Giving Birth in a Supernatural Game

Chapter 16: Human Skin Lantern (3)

When the sun went down, cooking smoke was rising from every household in the village.

Jia Di's family is rather small. He had two sons, the eldest was in his early twenties while the youngest was around seventeen or eighteen. Both were tanned from working in the sun, thin, and very quiet.

The house had no mistress.

The place was in a mess, groceries were piled up in the corner of the hall, and there was no vegetable field in the yard nor a place to raise chickens and ducks like their neighbors.

Chen Caixing was very hungry. He smelled the cooking from the house next door and remembered that he and Xiao Jiu hadn't eaten yet, so he took the child downstairs for dinner. On the first floor, the eldest son was chopping wood in the yard, while Jia Di was doing some carpentry work with the help of the youngest.

In the kitchen, the stove was cold and clearly hadn't been used recently.

Chen Caixing: ...

Is he even unworthy of eating?!

"Uncle, I'm hungry, when are we going to have dinner?" Chen Caixing stated, looking at the father and two sons. With worry that he would have to make do with poor meals, he shamelessly supported his waist, holding his beer belly carefully, and smiled, "Sorry, I can't help it. I have to eat for two and my younger brother is still growing so he needs to eat something nutritious."

Jia Di looked up at the sky. Noticing the time, he let go of the piece of wood in his hand and said, "Son, you can stop chopping wood and go cook with your brother's help." He looked at the oldest son and patted the younger on the shoulder.

The youngest evaded his father's hand and silently followed his brother to the kitchen.

Soon the cooking smoke rose.

The old man washed his face and hands with water and sat on the low bamboo chair by the door smoking gloomily.

Chen Caixing was a good actor, always making sure to remember his identity as a 'pregnant woman', so he pretended to go away to avoid secondhand smoke. However, in fact, he just wanted to visit the area on the first floor where Jia Di's family slept. The last game made Chen Caixing develop the habit of observing the place first, and NPC's houses aren't an exception.

In the middle of the first floor was a very spacious hall, the front yard and the backyard were connected, and the area was well ventilated during summer. A black lacquered eight immortals table¹ was placed in the middle of the hall and a total of four rooms were on the left and right sides. The left side of the house led Jia Di's room and to the front yard, while behind was a warehouse.

On the right side was the room of the two sons.

The doors were unlocked and left open. There was nothing suspicious in the three bedrooms, they were all simple and normal at a glance. The warehouse was filled with debris and several heavy locked wooden boxes, their content unknown. There were also several sacks which Chen Caixing untied, discovering many dried mushrooms inside.

"Sister, someone is coming." Yuan Jiuwan warned.

Chen Caixing supported his beer belly and walked out of the warehouse calmly. Even if he was found, he could always say that he was too hungry and went looking for food. He was eating for two after all!

Although it's shameless to pretend to be pregnant, it can be very useful too.

As soon as he came out, he bumped into the newcomer Lu Zhou. The other party nodded at him with an anxious look. At the door, Jia Di said: "... you can find a room on the second floor."