General, Grey Eagle Reporting for Duty!

Beyond good food, beauty was naturally more than something as "shallow" as decorative carving.

The greatest beauty was the chef himself.

Jing Yi rolled up his sleeves, revealing a section of his forearm. The apron he wore was the standard issue for military chefs—plain and ordinary, without even a scrap of embroidery. Yang Chun had never imagined that someone could make such a dull garment look so vividly alluring! The thin strap above looped around Jing Yi's neck, while the one below wrapped around his waist and was tied simply at the back... What a slender waist, so delicate it seemed one could hold it in a single hand... swaying, swaying, swaying with his movements...

Yang Chun was an unmarried young man in the prime of his life, and that endlessly seductive sight stirred him badly. Still shaken, he thought, A temptress of this level really should be left for a freak like Major Qin to handle. If I tried it, there probably wouldn't even be bone fragments left after a few days...

Poor Captain of the Guard Yang had superb combat skills and a fairly sharp mind, but after being greeted by both such food and such beauty, his entire brain had turned to mush. How could the general not keep him all to himself? Fortunately, after coughing for a while, he finally broke free from that strange atmosphere. Still shaken, he helped Jing Yi carry the dishes to the dining table. For the time being, he did not dare look Jing Yi in the eye.

He was afraid of making a mistake!

Jing Yi took off his apron, hung it up, carefully washed his hands, then ran excitedly toward the dining room.

There were only four people at the general's table today.

General Chen, Madam Chen, Yang Chun, and Jing Yi.

General Chen had four children and five grandchildren. However, his children all had jobs of their own and generally did not come over. The grandchildren were either working or in school, and could only be seen during holidays. So most of the time, Yang Chun accompanied the elderly couple. He counted as half a son, and the simple arrangement was quite nice.

The moment Jing Yi sat down at the table, his eyes lit up!

What did he see? Rice!

The Mi Star people's diet naturally included rice. Not only rice, but all kinds of miscellaneous grains. Agricultural technology had developed to this point, and the variety of ingredients they cultivated definitely surpassed Earth's rather than fell short of it.

But it was still the same old problem: quality had been sacrificed for quantity. Most ingredients on the market contained too many impurities and too little nutrition. Gradually, all people usually saw were processed and refined nutrient solutions and nutrient powders. Rice in its original form like this had to be specially cultivated and was supplied in limited quantities only to certain privileged figures. It was extremely precious and rarely seen.

Jing Yi had definitely benefited from his husband Qin Meng to see it today.

Major Qin was extraordinarily charming. It was not only General Chen who valued him; Madam Chen liked him dearly as well. When Qin Meng came over, even her own grandsons had to make room for him. She was willing to give him any good thing she had. Wasn't it just naturally grown rice? If he liked it, she would save it all for him!

Now that Qin Meng was absent and the new daughter-in-law had come to visit, Madam Chen could not help but treat him a little better first, despite all the strange circumstances surrounding this marriage. Even if something changed later, Jing Yi was still wearing the halo of being Qin Meng's wife for now!

That was right—she loved him because she loved Qin Meng!

The fragrance of rice mingled with the aroma of the dishes. Jing Yi had been away from it for less than ten days, yet when he smelled it again, he nearly burst into tears!

After General Chen raised his knife and fork to signal the start of the meal, Jing Yi scooped up a chunk of mantis meat with his spoon, rolled it through the sauce, and put it into his mouth with rice—

It was so delicious!

The other three watched him chew and chew, caught between drooling with hunger and screaming internally, That's a bug, a bug, a bug! This meal truly could not get any worse.

General, Grey Eagle Reporting for Duty!

Not only was insect meat crisp, fragrant, delicious, and endlessly satisfying, but because it was completely wild, the unique environments of the five planets made its nutritional content terrifyingly high!

Jing Yi's genetic rating was only C. Given his digestive ability, he actually could not eat much. Once he reached a certain amount, his body sent him the message: enough. By then, he had only eaten five or six pieces of centipede meat, around ten pieces of mantis meat, and a small bowl of rice—when delicious food lay before him, his eyes were bigger than his stomach... In his fantasies, he was a divine beast capable of swallowing the heavens, but in reality, he was simply a weakling with a combat power of five. There was no realization more painful than that.

After he swept through the meal like a whirlwind, Jing Yi saw that the other three at the table were still staring blankly at him and could not help smiling. "Why aren't you eating?" Even if they could not accept insect meat, there were other dishes, weren't there?

All three of them were speechless. Couldn't he see that they were engaged in an intense psychological struggle?!

Besides, he was absolutely the one eating too fast, okay...

Jing Yi really had not been wronged on that point. He did indeed eat very quickly.

Life had forced him into it. Every day, he had to do a great deal of manual work. The moment his notifications chimed, he had to check and reply immediately. When deliveries arrived, he had to rush to send and receive goods. He wished he could master shadow clones. In his early years, his meals were often interrupted. After barely taking a few bites while they were hot, he would return to find them cold. Ruining the flavor was one thing, but more importantly, it was bad for his health! Jing Yi understood wellness, all right? Living a long, long life was so wonderful, and besides, how much did a serious illness cost?