Chapter 17: An Unexpectedly Exposed Rose
Xu Zihou and Yu Jie were shocked looking at the scanner results. The three scanned the Tail Grass once more carefully, and the results remained the same.
Li Xinyi liked it more and more the longer she looked. “Look at this Tail Grass. It’s entirely emerald green. Because it’s healthy, its leaves and stem are all very thick and sturdy. And the flower spike at the very top is greenish-purple, very plump…”
The three surrounded a small Tail Grass, examining every tiny detail closely, as if they wanted to take it to the laboratory for careful study.
“Junior sister, your Tail Grass is too perfect! How did you cultivate it?” Yu Jie asked in surprise, looking at Shi An’an who had a puzzled expression on her face beside him.
Shi An’an: “?”
Xu Zihou and Li Xinyi saw Shi An’an’s puzzled expression. The two exchanged a glance. Either this junior sister was exceptionally talented, or… she bought it from some master.
The Botany Department enrollment assessment was called an assessment, but it had big loopholes. Because the school required every Botany Department new student to bring a Tail Grass they cultivated themselves upon enrollment.
But because it was cultivated under school supervision, many new students cheated by buying from elsewhere and passing it off as their own cultivation.
There were quite a few new students who did this. Of course, many were exposed on registration day and expelled, but some luckily got away with it.
So, Xu Zihou and the other two began questioning Shi An’an about her Tail Grass.
“Junior sister, what variety is your Tail Grass?”
“Where did you buy the seed? Please show your purchase record.”
“What was its state when you got the seed? Also, its growth speed environment, soil pH level? What nutrient solution and medicine did you use in between…”
……
Shi An’an sat in front of the three senior students, dumbfounded as she listened to the various questions they raised. She thought to herself, is there so much to planting a Tail Grass?
After Xu Zihou and the other two finished asking their questions, they looked at Shi An’an seriously.
“Do I have to answer all of these?” Shi An’an asked. Heaven knows she always relied on feeling when planting things. In the Cultivation World, where was there any plant nutrient solution, medicine, ripening agent, insecticide, or such things?
Xu Zihou saw that Shi An’an was somewhat unwilling to answer and said mildly, “Yes, junior sister. The school does this to prevent new students from buying Tail Grass from others just to enroll, so every new student needs to describe in detail the process of cultivating their own Tail Grass before enrollment.
Of course, if you mind, we can sign an agreement promising not to leak your method of cultivating the Tail Grass…”
Shi An’an shook her head. “No need for that. It’s just… the way I cultivated the Tail Grass is a bit simple, hehe…”
Xu Zihou and the other two: “?”
Shi An’an pulled up the video she recorded. “Start from unboxing?”
Xu Zihou and the other two: “…Un… unboxing?”
Shi An’an nodded. “Yeah, don’t I need to prove that I cultivated this Tail Grass? Then let’s start from… receiving the package!”
Luckily, Xiao Xiao had reminded her back then that all school assignments needed to be recorded, just in case.
So this video was recorded by Xiao Xiao, from when she received the package to the entire process of the Tail Grass sprouting and growing.
Now it was perfect to prove herself. With this video, she didn’t need to answer those previous questions. Haha, Shi An’an gave herself a thumbs up, and a big thumbs up to Shi Xiaoxiao too!
Shi An’an set the video to the very beginning. Shi An’an’s figure appeared on screen, and then Xu Zihou and the other two saw Shi An’an taking the package from the door, and then…
“Wait a minute!” Xu Zihou suddenly stood up, staring shocked at a corner of the video.
“This… what is this?” Xu Zihou widened his eyes, pointing at a patch of red by Shi An’an’s feet in the video, asking tremulously.
“What?” Yu Jie and Li Xinyi’s gazes followed to where Xu Zihou was pointing, and their eyes suddenly widened.
“Rose!”
“Red!!!”
Yu Jie and Li Xinyi also trembled.
Shi An’an looked. It was indeed a rose. Mistake!
Originally, when passing by the yard, Xiao Xiao had specifically hidden the surrounding environment, leaving only her own image. She hadn’t paid attention when walking, and a rose slid by her foot, accidentally entering the frame.
The roses she grew the first time had already started blooming somewhat under the boost of her spiritual power.
Including Shi Anxin’s. Shi Anxin loved it and couldn’t put it down.
This time for school opening, she happily brought her own pot of rose to school too.
“And it’s double-petaled. Look, its color is deep red, the petal shape is extremely perfect. Although it hasn’t fully bloomed yet, this half-open state is even more beautiful!”
Li Xinyi gazed obsessively at that rose with only half a flower showing. There was no woman in the world who didn’t love flowers, let alone the rose known as the gem of flowers!
“Junior sister, where is this place? The botanical garden? Or the research institute?” Yu Jie asked fawningly.
Xu Zihou regained his calm, pulled his good friend beside him back, and looked at Shi An’an with a changed gaze.
Judging solely from the quality of that half rose, it was at least A-grade, if not S-grade. This junior sister could get close to these, and they weren’t even under a protective shield…
Xu Zihou quickly weighed it in his mind, casually pulled Li Xinyi and Yu Jie back to their seats. “Sorry, junior sister, we were rude. Please continue.”
Li Xinyi and Yu Jie also came back to their senses. They weren’t fools; they thought of what Xu Zihou thought. Looking at Shi An’an again, their gazes held recognition and respect.
They guessed Shi An’an was probably the child of some master in the plant world. And if this Tail Grass was personally cultivated by Shi An’an, then her talent would likely make her famous in the plant world or even the Federation.
Shi An’an smiled and proactively explained, “This is indeed a rose, just blooming. My butler accidentally recorded it. Sorry.” After saying that, she immediately hid that patch of red.
And Shi An’an’s words made the three even more certain of their guesses.
Shi An’an didn’t know what the three were thinking. Because this video needed to be submitted, to avoid others seeing the rose and causing more issues, she directly used tools to hide it.
The video continued playing. Shi An’an opened the package and took out the seed, then the three saw her casually plant the seed in the flower pot.
Casually watered it a bit, covered it with soil…
Casually left it there without caring, and then!
A miraculous scene appeared.
The seed broke through the soil, revealing a tender sprout, then grew bit by bit, formed a spike, and matured…
