CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53 THIS TWISTED TREE SPIRIT! SOMETHING’S VERY WRONG!_1

June 6, Sunday.

After more than twenty days of intense exam preparation, Su Yan felt confident. The written exam was out of 100 points. He believed that he could easily score 70 or 80 points. The physical test was also out of 100 points. Feeling a bit inflated, he thought he could score 101. As for the arena competition, he believed he could at least make it into the top 10. And if he dared to dream a bit bigger, it seemed not impossible to clinch the top spot.

Therefore, on this last day before the college entrance exam, Su Yan decided to take a full day’s rest—no more studying, no more exercising, just relaxing and recharging for the next two days of exams.

However, he still had to take care of his sisters. This was because his parents were coincidentally both away on business trips—the kind where they couldn’t take leave.

Su Yan: (╥﹏╥)

The time was 9:00 AM.

By the time Su Yan returned from buying breakfast, his Elder Sister Su Yike had already gotten up and started studying intensely. Second Sister, Su Erke, was, as always, watching a romantic soap opera. As for Third Little Sister Little Beans, this kid really went to bed the earliest and got up the latest. Since last night, she had managed to sleep a whole twelve hours straight, and now, even though the sun was high in the sky, she still showed no signs of getting up.

At this point, Su Yan could no longer just sit back and do nothing. He placed the breakfast on the dining table, then went straight to the door of Little Beans’ room, pushed it open, and walked in.

"You iron noggin, the sun’s high in the sky, and you’re still in bed sleeping?" Su Yan said as he walked, taking two steps at a time, quickly reaching the bedside. He reached out with the Branch of Sin and tugged at Little Beans, who was curled up in her quilt like a ball.

And quite swiftly, from within the cocoon of the quilt, came Little Beans’ groggy voice:

"Mmm~ Don’t wanna! Let me sleep a little longer, Susu Guo! Just a bit longer and I’ll be good~"

Little Beans didn’t want to get up; she curled her ’iron noggin’ body further into a ball and cooed in a babyish tone.

And seriously, her cooing was quite adorable. Without any exaggeration, her cuteness was enough to instantly slay swathes of mythical-level degenerates fixated on young 2D characters. In fact, even for a regular person not utterly disgusted by such degenerates, this scene could melt their heart. No thoughts needed, their mind would immediately declare: I announce! Let Little Beans continue her sleep! Just to keep this cuteness around a little longer.

But who was Su Yan anyway? He was an ’iron straight man,’ his resolve so firm that not even a Fox Demon’s Art of Charm could sway him.

So, when faced with his own adorable little sister’s requests, he didn’t even have to think. His mind immediately declared: I announce! Your announcement is invalid!

Then, he yanked off the quilt, picked Little Beans up as if she were a little chick, and carried her off to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash up.

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At the dining table, Little Beans, now completely awake, looked full of energy. She was wolfing down her food, noisily guzzling her porridge. In no time, she cleared the large bowl of porridge in front of her.

Then, with a satisfied burp, she said, "Burp! Susu Guo, I’m full, can’t eat any more!"

"I’m going back to bed now; when it’s time to eat, remember to wake me up."

After that, Little Beans climbed down from the chair, puffed out her round belly, and scampered back to her room to continue sleeping.

At the same time, Su Erke also put down her spoon, declaring herself full as well. But the bowl of porridge in front of her was barely one-third finished. Could she be trying to lose weight?

Seeing this, Su Yan immediately called out to her, "Hey, Erke, you’re at an age where you’re still growing. How can you eat so little? Be careful or you’ll end up a Princess Taiping."

Upon hearing this, Su Erke’s entire face turned green. She turned around and retorted fiercely, "You’re the Princess Taiping! Your future girlfriends! Your wife! They’ll all be Princess Taipings! Hmph!"

After her angry retort, Su Erke contentedly returned to the living room to continue binge-watching her romantic soap operas.

Looking at the more than half-full bowl of porridge remaining on the table, Su Yan sighed with disappointment, "Sigh, such a waste. Don’t you know it’s shameful to waste food? There’s still so much porridge left; how can you just stop eating like that?"

Having said that, guided by the principle that wasting food is disgraceful, Su Yan reluctantly took it upon himself to finish off the rest of the porridge.

Perhaps it was because Su Yan had just grumbled about Su Erke wasting food, Su Yike, who usually had a small appetite, was now silently finishing off a large bowl of porridge without leaving a single drop. So clean it could almost reflect light. This was somewhat inconsistent with her usual portrayal of a light eater.

BURP! Su Yike, who had eaten a bit too much, couldn’t stop a loud belch from escaping. It was the kind of sound that was embarrassingly loud! This, coming from someone who was always seen as a Fairy, made her entire face flush red.

So careless! As a Fairy, I actually burped! It’s so embarrassing!

Su Yike felt that burping severely damaged her Fairy image.

Meanwhile, Su Yan had no idea that his sister was undergoing such emotional turmoil. He simply began to clear the dining table, like an unfeeling machine dedicated to sister-care.

Seeing her brother start clearing the table, Su Yike conscientiously found a cloth and actively helped wipe the table.

Seeing this, Su Yan walked over to her, stopped by her side, and took the cloth from her hand, saying, "Yike, I’ll do the wiping. You go back to your room and read."

"Okay." Su Yike replied tersely, and then obediently went to study.

After clearing the table, Su Yan, having nothing else to do, found a flower pot and dug up some soil outside. Then he returned to his room and pulled out a Green Seed from the System Backpack. It was the Twisted Tree Spirit Seed he had obtained at Luo City Central Primary School.

[Twisted Tree Spirit Seed]: Plant melons and get melons, plant beans and get beans. Plant this seed, and you will get a Twisted Tree Spirit.

Su Yan lightly dug into the soil and planted the Green Seed he held.

However, no sooner had he buried it than the seed in the pot began to germinate and take root. A hint of luminous green shot through the soil, emitting a very strong life Essence. Su Yan took a deep breath and instantly felt a sense of comfort all over, his mind clearing up significantly.

The young sprout was still growing wildly, at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, what was as tiny as a toothpick grew into a seedling taller than the flower pot itself. Four leaves sprouted from its lush green branches. It looked like a tree, yet also like grass; it was hard to determine at the moment.

The seedling continued to grow. Although its growth rate had slowed slightly, its development became increasingly bizarre. Instead of growing taller, the trunk thickened wildly, with many purple-black vines sprouting out and spreading across the room.

"That’s enough!" Su Yan felt that if he allowed the vines to grow freely, the room would burst.

He immediately found a pair of scissors and decided to trim the sprawling, eerie vines. But as he aimed the scissors at a vine in front of him, all the vines throughout the room suddenly shrunk dramatically. They all wound around the trunk, much like one might wrap something excessively long around their waist.

Then, under Su Yan’s somewhat astonished gaze, the seedling in the pot suddenly shrank, becoming only as big as a water bottle. It uprooted itself and hopped out of the pot, stumbling all the way to Su Yan’s feet, hugging his leg, and saying, "ABA ABA ABA..."

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PS: Setting the bowl down and asking for votes!