"Okay." Yabemia nodded, but still hesitated and asked, "But ten bowls of rice… are you sure you want that much? You still have quite a few dishes to serve."
"Then let's start with four bowls and one serving of Braised Chicken Rice. We can add more if needed." Lu Lu thought for a moment and nodded.
"Okay, please wait a moment." Yabemia nodded and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
"It's so delicious, Little Amy! I'm so envious of you having such a great Daddy who can cook now. This is the most delicious food I've ever eaten!" After eating a bowl of rice and half a portion of braised chicken, Xi Xi's expression became even brighter. She looked at Amy excitedly and said that she had eaten all kinds of delicious food, but she was still captivated by this Braised Chicken Rice. Compared to it, all the so-called delicacies she had eaten before had automatically dropped a level and were incomparable.
"Yes, Daddy's cooking is the best in the world." Amy's little face was full of pride and self-righteousness. She was happier when someone praised Mai Ge than when they praised her.
Xi Xi wanted to say something, but her expression suddenly froze. She looked down at her lower abdomen in disbelief. She had felt a warm sensation in her lower abdomen while eating earlier, and she had thought it was just a normal phenomenon after eating Flaming Chicken. However, this warm feeling was becoming clearer and clearer, as if it was repairing the injury from years ago.
Xi Xi made a heart shape with her palms and gently placed it on her lower abdomen. She murmured a few gentle yet obscure incantations. A pale green light shone from the heart shape, covering her lower abdomen. A withered yellow sapling about ten centimeters tall slowly grew out of the heart.
The branches and leaves had withered and looked dead, but now the smallest withered leaf at the very top had a hint of tender green. Although it was only a small half leaf, but it stood out conspicuously on such a withered sapling.
"This... World Tree... Has it come back to life?" Xi Xi looked at the tender green on the sapling, her expression full of shock and surprise, and even her eyes welled up with tears in an instant. Looking at the sapling in her hands, she felt as if she was looking at her long-lost child.
"It really...it really came back to life!" Lu Lu suddenly stood up, looking at the green patch on the withered sapling between Xi Xi's hands. His hands trembled with excitement. He took two steps to Xi Xi, squatted down and looked at the sapling with a patch of green. Both of them had joy on their faces.
"Lu Lu... mmm..." Xi Xi looked up at Lu Lu, tears streaming down her face.
"This is a good thing. With the World Tree, we can revitalize the Druids, and you can get pregnant again. As long as we are still here, we can have many babies and recreate this race." Lu Lu reached out and hugged Xi Xi, gently patting her back with his large hand, letting her bury her face in his chest, her tears soaking his clothes.
"Cry it out, it'll make you feel better." Lu Lu whispered in her ear. A hundred years ago, they experienced the annihilation of their race. The two of them carried a seed of the World Tree and depended on each other for survival. They were hunted down on the Nolan Continent for nearly a hundred years and were in dire straits many times.
Thirty years ago, Xi Xi was already pregnant. They found a place to rest by a lake in the mountains, hoping to peacefully await the birth of their little one. But those wicked guys suddenly appeared.
Pregnant Xi Xi was no longer agile. Although they eventually broke through the encirclement, but Xi Xi, who had been shot in the abdomen with a poisoned arrow, could not save the baby and was seriously injured.
The World Tree, which had just grown into a sapling, poured all its life force into Xi Xi's body, barely saving her from the brink of death.
The World Tree, which was the hope for the restoration of the race, withered away. Over the decades, they tried countless methods to revive it, and even risked a high price to buy a serving of Fountain of Life, but still could not make it show any signs of improvement.
Because of this injury, Xi Xi also lost her ability to have children.
It must be so cruel that a girl who loves children so much has lost the possibility of becoming a mother.
Although Lu Lu has carefully protected her for decades, but he still feels incredibly heartbroken every time he sees her staring blankly at other people's children, playing happily with them like a mother.
But now the World Tree shows signs of revival. Once the World Tree is revived, it can provide Xi Xi with a continuous source of energy and repair capabilities. The loss of fertility and the aftereffects that recur every now and then will no longer be a problem.
Hope and dawn returned to the two of them. After a century of aimless and directionless struggle to survive, they seemed to have found their destination at this moment.
He understood Xi Xi's feelings best, because the same feelings were surging in his heart, but he was a man, and at this moment he should be her support.
Amy stood to the side, holding the Ugly Duckling. She looked at the two who had suddenly started crying together, her face showing confusion. However, judging from the scene and atmosphere, she didn't rush to ask any questions. She just stood quietly to the side, holding the Ugly Duckling.
The guests nearby were also bewildered as they watched the two suddenly burst into tears of joy. They didn't know why the girl was crying all of a sudden. Wasn't she quite happy when she was eating?
"Could it be that she cried because it was so delicious? It seems that this girl holds a very high place in her heart when it comes to food." A customer nearby whispered a guess.
"Yes, I didn't think much of it at first, but seeing this girl cry, and realizing that I've almost lived half my life and I've only just tasted Boss Mai's cooking, and that everyday I eat it is one less day I'll have, it's really a sad thing. Tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't help but let them flow." A middle-aged man nearby wiped his eyes and sighed.
"Dad, please don't get sentimental like this. You're already so old, it's embarrassing." The seventeen or eighteen years old son sitting opposite him silently picked up his bowl, turned his face away, and said with a hint of disdain.
"You brat, how dare you say your dad is a disgrace? Are you getting too cocky, or am I too weak to carry a whip?" The uncle slammed his chopsticks on the table and said angrily.
"I was wrong. Please eat your meal properly. We can talk about it outside. I don't want to be blacklisted by the restaurant because of a beating you gave me." the son quickly apologized.
"That's more like it." Upon hearing this, the uncle glanced at Amy, who hadn't been paying attention, picked up his chopsticks again, nodded, and continued eating the braised chicken.
Xi Xi didn't cry loudly, only let out a few soft sobs, and was gently held in Lu Lu's arms, so it didn't affect the guests nearby much. They glanced at her a couple of times and then continued eating.
"Lu Lu, it seems the World Tree has regrown because of this braised chicken. We've finally found a way to revive it." Xi Xi looked at Lu Lu, her eyes slightly red, but she had stopped crying. Then she said seriously, "So, I've decided to eat another serving of Braised Chicken Rice for the World Tree."