When Shi Ning came out, he saw Jin Ye and Jing Li sneaking around and didn't know what to say. He quietly walked behind them and patted them.

"What are you doing?"

Jing Li and Jin Ye looked at Shi Ning, especially Jin Ye, who covered his chest and said in surprise: "Shi Ning, why are you so elusive?"

"It's because you two were too focused on talking. You didn't see me coming."

Shi Ning asked curiously, "What are you two talking about?"

Jin Ye was embarrassed to tell Shi Ning when he thought about his accident, and said with a careless look, "It's nothing. , Jing Li is leaving soon, I care about him."

"I heard you won't leave until after Lantern Festival?" Jin Ye quickly changed the subject.

Jing Li nodded and hummed, but looked at Shi Ning secretly, but was afraid of being discovered by Shi Ning, so he quickly moved away.

Shi Ning said: "Yes, Jingli won't leave until after the Lantern Festival. We can go put out lanterns and eat glutinous rice balls. Do you like glutinous rice balls? I can make them. How about we make glutinous rice balls together then?" Shi Ning often made rice dumplings with him when he was a child. Grandpa and grandma were making glutinous rice balls together. Now they got into trouble and asked the two of them.

Jin Ye and Jing Li shook their heads, but Shan Nai raised her paw and said, "I want to make glutinous rice balls too."

Shi Ning glanced at Shan Nai who was very interested and advised, "Shan Nai, just forget it, you are responsible. Just eat."

Shi Ning looked at Jin Ye and Jing Li again, "What

about you?"

"I can teach you, it's very simple."

Jin Ye shook his head like a rattle, "I don't want to learn. , I am only responsible for eating, just like Shan Wei."

Shi Ning looked at Jing Li expectantly. Jing Li originally wanted to refuse, but looking at these round and charming eyes, he remembered what Jin Ye said to him just now. It was a bit difficult for a while.

Although it is just a small matter of making glutinous rice balls, if Shi Ning refuses, Shi Ning will be very sad. How about explaining it to Shi Ning while making glutinous rice balls? For Jing Li, ascension is the top priority now. The long-lasting love between children must be put aside for the time being.

After some hesitation, Jing Li nodded slightly. Decided to find a chance to explain to Shi Ning about the jade pendant. For the first time in a thousand years, someone likes me, but my seemingly calm heart is actually in turmoil.

"Okay, let's make glutinous rice balls together then." Shi Ning said with a smile that turned into two crescent moons.

Jin Ye winked at Jing Li crazily, "What do you want to do?" Why are you still making glutinous rice balls with Shi Ning? If he found out about the jade pendant, wouldn't he be embarrassed?

Unfortunately, all the efforts were in vain, Jing Li didn't pay attention to Jin Ye at all, and was only thinking about how to make it clear to Shi Ning without hurting her heart.

Shi Ning was thinking about what was wrong with the glutinous rice balls.

The three of them stood together, but they had different thoughts.

As night fell, the courtyard fell into silence. Shi Ning and Shan Nai returned to their rooms early. The side room on the other side had been tidied up. Although the room was not big, it was clean and tidy. There is a bamboo bed and two bamboo chairs in the house. Thick bedding is placed on the bamboo bed.

Jing Li sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about what happened during the day. I couldn't help but think about whether Shi Ning really liked herself? love at first sight? This problem has really bothered Jing Li for a day. The boy's love for youth is nothing more than this.

Jing Li shook his head to make sure he didn't want to think about this matter first, and moved his eyes elsewhere. But every part of the room was Shi Ning's handiwork, and the layout was very similar to the main room.

Jing Li became more and more restless when he thought that Shi Ning had tidied up this room. He tried hard to calm down, but the bedding that had been in the sun for a day always exuded a faint fragrance. It seemed that Shi Ning had stuffed some sachet into it. Even if his eyes were closed, his nose could still smell the slightest fragrance. Especially with my eyes closed, my senses are even more obvious.

Jing Li even felt that Shi Ning was by her side. Especially this bedding, had Shi Ning slept on it before? Thinking of this, Jing Li became more and more restless. No, he couldn't do this anymore. He had to make it clear to Shi Ning.

Jing Li opened the door and wanted to go out for some quiet time.

The cold moon hung high in the sky, and the cold moonlight shone in the courtyard. Jing Li stood in the silent courtyard, and his eyes unconsciously drifted to Shi Ning's room. Beside the window curtain, Shi Ningran was sitting under the window reading a book, her eyebrows lowered and her expression focused and serious. The bright yellow light in the room shone on her profile, giving her a hazy beauty. For the first time, Jing Li deeply realized the meaning of looking at a beautiful woman under the lamp with twice as much curling hair.

But other than that, Jing Li had thought that Shi Ning had never liked practicing and was lazy, but he didn't expect that it was so late now and he was still reading at night. For a moment, he was the one who had the preconceived idea and was prejudiced against her. Thinking of this, Jing Li felt even more regretful. He didn't know how long he had been standing in the courtyard, but when he saw Shi Ning raising his head slightly, Jing Li quickly took a step back to the corridor.

Shi Ning raised his head, rubbed his neck, stretched, and said to Shan Nai with satisfaction: "Finally finished reading."

