My whole family sucked my blood; after being reborn, the little cook went on a killing spree.

A lively wedding banquet has come to an end.

Songxiwu returned to tranquility, and Su Wanning moved into Xie Yan's former house.

She hung the venomous snake she had caught by the door, moved the stool and table to the bedside, and placed a boning knife under her. After doing all this, she hastily wiped her face and went to sleep fully clothed.

I was so exhausted from the journey that I almost fell asleep the moment I closed my eyes.

She became like that little girl who had just entered the palace, doing everything with extreme caution.

Unlike Lin Yuwei, she was literate, so she learned palace rules very slowly, was always punished, and often went hungry.

Later, she discovered a room full of books, and inside was a little boy with a round face. There were many, many food boxes next to him, all filled with delicious food!

But he didn't want to eat anything!

She wants to eat it!

So she helped him eat, and he taught her to read.

She found many strange things in the book, such as chili peppers...

Suddenly, the chili peppers burst into flames, creating vast swathes of fire.

"what!"

Su Wan Ning suddenly opened her eyes.

Zhou Manshan's voice came in, "Ah! I, how could I..."

Seemingly realizing something, the noise outside stopped.

Soon, Xie Yan came and knocked on the door, looking anxious. "Wan Ning, you, you come quickly."

Eyes facing each other.

Su Wan Ning laughed quickly and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

The two returned to their new house. Zhou Manshan paced back and forth inside, his tone much more polite than the night before. "Madam Su, I heard your new shop is a medicinal cuisine shop. You must know medicine, right? What... what's wrong with me?"

He only remembers having sex all night, but why can't he perform this morning?

He didn't dare to make a sound about such a shameful thing.

"Actually, this is not a strange thing. Many strong and vigorous men are like this. When they first have sex, their blood and energy are suddenly depleted, making them prone to weakness. They just need to take medicine to regulate their bodies and rest for a while before they get better."

Su Wanning said it lightly, with a slightly apologetic smile, "Unfortunately, I don't know how to prescribe medicine or take pulses. You'd better go to the county town to find a good doctor to take your pulse for a better chance of success."

Zhou Manshan was quite pleased with his strong physique and vigorous energy, but he knew in his heart that this wasn't his first time getting involved in this kind of thing, so why was it like this? It seemed he should hurry up and go to the county town to take a look.

Xie Yan noticed the changes in his expression.

He suggested in a low voice, "Why don't we use the excuse that the journey is not safe and we need to take Madam Su back? Otherwise, we should be taking a few days to relax after our marriage. If we want to go to the county again later, we won't have such a good reason to use."

Zhou Manshan thought it made sense and urged Aunt Zhou to hurry up and cook.

Aunt Zhou had prepared a lot of dry food, telling them to go and come back early, and as she was talking, she suddenly clutched her stomach.

Xie Yan asked with concern, "Mother, are you alright?"

"I've been busy with you all morning, and I haven't even gone to the toilet yet. Alright, you can go now."

After complaining, Aunt Zhou ran away.

A moment later, her angry roar rang out, "Your daughter is trying to steal my son, and now you're trying to steal my spot? Pull her out right now!"

Zhou Manshan found it strange that so many people were running to the outhouse this morning.

Xie Yan quickly pulled him towards the village entrance. To avoid arousing his suspicion, she hadn't dared let him drink too much of the pork soup yesterday!

Not long after the three left, the entire Songxiwu was enveloped in a stench of excrement.

"Get out of the way! I claimed this spot first!"

"Oh no, it's come out..."

"What's going on? What did they all eat that made them sick?!"

……

All three were used to walking these mountain paths, and they arrived at the back mountain of Shili Village before it got dark.

Xie Yan took Zhou Manshan directly back to Qingshan County. She was already on guard. Su Wan Ning no longer followed, but went to Xu Lingxi's manor instead.

Su Tang burst into tears upon seeing her, "Sister, why did you take so long to come?"

"Where did you go? You're so dirty!"

Xu Lingxi was disgusted.

She was given bathwater and clean clothes to wash up before sitting down to talk.

Su Wanning briefly recounted Xie Yan's story, naturally omitting the dream and the two's scheming against Zhou Manshan. "Alas, Xie Yan is truly unfortunate, but the ceremony has already taken place, so he can only accept his fate."

"Being kidnapped and forced into marriage, what's the difference between that and human trafficking... kidnapping?"

Xu Lingxi strongly disagreed, "Are you just going to accept your fate like this? Can't you get a divorce? Or..."

"Well?"

Su Wanning was curious about her attitude.

"How about being widowed?"

Xu Lingxi looked at her with her big, bright eyes.

His eyes were bright and clear; he didn't seem to be joking at all!

Su Wan Ning's heart skipped a beat. She quickly glanced around and saw that the little girl had already been sent away. She hurriedly said, "You're a young lady from a respectable family, you can't just say things like that!"

Zhou Manshan certainly wouldn't live long, but after Xu Lingxi said that, he inexplicably felt like he had been seen through.

"hey-hey."

Xu Lingxi smiled and pushed the pastries towards her. "Eat up, stay here tonight and go to the shop tomorrow. Luckily you made an appointment with Mu Xun for tomorrow."

Su Wanning sensed that something was wrong with her.

In fact, Xu Lingxi had many things on her mind.

Ever since she learned of Zhao Biaotou's disappearance, she had Xuan Cao go to find "the person," and they discovered Zhao Biaotou's mutilated body.

She hadn't thought much of it at first, but when she went to the shop with Su Wan Ning yesterday, Mu Xun, a grown man, couldn't even take the stick from Wan Ning's hand. How much strength must that be?

How exactly Zhao, the镖头 (bodyguard), died is highly questionable.

But wouldn't she ask me for help? Xuan Cao was meticulously trained! In the end, wasn't it me who cleaned up the mess? Otherwise, Wan Fang and the others would have discovered Zhao Biao Tou's body very soon!

Xu Lingxi dared not say or ask these questions.

She admired Su Wan Ning's excellent cooking skills and strong character, so she wanted to befriend her. But to Su Wan Ning, she was nothing more than an arrogant young lady, so it was normal for Su Wan Ning not to trust her.

For example, Xie Yan's matter is something I could easily handle myself.

But Su Wan Ning would rather risk going into the mountains alone.

Thank goodness we're back...

If she hadn't come back, she couldn't even imagine how much she would have regretted it!

"By the way, did you buy those bird's eye chilies? I'd like to buy a batch."

Su Wanning ate until she was half full, then got down to business.

"Do you still need to buy any? I'll buy all the chili peppers from your shop from now on!"

Xu Lingxi resumed her cheerful demeanor.

At this moment, a maidservant came to report that the Third Young Master had heard that Madam Su had arrived and asked if their agreement was still valid, and also invited Miss Lingxi to come along.

"Okay, let's go now."

Xu Lingxi agreed, then frowned slightly. "How did Third Brother know you were here so quickly?"

"I didn't sneak in, so it's normal for the Third Young Master to know."

Su Wanning offered words of comfort on the surface, but a sense of unease arose within her.

She had only been in the estate for a short time when the Third Young Master sent someone to "invite" her, clearly a warning to her. It seemed she had offended this man after all.

More importantly, I must be more careful about my every move on the estate from now on!