The midday sun was so scorching it made one dizzy.
Ye Wan’s stomach churned violently, and she couldn’t help but squat by the small path and retch.
“Can you hurry up? You’re bringing misfortune to the ants on the roadside; you’re going to drown them!” Lin An Yuan looked up at the sky and urged impatiently.
Squatting on the ground, Ye Wan spoke weakly, her throat hoarse, “I feel sick.”
She was far more unfortunate than the ants. Being dragged along just now had nearly sent her to her grave on the spot.
Her delicate voice, as faint as a mosquito’s buzz, was like willow catkins on the wind, tickling the hearts of those who heard it.
Lin An Yuan looked down at her and was suddenly reminded of a pitiful puppy on the roadside. He tutted and extended a hand.
The moment Ye Wan grabbed it, an icy sensation traveled up from her fingertips, making her feel slightly better.
“Get on!”
Looking at his thin, lean back, Ye Wan couldn’t help but say, “You look like you couldn’t stand up to a gust of wind. Can you manage?”
“Whether I can manage or not, you’ll find out if you try me tonight, won’t you?”
As Lin An Yuan spoke, his sharp eyes shot a look at her.
Ye Wan’s heart leaped in shock, and she plopped onto the ground.
Before she could react, her hands were grabbed, and she was hoisted onto his back, the jostling nearly making her vomit again.
Why did she have to run her mouth? The more impotent a man was, the more he hated people saying he couldn’t perform!
Her chest was pressed against his back. Lin An Yuan cupped her bottom and gave it a little bounce. “They’re indeed quite big. You should have milk, right?”
Milk?
What milk?
The expression on Ye Wan’s face instantly became a colorful spectacle. She wanted to curse him, but the moment she opened her mouth, she only spat out water.
Feeling the dampness on his back, Lin An Yuan paused for a moment. “There’s quite a bit, actually. Hold it in. Don’t let it leak out and go to waste.”
Ye Wan felt as if she had been struck by a thousand bolts of lightning.
How could a pure, unmarried maiden like her have milk? Not only was this man’s mouth venomous, but was his brain also addled?
What a complete waste of his good looks.
“You…”
Another mouthful of water came out as she opened her mouth.
“Tsk, you’re really leaking a lot. I guess the one tael of silver I spent wasn’t such a loss after all.”
Hearing this, Ye Wan was both mortified and furious. Her anger flared, her head lolled to one side, and she lost consciousness completely.
…
“Second Sister, when will Mother wake up? I want to drink milk.”
“What Mother? She’s a servant Dad bought to wait on us. San Ya, don’t just call anyone that. Dad said she’s sick. What’s your hurry!”
The sound of children talking reached her ears. Ye Wan struggled to open her eyes and saw two girls, one big and one small, huddled beside her.
The two girls were of different heights.
The older one was about eight, skinny and scrawny, and tanned dark as charcoal. A red wildflower was pinned to her hair, creating a comical sight.
The younger one looked to be three or four, with dull, yellow hair, a small, pointed face, and large eyes. Her mouth was smeared with some unknown green juice, making her look filthy.
“Dad, Mother’s awake!”
Seeing Ye Wan open her eyes, the little girl happily shouted to the person outside.
Where did these children come from?
Just as Ye Wan was wondering, the next second, Lin An Yuan walked in. He was wearing tattered short clothes covered in patches upon patches and straw sandals on his feet, and he was carrying a chipped bowl.
Without the long robe, the man looked like a completely different person. If he hadn’t opened his mouth to speak, Ye Wan would have thought he was his twin brother.
“You’re awake. Drink this bowl of ginger soup. The family has no money to hire a doctor for you. If you dare to die, I’ll throw you into the mountains to feed the wolves before you breathe your last!”
After speaking, Lin An Yuan placed the bowl on the table and called out to the dark, skinny girl.
“Er Ya, come and help your mother up!”
Er Ya pouted and glared at Ye Wan on the kang. “I don’t want to wait on anyone. Dad, make San Ya help her.”
With that, she ran out.
“You brat, throwing a little missy tantrum again!” Lin An Yuan muttered before coming over to help Ye Wan sit up.
Ye Wan was pulled up and leaned against the quilt behind her, whose original color was impossible to discern.
