After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

"Have you explained it clearly?"

"To put it simply, young people will always have times when they can't see things clearly."

Bai Liming picked up his masterpiece and admired it carefully. "I wonder what kind of bewitching drug the Fifth Branch gave him."

Fengdeng's answer was impeccable: "Fenglan is a kind and loyal girl, and it's understandable that she wants to repay Fifth Master's kindness."

It was Baili Chengjun's father who rescued Fenglan from a pile of corpses back then.

The original intention was to groom him to be one of Baili Chengjun's men, but the old master beat him to it.

Bai Liming's attention was entirely focused on the frog in the painting. "So, Uncle Wu's good son only lost a pair of legs."

“Young Miss…” After looking at her for a while, the butler finally couldn’t help but speak.

Don't you think that pig is a little too fat?

"Huh?" Baili Ming looked puzzled. "What pig? Where are there any pigs?"

Feng stepped forward and pointed out with some difficulty, "That's the green pig that's jumping high."

"..." Baili Ming was stunned and didn't dare to say that she had drawn a lively frog.

Seeing the strange look in Baili Ming's eyes, Feng Deng used his forty years of professional experience to praise her, "However, the pig that Miss drew is so lively that it looks like it has grown wings. It's quite ingenious."

Forehead......

Baili Ming could only smile and say, "Yes, I think so too."

......

Ever since she failed to beat Wang Qingyan up that night to show her rejection, his intentions have become increasingly obvious.

The way I looked at her was just like the way I looked at the iron flower a few days ago—bright and sparkling.

She eats almost two meals a day, plus late-night snacks and tea, all prepared according to her preferences.

She had longed for the chili peppers she never got to eat, and she didn't know how he had managed to create a nearly identical substitute.

I would occasionally cook a spicy dish to tempt her.

And no matter the occasion, he is so handsome that he cannot be ignored.

Even if she tried to keep her distance, she couldn't resist his frequent, gentle yet not effeminate calls of "A-Zhu, A-Zhu..."

He would often take her to the street, ostensibly to buy clothes, but in reality to look at pretty women.

This...this...who can withstand this?!

And so, in this unspoken understanding... spit it out!

It's the atmosphere!

In this atmosphere, he and she began a more subtle relationship.

There was no chemistry between them.

She is...

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads!

Correct!

After all, they were all on Wang Qingyan's turf, so she couldn't be too... well, you know... like giving him the cold shoulder or something...

"Young lady, today's dish is boiled fish, just put in the pot. The master requests your presence quickly."

Boiled fish?!

Spicy food lovers rejoice!

"Okay," Bai Li Ce replied without hesitation, lifting her skirt and running over.

When we arrived at his place, it was just the right time to eat.

"how?"

"This fish head is delicious."

"The noodles are good too, you should try them."

"Don't keep putting food on my plate, it tastes better when you put food on your own."

"Wow, these wild vegetables are absolutely delicious!"

Where did you get this?

He doesn't like spicy food, so he only took a small bite of the fish and put down his chopsticks. "There's plenty of it at the market, you can have it anytime you want."

"You don't like spicy food?"

"No, it's just that you look so good eating that I want to look at you more."

He wasn't lying; he felt incredibly happy and had a wonderful appetite when he saw her running towards him.

"Cough cough..." Baili Ce was choked by the sudden sweet talk.

He quickly took a sip of the lily and white fungus soup next to him to stop Wang Qingyan from picking up his chopsticks again.

"Wait a moment."

Take away the soup bowl in front of him and have the maid replace it with a large bowl of hot water and a clean, empty bowl.

"Hey, if you can't handle this much spice, then cook it in the broth longer."

Wang Qingyan brought back the bowl with the spicy seasoning, saying, "No need, we'll do it later."

"What do you mean you don't need it!" Baili Ce quickly stopped him.

That can't happen so soon.

"If we have to cater to other people's tastes when we eat, what's the fun in life?"

