This female leader is a little bit stronger

"No conditions."

Bai Jingze silently took out a storage bag from his sleeve and held it out in Ning Ye's direction, "Just think of it as doing something good."

Ning Ye took the storage bag and lifted it up, feeling it was heavy.

Taking a quick glance inside, one sees a bag of emerald green spirit crystals filled with wood spiritual power.

These crystals look no different from naturally formed wood crystals.

Ning Ye knew that the wood spiritual power in these crystals was injected by Bai Jingze. He had a wood spirit bead in his body, but the "city lord" did not know these things.

So, Ning Ye pretended to be amazed and exaggeratedly exclaimed:

"You have so many wood crystals, it's so rare~~ Do you really want to donate them for free? Otherwise, why not put forward some conditions, even if you only want Gangzi~~~"

Hearing this, Gangzi tilted his head in shock: "Huh?"

Betray Gangzi?

Master, you have changed!

Bai Jingze just shook his head, having already recognized the reality, "No, even if I ask for Gangzi, he won't go with me."

Ning Ye glanced at Gangzi approvingly, weighed his storage bag, came to Bai Jingze's side, leaned over and whispered, "Little blind man, I can extend your terms. When you think of something, you can tell me again."

Bai Jingze looked indifferent and didn't care.

"I'm going to the experimental field now. When I come back, I want to eat braised pig's trotters. The processed pig's trotters are on the stove."

Ning Ye smiled and patted his shoulder casually.

Suddenly, a familiar movement made Bai Jingze's body tremble violently, and his brain went blank for a moment!

But when he came to his senses, someone's brisk footsteps had already walked out the door.

He froze in place, his mind in a daze.

Just now, he really thought that it was Xiao Ye who took the photo of him.

What is even more important is that during the time he stayed here, he always had the illusion that he was still spending every day with Xiao Ye Zi.

He took the stone jar beside him and held it tightly in his arms.

"Xiao Ye Zi, I might really be going crazy..."

He didn't grieve for too long, and went to the kitchen, lighting a fire and cooking according to the routine.

There's nothing you can do about it. You have to live under someone's roof.

Even though I can't see, years of cooking experience have formed muscle memory, frying, stir-frying, deep-frying, stewing...

Because sugar must be added to braised pork trotters, he touched the sugar jar and just as he picked it up, he suddenly stopped.

not right...

The jar is so light!

I put my finger inside and found that the sugar surface was empty.

"How could that be? The City Lord doesn't like candy, and I clearly haven't used it much..."

But most of the can of sugar disappeared inexplicably.

A look of confusion appeared on Bai Jingze's face.

"Did I put too much in accidentally?"

"Or is it……"

Thinking of a certain possibility, Bai Jingze's heart suddenly skipped a beat!

He wasn't a slow person, it was just that the pain made him numb and he ignored too many obvious details.

But once doubts arise in people's hearts, memories begin to unravel, and many coincidences gradually move towards a certain guess!

Voices can change, but people’s habits are not easy to change, and the loyalty of spirit beasts is even harder to change.

Bai Jingze's eyes shook violently.

"City Lord... who are you?"

After pulling out the firewood from the bottom of the stove and extinguishing it, he stumbled to where the stone jar was placed, held it in front of him, and knelt on the ground with his legs.

After a fierce inner struggle, he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind:

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ye, if it's you, please forgive my offense."

Click!

He carefully pulled out the stone stopper, hesitated for a moment with trembling hands, and then resolutely reached in.

I grabbed a handful of ashes, which contained a lot of hard objects, like unburned bones.

He carefully shook the ashes into a jar, leaving only the broken bones, which he rubbed with his fingers to identify them.

I felt a long, thin thing with bulges at both ends.

"Chicken bones..."

I touched another thin and pointed one, which obviously did not belong to a human.

"Fishbone..."

Bai Jingze had a blank look on his face for a long time. Suddenly, he raised his head and laughed silently. Two clear tears fell down. He was crying and laughing at the same time.

……

With the wood crystal stone, the experimental field went extremely smoothly.

After getting satisfactory results, Ning Ye returned early.

Bai Jingze usually cooks blindly and is not very fast.

But she didn't expect that this time everything would be set on the table waiting for her.

"Hey, you're quite agile today!"

Ning Ye still spoke in a deep falsetto as she rushed into the room, not noticing the flash of joy and restraint that crossed Bai Jingze's face.

Bai Jingze dug his fingers hard into his palms to make his voice sound the same as usual.

"Practice makes perfect. You must be hungry too. Come and eat."

Ning Ye didn't notice that he said "you" instead of calling her the City Lord as usual.

She sat down with great fanfare, and a bowl of rice was just handed to her.

Ning Ye: ???

Bai Jingze looked away, his eyes still unfocused, "Did I fill enough?"

"It's okay, just fine."

Ning Ye held the bowl and glanced at the dishes on the table. The dishes looked okay, but when she thought that the taste would definitely be as bland as usual, her eyes turned to the sugar jar.

Upon taking a look, he suddenly discovered that the position of the sugar jar had changed and was no longer within reach.

If she stood up to steal the candy, her movements would be too obvious.

He pursed his lips in frustration.

Ning Ye didn't know that his eyes on the sugar jar had been noticed.

Bai Jingze curled his lips slightly and said calmly, "Why don't you eat it? Try it. The taste should be different today."

Ning Ye didn't understand.

After taking a bite of the dish, my brows immediately relaxed at the extreme deliciousness.

She had no idea that today's food would taste so unexpectedly good, melting in her mouth and not greasy.

Although I like him very much, I still have to maintain my character. I coughed softly and pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Today's dish... is too sweet. I'm so sick of it~~~"

Bai Jingze's face showed innocence, and he stood up and said, "I accidentally knocked over the candy jar. If you don't like it, I can redo it right away."

But don’t!

Ning Ye pushed him back and said, "Don't bother. Food is precious. It would be a waste if we don't eat it. Although it's a bit greasy, I'll just eat it."

Bai Jingze immediately said, "Actually, I spilled a whole can of sugar, and I made the best of it by boiling it into a can of sugar water. Sugar water is also food, and it's not easy to preserve. It would be bad to waste it. Then you'll have to suffer the hardship of eating greasy food for a while..."

Ning Ye almost laughed out loud when he heard it, but tried hard to hold it back, "It's okay, it's okay. It's right not to waste it."

The two sat next to each other and ate slowly.

Ning was also afraid that he would not be able to control his speed, so he pretended to be very polite when eating;

Bai Jingze was a very elegant eater, and since he was blind, it was difficult for him to pick up the food, so he ate even slower.

Ning Ye picked up a few pieces of food for him with his chopsticks and suddenly asked casually, "Where's your precious stone jar? Don't you always keep it with you?"

Bai Jingze replied calmly: "I put it in a storage bag because I was afraid it would break."