When the Top Chef Transmigrated into a Scum Alpha (GL) - Chapter 1

“We will now interrupt with an announcement…”

“Flight FJK1547 has encountered severe convective weather, causing… Our captain has over thirty years of flying experience. All passengers, please remain calm…”

The flight attendant’s voice was gentle and steady, carrying a reassuring sort of magic.

Having such a professional person handle the sudden situation on the flight was clearly effective. The passengers, who had originally panicked into chaos, calmed down a little because of it.

A man wearing glasses sat in his seat and began helping explain things to everyone. “Convective weather is actually quite common during flights. Everyone, don’t be afraid. I’ve taken this flight many times before. It will definitely land safely.”

He looked emotionally stable, but in truth, he was secretly gripping the seat belt fastened in front of him very tightly. His actual mental state was nowhere near as calm and casual as he appeared.

Shang Wumian looked out of the cabin window. All she could see was a stretch of dark gloom, and a few traces of worry appeared in her eyes despite herself.

…Would they land safely?

She lowered her gaze slightly, silently hiding the unease in her heart.

She hoped so.

…

The village doctor was currently explaining the precautions for taking medicine to the owner of the house.

As usual, he wrote down the names of the several packets of medicine he had brought, then set down the brush in his hand, tore off strips of paper, and pasted them onto each one for easier distinction. “This decoction I newly prescribed today is for her to drink after she wakes up. Three times a day, one packet each time…”

Lin Qingwan’s eyes were cool and indifferent. It was unclear whether she had taken any of his instructions to heart, but she still took out the few copper coins required and handed them to the old doctor.

She gave a slight nod and said politely, “Thank you for the trouble.”

The old doctor stroked his somewhat graying beard, packed up his medicine chest, and replied, “No trouble. It is what I should do. After she wakes up, remember to have her take the medicine on time.”

Before he left, he seemed to sigh with feeling as he said, “A Qianyuan’s body is still a little stronger after all. She should recover very soon.”

After watching him leave, Lin Qingwan looked at the several packets of medicine laid out on the table, and her gaze suddenly deepened.

It was quite strong indeed. That blow she had given with the stick had actually failed to smash the other party to death on the spot. That scumbag was rather lucky.

At the same time, inside the guest room, a little girl wearing a pink hair tie was sitting curiously on a low wooden stool, examining the person asleep on the couch.

She propped her chin in her hands and blinked, looking rather like she was deep in thought.

The person lying on the couch, strictly speaking, counted as the lifesaver of both her and Sister Qingwan.

The day before yesterday, there had been a fire in the village, and she and Sister Qingwan had both happened to be trapped inside. It was this older sister who had rushed in to save them.

She just did not know why, in the end, it had been Sister Qingwan who dragged her out. At the time, the other party’s head had still been bleeding, and it had looked terribly frightening.

When they first brought her home, her face had looked all black and dirty. Later, after it was wiped clean, they saw that she was actually quite good-looking.

Ah Fu had always had a favorable impression of good-looking people, so she changed her posture and continued staring. When she heard a sound at the doorway, she did not need to turn around to know Lin Qingwan had come in.

Lin Qingwan glanced toward the bed, frowned almost imperceptibly, and said casually, “Ah Fu, what are you always looking at her for… Come here and eat some fruit.”

Ah Fu was full of curiosity, and on top of that, Shang Wumian had been the one to carry her out of the fire, so she had left a pretty good impression.

Ah Fu grinned, no longer propped her chin in her hands, and pointed at the person on the couch. “Sister Qingwan, this sister looks like she’s about to wake up.”

She had seen it just now. The other party’s eyelashes had trembled slightly. It was a tiny change, but Ah Fu had been watching carefully enough to catch it.

Lin Qingwan’s hand paused slightly as she placed the fruit on the table. Her reply was unreadable. “Is that so…”

In the end, she still let her wake up.

Shang Wumian opened her eyes and realized that her current condition was very bad.

It might have been bad in this way, or it might have been bad in that way.

Her head was heavy and muddled. She subconsciously lifted a hand to touch her injured head, lying there for quite a while before she managed to react.

She tried to remember for a while, and finally recalled that she had originally been invited to attend the triennial International Gourmet Appreciation Competition. In the end, first the flight had been delayed, and three hours after takeoff, they had encountered severe convective weather in the air. The aircraft had shaken violently.

She did not know whether it was because she was injured, but her impression of what happened afterward was very blurry. Shang Wumian only remembered that her head had struck something at the time, something very hard. Then she had come here.

Here… Where was this place?

Looking at the surroundings, as well as the clothes she was currently wearing… This was definitely not the modern era she was familiar with.

