Genshin Impact, the spear remains.

"Jueyun pepper? Then what are you doing standing in front of the millet pepper?"

Bai Qiyun gave a strange look, and his subtle gaze made Xiangling feel ashamed.

"Small...bird's eye chili?"

Seemingly surprised that the chili peppers she had spent so long identifying were not the ones she needed, Xiangling grabbed a handful of chili peppers and put them in her mouth.

"Hey! Stop..."

Seeing the girl's reckless actions, Bai Qiyun reached out to stop her, but to his surprise, her movements were frighteningly fast.

In an instant, a small handful of chili peppers filled the girl's mouth.

Xiangling wasn't afraid at all; she chewed a few times and swallowed.

"Hmm... See, it's nothing—"

The girl stood in front of Bai Qiyun, hands on her hips, looking quite smug.

However, before she could be smug for long, a feeling of unease crept into her heart.

It's spicy and it hurts.

A surge of heat shot up from my throat and into the sky.

The girl's face looked as if it had been smeared with a thick layer of tomato juice, incredibly vibrant.

"Ughhhhh!!"

Like a puppy, Xiangling stuck out her pink tongue, hoping it would ease the burning pain from the spiciness.

Large tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string, she looked like she was really crying from the spiciness.

Seeing this, Bai Qiyun couldn't help but sigh.

This guy really needs to have his head checked at Bubulu.

He then picked up the cup beside him, walked to the bucket, and filled a cup with water.

"Here you are."

The water, shimmering in the glass, rippled quietly, seemingly ordinary. But to Xiangling at that moment, it was a life-saving elixir.

Xiangling took the water glass and immediately put it upside down on her small mouth.

"Dun dun dun~"

In no time, the girl finished the glass of water completely.

However, her face did not change at all; it remained frighteningly red.

After repeating this process several times, Bai Qiyun finally calmed down a bit after giving the guy several cups of water.

"Hoo..."

Even though the spiciness on her tongue had subsided a bit, Xiangling still didn't dare to pull her tongue back into her mouth, as if doing so would trigger the chili peppers lurking on the tip of her tongue.

"Spicy chili pepper... ouch... is it really that spicy?"

Putting everything else aside, her family eats spicy food all the time. Even though she doesn't recognize chili peppers like small red chilies, she must have eaten quite a lot of them. So why is she experiencing such excruciating pain?

Xiangling opened her mouth wide, panting heavily while fanning her mouth with her hand, her nose still twitching.

"Regular small red chilies are definitely not this spicy, but this is my improved, enhanced version."

To make Xiangling feel better, Bai Qiyun moved all the chili peppers on the table to the side.

"An enhanced version?"

"Well, how to achieve the spiciness of Jueyun Jiaojiao with millet peppers is the topic I'm currently researching."

He pointed to the chili peppers that had just been moved, making Xiangling's eyelids twitch.

"However, it seems a bit too concentrated."

Looking at Xiao Xiangling's miserable state, Bai Qiyun couldn't help but shake his head.

Even if you were to grab a handful of the real Jueyun pepper and eat it, it wouldn't have such a strong reaction. It seems like this was a failure.

"Failed? Making such spicy chili peppers is considered a failure?"

Seeing the boy's somewhat dejected expression, Xiangling felt a sense of disbelief.

She was already so spicy, and she's still considered a failure?

"Chili peppers aren't necessarily better the spicier they are. Many factors, such as aroma, spiciness, and storage time, determine the quality of chili peppers."

Seeing that the girl's face was starting to flush again, Bai Qiyun got up again, got a glass of water, and handed it to her.

"Oh, thank you."

This time, Xiangling learned her lesson and no longer drank like a guzzler. Instead, she soaked her tongue in cool water to relieve her symptoms.

"My original goal was to reach the spiciness level of Jueyun Jiaojiao. Exceeding this much is already a failure. I'll adjust it next time."

