Su Bai, as usual, finished making the dayās Shaman Bone Tablets before beginning research on creating new ones. These new ones were related to his newly acquired Skills, specifically Contract and Lie Detection.
He was very satisfied with these two Skills, so he wanted to quickly extract them and turn them into Shaman Bone Tablets.
"This is difficult. Itās been several days and thereās still no progressā¦" Su Bai furrowed his brow. He had already wasted quite a few raw materials. Normally, he wouldnāt feel bad about this. But it was now the rainy season, making it very difficult to obtain large quantities of Ferocious Beast Bone and various flowers and plants.
"Shaman, please rest for a while. Youāve been busy for several days already." Yu Ying brought up a fruit platter.
Ever since they built the greenhouses, fruits and vegetables could grow normally even during the rainy season, without worrying about being damaged by the rain.
"Alright." Su Bai took the opportunity to put down his things, stretched his body, and left his seat.
"Shaman, these oranges donāt seem very sweet." Yu Ying furrowed her brow, making an adorably sour expression.
"Itās probably because of the rainy season. Without sunlight, photosynthesis slows down, which causes these oranges to not be as sweet, and even a bit sour." Su Bai explained while looking at the weather outside. Right now, this was the only reasonable explanation.
The soil hadnāt changed, the planting and methods of care had not changed, so why would the taste be different? This had to be related to sunlight. Who could blame the weather for having no Sun?
"I see. Shaman, but what is photosynthesis?" Yu Ying innocently blinked her pink eyes.
[Damn! Sheās so cute.] Su Bai looked at Yu Yingās harmless appearance and really found it too overwhelming.
"*Ahem.* Itās the way plants survive, the same principle as us needing to eat things for energy."
"I understand now. Thatās really amazing, plants also eat things." Yu Ying thoughtfully swayed her pink fox tail.
"Iām finished eating. Letās go check on research progression on currency notes. Itās been quite a few days since I last checked."
Su Bai patted his hands, pulling Yu Yingās hand as he walked toward the research lab. The entire process was very natural, as if it had been rehearsed a thousand times.
Yu Ying was obviously stunned, and at the same time her heartbeat began to quicken. She kept her head slightly lowered as she followed behind.
Her cute little face had already turned incredibly red, her delicate pink eyes continuously staring at their two tightly clasped hands.
Although this wasnāt the first time being held by the hand, this kind of sudden hand-holding for no particular reason was extremely rare, to the point of being almost non-existent.
Usually, hand-holding only happened when there was a reason, mostly when she was scared or embarrassed, and being held by the hand was meant to comfort her.
Su Bai suddenly felt his palm becoming a bit hot. He turned his head to look.
He discovered Yu Yingās small face had already turned completely flushed, and she kept her head lowered in a very shy manner.
[I definitely am not thinking of anything improper, definitely not.] Su Bai hurriedly turned his head back, not daring to keep looking.
Who knows what he might do if he kept staring at such a cute girl. He quickly focused his thoughts on important matters.
Su Bai shook off the thoughts in his mind, knocked on the door, and entered the lab.
Co Co immediately turned around when she heard the knocking, respectfully saying, "Shaman, youāre here. I was preparing to report to you these past few days, but Iām not quite ready yet."
Co Coās hair looked messy, and her face did not look very clean either. She had obviously been busy for a long time.
She was just like this. Every time she entered the lab, she completely ignored her own appearance. However, even so, it still could not hide her delicate features. She was still very beautiful.
"Itās fine. I just came to have a look since I had nothing else to do. Since Iām here, tell me about your discoveries." Su Bai smiled faintly.
"Yes, this entire row shows my colour tests and the results." Co Co immediately pulled open a drawer and took out a paper covered in paint, respectfully handing it over.
That paper had many types of paint on it, and there were quite a few of the same colours as well.
"Good." Su Bai took the paper and began examining it closely, occasionally touching it to check the texture.
The raw material of this coloured paper was the one Co Co had previously researched, the one suitable for making currency notes.
Because she needed to test the effectiveness of the colouring, she naturally had to conduct colour experiments on this type of paper.
"I can see youāve applied colour many times and added quite a few things as well." Su Bai said as he looked.
He saw various small dishes on the table surface, filled with all sorts of paints and various miscellaneous things.
The paints on the paper also looked and felt different.
"Yes, Iāve really experimented many times, but Iām still not satisfied with it myself, so I kept wanting to continue experimenting." Co Co foolishly scratched her cheek.
"Actually, many of them are already quite good. Sometimes, you donāt need to be so perfect. Coming to me for my opinion is also good. Perhaps it could help you research faster. What do you think?"
Su Bai smiled very warmly, reaching out to remove a small piece of dried grass from her hair.
Co Coās golden eyes widened. When Su Baiās hand came over, she did not dodge in the slightest, nor did she blink. Her entire being seemed frozen, not even daring to breathe too heavily.
"Iām fine, Shaman." It took Co Co quite a while before she managed to say a few words.
"Look, youāve researched yourself silly." Su Bai was amused by her dazed appearance.
Only then did Co Co react. She hurriedly lowered her head with a red face, her two index fingers constantly circling around each other, suddenly at a loss for what to do.
She began to stutter. "Iā¦ Shamanā¦ I understand."
Co Co did not know what to say either. She only felt her mind was now completely blank.
"Hahahaā¦ Itās good that you understand, though Iām afraid you donāt know what Iām saying at all." Su Bai laughed and shook his head.
"Itās just that Shaman wants me to work hard on researching currency notes. Iāll work hard." Co Co immediately responded.
"Hahahahaā¦ Thatās not it at all." Yu Ying instinctively covered her mouth and laughed after hearing this.
She also found Co Coās appearance very cute, with a kind of natural adorableness.
"Look, Xiao Yu is laughing at you. Youāve really lost focus. Iām telling you to rest properly and not exhaust yourself too much. Your performance just now shows that youāre too tired."
Su Bai scraped the tip of her nose, his tone deliberately stern, all to make her truly pay attention to rest.
"Shaman, Iā¦ I donāt need to rest. I find doing this too interesting." Co Co immediately said.
After speaking, she immediately lowered her head. There was no other reason, it was because she had just been physically touched again.
"If you donāt rest properly, next time thereās an experiment, I wonāt look for you." Su Bai said sternly.
"Shaman, Iā¦ I understand. Iāll rest right now." Co Co immediately lay down on the table and started pretending to sleep.
"Hahahahaā¦" Su Bai laughed heartily. He really had no way to deal with Co Co. She was too cute.
Yu Ying could not help laughing either. Co Co act of sleeping was really too adorable, too silly and cute.