Jiang Zheyu slowly came to terms with this reality. She brushed her teeth and washed her face, then looked at her reflection in the mirror. She had no intention of applying makeup to look like the original owner's ghastly scrawl.
She looked at the rows of clothes before her. It was pink, and more pink. Dresses of all styles, but every single one was pink. It seemed the original owner had a special fondness for the color.
Jiang Zheyu rummaged through them for a moment before finally putting on a pink sweatsuit. With her shoulder-length black hair and a pretty, delicate face, she looked incredibly young, vibrant, and fresh-faced.
She quietly touched her face. It was incredibly smooth and delicate.
In her original modern world, Jiang Zheyu was in her twenties. She had long outgrown her youthful awkwardness and was a beauty with exceptional poise.
'Although she was just as beautiful in her twenties as she was as a teen, who wouldn't be happy to be younger? Besides, this face was identical to her own when she was young. It was like she had de-aged by several years.'
"Xiaoyi, please prepare lunch," Jiang Zheyu said, glancing at the bracelet on her wrist. She was surprised to find she had slept in past noon.
"It is already prepared, Master Yu Yu," Xiaoyi replied.
"Okay, thank you," Jiang Zheyu responded.
In truth, saying thank you was just a habit for Jiang Zheyu.
Besides the original owner and Su Yan, there were no other living people in the entire grand villa.
And most of the time, Su Yan didn't even live here.
She wasn't ready to face Su Yan yet, but she knew from the original owner's memories that he rarely came back to the villa.
Besides, she had told him to get lost yesterday. He probably wouldn't come back unless she summoned him.
The original owner hadn't known where Su Yan went, either. Previously, when Su Yan's Beastification Value was around eighty-two or eighty-three, he was still the Chief Commander of the Imperial Army's Third Legion. Later, when his Beastification Value reached eighty-nine, he was forcibly discharged and assigned to the original owner, a female.
The military had arranged everything: Su Yan was to recuperate in the villa, and his assigned female simply had to purify his Beastification Value for him.
However, the original owner had despised Snake Beastmen. The two constantly clashed. The original owner would throw a tantrum and torture Su Yan with a whip. And because interstellar society gave preferential treatment to females, Su Yan never uttered a sound, even when she used various torture implements on him.
Su Yan could only leave the villa and rarely returned. Yesterday, however, the original owner remembered a male of hers who had left home long ago and never came back, so she ordered Su Yan to return.
And males cannot refuse the orders of their Female Master.
The end result was Su Yan's Beastification Value breaking past ninety, causing him to lose all reason and kill the original owner.
Su Yan's contamination value—his Beastification Value—was already at eighty-nine. He was at constant risk of undergoing Beastification and losing his mind.
"System, how much of Su Yan's Beastification Value did I purify yesterday?" Jiang Zheyu asked as she entered the main hall.
"You purified 5 points, which have been converted into 5 points," the system replied.
A lunch for one was already laid out on the dining table in the hall.
There was a plate of what looked like fruit salad, a plate of pastries, a glass of milk, and a strawberry-flavored nutrient solution.
This was all prepared according to the original owner's habits. She had heard this diet was good for her complexion, so she'd gotten into the habit of eating solid food and drinking nutrient solution together.
In the interstellar era, people didn't really eat cooked food anymore. Most just drank nutrient solutions. These solutions came in many different grades—some were delicious, others were disgusting, and their ability to sate hunger varied accordingly.
She sat down quietly, picked up her fork, speared a piece of vegetable, and put it in her mouth.
Jiang Zheyu knew from the memories not to expect much from the food here. What lay before her was actually considered high-quality; after all, as a C-grade female, her standard of living wasn't bad.
But when she actually tasted the food, it was still terrible.
'Her eyes started to water. These greens are so bitter and astringent.'
She quickly drank a mouthful of milk, then spat it out.
'What kind of milk is this? Why is it so gamey? Wasn't it filtered or boiled?'
She quickly took a gulp of the strawberry-flavored nutrient solution, which finally suppressed the feeling of nausea.
'So it's not that people dislike cooked food... it's just that the nutrient solution actually tastes better.'
"Xiaoyi, don't serve this anymore. From now on, just prepare nutrient solution for me," Jiang Zheyu said weakly.
Xiaoyi seemed to pause for a moment before replying, "Of course, Master Yu Yu."
The food here was heartbreaking.
Jiang Zheyu returned to her room in silence and had Xiaoyi take down the various torture implements from the wall.
'After all, it's hard to feel comfortable in a cozy room when one wall is covered in torture implements.'
Jiang Zheyu considered what she could buy with her 5 points and opened the System Mall.
To her surprise, the System Mall was divided into different sections: an Interstellar Plane Mall, a Modern Plane Mall, an Ancient Plane Mall, etc.
Items in the Interstellar Plane Mall could be bought with Star Coins, but the malls for other planes required points.
The Interstellar Plane's mall mostly sold weapons, some restricted tech items, and things like Genetic Medicine.
This System Mall had practically everything.
If Jiang Zheyu had any ambition to become a powerhouse, she could absolutely use the Interstellar Plane Mall to become the strongest person in the interstellar world. Ruling it entirely wouldn't even be a problem.
But Jiang Zheyu had no such ambitions.
She opened the Modern Plane Mall and spent her 5 points on a small bottle of milk and a package of matcha bread.
And just like that, her 5 points were gone.
Jiang Zheyu realized she wasn't hungry anymore after drinking the nutrient solution.
So she set aside the milk and matcha bread for later.
With nothing else to do, Jiang Zheyu's thoughts turned to the task the system had given her for the day.
'I have to purify 5 points of Beastification Value.'
'So what now? Should I just go find a random Beastman and offer to purify him?'
'In this interstellar era where the only way to purify a Beastification Value is through mating, saying that would be the same as asking him if he wants to sleep with me.'
'Nope, that won't work.'
'After thinking it over and over, the only option is to call Su Yan back.'
'I'm his Female Master. If I order him to return, he can't refuse. He has to come back.'
'And if I want to purify him, he can't refuse that either.'
But the original owner had loathed Su Yan, the Snake Beastman. Even after they were paired, she had never once purified him, which meant they had never mated. It was a wonder how Su Yan had managed to hold on for so long with his Beastification Value at eighty-nine, teetering on the edge of ninety.
Jiang Zheyu threw herself onto the soft bed. 'But... but I'm still not ready to face Su Yan!'
After a period of internal conflict, Jiang Zheyu finally convinced herself. As long as the Snake Beastman Su Yan hadn't lost his mind to Beastification, he was reasonable. After he regained his senses yesterday, he hadn't tried to kill her again.
'So I should... I should be safe, right?'
Finally, Jiang Zheyu slowly used her bracelet—an interstellar communicator—to send a message to Su Yan.
Yu Yu: Su Yan, come back to the villa before eleven.