After Hua Lian finished the first plant, the other plants didn't escape the massacre.
Liele had a realization: planting was not for the faint hearted and mentally fragile.
Seeing the scattered remains, Liele felt a fang of distress.
[What about these?]
Hua Lian spoke with a big heart. "Don't worry, I will bury them well."
Liele, "..."
The way you talk gives me the impression that we are actually at a crime scene.
Liele was struck with the abrupt guilt of a sinner.
There was no guilt when he enjoyed the abundant resources here. After all, it was agreed in the beginning that he would be taken care of by his financial backer.
Since she 'kidnapped' him, he's now automatically her problem. She has to keep him.
He even prepared additional plans: give her his savings, have her rely on his money, then he can lay down and continue to rely on her, perfecting his ideal saltedfish retirement plan.
It was nothing traitorous, and in terms of face, he already buried it six feet under, stomped on it, and poured concrete, making sure the thickness was enough.
But now he suddenly felt threatened.
Working in the military was not all about fighting a war; there's also grabbing and hoarding resources and other political aspects, as well as plenty of little things that slowly accumulate.
He had been in many war zones and had come into contact with countless researchers.
Not counting those in weaponry and technology, there are always people in botany, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and all of its branches in related studies.
Each one of those would scramble at a slight sign of any spiritual plant, with red faces and splits flying and postures of trying to throw hands. Their fight was no less intense compared to a warzone.
Thinking of those madly obsessed researchers, he was afraid of being mobbed.
No, those stubborn death ducks that barely see the sky cannot know of Hua Lian's wasteful habits.
In fact, only certain parts of mutant plants and alien beasts are useful, and the rest are often discarded, which costs a lot of waste. Sometimes, the manpower release in order to retrieve a certain resource was not worth all the hassle.
Compared to Hua Lian, that's the real waste.
But Hua Lian was a plant mimic, and everything that passed through her hands was precious and rare spiritual plants. Every piece is treated as a treasure, and even a tiny slight will be treated as disrespect by the fanatics.
Don't talk about others; even Liele was distressed when a single petal fell off.
"What are you thinking?"
[If others saw us cutting spiritual plants, I'm afraid we would be beaten in a sack.]
"Why do they care? These are mine."
Hua Lian said so but she did not have the usual confidence.
Liele knows of owning treasures and being coveted, while Hua Lian knows she is different. Her existence was something fragile, as if she was not allowed to be born or that it was sinful she lived.
So being beaten outside or coveted, Hua Lian did not doubt that the possibilities were high.
She's rather unlucky in a sense.
Hey, the world outside was too malicious.
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On the other hand, Doctor Xiao came back with dripping water all over, carrying the natural smell of the ocean.
It never crossed Hua Lian's mind to warn him that whenever two of the three moons meet up for an affair, there will be high tides.
The waves came in like thugs, and Doctor Xiao successfully received work injuries.
Seeing the trail of water at the front path, Eggy gave him a condescending look.
"Returning to your natural habitat?"
Doctor Xiao twitched his lips. "My kind has migrated since time immemorial; thank you."
"Don't come in," Eggy glared at him. "Wait."
Doctor Xiao thought Eggy would be considerate enough to bring a towel, but the illegal housekeeping robot returned with a blower, adjusted the settings, and then pointed it at him without hesitation.
A strong blast of warm air shot at him, almost sending him away.
"St–stop..!!!"
Not only was he dried in an instant, but his hair and clothes were blasted in a mess.
"No need for thanks. Even if it's not me, Akai will also shake you in the air to dry."
The looming mutant vine touched Doctor Xiao's cheeks to check if he was dry, making its presence known.
Doctor Xiao: Ok, I'm afraid of you two devils.
When you are in a den of thieves, the good-tempered ones are the first to be bullied.
A strong evidence of this: after a job well done, the unscrupulous employer will show up with another job immediately lined up for you.
"Uncle Xiao," Hua Lian greeted with a very sweet smile. "Can you please pick up my package at the space station?"
"Me? Do you want me to go out? As in outer space?"
No, shouldn't an abductor have the consciousness of an abductor?
Doctor Xiao was in disbelief. This girl isn't afraid he will run away; was he that docile in her eyes?
"Yeah." Hua Lian nodded and saw the look in his eyes. Picking up the vase, she pointed at the golden butterfly. "Did I kidnap you?"
Liele operated the voice chat and expressed a strong comradeship with his financial backer. [No. I willingly followed].
Hua Lian raised her chin proudly.
Doctor Xiao, "..."
The general said to wait and observe the situation first, but he changed camps a long time ago! No, as expected, he was an accomplice right from the beginning!
"Did I kidnap him?"
[No. He's my attending doctor, and he followed me.]
Hua Lian shrugged. "No evidence, no witness."
So it becomes a situation of 'she said, he said'.
Doctor Xiao breathed in. As the oldest here, he must have enough tolerance.
These two kids, emphasized on the 'kids', are simply so young that they could pass as his grandchildren.
Grandchildren that he begs the ancestors not to have!