Cat Duoduo gathered the ingredients it needed, circled the locked room twice, and its heart was pounding with joy.

Medicinal herbs, animal hides, tools, martial arts techniques—she had everything she could think of!

With it, she wouldn't starve even if she lay down, but each door had a corresponding level marked on it, which could only be unlocked after reaching that level.

How can I upgrade and open these doors?

Before she could even process the numerous questions swirling in her mind, Maoduo hugged the food and walked out of the space.

The most important thing right now is to cook for the three kids and win their favor, so as not to be torn to pieces.

Remembering the ending of the book, Mao Duoduo shuddered and quickened her pace to clean the stove.

Because he was not skilled, it took him a while to light the fire with a flint. He heated the oil and fried the beef. Before long, the aroma of beef wafted up the chimney into the yard and into the noses of the three children.

Snake Three leaned against the tree, looking exhausted, and drooled as he gazed towards the kitchen.

Snake Two said angrily, "I never expected that this vicious woman's cooking would be so delicious!"

"Let's go, your brother will pick some wild fruits for you to eat."

Snake knew that her two younger brothers were hungry, and she also knew that the so-called mother in the house would never share any food with them.

They are orcs who only eat meat, but now they have to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat.

If it weren't for that woman in the house, my father wouldn't be unable to return home, and they wouldn't be covered in wounds, living a life worse than homeless children.

Snake Two and Snake Three followed behind Snake One, and just as they were about to head up the mountain, they were stopped by Cat Duo Duo.

Where are you going?

Snake Three shuddered and quickly covered up, saying, "Let's go to the mountains to chop firewood, and we'll fill the water tank when we come back."

Snake One and Snake Two stood still, their snake eyes fixed intently on Cat Duoduo.

She wouldn't allow them to eat until they finished their work. After completing the tasks assigned by Maoduoduo, they had no time to forage for food and hadn't eaten for two days.

Seeing that the sky was already dark, and looking at the buckets of water that were taller than they could stack up, Maoduoduo decisively waved them inside.

"Let's go inside and eat first. These heavy chores are not something our little one can do. I'll take care of them from now on."

As soon as she finished speaking, the three children looked at her in horror. Here she goes again, using sweet words to lure them in, then closing the door and beating them to death.

A club as thick as an arm slammed into my body; I couldn't escape.

They won't fall for it again.

"We'll go get to work now, please don't hit us."

Snake Three trembled. He was the youngest and underdeveloped, and he was slow in everything he did. The original owner hated him the most and beat him the most severely. Sometimes, even his snake scales were knocked off, leaving him covered in blood.

His two older brothers often shielded him from harm, and seeing this, the original owner would only beat them even more severely.

"Good children, I won't hit you. Let's go inside and eat first."

Recalling the original owner's heinous acts, Mao Duoduo was on the verge of tears. The impression of her vicious mother had left a huge psychological shadow on her three cubs.

They definitely won't be able to accept her right away.

"Don't even think about lying to us again."

Snake stood in front of his two younger brothers, arching his body as if to attack, his forked tongue rustling. He was determined to fight to the death rather than let Cat beat his brothers to death.

"Your mother is not lying to you."

For the first time, Maoduo felt powerless to speak. She knew that no matter what she said, her three little ones wouldn't believe her.

"Fine, if you won't come inside, I'll bring it out for you to eat."

Cat Duoduo served the pan-fried beef into three plates and placed them in front of the kittens.

The beef was already delicious enough, and with the careful cooking, the three little ones swallowed hard, looking at Mao Duoduo in fear, too scared to move.

Snake Three tugged at Snake One's arm: "Big Brother, she's not trying to poison us, is she?"

If the original owner of this body suffered a bad temper outside, she would definitely curse everyone when she got home, wishing that her little burdens would die quickly so as not to upset her.

Now, she's really going to poison them...

Snake Three's eyes reddened, and he instinctively hid behind Snake One. Snake One leaned to the side, ready to pick up Snake Three and run away at any moment.

The three kittens stared at Mao Duoduo warily, which frustrated her once again.

Just how inhuman was the original owner of this body to have tormented the children into being like frightened birds?

Left with no other choice, she could only grab a piece of beef and put it in her mouth, eating one piece from each of the three plates.

"See, your mother didn't lie to you."

The three cubs were locked in a stalemate when Snake Three tugged at Snake Two's sleeve.

Snake Two whispered in Snake One's ear, "Big Brother, she ate it herself, so the meat shouldn't be poisonous, right?"

The wicked woman was so obsessed with another man that she couldn't bring herself to poison herself.

Seeing that her cubs' attitude had softened, Maoduoduo lowered her voice to comfort them: "Mommy was wrong before. Mommy will treat you better from now on. You eat first, and Mommy will make more for you if you're not full."

After saying that, she went inside, closed the door, and peeked at the three children through the crack in the window.

Snake Three couldn't resist any longer and crept forward, but was stopped by Snake One just as he was about to reach out.

"Don't move!"

Snake One pinched a small piece of meat and placed it near the ant hole on the ground. Seeing that the ants ate it without any problems, it then let Snake Three eat it.

The three brothers devoured the food, not only the beef but also licking the plate clean.

When the cat saw that they were willing to eat, it almost meowed with joy.

The first step in breaking the ice has been achieved!

"belch!"

Snake Three licked his lips, his little belly bulging from eating, still not quite satisfied.

"Big brother, what's wrong with Mother? She seems like a completely different person. Not only does she not hit us, but she also cooks for us."

Snake looked thoughtfully into the room and shook his head: "I wonder what she's up to. Maybe there's something even more powerful waiting for us."

Snake Two nodded in agreement, while Snake Three approached his brothers in fear.

"I... I overheard her talking to Bao Lie a couple of days ago, but I didn't dare tell you."

Snake's eyes darkened: "What did she say?"

"Bao Lie needs to use the gallbladder of a spirit snake to improve his cultivation. She said she has three at home and will give them to him another day."

"She wanted to take our snake gallbladders! That damned woman!"

Snake clenched his fist, a sinister cold light flashing in his green eyes.

"When night falls, we'll run and go to the North Mountain to find Father. He'll definitely protect us!"

Cat Duoduo heard their increasingly absurd talk and pushed open the door to leave.

Orc cubs have extremely poor survival skills. The three cubs were born with deficiencies and suffered from malnutrition. If something went wrong on the way, she would not be far from being dismembered.

"It's late, go inside and sleep."

Snake One looked resistant. She was indeed up to something. She usually wouldn't let them into the house, but now she was allowing them in. She must be planning to close the door, arrest them all, and cut out their gallbladders to curry favor with Leopard Fierce.

“It’s cold outside, you’ll easily get sick if you sleep outside.”

Knowing that they wouldn't listen to her kind words, Mao Duoduo seized the opportunity, grabbed She San in her arms, and ran into the house.