Chapter 39: Irresistible
Mei Qingchen felt as if he might vomit blood from anger after hearing those words.
He maintained his cold, aloof expression, his voice icy as he said, “I mean what I say.”
“It’s you who, when drugged, will find there’s no medicine for regret.”
Hua Linye hooked his foxy eyes, “Wife Master is different now; she won’t use drugs.”
“Even if she does, it doesn’t matter.”
He didn’t reject the idea anymore.
Mei Qingchen felt Hua Linye was beyond saving. His expression turned dark and solemn. He didn’t know what methods Su Muyao had used to change Hua Linye’s mind again. This made Mei Qingchen even more vigilant.
He stopped repairing the courtyard wall and left directly with his sword, to avoid smelling that aroma any longer.
However, as he passed the neighbor’s door, his sharp hearing caught the conversation inside.
Lin Qin was eating with her beastman husbands, sighing, “I wonder what delicious food the sister next door makes every day. How can it be so fragrant!”
“Exactly, why can’t we make food that smells like that?”
“With it smelling so good every day, our own food feels tasteless.”
“Just smelling it makes my mouth water.”
“Right, and she changes the dishes every day; the aroma is always different.”
Lin Qin agreed, “I feel like sister Su next door is different from before. She seems to be truly changing for the better.”
“Can a person really change?”
Lin Qin said, “Of course. It’s normal for people to undergo significant changes after experiencing certain events.”
“I wasn’t like this before either. But after three of you died, I saw through many things and became more open-minded. One shouldn’t be too calculating, or it only makes oneself uncomfortable…”
Lin Qin sighed with emotion and continued eating.
Mei Qingchen happened to overhear their conversation as he passed by. He revealed a thoughtful expression.
But recalling Su Muyao’s past atrocities, he still couldn’t convince himself to trust her. The corners of his mouth hooked into a cold, charming arc, his gaze becoming even sharper. It seemed he was persuading himself not to listen or believe.
Su Muyao made tomato drop-dough soup for breakfast, using flour and adding tomatoes and eggs.
For breakfast, Su Muyao was accustomed to pairing food with soup. Even if she didn’t make soup, she would want to cook some porridge. But rice was expensive, and most people couldn’t afford it. Making soup was much simpler. Now that they had flour, the drop-dough soup was even more delicious. Moreover, flour-based food was more filling.
And the pan-fried dumplings were even more fragrant.
Hua Linye and the others ate the drop-dough soup and pan-fried dumplings. Although they were full, they felt the pan-fried dumplings were too delicious and hadn’t had enough.
Su Muyao smiled and said, “If you want to eat more, I’ll wrap more in a few days and save some for frying.”
“I’ll make noodles for everyone tonight.”
Not only did everyone eat well and get full, but she also ate very well.
While cooking, feeling the thick smell of smoke and watching the firewood crackling in the stove, she felt a sense of peace and tranquility in her heart. This feeling was actually quite healing.
After breakfast, Hua Linye drank his medicine and went out. Wen Nanxi stayed home with Su Muyao.
Knowing Su Muyao needed to take medicine, Wen Nanxi brewed it himself. Su Muyao busied herself with smoking the bacon.
While working in the morning, she discovered that Wen Nanxi had hunted a wild buffalo and a wild sheep the night before.
“Beef, mutton!”
Su Muyao’s eyes lit up.
Right, with so much meat, she could roast skewers in the courtyard.
In the technological era and the apocalypse, living quarters rarely had yards. It was inconvenient to barbecue at home. But here it was different; there were no restrictions on fire and smoke, so she could freely roast skewers in the courtyard.
Seeing Su Muyao’s eyes sparkling as if holding thousands of stars, Wen Nanxi knew she must like beef and mutton.
“Next time I’ll hunt more beasts like these.”
Something had delayed him yesterday. Some people from the Beast Imperial City were persistently trying to kill her. He had dealt with that group in advance to prevent them from appearing before his Wife Master and frightening her.
Thinking of this, a chill entered Wen Nanxi’s gentle gaze.
Su Muyao smiled and said, “This food is enough for us to eat for many days.”
“So you don’t have to work so hard.”
However, the male beastmen of the Beast World Continent had larger appetites than ordinary people. So when cooking, Su Muyao would make extra. But despite eating a lot, they weren’t fat, probably because their abilities consumed a lot of energy.
Wen Nanxi’s eyes were gentle and smiling, “Not hard.”
“Wen Nanxi, let’s have skewers for lunch, shall we?”
Usually, only she and Wen Nanxi were home for lunch, so she planned to make skewers.
And perhaps because of her intimate contact with Wen Nanxi last night, the space had provided more items. There were more seasoning packets and some vegetable seeds, like chives and loofah seeds.
Wen Nanxi said gently, “Alright, make whatever you want to eat.”
“Tell me what needs to be done and prepared, and I’ll do it.”
Wen Nanxi understood skewers as probably just roasted meat.
Su Muyao said, “We need to make many wooden skewers to thread the meat.”
There were no iron wires or sticks at home, so they needed to make some wooden skewers.
“Okay!”
Wen Nanxi found some wooden sticks and began whittling them according to Su Muyao’s instructions.
“Is this length and thickness right?”
Su Muyao gestured to Wen Nanxi, “This long, a bit thinner, and sharper at the top to make it easier to skewer the meat.”
Once Su Muyao explained, Wen Nanxi understood. He then used his wood ability to quickly whittle the skewers.
Su Muyao began cutting the mutton, beef, and pork into small pieces, then marinated them. Once marinated, they could be skewered.
Wen Nanxi found it novel watching her cut the meat into such small pieces.
When skewering the meat, Su Muyao was relatively slow and accidentally pricked her finger. It hurt a bit. This body was quite sensitive to pain.
Su Muyao didn’t want Wen Nanxi to think she was squeamish, so she endured it silently without making a sound.
Unbeknownst to her, although Wen Nanxi was busy, he also kept part of his attention on her.
“What’s wrong? Did you prick your finger?”
“N… nothing!”
Wen Nanxi looked at her, put down the skewer he was whittling, and took Su Muyao’s hand.
Su Muyao wanted to pull away.
Wen Nanxi comforted her gently, “Be good, let me see.”
Under Wen Nanxi’s gentle voice, Su Muyao couldn’t resist and showed him her hand.
Wen Nanxi saw her fingertip was red from the prick.
He sighed helplessly, “Does it hurt a lot?”
“It’s okay, I’m not that delicate.”
It was just that this body was too delicate. Previously, she never did any housework and was waited on hand and foot, so her fingers were overly sensitive. A single prick hurt, almost drawing blood.
Looking at his Wife Master’s pitiful eyes, Wen Nanxi brought her finger to his lips and blew on it gently.
“Does this make it feel better?”
Su Muyao felt as if her finger had been brushed by a spring breeze, as if her heartstrings had been lightly plucked by a feather, trembling slightly.
It felt as if she were being treated with gentle pampering.
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