Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 17

Plus, the interpersonal relationships were simple, so Yan Yunqing chose the blacksmith's shop as his temporary lodging without hesitation.

For this, he even paid the expensive accommodation fee of three Silver Coins a day, so that Yuli could have a little pocket money for candy.

It was definitely not because he was coveting the old blacksmith's life skills, wanting to unlock the Forging life skill and steal some techniques while he was at it!

"I see, then Yuli, do you want to come with us today?"

Yan Yunqing asked, "Isn't it unsafe for a child to be at home alone?"

Yuli was very confused: "Grandpa and I have been living like this for so many years.

Before you came, Brother A-Yan, I was also at home alone.

It wasn't unsafe at all. Everyone in the village takes good care of us."

Yan Yunqing slapped his forehead: I forgot, this family could be considered the family of a martyr.

Yuli's parents, the blacksmith's son, were all people who had sacrificed themselves to protect the village.

Therefore, the people in the village took very good care of this grandparent and grandchild.

When the blacksmith grandfather went out, the neighbors would come over from time to to time to check if little Yuli needed any help.

Perhaps in the eyes of the current villagers, he was the unsafe factor.

Speak of the devil, the voice of their neighbor Blake sounded at the door, "Little Yuli—are you home?"

Yuli put the water ladle in her hand aside and answered the person outside the door:

"Uncle Blake, I'm here, I'll be right there!"

She turned back to Yan Yunqing and Lilian and said, "Brother A-Yan, Lilian, I've already prepared the food and put it on the dining table outside.

Go eat after you've tidied up! If you have an empty stomach in the morning, you'll have no energy for the whole day."

After speaking, Yuli hurriedly ran out.

Leaving Yan Yunqing and Lilian to look at each other in dismay.

Were we being taken care of by a child as if we were children?

Even someone as thick-skinned as Lilian couldn't quite take it.

"I'm clearly a cub too, but why do I feel like my image has suddenly become so terrible."

Yan Yunqing threw up his hands.

It couldn't be helped; unreliable adults just had to be taken care of by mature children.

After tidying himself up, Yan Yunqing took out a tree branch and cast a newly unlocked Cleaning Spell on himself.

He instantly felt a lightness all over his body, and his whole person felt refreshed again.

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Don't ask him why he could clean himself with a Cleaning Spell but still wasted time brushing his teeth.

He could only say that the habit of brushing his teeth and washing his face after waking up had been maintained for so many years that if he didn't do it one day, he would subconsciously feel unclean.

He came to the dining table and sat down.

The breakfast Yuli prepared for them was very simple.

A bowl of steamed egg custard made from Gugu Chicken eggs with a little sauce poured on top, which Yan Yunqing had tasted and found very similar to the soy sauce from his original world.

A cup of Curly(rolled) Goat milk for each of them, and a plate of sliced bread that still smelled of fragrant wheat flour, steaming hot, clearly just baked.

There was also a plate of wild fruits prepared especially for Lilian.

Yan Yunqing held no hope for the diet of commoners in another world.

After all, the era was backward, and many seasonings were still used as spices by people at this time, so one couldn't taste much deliciousness at all.

Foods that could be called decent were all those whose ingredients themselves were fresh and delicious enough that they couldn't go wrong no matter how they were cooked.

Being able to eat egg custard was already satisfying enough for Yan Yunqing.

He stuffed the choking bread into his mouth in a few bites, swallowing it down with the slightly sweet goat's milk.

It got stuck halfway in his chest, unable to go up or down.

Yan Yunqing pounded his chest hard, his expression contorted.

He had to force it down several times before it barely entered his stomach.

Lilian watched, stunned, and ate her fruits with great care, afraid of ending up like Yan Yunqing, choking to death with a twisted face.

"Can't you eat a little slower?"

Lilian felt that Yan Yunqing was too crude.

"Gobbling it down like Yuli has starved you for several meals."

"You don't understand," Yan Yunqing sighed faintly.

