Huayu: I'm surrounded by the most popular young actresses!

Lin Mo was awakened by a ringing alarm, and he quickly turned off his phone's alarm.

He glanced at the time; he had only just fallen asleep. A few rays of sunlight were already rising outside the window, and soon the residents of the community would be going downstairs to buy things.

A pair of fair arms hugged him tightly. Zhuang Dafei closed his eyes but showed a sweet smile, as if he were having a beautiful dream.

Lin Mo gently kissed the girl, revealing faint dimples on her face, and then quietly left the bed. He even carefully covered Zhuang Dafei with the blanket.

The air was still thick with the lingering scent of last night's storm.

After putting on his clothes and protective suit, Lin Mo left the room, feeling slightly tired.

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At 9:30 a.m., the voice of a volunteer conducting nucleic acid testing could be heard at the door.

When Zhuang Dafei opened his eyes, he saw Lin Mo's affectionate gaze.

She subconsciously burrowed deeper into the blanket, seemingly a little shy, but her hand hidden under the blanket wouldn't let go of Lin Mo no matter what.

"Alright, stop fooling around, the volunteers outside must be getting impatient."

Zhuang Dafei, whose only visible feature was his pair of smiling, curved eyes, nodded obediently and fiddled with the blankets.

Shortly after, Zhuang Dafei and Lin Mo, dressed, came out of the room and completed the test as usual.

After closing the door, Lin Mo asked, "How are you? Have you had enough rest?"

"Yes, brother, it's just...it still hurts a little."

Zhuang Dafei blinked, looking very well-behaved.

Lin Mo gently ruffled her hair, revealing her sweet dimples and causing her eyes to curve into crescent moons.

"I went out to buy food this morning. You rest for a bit, and I'll make you something nice to eat to help you recover."

Zhuang Dafei, showing his understanding, asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Lin Mo glanced at Zhuang Dafei's long, beautiful legs, causing the girl's cheeks to flush pink again. Instead of backing down, she asked again, "My legs... don't seem to be of much help to you, do they?"

"What are you thinking, silly girl? I mean, you're having trouble standing right now, why don't you sit down and rest for a bit?"

"It's because my brother keeps saying my legs are beautiful, and he's had his hands on my legs all night."

Lin Mo joked, "If you don't like it, you can push it away."

Zhuang Dafei said sweetly, "I like it..."

While Lin Mo was preparing breakfast, Zhuang Dafei once again took out his guitar and played for Lin Mo in the living room.

Before, she might have picked up the guitar to pass the time, but now she does it entirely so that Lin Mo can feel a little more at ease while cooking.

Lin Mo's meal was mainly for replenishing qi and blood. After he served it, he kept putting more nourishing food on Zhuang Dafei's plate.

When Zhuang Dafei tried to ask what these things were, Lin Mo only said, "They're very good for girls," and then gave a meaningful smile.

Zhuang Dafei nodded shyly, understanding what he meant.

After breakfast, exercise is essential, especially for young men and women during the pandemic, who often have exceptionally high energy levels.

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A woodpecker landed in the quiet sky outside the window at some unknown time.

It is the doctor of the tree, seemingly able to see through the parasites hidden within it.

The tree made a series of thumping sounds, but it couldn't stop the woodpecker's sharp beak.

Even if this big tree is infested with some kind of pest, it is no match for the woodpecker's "treatment".

The woodpecker's healing act caused wood chips to fly and fall beside the tree trunk.

The woodpecker was unaware of the damage it was causing; instead, it felt like a diligent gardener, working hard to "heal" the tree every moment.

The branches were swaying, and the leaves were swinging erratically in the wind; the tree could not withstand such damage.

If it were alive, it wouldn't be making noise passively, but rather a painful wail.

The woodpecker will not let the tree go so easily. For the woodpecker, the job of being a tree "doctor" is to completely "cure" the tree.

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Lin Mo, supporting his back, opened the window and immediately saw the noisy tree outside.

Behind him was a sleeping girl with sweet dimples on her cheeks.

Lin Mo lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

"I wouldn't have dared to imagine this kind of life before."

Only now does Lin Mo realize how terrifying this system is. Even if he is just an ordinary person and the most inconspicuous one, he can still have the opportunity to change himself with the help of the system.

When dealing with celebrities, this system exerts an invisible but powerful effect.

The favorability system alone allows Lin Mo to win over celebrities like he would win over NPCs in a game. Even if he does nothing, he can guess how those celebrities view him just by looking at the favorability rating.

Not to mention the skills and talents gained after completing various check-ins.

It took Xiaobai less than two months to improve his acting skills to the level of a skilled actor, reaching the acting level of students who had successfully graduated from drama school over several years.

While culinary skills don't rely heavily on talent or personal understanding, they are highly proficient through practice and require relatively few skill points to develop, allowing one to progress from apprentice to chef.

This should be considered a rather useless skill, but in this situation, it becomes one of the most crucial survival skills.

"Xiaobai's singing... Perhaps, I can use this free time during the lockdown to improve my singing skills, just like learning acting from a master."

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes, thinking: If I participate in an important competition, and the host and judges make a call for me, will I be able to get a lot of points all at once?

"Does the contestant... count?"

Lin Mo felt he needed to test this idea. If even the contestants could sign in, he could level up the system to the maximum level in one go.

At that time, he will be a super six-dimensional all-around numerical warrior, and it will be difficult to find a match for him in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Lin Mo stubbed out his cigarette, closed the window again, and crawled back into bed.

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The neighborhood should be quiet at night.

But as night falls, that damned woodpecker once again transforms into the tree's "doctor," extending its sharp beak once more towards the tree, which has not yet recovered and is now free of parasites.

After the leaves of the big tree swayed once, they stopped swaying and quietly awaited their death.

Wood chips flew around again, and leaves fell from the air as the bird's beak struck them.

Some wood shavings landed on the woodpecker, but this did not frighten the woodpecker; instead, it aroused the woodpecker's "healing" mood.

The sound made by the woodpecker, whose birds are neither entirely beneficial nor entirely harmless, is quite unbearable.

"Will this ever end?! It hasn't stopped since last night!"

This damn bird came once in the morning and again in the evening; you guys are driving me crazy with noise.

The resident threw a slipper out of the open window, seemingly hoping to stop the woodpecker from damaging the tree.