If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

As soon as the morning classes ended, Pei Yuening grabbed her schoolbag and ran to the alchemy room.

As he expected, the entire building was empty, without a single person in sight.

He pushed open the door, and a faint scent of herbs wafted out.

The layout remains the same: a long stone countertop, several clean crucibles, a sink, and ventilation windows.

It has practically everything you could want!!

Moreover, he had specifically inquired and found that He Shuming was not there!

It was a perfect storm of favorable timing, location, and people.

Pei Yuening patted his pocket, and Gao Gao, who had been cooped up all morning, flew out instantly.

"Ughhhhhh!!—I'm suffocating!" Phoenix Gao Gao cried out for a while, then looked around and asked, "Huh? Master, where is this?"

"The school's alchemy lab," Pei Yuening reached out and patted her head, "Gao Gao."

"Go home and bring me all the bottles and jars from the top shelf of the third cabinet on the left in the kitchen."

"Let's have something delicious for lunch."

Upon hearing there was food, Gao Gao flapped its wings twice and saluted on the spot: "Yes Sir!!"

"Wrap it in a cloth bag, don't drop it."

"Okay!" Gao Gao darted out the window and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Taking advantage of this break, Pei Yuening ran to the kitchen of the Holy Academy.

It has to be said that this is where the benefits of being both good-looking and well-behaved come in.

Because he used his good looks and made up a plausible excuse, he managed to scam a bunch of ingredients.

Cabbage, tofu, sliced ​​meat from Warcraft, and even bean curd sheets and dried vermicelli.

He packed it in a bag, thanked them, and ran off.

When Pei Yuening returned to the alchemy room, Gao Gao had already come back.

She was leaning on the windowsill, panting, with a bulging bag at her feet.

"Master... I'm back..." Gao Gao groaned weakly, "I'm exhausted..."

"Sweetie," Pei Yuening fed her some water, "Did no one see you on the way?"

Gao Gao shook her head: "No, no, the old man at the school gate is dozing off!"

"Okay, we'll eat something good later."

Pei Yuening said, opening the cloth bag and counting the items.

He made his own sesame paste, along with sesame oil, chopped green onions, and small red chilies.

Soy sauce and rose vinegar are also available.

Yes, perfect.

Pei Yuening went to the storage room at the back of the classroom, retrieved a new crucible, and placed it on the magic furnace.

Then add water and turn on the heat.

Because there was a condiment dish, he only prepared a savory broth.

Small chili peppers floated on the soup noodles, their pungent and rich aroma rising with the steam and quickly filling the entire alchemy room.

He moved several stools into a circle and arranged them in a dish on the stone countertop.

The cabbage was broken into pieces, the potatoes were sliced, and the tofu was cut into cubes, all neatly arranged on the table.

Then he started mixing the sesame paste.

Scoop the sesame paste into a bowl, add boiling water from the crucible, and stir slowly until dissolved.

Add rose vinegar, bean paste, chopped onion, and sesame oil.

Anyway, since Ollie and his friends haven't eaten anything good, they don't need to worry about personal tastes.

The door was pushed open at that moment.

Lin Huaijin walked at the front, sniffing sharply: "...What smells so good?"

Ryan peeked out from behind him: "Hey? Is that a crucible?"

“That’s right,” Pei Yuening blinked, “It’s designed to prevent burning and ensure even heating, but it carries risks.”

Ryan laughed immediately: "I know, it's a secret, right? I definitely won't tell Teacher He."

Ollie was the last to come in.

But the first thing he saw wasn't the "hot pot," but the flower fairy sitting on Pei Yuening's shoulder.

Lin Huaijin also saw it.

He raised an eyebrow: "What? You're not even trying to hide it from people anymore?"

Pei Yuening glanced at him and smiled gently: "It's okay, we're all friends."

"Would you tell anyone?"

"Of course not," Ryan said, nudging Ollie beside him.

Ollie: "..."

"Hmph," he said, his ears turning red as he turned his face away, "I would never do something so dishonorable."

Gao Gao rolled her eyes and made a face at him: "Lelalelalelalel!"

Ollie nearly exploded: "You!"

"how!"

Pei Yuening chuckled helplessly, "Alright, alright."

He pulled out a chair for her: "Come and eat quickly, it won't be good if we get caught."

"snort."

"cut!"

"..."

Lin Huaijin ignored them and sat down first.

He took the chopsticks Pei Yuening handed him and glanced at them.

"How do you eat this?"

Pei Yuening picked up a piece of meat: "Like this."

"Put the meat in boiling water to cook it, then dip it in the sauce and eat it."