Shan Nai said excitedly: "Isn't this story very good? Jin Ye said that this is Yamashita The most popular ones are all sold out. Jin Ye paid a lot of money to buy them." Shi

Ning closed the storybook happily and said, "It's really good. Remember to tell me next time you find such a beautiful storybook."

He waved his paw and said, "No problem."

After staying up late to read the storybook, Shi Ning lay on the bed contentedly and fell into a sweet dream.

Jing Li in the other room was not sleepy at all. He walked around the room from time to time without any intention of practicing. All I thought about over and over again was Shi Ning.

Shi Ning found that Jing Li was always peeking at him today. Finally, when Jing Li looked at him again and quickly looked away, he asked, "Is there anything dirty on my face?"

Jing Li said, " "No."

"Then why do you always look at me?" Shi Ning asked, squinting slightly, "And you are so secretive, you don't want to let me know about anything bad, right?"

In Shi Ning's mind, Jing Lihe Shannai is all the same. When Shannai gets into trouble, he looks at himself secretly, but refuses to speak.

Jing Li explained: "How come, I'm not Shan Nai."

Shan Nai snorted and continued sleeping with his back to Jing Li.

"Then what's wrong with you? You've been acting weird today." Shi Ning muttered.

Normally, Jing Li would either go to practice without being seen, or he would be as silent as a piece of wood.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

Shi Ning asked again, Jing Li didn't know how to say it for a moment.

Should I tell Shi Ning directly that I don't like you? This is too hurtful.

But pretending not to know? Could it be that he was also wasting Shi Ning's feelings?

Jing Li was speechless for a moment, but it only strengthened Shi Ning's determination that Jing Li had done something bad.

At this moment, Jing Li had an idea and suddenly said, "I was just thinking about how to make glutinous rice balls."

"Oh, you like eating Yuanxiao very much?"

"That's right." Jing Li, who actually had no idea what the glutinous rice balls tasted like, opened his mouth. .

"Actually, it's very simple." Shi Ning said, "We can make it in these two days, and we don't have to wait until the Lantern Festival."

Looking at the flour on the table, Jing Li felt a little dazed for a moment. Why did he suddenly start making the dough? Rice dumplings.

Shi Ning had already prepared the fillings and said to Jing Li, "Let's start by kneading the dough."

Shi Ning poured the glutinous rice flour into a large white porcelain bowl, then took out a bowl of boiling water and handed it to Jing Li, "You slowly add water along the edge of the bowl, don't go too fast, I'll knead the dough."

Jing Li took the small bowl . , his mind was not on the glutinous rice balls at all, and he shouted Shi Ning's name absently.

Shi Ning was so focused on the glutinous rice flour that he asked without even raising his head, "What's wrong?"

Jing Li had been thinking about how to speak, and after thinking about it, he said, "Actually, you don't need to give me anything."

Shi Ning said no. He just thought Jing Li was talking about the luggage, "It's okay. I don't know when we will meet next time. I have prepared some healing elixirs. You will inevitably get injured while practicing. You won't suffer any loss if you carry them with you." "

Jing Liming clearly didn't mean it this way, but when he saw that Shi Ning didn't take the initiative to mention the jade pendant, he couldn't bring it up again.

"Anyway, don't prepare anything for me. You should practice hard now and take out the soul-fixing needle." Jing Li considered.

Shi Ning nodded, "I know." "It

will take several years to build the third level of foundation to Yuanying, even if it is fast, don't slack off. The longer the soul-fixing needle is in the body, the greater the damage to the body. After I leave, you Don't be playful, just think about cultivation. It will take several years to build the third level of foundation to Yuanying, so don't slack off. The longer the soul-fixing needle is in the body, the greater the damage to the body will be." Jing Li said after holding it in for a long time. .

Shi Ning continued to rub his face and sighed: "Will it take so long?"

Jing Li comforted: "Don't rush the path of cultivation, as too much rush will easily lead to inner demons."

Shi Ning also knew, but when he thought that it would still take many years It was possible to take out the soul-fixing needle, but he felt a little bad, and his kneading movements became much weaker.

Sensing that Shi Ning's mood was much lower, Jing Li wondered if he had said something wrong, and went over the conversation in his mind. Could it be that he was unhappy because he mentioned that he was leaving?

Seeing Shi Ning's cold face, kneading the dough constantly and unwilling to say more, Jing Li thought to herself, could it really be because he wanted to leave?

Just when Jing Li was thinking about whether he should say something, Shi Ning suddenly asked: "Jing Li, what is your cultivation level?"

"Heaven-level first-level spiritual beast."

Shi Ning said.

"Actually, I can leave later." Jing Li thought for a moment and said.

"What?"

Jing Li said, "I mean, I don't have to leave during the Lantern Festival. I can go later."

Although Shi Ning didn't understand why Jing Li suddenly changed his mind, this was not a big deal. It doesn't matter. Let's go with Jingli.

"It's fine, it's up to you."

Seeing that Shi Ning's mood was no longer as low as before, Jing Li couldn't help but confirm that it seemed that it was really because of him leaving. Just because you mentioned you were leaving? So Shi Ning was unhappy. Jing Li originally wanted to confess to Shi Ning directly about the jade pendant, but she didn't expect Shi Ning to be so emotionally sensitive and couldn't help but be shaken.