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“You mean he’d buy it out of spite.” “One of life’s greatest motivations.”
“If you want to know, then you will go without supper.” The way he said it, as if that were the ultimate punishment, both comforted and distressed me. To think, Mama thought I was the ill-mannered one.
Anywhere else I might have been grateful. But here I sensed that every act of hospitality was being tallied into a debt that I’d soon owe.
“Don’t you dare get yourself killed,” Fal said in my ear. “Or every Ghost Festival day, I’ll send you bland noodles with no spice. That’ll be all you get to eat in the afterlife.” “The worst fate,” I said, choking on a laugh and sob at once.
i love how food is so central to these charactesr hahah
would’ve been the twenty-fourth, had the Dragon King’s heir married that Kiatan princess, but—” “Don’t tell me.” I raised a halting hand. “I haven’t gotten that far yet.
ahh it's seryuuu and the girl from crimson cranes!
“Your family is well,” said Elang. “But I suspect they’re growing bored. Your mother tried to get me to play tiles with her.” “Did you?” Elang was still smiling. He was in an oddly cheerful mood. Playing tiles with my mother? Did he think we were actually married? He probably cheats, I thought, simmering alongside my pot. “Did you have noodles when you were back?” I asked crisply. “You were away nearly a week in the mortal realm, and there are exceptional noodles in Gangsun.” “I only ate at home,” he replied. “Your sisters were full of news I’m to relay to you.” My breath hitched. “Did they
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not her trying to drop hints that she knows but he doesn't catch it
