Zhu Qiu glanced at the various fruits laid out on the table and felt pretty pleased.
“Yiluo Enya is so thoughtful. She even prepared food for me.”
With that, she picked up a plate of fruit and started eating.
She munched away while getting ready to step outside for some fresh air, but the moment she pushed open the door, she ran into the two sisters with sparkling eyes.
Mi Wenni and Mi Wenna stared at Zhu Qiu with expectant looks, standing at the door and refusing to leave for a long time.
“What… what are you two doing?”
“Um… we were thinking…”
The younger sister, Mi Wenna, was about to continue when her sister smacked her on the head, cutting her off, then put on a look of indifference.
“Nothing. We’re just curious. Seeing how you haven’t come out of your room for so long, you must have a lot of things to take care of, right?”
Mi Wenni casually made up a lie she didn’t even believe herself, just to keep her sister from blurting out the truth.
The two sisters had wasted an entire morning without finding any food at all.
Wouldn’t that be embarrassing and humiliating?
Right? Something like that absolutely could not be known by others.
‘If you don’t know and I don’t know, then nobody knows.’
“Actually, there’s not much to take care of.”
Zhu Qiu picked up a strawberry and popped it into her mouth.
“I was just a bit tired from yesterday and slept in a little longer.”
“Oh, oh, I see.”
The older sister, Mi Wenni, took her sister’s hand and turned to leave.
“Sorry about that. We didn’t mean to bother you.”
The younger sister looked at her sister’s stubborn pride and felt a little unhappy.
“But sis, I’m hungry.”
In that instant, Mi Wenni nearly turned to stone on the spot.
“Are you two hungry? This morning, I vaguely heard you say you were going to look for food. Did you not find any?”
“We’re so capable. How could we possibly fail to solve something as basic as food? Right, sis?”
Mi Wenni turned around and waved her hand in denial.
“Growl, growl, growl~”
“But sis!”
“How is that possible?!”
The older sister turned to stone again.
No matter how sharp her tongue was, in the end, she was defeated by her stomach.
“Looks like it’s true!”
Zhu Qiu watched the two of them struggling and found it oddly amusing.
“Fine.”
Mi Wenni lowered her head.
“I admit, we really didn’t find any food. Listen…”
She went silent.
Those words about begging someone for a meal were just too hard to say out loud!
“Could you spare a little food for us?”
Before Mi Wenni could speak, Mi Wenna spoke up first.
The moment those words left her mouth, the older sister wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground on the spot.
‘Why couldn’t you just ask nicely?! Why did you have to say “spare”?! That makes us look so pitiful, you know that?!’
“Of course you can.”
Zhu Qiu generously agreed, then brought out a portion of food from the room and handed it over.
“Eat up!”
“Thank you, sis~”
Mi Wenna naturally replied in a soft, gentle voice, which left Mi Wenni beside her completely stunned.
Her sister actually talked to another girl like that?
She had never used that tone with her before. At most, she’d just act a little cute.
Zhu Qiu walked over and ruffled Mi Wenna’s head.
“What a good little girl.”
“Sis is the best~”
She still used that soft, sweet voice to express her thanks.
“Sis!”
Mi Wenni scolded Mi Wenna sharply.
“Wh… what’s wrong, sis?”
“How could you…”
Before she could finish, she noticed Zhu Qiu’s gaze was also on her, wearing the expression of a curious child.
“…Nothing. I just wanted you to thank her again.”
“Oh, okay!”
The younger sister, Mi Wenna, handed what she was holding to her sister, looked at Zhu Qiu, and suddenly threw herself into her arms.
“Thanks, sis~”
‘I’m her real sister! How could you do this to me, little sis?!’
The older sister, Mi Wenni, was about to lose her mind.
She quickly grabbed her sister and dragged her away, fleeing the scene and hiding inside the house.
Leaving Zhu Qiu standing there alone, completely bewildered.
“What’s up with these two sisters? So weird. Whatever, eating is what matters most.”
Meanwhile, inside the house on the other side, Mi Wenna looked at Mi Wenni with an innocent expression.
“Sis? What’s wrong with you? Is it too hot? Your face is so red.”
“From now on, you’re not allowed to call anyone else ‘sis’! You can only call me sis! Got it?”
“Why not?”
Mi Wenna was confused.
“Don’t ask why. I’m your sister, and listening to me is always the right call.”
“Fine.”
Mi Wenna didn’t care at all.
Right now, eating was the top priority.
Mi Wenni just watched from the side as her sister slowly finished all the food.
“Are you full?”
“Not really. I want to eat meat.”
Mi Wenna wore a sullen expression, looking unhappy even after eating something.
Mi Wenni shook her head helplessly.
‘Sis, what should you call me?’
“I call you sis. What’s wrong?”
Hearing that tone, Mi Wenni immediately covered her face with both hands.
‘Why can’t this kid call me “sis” the same way she did just now?’
“Fine, never mind, never mind.”
Now, Mi Wenni planned to take her sister somewhere farther away to look for food.
They couldn’t just rely on others forever.
Besides, she didn’t want to hear her sister call anyone else “sis.”
“Let’s go.”
“Where to?”
“Let’s go. If we’re lucky, we might even pick up some gold coins along the way.”
“You’re not eating dinner tonight, honestly.”
Mi Wenni suddenly felt her sister had become so dumb.
She was never like this before.
“Oh, right. Then let’s head out now.”
They walked toward the center.
As time passed, the sky gradually darkened.
It was now close to dusk, but not quite fully dusk yet.
Mi Wenni and Mi Wenna had already returned to the lakeside.
There were fish in the lake, but unfortunately, they had no fire, and they didn’t know fire magic, so they could only gnaw on raw fish.
“WATER DRAGON ROLL!”
Mi Wenni released a spell at the bottom of the lake.
A whirlpool formed in the center, and a waterspout resembling a tornado surged from below, sending a huge batch of fish flying into the sky before they landed at their feet.
“Sis, just make do with this. We don’t have fire, so we can’t have grilled fish.”
“Fine…”
Mi Wenna looked very disappointed.
The older sister sighed regretfully from the side.
‘Why can’t my sister just say, “Thanks sis, you’re amazing. I love it~”?’
She shook her head violently, then looked back at her sister gnawing on raw fish.
Fine, that was just a fantasy of her own ideals anyway.
Her sister never did that kind of thing even as a child, so now that she’d grown up, it was even more impossible.
Just then, a loud boom suddenly came from not too far away, startling the two who were eating by the lake.
“Sis? What’s going on?”
An ominous feeling rose from the bottom of Mi Wenni’s heart.
“Sis, it seems like someone nearby is fighting. Judging by that explosion, the other party must be pretty strong.”
“Ah! Then let’s run, quick!”
“No! Sis, I have a great idea.”
“What idea?”
“Hehe~ When they’ve both beaten each other to a pulp, that’s when we strike—the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!”