Kui Ming's mouth opened and closed again, opened and closed again, over and over again for a long time before he uttered: "The remaining soup in your pot is mushy."
Bai Xiaoxiao patted her chest with relief: "Oh."
[I thought you were regretting protecting me. It turns out the soup was just burnt. ]
……
……
It was almost dusk when he led the big black dog away and sneaked out of the kitchen with Kui Ming.
The orange-red clouds burned like flames.
The shadow behind him was stretched extremely long by the afterglow of the setting sun.
Bai Xiaoxiao was holding a vegetable box, her eyes wandering vaguely between Kui Ming and Qi Rong.
Yes, after she and Kui Ming escaped from the "kitchen crime scene", they ran into Qi Rong holding the green lotus lantern. Bai Xiaoxiao remembered the confession incident that happened at noon and felt a little embarrassed when facing him now. Kui Ming might have misunderstood her embarrassment as "fear" and took a step forward to protect her behind him.
On the other hand, Qi Rong...
He was still calm and composed, smiling like a wild fox.
"cough!"
Bai Xiaoxiao coughed lightly to break the awkward atmosphere: "Brother Qi, Brother Qirong, is there anything I can help you with?"
Qi Rong clenched his fist and put it under his lips and coughed twice: "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to look for Senior Brother Kuiming on Master's orders." Then he smiled gently as if he remembered something, "The cakes you sent are delicious, thank you - as Qi Rong."
[Fuck, he knows...]
Bai Xiaoxiao is now so embarrassed that she just wants to turn into a groundhog.
[Help, I am so socially frustrated! ! ! ]
She lowered her head and tried hard to play ostrich, so much so that she didn't notice Qi Rong's slightly raised eyebrows.
Kui Ming didn't understand what Qi Rong meant and Bai Xiaoxiao's sudden crazy mentality, but he still understood the word "help". He took a step forward to completely block Bai Xiaoxiao's figure and stared at the man in white with a warning look. After all, he knew Qi Rong's occasional bad taste.
Qi Rong's gentle smile faded, and her clear eyes fell on Kui Ming, who seemed to be protecting his young son. Then she understood something: "Really? That's it."
Bai Xiaoxiao was completely out of the picture.
[He is like this, what? 】
But she didn't have the courage to ask, so she could only look back and forth between Qi Rong and Kui Ming. The shadows under her feet became thicker and longer. Bai Xiaoxiao held the food box and thought about what she still had to do. She didn't want to play the staring game with the two big guys anymore. She took a deep breath quietly and smiled a pure and sweet smile, "Um... two brothers, if you don't have anything important to do, can I leave first?"
"Junior Sister Xiaoxiao, is there something important that needs my help?" Qi Rong asked back.
Bai Xiaoxiao waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, no, it's just a small matter, it's all a small matter."
Qi Rong's eyes fell on the lunch box she was holding. Bai Xiaoxiao's arms unconsciously tightened further because of his gaze, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in her heart.
[Please don't ask me what I'm holding in my arms, or who I'm going to give it to, or any other embarrassing questions like that. I can't afford to be a love-brained person. I just want to be a normal person right now.]
Qi Rong swallowed the words that rolled to the tip of his tongue back into his throat. His eyes were complicated and puzzled, but he quickly restrained them. "Since it's a small matter, I won't bother you." He looked at Kui Ming. "Let's go, Senior Brother. Master is still waiting for us."
Kui Ming said 'hmm' coldly.
Bai Xiaoxiao watched them walk away, and finally let out a sigh of relief.
……
……
The moon hangs on the treetops.
The courtyard is quiet at night, with warm-colored oval lanterns hanging under the eaves.
Bai Xiaoxiao bent her index finger and knocked on the door. With a creaky sound, the carved door opened inwards.
"Xiao Xiao."
Que Tianwen was wearing a green shirt, and was not surprised by Bai Xiaoxiao's arrival. He turned sideways and invited Bai Xiaoxiao into the house, then closed the door and poured her a cup of tea on the table: "I knew you would keep your promise, so I have been waiting for you. Where is the Chongling Xianzhi?"
This face...
Bai Xiaoxiao held the lunch box and sat a seat away from Que Tianwen, deliberately avoiding his sticky gaze.
Que Tianwen looked at Bai Xiaoxiao's behavior with some confusion and dissatisfaction. Looking at that face that looked like it owed him eight million, Bai Xiaoxiao felt a familiar electric current flowing through her body. She couldn't help but shudder and quickly put the food box on the table in front of them: "Brother Que, don't worry, I just want to make room for the food."
Que Tianwen glanced at the simple lunch box. Although he was still a little unhappy, he accepted the explanation.
"I know you are considerate and virtuous, Xiaoxiao, but you'd better be frank about cultivating immortals, so as not to cause any unnecessary trouble."
Bai Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched, and she felt her fist harden. "Of course." She controlled her fierce voice and said, "I don't want any trouble either."
Take two deep breaths and tell yourself not to bother with that green-skinned turtle.
She opened the lid of the food box, took out the bowl and placed it in front of Que Tianwen: "Here, Chongling Xianzhi."
A black mass, with no way of telling what it was made of or what it was, came into view. A burnt and fishy smell rushed to the top of Que Tianwen's head, making him feel as if he saw his grandmother waving at him.
“You! This…!”
Que Tianwen stood up and pointed at the bowl of something unknown: "What is this?! Where's the Chongling Xianzhi I want!"
Bai Xiaoxiao blinked her innocent eyes and said, "This is the Chongling Xianzhi."
Que Tianwen almost fainted in one breath: "Bai Xiaoxiao, you said this is Chongling Xianzhi? You actually said this is Chongling Xianzhi?! Do you take me for a fool?!"
Bai Xiaoxiao: “No.” Don’t flatter yourself like that, OK? ? ?
Bai Xiaoxiao continued, "It's like this. When I bought this Lingzhi, something unexpected happened. You know, spiritual medicines are always coveted by many people. This Lingzhi was smeared with a poison called something, which was said to be incompatible with the medicinal properties of Lingzhi. Later, I looked up a lot of books and asked a lot of people, and only then did I know that if Lingzhi wanted to detoxify, it needed to be simmered over high heat for three hours. So you see, I came here."
Que Tianwen listened to Bai Xiaoxiao's 'serious explanation', but his frown showed no sign of relaxing. "But I've never heard of anything that can counteract the Chongling Xianzhi before. Are you lying to me?"
Bai Xiaoxiao did not avoid the questioning gaze and said sincerely, "How could that be? I would never lie to Brother Que. Besides, you also said it was 'before'. It's normal that you didn't know about the limited resources you had access to."
Que Tianwen nodded hesitantly, then added cautiously, "Who told you that it is incompatible with Ganoderma lucidum, and who told you that it needs to be simmered over high heat for three hours?"
Bai Xiaoxiao smiled and said in a resounding voice: "Senior Brother Qirong!"
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