Ming Li raised her hand, gently brushing away the stray hairs from the young man's forehead, and began to trace delicate patterns on his brow with her brush...
After an unknown amount of time, Ming Li finally stopped.
Looking at the pattern on the young man's forehead, Ming Li's lips curled into a satisfied smile.
Beside them, Zhou Xia looked at the pattern on Ning Chu's forehead and asked curiously, "Sister, what is this? Although it looks a bit strange, it's really beautiful. Can you draw one for me too?"
Ming Li replied, "...This is the Soul Binding Seal. Why would you want one?" You're not the male lead.
"What do you mean, Soul Binding Seal? That name sounds rather unfriendly... I think I'd better not get one painted!"
Hearing this, Ming Li's lips curved into a faint arc, and she put the brush back into her spatial storage.
So now...
The next step was... to wait by the stump for the rabbit, to await the male lead.
Ning Chu raised his hand and gently stroked the mark on his forehead. In his beautiful eyes, one could not tell what thoughts were swirling.
After completing all this, Ming Li took out a chaise lounge from her spatial storage, sat down calmly, and looked at the two people in front of her, asking, "Why are you few little ones separated? Where are the others?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions on both their faces changed simultaneously, and for a moment, neither of them spoke...
"What's wrong?"
Ning Chu replied, "It's nothing. After you left, we all went our separate ways. We don't know where they are now..."
Ming Li raised an eyebrow and said nothing more.
Time flew by, and the day quickly passed, giving way to night.
Yue Zhu's eyelashes fluttered on the chaise lounge, and he slowly opened his eyes.
As his vision cleared, Yue Zhu looked at the empty room before him. A hint of panic and disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Mom... did you abandon little Zhu too?"
Hearing Yue Zhu's mumble, the system, held in his arms, rolled its eyes in exasperation. "Your mom went to blow up the kitchen. She didn't abandon you, don't worry."
"Ah?"
Hearing the system's voice, Yue Zhu's attention was successfully diverted. "You can talk?"
The system replied, "Is there a problem with that?"
Yue Zhu shook his head. "I want to go find Mom."
As soon as he finished speaking, both the person and the system heard a loud "boom" from downstairs...
The system said, "..." It felt like if it kept exploding like this, the entire house would collapse...
At this moment, in the kitchen downstairs.
Ning Chu and Zhou Xia watched the black smoke billowing out of the kitchen and Ming Li, who was creating culinary disasters amidst the smoke, their mouths twitched.
After a moment, Ning Chu tentatively spoke, "Sister... what do you want to eat? Perhaps I could cook for you instead..."
"Bang—"
Ming Li looked at the pot that had just exploded again and said expressionlessly, "No need. Cooking is nothing difficult for me!"
A great master is omnipotent.
With that, Ming Li tossed aside the broken pot in her hand and took a new one from her spatial storage...
Five minutes later...
"Bang—"
Ming Li sighed, "(￣_,￣)"
Damn it! She didn't believe that cooking could stump her!
Just as Ming Li was preparing to swap out another pot, she suddenly heard a childish voice from the kitchen doorway, "Mom?"
Upon hearing the voice, Ming Li turned her head and saw Yue Zhu holding the system, standing at the kitchen doorway and gazing at her with unblinking eyes.
"Mom, are you... making something delicious for little Zhu?"
Delicious?
Was this kid sure he wasn't seeing things?
Hearing Yue Zhu's words, Ning Chu and Zhou Xia glanced at the small mountain of ruined pots in the corner, their mouths twitching severely.
Meeting the little one's expectant gaze, Ming Li paused for a moment before replying, "Yes, go wait outside."
Yue Zhu then asked, "But... Mom... can you cook? Little Zhu remembers that you used to not know how to cook before. When I was with you before, Mom always ordered takeout for little Zhu..."
Ming Li responded, "..."