“Is that so…”
Luo Bai froze for a moment, clearly not having expected such an answer.
“Why, can’t you afford it?”
Long Miaoming looked at Luo Bai with suspicion.
“No, although the soldiers do have to go hungry once in a while, we can still manage to feed one person.”
Luo Bai said, not paying too much mind to Long Miaoming’s words.
“That is good.”
Long Miaoming smiled a bit unkindly.
However, no one could probably guess that Long Miaoming’s appetite was enough to eat several or even a dozen cows in a single meal.
Therefore, eating Luo Bai out of house and home…
Was not just an empty boast.
“But, I must have something to call you.”
Long Miaoming suddenly said, biting her finger as she looked at Luo Bai.
“From now on, I will call you Beautiful Brother.”
“Beautiful… Brother?”
Luo Bai’s mouth twitched.
He could naturally tell that Long Miaoming was teasing him on purpose, but…
“Fine.”
Luo Bai laughed.
With no makeup and untainted by the dust of the world, Long Miaoming’s heart skipped a beat.
This breathtaking beauty confirmed that the title of Beautiful Brother was not a mistake at all.
The next day, Luo Bai’s army had already finished assembling at the city gate.
Regret was written in the eyes of almost every soldier.
After all, they had gone through untold hardships and lost so many brothers in arms to take this city.
And now, simply because of an order from above, it was to be handed over to someone else.
It was only natural to feel unwilling.
Many residents of the city also came out to see them off.
Every move Luo Bai made in the city could be said to have followed the will of the people.
In this era where heroes were rising everywhere, meeting such a lord might actually be a good thing.
“We are about to leave; do you have nothing else you want to say?”
Luo Bai looked at Long Miaoming inquiringly.
Originally, Luo Bai had intended to get a carriage for Long Miaoming.
But he feared it would slow down the march, and since Long Miaoming said she could ride a horse herself.
So he found a horse for her.
“No.”
Long Miaoming’s mind was currently exceptionally excited.
After all, this was her first time running away from home, filled with a sense of novelty and thrill.
“Very well…”
Luo Bai nodded.
He signaled to the general behind him.
“Depart!”
The general shouted loudly, and the army of over a hundred thousand left in a grand procession.
Long Miaoming took one last look at the rolling Bai River.
Suddenly, she had an inexplicable feeling.
She felt that…
Once she left this time, by the time she returned, things and people would have already changed.
Three years later…
“Miaoming, going to deliver food to Commander Luo again?”
A nearby general asked Long Miaoming with a smile.
Long Miaoming nodded with a beaming smile.
Faint wisps of black smoke were rising from the pot she held in her hands.
The general’s smile grew even wider.
Luo Bai always maintained an air of being in total control.
But only in Long Miaoming’s hands would he ever suffer a setback.
Such a scene of seeing the boss fail was naturally not to be missed.
Ignoring the somewhat gloating general beside her, Long Miaoming ducked into Luo Bai’s command tent.
The general who wanted to see the joke stayed by the tent entrance to peek inside.
“Beautiful Brother, it is time for your meal.”
With a face full of anticipation, Long Miaoming poured the black, unknown substance from the pot into a bowl.
She then watched Luo Bai expectantly.
Although Luo Bai was looking at a military book, if one observed closely, they could see the corners of his eyes twitching violently.
“Leave it here for now; I will eat it in a moment.”
Despite the considerable fear in the depths of his heart, Luo Bai tried his best to keep his composure calm.
“No, it is better for Beautiful Brother to eat it while it is hot.”
Long Miaoming continued to look at Luo Bai with anticipation.
“Or is it that Brother Luo finds the things I make unpalatable?”
Long Miaoming suddenly took on a pitiful appearance.
Luo Bai sighed and put down the military book.
He picked up the spoon and was just about to sacrifice himself when a commotion suddenly came from outside.
“Hey, don’t push me.”
A voice drifted in.
“Hey, where are you bumping into, ah!”
With a cry of surprise, a figure was pushed directly inside.
Both Luo Bai and Long Miaoming instinctively looked over.
The newcomer was Sun Ziyue, one of the great generals under Luo Bai and one of his confidants.
“Commander Luo, Sister Ming, sorry for the intrusion.”
Sun Ziyue gave two awkward laughs and turned around to make a run for it.
He didn’t know which hidden jerk had ambushed him from behind.
“Wait, come back!”
Luo Bai’s voice suddenly rang out.
Sun Ziyue thought to himself that things were looking bad.
Sure enough, he heard the words of Luo Bai, his good older brother.
“General Sun has been running around for our army day and night; your merit is great…”
Luo Bai slowly stirred the unknown substance in the bowl.
“This bowl of, uh, delicacies is a reward for you.”
Sun Ziyue was dumbfounded.
This, this, this… since you know my merit is great, why are you framing me!
His eyes engaged in a soul-to-soul conversation directly with Luo Bai.
Sun Ziyue: Boss, why do you want to harm me?
Luo Bai: Stop talking nonsense and save me from this fire and water quickly.
Sun Ziyue: This, this thing is life threatening.
Luo Bai: Just go, good brother; I will take care of your wife and children.
Sun Ziyue: Ah this, Big Brother, how are you any different from that villain Cao Cao…
Seeing the two of them in a stalemate, Long Miaoming simply scooped another bowl from the pot behind her and handed it to Sun Ziyue…
Now it was fine; there was no need to argue, one bowl each.
“General Sun, please.”
If it was Sun Ziyue who was gloating just now, the situation had now changed.
Luo Bai was looking at Sun Ziyue with a gloating expression.
Sun Ziyue swallowed his saliva with some fear.
He picked up the spoon with trembling hands, looking at the black aura that was baring its fangs and claws in his bowl.
Just as he was pitifully looking to see if he could plead with Luo Bai again, he looked up and saw Luo Bai’s menacing expression.
Eat it!
“Big Brother, I’m doing it.”
Gritting his teeth, Sun Ziyue picked up the bowl, stuffed a spoonful into his mouth, and swallowed it.
As expected, an extreme taste exploded in his mouth.
This kind of thing was simply not something an ordinary mortal like him could endure.
Luo Bai leaned over to look at Sun Ziyue, who had already fallen to the ground foaming at the mouth.
He felt a secret sense of relief.
“Quickly, call the military doctor!”
Luo Bai shouted to the others outside the tent who were laughing frantically.
Any later, and it might actually cost a life.
Only after the foaming Sun Ziyue was carried away did Luo Bai look at Long Miaoming with a helpless expression.
She was currently trying to slip away while holding her pot.
If he hadn’t spent three whole years with her day and night and known that this girl’s nature was very simple, Luo Bai would definitely suspect she was here to assassinate him.
“Miaoming.”
Luo Bai said to Long Miaoming earnestly.
“In the future, you should learn something else; this cooking job…”
“It really does not suit you.”
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