My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

The stream in the valley is not deep, but it is exceptionally clear.

Even before the apocalypse, Ji Yunshuang hadn't seen such clean, clear, and completely unpolluted water for many years.

She squatted down and scooped up a handful of water to wash her face.

The water was a little cold.

But the clean and cool feeling completely relieved her fatigue from traveling all day.

She unconsciously closed her eyes, and her lips curled up slightly.

The magnificent sunset glow pierced through the layers of trees and fell upon her fair and beautiful face. Her gentle smile was also made brighter by the sunlight, inexplicably alluring.

Lu Yinheng turned his head away indifferently.

Is she trying to seduce him?

He would not be seduced by her, and he would not have the slightest bit of soft-heartedness towards her.

He picked up the cauldron from the stream and walked away without looking back.

Ji Yunshuang opened her eyes upon hearing the noise and saw a cold and aloof figure from behind.

Are you angry?

His anger was completely inexplicable.

Ji Yunshuang ignored him and played in the water for a while before looking around.

The streamside was lush with vegetation, and Ji Yunshuang found quite a few wild vegetables. Unfortunately, it was winter now, and these vegetables were too old to eat.

Besides wild vegetables, there was also a spice that she had only seen when she lived with her grandparents in the countryside when she was a child—sweet flag (Acorus calamus) growing on the rocks by the stream.

When I was little, my grandma would always put some fermented soybeans in her sauce.

However, due to environmental pollution, these spices that were once ubiquitous along the riverbanks have become increasingly rare.

After the apocalypse, many rivers became polluted, and this plant, which could be used as a spice and medicine, became extinct.

Thinking of the black soil in the space, she walked a little upstream, and after making sure that no one was around, she moved some of the sweet flag on the stone into the space.

Besides the sweet flag, she also casually moved some of the older wild vegetables and fruits from the streamside into the area.

It wasn't until it was almost completely dark that Ji Yunshuang returned home carrying a giant salamander.

The people below the cliff showed surprise when they saw the giant salamander that Ji Yunshuang was carrying.

Madam Gu was the first to speak, "Shuangniang, what are you carrying in your hand?"

"I just grabbed it from a crevice in the rocks. I don't know what it is, but it's probably edible!"

Ji Yunshuang lied with an air of composure.

Actually, these were farmed giant salamanders she took from her spatial storage.

When she was stockpiling supplies, she moved several seafood markets into her space. Besides giant salamanders, there were all sorts of seafood and river fish inside.

In the mountains, it was inconvenient for her to bring out any seafood, so she could only reluctantly choose a salamander that lives in freshwater and is not very common.

Sun Meixiang said sourly, "You don't know what it is before you eat it. Don't let it poison you."

"Sour grapes."

After Ji Yunshuang finished speaking, she didn't even give her a second glance and handed the fish directly to Lu Yinheng, saying, "You handle it."

Lu Yinheng didn't say much, and got busy after taking the salamander.

Ji Yunshuang was still thinking about how to tell him how to handle the fish without revealing her own identity.

Unexpectedly, he took the fish, quickly gutted it, and threw it into the charcoal fire.

To an outsider, it might seem like he was just being impatient and casually tossing the coals into the fire.

But Ji Yunshuang knew that burning the entire giant salamander in charcoal was one way to clean the outermost layer of mucus from it.

She couldn't help but suspect that Lu Yinheng actually knew how to handle the giant salamander.

She was actually right.

Lu Yinheng did indeed know how to handle the giant salamander.

What's even more coincidental is that Lu Yinheng caught a giant salamander in the water source in this area when he was leading troops in battle in his previous life.

Therefore, no one suspected anything when Ji Yunshuang took out the giant salamander because she was craving it.

In the evening, in addition to dry food, the Lu family also ate a not-so-authentic sour fish soup.

The reason it's not authentic is that Ji Yunshuang couldn't conveniently take out many spices from her space, so she picked some wild fruits and cooked them instead.

Although it wasn't authentic, it was still a rare delicacy for people fleeing famine.

Smelling the fragrance in the air, Sun Meixiang glared at Ji Yunshuang with resentment, and felt even more that Ji Yunshuang was a vixen.

She was unwilling to give up so easily and kept secretly observing Ji Yunshuang and Lu Yinheng.

