Chapter 7 Going Home

Chapter 7 Going Home

The first one to wake up between the two of them was Huan Mingyun, she stretched her sore body and did some exercise to relieve the soreness in her muscles.

She grabbed her furred cloak and went out of the tent, she was then met with two gossipers standing just right outside the tent.

"Good morning, sister-in-law!" Ande Wang beamed.

"Ande Wang.... and this is?" Huan Mingyun just didn't pay attention to what Gao Yanzong called her because she knew he is a nut job. She then look at the man beside him who was holding a tray full of food, now she's really getting hungry.

"Sister-in-law, I'm Guan Yu!" Guan Yu said. "I brought food for sister-in-law and 4th Lord, I hope you'll like it."

Huan Mingyun sweat dropped as she stared hard at Gao Yanzong who raised his hand up in surrender, what did this crazy man tell him?!

"Brother Guan, don't listen to what Ande Wang is saying. Xiao Yun and I..." Before she was able to finish her sentence, Gao Changgong appeared beside her.

"5th brother, what gossip had you been telling everyone?" Gao Changgong said as he shook his head helpless against his 5th brother's attitude, he hope that Huan Mingyun would not take his 5th brother's words and actions seriously.

"4th Lord, I brought you and sister-in-law breakfast." Guan Yu said.

"En. Bring it in." Gao Changgong went back inside together with Huan Mingyun, explaining further will only complicate things more since the other is a block head and the other would not listen to reason even if he did the words that he spoke will just pass through his other ear and goes out the other.

"Brother Guan, thank you for the breakfast it looks really delicious." Huan Mingyun exclaimed as she look at the dishes in front of her.

"Thank you sister-in-law! To be honest, this meal is not as delicious as the food in the Capital because they were made with the hands of a rough man of the battlefield and may be a little crude for sister-in-law's liking. Hope sister-in-law will still like it." Guan Yu said embarrassed and could not look directly at Huan Mingyun who was still smiling from ear to ear.

"I don't believe it! Just by the aroma itself, it already made my stomach grumble!"

"Then, what are you waiting for?, Eat up, sister-in-law." Gao Yanzong beamed as he urge Huan Mingyun to eat up which Huan Mingyun gladly responded.

Huan Mingyun grab the bowl of soup and softly blew on it, she slowly took a sip of the soup and found out that it was delicious!

"Wah! Its so warm! I had never drank such delicious soup before!" Huan Mingyun praised as she stuff herself with the food on the table, she was almost crying as she eat it. Maybe because there were no artificial flavor added in the soup like in the modern era, ancient people only use natural spices and with it, it brought out the unique flavor of the ingredients more.

"Sister-in-law!" Guan Yu who saw Huan Mingyun who was stuffing herself with the food was teary eyed as he had never ever heard people from the Capital, most of all the nobles praised his cooking before. Also, she was even eating the food he made with such relish and satisfaction which made him feel so happy deep inside.

The trio watched Huan Mingyun clean up the dishes on the table with eyes as wide as saucers as the dishes disappeared one by one inside her stomach, they were happy that she was happily eating but how could she fit in so many food inside that small body of her's? Let's be honest here, is her stomach a black hole?!

*Burp*

"Wah~ So delicious~" Huan Mingyun rubbed her small tummy as she leaned on her chair satisfied. Her tummy is too full, she could no longer move.

Noticing the stare of the trio, she look at the three with a face full of question mark when she noticed that all the dishes were cleaned up by her alone. Gao Changgong was not even able to lift his chopsticks before all the dishes were gone, she blushed red as she felt embarrassed.

"I did not know that sister-in-law have such a big appetite." Gao Yanzong chuckled.

"Its because it was so delicious that I could not stop myself!" Huan Mingyun mumbled as she pouted and then look at Guan Yu. "Brother Guan, it was really delicious. How were you able to cook such delicious foods?! Now, I really want to kidnap you so you could cook for me forever." Huan Mingyun whispered her last sentence but her words was not able to escape the trio who had heightened senses.

