Inside the refinery.

  Li Luo grasped Bai Mengmeng's small hand, and the two stared at each other for a while before he finally spoke up: "Can this thing make you feel bitter?"

  Bai Mengmeng nodded vigorously, her big eyes shining as she looked at Li Luo.

  Although the taste was unbearable for Li Luo, it was a delicacy for Bai Mengmeng, who had not tasted anything in many years.

  If it weren't for Li Luo stopping her, and also because it was really too unladylike, she even wanted to lick the tabletop!

  "Calm down, control yourself!" Li Luo hastily reminded her, seeing the look in her eyes.

  He immediately glanced around and saw a fruit on the table next to him, picked it up and handed it to Bai Mengmeng: "You try."

  Bai Mengmeng took a bite with great expectation, then shook her head in disappointment: "It has no flavor."

  Li Lu scratched his head, it seemed that this thing he unintentionally created only allowed Bai Mengmeng to temporarily feel the bitter taste, but did not cure her "lost taste" strange illness.

  "This thing is useless after all." Li Luo felt a bit disappointed, he thought he was really awesome, something that came out of nowhere could actually resolve the "bad taste" of Bai Mengmeng.

  "No, Captain, this is still very useful!"

  Bai Mengmeng, however, became excited. With tears in her eyes, she looked at Li Luo and said: "You can make me temporarily feel the bitter taste, it's not impossible to give me other tastes again. The failed dish you refined must have something that can stimulate my sense of taste!"

  "If, if it can be found out, actually there is no impossibility of curing me!"

  "Captain, captain, please help me!"

  Bai Mengmeng grabbed Li Luo's clothes, and even her usual shyness was thrown away, her voice urgent.

  Look at the white Mengmeng who even wants to hang on himself, Li Luo is also a bit embarrassed, just wanting to speak, but seeing the door of the refining room suddenly being pushed open, with shadows surging, Xinsymbol's face has come in from the doorway.

  Then he saw the two people almost crowded together in the refining room.

  The atmosphere fell silent for several seconds.

  "Sorry, I heard a noise just now, so I came to take a look, but I didn't see anything. You all continue." Xīn Fú said in a low voice, then slammed the door shut with a bang.

  He leaned against the door and patted his chest, muttering: "They wouldn't think of killing us to silence us, would they?"

  "Captain is awesome! It's been such a short time and they've already captured Bai Mengmeng?"

  "But does Jiang Xue know about this? Or is this something that Jiang Xue would allow? The captain has already won Jiang Xue over?"

  "My god, awesome! You're truly a role model for our generation."

  He sighed and shook his head as he walked away, also considerately helping the two lock the door behind them.

  "Did this guy misunderstand something?"

  Li Luo gazed at the tightly closed door, unable to help but say a word. Earlier, Xin Fu's gaze at him seemed to be looking at a beast, which made him very uncomfortable.

  Bai Mengmeng didn't pay attention to these things and begged: "Captain, please!"

  Li Luojian forcibly pushed Bai Mengmeng away, helplessly tidying up his clothes, saying: "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I myself don't even know how this thing is refined, how could I possibly cure you?"

  Bai Mengmeng said: "Although it's accidental, this must be traceable. As long as we try a little bit, there will always be a possibility of success!"

  Li Luo's head is a bit big, what a huge workload this attempt is!

  "Captain, as long as you help me solve the 'lost flavor' problem, I'll sell myself to you for four years!" Bai Mengmeng also knew that her request was too unreasonable, and in her anxiety, she became somewhat reckless.

  Li Luo was shocked and looked at Bai Mengmeng in horror.

  Bai Mengmeng suddenly came back to her senses, her small face flushing red as she said: "No, no, my meaning is, I'm saying that the Ling Shui Qi Guang formula I've researched for four years will all be given to you! Captain, I can see that you have a great interest in the Ling Shui Qi Guang formula!"

  Li Luo finally let out a sigh of relief, but immediately his heart skipped a beat again because of Bai Mengmeng's words, which directly hit his weakness. This girl must have also seen through his thoughts earlier, and it seemed she wasn't stupid after all.

  With Bai Mengmeng's special research method, the results of four years are absolutely a huge fortune, and its value is even more than the entire Xi Yang House.

  Li Luo fell silent for a moment before sighing and saying: "You silly girl, don't you know your own worth?"

  In Bai Mengmeng's eyes, there was clarity. She said seriously: "I understand, but... I really want to know what it feels like to taste sour, sweet, bitter and spicy. I don't want to eat every day as if chewing wax. Captain, you haven't lost your sense of taste, so you don't understand why the bitter taste that's hard for you to swallow is so sweet and enjoyable for me."

  Li Luo gazed at Bai Mengmeng's eyes, which were filled with longing. For a moment, he also felt a complex mix of emotions. It turned out that she knew everything, but just as she said, people who had not experienced it personally could not understand her longing.

  "Moe moe, I indeed need a high-star Spirit Water Qigong formula now. The conditions you mentioned are simply hard to refuse for me."

  Li Luo's expression also turned serious and said: "However, you don't have to really 'sell yourself' for four years. I, Li Luo, am not greedy to the point of having no bottom line."

  "I can try my best to help you recover your sense of taste, and if I really succeed, I only hope that if you research a high-star formula for Ling Shui Qi Guang, you can prioritize selling it to me."

  "In terms of value, I will provide it at market price, but there is a premise because of the situation in Luolan Prefecture. I may not be able to give that much all at once, so I might convert it into a certain percentage of the annual sales total of this Ling Shui Qi Guang afterwards as compensation for you. From a long-term perspective, I think what you gain will not be lower than the value of direct sale."

  "Really? Captain, are you really willing to help me?" Bai Mengmeng's small face was filled with excitement and agitation.

  Li Luo said somewhat helplessly: "You seem to have ignored the conditions I mentioned."

  "Alright, alright, Captain! Whatever you say, I'll follow!" Bai Mengmeng hastily replied.

  Li Luo didn't say anything, but he also knew that Bai Mengmeng was excited at this time, so he didn't continue to talk about these things with her. Instead, he said: "In that case, let's analyze this inferior product together first and try to figure out what materials are inside and how they have changed."

  After finishing speaking, he collected some dark green liquid on the table and the two of them gathered together to start studying it bit by bit.

  This research has been going on for several hours without realizing it.

  But in the end, the two of them only confirmed some materials that were not rare and didn't have any particularly strange properties, so for a while they couldn't understand why these things would stimulate Bai Mengmeng's sense of taste when combined together.

  "That's all for now, let's continue later," said Li Luo.

  Bai Mengmeng's eyes also showed some fatigue. Although she could still continue to persevere, it wasn't good to let Li Luo accompany her all the time, so she just nodded slightly.

  Creak.

  At this moment, the door of the refining room was pushed open again. Only then did Master Huí Chāng walk in, her eyes narrowing suspiciously as she stared at the two of them and asked, "Are you planning on spending the night here?"

  She raised the chain in her hand: "The door is still locked so tightly? What are you trying to do?"

  Bai Mengmeng's little face turned bright red, and she ran away with a shy bow of her head.

  Li Luo cursed: "It must be Xin Fu's doing!"

  He faced Master Kuang and said seriously: "Teacher, we are innocent!"

  "Li Luo, have you actually resorted to using the 'beautiful man tactic'? I really underestimated you."

  Li Luo's eyes blazed with fury as he let out a mournful roar.

  "I'm really innocent!"

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