He heated up a piece and placed it on Lin Huaijin's plate: "Try it."

Gao Gao immediately became unhappy: "Master, you're being unfair!!"

"Okay, okay, okay," Pei Yuening quickly coaxed her, "You eat too."

"Tch," Ollie scoffed, "a stinky, immature flower fairy."

"What did you say?!"

Pei Yuening stuffed a piece of meat into Gao Gao's mouth to shut her up.

Gao Gao stared intently at Ollie, but took a couple of bites with her mouth.

"..."

Five seconds later, she plunged headfirst into the condiment dish and ate with gusto.

Pei Yuening served food to Ryan and Ollie, earning praise from anyone who saw it as a master of impartiality.

Ollie pursed his lips, picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in sesame sauce, and took a bite.

"..."

Then he stopped talking.

Ryan was even more delighted: "It's so hot—but it tastes so good!"

Lin Huaijin has already grasped the essentials.

He picked up a slice of potato, heated it in the broth, dipped it in sesame sauce, and put it in his mouth: "Did you make this dipping sauce yourself?"

"right."

"Do you sell it outside?"

Pei Yuening almost choked on his own saliva: "...Not for sale. If you like, I'll write one for you later."

Lin Huaijin hummed in agreement: "Okay, I'll try to make it for my parents when they come back."

Ryan looked up at the question: "Hmm? Have His Highness the Prince and the others gone out?"

Lin Huaijin nodded: "Yes, I didn't see him when I got home yesterday. The steward said His Majesty summoned him, but didn't mention what it was about."

While eating, Ollie casually added, "My father isn't here either."

He moved his lips slightly and glanced at Pei Yuening: "...Thank you for dinner yesterday."

Pei Yuening paused with her chopsticks, smiled at him, and said, "It's okay, as long as you like it."

Ollie didn't ask him why he was in his house.

It wasn't that he was perceptive; it was that he genuinely hadn't thought much about it.

Pei Yuening momentarily forgot to explain, though explaining would only make things worse.

What concerned him more was that... the prince and princess had also left the capital.

Princess Consort...

The original work didn't describe it in much detail, but he knew it.

When Ryan later joined the Silver Staff Council, it was the Princess herself who performed his baptism.

Princess Consort, Xin Tong.

The Grand Elder of the Silver Staff Council, a fellow flower fairy familiar, and a top-tier healing magician.

Pei Yuening fell silent.

What exactly happened?

"Pei Yuening?"

Pei Yuening snapped out of her daze: "Huh?"

Lin Huaijin glanced at him: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing... I was just spacing out."

He suppressed those thoughts and focused on cooking the vegetables.

I can't think about it anymore.

If I keep thinking about it, this meal will be ruined.

Only the bubbling sound of boiling remained in the alchemy room.

The soup in the pot became thicker and thicker as it simmered, and the cabbage absorbed all the broth.

The food in front of him was so delicious that Ollie even started fighting with Lin Huaijin for food.

Until the pot was empty.

Pei Yuening got up to clear the dishes: "You guys can help me move the stools back, I'll wash the pots."

Lin Huaijin wiped his mouth and stood up: "Need any help?"

"No need, you..."

With a loud bang, the door was pushed open.

All four of them turned around at the same time.

He Shuming stood at the door.

She was wearing that dark gray uniform jacket, with the dean's silver badge pinned to the cuff, and holding a stack of documents in her hand.

The air freezes.

Pei Yuening grabbed Gao Gao and stuffed her into her pocket: "...Teacher He, why are you back?"

He Shuming did not answer him.

She stepped across the threshold, her high heels clicking crisply on the stone floor.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Huaijin remained unfazed: "We are concocting a magic potion."

"Does brewing potions require spices?"

Ollie: "...I'm afraid the potion will taste too awful."

He Shuming turned to look at him, his face expressionless.

Her lips twitched, whether she wanted to laugh or was angry, it was hard to tell.

"How long have I been gone?" Her voice was flat. "A day? A day and a half?"

"You four—"

Her gaze swept over each and every one of them.

"Instead of eating properly in the cafeteria, they're cooking ingredients in crucibles in the alchemy room?"

"...Hehe, look at the mess this has made." Pei Yuening sighed helplessly, "It's because the cafeteria food is just too awful..."

He Shuming remained silent.

Pei Yuening thought she was about to start scolding people.

He Shuming only glanced at them.

"I was thinking of asking a few students to help me move some things... but now it seems I don't need anyone else."

"Just the four of you."

She turned and walked out: "Put everything clean, and wait for me at the school gate after school tonight."

Pei Yuening asked instinctively, "Huh? Where to?"

"Ancient temple ruins".