After dinner, when everyone had rested, she saw Lu Yinheng heading into the woods alone. She glanced around furtively and then secretly followed him.

Hearing the commotion behind him, Lu Yinheng suddenly made his move, and in the blink of an eye, a cold blade was placed against Sun Meixiang's neck.

Sun Meixiang was so frightened by his sudden action that she almost wet her pants. She said in a trembling voice, "Brother Dalang, Brother Dalang, it's me."

Upon hearing Sun Meixiang's voice, Lu Yinheng sheathed his knife and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

Sun Meixiang was extremely aggrieved. "Brother Dalang, are you really going to disregard our friendship of so many years for that vixen?"

“There is no romantic relationship between us. Even without the Ji family, I would not have married you. Don’t come looking for me again.” Lu Yinheng said expressionlessly, then turned to leave.

Sun Meixiang immediately stopped him, saying, "Brother Dalang, I know you're a good person. You're saying this for my reputation's sake."

But there are some things I must tell you. That Ji woman is no longer the Ji woman she used to be; she's a demon. Look at what she caught today—who but a demon could catch something that terrifying?

"I know better than you whether she's a demon or not. Don't say such insulting things about her again, or else—"

Lu Yinheng paused slightly, then looked at her sharply and said, "Next time, it won't just be a knife to your throat."

After saying that, he didn't look at her again and strode into the depths of the woods.

Watching his resolute back, a surge of hatred flashed in Sun Meixiang's eyes.

She returned to the foot of the cliff with a gloomy face.

When she saw Ji Yunshuang looking at her, she deliberately feigned panic and hurriedly straightened her clothes.

To her surprise, Ji Yunshuang only glanced at her indifferently before tightening the blanket around her daughter and closing her eyes to sleep again.

It was as if they hadn't noticed how ambiguous her actions were at all.

For a moment, Sun Meixiang was unsure. She didn't know if Ji Yunshuang hadn't noticed that she and Lu Yinheng had left one after the other, or if she had noticed but simply didn't care.

She prefers to believe the former.

What woman doesn't care about her man? Besides, her actions were so obvious that anyone could see she was being intimate with him.

Little did she know that Ji Yunshuang came from the apocalypse and possessed extraordinary observational skills and the ability to see into people's hearts.

Ji Yunshuang saw through her clumsy methods at a glance.

Even if Ji Yunshuang hadn't seen through her methods, she wouldn't care whether Lu Yinheng had an affair with another woman.

Sun Meixiang kept wondering what Ji Yunshuang was thinking, while secretly glancing towards the woods to see if Lu Yinheng had returned.

Every now and then, he would secretly curse Ji Yunshuang because of the hunger pangs in his stomach.

She didn't sleep well all night because she had something on her mind and was hungry.

I felt extremely lethargic when I woke up the next morning.

Ji Yunshuang slept soundly through the night.

When she woke up, Lu Yinheng was walking towards her carrying a giant salamander.

Ji Yunshuang stared at the thing in his hand, momentarily stunned.

Could there really be giant salamanders in the nearby waters?

"Mother, you're awake? Father brought back lots of delicious food."

While she was still in a daze, Lu Yuzhu had already happily jumped into her arms.

Holding her adorable little daughter, Ji Yunshuang felt a surge of tenderness and joy.

She laughed and asked, "What good stuff?"

Lu Yuzhu pulled her to look at the rabbit and pheasant in the luggage. "Dad brought them back from the mountains this morning. Grandma said the rabbit and pheasant only had broken legs. We'll get on the road first and pack them up later tonight."

Ji Yunshuang's gaze fell on the ropes binding the rabbit and pheasant, and she thought to herself, "So he went to the mountains to set a trap last night."

He truly deserves to be called the most skilled hunter in the surrounding area; he caught two rabbits and a pheasant in just one night.

Thinking about it, her gaze fell on Lu Yinheng.

I set a trap on the mountain last night and retrieved it this morning. I also went to the stream and caught a giant salamander.

Such a diligent, quick-witted, and capable person will definitely have a good future.

The original owner actually felt that he was all looks and regretted his choice back then, and wanted to elope with the old master.

For some reason, I suddenly felt a little sorry for a certain man.