In the previous worlds, the villains' popularity ratings were increasingly outrageous.
Almost all of them are white-faced but actually cunning.
Especially Yu Xiao, negative ten thousand is simply unheard of.
Therefore, Yu Tang thought that perhaps he could judge whether Mu Nancheng was truly stupid or just pretending based on his level of favorability.
"Huh?" Xiao Jin was stunned when he saw the number.
Yu Tang quickly asked: How much?
"This... he seems to really be stupid."
Xiao Jin said: "His affection for you reached 50 overnight."
Chapter 4
Died for the villain for the eighth time (04)
Yu Tang was shocked.
He asked again: How much?
[Host, you heard right, his favorability towards you has reached fifty.]
Xiao Jin explained to him: "Fifty is a dividing line. Reaching fifty means he completely trusts you now; only above fifty will he move towards love."
Yu Tang fell silent.
How could Mu Nancheng, who completely trusted him because of such a small act of kindness, become such a ruthless villain later in the story?
But what kind of personality did the real Mu Nancheng have before he became mentally impaired?
Will it really be that different from now?
However, Yu Tang also knew that thinking about it now was useless.
Anyway, Mu Nancheng will regain his memories later. At least for now, he still has a pure heart, so it doesn't seem like a bad thing to have him protect a fool.
"Take a sip of water and slowly cool your mouth." Yu Tang let Mu Nancheng take a sip of water, then reached out to wipe away a few tears that had fallen on the boy's face. Yu Tang stirred the hot noodle soup with a spoon to let the heat dissipate.
He scooped up another spoonful, blew on it, and brought it to Mu Nancheng's lips: "It's not hot now, have a bite."
Mu Nancheng looked at Yutang, then at the fragrant noodle soup, his mouth bulging with water.
After hesitating for a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "Ah..."
The water spilled out immediately, running down his chin and covering him completely.
Yu Tang was completely speechless.
He smiled helplessly and resignedly went to get a towel to wipe the boy's mouth and clothes: "You can swallow that saliva and then eat the noodle soup I gave you."
Mu Nancheng twisted his fingers together, looking aggrieved, and said, "But you didn't say anything."
"It's my fault, it's my fault, okay?"
After feeding the little fool a big bowl of noodle soup, Yu Tang steamed a few cornbread buns for himself, ate a simple meal of cucumber slices.
After breakfast, Yu Tang began to take stock of all his belongings.
A house made of brick and earth, divided into an inner room and an outer room, separated by a curtain.
The inner room served as the bedroom, with a kang (heated brick bed) built inside, connected to the large pot and stove in the outer room.
Yesterday, Mu Nancheng was lying there, devouring all of Yutang's white steamed buns.
The bedroom contained a simple wooden table and cabinet, which held the original owner's few clothes and an old quilt.
Lifting the quilt, there was a cotton cloth bag at the bottom, filled with banknotes and coins of a few cents and a dollar.
Yu Tang counted them and found there were as many as five hundred yuan.
It seems that this money was saved by the original owner through frugality, in preparation for getting married in the future.
After all, in rural areas, most people get married at eighteen or nineteen, and it's extremely rare for someone like Yu Tang to be twenty-five and still unmarried.
So Yu Tang listened to the village matchmaker and saved up enough money so that the other party could introduce him to a girl.
Thinking of this, Yu Tang turned around and glanced at the silly boy struggling with the curtain, and smiled.
He muttered to himself, "Now that I have this kid, why bother looking for a wife?"
The house has a lime floor and painted walls.
However, the burned areas have turned yellow and black. There is a gas stove in the outer room, directly opposite the door, connected to a bloated gas cylinder, which is placed in a somewhat dangerous position.
Yu Tang placed the gas cylinder in a safe location, checked the valve status again, and then squatted down to count the grain.
A bag of cornmeal, half a small vat of rice, and a small bag of millet.
A basket of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, and more than ten eggs.
One jar of salt, one jar of lard, one jar of peanut oil, one jar of sesame oil, and very few other spices.
After counting the money in his hand, Yu Tang decided to take Mu Nancheng for a stroll in town.
After all, now that we don't have to worry about our wives anymore, let's think about how to improve our meals.
Mu Nancheng is still growing. If he doesn't eat well, he won't grow tall. What should we do?
Thinking this, Yu Tang walked up to the boy and asked him, "Nancheng, do you want to go play?"