Guan Yu turned red from embarrassment while Gao Yanzong laughed slyly and Gao Changgong just stared at her expressionless.

"Sister-in-law, you already had 4th brother don't kidnap Guan Yu anymore or else 4th brother might get jealous." Gao Yanzong teased as he chuckled happily.

Huan Mingyun tsked as her plan got discovered, she look at Guan Yu sadly because she could not take him away with her. She forcefully took her eyes away from Guan Yu and sighed.

'My good food days, gone… Gone!'

"How did you know that it was Guan Yu who cooked the meal, he did not tell you that he was the one who cooked it." Gao Changgong asked the question that had been on his mind.

"That's simple. It was because Brother Guan smelled like spices that smelled the same with the spices used in the dishes. Also, when he said that this dishes was made by the "rough man of the battlefield" made me confirm my guess. That was how I knew that Brother Guan cooked the meal." Huan Mingyun explained.

"Sister-in-law, I never knew that you are so smart. Just by those little hints you were able to conclude that Guan Yu was the one who cooked the meal, your nose is pretty sharp too." Gao Yanzong praised as he look at Huan Mingyun in a new light.

Huan Mingyun just smiled at the praise. Of course, she would immediately spot this things since she once dreamt to be a chef someday and had practiced day and night to differentiate and familiarize thousands of ingredients that had over time made her nose sharp to the changed of the aroma of certain things. Also, the original Huan Mingyun also had sharp senses because she was trained in martial arts since young despite being a woman so she could protect herself from assassins and poisons mix to her food. Now as their senses combined together, Huan Mingyun of the present now had pretty sharp senses of her 5 senses.

After the meal, it was finally the promised time of parting. Gao Changgong together with Huan Mingyun, Gao Yanzong and Huan Yu rode their horses to send Huan Mingyun back to Zhou.

"Sister-in-law, are you really going back?" Gao Yanzong said as he tried persuade Huan Mingyun to stay for another day.

"I did not know that sister-in-law was a person of Zhou, fate is really playing a fool to those people in love." Guan Yu deeply sighed that made Huan Mingyun and Gao Changgong who heard what he said sweat drop.

"5th brother, don't make it hard for her. In the first place, Xiao Yun does not belong here. I already promised to bring her back home." Gao Changgong said as he rode his horse ahead of them.

"Hehe. Xiao Su, it looks like you could not wait anymore to chase me away." Huan Mingyun joked.

"Xiao Yun, its not what you think." Gao Changgong was nervous as he tried to explain himself.

"Hahaha. I know, I know I'm just joking. Sigh. Its just that... I was thinking that will we still meet in the future when we part ways here, what do you think?" Huan Mingyun looked at Gao Changgong who had a serious expression.

Thinking about it, Gao Changgong thought that they may never meet again in the future. Qi and Zhou is so far away from each other yet so close at the same time, he believe that if they were to part here the two of them would never meet again because their fate together would break and the two of them would be strangers then.

Gao Changgong somehow felt sad thinking about those thoughts, he felt sad because he will lose his new found friend and little sister.

"What are you frowning about? Do you really think that we would not meet again, wanna chase me away for good? Not happening." Huan Mingyun giggled when she saw Gao Changgong's lost expression. "We may part today but I know that we will meet again some day since we had already been connected by destiny the first time we met. Destiny would never be broken just like that since the moment we met destiny had already connected your fate with mine." Huan Mingyun said seriously and mysteriously to him.

Huan Mingyun was not lying when she said those words because the moment they met, it was not a pure coincidence but a well planned meeting by destiny. Coming into this world might not also be accidental but a chance given by destiny. She might not know why she was brought here but she has a plan, a plan to change his destiny.

Gao Changgong was confused by her words, he did not understand what she was saying but he understood one thing and that is they will meet again. This thought somehow made him happy that a slight smile surfaced on his lips and his creased forehead relaxed when he thought of meeting her again.

"Then I'll look forward to meeting you again."