"Miss, it's time to eat!"
Chuntao, Sheng Xueyi's close maid, came cheerfully carrying a food box to Sheng Xueyi.
As she took the dishes out of the food box, she began to chatter incessantly.
"Miss, didn't they say the bandit soldiers from Great Yin have reached outside the city?"
"Why is it that nothing we left in the kitchen is missing at all?"
"If I'd known no one was coming to the estate, why did we run to the city?"
"These past days, we haven't eaten or slept well, Miss, you've lost weight!"
Facing the chatter of her close maid, Sheng Xueyi just smiled slightly and said, "Silly girl, if we hadn't left, wouldn't we have to cook?"
"Cooking requires making a fire, and making a fire produces smoke!"
"If the bandit soldiers from Yin Country saw the smoke, do you think they'd come to the estate?"
Upon hearing her lady speak like this, Chuntao had a sudden realization and gently patted her own head, saying, "Oh right, Miss, you're so clever, I didn't even think of that!"
