"..."

The noise was truly overwhelming for Du Xixi, who was accustomed to the quiet atmosphere at home, making her somewhat irritated. Just as she was about to speak, she felt her consciousness, which was finally clear, become heavy and disperse once again.

The next time she woke up, Du Xixi did not know how much time had passed. But when she opened her eyes, the snow-white ceiling and the unfamiliar... yet somehow familiar surroundings came into view.

"Xixi..." A aged voice came from beside her. Du Xixi instinctively looked over, but upon seeing the elderly people, a splitting headache surged through her mind, making her gasp before she could react.

The ward was suddenly chaotic again. Du Xixi felt as if numerous strangers were moving to and fro before her, with fragmented memories appearing, chaotic and disorderly, causing her considerable pain. When the pain subsided, she realized it was the original memories of this body "causing trouble."

Her head was drenched in cold sweat, yet a faint blush appeared on her pale face. Facing several aged elders with concerned expressions, she instinctively felt a sense of closeness and, having just lost her family, she yearned for familial love: "Grandpa, I’m sorry for making you worry."

Grandpa Du, who now managed this big family, was adept at understanding people’s hearts. He looked at Du Xixi for quite some time before showing the compassionate smile she had seen countless times in her memories: "Silly child, you just rest well for now. Once you recover, we’ll go home and rest."

Home? Du Xixi instinctively stiffened. Although she accepted the memories, this world was unfamiliar to her, and the home too was unfamiliar. But not wanting to show anything that would worry the elders, she recalled the tone used by her original self when interacting with family and responded in line with Grandpa Du’s words: "Okay, when the time comes, you must prepare some delicious dishes to welcome me back!"

Of course, the several grandpas agreed with smiles. But after they left the ward to let Du Xixi rest, their expressions turned somewhat grave.

The ward had excellent soundproofing, allowing them to speak outside without worrying that Du Xixi inside would hear. Second Grandpa was the first to speak: "Did you all feel it too?"

"Xixi has never used the word ’you’ to address us." Sixth Grandpa frowned, being of a considerable age and having seen much, he inevitably thought in a peculiar direction, "Could it be... there’s something unclean?"

Du Xixi had grown up without her parents, raised by these grandpas.

"Trust in science!" Grandpa Du spoke coolly. As the oldest brother, everyone listened to him most. "No matter what, let her rest and recover. After all, this body belongs to our Xixi; the rest can be slowly explored later."

"Whether it’s a memory error or something indeed unclean... we’ll deal with it when necessary."

Fifth Grandpa grunted, not very satisfied with the decision, but knowing the brothers had lived together for decades, he understood that Grandpa Du wouldn’t make decisions lightly—especially concerning Du Xixi. He must have thought it through thoroughly before deciding.

So, let’s wait and see!

Du Xixi in the ward wasn’t aware that her supposedly perfect disguise had been detected as odd by the grandpas. She felt the strength within this body, and in a daze, got out of bed, then slowly made her way to the window.

Outside, the full glory of summer was on display, especially with a towering camphor tree right in front of the window. Du Xixi stared blankly, reaching out to touch the transparent glass, only coming back to herself then, giving a self-mocking smile.

How much high technology exists in the Star Era? Du Xixi, in her leisure time, read various miscellaneous books and understood the technological level of the Star Era quite well, not to mention that Du’s father and mother often brought back some novel items; this glass was actually not something remarkable.

But Du Xixi found this world incredibly novel, never getting enough of looking around; during the following days, while recuperating, she observed this world.

What she became familiar with first wasn’t the scenery inside and outside the hospital, but a square, called a "mobile phone" object. She felt this phone was somewhat similar to the Light Computer, except the Light Computer was worn on the hand as a "mobile pass," and it’s more advanced than the phone.

Different eras, different technology levels; initially, Du Xixi found the phone less convenient than the Light Computer. Later, she didn’t have this concern, holding the phone to go online and view various content whenever she had free time, practically becoming a "heavy mobile phone addict."

However, her curiosity was only piqued upon her initial arrival in this world. As the days to be discharged approached, having gained a certain understanding of this world, Du Xixi no longer held the phone without letting go.

This made the doctors and nurses who were caring for her exceptionally relieved. Over this time, they watched Du Xixi hold the phone every day, even flipping it out to look at while sleeping, genuinely worried about her.

On Blue Star, who didn’t know Du Xixi’s name? A person who became famous internationally purely through cooking; no one hoped for Du Xixi, after this accident, to become absorbed in the phone, forgetting her "main profession" of cooking.

Everyone was particularly satisfied with Du Xixi’s act of "putting down the phone," but she was somewhat troubled about the upcoming days. Truth be told, while the body was indeed hers and she inherited the memories related to cooking, that didn’t mean she knew how to cook! She was still a kitchen novice who hadn’t even washed tableware!

While she could use health issues in the hospital as an excuse not to cook, what reason could she use after being discharged and returning home? What reason could she find?

Du Xixi could only hope that the elders of the Du Family would give her some time, allowing her to secretly practice her cooking skills, at least until she’s able to ignite Blue Star’s stove fire!