"Hehe~~" Ye Xiruo's ambiguous smile made Bai Qi grit his teeth in anger. Oh well, what can you do when she's the boss?

I endured it for the sake of this delicious food.

Bai Qi has made up his mind; he will live in this small courtyard and spend his free time communicating, exchanging ideas, and discussing life with the chef.

Why is that? It's not about asking the chef to take on apprentices.

Of course, it's to poach talent. He'll offer the head chef top-notch treatment, letting him eat and drink the finest food at the Bai residence. He's sure he can sway the chef; Bai Qi has an inexplicable confidence in himself.

Unfortunately, his little scheme was destined to fail. The chef's life was saved by Ye Xiruo, and his culinary skills were personally taught by Ye Xiruo. How could he allow these chefs to betray him and switch jobs so heartlessly?

So, it was destined from the beginning that Bai Qi would not succeed. However, Ye Xiruo did not remind him. Watching Bai Qi do different things every day was quite fun, wasn't it?

After dinner, Ye Liusha invited Xiu Qiyu and Zishu to take a stroll in the forest.

This nonchalant attitude makes it seem like the perilous forest is their backyard.

"Alright, it's been a long time since I've stretched my muscles in Mo City, let's go out for a stroll."

Xiu Qiyu nodded.

Zishu: "I also need to go and collect some medicinal herbs."

What else could Ye Xiruo say?

"Okay, then you all need to be careful."

"Don't worry! If we can't win, we'll just run away."

"Heh, that's perfectly justified. Remember to message me if anything happens, and I'll come rescue you."

"And what about me, Junior Sister?"

Ye Xiruo coldly uttered two words: "Self-salvation." Zishu wanted to cry but had no tears.

This differential treatment shows how easily one forgets their senior brother for the sake of beauty.

The three-person expedition team quickly packed up and left; they estimated they wouldn't be out for at least three to five days.

Chi Yi came over to report to Ye Xiruo about the restaurants and shops he had his eye on these past few days.

"There are three suitable properties that are available for rent soon, and the prices vary."

"Let's go take a look."

"You guys didn't even choose a restaurant location properly, did you?" Bai Qi, who was lazily picking his teeth after finishing his meal, jumped up from his chair with an incredulous look on his face.

"I've been a bit busy these past few days, so it's been delayed."

What was Ye Xi busy with? Naturally, it was about Bai Zheng's detoxification. Bai Qi felt a little guilty again.

"Why bother choosing? Let's just buy a restaurant, renovate it, and then promote it heavily these next few days. That way, we can open for business very soon."

"It's not as simple as you think. Why would someone sell their restaurant and inn to us when they're doing so well? How much money would that cost?"

“Leave this matter to me. I will handle the store's affairs. I want 10% of the shares.”

"No way, didn't we agree on five percent? You're asking for the moon."

"The shop I'm interested in is in a prime location, so it's definitely worth the price."

"Then it's eight percent. We have a lot of people who need to eat, you have to understand."

"Okay, deal. I won't interfere with anything except the shop's affairs. I'll leave everything to you. How about that?"

"That's how it should be. What else can you do besides eat? Maybe standing at the door to greet guests wouldn't be bad either. Just looking at Bai Sanshao's face will make people eat a few more bowls of rice."

"Heh, you're dreaming. Who has the right to eat the food I served?"

"Just kidding." Ye Xiruo pinched Bai Qi's chubby cheeks; they felt nice.

"You monster, let go of my face!"

"You said you hadn't gained weight, but all I've pinched are bones," Ye Xiruo mocked.

"I'm not going to argue with you. I'm going to look at the shop."

After Bai Qi left, the group immediately formed a circle around him: "Master Ye, this is the backer you found. It's quite interesting."

"Don't let his young age fool you, he's spoiled rotten by his family, the young master of the Bai family. This collaboration with Bai Qi can also be considered a collaboration with the Bai family, all thanks to the excellent cooking you've done."

"Where? It must be that Master Ye Dan did the Bai family a huge favor, making them owe a great debt of gratitude, which is why the cooperation with the Bai family went so smoothly."

"Hehehe, you're overthinking it."

Chi Yi gave me a look that said, "You can't fool me at all." He continued, "Okay, I did help the Bai family with a small favor. Besides, Bai Qi was so captivated by the dishes you made that he was practically smitten. Even without me, he would have wanted to stay in our courtyard."

"In the end, it's all thanks to Master Ye Dan."

"Baiqi is just a child; you can just feed and care for him."

"Please rest assured, Master Ye, we will make Bai Qi fall in love with our little courtyard and never want to go back."

"Then you should be careful, the cold-faced king—Bai Feng—is coming to have a talk with you about life."

"You all heard it just now. Bai Qi doesn't care about anything else in the restaurant's operation, but we shouldn't try to deceive him. His surname is Bai, and there are no fools in the Bai family."

"That's natural." As long as they're in Mo City, they can't afford to offend the city's top powers; otherwise, they'd be asking for trouble.

The Bai family could wipe them out with a flick of their little finger.

"Just keep it in mind."

The store is now fully stocked with vegetables and meat, but her spirit wine is nowhere to be found.

Hey! Let's go brew some spirit wine.

Ye Xiruo went to Fulan Residence alone, asked for a medium-sized cultivation room, and prepared to brew spiritual wine in the space.

She can see the outside world from inside the space, and she's also activated her invisibility jade pendant, so there shouldn't be any problems.

After entering the space, Shui Qingqing sorted all the fruits according to their different types, controlled them with her mental power, washed them clean, drained the water, put the spiritual fruits into the wine barrel, and sent more than a dozen balls of mental power directly into the wine barrel to crush them. She removed the pitted fruits, added yeast, stirred them evenly, sealed them, and placed them in the thatched hut.

Piles of spirit fruits were quickly loaded into wine barrels. Ye Xiruo was able to brew ten spirit wines at the same time, which was even faster than before.

Brewing wine primarily utilizes mental energy, with minimal consumption of true essence.

After exhausting her spiritual energy, Ye Xiruo went directly to soak in the Seven-Colored Divine Spring to absorb the spiritual energy in the spring water and continuously nourish her spiritual energy.

In this way, her mental strength was actually slowly improving.

Ye Xiruo spent ten days turning all the spiritual fruits that Chi Yi had bought into spiritual wine, which amounted to about several hundred barrels.

In the end, there should be at least several thousand jars of spirit wine. If the spirit wine is popular, this will only be enough to sell for a month at most.

When White Flag returns later, we should ask him carefully. It would be best to find someone who sells a lot of spirit fruits and deliver them directly. This is much better than Red Wing wandering around the market like a headless fly, where he is easily ripped off.

The spiritual fruits that Chi Yi collected are gone, but Ye Xiruo still has quite a few spiritual fruits in her space.