006 Yang Yang Was Gone

Am I sick?
After checking myself uncertainly a few times, I confirmed that there were no issues with my internal programming.
Just as the System was about to remind Qu Zhanyi to pay attention to Xu Xinqi’s abnormal behavior, it saw her pat his arm.
"Let's go. Big sister is taking you to pick up a pig."
"Ah? What pig?" Xu Xinqi looked confused, but despite his doubts, his feet instinctively followed close behind Qu Zhanyi.
After leaving the gate of Second Grandpa’s house and walking for more than ten minutes, Qu Zhanyi stopped and pointed forward. "Do you see that pig? I’m going home to push the cart; you wait here."
Xu Xinqi looked in the direction of her finger and, sure enough, saw a wild boar lying at the corner of three graves, covered in blood. By his estimation, it weighed over a hundred pounds.
His initial shock turned into pleasant surprise. Hearing his sister’s words, he immediately volunteered.
"Let me go get it, sister, just wait for me."
Qu Zhanyi nodded. Adhering to the principle of "if others have to lose out, I certainly won't," she accepted Xu Xinqi’s offer without a shred of guilt.
Xu Xinqi worked efficiently. A creaking, dilapidated handcart was soon pushed over. Together, they heaved the wild boar onto the cart. Xu Xinqi insisted on pulling it, and for once, Qu Zhanyi put in the effort to help push from behind.
"Sister, we finally have meat to eat," Xu Xinqi said, huffing and puffing as he pulled the cart, his voice brimming with irrepressible joy.
Once the boar was home, Xu Xinqi methodically started a fire, boiled water, and scalded the bristles. He busied himself all night. By the time the boar was processed, it was nearly six o'clock in the morning.
Glancing at the silent room and remembering his sister’s warning before she slept, Xu Xinqi kept a bowl of meat warm by the stove, then dragged his exhausted body off to school.
Unlike previous days when he had to chew on grass roots to stave off hunger, he now carried a small piece of pork rib, charred on the outside and tender on the inside from the fire. His heart was filled with delight.
When the sun was high, Qu Zhanyi rolled around in bed, half-dead with lethargy. Sunlight leaked through the paper-covered window, spilling onto the squirming girl and chasing away the last trace of her laziness.
Qu Zhanyi got up, stepped off the bed, and pushed the window open—all in one fluid motion.
The sky was very blue. There were no clouds. But there was the crowing of roosters and the barking of dogs, the chirping of birds, and the bustle of people...
Everything felt like a lifetime ago.
She had truly been reborn! And she possessed a young, fifteen-year-old body.
Once she unlocked the "Soul-Binding Shackle," she could be lawless... no, she could live a life of carefree ease.
Qu Zhanyi felt wonderful.
After a simple wash, she finished the bowl of meat Xu Xinqi had left by the stove, patted her stomach, and prepared to head out.
The System’s electronic voice chimed at that moment.
[Detected that the potential threat from the host’s associated character, Zhang Wanqing, has been eliminated; his moral value no longer serves as a standard for judgment. Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. Reward: fifty catties of rice, two calves, and one lucky draw opportunity.]
The rewards issued by the System were