Proud as a peacock

"Because you wouldn't let me go there," Amelia answered.

"Of course, I wouldn't," Ming Ruolan snorted. Her eyes deepened as she cast her worrisome glance at her. "That place is dangerous."

Amelia nodded.

"But, why would you even go there?"

Amelia sighed. "I didn't want to go there. I was called there."

"Huh?"

"I mean, someone called me there saying that Shen Xiaozhang was there. I wanted to meet him but he never came." Amelia explained. After that, she told her about the incident where a few people came to kill her and take her life, but soon she escaped from there and met Shen Li.

Ming Ruolan looked at her in shock. Her brows knitted together and soon, her face turned red in anger and her nostrils flared. She thumped her fist onto the table loudly, making the entire table vibrate. Amelia's eyes widened when she noticed that a jug full of wine was about to spill because of the vibrations made by the 'bang'.

"Ruolan, careful!" Amelia cast an accusatory glance at the woman sitting beside her and held onto the wine jug. Thankfully, she held the wine jug in time otherwise her money and her precious wine would all go to waste.

"Yuyu, you are so stupid!" Ming Ruolan glared at her.

Amelia didn't rebuke her. She felt the same. The real owner was really a stupid girl to venture out in that forest, alone with not spiritual force in her body. She didn't even think for once, that all of this might be a trap. She happily went into that forest like a fool.

"You could have got killed? How dare you go into that dangerous forest all alone?" Ming Ruolan roared at her. "It was a trap. Yuyu, you fell into somebody's trap. Somebody wanted to kill you and that's why they duped you to come to the forest by using Shen Xiaozhang's name."

"Or maybe, this is your sister's doing. Maybe this is all done by that witch Jiang Muxun. What if Shen Xiaozhang was also a part of this? What if Shen Xiaozhang and your sister planned together to kill you?" she speculated.

Amelia narrowed her eyes and looked at the woman sitting beside her closely. For the first time, she was examining this woman very carefully. This was a smart woman and she liked smart women. Only by knowing a few parts of the incident, Ming Ruolan could already tell that it was done by her so-called good sister and that scum fiancé.

Looks like, in this world, she could have a real friend for once.

"Yuyu, yuyu...." Ming Ruolan called.

"Hmm?" Amelia looked at her.

Ming Ruolan glared at her. "Where are you doing in a daze? I am telling you something important. This is getting serious, Yuyu."

"I know," Amelia nodded.

"Hah! What do you know?" Ming Ruolan sneered. "Yuyu, you know nothing. That man, Shen Xiaozhang is a scum. Why do you love him? What do you like about him? He doesn't love you, Yuyu. Infact, he doesn't even respect you."

"I have seen it in his eyes. He looks done on you. He hates you." Ming Ruolan stated. "He might look like a gentleman on the surface, but deep down he is as proud as a peacock. He hates the fact that you can't use spiritual force. He hates the fact that you are not as good as him. If it wasn't for your identity as General Jiang's most favored daughter, he might not even keep that marriage alliance with you."

"Maybe, he planned this entire thing to get rid of you. In this way, he won't have to be on the bad side of General Jiang, and at the same, the marriage alliance with you would also be canceled. It is equal to killing two birds with a single stone."

"Humph! Know that I think about it, I feel like Shen Xiaozhang is the mastermind behind this entire plan." Ming Ruolan harrumphed.

"Hmm," Amelia nodded and took a bite of her chicken.

Ming Ruolan looked at her and sighed. Her temper rose when she noticed that instead of concentrating on some serious matter, her friend was entirely focused on emptying all of the dishes in her stomach. She took a glance at all empty plates and her brows furrowed in confusion. Why was her friend acting like a monster who kept hungry for several years? Also, how could her small stomach hold so much of food?

"Do you want some?" Amelia asked and pointed towards one of the dishes kept on the table. Though she did not want to share her food with another person, this Ming Ruolan was a good woman. And, she was thinking for her life. So, as a symbol of accepting her as a friend, Amelia decided to share her food.

Ming Ruolan looked at the dish in front of her. She couldn't help but lick her lips when she saw a bowl full of mutton soup with a plate full of beef noodles. Everyone around her was eating with gusto and when she looked at their happy faces, she couldn't help but feel hungry. Rubbing her belly slightly, Ming Ruolan couldn't help but take a bite.

"It is tasty!" she praised happily and continued to eat.

Amelia smiled and began to eat her own food. They had already finished half of their food when suddenly Amelia reminded her. "You have to pay for that dish."

Ming Ruolan: "......."

She paused, glanced at her half-fished plate for a moment, and then looked at Amelia.

Wait, when did she begin to eat?

Wasn't she talking about something important?

So, how did her discussion go from her serious matter to eating food?

"Yuyu, I was talking about something serious." Ming Ruolan mentioned.

"Yeah, you were." Amelia nodded. "You were telling me that all of this was Shen Xiaozhang's plan," she said.

"Yes! I was talking about that until you seduced me with this tasty food," Ming Ruolan eye's shined.

Amelia gave her a side-way glance. "I did not seduce you with food. You were looking at my food, so I offered you a dish. Don't blame me wrongfully, Ruolan."

Ming Ruolan sighed. "Anyways, do you believe me, Yuyu?"