This bread smelled fragrant, but it was truly unpalatable.

It was bread made simply from unevenly ground wheat flour, with no additives or other miscellaneous things, so the texture was similar to the old-style Russian black bread from the old Russkies.

It was hard, not only choking but also bad for the teeth, and had no flavor at all.

The more he chewed, the bleaker life seemed.

After eating it for a long time, Yan Yunqing couldn't help but think of the Coke chicken wings, braised pork ribs, Kung Pao chicken, Guo Bao Rou, and Yang Rou Pao Mo of the past...

Saliva was flowing from his eyes!

In order not to cry with a red face and neck every time he ate, Yan Yunqing chose to eat quickly and die quickly... no, eat quickly and finish quickly, to save himself from getting especially homesick every time he ate this bread.

He drank the rest of the goat's milk and finished the egg custard.

Yan Yunqing wiped his mouth and went to wash the used bowls.

The meal was prepared by the little big sis; Yan Yunqing was too embarrassed to let the little big sis be responsible for washing the dishes after the meal.

An adult like that would be too pathetic!

After washing the dishes, Yuli also returned to the house, busy with something unknown.

Yan Yunqing said to Yuli: "I'm going out for a walk.

I won't be back for lunch today, so you just need to prepare lunch for Lilian."

"Got it." Yuli was lying on the dining table writing and drawing in a small notebook.

Hearing him, she looked up and said, "Then on your way back, bring a Gugu Chicken from Uncle Jim's.

I'll make roasted Gugu Chicken for you guys tonight."

As she spoke, she jumped off the stool, pattered into the room, took out a Silver Coin, and stuffed it into Yan Yunqing's hand, "Here, money to buy the Gugu Chicken."

"Why are you giving me money?"

Yan Yunqing didn't want it.

"I have money, brother. You keep this money to buy candy."

Yuli looked up at him, her eyes shining brightly.

Yan Yunqing couldn't help but take a step back.

Wasn't that gaze a bit too sharp? Sister Sharp.

Seeing Yan Yunqing take a step back, Yuli sighed maturely, mimicking her grandfather:

"Take it.

You already gave our family three silver coins a day for lodging; that includes the cost of meals."

"Besides, Brother A-Yan, if you're not short on money, why do you go out every day and ask people if they have any work you can help with?"

Yuli's gaze towards Yan Yunqing was filled with worry and disapproval.

"Brother A-Yan, actually, the lodging fee in our village really doesn't need to be as much as three Silver Coins.

You can give a little less, so you don't have to work so hard every day."

Yuli's face clearly wrote: Baby is very worried about you.

Yan Yunqing: ...

Yan Yunqing was silent.

Yan Yunqing closed his eyes.

Yan Yunqing didn't know how to tell Yuli that he was actually very rich.

Going out and asking people if they needed help wasn't for the reward of a few Copper Coins; he just wanted to do more daily quests to level up faster.

This led to Yuli seeing Yan Yunqing leaving early and returning late every day, thinking that this big brother was actually very short on money and had to go out to work every day to save up enough to pay their family's lodging fee.

Young but very kind, Yuli felt that this couldn't go on.

The silver coins that Brother A-Yan worked so hard to earn felt scalding in her hands, and she didn't know how to tell Brother A-Yan that he really didn't need to pay so much to stay at their house.

Lilian heard the entire conversation clearly and clutched her stomach, laughing her head off on the side, "Dying of laughter, hahahahahaha—"

"Going out to find work every day hahahahahaha, working hard to earn the lodging fee hahahahahaha."

Yan Yunqing almost thought he no longer recognized the word 'ha'.

Yan Yunqing glared fiercely at Lilian, then squatted down in front of Yuli to be at her eye level, and pushed the Silver Coin back into Yuli's palm.

"Yuli, I'm really not short on money."

"The reason I go ask those villagers if they need help is because... uh..."

Yan Yunqing racked his brains for a reason, "I just like to do it.

You know, right?

