"Brother Yang is truly amazing," Gu Lingling sincerely praised. With knife skills like that, even a housewife who has cooked for decades would find it hard to match.

"I'll start by pickling these radishes, and then teach you a few dishes," Gu Lingling glanced at the ingredients Yang Yunhai had prepared, feeling confident.

Although Yang Yunhai often has an upset stomach, he's a meat lover, especially with pork belly today, so she's planning to teach him to make braised pork, plus two vegetable dishes. If he eats at home by himself, that should be enough.

As for other dishes, she'll teach them when there's a chance. If not, she'll write down detailed steps. With Yang Yunhai's stellar learning ability, he should be able to handle it.

Su Ziqiao is like a dog; as soon as the braised pork was out of the pot, he caught the aroma and came over.

Seeing Yang Yunhai holding a spatula, he was completely stunned.

Looking at Gu Lingling's attire and her soft reminders, why does this scene suddenly feel so comforting?

Oh dear, he couldn't watch it anymore.

"What are you standing there for? Serve it out," Yang Yunhai, with a darkened face, handed the plate to Su Ziqiao, washed the pot, lit the fire, and continued to make the next dish.

Because Su Ziqiao, the food lover, was there, the two dishes originally intended for Yang Yunhai weren't enough. Gu Lingling made an additional dish of stir-fried cabbage and then left.

"Aunt Shuxia is still waiting for me at home," Gu Lingling politely declined the two and left with a smile.

While teaching Yang Yunhai to cook, Liu Yaxin was also present. Later, after returning home, Su Ziqiao arrived, but Gu Lingling felt it wasn't appropriate for him to stay for dinner.

Moreover, Liu Xiaoqin's family lived opposite, and their door was always open, but just seeing Liu Xiaoqin's frequent glances inside made it obvious what she was thinking.

Gu Lingling didn't want to engage with such mindless people but feared she might bring unwanted rumors to Yang Yunhai.

As for those investigating her, Yang Yunhai nodded and assured her it was fine, telling her not to worry.

After eating at Wang Shuxia's house and helping her pickle the newly delivered radishes, Gu Lingling went back home.

These days, she's either been helping pickle vegetables at the camp or doing it at home, leaving her hardly any free time. But Zhao Si'en faithfully reports Old Man Zhou's condition to her every day.

The old man is recovering quite well now.

As she was nearing the village entrance, she unexpectedly ran into Lv Guodong.

Seeing how cold he looked, he must have been waiting there for a long time.

Gu Lingling felt indifferent towards him now, so without acknowledging him, she walked past.

She truly couldn't be bothered dealing with him.

"Wait, I have something to tell you." Lv Guodong blocked her, trying to grab Gu Lingling's arm, but she dodged, fixing him with an icy stare.

Lv Guodong hastily drew back his hand.

"I...I'm sorry," sensing Gu Lingling's impatience, Lv Guodong quickly said.

He didn't know why he was being so pathetic, waiting there for almost three hours just to say sorry to her.

He wasn't sure if he was apologizing for the person in the dream or for that night's incident.

Regardless, not saying it left him feeling uneasy.

This uneasiness kept him awake almost all night.

He thought he'd have a lot to say, but only these three words came out.