2.21

"Zen, you are awake.." Xu Jiaqi was also feeling rather unwell since the dream seemed to have lingering effects on her emotional state. She rubbed her eyes to chase her drowsiness away.

She then shook her head repeatedly to wring her attention away from the distressing imagery, but the figure of that unknown man kept popping up inside her head.

"Yes, Lady Ariel. I've woken up early so that I could have prepared our breakfast ahead of time, so that we will be ready to go whenever you are right away." Zenith replied as he held a plate of food with a serious face, making Xu Jiaqi sigh in relief and take the food gratefully.

Bringing Zenith was a correct choice.

"Thank you for the meal." Xu Jiaqi said before digging into the food. As expected, Zenith was a spectacular cook no matter what ingredient he had in hand. Yesterday it was rabbits, and today it was bird meat, but none of them felt repulsive to her palate.