The Otherworldly Journey of a Quick Transmigrator

Su Jiye looked at her with a smile, "It's nothing, I'm just used to it. Go back now."

When they returned to the cabin, it had already been tidied up, and Xu Wenli was squatting in front of the stove, starting a fire.

When Xu Wende saw the fish in her father's hand, he immediately put on a fawning smile and came over.

"Brother Jiye, thank you for your hard work. I'll carry it."

As he spoke, he reached out to take the fish, and Su Jiye didn't stand on ceremony with him, handing him both fish from his hands.

Su Yuanyuan put down what she was holding, found dried mushrooms and wild vegetables in the bamboo basket, took out some salt, and went to the stove to prepare a meal.

"Uncle Wenli, let me cook. You go and rest for a while."

Xu Wenli put down the firewood, patted the ash off his hands, and said, "Alright, the fire is lit. Take your time, and call me if you need anything."

"it is good."

Su Yuanyuan watched Xu Wenli leave and then quickly started cooking.

Even though Su Yuanyuan brought enough food, she could only make a soup, but it was enough to satisfy everyone, along with the grilled fish and flatbread.

In late autumn, darkness falls quickly. They had just finished eating when they could no longer see the road outside, so they had to leave the dishes on the table and wash them the next morning.

After tidying up briefly, Su Yuanyuan lay on the small bed in the inner room, listening to the voices outside, her consciousness beginning to blur.

Suddenly, the curtain was lifted and then lowered again. Su Yuanyuan came back to her senses and just as she turned her head, she heard her father outside say that she had fallen asleep.

Su Yuanyuan immediately perked up; it seemed she had something to say that she didn't want Su Yuanyuan to know.

She quietly lay down and listened carefully.

"You all know Old Liu from our village, right? The one who got killed a while ago."

Su Yuanyuan recognized the voice; it belonged to a neighboring village, and the person had been talking non-stop the entire way there.

Upon hearing him mention a gossip that had been trending recently, Su Yuanyuan perked up her ears, as no one knew the full story behind it.

"Let me start from the beginning. Old Liu has his own wife, but he also has an ambiguous relationship with Widow Li from our village. Widow Li is usually closer to Widow Chen."

As time went on, it turned out that Widow Chen also took a liking to Old Liu, and behind Widow Li's back, she began to seduce him. But Old Liu didn't reciprocate Widow Chen's feelings.

"Is Widow Chen not very good-looking?" someone interjected.

"Don't interrupt me. Are you going to listen or not? If you're not going to listen, I'm not going to say anything more."

"Listen, listen, tell me, tell me."

"Hmph! Let's continue. If he doesn't like her, someone else will. That carpenter Cheng from the village entrance has never married because he's got his eye on Widow Chen."

He somehow found out about it and secretly beat up Old Liu. Old Liu told Widow Li about it, and Widow Li complained to Widow Chen.

This was terrible! Widow Chen was right outside Carpenter Cheng's house at the time, and she gave him a thorough dressing-down. He couldn't do anything to Widow Chen.

In the dark, Old Liu beat her up again. Widow Li felt sorry for Old Liu's injuries, and besides, she didn't want to live in secrecy anymore.

She then encouraged Old Liu to elope with her, but coincidentally, Widow Chen overheard them. For reasons unknown, she immediately told Old Liu's wife about it.

She brought a group of relatives to her door and gave Widow Li a good beating. Her brothers threatened Old Liu that he could never see Widow Li again.

Every time he saw them, he would discipline Widow Li. And surprisingly, Old Liu behaved himself for a while, though the family was constantly arguing.

Later, somehow, he got together with Widow Chen again, and we thought that was the end of it. But who knew that a while ago Old Liu actually eloped with Widow Li!

This struck a nerve with Widow Chen, so she went directly to Carpenter Cheng. Together, they intercepted Old Liu and his companion on the road. Before they could even exchange a word, Carpenter Cheng stabbed Old Liu.

Seeing that things had escalated, Widow Chen decided to go all the way and killed Widow Li as well, throwing their bodies into the river and leaving them there.

The bodies were pulled up by fishermen, who were terrified and immediately reported it to the authorities. The two men were arrested and sentenced to beheading; the execution is in two days.

Su Yuanyuan was incredibly excited in bed. So that's what happened. She'd finally gotten the full scoop on this story.

"Wow, this old Liu is quite capable, getting entangled with three women."

Xu Wende's loud voice startled Su Yuanyuan. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and continued listening to the gossip.

"How can you talk like that? It's uncivilized." Xu Wenli rolled his eyes at his younger brother. He had always told him to read more books, but his brother never listened.

"Hey, what's the big deal? We're all grown men, what can't we talk about?" Xu Wende waved his hand, completely unconcerned.

"Will you be there to watch the execution?" the man's voice rang out, filled with anticipation.

"I probably won't have time to go, and besides, there's nothing to see there." Su Jiye wasn't interested in this kind of thing, and didn't want to get involved with bad luck.

"I'm not going either. I need to study hard when I get back. The provincial examination is in the spring, and I want to give it a try."

Xu Wenli shook his head; he had his own important matters to attend to and didn't have time to waste on this.

"If they're not going, then I won't go either." Xu Wende scratched his head. He really wanted to watch, but judging from his brother's expression, if he dared to say he was going, he would definitely get a beating.

"Hey! I was hoping you guys would come and keep me company, but since none of you are coming, I'll just go by myself."

The man sighed with slight disappointment, "It's more lively with more people!"

"Alright, go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."

Su Jiye interrupted the conversation, saying that if he didn't sleep soon, he wouldn't have any energy tomorrow.

Su Yuanyuan listened for a while longer, and when she was sure there was no more noise, she turned over, closed her eyes, and fell asleep in no time. She had just heard some great gossip and was in a great mood!

"Yuanyuan, are you up yet? We need to leave soon."

Su Yuanyuan was woken up and stared blankly at the ceiling for a while before slowly getting up. She had slept too late last night and her head was throbbing.

"Yuanyuan, come and have a bowl of hot soup." Su Jiye saw his daughter come out and quickly called her over. It was too cold in the morning, so he wanted something hot to warm her up.

"Thank you, Dad." Su Yuanyuan took a small sip from the bowl, and soon felt warm all over, and her head didn't hurt as much. Su Yuanyuan suspected that she had caught a cold.

She was too embarrassed to tell her father, lest she worry him and delay their hunting trip. She decided to quietly take some cold medicine later.

During their meal, they discussed staying one more day before heading down the mountain. The temperature had dropped considerably when they woke up in the morning, and even wearing thick clothes, they could clearly feel that it was much colder than yesterday.

If we stay on the mountain for too long, it might suddenly snow, and then we won't be able to get down.

Stepping out of the wooden house, a gust of cold wind blew over, and Su Yuanyuan shrank her neck; it was really cold.

Looking at her, Su Jiye felt both heartache and self-reproach. "Yuanyuan, hang in there a little longer. We'll go down the mountain this afternoon."

Su Yuanyuan shook her head. "Dad, I'm fine. I just felt a little out of sorts after suddenly coming out of the house. I'll be fine in a bit."

She'd check the space every now and then to see if there were any hand warmers. She didn't want her dad to feel guilty; it was her own idea to come along.