Gu Jiaojiao listened to the man’s endless chatter about the mortal world, every sentence filled with exaggerated explanations.

She had the urge to slap him.

I’ve lived in the mortal world for twenty-eight years!

The only difference is, I wasn’t living in the 1980s.

“Are you done?” Gu Jiaojiao asked patiently.

“Yeah, that’s pretty much what the mortal world is like. Do you understand now?”

“Of course, I—how could I not? The gap between urban and rural areas is huge during this period. City dwellers ate commercial grain. They could get various coupons every month, so food and clothing were not a problem.

Meanwhile, rural people struggle to get by.

Workers in state-owned factories—regardless of gender, are the most sought-after in the marriage market.”

“You know all this?”

Su Shuoci was shocked.

Could immortals really foresee the past and future?

“What kind of expression is that? I have lived in this courtyard for eighteen years, I’m a senior in high school.

Besides, my adoptive father and my big brother often tell me things when they come home.”

“Aren’t you an immortal?”

“What? I’m just an ordinary person who happens to have a master skilled in the Five Elements Manipulation technique.

You’re not one of those people who’ve been desperate for so long that you dream of a celestial being descending from the heavens to save you, are you?”

Su Shuoci: “…”

He lowered his once-proud head in shame.

He really had been in despair for too long, hoping for a divine intervention.

He knew that the Country had long discouraged superstition.

But he didn’t know how to explain the things the old man had told him, so he could only speak honestly.

“I just told you, I saved an old man who can foresee the future.

Several things the old man told me have actually happened. How can I explain that?”

Su Shuoci looked at Gu Jiaojiao with eager eyes. He wasn’t sure now whether she was a celestial being or…

But one thing he was certain of was that she was definitely not the same Gu Jiaojiao he had married three days ago.

No one could change this drastically.

The original Gu Jiaojiao had been an unreasonable, hot-tempered woman.

Her reaction had made sense—no one would want to tie their entire life to a paralyzed man.

It wasn’t surprising that she had been so furious.

But since she had already agreed to the marriage,

Why did she explode in rage on the wedding day, cursing out everyone at the banquet like a raging river, wave after wave, until the entire gathering was too afraid to speak?

That level of madness was beyond unreasonable—it was full-on deranged.

Although he had only met Gu Jiaojiao twice, Su Shuoci had once been a scout, and his observational skills were far beyond ordinary.

The woman in front of him was definitely not the same person.

The one standing here now was a celestial being.

From childhood, he had fought alone, enduring all the sweetness and bitterness of life by himself.

He had never shared anything with anyone—because when life was good, no one would genuinely be happy for you.

And when life was bad, no one would truly help you.

So, why expose his own wounds for others to see?

Yet now, he found himself wanting to share everything—every bit of his pain—with this small woman in front of him.

He wanted to lay his wounds bare, to show them all to her.

Gu Jiaojiao watched as the man’s face twisted in pain, his broad forehead furrowed tightly, his eyes dark and wild, his entire body trembling with emotion.

Out of instinct as a doctor, she immediately reached for his wrist to check his pulse.

In her previous life, Gu Jiaojiao’s maternal grandfather had been a master of traditional medicine.

Her entire maternal family were renowned Chinese medicine practitioners, and growing up around them, she had learned a great deal.

Although she had studied clinical medicine,

She was also one of the modern world’s top traditional medicine specialists.

Gu Jiaojiao took out a silver needle from her spatial storage.

Without needing to disinfect it, she held her breath, focused her energy, and precisely inserted the needle into the correct acupoint.

Then, she twisted the end of the needle, causing it to spin.

Su Shuoci’s expression contorted in even greater pain.

In truth, it shouldn’t have hurt this much,

But Gu Jiaojiao had applied extra force for quicker results.

It worked, but the experience was agonizing.

While administering the acupuncture, she casually answered Su Shuoci’s earlier question.

The man was so agitated he looked like he might faint.

Out of kindness, she made something up.

“Have you heard of Living Buddhas? They’re highly revered monks in Buddhism.

The old man you met might be an even greater existence—practically indistinguishable from a celestial being.”

Su Shuoci: “…”

At this point, he no longer cared whether she was an immortal or if her master was.

As long as she was his wife, that was enough.

Celestial or not—she was his wife.

After she removed the needles, Su Shuoci’s pain eased significantly.

His belief in her abilities only deepened.

Gu Jiaojiao carefully checked his pulse again.

“You have toxins in your body. I can’t determine exactly what kind just by feeling your pulse—we’ll need medical equipment to analyze it.

But it’s a good thing you’re paralyzed from the waist down. Otherwise, the pain would have been unbearable.

The toxins are slowly invading your internal organs—we need to treat it immediately.”

When Gu Jiaojiao had first inserted the needles, Su Shuoci’s mind had been in turmoil.

His expression had masked his emotions well.

Now, though his heart was still unsettled, he was good at hiding his thoughts.

Even Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

Just then—

“Jiaojiao, come eat!”

“I’m coming~”

Gu Jiaojiao was so exhausted from administering acupuncture that she was out of breath.

Father Su misinterpreted the situation.

“There’s no rush, actually. Your mother still has one more dish to finish cooking.”

Gu Jiaojiao: “…”

She glanced at Su Shuoci, silently asking—What does your dad mean by that?

Having been single for twenty-five years, Su Shuoci had no clue.

“…Let’s just go eat.”

To make their new daughter-in-law feel welcome, Father and Mother Su had even borrowed money to buy pork for dinner.

The meal consisted of stir-fried pork with green peppers, a side of vegetables, and a bowl of lean meat and egg soup.

Mother Su served a bowl of egg soup and placed it in front of Gu Jiaojiao.

In the large serving bowl, only clear broth was left.

Gu Jiaojiao scooped some of the lean meat and egg from her bowl and distributed it to the rest of the Su family.

“Dad, Mom, you eat too. I’m fine with just the soup.”

She had already eaten food from her spatial storage and wasn’t hungry.

So both she and Su Shuoci only drank the soup.

Mother Su glanced at her son, silently asking if she should return the food to Jiaojiao.

Su Shuoci spoke up, “Dad, Mom, you’ve been working hard lately—you need nourishment too.

Tomorrow, I’ll take Jiaojiao to the store to buy meat and rice.

My comrade still owes me some money.”

He was lying.

He had no money.

He just wanted to take his wife somewhere private to retrieve food from her celestial master.

That was something they had agreed on earlier—because if his parents found out that his wife could magically produce food, they’d never let it go.

“Ci’er, you’re willing to go out now?” Mother Su’s eyes welled with tears.

“Mom, I was wrong before. I won’t make you worry anymore. Let’s eat.”

“Alright, alright! Your dad, Chunni, you all eat too.”

Mother Su’s smiling face was still streaked with tears.

The rice in the Su household was overcooked and mushy.

Gu Jiaojiao preferred her rice firm and chewy.

She didn’t like eating porridge-like rice-it was unappetizing.

But since she had just arrived, she endured it.

“Jiaojiao, you’re too thin—you need to eat more,” Mother Su said with concern.

Such a gentle, understanding daughter-in-law was hard to find.

“Mom, I’m already full.”

Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t worried about slipping up.

After all, the original owner of this body had never even eaten at the Su household before.