Jia Nan bowed and asked, "Your Highness asked if the Sixth Miss has had lunch? If not, may we dine together at Your Highness's place?"

You Ran was conflicted...

She didn't want any of the three or four...

If she had to choose one, she would still choose the food box in Yun Tiankuang's hand, which she was most familiar with.

However, if the third brother is chosen, the eldest and second eldest brothers will inevitably follow suit...

Yun Tianbai also jumped out and pushed You Ran forward, "Since His Highness has invited you, then please, Sixth Sister, move over!"

The eldest son objected, shouting, "How can that be? Sixth Sister is not yet married; how can she dine with a man from another family?!"

Yun Tianbai stopped him, "Sixth Sister is a doctor. She went to instruct the patients on how to eat, and then ate some herself as well. What's wrong with that?"

That makes a lot of sense.

You Ran's heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if she understood what her second brother meant.

It must have been Yun Tianbai's shocking remark that morning that caught the attention of the second brother, who was determined to stop the eldest brother at all costs.

But both brothers are equally dear to me. If I stop the eldest, I must also stop the third, otherwise it will be difficult to treat them all equally!

With that thought in mind, she resolutely followed Jia Nan.

While it's true that one should avoid suspicion with men outside the family, what one should avoid even more is the relationship with one's three stepbrothers!

Jia Nan was so moved that she was moved to tears when she successfully invited the Sixth Miss to dine in His Highness's room.

Once inside, Jia Nan quickly had the soldiers bring up the food, then gently helped His Highness off the bed and seated him at the table before closing the door and leaving.

Chu Heng spoke with obvious remorse, his voice slightly hoarse, "I am deeply sorry to hear that the granary in Shacheng was burned down."

You Ran picked up the bowl leisurely. "What are you apologizing for? Did you arrange for those infiltrating bandits? Or is there a traitor in Sand City whom you ordered?"

Chu Heng shook his head. "None of those are true."

"Then what are you apologizing for? Because your bad luck dragged down Shacheng?" You Ran picked up a crisp radish and put it in her mouth, making a crunching sound.

Chu Heng pursed his lips and remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

With his other hand, he slowly picked up the thin porridge.

You Ran scoffed, "Your bad luck alone can cause the entire city's guards and civilians to go hungry. Your Highness, aren't you overestimating yourself?"

Chu Heng did not answer, but slowly put a spoonful of porridge into his mouth, his expression showing the utmost restraint.

You Ran glanced at the thin porridge in his bowl, then at the sumptuous feast of chicken, duck, and fish on the table, and suddenly realized, "Ha, you're afraid of choking on your porridge, so you insisted on dragging me along to eat with you?"

Chu Heng gave him another knowing look and continued to drink his porridge with suppressed resentment.

You Ran suddenly became interested, "Oh, then tell me, this morning's porridge, which your second brother brought over, didn't you choke to death while you were drinking it?"

Chu Heng's face showed a hurt expression, and his voice became even hoarseer, "The straw couldn't drink the porridge, so I had to use a spoon... but the spoon broke... and got stuck in my throat..."

Su Youran: ……

"I suspect you're lying to me, but I have no proof!"

Chu Heng silently pulled out a bare spoon handle from beside the table.

Su Youran: ……

She shoveled another mouthful of rice into her mouth, ate a chicken leg, and then asked, "What about on ordinary days? Do you have to have some kind of accident happen with every meal?"

Chu Heng nodded, "Fish bones and bones are absolutely out of the question, otherwise you'll definitely choke. You'll choke on soup and noodles. Just like taking medicine this morning, I choked and coughed nonstop... But you'll get used to it, it won't kill you. It's just a little suffering."

Su Youran: ……

Chu Heng continued, "Now that we've come this far, I have a favor to ask. Could you please have Miss Liu come and dine with me when you have some free time?"

You Ran thought of the three brothers who had been in the room earlier and was unsure whether she should refuse.

She could only laugh awkwardly and change the subject, "Right now, Shacheng is short of food. I'm afraid we'll be in dire straits starting tomorrow. I wonder what method Second Uncle has come up with to solve the food problem?"

"I already know that the Su family's grain shop delivered rice this morning," Chu Heng nodded. "General Yun was inspired and came to discuss with me the possibility of borrowing grain from several wealthy households in Shacheng to tide us over for a few days. Once reinforcements arrive, the situation will be alleviated."

However, at night, the Western barbarian soldiers began a massive attack on the city, spreading rumors that the city was completely devoid of rice and warning the defenders not to resist and risk further casualties.

Yun Zhao gritted his teeth; this was an attempt to undermine morale!

He also understood the intentions of the Western barbarians, who naturally wanted to speed up the siege to prevent the arrival of reinforcements from the city of Shacheng from ruining their efforts.

It must be said that, with the Western barbarians simultaneously undermining morale and accelerating their siege, the northern wall of Shacheng almost fell.

Yun Zhao didn't sleep well all night, standing on the city wall directing the soldiers to defend the city, and the three Yun family sons also fought all night.

For several days in a row, the three Yun brothers fought at night and slept during the day. When they had a spare moment, they also had to treat the wounded, so they had no time to take care of Su Youran.

After You Ran donated grain a few days ago, she made a point of leaving her name. Sure enough, she saw her luck value increase in the past few days, reaching more than two thousand in just a few days.

Moreover, a question mark suddenly appeared next to the luck value.

She clicked on it and found it was a supplementary explanation about the increase in luck value. The gist of it was that the system had fixed a bug and luck value could be accumulated repeatedly in order to promote consumption.

She beamed and praised, "Ben'er, that makes sense! Otherwise, if I were to die of poverty, there would be no point in having this exchange shop!"

The little notebook replied listlessly, "Yeah, if you don't spend any more money, I'm going to starve to death..."

Do you get hungry sometimes?

"I want to level up! I want to become stronger!" Little Notebook said pitifully. "Only after I level up will I know what my real mission is..."

You Ran: ...

Fine, what's the point of a system that doesn't even know its own mission?

However, once this bug was fixed, her luck points accumulated quickly, which made her happy!

So in the following days, when she participated in the treatment of the wounded, she couldn't bear to see those with persistent high fever or severe infection and changed their medications to antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs. In the process, she also received gratitude from the wounded.

By the seventh day, the Western barbarians' attack on the city intensified, and the defending soldiers suffered heavy casualties for several consecutive days.

Yun Zhao felt restless and agitated.

By the fifth day, the people and soldiers in the city had run out of food. Although some merchants and wealthy households donated grain, and later the people also took out their stored grain, it was not enough to withstand the large number of soldiers defending the city. The food was exhausted in just a few days.