Chapter 18 Which one do you want to eat?

The interior is clearly visible through the large glass windows.

The little girl, dressed in a mint green shirt, sat cross-legged on the ground, gently stroking the snow eagle's thick feathers with her small hands.

Xueying lay half-prone on the ground, looking up at her.

The man and the dog stared at each other.

The crisp sound came clearly from inside the house.

"Good Snow Eagle, look how cute I am, you can't bear to eat me, right?"

The little girl stretched out her arms, supporting her chin, and smiled like a sunflower in the wind.

“We have an agreement, you eat this me on the ground. This me is delicious, really, a hundred times tastier than me.”

The me on the ground?

Shen Cong lowered his gaze and looked at Xue Ying's side.

There was a basket on the floor; he recognized it—it was the little girl's gift when she came.

Next to it was a "little girl".

Shen Cong stepped forward and then saw clearly.

The little girl was actually made of meat and vegetables.

The face was made from a round dough ball, the mouth was made from thin slices of carrot, and the eyes were made from black melon seeds.

Then, use shiitake mushrooms to make the shape of hair and place them on top.

The body was made from a rectangular piece of meat the size of a palm, and a little skirt was even made from green vegetable leaves.

And right in the middle of the meat, there was a heart made of carrot slices.

The arms and legs were made of smoked ham, skewered on wooden sticks and inserted into the meat used to make the body.

Erfeng suppressed a laugh and whispered, "It's not exactly the same, it's just incredibly lifelike."

Then, Li Nanke's smiling voice came from inside, discussing with Xue Ying.

"Which piece of food does Snow Eagle want to eat first? How about you eat my head first? Hmm, eating the head seems a bit cruel."

"How about we start with the legs?"

They were talking about a very bloody topic, but the scene felt very incongruous.

The little girl tilted her head, her eyes crinkling as she looked at Xueying and Erfeng, who couldn't help but chuckle.

Shen Cong snorted coldly and stepped inside.

"Ha, you're young, but you've got guts. You dare to use a fake to fool me?"

He lowered his eyes and looked down at Li Nanke.

Li Nanke's face scrunched up like a bun, and she cursed her bad luck inwardly.

She had already discussed it with Xueying; if the prince arrived a little later, Xueying would finish "her" meal.

Shen Cong somehow understood her thoughts from her wrinkled little face and couldn't help but scoff.

"I have done what I promised you, but you have done a sloppy job. You are so cunning at such a young age. Aren't you afraid that I will just chop you up?"

Li Nanke knelt properly, tilting her head back, her grape-like eyes blinking.

“I didn’t lie to Your Highness. What Your Highness said earlier was that Xueying likes to eat plump and tender meat.”

The little hand pointed to the "little girl" on the ground.

"This piece of meat is the fattest and most tender one I picked after searching the entire market. Your Highness, please take a look at this piece of meat."

Isn't it plump and tender?

Shen Cong didn't even glance at her, only coldly scrutinizing her, as if weighing which piece of flesh on her body Xueying should bite first.

Li Nanke clenched her small hands nervously, instinctively shrank her neck, then, remembering something, raised her head and retorted vehemently.

"I did promise the prince that I would feed the snow eagle, but I didn't say that I would feed the snow eagle with my own flesh."

Besides, the prince didn't explicitly state that I had to feed the snow eagle with my own flesh, did he?

Erfeng's eyes lit up.

Yes, the prince did not explicitly say that he wanted to use Li Nanke to feed the snow eagle.

No one has ever been able to find a loophole in the prince's words before; this little girl is the first.

What a clever little girl.

Shen Cong leaned slightly forward, staring at Li Nanke, his pale face expressionless.

"Are you trying to find a loophole in my words?"

Li Nanke blinked her round eyes, her little face full of innocence.

“There’s no loophole in what Your Highness said. That’s exactly what Nan Ke understood.”

Then, he suggested in a low voice, "Since we're going to feed the snow eagle, why doesn't Your Highness let the snow eagle choose for itself?"

Shen Cong narrowed his eyes and turned to look at the snow eagle lying on the ground.

That glance was full of threat.

Xueying let out a sob and silently turned her head away, only to meet Li Nanke's smiling face.

"My adorable snow eagle, you choose which one of me you want to eat? This one is a carefully selected dish, delicious and nutritious."

I guarantee you'll want to come back for more after you try it this time!

She smiled and pushed the radish and meat dish "that girl" towards Xueying, as if she were strongly recommending it.

I was actually incredibly nervous.

What if Xueying is afraid of power and chooses her?

Xueying turned to look at Shen Cong, then glanced at Li Nanke, and let out two sobs of grievance.

Waaaaah, why do I have to make a choice?

It's just a dog, why should it bear such a heavy responsibility?

The snow eagle remained silent, only sobbing.

Li Nanke took the piece of flesh that was used to make the body and put it to Xueying's beak.

Snow Eagle had been hungry for two days, and its eyes widened at the smell of fresh meat and blood.

He sniffed and closed his nose, unable to resist the temptation, and opened his mouth to bite the piece of meat.

Li Nanke's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands with a grin.

"Your Highness, look, Snow Eagle has made its choice; it prefers to eat me."

Xueying shuddered, seemingly sensing the chill that was creeping over him, and silently turned his head away, turning his back to Chen Cong.

Then they began to feast.

Shen Cong rubbed his fingers together, then laughed in exasperation.

He was fooled by a little girl.

He gently lifted his cloak, and with a flick of his finger, a soft sword appeared in his hand.

Li Nanke only felt a flash of cold light before her eyes, and a long sword was slashing straight towards her.

"ah!"

She gasped and instinctively rolled to the ground.

The sword tip, carrying a chilling killing intent, grazed her hair, and a red ribbon fluttered down.

Immediately afterwards, the tip of the sword pressed against her neck, and a chilling coldness instantly spread across her neck, making her scalp tingle.

Her face was deathly pale.

For a fleeting moment, she could sense that Shen Cong truly wanted to kill her.

The current Shen Cong is just a cold and stern young man, not the man who bought her from the brothel years later.

They were not familiar with each other.

Li Nanke gripped her skirt tightly with her small hands, but still couldn't stop her whole body from trembling.

Shen Cong slowly squatted down, his gray cloak trailing on the ground.

He gently patted her face with the tip of the sword, his eyes filled with undisguised disdain.

"I really thought you weren't afraid, but it turns out you were just pretending."

Li Nanke stared at him blankly, not daring to say a word, for fear of angering him again.

"Since you're afraid, then don't try to negotiate with me again. Remember, I hate it when people try to negotiate with me."

Li Nanke suddenly realized what had happened when she recalled the piece of paper that Shen Cong had torn to shreds.

It seems that the piece of paper offended him.

Her eyes darted around, and she quickly said, "It's not about negotiating terms, it's about repaying a debt."

The prince saved my father, and our whole family is eternally grateful and should repay him.

Shen Cong flicked the sword lightly, producing a crisp buzzing sound.

"Oh? Then tell me, what do those two words you wrote on that piece of paper mean?"

Li Nanke's heart, which had been in her throat, calmed down.

If the prince is willing to listen to her continue, there is still a chance.

She wrote two words on the paper: "immortality".