After successfully drawing the Alchemy Array, Lin Bei rested for a while, then continued cultivating. He kept at it until even his mind felt drowsy before he finally stopped.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lin Bei looked out the window and only then realized the sky had already grown dim.
Is it almost evening already...
Lin Bei had not expected that once he focused on practicing the Alchemy Array, time would pass so quickly. He felt as if only an hour or two had gone by, yet outside, noon had already turned into dusk.
Gurgle...
His stomach rumbled.
Lin Bei rubbed his belly, wondering whether he should continue investing in simulations tonight as he walked toward the kitchen.
Suddenly, Ning Rongrong's rather shy call came from outside. "Brother Lin, Brother Lin, are you home?"
"Rongrong?"
Lin Bei went to open the door and saw Ning Rongrong standing outside.
The little girl felt that calling him Lin Bei seemed far too distant. No matter how one put it, they were engaged, so she changed how she addressed him.
It was just that calling him that made her blush and her heart race a little.
Outside the door, Ning Rongrong wore a pure white dress, her long hair draped over her shoulders. The breeze brushed past her hair and the hem of her dress, as if stirring ripples in the young girl's heart. Facing the boy's gaze, the girl lowered her head slightly in bashful shyness.
Lin Bei suddenly thought of a line of poetry from his previous life:
Most gentle was that lowered head, like the shyness of a water lily unable to bear the cool breeze.
Lin Bei praised her inwardly, then stepped aside to let Ning Rongrong in. "Come in. I was just about to make dinner. Have