Chapter 393: How Could You Be So Careless With Your Own Life
Chapter 393: Chapter 393: How Could You Be So Careless With Your Own Life
"How could you do something so dangerous? Weren’t Wu Jun and Huo Qian there? Did an ordinary person like you really need to go risk your life?" Xue Can hadn’t meant to yell at Shen Lu, but after hearing Huo Qian’s report, anger flared up in his mind.
His Spiritual Sea grew restless along with it, and his head throbbed as if it were being torn apart.
Ever since he successfully advanced to become a Level 5 Superpower User, the turmoil in his Spiritual Sea had become more severe than before.
If he couldn’t eat Shen Lu’s food from time to time, Xue Can suspected he would have succumbed to the turmoil in his Spiritual Sea long ago.
"It wasn’t as serious as you’re making it sound... All right, I was a little impulsive." Shen Lu couldn’t be bothered to argue with Xue Can. "It won’t happen again. I value my life more than anyone."
"Value your life? Hah... If you valued your life, you would have kept those things hidden. Now you’re selling them so openly. It’s only a matter of time before someone targets you."
"They can’t do anything to me."
Shen Lu used to lack confidence when she said this, but now she was full of it.
’I have an Any Door!’
’Even though I can only use it once a day for now, that’s enough for a clean getaway.’
Xue Can fell silent. Huo Qian had reported everything she knew. He knew Shen Lu had an indestructible house and a door that, once opened, could let her travel through space at will.
He also remembered there were some inexplicable, magical things about Shen Lu.
’Perhaps I really am worrying for nothing.’
In an instant, Xue Can deflated like a popped balloon, all the anger draining out of him.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Xue. I’m really fine." Shen Lu realized she was being ungrateful. He was only talking to her like that because he was worried.
’Oh, well. I might as well soften up and say something nice.’
Xue Can offered a few more words of caution before ending the video call.
Shen Lu collapsed comfortably onto the sofa for a while. Seeing it was about time, she headed to the kitchen.
Since her hand was injured, she wouldn’t be doing the cooking herself today.
Cai Su had to look after Granny Jin, so Shen Lu decided to teach Deng Ying how to make dinner.
"Let’s make a chicken soup. You can decide on the other dishes."
The old woman was seriously injured and still unconscious. Drinking some chicken soup to replenish her strength and vitality would be perfect.
Deng Ying didn’t attempt any difficult dishes. You have to start with the basics and work your way up. She had very little experience at the stove, so simple dishes were a better place to start.
Shen Lu had initially thought about having Deng Ying sharpen the knives, but she gave up on the idea.
Sharpening knives wasn’t something you could teach just by talking, nor was it a skill learned overnight.
If she hadn’t used an advanced culinary progression manual, she would never have thought of it, nor would she know how to do it.
’In the end, it was all thanks to my cheat.’
Deng Ying had been working at the shop for a while, and her fundamentals were fairly solid, though still at a very basic level.
If she wanted to reach the level of a master chef, she still had a long way to go.
Since Shen Lu couldn’t demonstrate herself, she explained all the key points in great detail. Deng Ying had a knack for it, and the dishes she prepared turned out quite presentable.
After dinner, Shen Lu went to Granny Jin’s room and sat for a while, chatting with Cai Su.
"I’ve tried to convince Granny Jin to move into our shop several times. Her house is so old, but she’s unwilling to spend money on repairs." Cai Su sighed. "She was lucky before—the winds didn’t tear her house apart. But this time, it got caught in the tornado’s aftermath, and now look at it."
"There’s no use talking about that now."
"You’re right. Honestly, with Granny Jin... is her son even dead or alive? Has he really not come to visit her once in all these years?"
"Who knows," Shen Lu said with a shrug.
Xiao Lang, who was leaning against the bedside, asked in a small voice, "How did you rescue Granny Jin?"
Xiao Lang had stayed obediently in the trench, only running to the restaurant when he smelled blood.
By that time, however, the Any Door had already been put away, so he didn’t see the full rescue.
"You’ll find out someday," Shen Lu said evasively.
Xiao Lang pouted but didn’t press the issue.
"I’ll leave things here in your care, then," Shen Lu said to Cai Su.
"Of course. Granny Jin took good care of me in the past."
Perhaps Granny Jin truly had luck on her side. She regained consciousness the next day, opening her eyes around noon.
The old woman was weak just after waking up, and it took a moment for her eyes to focus.
"Little Cai?" Cai Su had been keeping watch by the bed, so she was the first person Granny Jin saw.
Cai Su was overjoyed. She squeezed Granny Jin’s hand and nodded repeatedly. "It’s me, Granny Jin. You’re finally awake."
Xiao Lang had run to get Shen Lu the moment Granny Jin showed signs of waking, and they entered the room just then.
Granny Jin remembered that right before a falling piece of scrap metal hit her on the head, she had been on a call with Shen Lu.
"Xiao Shen, you... you really saved me..."
Making that call had been an act of desperation.
Granny Jin was a widow who kept to herself. When danger struck, the only person she could think of to ask for help was, surprisingly, Shen Lu.
She hadn’t known if the call would do any good; the weather had been just too severe, after all.
Even if Shen Lu hadn’t come to her rescue, she wouldn’t have blamed her in the slightest. She had made the call more to let Shen Lu know what was happening, hoping she might collect her body afterward.
"Granny Jin, don’t overthink it. Just focus on resting for now. Don’t move. Once the wind dies down a little, I’ll take you to the hospital for a check-up."
"No, don’t." Granny Jin refused flatly. "I’m an old woman. It’s not worth spending..."
"I went to great lengths to save you, so I won’t let you take this lightly. The check-up is mandatory. If you feel bad about it, then you can live here at the shop from now on. That way we won’t have to go through all the trouble of saving you again."
Shen Lu cut Granny Jin off, her tone turning serious. She held up her hand. "We were lucky this time and didn’t get badly hurt. But my hand can’t even touch water for the next two days. Granny, I can’t be this lucky every single time—saving you without getting seriously injured myself."
"All right..." Granny Jin sighed. "I’ve been a burden to you."
"If you don’t want to be a burden, then you need to take good care of yourself and get better."
Cai Su cleared her throat, trying to smooth things over. "Boss Shen is just concerned about you, Granny Jin. You were unconscious, so you didn’t see it, but to save you, Boss Shen’s hand was nearly severed by a piece of metal sent flying by the wind!"
Granny Jin’s eyes widened. "Ah, it... it was that dangerous?"
"Of course it was! Your house was built from rebar and sheet metal. When the wind tore it down, debris was flying everywhere. Boss Shen is just an ordinary person. She doesn’t have the copper skin and iron bones of a Superpower User. She gets injured easily."
Shen Lu took a moment to compose herself. She had let her temper get the best of her.
’How could the person I risked my life to save be so careless with her own?’
’But then again,’ she thought, ’maybe most elderly people are like this. They’re afraid of being a burden to the younger generation and would rather endure the pain themselves.’