My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 53 The space has been upgraded again!

Upon entering the space, Cheng Ruoan ran to the laundry room to find the clothes that had been dried and washed yesterday, while Si Shaoheng went to check his electronic butler account to see his current reputation value.

Cheng Ruoan couldn't accept washing clothes casually by the river like others, then hanging them on a wheelbarrow to dry naturally as they walked. The clothes of her family of four were all taken off and stuffed into her space to be washed.

Anyway, apart from the lack of internet, the space has water and electricity, and a washer-dryer combo. Why not use it if you have the means?

Cheng Ruoan doesn't like to suffer without effort.

She asked Si Shaoheng for a scholar's robe and told him to change into it quickly.

Si Shaoheng was surprised. "Wouldn't it be safer to take it out and change? What if I change it in the space and my clothes change instantly when I'm outside? How terrifying would that be if someone saw it?"

He thought Cheng Ruoan disliked him because his clothes were dirty after returning from the mountains.

"No, there's no one standing there. Something terrible has happened at home, and the children are all in the side room. No one has come out."

As soon as she finished changing, Cheng Ruoan's eyes widened in surprise.

She pulled him to the mirror and exclaimed in surprise, "Si Shaoheng, look! Don't you look just like 'Si Sanlang' when you wear ancient clothes?"

Si Shaoheng was also surprised.

They do look about 50-60% alike.

They were the same height and had the same frame, but Si Sanlang didn't eat as nutritionally balanced a diet as he did in modern times, so he didn't look as strong, and his cheeks were naturally much thinner. In other words, his physique wasn't as well-built as his in modern times.

In addition, Si Sanlang was long-term listless and cowardly, so his temperament was not as upright and outstanding as his.

Take their eyes for example. Both of them have phoenix eyes. Si Shaoheng's eyes are obviously those of a handsome man, so handsome that even a female hooligan like Cheng Ruoan would want to whistle.

But Sisaburo's eyes looked lifeless, like slanted eyes, sometimes sinister and sometimes lewd.

So, is this a coincidence?

"Where are Cheng's clothes? You should change into them too..."

Si Shaoheng withdrew his gaze from his reflection in the mirror and looked at Cheng Ruoan.

But he discovered that the woman had already taken her clothes to change, without him needing to remind her.

"The little thing is quite clever." Si Shaoheng couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, after Cheng Ruoan changed into ancient costume, she looked about five or six points similar to "Cheng Ruoan".

The modern Li Ruoan is bright and sexy, and smiles at everyone she meets, making her look like a seductive fool, a silly beauty.

However, Cheng Ruo'an in ancient times was full of bitterness and resentment. Even before he became depressed, he was self-pitying, with droopy eyelids and corners of his mouth, and he also had sloping shoulders and a hunched back.

Although she was considered to have a very good temperament compared to many village women in Daxia, she still couldn't compare to a wealthy woman like Li Ruoan.

Cheng Ruoan looked in the mirror, cupped her face and exclaimed, "I knew it! It's impossible that just because it only meets half of the 'same name, must be worn' rule, it would make us wear the clothes of these two people. There must be some connection between them."

I feel that if we exercised and took care of our skin like we do now, the bodies of people in ancient times might have looked exactly like ours today.

Si Shaoheng raised an eyebrow: "Give it a try?"

"Let's try it!" Cheng Ruoan nodded vigorously. "We'll start testing it once we've settled down!"

"But first tell me about the situation in the mountains. Are there still bandits clamoring to capture this witch?"

"No."

"Then why did you linger in the mountains for so long?! Did you find the sleeping potion recipe the doctor mentioned, or the medicinal materials to make it?"

“Found it…” Si Shaoheng explained slowly.

Just as Cheng Ruoan had guessed, the refugees being held captive in the mountains were a kind of special medicinal herb.

"It looks very similar to a poppy, but the petals become transparent when they touch water, and the fragrance is hallucinogenic. According to the refugees, the bandits probably used that flower to make many different kinds of medicine, not just sleeping pills."

Cheng Ruoan was surprised: "Are there still refugees alive?"

"Two or three bandits escaped, the rest were all dead, and more than forty refugees survived. When I went to investigate, the refugees were dealing with the bandits' bodies."

Cheng Ruoan fell silent.

She never expected that the thugs could almost wipe out the entire bandit gang.

Perhaps her fire had some effect, but it was probably their determination for revenge that sustained them more.

Si Shaoheng seemed to know what she was thinking and explained, "The bandits produced a lot of sleeping powder, and the refugees were forced to help, so naturally they knew where the sleeping powder was. In addition, with fires breaking out everywhere, the most intelligent leader and the most capable third leader were gone, the fourth leader ran away, and the refugees went there with the intention of dying together, so naturally..."

"Why? Isn't it good to be alive?"

"There were no women or children, nor any elderly people, among the refugees."

The elderly were used by bandits to compete in beheadings, the women were tortured to death, and the children…

Si Shaoheng took a deep breath, his voice hoarse: "The second-in-command is a fake Taoist priest. He said he could use young boys and girls to make elixirs and make the first-in-command's legs grow back. The children were bled out, thrown into the elixir furnace, and placed on the stone mill..."

He couldn't speak anymore.

How are they any different from those island scum who committed heinous crimes in our country?!

Cheng Ruoan couldn't listen anymore; her eyes were red, and she clenched her teeth tightly.

"These scumbags!"

No wonder the refugees were willing to die to kill all the bandits!

Even the most cowardly man, seeing his parents, wife and children being brutally murdered like this, how could he possibly survive in this world?

Cheng Ruoan was so angry that she trembled all over and her breathing became rapid.

She felt regret and fear. Why did she only set fire to the village and not directly on them?

If they had woken up even a little later to save the children, wouldn't the children have turned into ashes and minced meat as well?

Even just imagining it was unbearable for Cheng Ruoan.

Her knees buckled, and she swayed precariously.

Si Shaoheng caught her and gentlemanly supported her.

She gently comforted them, "It's alright, it's alright, the children have all been rescued, they'll be fine. And they won't be in the future."

Si Shaoheng understood her feelings.

Even when he first arrived, he only had a little bit of a sense of responsibility towards the children.

But when he heard the refugees say those things, the image of Si Xin and Si Nian almost... flashed through his mind, and Si Shaoheng found it inexplicably hard to accept.

That's why he, along with his eldest and fourth brothers, helped the refugees dispose of the animal carcasses.

There were many corpses, and Si Shaoheng had the refugees burn the ones that weren't burned.

The weather was hot, and the corpses were simply piled up and buried, which could easily lead to epidemics. Si Shaoheng did not want those devils to continue to wreak havoc on the world even after they were dead.

Thinking of this, Si Shaoheng suddenly asked Cheng Ruoan, "Have you not checked your reputation points in the space all this time?"

Cheng Ruoan was helped by him to calm down, and her emotions finally stabilized.

She slapped her forehead: "I forgot, I really forgot."

Your brother-in-law must have told you on your way back, right? Something happened to the Xia family, I've been so busy I'm dizzy."

"It's okay, come and take a look now." Si Shaoheng pulled Cheng Ruoan towards the electronic butler.

Sure enough, Cheng Ruoan pressed the button, and the electronic butler screen then emitted a fireworks effect.

Congratulations to the space owner for accumulating 1105 reputation points and upgrading the space level to level 4!

The following features have been added:

1. One more slot for physical space entry (not shared with the slot for consciousness entry);

2. The time flow rate within the space can be adjusted in different regions.