"As for those golden bricks, landlord game, and sleigh that appeared later, those were ideas Tong Sanlang and I came up with together. We stayed in the countryside, thinking daily about how to make money and live well, so these things gradually came into being."
"Do these things require very delicate and impressive skills? They're all things one can learn at a glance."
"Lord Shen, if you would calm your mind and rid it of the constant thought that clever people are demons, I believe you too could come up with some good ideas."
Isn't he just trying to say she's not human but a demon?
Why all the beating around the bush? Just come out and say it.
She has legitimate reasons.
She can explain it all.
"As for the last point, why my cooking skills suddenly became so good, it might be because the heavens saw how hard my previous life was, so they took pity on me and blessed me with an extraordinary talent for cooking."