door, too afraid to come in, and I immediately laughed.

[Wang Cheng: Little girl, come in if you want. There's nothing in his house.]

Wang Xiaoya walked into the shack with a shy demeanor and looked curiously at the most conspicuous haystack.

[Wang Xiaoya: Does this young man usually sleep on this? It must be very uncomfortable.]

Wang Cheng stood up, covered the basket, and reached out to pat his younger sister's head.

[Wang Cheng: That should be it. He's not eating or sleeping well, we should help him more.]

Wang Xiaoya nodded her little head emphatically, and Wang Cheng looked at her with a smile.

[Wang Cheng: Let's go, little girl, we still need to go back and feed the chickens. When he comes back, he'll definitely see the food we left for him right away.]

Wang Xiaoya nodded again, and the brother and sister went home hand in hand, just like when they arrived.

He Yu watched this scene with a smile, feeling healed by the kind-hearted brother and sister, her heart warmed.

She turned her head to look at the street outside the floor-to-ceiling window. The rain hadn't stopped, and there was a lot of water on the ground.

Two young people with umbrellas crossed the road and walked towards the dessert shop.

He Yu exited the game and stood up, and the wind chimes at the door rang.

A slight smile curved her lips as she asked, "Welcome! What would you like to order?"