My game even includes ancient times

The latest quest, "The Legend of the Night in Yuanshan County," has made no progress. He Yu is thinking about the exceptionally generous reward of this quest and wanders around the city whenever he has free time, hoping to find some clues, but unfortunately, he has not found anything.

On the other hand, the fact that this task was still unresolved meant that the danger threatening He Shi's personal safety was always present. This made He Yu feel uneasy, and even while working, he would get distracted.

"Snap out of it, Sister Xiaoyu!"

Zhang Yushi's voice pulled He Yu back to reality, and she quickly looked down at the cake she was decorating.

Fortunately, the lines drawn from the piping bag were still smooth and fluid, and the lines were not crooked.

He Yu breathed a sigh of relief, thanking muscle memory.

Zhang Yushi nudged He Yu with her elbow: "I was on leave yesterday, did something happen at the store? You've been spacing out twice today."

He Yu smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's my own fault. Maybe I haven't been resting well lately."

"That's good." Zhang Yushi carefully pressed the cookies with a cookie cutter, saying as she did so, "Speaking of which, has your burn healed?"

"It's all done, look."

He Yu raised her left hand, and through the semi-transparent glove, one could see that the skin on the back of her hand was fair, smooth, and flawless.

Zhang Yushi nodded: "That's fine then."

He Yu smiled at her, snapped out of her reverie, stopped thinking about the game, and focused on making the cake.

Two people working together are much more efficient than one person working alone; they completed more than half of today's tasks before noon.

Zhang Yushi stretched and stood in front of the glass window looking at the sky outside, complaining, "Why is the sky cloudy again? It just cleared up last night."

"The weather is like this in August, it will be better in another half month or so."

As usual, He Yu lay on the recliner, picked up his phone, and opened a game.

Zhang Yushi pouted: "I came to Northwest University because I was fed up with the rainy season back home. I thought the climate here would always be dry, but I didn't expect to have this kind of rainy weather."

"You're complaining about the rain and dampness now, but you'll be quiet once autumn comes."

Zhang Yushi turned her head and saw that He Yu had become addicted to his phone and turned into an internet addict boss, so she didn't say anything and went to sit down at the counter to start watching the show.

The game screen was dark, with snowflakes falling from the pitch-black sky.

He Yu checked the time; it was 11:45 PM.

At this point in the game, most people were already asleep, including He Shi.

Seeing that he was sleeping soundly wrapped in a cloak, He Yu didn't look at him any longer and prepared to go elsewhere to check if there was anything suspicious, as usual.

Just as she turned her gaze away from the shack and was about to open the map, she caught a glimpse of a faint red light out of the corner of her eye. Upon closer inspection, she saw that it was a dim red light shrouding the Wang family's courtyard at the entrance of the alley.

He Yu's heart tightened, and she quickly went to the Wang family's courtyard.

The Wang family's courtyard was small, with nothing piled up, and it was very clean, with nothing unusual about it.

He Yu's gaze fell on the side room with its window wide open, where a huge red arrow pointed directly at the window.

She immediately reached out and tapped the door, and the scene inside the room instantly appeared before her eyes.

A young woman dressed in a auburn dress sat on the bed, holding a short sword in her hand, the tip of which was pressed against the neck of a terrified Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng lay half-reclined on the inside of the bed, still partially covered by the blanket, his elbows propped on the bed frame, maintaining an awkward posture. The blood flowing down his neck had already stained a small patch of the collar of his light-colored undergarment.

He Yu's gaze sharpened, realizing that the clue to the mission had finally appeared.

The woman's face was not that of a typical NPC model; she looked very young, with a delicate nose, cherry lips, and a pair of alluring fox-like eyes. However, her complexion was pale, her hair was disheveled, and she appeared somewhat disheveled.

Wang Cheng had been trying to maintain the uncomfortable posture, but finally couldn't hold on any longer and moved his arm uncontrollably.

The woman immediately looked at him coldly, and moved the sword in her hand forward a little further.

[Wei Buyu: Don't move, or I'll kill you.]

Wang Cheng stared wide-eyed in terror, quickly steadying his trembling arms. A sharp pain in his neck made his throat bob, but he dared not utter a sound, for fear of angering this terrifying woman who had suddenly barged into his home.

He Yu noticed that the wound on Wang Cheng's neck had deepened a bit, and fearing that the woman named Wei Buyu might suddenly go mad and kill him, she reached out and gently tapped on the window frame.

Wei Buyu suddenly turned his head to look out the window.

[Wei Buyu: Who's there?]

He Yu gently tapped on the window frame again.

Wei Buyu narrowed his eyes, stood up, pulled Wang Cheng off the bed, held a sword to his neck, pushed open the door, and the two slowly walked into the courtyard.

As soon as Wei Buyu stepped out of the room, his gaze swept over every corner of the courtyard. It was empty; there wasn't a soul in sight.

Seeing her wary look, He Yu immediately realized that someone nearby might be looking for her.

She opened the map but didn't see any special markers.

The most urgent task is to save Wang Cheng.

He Yu turned off the map and slowly rotated the camera around Wei Buyu, trying to find a good angle to attack.

Wei Buyu stood in the courtyard for a moment without finding anything. Just as he was about to pull Wang Cheng back into the house, he suddenly looked up at the upper left as if he had heard something.

good chance!

He Yu found the right angle and poked Wei Buyu's wrist on the screen with his finger.

While Wei Buyu was stunned by the sudden opening of her wrist, He Yu grabbed Wang Cheng's shoulder and pulled him away from her side.

[Wei Buyu: Who is it?!]

She abruptly took two steps back, holding her short sword protectively in front of her, and looked around. The area was empty; there wasn't a soul in sight.

She glanced at Wang Cheng, who had fallen to the ground, and then turned her gaze back to the direction she had just been looking.

After a moment's hesitation, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and climbed over the wall to escape the yard.

Wang's parents, who were sleeping in the main house, were finally awakened by the commotion in the yard. When they came out to check, they saw Wang Cheng lying on the ground in a disheveled state and rushed over to help him up.

He Yu suddenly realized that Wei Buyu had run off towards the depths of the alley. Startled, she quickly dragged the screen to chase after her, only to find that she had been stopped in the middle of the alley.

The person who stopped her was a tall young man with his long hair half tied up. He wore a simple, close-fitting black outfit with a crimson cloak embroidered with ink bamboo over it.

A cold wind blew by, causing the young man's black hair and clothes to flutter. His left hand hung at his side, while his right hand gripped a long sword with a concealed gleam, its tip pointing directly at Wei Buyu.

Wei Buyu glared at the young man with a grim expression, and slowly raised the hand holding the short sword.

The howling wind whipped up snowflakes that pelted the cold blade. In the dilapidated, cramped, deserted alley, a battle-worn, alluring beauty stood on one side, and a tall, handsome young swordsman on the other. Their dark hair danced in the wind with the snowflakes, and when their eyes met, tension was palpable.

He Yu sat up straight with excitement as she watched the stunningly beautiful and intense scene on the screen.