Delicious aromas wafted throughout the room and there was an array of dishes around the low mahogany table rested on the ground. Zhong Guiying was casually seated at the front with her two maid servants standing beside her. Her attire more casual - a white Han Fu dress with her hair let down and no jewellery on her. And her attitude nonchalant as a maid servant poured her some jasmine tea from a jade green porcelain teapot into a jade green porcelain teacup. When she saw Chow Yi Nuo and Zhi Meng Yao enter the room, her bored facial expression turned to a cheerful one as her lips curved up into a cheerful smile. Chow Yi Nuo put on a fake smile on her face after seeing Zhong Guiying's smile. She had to tag along.
"Zhong Kexin, my little sister, I am just so happy seeing you so healthy." Zhong Guiying said with a smile. She motioned Chow Yi Nuo to sit in a seat adjacent from that of hers.
Chow Yi Nuo replied with a vibrant smile as she walked and sat down. Once seated, Chow Yi Nuo stared at the food around her before turning to her ever so slightly. "Thank you for the invitation, dear elder sister. I am very grateful for your kind deeds."
Zhong Guiying nodded lightly and reached for her plate full of food, picking up a piece of chicken using her chopsticks and plopping it in her mouth. "How was your night, did you have good dreams?" She inquired after she finished chewing and swallowing the piece of chicken.
Chow Yi Nuo hesitated. Should she have told her that she was bored of her 'good' girl act or just play along to the silly game. After thinking it through, she decided to tag along. She then stared down at her empty plate. "I had a very good night dead sister. Thank you for asking." Chow Yi Nuo replied as she used her chopsticks to pick up some food while placing it on her empty plate. And soon, it was filled to the tippy top.
"Really?" Zhong Guiying asked as she drank up her jasmine tea.
"Y-yes." Chow Yi Nuo stiffened the question.
"Hmm." Zhong Guiying picked up her chopsticks and started to eat the food laid out before her. "That's good to hear." The two ate silently after that.
After the meal, Chow Yi Nuo and Zhi Meng Yao left for Zhong Kexin's abode.
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After having a nap, Zhi Meng Yao and Chow Yi Nuo finally got out headed to meet Zhong Kexin's father - Zhong Mingze.
Although the protocols differed in different eras, Chow Yi Nuo still managed to give out an elegant air, subconsciously. Even with that plump body burdening her, she walked foward confidently and steadily. As the both of them came to the front yard, a sharp female voice arose. "Here comes the ugly duckling, no wonder the yard now has a foul smell."