Adventurers take on all sorts of commissions to complete.

I'm learning how to be a qualified adventurer."

That's how games were.

The planners only needed to bury their heads in writing all sorts of random daily quests, while the players had much more to consider.

Yuli didn't quite understand.

She frowned and thought hard, trying to comprehend, "Hmm... an adventurer... is that a profession similar to a bounty hunter?

Taking on missions from the Bounty Hunter's Association and receiving rewards upon completion?"

Yan Yunqing blinked his eyes, "Ah, yes, that's right.

That's it.

I'm just trying to learn how to be a qualified bounty hunter."

Bounty Hunter's Association?

Fine one second, mine the next.

Good reason, I'll take it!

Yuli thought for a while longer.

She felt that there was something strange about Yan Yunqing's explanation, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong, so she could only nod.

"Alright, since you put it that way, Brother A-Yan."

Yuli put on the air of a reliable little big sis and patted Yan Yunqing's shoulder.

"Then Brother A-Yan must also work hard today to learn how to be a bounty hunter!"

Yan Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth lifted into a brilliant smile: "Of course."

A telegram of roaring laughter came from Lilian in the distance:

"Hahahahahaha, learning how to be a bounty hunter—"

The smile froze on his lips. Yan Yunqing gritted his teeth, each word seemingly squeezed from between them, "Li—li—an—"

"You're coming out with me today! Lying at home all day, you're going to get moldy! Get out and get some sun!"

"Hahahahahaha—Huh?"

Lilian, who was still roaring with laughter, was suddenly picked up by Yan Yunqing and looked around blankly in his hand.

"Wait? What?

Elves don't get moldy, what are you even talking about?"

"It's so hot, I don't want to go out! No way, no way, don't make me go out—"

Completely ignoring Lilian's refusal, Yan Yunqing waved to Yuli and forcibly dragged Lilian out the door.

After just a few steps in the sun, Lilian wilted, flying listlessly beside Yan Yunqing with a look of deep resentment.

Yan Yunqing was speechless: "Is that necessary?

How is it that hot?

You really have been at home for a long time.

If you don't get some sun... elves will become useless too."

Lilian hung her head, hiding in Yan Yunqing's shadow, "Although we both grow from trees, elves aren't really plants that need sunlight to grow or anything."

"I just don't like being in the sun for a long time, the feeling of getting all sticky."

Lilian was like a shut-in forced out of the house by their parents, exuding a resentful aura that wanted to destroy the world.

Yan Yunqing rolled his eyes, "I'm telling you, since you want to follow me for the time being, be prepared to sleep in the wild at any time.

This kind of situation will definitely happen in the future."

Right now, his level was still that of a newbie in the starting village, so he was taking quests all over this village to level up.

Later, when the daily quests were no longer enough for him to level up, he would definitely have to leave this village and find a grinding area to kill monsters and level up.

Since he had already come to this world, Yan Yunqing could no longer naively think that he could live in some village for the rest of his life, being an ordinary person who accomplishes nothing until death.

Even if he was willing, the game system that came to this world with him would definitely not agree.

Just look at the quest [Investigate 'Blood Mist'].

It was obvious that this game system wanted him to explore more things related to this world.

As a player, one must have the awareness that they will participate in countless major events that decide the fate of the world in the future, and shoulder a role like that of a savior!

Therefore,

Level up! Get stronger! It's urgent!

Yan Yunqing no longer paid attention to Lilian's increasingly resentful expression.

With a spring in his step, he turned into a villager's home and spoke to the old granny NPC with an exclamation mark above her head, noticeable even from ten meters away, "Granny Mariya, is there anything I can help you with today?"

"Oh, it's Xiao Yan.

You've come at just the right time.

The water in the household water vat is almost used up.

Could you please trouble yourself to go to the small river and fetch a few buckets of water back to fill this vat?"

"Of course, I will pay you some reward to thank you for doing these things for me."

"I understand, Granny. I'll go fetch water for you right away!"