Dinner consisted of the coarse-grain cakes Kui Wen and the others had given Jiang Yingcheng's group earlier, along with a few vegetable dishes they had gathered from an abandoned plot on the outskirts of the city and cooked themselves while standing on long benches.
With war raging around them, the men at the Orphanage ate the same food, lest Great Rui's army pay them a sudden visit one day.
The dishes were nothing special, and only a few small plates had been set on the children's table.
Jiang Yingcheng leaned forward to sniff them, then drew back without much interest.
They would be leaving soon anyway. She planned to save room and eat something good once she got back.
Mm... she would treat her newly made friends to a feast, too.
Kui Yang thought she was afraid to eat because of what he had said earlier, so he picked up a generous helping with his chopsticks and placed it in her bowl.
He leaned sideways toward her ear and whispered, "Go ahead and eat."
There was no poison in the vegetables.
Jiang Yingcheng: "..."
Jiang Yingcheng: "...Thank you, Brother Kui Yang."
She picked out a leafy green and popped it into her mouth, unexpectedly discovering that it tasted quite good.
Kui Yang smiled gently, his gaze passing over the top of her head toward the people gathered around the other table.
Those men were in high spirits today. The "Director" had somehow procured a jar of good wine and was grinning nonstop as he poured drinks for everyone. The pile of coarse-grain cakes on the table looked about as high as Kui Yang remembered, so he still could not tell whether anyone had eaten any.
Kui Yang grew anxious.
If none of them had touched the cakes, that was fine,