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Huo Dad carried a child wrapped in snow and ice back home, startling Huo Mom. The Huo household quickly became chaotic, with everyone rushing around both inside and outside.

The butler hurriedly fetched clean clothes and blankets.

Huo Mom took the child into her arms and began removing his thin outer coat. However, as she undressed him, she suddenly paused, puzzled. “This child was really found in the snow?”

“Of course!” Huo Dad replied.

“Then why is his body still warm?” she asked, perplexed.

Huo Dad froze. “Warm? Is it?”

In his rush to bring the child home, he hadn’t even checked the child’s body temperature.

“Regardless, hurry and call a doctor!” Huo Mom instructed.

The family doctor arrived quickly, but when he took the child into his hands, his fingers trembled. “It was below freezing last night! How could you have found this child in the snow…”@@novelbin@@

Huo Dad explained how he had found the child, adding, “But he doesn’t seem to be in any real danger now.”

“That’s impossible,” the doctor said, reaching out to feel the child’s face.

The warmth of the child’s skin surprised him, and he frowned deeply. “He’s really warm…”

The doctor began examining the child’s heartbeat and pulse.

Since the body L1 had chosen from the system store was a highly realistic replica of a human body, he wasn’t worried about being exposed. He remained perfectly still, allowing the doctor to carry out the checkup.

After a thorough examination, the doctor was baffled. “He really doesn’t seem to have any major issues.”

“Then… what’s wrong with him?” Huo Mom asked in a low voice.

The doctor pondered for a moment before answering, “It seems like he’s just sleeping. But how did he end up in the garden?”

Huo Dad and Huo Mom exchanged glances. They also wanted to know the answer to that question.

The Huo family estate was quite large and located far from the bustling city center. There weren’t many houses nearby—just three other families, all of whom the Huo family knew well. None of them had a child this age.

To be sure, Huo Dad sent someone to go house-to-house and ask.

Meanwhile, the doctor conducted a more thorough examination of the still “unconscious” L1 and came to a conclusion:

“The child seems to be fine. He’s probably just very tired and sleeping deeply. Also…” The doctor pointed to the boy’s clothing and whispered, “It looks like he’s been wandering outside for a while. Maybe he…”

He didn’t finish the sentence, but Huo Mom and Dad understood.

L1, pretending to sleep, caught bits of the conversation.

Could it be that because he hadn’t changed clothes in a while, and spent the previous night crouched in the bushes, they thought he was a homeless child?

L1 found this guess likely, but he didn’t dwell on it too much. Instead, he began to reflect on everything that had happened since Huo Dad had carried him inside.

The more L1 thought about it, the more puzzled he became.

According to the world’s setting, the Huo family were supposed to be the villains, and L1 was sure he hadn’t come to the wrong place.

But everything they’d done for him just now… it didn’t seem like something villains would do.

They hadn’t ignored him, nor had they thrown him out to avoid the trouble of taking care of a stranger.

Not only had they brought his dirty, scruffy self into their warm home, but they’d even called a doctor to check on him.

After confirming that he was physically fine, Huo Mom and Dad asked the butler to take L1 for a bath.

As the warm water flowed over his body, L1 found the sensation pleasant. Even though he wasn’t feeling particularly sleepy anymore, the warmth of the bath made him drowsy.

While the butler bathed him, Huo Mom and Dad stayed close by, chatting as they watched.

“He’s such a poor child,” Huo Mom said sympathetically.