Mu Nancheng's eyes lit up: "I want to go! I want to go! I want to go with Tangtang!"
Being looked at by someone with such pure eyes feels like a cleansing of the soul.
Yu Tang ruffled his hair, pulled him out the door, locked the door, found the old bicycle outside, wiped the front and back seats clean with a cloth, and then let Mu Nancheng sit on it.
The original owner bought this old-fashioned bicycle for twenty yuan at a junkyard when he went to town to sell vegetables.
It took me a long time to repair it at home before I could use it again.
It became his only means of transportation.
A huge bamboo basket was placed on the right side of the back seat, used to hold things bought at the market.
Yu Tang told Mu Nancheng to sit with his legs facing one side, but Mu Nancheng insisted on sitting in the bamboo basket.
She shrank back inside, placed her hands above her head in an open gesture, and said to him with a smile, "Bloom..."
"It's blooming..."
Before Yu Tang could even complain, Xiao Jin's voice rang in his mind: "Host, I suddenly really want to know how Mu Nancheng will react when he regains his memories and remembers his foolish behavior."
Yu Tang laughed out loud: He'll probably want to move to another planet.
Along the way, Yu Tang rode his bicycle in front, while Mu Nancheng followed behind, sometimes blooming flowers.
One moment it's sprouting mushrooms, the next it's clinging to the edge of the basket, exclaiming in surprise at the scenery and the passersby.
The world seemed incredibly simple to him; all he saw were things that amazed and delighted him.
When they arrived in town, Yu Tang asked Mu Nancheng to get out of the car, and he pushed the cart ahead. Mu Nancheng then stood beside him, tugging at his clothes, and they strolled together.
The morning market has ended, and there aren't as many vendors in town now, but it's still quite lively.
Yu Tang bought two jin of pork and several packets of seasoning. Remembering that Mu Nancheng liked steamed buns, he also bought a bag of flour.
The original owner planted many vegetables in his own yard, including tomatoes, cucumbers, loofahs, eggplants, and cabbages.
So they don't lack vegetables; what they need to buy are meat and grains.
Thinking this, Yu Tang suddenly realized that the person who was with her was gone.
Turning around, I saw Mu Nancheng squatting in front of the chicken coop, curiously looking at the chicks inside.
Hearing the chicks chirping, I opened my mouth and chirped along with them.
"Nancheng!" Yu Tang called out to him, walked over, and asked, "You like these chicks, don't you?"
"The chicks seem to enjoy talking to you too." The woman selling chickens saw Mu Nancheng talking to the chicks and knew that the child might have intellectual disabilities.
But she didn't point it out. Instead, she reached out, took a chick out of the cage, and handed it to Mu Nancheng.
"Come here, you can touch it."
Mu Nancheng's eyes immediately brightened. He reached out his hands and carefully took the little life into his arms, gently stroking the chick's yellow downy feathers before approaching Yu Tang and answering his question: "Yes, Tangtang, I like it very much."
He looked at Yu Tang with pleading eyes and asked, "Can we take it with us?"
Yu Tang's heart melted under his gaze, so how could she possibly refuse?
So he took out the money he had brought, bought five chicks, found a cardboard box, put the chicks in it, and had Mu Nancheng hold them in his arms before taking him home.
This time on the road, Mu Nancheng didn't move around randomly. Instead, he held the cardboard box very carefully and sang to the chicks in a very soft voice.
The old, worn-out bicycle crawled along the dirt road, making a creaking sound.
Mu Nancheng's singing, along with the rhythm and the sound of the wind, reached Yu Tang's ears.
The man listened attentively and heard the lyrics were...
"Chirp chirp chirp... chirp chirp chirp... chirp chirp..."
Chapter 5
Died for the villain for the eighth time (05)
Upon hearing this cheeping song, Yu Tang became even more certain that this kid was definitely not Yu Xiao.
It's even less likely that they would have memories of the villains from the previous worlds or Wei Yuan.
He's just... a simple-minded fool.
That's incredibly stupid.
After returning home, Yu Tang parked the car and took Mu Nancheng inside.
Mu Nancheng held the chick tightly, as if he were really talking to it, his eyes shining brightly.
Yu Tang walked around the yard and finally chose to build a circle next to the vegetable garden with old wooden planks, spread straw on the ground, and then build a canopy on top of it.
He pulled a small light bulb out of the house, stuffed it inside, and after a long time, finally got the power on.