Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 297 - 287: Shadowless Kick

Chapter 297: Chapter 287: Shadowless Kick

Following dinner, nobody left. Instead, they started chopping filling and making dumplings, and Su Qiaoling didn’t leave either.

There was plenty of dough prepared by Wen Shan, so much that the three of them wrapped up hundreds of meat dumplings that afternoon. In the end, Su Qiaoling ran to the mess hall to borrow some steamers, and it was only when every stove in the three dormitories was lit that they managed to cook all the meat dumplings.

As soon as the first batch of dumplings was ready, drawn by the savory aroma, the three couldn’t help but grab some to eat. Once they started, they couldn’t stop, and Lu Yun, who ate the least, still downed seven or eight in one go.

"Wen Shan, your filling is good enough to start your own dumpling shop," Lu Yun said as she brewed a pot of tea and sipped it.

"Heh, it’s passable. The seasoning isn’t quite complete—if it were, the flavor would be even better," Wen Shan said without false modesty, her tone of regret making Lu Yun and Su Qiaoling laugh.

"Then next time, you make a list, and we’ll get you the ingredients according to the list. If the dumplings aren’t tasty, you’ll be punished by eating them all by yourself while we enjoy other delicacies. You’ll just be gnawing your meat dumplings and watching," Lu Yun joked along.

"No way, what if you see something tastier and claim my filling isn’t good?" Wen Shan decisively shook her head and refused.

"I knew you’d say something unreliable. Why else would you be so lacking in confidence?" Su Qiaoling teased from the side, prompting Wen Shan to jump up in irritation, "Seems like I’ve never experienced your culinary skills. Hmph, beware, I might give you a big fat negative review."

Seeing the back and forth between the two, Lu Yun couldn’t help but double over with laughter.

The aroma of meat dumplings wafted far and wide. Coupled with the activity of the previous and current days, almost everyone in the family compound knew that the newly promoted Deputy Director Pei’s wife had also arrived. But since they were busy making delicious food, most people didn’t intrude at such a time.

For dinner, they didn’t cook anything else, each person got stuffed with dumplings.

Shitou and the others didn’t come back until seven o’clock.

The three used their keys to enter directly, and upon seeing dumplings everywhere, even though they had already eaten, each of them still stuffed down two more.

It’s not that they didn’t want to eat more, but it isn’t good to eat too much at night, so Lu Yun only gave each person a taste with two pieces and wouldn’t let them eat more.

"I missed you so much."

Once everyone else had left, Shitou took a quick shower, donned only a vest and shorts, and made a beeline for Lu Yun’s bedroom.

"It’s so hot in here, why are you still wearing so much? Let me help you take it off," Shitou said, embracing Lu Yun and showering her with kisses before starting to complain about the sweater she was wearing, getting handsy in his efforts to remove it.

"I’m not hot at all," Lu Yun said, her face blushing at the thought that she only had her undergarments beneath her sweater, protestingly.

"Nonsense, you’re so warm I could steam dumplings on you. Just lie here, you don’t have to get up, I’ll help you..."

Without waiting for a reply, Shitou sat up and tried to lift Lu Yun’s sweater—

"...no way..."

Lu Yun’s heart thumped faster than it ever had. In a panic, she kicked out with her foot, not expecting her own kick to be so powerful—it sent Shitou tumbling under the bed.

Watching Shitou fall off the bed, with a surprised look frozen on his face from the moment he hit the ground, Lu Yun also became a bit stunned, then for some reason, she suddenly "pfft" burst out laughing.

"Ha, haha, hahaha... you had it coming, who told you to be so handsy and dishonest?" The more Lu Yun thought about it, the funnier she found it, so she stretched out a finger and scraped it across her cheek twice, showing a bit of Schadenfreude.

Shitou had a dejected face, looking at Lu Yun with a grievance: "...wasn’t that Shadowless Kick a bit too harsh? Are you trying to murder your own husband?"

"Hmph, it’s supposed to be that harsh, I’m certified to use it, you know? We’ll see if you dare to mess around again?" Lu Yun said arrogantly, lifting her chin and huffing.

"Alright, my bad." Since Lu Yun wasn’t willing, Shitou didn’t force her, so he touched his nose and got up. As he got up, he slyly "displayed" his impressive physique.

Lu Yun: "..." She wanted to look away and snort at Shitou disdainfully, but her eyes seemed to have a mind of their own and just wouldn’t move away—

In her past life, she had talents and beauty. In terms of wealth, she could rival nations; in terms of looks, even if she wasn’t stunningly gorgeous, she definitely wasn’t bad, at least making it into the upper-middle ranks on the beauty list wasn’t hard. There was no shortage of top-notch men coming over, trying to show off their charm to her.

Unfortunately, in her past life, she felt like no one was right, she had seen plenty of all sorts of handsome men, those with noble carriage and generous demeanor; tall, strong, and athletic ones; those rich and faithful; filled with masculinity yet gentle and considerate; humorous and witty, able to make people laugh with just a few words...

However, none of them could stir even the slightest ripple in her heart.

No matter which type of man she encountered, she couldn’t help but compare them to Shitou, and even if their personalities were close to Shitou’s, even when she thought she liked that type and forced herself to interact with them, she still ended up running away.

She simply couldn’t face those whose characters resembled Shitou’s; she felt frustrated, and just couldn’t accept comparing anyone to Shitou.

But even so, she still didn’t dare to admit that her heart had always, always been home to one person. That person disappeared from this world when she was still young, but he lived on forever in her heart, never leaving for a moment...

Seeing Shitou realize she was watching him, and not bothering to properly get dressed, Lu Yun blushed and finally covered her eyes with her hand. Only when her eyes could no longer see Shitou’s figure did she reprimand, "If you keep this up, you won’t be allowed to share a room with me."

"Tsk, how heartless." Shitou, seeing that his "charm" was no longer effective, became dejected and helpless, not daring to continue challenging Lu Yun’s boundaries, and finally put on his tank top rather reluctantly.

"One person sleeps on each side, don’t cross the line. This blanket is the boundary. If you can’t accept that, sleep at both ends, you choose." Lu Yun took out a blanket from her space, folded it into a long strip and placed it in the middle of the bed, saying to Shitou.

"...will adding this extra blanket on the bed make it too hot?" Shitou looked at the blanket as if it were his nemesis, almost trying to cut it with his gaze.

After glaring at it for a few moments, his expression quickly shifted as he lifted his head to Lu Yun with a charming smile: "Sleeping at both ends definitely won’t do, you don’t know about my stinky feet, what if I end up fuming you out? I would feel so distressed."

"Choose one."

Lu Yun kept her face cold, immovable in her stance. In her heart she kept chanting: Hold firm, hold firm, don’t be swayed by male beauty.

Never giving up, Shitou leaned in, shamelessly continuing to smile: "Xiaoyun, don’t be like this..."

"Stop, you’re crossing the line. If you don’t choose, I’ll go sleep in the space," Lu Yun pointed at the blanket in the middle of the bed, stating the fact with an expressionless face.