Mo Ling
I feel like maybe if we understood where Ming Shu came from and what her background story is, we'll be able to understand why she acts like this. Appearing to be uncaring for others except food. Still, it's sad to see her be surrounded by those that stick to her for their own goals. The ML stays with her for his own task, the two guards stay with her because they were assigned to the original host, and maybe the beastie might be the only character that stayed with her through his own means (seemingly against his will but who knows XD) Anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk. I made this because I can't wait until the next chapter aand I need something to distract myself.
Believe me, if you knew, your heart would break. [Spoiler] It was something about her having hope and that being crushed. She felt despair. She suffered due to something that's not even her fault. She was labeled as the devil when all she wanted was to save her country from demons. She had to experience that torture even after she promised not to hurt anyone, just because they believes she was the Demon King.
SPOILERS! SCROLL DOWN AT YOUR OWN RISK! THIS IS A SECOND SOURCE SPOILER BY BTW SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT ACCURATE. Okay, so apparently, Ming Shu's like a daughter of heaven in her world (a cultivation world)- or well, she has a very prominent and strong background (was it a princess? I kind of forgot but just know that she used to have an important social status in the cultivation world) that is until she got betrayed by some people (some of her greedy family were one of them). Then, Ming Shu undergo a path for revenge (or something like that) that ends when she managed to kill of everyone who betrayed her (?) Then, she somehow got prisoned in this tower where some strong criminals who committed some huge crimes are thrown. No one can get out of it ('cause it's like sealed or in another space or something) but there were times when the tower's defenses weakens and it was at those times that the prisoners slipped out of the tower. And then, somehow, Ming Shu made a deal with the tower's conciousness (?) and she's being let out in exchange for chasing down and capturing those escaped prisoners. Also, the reason why Ming Shu is quite a foodie is because the food is actually her source of energy. And the spirit beast with her, that little foodie, is the "source of life" (from MTL) that provides Ming Shu power and basically made her unkillable hahaha