Chapter 5: Those Compliments Aren't Very Complimentary

"So beautiful, so beautiful! It's like... the little white cat in my aunt's yard!"

The sturdy girl scratched her head, seemingly unable to find a good adjective, so she borrowed the best-looking creature she had ever seen in her life: 'the little white cat from Auntie's house'!

Yun Chunnuan: "..."

Even though she was continually receiving praises, Yun Chunnuan was still staring at her with a guarded expression, let alone the fact that these compliments weren't very flattering.

Let's consider it a compliment. After all, she hasn't yet seen what her own face looks like.

"Do you need something?"

"Wow! Your voice is so nice too! It's like... like the nightingale my second aunt keeps at home!"

Yun Chunnuan: "..."

Exactly how many aunts do you have? And why does each of your aunts have a pet?

These peculiar compliments, she wasn't very fond of them.

However... the food in her hand made Yun Chunnuan salivate uncontrollably. Clearly, it was the simplest white porridge and egg, yet every time her mom prepared it for her, she would lie in bed and refuse to eat...

Thinking of her mother, Yun Chunnuan's eyes reddened again.

The sturdy girl saw her red eyes, resembling a startled little rabbit, and panicked instantly, "Don't cry! Did I scare you? It's just that... I've never seen such a pretty little girl before!"

She pushed forward the rice porridge and boiled eggs in her hands, "This is the white porridge the General asked me to make for you! He also asked me to boil some eggs, they are really precious! Please eat, don't cry, okay!"

Yun Chunnuan bit her lip, hesitating whether to eat or not.

If she eats it, what if it's poisoned?

If she doesn't eat it, she's afraid she would soon starve to death...

Maybe it was her friendly attitude, between being poisoned to death and starving to death, Yun Chunnuan finally chose... to eat!

She took the bowl of rice porridge, peeled the egg, disregarded her manners, and gobbled it down.

When she looked up again, she noticed a tall figure at the doorway, not knowing how long he had been standing there.

He seemed to be smiling, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The fiery gaze made Yun Chunnuan instantly recognize who it was.

She nervously put down the bowl, shrunk back into the corner of the bed, looked again, but the shadow at the door had already vanished.

"Miss... do you still want these eggshells?"

Yun Chunnuan was looking outside the door when a timid voice brought her back.

The girl with a dark-red complexion was holding the eggshells that Yun Chunnuan had just peeled on the bed's edge, looking at her with a pleading gaze.

Yun Chunnuan shook her head, thinking the girl was going to take away the trash.

However, she saw her bringing the eggshells to her mouth, nibbling off the egg whites stuck to the shells bit by bit, as if she intended to eat the eggshells too.

Yun Chunnuan was stunned.

She didn't understand the situation in Bianliao Country, not knowing how precious eggs were.

After finishing eating, the girl wiped her mouth with her sleeve, shyly saying, "I'm not being greedy, really, it's just that I hate seeing you waste food! Miss... oh no! Princess! The General said I was to serve you, so if you need anything in the future, just tell me!"

Initially, Qiao'er was quite unhappy about having to serve a Central Plains person.

Who knew this girl would look as beautiful as a fairy, fragrant and soft, naturally making people fond of her!

The most important thing was, with her, there were eggs to eat!

They are so tasty!

It's her first time eating them!

After finishing her words, Qiao'er left with the bowl, and her joyous departing figure nearly made Yun Chunnuan question life....

Could eggshells really taste that good?

Once Qiao'er returned to the room, she was surrounded by several equally strong girls.

"What do people from the Central Plains look like? Are they good-looking?"

"What do you mean good-looking! They say they're like bean sprouts!"

"Poor Qiao'er, I heard that the Central Plains princess is a fighter..."

They chattered around Qiao'er.

Qiao'er gave a mysterious smile, joyfully saying, "You're all wrong! That girl is so fair-skinned! As white as the little white cat from my aunt's house! Her voice is so sweet, like the nightingale from my second aunt's house!"

"Nonsense! My mom says Central Plains people are like bean sprouts, so skinny they look like they're going to die, I could knock two of them down with one punch!"

"Don't believe me! Tomorrow when she wakes up, go see for yourself!"