Meeting the Man from the Past

Gu Si washed his hands clean, patted the heads of the two children, and took the meat burger from Du Yueyao's hands.

The meat burgers made by Du Yueyao burst with savory juice at the first bite, filled with crispy green peppers that kept them from tasting greasy no matter how many one ate. Having worked in the fields for half the day, Gu Si was starving and devoured five of them in one go!

"This is mung bean soup. Have some to cool down."

With no shade in the middle of the fields, Du Yueyao's forehead was already beaded with sweat after standing in the sun for just a short while, let alone Gu Si, who had been working under the scorching heat all morning.

As a bowl of cool mung bean soup went down his throat, more than half of the sweltering heat instantly dissipated.

Du Yueyao's culinary skills were excellent; even a simple bowl of mung bean soup tasted exceptionally delicious.

She washed the bowls she brought with clean water, ladled a bowl for each of Gu Si's parents, and brought over two more meat burgers.

It was the first time the elderly couple had seen their daughter-in-law act so sensible. Feeling a bit unaccustomed, they hurriedly and stiffly accepted the food.

Finally, Du Yueyao also brought a portion of meat burgers and mung bean soup to Gu Feiyu, the close friend who always worked alongside Gu Si.

"How could I accept this, Sister-in-law?" Gu Feiyu declined bashfully.

"Eat up. You always help our family, and I haven't had the chance to thank you yet. Drop by our house when you're free, and I'll treat you to a proper meal."

Du Yueyao's words were so tactful and polite that Gu Feiyu could no longer refuse. He accepted the burger and ate it with relish, finishing it off by draining the bowl of mung bean soup. The refreshing sensation made his eyes light up.

Standing nearby, Qiu Mei watched this scene, her face so twisted with jealousy that she almost dug up the dirt under her feet.

"It seems Second Sister-in-law truly wants to settle down and live a good life with Second Brother," the eldest brother of the Gu family, Gu Hui, said with a sigh of relief and a smile.

"You can still smile? I don't know how you can smile at a time like this! Even that lackey following Gu Si gets meat burgers and mung bean soup, while we, the eldest brother and sister-in-law, don't get a single bite. If that isn't her looking down on us, then what is?"

Hearing his wife's harsh words, Gu Hui frowned and said, "How you treat those children, you know very well in your own heart."

Usually, Gu Hui turned a blind eye to things, but that did not mean he was stupid.

Qiu Mei was choked up and retorted, "What do you know about women's matters!"

With that, she turned around in anger, ignoring her husband. She felt that Du Yueyao was just putting on a show. As soon as she found an opportunity to expose that fox's tail, she would see if Du Yueyao could still keep up the act! Qiu Mei plotted silently in her heart.

Du Yueyao knew nothing of this. After delivering the food, she said goodbye to Gu Si and led the two children back home.

Children were naturally energetic. On the way back, when the two boys saw kids their age, they ran off to play with them. Du Yueyao did not stop them, only telling them to be careful and stay safe.

The village roads were quite simple, and Du Yueyao still remembered the way home. She just needed to cross a bridge ahead and turn a corner to arrive.

Just as she was mentally planning what to cook for dinner, she was suddenly dragged away by a figure right at the upcoming turn.

"Ah—" The gasp had barely escaped her lips when a man's hand clamped tightly over her mouth, muffling the sound in her throat.

Fortunately, the man only covered her mouth and did not make any other inappropriate moves.

"Shh, don't be afraid, it's me."

With her heart still pounding wildly, Du Yueyao looked up to face a face wearing glasses, so ordinary that it lacked any defining features.

She could not help but widen her eyes. This man... was the very person the original host had an affair with!

He had used the original host's desperate desire to return to the city to entice her. As long as she helped him complete a task, he promised to take her back to the city.

That task was to lead him to the secret stone chamber in Qingyuan Village. Purely driven by her wish to go home, the original host had agreed to investigate without thinking twice.

After a month of searching, the original host had finally found the location of the chamber. They had agreed to go there together to search.

And that was the cause of the transmigration plot. To protect him so he could escape, the original host had deliberately rammed her head against a wall in her panic, fearing that if he were caught, she would be implicated.

Who would have thought that he still hadn't given up and had come looking for Du Yueyao once again.

Du Yueyao recalled the plot of the novel. After she was taken to the town for medical treatment, this man had shifted his target to Li Feifei, the female protagonist who had come to the countryside alongside her.