Chapter 150
Chapter 150
The three plants crawled up from the ground.
They had only taken one step when a branch whipped out and lashed around the three ghosts’ ankles.
With one hard tug, the three plants were neatly strung up upside down from the tree.
Red-haired Trendy Guy looked utterly baffled. “What just happened to us?”
Shamate swayed in midair.
“If I’m not mistaken, we’ve probably fallen into a trap.”
This place looked calm and peaceful, without a hint of danger, but in truth, danger lurked everywhere.
Yun Youyou was the biggest of them, and also the heaviest.
The branch was clearly having a hard time holding Yun Youyou up, but even so, it refused to let go. In terms of sheer perseverance, it was definitely better than that weird plant from earlier.
Yun Youyou swung around in the air and finally got a clear look at the culprit that had kidnapped them.
A towering Big Tree rose high into the clouds, its trunk so thick that three or four people together still wouldn’t be able to wrap their arms around it.
Red-haired Trendy Guy compared their sizes.
“So this is the difference between a real macho man and a weak little chicken.”
Shamate couldn’t flip his hair, so he flipped his leaves instead.
“A man can never say he can’t!”
Red-haired Trendy Guy kicked Shamate in midair.
That kick sent Shamate spinning half a circle, putting him face-to-face with the sturdy ancient tree.
Shamate: “…Actually, I think I’ll be a girl for now.”
Yun Youyou: …
Us girls aren’t as cowardly as you, thanks.
Still, this position really did make it easy for blood to rush to the head.
Shamate said, “We can’t just keep hanging here forever. How about we try communicating with this Big Tree?”
Red-haired Trendy Guy asked, “Who’s going to communicate with it?”
All three plants fell silent at the same time.
Yun Youyou raised a hand, suggesting rock-paper-scissors.
Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy had no objections. It really was the fairest method.
“Three, two, one! Rock, paper, scissors!”
Yun Youyou threw paper, while Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy both threw scissors.
And so, the heavy responsibility of negotiation fell onto Yun Youyou’s shoulders.
Red-haired Trendy Guy thought it over carefully. “But the moment Sister Yun opens her mouth, it’s ‘fuck.’ Won’t that just make the tree even angrier?”
Shamate said, “You’ve got a point. We really do need to send someone civilized to communicate.”
Yun Youyou, who was apparently not civilized, was not happy at all.
In the end, Shamate still took on this heavy responsibility. “Forget it. I’ll go.”
He carefully stretched his roots downward little by little, burrowed into the soil, silently mustered his courage, and touched the Big Tree’s thick roots.
“Is anyone there?”
The Big Tree remained silent.
Shamate spoke again. “Excuse me, is anyone there?”
Not only did the Big Tree refuse to answer, it even pulled its roots away.
The other party has declined your chat request and added you to their blacklist.
Shamate drooped in dejection and withdrew his roots.
Red-haired Trendy Guy asked anxiously, “How did it go? Did it work?”
Shamate shook his head.
Seeing Shamate looking so dispirited, Red-haired Trendy Guy gritted his teeth. “Looks like I’ll have to step in personally.”
A few minutes later.
Red-haired Trendy Guy also withdrew his roots in depression.
Seeing him like that, Shamate actually felt a lot better.
Yun Youyou gestured that she wanted to give it a try.
Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy said nothing. They only tried to prepare Yun Youyou in advance.
“Even if this tree ignores you, don’t be sad.”
“Exactly. This tree has a really weird temper. Don’t take it to heart.”
After hearing them say that, Yun Youyou no longer felt any pressure.
She likewise stretched her roots into the soil and touched a bit of the Big Tree’s roots.
This time, however, the Big Tree did not immediately dodge away.
Yun Youyou tried speaking cautiously. “Sun-sun?”
She had thought she might finally be able to talk, but as it turned out, she still couldn’t.
After waiting a while without hearing anyone answer, Yun Youyou prepared to pull her roots back.
Before she could leave, a deep, heavy voice sounded.
“What did you say?”
The voice had come from Big Tree.
Yun Youyou was so excited she could hardly contain herself. She quickly said, “Sun-sun, sun-sun-sun…”
Big Tree fell silent for a moment.
Only then did Yun Youyou remember that this tree probably couldn’t understand her.
She was just about to call Shamate and the others down to help when Big Tree spoke again, and this time there was actually a hint of excitement in his voice.
“Say… say a few more words!”
Yun Youyou had no idea why, but she still said a few more words.
“Sun-sun-sun, sun-sun.”
Up above, Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy sensed the movement below. Although they were a little scared, they still stretched their roots down.
Fortunately, Big Tree did not reject them either.
The two of them joined Big Tree’s chat room together.
Big Tree extended a branch and gently stroked Yun Youyou’s flower head with pity. “Child, I know you may be intellectually challenged, but that’s all right. In the world of plants, you don’t need to be especially smart.”
Yun Youyou: ???
She immediately began struggling.
No! I am not intellectually challenged!
What on earth had given this Big Tree the wrong idea and made him think she was some mentally deficient plant?
Big Tree seemed to recall the past, and even his tone softened considerably.
“I used to have an intellectually challenged younger sister too. She couldn’t speak, just like you. She was especially silly and couldn’t do anything, and she refused to admit she was intellectually challenged. Every day, all she knew how to shout was, ‘Tree, tree, tree.'”
“Sun-sun-sun!”
Yun Youyou was still trying to prove she was not intellectually challenged.
Hearing the faint sadness in Big Tree’s voice, Shamate thought something terrible must have happened to his younger sister. That was how it always went in TV dramas, after all.
He asked carefully, “Then how is your sister now?”
Big Tree said, “Oh, her? She’s living very happily now. She may be intellectually challenged, but I am the strongest king in this forest. With me backing her up, she successfully married the most handsome cypress tree around, reached the peak of tree life, and is currently on vacation outside with him.”
After saying that, he gently patted Yun Youyou’s head again.
“Don’t worry. I can also make you into a rich, gorgeous young lady, help you marry a tall, rich, handsome man, and reach the peak of sunflower life. From now on, I’ll be your godfather. Even if you’re a Silly Sunflower, you don’t have to be afraid.”
Yun Youyou: Being intellectually challenged doesn’t sound so bad after all.
Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy said in unison, “That’s right. She’s been intellectually challenged since she was little!”
Yun Youyou: …
Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy looked utterly determined.
Who would have thought a golden backer would suddenly fall out of the sky? There was no way they couldn’t cling to this thigh!
Ahem… They could only sacrifice Sister Yun for the time being and let her be intellectually challenged.
Big Tree loosened his branches and lowered the three plants from the air.
He gently patted Yun Youyou’s head. “Even if you didn’t say it, I could tell she was intellectually challenged. Look at that silly little way of hers. She’s exactly like my silly sister.”
Yun Youyou: …
Shamate and Red-haired Trendy Guy could only smile.
They were both afraid Yun Youyou would assassinate them afterward.
But Sister Yun being mistaken for intellectually challenged really was hilarious, hahahahahaha…
After successfully being promoted to Yun Youyou’s godfather, Big Tree became much more amiable.