The voice played several TV programs; this was the first time she had ever watched TV programs since she came to this strange world.

She planned to watch a few minutes of TV before starting her cultivation, so she chose a highly-rated historical drama about power struggles and romance. But once she started watching, her heart was swept up and down with the plot, and she became more and more engrossed.

Time passed little by little, and she watched episode by episode.

As evening fell and the night sky was dotted with stars, Su Qiluo walked in, carrying a box in her arms.

Upon entering, the room was completely dark, with only the television in front of the sofa casting a faint glow.

"You're back?" Mu Qingyun stared at the TV screen, giving a perfunctory greeting without turning her head.

Su Qiluo: "..."

"What are you looking at?" He asked, carrying the box, and walked towards her.

"A historical romance drama with political intrigue." She replied to Su Qiluo with a bit of attention, but her eyes remained fixed on the TV screen.

"What's so interesting about it?" He frowned and snorted irritably. These TV dramas are full of nonsense, some of them have no logic at all, and they only care about being sweet, romantic, and satisfying.

Especially those domineering CEOs falling in love with me dramas, are you kidding me? How could a domineering CEO who is good-looking, rich, capable, and only loves one person possibly like someone who has nothing but beauty?

"This is pretty good. The portrayal of ancient times is quite vivid and accurate."

She turned to look at Su Qiluo, "And it fits quite well with both the scheming in the harem and the power struggles in the imperial court."

However, the scheming within the imperial harem depicted here is far more intricate than in ancient times, while the political maneuvering in the imperial court is less sophisticated.

"You seem to know quite a bit about TV dramas." Su Qiluo listened to her words, and although he didn't like TV dramas, he didn't impatiently interrupt her.

“Of course,” she said, tilting her head back proudly. “But the most ridiculous thing here is that the female lead is loved by everyone she goes to, even though they’ve barely spent any time together, they’re already head over heels in love.”

"What nonsense! You are one of them." Su Qiluo sneered upon hearing this. "Kazeel, that vampire Yin, and even Xiong Ruoyou and the others, don't they all like you?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun frowned. How did this bring her up again?

"First, Kazel only seems to like you on the surface. His liking was tinged with ulterior motives from the beginning. At first, it was for the Samadhi True Fire, and later it was to seduce you."

Secondly, Yin also had ulterior motives towards me. He was targeting my Samadhi True Fire for the same purpose, and he also wanted my help to unify Dracula.

Third, Xiong Ruoyou likes me because of the care I gave her. Didn't she like you from the beginning?

She explained it to him point by point, and Mu Qingyun smiled slightly, "If you look at it this way, I'm the most pitiful one. They're all just using me."

She paused deliberately, tilted her head, and continued, "But it's good to have you. You fell in love with me at first sight."

"Stop talking nonsense." Su Qiluo glanced at her indifferently, and he had an indescribable feeling when he heard her words.

The person that fool cherished so dearly was only used by others.

"By the way, what's in this box? I just saw you carrying it in from the doorway."

She looked down at the box on the ground. She could vaguely hear some sounds coming from inside, but the sound of the TV show masked her voice, so she couldn't make out what was inside.

"It's nothing, I just saw it by chance and thought it was as ugly as you, so I bought it," he replied, then walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Mu Qingyun thought he was just being unreasonable, but being a magnanimous person, she ignored him and turned her attention to the box. She bent down and opened the box, which still had a vent hole.

As soon as she opened the box, a furry head poked out and nuzzled her outstretched hand.

The soft touch came from her palm, and her heart softened. She moved her hand away, and the little thing's full appearance was completely exposed to her.

This is an adorable Totoro!

As soon as it smelled the air, it eagerly peered out.

Fortunately, the box was deep enough, and it ran around inside, bumping and jostling. It was a lively creature.

Seeing this adorable Totoro, her first thought was that Su Qiluo was lying. How could something so cute be ugly?

She bent down and played happily with Totoro for a while.

Because she was so focused on the little thing, she didn't notice that there was a gaze watching her from the kitchen.

Su Qiluo's gaze towards her lost its coldness, and a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

Today he went to the guard team and pretended to be that idiot before, communicating with those fools in the guard team.

Sure enough, they didn't realize they weren't the fools they were after, and they foolishly followed his orders to help him find Kazel's whereabouts.

On his way back, he passed a pet store.

He only glanced over there casually, and his attention was drawn to the lively Totoro.

Thinking that Mu Qingyun was bored at home alone today, he went in as if possessed and spent a considerable amount of money to buy this cute Totoro.

When he held the pet in his arms, he regretted it a little. But on the way home, he wondered what Mu Qingyun's expression would be when she saw the little thing, and whether she would be happy.

In retrospect, his choice was correct.

He turned and went back to the kitchen. He took out a piece of paper from the storage bag. The paper was covered with secret recipes from a chef specializing in light cuisine that he had asked about earlier that day.

Although the chef's dishes are simple, they are exceptionally delicious. Even people who prefer strong flavors will rave about them.

Thanks to the reputation that idiot had built, the chef looked flattered whenever he saw him.

When he went to ask the chef for advice today, the chef was all nervous and cautious, like someone asking a question, while he was the one acting like a big shot, with people serving him tea and water, and even taking notes for him.

Following the instructions in his notes, he made four simple dishes. The moment Mu Qingyun saw them, her expression changed. "Why are they still bland? I'm fine now, I can eat spicy food."

"Are you alright?" Su Qilu chuckled lightly, annoyed. "Then stand up and walk a few steps for me to see."

Standing up and walking a few steps is not a problem.

only……

She looked up at Su Qiluo, smiled, and said, "I can't walk. Come and carry me over."

Hearing this, Su Qiluo felt secretly pleased. He muttered "I knew it" but his body betrayed him. He walked over, picked her up, and carried her to the dining table.

"Try it."

He placed the chopsticks in her hand and looked at her expectantly.

He put a lot of effort into making these meals today, so naturally he wanted positive feedback.