LOT – Chapter 103 Our Family’s Pig Can Snatch a Cabbage Too! Must Guard the Cabbage!

After putting their clothes back on, the two of them snuck toward the window.

“Can’t you be a little more careful! Aren’t you a system? Don’t you have special abilities? Can’t you move more lightly?”

“Aren’t you kind of like a spirit now? Can’t you soar through the sky or burrow through the ground? If nothing else, why don’t you just slip underground instead of squeezing in here with me!”

The two of them kept shoving and pushing by the window, neither willing to let the other go first.

In the end, Bai Xiao—the system—gave Lin Mo a shove with his butt, knocked her aside, and climbed out first. (From here on, the system will be called by his name.)

Watching Lin Mo struggle against the tall window sill with her short legs, Bai Xiao said speechlessly, “Yes, I’m a system, but I’m not a spirit. I became human, not a god. If I could soar through the sky and dive into the earth, wouldn’t it be better for me to just turn invisible instead?”

Lin Mo finally managed to clamber onto the sill, rolling her eyes at him with resentment. Couldn’t he at least give her a hand? After all this time as partners, he still didn’t have the least bit of awareness!

“Come on, you’re almost there! Push your little butt up, yes, yes, once your butt’s up, the rest of you can follow!”

Bai Xiao kept cheering her on. The window they’d chosen was actually quite high—about two-thirds of Lin Mo’s height—but it was also the safest exit.

Seeing him spouting nonsense instead of helping, Lin Mo swung down with a sweeping kick. “You really are asking for a beating!”

Bai Xiao dodged neatly, chuckled, and then dashed forward. He had already heard footsteps approaching—better to run first!

Bickering all the way, the two finally made it out. They climbed over the wall, but Lin Mo’s image was completely ruined in the process, with Bai Xiao laughing at her the whole time.

Still, he wasn’t completely heartless. At least he didn’t leave her hanging on the wall alone.

“Later I’ll just say you’re my friend, temporarily staying with us. My parents should agree. If they don’t, see that dog hole over there? You hide in my courtyard. If anyone comes, dive through the dog hole and over the wall immediately!”

Lin Mo was nervous. At her age in this era, she was neither too young nor too old—it was the right age for a betrothal.

Now she was suddenly bringing a man home. What if her parents misunderstood? Granted, Bai Xiao was ridiculously handsome, as if every good-looking feature in the world had been collected onto his face. But still, she couldn’t be this casual about it.

Bai Xiao folded his arms and nodded seriously. “Don’t worry, I’ll go along with whatever you say. I’ll definitely manage to stay in your house!”

A few minutes later, the Lin family all stared at Lin Mo and Bai Xiao with odd expressions.

Madam Lin turned to her husband, eyes wide with shock: Our daughter actually brought a man home! And such a good-looking one!

Minister Lin: Wretched girl! Since when was she involved with a man?

Lin Ran looked a little excited: Our pig actually knows how to root out cabbage! And such a fresh, tender cabbage at that! Amazing!

Lin Qi: My own love life hasn’t gone anywhere, and this brat already brought a man home? Not fair!

Everyone’s thoughts went wild. Under their gazes, Lin Mo felt guilty.

【System! What do we do? I feel guilty. If only you’d turned into a pet instead, at least then I’d have an excuse.】

Everyone present: !!! What?! This man is the system?! The system turned human?!

Minister Lin hiccupped in shock. So from beginning to end, this thing was just her finding herself a partner! That so-called binding… could it actually mean marriage?

No wonder the system had kept saying he needed to gather energy to “marry a wife.” So it was to gather energy to turn human and marry his daughter! This couldn’t be allowed!

Bai Xiao himself felt guilty. When he had no physical form, he’d loved “eating melons” (watching gossip) with enthusiasm. Now that he had a body, he felt even more involved.

【Hurry and introduce me! I don’t want to be sneaking through a dog hole every day!】

Under Bai Xiao’s pressing gaze, Lin Mo stammered, “Um, Father, Mother, this is my friend. He’s come to rely on me for a while. Can he stay here?”

Lin Mo had already braced herself for rejection. But the very next second, her mother blurted out a firm—

“Yes! Of course he can! Stay as long as you like!”

Who cared if he was a system? He had become human, hadn’t he? As long as he looked good, that was enough.

Madam Lin, ever the face-connoisseur, was ecstatic. She’d never expected her daughter—who barely even had friends—to bring home such a handsome “son-in-law.” What a delightful surprise!

Everyone stared at Madam Lin’s glowing smile, while Lin Mo and Bai Xiao were both left dumbfounded.

Bai Xiao blinked at Lin Mo: 【What’s with your mother? Why is she so happy?】

Lin Mo: 【I don’t know. But whatever, as long as you get to stay, it’s fine.】

He got to stay, but the household registration still had to be dealt with. Lin Mo casually tossed the matter to her father.

“His papers got lost on the road, so just register him under our family.”

Minister Lin’s face turned black. Register under our family? Wouldn’t that make him a live-in son-in-law?!

He wanted to refuse, but under his wife’s threatening glare, he had no choice but to do the paperwork.

This was something the Emperor and others had to know, or else they’d be too shocked later. So Minister Lin had Lin Qi write a letter to the palace.

When Emperor Xuande received the news, his jaw nearly dropped.

“I knew there was something off about this system! And he really did turn into a human! I always thought little Lin couldn’t find a suitable match in the capital—every young man flees at the sight of her. Turns out she and the system were a pair all along.”

The Emperor was thrilled by this piece of gossip, though one problem remained: “But if the system has turned human, how will I keep eating melons at court?”

Lin Mo was wondering the same thing. Watching Bai Xiao gorge himself, her feelings were complicated.

“Can you turn back? If you’re human, I can’t exactly bring you to court with me.”

Bai Xiao wiped his mouth, then shrank smaller and smaller right before her eyes.

“See? Problem solved. We’re bound together anyway, I can’t leave you. I might not be able to fly or burrow, but changing size I can do. I’ll just hide in your clothes during court.”

Seeing the tiny figure in front of her, Lin Mo burst out laughing, then flicked her finger at him.

With a shriek, Bai Xiao flew off. “Aaaahhh! Are you crazy?! If you want my life, just say so!”