Shang Wumian’s head began to hurt again, and at the same time, she discovered quite a few injuries had appeared on her body as well.

Right, it seemed she had also done a good deed at a fire scene.

But why did her head hurt so much? Shang Wumian did not remember injuring her head. After trying hard to recall and coming up with nothing, she showed a somewhat blank expression.

“Sister Qingwan, see? I was right! She really woke up!” The little girl did not care much about the other party’s reaction and only cried out in delight.

“Ah Fu, keep your voice down.” The woman’s voice was somewhat steady, and also a little cold. “She only just woke up. Don’t disturb her.”

In truth, Lin Qingwan did not care whether Shang Wumian was disturbed or not. But she disliked noise, so she casually found a reason to persuade Fu’er.

Ah Fu said reluctantly, “Oh, I know.” Then she once again stared without blinking at the person on the couch.

To be precise, she was looking at the other party’s eyes.

She had already openly stared at the face for a very long time while Shang Wumian had been asleep. Only those eyes, now open, had yet to be seen.

After looking left and right, the little girl reached a conclusion in her heart: this person was really good-looking.

Sister Qingwan was good-looking too.

Ah Fu became thoughtful. This person was a Qianyuan, and Sister Qingwan was a Kunze…

She patted her clever little head and could not help having her eyes light up: a perfect match!

And so the way Ah Fu looked at Shang Wumian became even more earnest.

Shang Wumian had no idea what was going on. Shang Wumian was slightly socially anxious. Shang Wumian’s gaze darted away…

In all her life, she had never really received such an earnest stare before.

Ah Fu blinked. Aiya, now there was no need to even ask. With skin this thin, she definitely did not have a partner.

Shang Wumian still did not know that at this very moment, someone had already started worrying about her marriage prospects. She only said that she was thirsty.

She really wanted to drink water. Preferably a glass of Coke, the kind with ice…

Naturally, there was no Coke.

Lin Qingwan merely scooped Shang Wumian a bowl of cool water and handed it to her.

After drinking it, her dry throat felt much more comfortable.

Now her thoughts became much clearer.

Shang Wumian was silent for a while. She thought of that delayed plane, and of those trembling wings.

And also her face, which she did not know whether she had smashed or not.

No, actually, what she thought about most was still that gourmet appreciation competition where she had been invited to serve as a judge.

What a pity. She had already thought up the news headline for those entertainment reporters—Shang Wumian, a top chef who had won such honorary titles as gold-medal chef for several consecutive years, best creative cuisine researcher, and golden finger of the culinary world, had her career come to an end in an accidental flight disaster.

Tragic and lamentable, pitiful, truly pitiful.

Lin Qingwan took the empty bowl Shang Wumian handed back and said her first sentence to her. “Thank you for saving me and Ah Fu.”

Shang Wumian blinked. Saving people?

Mm… She had indeed done a brave deed by instinct while she still had not figured out the situation.

Shang Wumian looked at her injured leg and muddily recalled that this had happened when she turned back to save someone again and was struck by a fallen wooden pillar.

It was just that afterward, she had somehow suddenly lost consciousness. Most likely… her head had also been hit?

Lin Qingwan continued, “I think your injuries are not serious…”

Shang Wumian blinked again, clearly still not reacting to the turn in the conversation.

Hm? My injuries aren’t serious?

Look at her head, then look at her leg. Friend, does your conscience not hurt?

“If you feel better, then leave as soon as possible,” Lin Qingwan said. Her voice was pleasant, but the words she spoke were merciless.

This was already an obvious order to leave.

Shang Wumian’s face was full of disbelief. To put it in modern terms, this move should accurately be called burning the bridge after crossing it.

But Lin Qingwan truly did not seem to be joking.

Although her face was expressionless, the emotions in her eyes told Shang Wumian that she was serious.

Shang Wumian parted her lips slightly, wanting to say something, then consciously closed her mouth again.

She should leave. Sooner or later, she should leave. But right now, she did not know anyone, nor did she know where exactly this place was…

Ah Fu was also stunned. “Sister Qingwan! She’s our benefactor! Why are you chasing her away so quickly?”

…Qingwan?

“Lin…” Shang Wumian called out subconsciously.

Ah Fu was close by, and her ears were sharp, so she could not help widening her eyes. “How do you know my Sister Qingwan’s surname?”

Even Lin Qingwan’s gaze lingered on her a little longer, making Shang Wumian feel inexplicably frozen.

“Could you temporarily take me in for a few days?” Shang Wumian changed her words seamlessly, her face unchanged and her heart not skipping a beat. “At least for the sake of my saving you two young ladies, let me recover from my injuries for a few days…”

When Shang Wumian had desperately gone to save Lin Qingwan, she had also tripped over something, and her leg truly hurt terribly.

