Wen Nanxi asked gently, "Do you still need more?"
If needed, he would continue catching fish.
Su Muyao shook her head and said, "No, this is enough."
However, she discovered a lot of good things by the river.
When they need food, they can come here to find it.
Su Muyao put all the food into the Space System, and Wen Nanxi carried her back home.
By the time they returned to the stone house, the sun hadn't set yet.
Su Muyao guessed the time by the sun; it was probably around four in the afternoon.
At this moment, Xiao Jihan and Hua Linye had not yet returned.
Wen Nanxi explained voluntarily, "Xiao Jihan and Hua Linye went hunting in the mountains; they might have gone far, but they should be back by nightfall."
Su Muyao said indifferently, "It's okay, they can come back whenever they want."
Actually, Su Muyao wanted to say that it didn't matter if they didn't return.
If these two disappeared like the other two Beast Husbands, it would be just fine. The food they got today was enough for her and Wen Nanxi.
Wen Nanxi carefully watched Su Muyao's expression and found that she didn't care.
If this were before, she would definitely curse a few times.
Wen Nanxi said softly, "Wife, you've been tired all day, go rest. I'll cook."
Su Muyao replied, "You don't know how to cook this food, let me do it."
Su Muyao initially planned to make steamed fish, but now she changed her mind.
Each fish weighed about five or six pounds, some over ten pounds, just right to make fish noodles.
Currently, there was no flour to make fish noodles, but they could make pure fish noodles from the fish meat.
She looked at the fish they caught and found several suitable for making pure fish noodles.
Wen Nanxi was curious about what she planned to do.
In the Beast Emperor City, he had tasted various delicacies but had never heard of sweet potatoes, sweet potato leaves, or things like ginger and onion.
After washing his hands, Wen Nanxi went over to help and asked, "What can I do to help you?"
Su Muyao replied, "Help me wash the mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and sweet potato leaves!"
"Okay."
Wen Nanxi took a wooden basin to the yard to wash the things.
Su Muyao also took a wooden basin, drew water from the water tank, and began cleaning the fish one by one.
Then, using the Bone Knife, she filleted the fish from the middle to separate the fish heads and bones.
The fish heads and bones could be used to make soup.
The fish meat could be used to make pure fish noodles.
The most important step was using the knife to scrape the fish meat into fish paste.
Su Muyao's knife skills were very fast.
The Space System said, "It's so nice to see the Host cooking again. The host's cooking smells so delicious, it's a pity the system can't eat it."
"You're just a system; can you even smell the aroma?"
The Space System said, "By staying with the Host, I've developed emotions. The Host is especially wonderful; I like the Host the most."
Hearing the Space System's words, Su Muyao felt a softness in her heart.
"I also want to let you taste my cooking."
Unfortunately, the Space System has no physical form.
The Space System said, "But just smelling the aroma makes me feel happy."
At that moment, they heard a sound from outside.
It was Hua Linye who had returned.
He had just carried back a wild boar.
Seeing the things in the yard, Hua Linye's once bright eyes darkened, "Did you bring these back?"
"You were so injured, and she didn't let you rest, making you get food?"
Wen Nanxi said, "No, these are all the food that the wife collected."
Hua Linye's lips curved into a slight smile, his fox eyes showing cold indifference. He said, "Wen Nanxi, didn't you hate her too?"
"Don't just defend her because she used superpowers to heal you once!"
"No She-beast willingly enters the kitchen, let alone our wife!"
When he said this, Hua Linye's tone grew heavier.
"Also, don't forget what she did to you before."
"Who knows what trick she's trying this time."
Hua Linye didn't believe that Su Muyao would suddenly become kind.
In the past, Su Muyao used all sorts of means to possess them, even pretending to have lost her memory and acting kind to make them lower their guard and trust her.
In the end, she was even more excessive.
Wen Nanxi paused in washing the sweet potatoes, focused, and said, "Hua Linye, the wife is in the kitchen. If you don't believe it, you can go and see."
Upon hearing this, Hua Linye looked over to the kitchen.
He then saw Su Muyao busy inside the house.
Hua Linye even thought he was hallucinating.
At home, Su Muyao would only reach for clothes and food, making them do everything else.
Of course, as Beast Husbands, it was natural to take care of their wife, but Su Muyao didn't treat them as Beast Husbands, rather as slaves.
They almost died several times, their minds and bodies tormented.
How could they treat someone like her as their wife?
Their hearts resented her, wishing to be far away.
Hua Linye had superpowers, excellent vision, even seeing her swift knife skills.
Unexpectedly, she filleted fish.
"What is she doing?"
"Cooking!"
"Eating fish? Doesn't she despise the fishy smell and the bones?"
Su Muyao was very picky about food.
Even after being exiled here, she still complained about the game they struggled to hunt.
Cursing and beating were considered light; in fits of madness, she would even use a knife.
There was some game she found too gamey or fishy to eat, only being less picky about wild boar meat.
Wen Nanxi knew Hua Linye harbored hatred in his heart; he said softly, "In the morning when you both weren't here, she made breakfast too."
"That sour red fruit, she made a delicious soup from it."
Hua Linye was obviously skeptical.
He silently went to the side, picked up the Bone Knife, and began skinning and slicing the boar meat.
Su Muyao, hearing the noises, glanced towards the yard and saw Hua Linye silently working.
She remembered that in a fit of madness, she once tried to skin Hua Linye's fox fur when he was gravely injured.
Indeed, Hua Linye's vibrant red fox fur was noble and beautiful.
Thinking of these memories gave Su Muyao a headache.
Without a doubt, if she wrote them a Divorce Letter now, they would kill her after severing ties.
Seeing the wild boar, Su Muyao's eyes lit up.
Its hide could be made into pigskin jelly, and lard could be rendered.
Pork oil could also be rendered, and though it yielded less than lard, the crispy drippings could make for tasty snacks.
She knew that in this Beast World, the Beastmen had large appetites, especially those like Wen Nanxi with superpowers.
But they often went hungry.
After cutting the wild boar meat and arranging it in wooden basins, Hua Linye saw there was not much water left in the tank, so he grabbed two wooden buckets to fetch more.
After all, they couldn't be idle when they got home.
Hua Linye seemed lost in thought, eyes lifeless, his chest heavy as though he couldn't breathe.
When Xiao Jihan returned, he saw Hua Linye carrying the water buckets and noticed something off, asking, "What's wrong now? Did she do something to you again?"
Hua Linye's expression was gloomy, "She didn't do anything. She's in the kitchen cooking. She's never done that before."
"She's never been in the kitchen all her life, can't even cook."
"Now she's suddenly cooking."
"Do you think she plans to poison us this time?"