Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 29 - Revealing Another New Secret

“It’s extremely painful,” Lu Yun said with a downtrodden face, “The effect is good, but it’s the kind of pain that makes a person want to strangle themselves. Especially the medicinal bath; if you want the best effect, you have to soak in it for three months straight, and I’m afraid you might want to strangle me out of pain.”

“Are you sure it’s effective?” Shitou didn’t seem to care about the pain. He sat up abruptly and stared at her intently.

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“I’ve only personally undergone the first course of treatment. The effect was already quite obvious. If you can persist through the full course, it can improve your physique from the inside out. Besides the unbearable pain, there are no other side effects.”

Lu Yun was quite confident in her own concoction, having experienced it for herself, so her words had no hint of pretense.

“Give me the medicine. I’m not afraid of the pain,” Shitou said, clearly tempted.

“Not yet. Your body can’t withstand the potency of the medicine at this time. You need to bolster your nutrition for at least another six months before you can start using them, or it could do more harm than good,” Lu Yun said earnestly.

“…”

Shitou gazed steadily at her.

Lu Yun swallowed hard, shifted back slightly and insisted, “Don’t worry, I’ll give you the medicine when the time comes. But that elixir is too oppressive. If you take it now, it might destroy the very foundation of your body, which would be counterproductive.”

“You wouldn’t want that, would you?” Lu Yun became anxious when Shitou continued to stare at her. “You’re definitely malnourished. You need to start eating more…”

“I understand,” Shitou nodded faintly, his gaze shifting to a point in the stream. Another six months, huh? No matter, he could wait.

“…”

Lu Yun stopped talking and followed his gaze, feeling that his entire presence seemed desolate. Suddenly, she didn’t feel like talking anymore. The two of them just sat there in silence.

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“What will it be like in a few years?” Shitou’s voice suddenly rang out softly.

“In a few years…” Lu Yun’s gaze drifted into the distance.

“Everyone’s life will get better and better, eating meat will no longer be a rare occurrence. Almost everyone can have it in every meal, and might even get tired of it; there will be skyscrapers everywhere, many people in the village will have become wealthy and built villas; cars will fill the streets, bicycles are no longer considered a big deal—as everyone will have cars, and those who don’t will at least have motorcycles or electric bikes. The biggest fear when going out will be traffic jams, and the richer ones will just spend a dozen or two billion to buy private planes; also, clothes won’t be worn until they need patches anymore. Almost everyone will have a wardrobe full of clothes, discarding them before they are even worn out…”

Lu Yun paused to clear her throat.

“However, there are downsides. By then, the grains and fruits we eat will be full of pesticides, and chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and pork will all be feed-raised, so the taste of the food we eat won’t be as good as it is now, natural and unpolluted.”

Lu Yun turned her gaze back to Shitou, “But the food I brought out is an exception. These are all pure and natural ingredients from my own farm. Like this meat bun, it’s made from pork that comes directly from my farm, completely free from feeds. And the person I found to make the buns is the most authentic bun-maker.”

“How did you earn so much money?” Shitou was quite curious.

“I have a Pharmacopoeia in my space, which contains many lost recipes, and there is a super large medicinal room where all kinds of herbs are well stocked. Initially, I started my fortune by making elixirs,” Lu Yun said somewhat sadly, “It’s a pity that it wasn’t until after dad passed away that the space appeared, otherwise…”

“Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is decided by the heavens. At that time, he probably didn’t want to be treated anymore. Even if you forcibly brought him back, he might have gotten upset with you,” Shitou said softly.

Although he probably spoke the truth, Lu Yun felt particularly upset remembering how her father had been steadfast in refusing treatment in his previous life, making her angry hearing Shitou say this.

“Do you even know how to speak? If you can’t, then just keep your mouth shut. No one will treat you as a mute and sell you. Hmph!”

Lu Yun turned away from him, huffing with anger, refusing to pay him any attention.

“…” Shitou fell silent as well. Although he was speaking hard truths, obviously, this individual in front of him didn’t like to hear them. He felt sad too.

“I actually know about this place. Just for this hot spring, I even built a villa here later, specially constructed stone steps and a rail track train to come here. I originally planned to bring mom and dad here too, but who knew you’d find it first.”

Lu Yun didn’t stay angry for long before she started speaking again. Since her rebirth, she had actually been under a lot of psychological stress, but she couldn’t talk to anyone about it. Now that she had Shitou to use as a “confidant,” of course, she wouldn’t want to let go of the opportunity.

At least she had to speak her mind completely. Speaking was indeed one of the best ways to relieve stress.

“However, no one discovered this place until 20 years later, until your two grandsons, who haven’t been born yet at Grandpa’s time, brought me here. I guess it must have been dad who told them. Shitou, do you know that, in fact, Grandpa and Grandma might be dad’s real parents?”

“What did you say?” Shitou was astonished, suddenly standing up as he was significantly shaken by the news.

“I overheard it by chance but didn’t have enough time to clarify or confirm it before I came here,” Lu Yun shook her head. “But it should be true. Today when we visited Grandpa’s house, I distinctly felt they treated dad differently from everyone else. Even when there was a little trouble with my surname change, Grandpa took the initiative to handle it, Grandma didn’t say an extra word, nor did her expression change much, as if it was Grandpa’s rightful duty to help with this matter.”

Shitou sat down again and thought it over carefully, feeling there was truth to Lu Yun’s words. Although he hadn’t spent much time with Great Uncle and Second Uncle from the Lu Family, he heard Brother Aiguo mention several times how unusually kind his Second Aunt was to him, even better than her own children.

Back then he felt envious of having such a sincere relative and didn’t think more about it, but recalling it now, indeed, a normal aunt rarely puts so much heart into her husband’s nephew, whereas Brother Aiguo’s Great Aunt’s behavior was the norm.