At this point, Bai Qiyun glanced at the girl in front of him, who looked like a kitten that had been burned.

This guy ended up being his test subject by accident, so I should at least express some gratitude.

Although the subject of this experiment was chosen by himself.

He walked to the wall, picked up a full basket of Jueyun peppers, and handed it to the girl.

"What is this?"

Having learned from her previous painful experience, Xiangling dared not put anything in her mouth to taste this time, and could only look at it cautiously with her eyes.

"Sigh, you're supposed to be a chef's child, and you can't even recognize Jueyun Jiaojiao?"

Perhaps Bai Qiyun's words touched a nerve with Xiangling, because her reaction suddenly became intense.

"What's wrong with a chef's child? Does a chef's child have to know this and that?"

The water glass was tapped on the table, and the water inside almost spilled out.

The boy didn't reply, but silently handed over the chili pepper in his hand.

He had gained a preliminary understanding of the girl's personality; she was a little girl with a somewhat irritable temper.

"Well, that's not the requirement, but some people still manage to do it."

Upon hearing that Xiangling across from him wasn't even a chef, the guy who had only been doing this for a few days started to get cocky.

He kept a straight face, as if he was afraid others wouldn't know he was talking about himself.

"Oh? So you recognize him?"

For some reason, Xiangling felt that this was the way the boy in front of her should look.

The guy from before, who was full of gloom and darkness, and whose whole body was tinged with a grayish color, shouldn't be his true face.

"Ha, I'm just a novice trainee chef!"

Just like a child showing off a toy that others don't have, Bai Qiyun always felt an extraordinary sense of superiority about his identity as a chef in front of Xiangling.

Ultimately, he's just a seven-year-old kid now, so he doesn't have that many considerations.

Showing off and being smug—things that seem fatal to adults—don't seem out of place on him at all.

After all, this is how it should be at this age.

His attitude further fueled Xiangling's inexplicable sense of antagonism.

The little girl pouted, clearly picking a fight.

"Still calling yourself 'this humble one'? What era are you from anyway?"

The little girl scoffed at the other person's boasting, but secretly envied him.

It's amazing that she can become a chef at such a young age.

However, she would never say this to him, otherwise this guy would definitely become even more arrogant.

—Huh? 'This guy'?

Thinking about this, Xiangling realized that she didn't seem to know the boy's name.

So, with a forced smile, she reluctantly went over again.

"name."

"what?"

"A name, you should understand when I mention a name."

The girl's coy and hesitant manner intrigued Bai Qiyun.

So this guy has this side to him.

But simply granting the other party's wish was not his style.

Bai Qiyun raised an eyebrow, crossed his arms and pretended to be deep, "It's polite to introduce yourself before asking someone's name."

"Huh? Don't you already know my name?"

Feeling like she had been taken advantage of somewhere, Xiangling crossed her arms like Bai Qiyun.

It was quite comical to see two six- or seven-year-old kids imitating adults.

After holding back for a few seconds, Xiangling took the initiative to back down.

After all, she asked the question first, so it wouldn't be good for her to have such an awkward silence.

"Xiangling".

The two words, as if they were something most precious, were reluctantly uttered by the little girl.

After speaking, Xiangling gritted her teeth, feeling as if she had lost the game by speaking first, which made others uncomfortable.

Looking at her sulking expression, Bai Qiyun found it somewhat amusing.

A larger hand took the hand of the person in front of him who was making a fuss.

It feels smooth and delicate, definitely suitable for a child's skin.

The boy held the girl's hand as they stood behind the open door.

The dark clouds that once filled the sky gradually dispersed with the change of weather, and the sunlight hiding behind the clouds pierced through the gaps, scattering golden fragments of sunlight all over the ground.

A moment later, the boy's tender yet not childish voice traveled through the continuous drizzle and reached the girl's ears.

"Bai Qiyun, please take care of me."

Even under the gloomy rain, there is a faint light.