After Time-travel, I Became the Wicked Stepmother
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(Background bullet comments appear: 【Help! This evil stepmother who time-traveled here is at it again!】 【Look, she actually bought so much pig offal. Could she be trying to poison those poor stepchildren?】 【Gary is so miserable, completely tricked by this person from the future, still unaware of what's about to happen to his family.】) Evelyn wove through the bustling marketplace, her identity as a time-traveler making every step feel precarious. The heavy pig offal in her arms, a delicacy in her eyes, was nothing but a bizarre oddity to her husband, Gary. "Why buy so many things common folk don't eat?" Gary's brows furrowed slightly, his gaze holding confusion and a hint of worry. "We still have enough food at home." Evelyn curved her lips into a smile, a flicker of undetectable slyness and weariness in her eyes. This was her means of struggling to integrate into this world, an imprint of "my era." She leaned closer to him, whispering, "This isn't for 'eating'... at least, not the way you think. This is a delicacy from my time, something that will make everyone—" Her words were cut short by a shrill voice that pierced the market's clamor. Her nemesis, Yani, accompanied by her sharp-tongued mother, arrived as if on cue. "What is that smell?!" Yani clutched her nose, stepping back in disgust, her eyes like venomous snakes fixed on the bundle in Evelyn's arms. "So bloody and foul, is it perhaps for dogs?" Yani's mother, emboldened, immediately raised her voice, drawing the attention of passersby: "Look at this hussy, buying such worthless rubbish! Things even wild dogs wouldn't touch, yet she dares to bring them into a respectable home! She's utterly mad!" Evelyn merely let the corner of her mouth twitch upwards, a cold glint flashing deep within her eyes. Mad? They had no idea what she had truly been through. (Bullet comments refresh: 【Haha, Yani and her mother are stirring up trouble again! They probably don't know how powerful Evelyn's 'black tech' is, do they?】 【Evelyn: Heh, you know nothing of power.】 【Waiting for the pig offal to make a comeback and slap them in the face!】) "So what?" Evelyn's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable certainty. "You'll all be saying, 'Mmm, delicious!'" Yani's face turned a mottled shade of green and white. She immediately turned and pointed to the most expensive cut of ribs on a stall, sweetly telling the vendor, "I want this! The finest prime ribs, I'll go home and make soup for Gary, let him taste what true deliciousness is!" She shot Evelyn a provocative glance, as if victory were already hers. On the way home, Evelyn stumbled. Gary instinctively turned, his broad frame catching her steadily, then carrying her on his back as he continued walking. "Aren't you tired?" Evelyn lay on his back, feeling the solid warmth radiating from him. Her heart fluttered, surprised. "The children will worry if we're late," he said, his tone calm, yet it was like a warm current, instantly soothing the coldness in her heart left by the taunts. (Bullet comments: 【Wuwuwu Gary is so good to Evelyn, he deserves better.】 【Don't be silly, that's his guilt towards the original female lead, not love!】 【Watch out, Evelyn is playing pitiful again, her acting is first-class!】) In the kitchen, Evelyn began preparing her "delicacy." She skillfully cleaned and cut, her fingertips stained with the smell of blood and the distinct scent of the organs. However, what surprised her even more was that Gary, at some point, had also entered the kitchen. He picked up another cleaver and deftly began to process the accompanying vegetables on the nearby cutting board. The sharp blade seemed to come alive in his hands, the sound of chopping crisp and rhythmic. "You... you can cook?" she blurted out, incredulous. She had always thought men of this era, at most, would only hunt and prepare simple, crude meat dishes. He looked up, a teasing smile in his eyes, tinged with a hint of helplessness and self-mockery: "Otherwise, who do you think takes care of the children?" Evelyn, this outsider seen by everyone as an "evil stepmother," gazed at his calloused hands and the quiet responsibility reflected on his face by the flickering hearth fire. She suddenly understood that this wasn't just a meal; it was her first battle in this unfamiliar world, for herself, for him, for this home. She would use this "era's delicacy" to prove just how wrong those who underestimated her truly were. (Bullet comments: 【Evelyn is fired up! She's finally going to rise up!】 【But don't come up with another bad idea, Gary's children are innocent!】 【Wait, this pig offal... can it really taste good?! I'm starting to get a little excited!】) Evelyn Sue, a modern medical genius, was unexpectedly transported to the body of a lazy rural woman after a car accident. She began a new life in ancient times with a hunter, Gary Lewis, and his two children. Together, they practiced medicine, helped the poor, and built a prosperous life. Evelyn also aided Gary in winning battles to defend their country. Over time, they fell in love, and after their triumphs, the family of four retired to a peaceful life, traveling and healing people wherever they went.
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Publish:2024-09-19
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