But at that time, all she had been thinking was that this was a human life and she could not refuse to save her. She had simply gritted her teeth and carried the person out again.

Since she was young, she had seen the news talk about brave acts of righteousness, and then Shang Wumian had done it once out of kindness.

Now, she knew where she was. Although it was absurd, although it was unbelievable…

It was still better than knowing nothing at all.

This was a farming ABO novel she had recently been reading in her spare time while researching new dishes. The content was rather melodramatic.

It was roughly about a lazy, idle, unscrupulous female Alpha who witnessed a fire one day. In her heart, she had originally been thinking that fleeing first was the best policy. As it turned out, her luck was not very good. A piece of wood smashed into her leg, and she was accidentally mistaken by the female lead, Lin Qingwan, as the person who had saved her and the neighboring family’s little girl, Ah Fu.

This unscrupulous female Alpha saw that Lin Qingwan was beautiful, so she went along with the misunderstanding and accepted the benefits it brought her. Using the excuse of recovering from her injury, she brazenly clung to Lin Qingwan’s home.

At first, she pretended to be attentive in all sorts of ways, but later, her true nature was exposed. Not only did she take advantage of Lin Qingwan during her heat period, after obtaining her, she did not cherish her.

Flirting around everywhere was one thing, but the most hateful thing was that she took money to gamble.

Later, it was said that the author inherited the family business halfway through writing, and the novel was abandoned. It was only written up to the point where Lin Qingwan learned some important truth, and in the end, she died.

Exactly how she died was not clearly explained either.

Surely she couldn’t have died from anger…

It was Shang Wumian’s first time reading an online novel, and after reading a few chapters, she had seen such a bizarre spoiler in the comment section.

She could not figure it out, so she had wanted to leave a comment asking for details. As a result, because she was unfamiliar with the rules for commenting, she accidentally gave it a negative score.

Now… had her delayed retribution not arrived?

But she also could not quite put it that way. Shang Wumian felt that still being alive right now was actually a good thing. Still, it would have been even better if she were not the faithless Alpha in the story who shared her name.

Lin Qingwan looked at Shang Wumian, was silent for a while, and sneered inwardly. “You want to stay here?”

Shang Wumian nodded. She truly had nowhere else to go.

Besides, this was an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. There was not even a street for her to sleep on.

After all, even though the novel had written that she had betrayed the other person, the female lead was the only person she knew here.

While Shang Wumian waited for Lin Qingwan’s answer, the gold-medal little assistant came online. “Sister Qingwan, let her stay. She was injured because she saved us…”

Lin Qingwan casually glanced at the clever, mischievous little girl beside her, knowing very clearly what little scheme she was harboring.

Ah Fu was right. At that time, this person had indeed saved them.

But this was also exactly what Lin Qingwan found puzzling. How could Shang Wumian have truly rushed in to save people? The other party should have wished she could stay as far away from danger as possible.

Because of that trace of doubt in her heart, Lin Qingwan ultimately loosened her tone. “You may stay temporarily, but…”

“You should think of a way to convince me. Give me a reason to do that.”

As for repaying that small act of lending a hand, during these two days before Shang Wumian had woken up, she had also taken careful care of this person.

Lin Qingwan understood better than anyone what sort of nature this person had. Based on all the things Shang Wumian had done in her previous life, taking her back home could already be considered the utmost benevolence.

Shang Wumian tried hard to think of her own value, then chose to bring out her trump card. “Please, you must let me stay. The food I cook is delicious.”

This did not count as boasting. The food she made was just super delicious and super fragrant.

As soon as Ah Fu heard the word “food,” her eyes could not help lighting up. “Wow, Sister Qingwan! She says she can cook! And that it’s really delicious!”

“You can cook too?”

Two voices of different tones mixed together. Shang Wumian was injured, and only felt her brain buzzing. “I can, I can. And what I make suits all ages and is praised by men and women alike.”

Though this did not count as bragging, Shang Wumian still felt rather embarrassed praising herself, so she silently took another sip of water.

Whether Sister Qingwan was moved or not, she did not know. But Ah Fu was definitely moved, immediately deploying her divine skill: acting spoiled and shaking her arm. “Sister…”

“…Fine,” Lin Qingwan said, concise and to the point.

Shang Wumian inexplicably shivered. She kept feeling, kept feeling as if something was not quite right somewhere.

Could it be that she felt guilty? But she had not done anything!

Shang Wumian could cook too? Lin Qingwan had never heard of such a thing.

Her smile did not reach her eyes. Shang Wumian, I would like to see…

Even now, what tricks are you still trying to play?