Chapter 14: Slow Down Your Steps

“Master… did you drop something back at the camp?”

Seeing that Jiang Yu was still stubbornly heading in the direction of the camp, radiating an intensely irritable aura, Liang Mengwen held back and cautiously asked again.

“Why are you asking that?”

“Uh… I saw you suddenly heading back toward the camp, so I thought…”

“Back toward the camp?”

“Y-Yes!” Oh no! Did he say something wrong? Why did her aura just become even scarier?

“You go ahead of me.”

“Huh? W-Which direction should I go?”

“Just head opposite the camp. Forget it! We’re not going anywhere. Let’s stop and rest right here!”

Jiang Yu snapped out of it and looked around. While there wasn’t a cave here, the mountains were high and the forest dense. Even if she took out the small wooden cabin and placed it outside, a plane flying overhead would never spot it.

Plus, all the surrounding mountains looked the same, so the concealment was decent.

Most importantly, there was a deep pool of water here.

Jiang Yu stopped walking and decisively chose a spot. She pulled out the wooden cabin and prepared to settle down and rest.

It wasn’t until she heard a startled gasp behind her that she suddenly remembered — Liang Mengwen was still here.

What now?

She felt like her nerves were stretched incredibly thin.

Whether she threw him outside or tied him up and kept him in the cabin, she just had this feeling he’d affect the quality of her sleep.

But… oh well.

This guy still had some use.

She might as well tie him up and toss him in the cabin — better than letting wild beasts eat him.

Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment, then waved Liang Mengwen over.

She pulled a rope from her storage space and quickly tied him up, then threw him into a corner of the cabin.

She tossed a cloth over him.

Hmm…

Nope.

Still an eyesore!

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yu took out a wooden crate from her storage space.

She picked up Liang Mengwen — and under his terrified gaze — tossed him in, closed the lid, and covered it with a black cloth.

There.

That’s much better.

No longer giving it any thought, she shut the door.

Jiang Yu took off her outer clothes and immediately fell into bed and went to sleep.

She didn’t wake up until noon the next day, roused by hunger.

“Hey! Can you cook?”

“Yes!” Feeling the unmistakable look in Jiang Yu’s eyes that suggested she’d cut him down if he couldn’t, Liang Mengwen quickly replied.

“Good! Then get out and cook.”

The past two days of activity had likely pushed her body past its limits.

Jiang Yu felt even more sore than before.

Not to mention the nightmares that plagued her all night.

After letting Liang Mengwen out and tossing some ingredients his way, she turned around and headed back to bed.

“Lin Wanru! You’re Lin Wanru—”

Who?

Lin Wanru.

Oh! That was the name of this body’s original owner.

Hearing the terrified voice behind her, Jiang Yu froze for a moment before replying impatiently:

“Oh? You got bolder after one night of sleep, huh? Not calling me ‘Fairy’ or ‘Master’ anymore? Now you dare to call me by name!”

“Get your ass to the kitchen and cook. If it tastes bad, you’re jumping into the pot yourself!”

“You… you really are Lin Wanru…”

That woman who gave him her heart and soul, who treated him like he was everything, who threatened to die when he divorced her?

The one who would tremble and apologize endlessly if he raised his voice even a little?

Liang Mengwen found it unbelievable.

“What else could I be?”

“So you were the one who burned down my house?”

“Yup. Shame I didn’t burn you to death.”

“How could you be so ruthless…” So cruel!

“Shut up! You’re so noisy! I don’t want to hear your voice again. Go cook already!”

“…”

Liang Mengwen still had so many questions. He wanted to ask Jiang Yu why she had kept her face hidden all this time.

Was it because she didn’t dare face him?

Was she still hung up on being cast aside — and that’s why she took revenge on his family and on him?

He wanted to say that if she was willing to let him go, he actually could forgive her.

Of course!

Remarrying her was impossible — he could… well, actually, he didn’t really know how to arrange things with Jiang Yu…

What a pity!

Before he could say more, Jiang Yu’s suddenly sharp and irritable gaze stopped him in his tracks.

Liang Mengwen immediately shut up and quietly started cooking.

Lying on the bed, Jiang Yu didn’t care about Liang Mengwen’s ever-changing, palette-like facial expressions.

Instead, she quietly began to plan what to do next.

First!

Because of the nightmares she had all last night, and even now, just thinking about what happened at the camp made her dizzy, nauseous, and tremble all over.

She knew her mental state was definitely off.

As for exactly what the problem was, she wasn’t a psychologist and didn’t know.

But she was very clear she needed to stop and properly adjust her mental state.

After all, this wasn’t like her weird allergies; this was something she could fix.

Second!

When she was moving things around at the camp earlier, she had found a simple, ordinary manual for body movement training in her space — she didn’t know where it had come from.

It really was ordinary, but for her, it was more than enough.

She planned to use this time adjusting her mindset to practice.

Otherwise, if she had strength but no skill, facing even just one or two armed opponents would be barely manageable with her invisibility skill.

If there were more than two enemies, she would be helpless.

She also considered training with guns… but no, guns made too much noise.

So she decided to practice throwing darts of various materials!

She figured combining that with her brute strength might yield unexpected results.

Lastly, she needed to study her invisibility skill.

She had just noticed that the duration of a single invisibility use had increased by half an hour.

At the same time, the cooldown time had decreased by ten minutes.

Why this happened, she had no clue.

Of course!

Most importantly, she planned to rest another half day.

All these plans would wait until her body recovered a bit more.

Right now, even a little movement made all her bones ache.

As for what would happen next… she’d see how her condition improved.

Though she was very anxious,

reality simply didn’t allow her to rush…

“Wanru…”

“Call me Master!”

Damn it!

Why did he say it in such a weird tone? What was he trying to do?

Turning around, Jiang Yu saw Liang Mengwen had somehow already finished cooking.

She shook off the goosebumps and corrected him immediately:

“M-Master, the food’s ready!”

“Hmm!”

Fortunately, although this guy was a rich young master, probably having eaten too much Western food while studying abroad,

he had actually picked up good cooking skills.

Much better than her half-raw, slightly burnt attempts.

Jiang Yu tried a bite and found it tasted pretty good; she nodded with satisfaction.

“Wan… Master, is the food to your liking?”

Seeing Jiang Yu nod repeatedly while eating, Liang Mengwen couldn’t help but get a bit excited and said,

“Not bad!”

“Thanks! Actually, I was thinking…”

“No need to think. Since you can cook, make more while you’re free during this time.”

Suddenly realizing there might not be much time later to cook slowly, and that this guy was just sitting around doing nothing,

Jiang Yu rummaged in her space: “Do you know how to make steamed buns?”

“…Yes!”

“Good! Then first, make buns out of all this flour!”

She pulled out five 50kg bags of flour from her space and placed them in front of Liang Mengwen.

Then she brought out various seasonings, meat, eggs, and other ingredients for the filling.

Finally, she took out two large steaming baskets and said, “See if you need anything else to make buns.”

“…No, no need.”

When Liang Mengwen saw the five huge bags of flour, he was already shocked.

When he saw the big character (Liang) painted on the steaming baskets, he almost lost it.

Too bad!

These five bags of flour were just the beginning.

In the days ahead, he would regret countless times ever saying he could cook.