Because it knew that in Shen Xiaoyan's current physical condition, activating her superpowers would cause her great pain.
But at the same time, it also knew that refusing would be useless. Shen Xiaoyan appeared to be a very gentle person, always smiling, but in reality, she was very stubborn. Once she made up her mind, no one could change it.
At this moment, Luoluo could only pray in its heart, hoping that Shen Xiaoyan could persevere.
Shen Xiaoyan felt as if her entire body was being torn apart, the pain so intense that she wished she were dead.
But such a thought lasted for only a second before she immediately dismissed it.
Luoluo had saved her twice. If she didn't strive harder now, to whom would she be accountable?
Shen Xiaoyan gritted her teeth and endured. After an unknown amount of time, Shen Xiaoyan felt a surge of energy erupt from within her, completely eliminating the pain.
...
Shen Xiaoyan opened her eyes, let out a shout, and simultaneously clenched her fists, smashing them fiercely into the tub.
The tub instantly shattered into pieces. The bloody water within fell to the ground and was immediately absorbed by the space.
The ground remained spotless; even the fragments of the tub vanished without a trace.
"How is it?" Luoluo stood up and walked to Shen Xiaoyan's front, tilting its head to ask.
"It's successful. It's still wood-element superpowers," Shen Xiaoyan's tone was full of excitement.
Luoluo was relieved upon hearing this. Its eyes darted, and it casually said, "This cat saw you shatter the tub with one punch just now. It seems your strength is the same as in your previous life, right? As expected, you can only be a tomboy."
Shen Xiaoyan's face immediately turned as ugly as if she had eaten something foul. She didn't think having strength was a bad thing.
On the contrary, in this ancient era where strength was needed for farming, having strength would make her life much easier.
What she couldn't stand was Luoluo calling her a tomboy.
Whether it was her appearance in her previous life or her current body, she was definitely a cute girl.
Especially in this current body, at the young age of fifteen, she hadn't fully developed yet. Coupled with long-term malnutrition, she appeared both dark and thin.
However, if Shen Xiaoyan looked closely, even though her features weren't exceptionally exquisite and she couldn't become a beauty that could topple nations, she was very cute. Her large eyes were watery, melting anyone who looked at them.
How could she be a tomboy like this?
"Luoluo, if you call me a tomboy again, I'll break off our friendship," Shen Xiaoyan threatened.
Luoluo cast a disdainful glance at Shen Xiaoyan but ignored her, only saying, "You should go out now."
Shen Xiaoyan finally reacted, "How much time has passed?"
"Half a month," Luoluo replied.
Shen Xiaoyan immediately started calculating in her heart.
The flow of time was different between the space and the outside world. One day in the space was a hundred days outside.
If half a month had passed in the space, it meant only three and a half hours, an hour and a half, had passed outside.
She had entered around one o'clock. It was now less than five o'clock outside, and Zheng Wei might be back soon.
Even if Zheng Wei didn't return, Shen Xiaoming should be looking for her by now.
Thinking this, Shen Xiaoyan was about to leave the space.
Luoluo, however, suddenly spoke up, "You're just going to leave like this?"
Shen Xiaoyan looked down at herself. Water was still dripping from her body as she had just emerged from the tub, and a strong, fishy smell wafted around her.
If she went out like this, she might frighten Shen Xiaoming.
Shen Xiaoyan snorted softly, bypassed Luoluo, and walked towards the small river.
She took out another basin, filled it with water, and poured it over her head.
At this moment, although her appearance hadn't changed much, her physical constitution was incomparable to before. Let alone a basin of cold water, even if she bathed directly in the river, she wouldn't feel cold. However, she wouldn't do that.
She quickly washed herself clean until the smell was gone before stopping.
It wasn't that she was foolish and didn't know to use soap, but it would leave a scent. Zheng Wei, being such a cautious person, might get some strange ideas if he smelled it.
Looking down at herself, her clothes and hair were still wet. Going out like this wouldn't do.
Shen Xiaoyan's eyes darted, and she thought of a plan.
She remembered there was a hand-cranked fan in the space. She took off her wet clothes, hung them up, placed the fan facing the clothes, and then vigorously cranked it.
She had great strength now, and the fan blades spun rapidly. The wind blew with a whoosh, and in no time, her clothes were completely dry.
She vigorously rubbed her hair dry with a towel, and it was now dry as well.
She put on her clothes, tied her hair up, and Shen Xiaoyan quickly left the space.
Luoluo also followed her out of the space. Looking at Luoluo, who was sitting on the bed, Shen Xiaoyan was very helpless, "Why did you come out?"
"This cat is naturally here to play. Just say you found a civet cat in the mountains," Luoluo licked its paws, saying carelessly.
Shen Xiaoyan was surprised. Could a civet cat grow to be this fat?
Complaining inwardly, Shen Xiaoyan opened the door and walked out.
She had heard voices outside the courtyard earlier, but the voices were very faint, and she hadn't heard what was said.
Walking out of the main room, she saw Shen Xiaoming sitting on a bench holding Xiaobai. Zheng Wei was sitting beside him, and across from them was a roe deer.
To be precise, it was a dead roe deer.
"Sister, you're awake?" Shen Xiaoming said happily upon seeing Shen Xiaoyan appear at the doorway of the main hall. "Sister, look, brother-in-law hunted a roe deer. He said it could be sold for a lot of money."
Shen Xiaoyan quickened her pace to their side and asked Zheng Wei, "Is it easy to hunt roe deer? Were you injured?"
A hint of tenderness flashed in Zheng Wei's eyes, but he said, "No."
Shen Xiaoyan nodded. Indeed, she forgot that Zheng Wei had been living in the mountains for years and wouldn't easily get injured.
She carefully examined the roe deer lying on the ground. It appeared to be an adult male roe deer, quite large, and should be worth a good amount of money.
Zheng Wei looked at Shen Xiaoyan, a flicker of confusion in his eyes. He felt that Shen Xiaoyan was somehow different, but upon closer inspection, there was no change.
Suppressing the thought in his mind, Zheng Wei said, "I'll go to town tomorrow and sell this roe deer. See if you need to buy anything back."
He said the last sentence while looking at Shen Xiaoyan.
Shen Xiaoyan thought for a moment and said, "Buy some farm tools and seeds. With a yard this size, if we plant some vegetables, it will be enough for the three of us to eat."
Zheng Wei was surprised. Farming? He didn't know how.
But seeing Shen Xiaoyan's hopeful expression, he felt too embarrassed to say he didn't know.
"Okay, I'll buy them back tomorrow," Zheng Wei agreed.
Looking at the sky, it was almost time for dinner. Shen Xiaoyan walked into the kitchen.
However, the moment she entered the kitchen, she froze. Zheng Wei's voice came from behind her, "I hunted a pheasant. Let's stew it. To nourish Xiaoming."
"Okay," Shen Xiaoyan agreed and walked to the chopping board.
The pheasant had already been cleaned and chopped into small pieces.
Shen Xiaoyan lit the fire, added water, and put the chicken in. Without adding anything else, she began to simmer it over a low heat.
"If only there were red dates," Shen Xiaoyan thought while stoking the fire...