Chapter 6: The "Irritable" Wife Knows How to Show Affection (6)

When Yun Zimu woke up, the day was already bright. The little fellow was startled at first, and upon realizing he hadn't gotten up to boil water and cook for his wife, his small face turned pale with fright.

But as he took in his surroundings, he remembered what his wife had said the night before.

Had she really left?

He climbed laboriously out of bed, dragging his aching legs to the kitchen. There were still scattered embers in the stove, and the pot emitted the fragrance of meat.

Yun Zimu sniffed with his little nose; he had eaten so much meat last night that he still didn't feel hungry!

When he lifted the lid and saw the thick porridge in the pot, Yun Zimu jumped in shock.

"How can Wife be so wasteful? Ouch..."

Perhaps he had pulled at his wounds, for Yun Zimu gasped, his small face flushed red with anger.

Ignoring the pain in his legs, he walked a few steps to the rice jar. Seeing the bottom of the jar, his eyes turned red again.

He had thought she had changed for the better, but who knew she didn't even want to live a proper life anymore.

She had used up a whole month's worth of rice in one meal; how were they supposed to survive the rest of the month?

With that fragrance filling his nose, Yun Zimu suddenly lost his appetite. A wife who only cared about today and not tomorrow—it was a waste of him praising her in his heart last night. It turned out she had just found a new way to torment him.

Compared to worrying about having no food in the future, what hurt Yun Zimu more was his disappointment in his wife.

He had held onto hope, thinking she was truly different...

In the end, it was just his own wishful thinking.

And Su Qiruo, who was being complained about, was still unaware, busy calculating how to give her little husband a happy and stable life.

The further she walked into the mountains, the colder it became. Su Qiruo shook her linen clothes, gripped the sack on her shoulder, and continued deeper inside as the sky gradually brightened.

"Pteris?"

Su Qiruo’s eyes lit up. Wasn't that cluster on the ground Pteris?

She recognized this medicinal herb; her teacher had specifically talked about it in biology class. The entire Pteris plant could be used as medicine to clear heat, promote diuresis, cool the blood, detoxify, and stop diarrhea; it could even treat dysentery.

At the time, Su Qiruo had thought that if she ever transmigrated, she would definitely find this herb; it would surely sell for a good price.

The long, slender leaves of the Pteris were difficult to put into the sack, so Su Qiruo picked a few blades of grass to tie them together before laying them flat at the bottom of the sack.

If she couldn't hunt, picking some medicinal herbs to sell would be good too. She had to add rice, flour, oil, and salt to the household!

Su Qiruo walked further into the mountains and picked a few more herbs she could recognize, but she still hadn't seen any prey.

"Click..."

A sound suddenly came from the woods beside her. Su Qiruo hurriedly stopped and listened intently.

"A bear?"

Su Qiruo’s face turned pale. She ran a few steps to a thick tree and climbed up using both her hands and feet.

It would have been fine if she hadn't run, but as soon as she did, the large bear walked in her direction.

With that mighty and majestic appearance, even ten Su Qiruo might not be a match for it.

Su Qiruo thought about how to escape this disaster. If possible, subduing this blind bear would be best; at least her trip wouldn't have been in vain.

Thinking that bears feared fire most, Su Qiruo began to calculate in her mind.

Although there were many trees around, most were not easily flammable. Su Qiruo suddenly caught sight of a deep pit not far away. Although it was covered by branches, she could see it clearly from her angle.

Perhaps it had been dug by a hunter in the past. If she could lure the bear into that pit, she would have a way to subdue it.

"Big fat bear, how about we make a bet? If you have no intention of hurting me, we shall each go our separate ways. But if you intend to eat me, then we can only rely on our own abilities. Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Su Qiruo could barely feed herself; how could she care about anything else?

As long as the bear left on its own, she would pretend she never saw it.

But if it insisted on hurting her, then it would depend on who had the better fate.

"Zimu is still waiting for me at home. He is injured and cannot be left without care, so I must not die."

Su Qiruo said this as if to herself, and as if to the bear.

But the bear was out hunting for food, and with such a tender person here, how could it let her go?

"Roar..."

The bear suddenly let out a loud cry, scaring Su Qiruo so much that she couldn't help but shiver, nearly falling from the tree.

Seeing the determination in the bear's eyes, Su Qiruo composed herself, pressed her lips together tightly, and jumped down from the tree.

"Life and death are fated, come on!"

Su Qiruo leaped down and didn't dare to stop for even a second, running for her life toward the hunting pit.

The fat black bear ran on all fours, dragging its not-so-clumsy body in pursuit of Su Qiruo.

How could Su Qiruo outrun the bear? She suffered many injuries while fleeing, and even her handsome face was scratched with several lines.

"Big black bear, if I, Su Qiruo, survive today, I will definitely use your hide to get my husband a new set of clothes."

Su Qiruo shouted angrily as she ran. Seeing she was about to reach the edge of the pit, she suddenly increased her speed.

The bear was already fast, and seeing the person in front run faster, it also sprinted.

Su Qiruo wanted exactly that momentum. She suddenly threw herself onto the ground, rolled, grabbed a vine, and hung herself over the edge of the pit.

The big fat bear, being too heavy, plunged its entire body into the pit. There were a few "thud" sounds, accompanied by the bear's painful cries and the smell of blood filling the air.

Su Qiruo took a few deep breaths, supporting her injured body as she looked into the pit, and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

She really had a lucky life. The pit was filled with sharpened bamboo. If she hadn't held on and fallen in, the bear's fate would have been hers.

Thankfully, she was okay...

Su Qiruo wasn't afraid of death; she was only afraid that if something happened to her, there would be no one to take care of Yun Zimu. How would such a timid person live alone in the future?

Startled by her own thoughts, Su Qiruo climbed up laboriously and sat on the ground, clutching her chest in a daze for a long time.

She had unconsciously begun to treat Yun Zimu as her lover, thinking of him in everything.

Was this a lingering aftereffect from the original owner, or had she immersed herself too deeply in the books she used to read?

Or perhaps the contact over these past two days had truly made her see Yun Zimu as her responsibility.

Suddenly lying back on the ground, Su Qiruo raised her arm to wipe the blood from her face and muttered, "Forget it, no matter the reason, Yun Zimu is my responsibility."

She tilted her head to look at the big fat bear that had already stopped breathing, and then lay back down, exhausted.

The original owner was a woman of great strength; perhaps that was the only useful advantage she had left for Su Qiruo!

Otherwise, even if she understood how to save effort, Su Qiruo might not have been able to pull such a large, fat bear up.

(End of chapter)