"If you can't eat spicy food, then you can't eat it~"

"It doesn't matter."

"Life is full of flavors, from sweet to sour, bitter to spicy. Just live according to your own preferences!"

Put his spicy dipping sauce far away.

"But I have to trouble you one last time. These dishes will get spicier the longer they're cooked, so remember to rinse them thoroughly."

"I don't feel wronged." He just wanted to share some common interests with her so that she wouldn't have so much trouble accepting him in the future.

"If you keep spoiling me like this..." Realizing she was talking too much, Baili Ce quickly grabbed a piece of meat to shut himself up.

His eyes sparkled, and he made no attempt to hide it, saying, "That's right, mutual accommodation is the only way for a relationship to last."

"..." Fine, she was powerless to refute it.

Just keep your head down and eat.

But to be fair, Wang Qingyan is really terrible at eating spicy food.

Even after changing the water three times, I was still so spicy that my face turned red and I was sweating profusely.

With this level of skill, you think you can eat spicy food like her? Tch~

"I don't know how you managed to put up with it before."

She thought Wang Qingyan blushed a lot while eating because it was too hot or because he was too excited to be with her.

After all, he didn't show any actions, expressions, or words like "Ah—hiss—" or "Ha~ So spicy!"

Who knew he could hide his dislike so well, so naturally? "What if it hurts your stomach?"

After meals, she would make him a pot of cassia seed tea. If she knew he couldn't handle spicy food, she wouldn't keep telling him she loved spicy food.

"It's not that bad." Even if it's disgusting or the food he dislikes the most, he's still managed to swallow it before. If he can't even tolerate this much, how can he marry her?

......

Thanks to Wang Qingyan's meticulous care, Baili Ce's right hand was completely unmarked, and he regained his habit of going to bed early and waking up early.

At first, she would sometimes worry about whether the leaders would be able to adapt to the training of spies, or whether they would be captured and killed on the way.

But after receiving a dozen or twenty letters filled with nonsensical nonsense and typos, she felt that the training of the Baili family's spies was still too lenient.

How can they still have time to criticize her?

They're saying things like, "Can't I regret it now? I feel like I've been ripped off. Can we go somewhere else...?"

Of course not!

Once you're on that pirate ship, you think you can get off?

Absolutely impossible!

That's why she's been in a better mood lately.

If she were to repeat her temper from half a month ago, instead of taking revenge and beating up Li Simei and the others, and deducting all their wages, she would also punish them by not allowing them to sleep for three days and forcing them to defecate upside down.

So, the letter from Jicheng continued to arrive every few days, and Baili Ce continued to "idle and idle."

Every day, he either climbs mountains to watch the sunrise or picks flowers in Wang Qingyan's lotus pond.

Or, when going to the market, he would play ring toss, spending two hundred coins but failing to win a single ring.

"Sister, why don't you stop playing? I'll give you one," said a boy from No. 6 Middle School.

What a joke! My family is incredibly wealthy; do I need your charity?

"No, no," Bai Li Ce squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth, and continued throwing the eighty-third ring.

While she was gesturing, the ring toss vendor had already moved the porcelain doll under the red line.

Someone nearby immediately said, "This will definitely be a sure thing!"

"Of course, he's not blind."

However, once Baili Ce was lost, "..."

"Sigh..." A chorus of sighs rippled through the crowd.

But no one laughed at her; instead, they tried to find reasons to defend her.

"That doesn't count; her hand just shook a little."

"Yes, I saw it too."

"Yes, miss, put on another one."

"Do not be discouraged!"

Has she become so stupid that she deserves pity?

Bai Li Ce threw another one, "..."

What the hell!

Still no luck!

What a load of rubbish!

"Swish swish swish swish..." Baili Ce was furious and threw more than a dozen bamboo rings.

The speed was so fast that the boss didn't even have time to adjust the position of the porcelain figurine.

and--

Still no luck.