Hidden Marriage: Spoiled by the Imperial Commander
Chapter 167: Wilderness Survival

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Wilderness Survival

Yan Qianyi asked, "What’s he here for?"

Wasn’t he here to seek treatment from her?

"Miss, come and take a look." Aunt Xue walked toward the kitchen and opened the fridge.

The fridge was packed full, all with meat!

"Son-in-law said you like meat, so he brought a lot over today, all top-quality stuff. He even complained that the fridge was too small and said he’d replace it with a bigger one for us. I told him there’s no need, this kitchen is too small, even if we got a bigger fridge, it wouldn’t fit."

Yan Qianyi stared blankly at the meat.

"Miss, all this top-quality meat is very expensive, and the son-in-law being an orphan doesn’t have much money, I reckon he spent all his earnings on buying you meat. Such a good man, shouldn’t you cherish him well? Just stop quarreling with the son-in-law over trifles."

Aunt Xue looked at Yan Qianyi, but saw her swallowing her saliva while staring at the meat.

"Miss, aren’t you... moved at all?"

"Aunt Xue, can you make me a midnight snack now?" Yan Qianyi pointed at the lamb rack that was about to squeeze out of the fridge, "Just roast that lamb rack, there’s no more room for it."

And another glass of ice-cold beer, wow~

Just thinking about it made her mouth water.

"..." Aunt Xue, "Miss, shouldn’t you be very moved right now?"

"What’s there to be moved about? He’s just bribing me."

In the hospital, patients often give gifts or red envelopes to doctors.

She never expected Mu Yunlie, being who he is, to also understand such social niceties.

No wonder he had criticized her today, saying she was careless, irresponsible, and just going through the motions while administering the acupuncture.

It turns out he really was worried she wouldn’t properly detoxify him, so he even sent a gift.

"Bribing you with what?" Aunt Xue asked.

"He’s got some hidden ailment that I’m treating him for. Aunt Xue, please get me a steak done, with extra black pepper."

"Miss, Madam has said that eating late at night is bad for the health, especially something so greasy."

"It’s fine, I can take care of my own body."

Yan Qianyi turned and walked away, then suddenly thought of something and looked back at Aunt Xue, "Oh right, if he brings meat over again next time, you tell him not to worry about the fridge not fitting everything, just accept it, we can make cured meat."

Since Mu Yunlie didn’t treasure her medicine fully, she wouldn’t be polite to him either, taking a little bit back was still something.

"Cured meat?" Aunt Xue was puzzled, "What’s that?"

"It’s... you marinate the meat, then air-dry or smoke it dry. That way, it doesn’t need to be refrigerated and can be preserved for a long time, and it tastes great! You can cook it directly, stir-fry it, or use it to make soup, make dried pork belly rice, anyway, there are many ways to eat it."

While speaking, Yan Qianyi swallowed her saliva.

In the interstellar era, food was already scarce, and many culinary preservation techniques from the ancient times had been lost.

With the current advanced freezing technology, people long forgot what cured meat was.

But now that she thought about it, this might actually be a good business opportunity.

A week later, Yan Qianyi spent a fortune preparing a bottle of medicine for Mu Yunlie.

She looked at the medicine bottle in her hand and fell into deep thought.

Since that last time Mu Yunlie pulled out the silver needle and left, they hadn’t been in touch.

Lately, she often found herself thinking of that milky little fairy.

Every time Mu Yunlie annoyed her, she contemplated not detoxifying him and just letting him obediently and sweetly call her ’sister,’ which would be so pleasant.

But in the end, she couldn’t bear to do it.

Collecting her thoughts, she sent a message to Mu Yunlie, "The medicine is ready, come get it when you’re free."

She waited a long time, but Mu Yunlie didn’t reply.

Still angry about the things she said that day?

Yan Qianyi was starting to get angry too and sent another message, "The meat’s gone!"

Let him be disobedient and not treasure her medicine properly; it was time for him to bleed a little more!

Mu Yunlie was lost in thought, staring at Yan Qianyi’s first message, his right hand holding the half bottle of medicine left from last time.

Actually, the medicine he took last time had never been lost...

The second message came through.

He looked at the words "out of meat" and frowned in bewilderment.

Her tiny body consumed meat that quickly?

Mu Yunlie did not reply and closed the chat window.

Ah Chang asked, "Sir, why aren’t you replying to Madam’s message?"

"Shut up," Mu Yunlie spit out coldly.

Ah Chang heaved a long sigh.

If Sir acts like this, he’ll regret it sooner or later.

By then, even if he downloads the book "How to please a woman" and studies it, it might be of no use.

Mu Yunlie then sent a message to Pei Yuexuan, "Increase the difficulty of this year’s freshmen wilderness comprehensive training."

Pei Yuexuan: "Sir, the time is almost upon us. I’m not sure if it’s too late to increase the difficulty now, especially since this year’s level is tougher than in previous years."

Mu Yunlie: "Just do as I say!"

He must force that little thing to reveal herself and thoroughly investigate her background.

Her deep concealment was always a thorn in his heart.

The more he cared, the deeper the thorn pierced, leaving him no peace.

Before long, the day of the wilderness comprehensive training arrived.

All the freshmen were thrown into a large mountain.

An instructor stood in front of everyone and shouted, "Does everyone understand the rules?"

The students replied in unison, "Yes!"

The students formed teams freely, seeking out the Federation Military Academy flag hidden by the school ahead of time and then bringing it back to base.

The task lasted a week. If they hadn’t returned when the time was up, the instructor would use the tracker to find their location and bring them back.

Those who failed to complete the task would have points deducted.

Those who completed the task would receive corresponding credit rewards based on the time taken to do so.

The instructor, with his hands clasped behind his back, swept his gaze over the crowd, "To train your wilderness survival capability, no one is allowed to bring food. If anyone has prepared food, hand it over now."

The students panicked.

"This is too harsh, isn’t it?"

"If we can’t bring food, what are we supposed to eat?"

"Exactly, we might starve to death on the road before we even find the flag."

The instructor scolded, "Stop your complaining! You have five minutes to hand over all prepared food. Anyone found breaking the rules will be expelled!"

Hearing about the possibility of being expelled, the students stopped complaining and reluctantly handed over their food with sighs.

Yan Chuhua’s backpack was filled with food, and the ground at her feet piled up like a small mountain.

Seeing Qianyi unmoving, she turned towards her, "Qianyi, didn’t you bring any food?"

"No." Except for the necessary medicine, Yan Qianyi hadn’t brought a single morsel to eat.

She found it bothersome to carry.

Wasn’t it just wilderness survival?

She had plenty of methods.

In this mountain, there was food everywhere.

Having lived through a famine in the otherworld, she knew how to survive on nature’s bounty.

Moreover, this vast mountain was lush and dense, a far cry from the barren hills she faced during the famine.

The instructor reminded, "I’ll remind you that there are wild animals in this mountain. So apart from the school’s specially arranged checkpoints, you might also encounter some unpredictable threats on your way."