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Chapter 4994: 5.0746 Comfort

"Qiao Qiao, you go ahead and eat. I'll be right back."

Qiao Mu "oh"-ed, currently battling a piece of tomato fish with her chopsticks.

Yuan Zhen stood impassively to the side, occasionally adding soup for the little Crown Princess and reminding her to drink more nourishing broth.

Qiao Mu secretly glanced at Yuan Zhen. "Aunt, you all should go eat too." Actually, she wasn't that particular about eating; she really didn't need someone standing by, serving her this and that.

Yuan Zhen bowed respectfully. "Yes." She then led a few young palace maids out the door.

Seeing no one in the hall, the little Crown Princess immediately dropped her chopsticks, walked to the other end of the long table, and picked up a large soup ladle to eat a couple of spoonfuls of corn and shrimp.

When Duan Yue entered, he saw the little stoic walking back and forth around the table, holding a small silver bowl. The spoon moved east and west as if directing a grand river, and she mumbled, "Eat this? Don't like it. Eat that? This corn and shrimp tastes good. Why are you so picky! Mommy knows. You're too annoying! You'll only have autonomy when you come out. For now, everything listens to Mommy."

Duan Yue couldn't help but twitch his lips, quickly walking over to stop her. "Who are you talking to?" This little one was being all mystical, looking a bit comical.

Qiao Mu raised her hand and touched her belly, saying seriously, "The baby likes food with divine power, but it still looks down on food that only contains spiritual energy." As for ordinary ingredients, it seemed even more disdainful.

Duan Yue pursed his lips. "Picky, just like his father."

"Exactly, exactly," Qiao Mu's eyes lit up, and she immediately told Duan Yue, "Just like his father, picky about everything and especially annoying."

Duan Yue suppressed a chuckle and nodded. "Yes, especially, especially annoying. Qiao Qiao, here you go." He casually slipped her a small, exquisite piece of spice. "Burn this at night; you'll sleep better and won't wake up in the middle of the night again."

Qiao Mu was startled for a moment, then murmured to herself, "You know?" These past two days, whenever she closed her eyes, she felt like she was bobbing and struggling on the sea, sleeping very restlessly.

"Don't think too much. If our people have any news about them, they will naturally report back," Duan Yue paused in his speech, then looked at her with a smile. "You're overthinking things. Are you perhaps thinking they might have... kicked the bucket?"

"Bah!" Qiao Mu rolled her eyes at him.

Duan Yue couldn't help but be amused. "The life-lamps of both of them are fine, so you don't need to worry. Perhaps they don't have a boat or oars right now? They might just be clinging to a broken wooden board, drifting on the sea, floating a bit, swimming a bit, and still cursing the heavens and earth in their hearts."

Lord Qiao Qiao looked at him, her strained little face suddenly relaxed, and she burst into a giggle. "You're lying."

"Was there something earlier?"

"Nothing important, just some trivial matters," Duan Yue pulled her down to sit. "Eat a little more."

"Ah-choo!" The Peach Blossom Immortal Venerable looked up at the clear sky. "Didn't they say we'd arrive in a day or two?"

Jisi and the other three were diligently rowing the boat. Hearing him, they looked back. "My lord, we're currently going against the wind, so we're moving quite slowly. The fastest we can reach shore is tomorrow morning."

"Hurry up! These conditions are absolutely terrible. There isn't even a canopy. Luckily, it's not raining, otherwise there wouldn't even be any shelter..."

"Stop, just shut up," Mo Lian glared at him. That guy's a jinx; whatever he says comes true.