She glanced at the little girl sucking her fingers at the side and asked in a hoarse voice, “You already have three children? Where are their mothers?”
Didn’t he say he was impotent? Where did the children come from?
Er Ya, San Ya… was there a Da Ya before them?
This lecher didn’t look that old, but his children were already so big. At what age did he start? Or did he just not look his age?
“She ran off, complaining that the family was too poor. From now on, you’re their mother. Hurry up and drink! Get well soon so you can breastfeed my daughter!”
Lin An Yuan said as he brought the bowl over.
Ye Wan wanted to say she didn’t have any milk, but the bowl was shoved right up to her lips.
“I… I’ll do it myself.”
The moment Ye Wan moved, she felt dizzy.
Lin An Yuan frowned. “I’ll feed you. Otherwise, if your hand trembles and you spill it, there’s no more ginger to make a second bowl!”
“Cough, cough…”
The moment the bowl was pressed against her lips, Ye Wan choked and started coughing.
San Ya spoke up from the side, “Dad, you have to feed her mouth-to-mouth. I saw Er Dan’s mother feed his father medicine like that.”
“Is it that troublesome?” Lin An Yuan frowned, took a sip, and leaned in.
Caught off guard by the mouthful he passed to her, Ye Wan’s entire body burned as if on fire.
My first kiss! Ahhh!
Just as he was about to pass her another mouthful, Ye Wan panicked. With a burst of primal strength, she snatched the bowl and drank it all in one go.
“I’m finished.”
She absolutely did not want to be fed mouth-to-mouth. How disgusting was that?
“Not bad. You’ve got some strength. Looks like you won’t die.” Seeing this, Lin An Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
Then, ignoring Ye Wan’s glare, he picked up the teapot from the table, poured half a bowl of water into the empty bowl, swished it around, and handed it to San Ya.
San Ya gulped it all down, licked her dirty lips, and stared at the rim of the bowl with a look of wanting more before licking it clean.
Ye Wan stared, dumbfounded.
“Lie down properly. If you need to pee, just call out!”
“San Ya, you come out and play. Don’t disturb your mother’s rest!”
After they both left, Ye Wan finally propped herself up with great effort. She looked at the dilapidated room, her face wrinkling like a bitter melon.
The mud walls had several cracks, and a few skins from some unknown animal were nailed to them. The only furniture in the room was a crude table and a long bench, on which sat a teapot. On the kang was a dusty, gray mattress.
There was nothing else.
Was this family really that poor? They didn’t even have money for a doctor. She wasn’t going to make it, was she?
Perhaps because of the ginger soup, she was sweating from the heat. Ye Wan started to feel groggy again, and every bone in her body ached.
Damn this cursed transmigration! It’s even worse than the apocalypse!
If only she still had her space. She remembered there were two fever-reducing pills left in it.
She had died during the apocalypse outbreak. While others had awesome, heaven-defying powers like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, she had only awakened a spatial ability that wasn’t very useful.
It was the apocalypse, so there weren’t many supplies for her to store. She hadn’t even had the chance to use her spatial ability more than a few times before she was unluckily killed by a zombie king.
The room quickly darkened. Ye Wan felt her vision blur, and she suddenly found herself inside her space.
Her space was still here?
Ye Wan was ecstatic. Relying on her memory, she quickly found the last two fever-reducing pills on a broken table and took them.
At this moment, the full view of the space appeared before her. Originally, her space had only been an empty, foggy area.
Now, a spring had appeared, with land around it. Looking up, she saw that even the sun had come out.
Ye Wan cupped some spring water and drank it, her mind instantly clearing up a lot.
Had it upgraded?
With water, land, and a sun, didn’t that mean she could grow things? She wouldn’t have to worry about food and drink in the future.
Seeing a small wooden twig with a few roots in the hay padding the end of the kang, she casually picked it up, planted it in the space, and watered it with a little spring water.
Only after planting it did she wonder, this twig was already dry. Could it possibly live?
The next second, the wooden twig sprouted a small, tender bud.
“Heaven hasn’t been unkind to me! I’m saved now!”
Ye Wan spun around in place several times in her excitement.
Hearing footsteps, she hurriedly withdrew from the space.
“What are you doing?”