Chapter 153
Chapter 153
“But he’s really handsome.”
It seemed ordinary persuasion was useless. Yun Youyou would have to bring out the big guns.
She said bluntly, “But staying with him will make you ugly.”
The tree spirit covered her face with her branches in horror.
“Why?”
Yun Youyou guided her patiently. “Think about it. When you’re with him, don’t you feel insecure all the time? Aren’t you constantly suspicious of everything he does?”
The tree spirit nodded. “Yes. That’s exactly how it is.”
Yun Youyou said, “When you’re like that every day, your mood gets worse. Once your mood gets worse, your hormones are affected. Then your leaves start turning yellow and falling off, your trunk grows older and older, and your bark starts peeling.”
The more the tree spirit heard, the more frightened she became.
“No, I don’t want to become ugly! But…”
She still hesitated a little.
Yun Youyou had no choice but to unleash her ultimate move. “To tell you the truth, I can read fortunes.”
The tree spirit said, “Then hurry and read mine!”
Yun Youyou said, “If you stay with him, it’ll ruin your tree luck. You’ll become terribly unlucky.”
This time, the tree spirit did not hesitate.
“I’m dumping him! I have to dump him right now! I can’t let my luck get worse!”
She turned to leave.
Yun Youyou hurriedly called her back.
“Wait. Is that incredibly powerful Big Tree over there your brother?”
The tree spirit froze.
“That’s right. How did you know?”
Yun Youyou was equally surprised.
“It was a guess. But wait, weren’t you unable to speak?”
The tree spirit said, “Oh, that. I lied to my brother. I learned to speak ages ago, but pretending I couldn’t made life much easier. I just couldn’t be bothered to talk to him.”
So that was the truth.
“I’m leaving. Bye!”
The tree spirit departed without looking back.
Meanwhile, Su Gou and the others were heading this way.
The three of them trudged through the forest in their bizarre mascot costumes.
The damp earth left their feet caked in mud.
Lu Shenlin was so exhausted his tongue hung out. “How much farther is it? I’m about to die here.”
Lin Haomiao was also panting hard.
“No idea, but definitely a long way.”
They walked another few hundred yards.
Su Gou suddenly stopped.
“It sounds like something’s happening over there.”
The three men listened carefully. Sure enough, a lively rustling came from up ahead.
They slowed down and crept cautiously toward it.
A long, orderly line stretched across the broad lawn.
All kinds of trees and ferns stood in the queue. Foxtail grass, dandelions, and other plants occasionally wandered around nearby.
Lu Shenlin and Lin Haomiao stared with wide eyes.
Holy shit!
Plants really could walk!
Even stranger, why did Brother Su not look surprised at all?
Both men turned toward Su Gou at once and interrogated him with their eyes.
Su Gou said calmly, “Because I saw it not long ago.”
The moment that Sunflower had raised a foot and kicked someone, he had realized the plants in this Instance were anything but ordinary.
Lu Shenlin said, “Then why didn’t you warn us?”
Su Gou said, “I forgot.”
“…”
After condemning Su Gou with their eyes, Lu Shenlin and Lin Haomiao looked back at the line.
“Why are they all lined up here?”
Su Gou said, “I don’t know. I’ll go find out.”
With that, he walked straight out of the bushes and joined the end of the line.
The other two did not even have time to stop him.
Brother Su was way too reckless. He had actually charged straight in.
The other two gritted their teeth and joined the line as well.
This was their first time standing in line with plants. They had no idea whether any of them ate people.
Both of Lu Shenlin’s legs trembled.
Lin Haomiao punched him. “Why are you shaking? Are your kidneys failing?”
Lu Shenlin glared at him. “You’re shaking too!”
Lin Haomiao glanced down and casually clamped both hands around his trembling leg.
Lu Shenlin sidled up to Su Gou.
“Brother Su, what do we do next?”
Lin Haomiao said, “We don’t even know what this line is for.”
Su Gou said, “Then we’ll ask.”
The other two spoke in unison. “How?”
Su Gou said, “As long as you touch their bodies, you can hear them speak.”
Next, he demonstrated how to communicate with plants.
He lightly touched the foxtail grass in front of him.
The foxtail grass turned around to look at Su Gou.
Apparently it had never seen such an odd-looking plant before, because its movements carried a trace of hesitation.
Su Gou kept his hand on it and asked directly, “What are you lining up for?”
The foxtail grass was baffled. “You don’t know, but you still got in line? We’re all here for a blind date. If we can marry that tree spirit’s goddaughter, we’ll practically rule the whole forest.”
As soon as he heard it was a blind date, Su Gou prepared to leave.
But the foxtail grass continued, “I wonder why that tree spirit chose a Sunflower as his goddaughter. Could it be because Sunflowers are especially pretty?”
The word Sunflower stopped Su Gou in his tracks.
When their conversation ended, Lu Shenlin asked excitedly from behind him, “Well? What did the foxtail grass say?”
Su Gou’s voice held a note of certainty.
“The plants we’re looking for should be here.”
The other two brightened at the good news.
Lu Shenlin said, “That’s great! Once we find them, we can go back!”
Lin Haomiao said, “So what is this line actually for?”
Su Gou’s voice grew heavier.
“Blind dates.”
“What? Blind dates?”
The other two froze.
Plants needed blind dates too?
Whatever the case, they had come this far. Even if it meant going on a blind date with a plant, they could only grit their teeth and stay in line.
Fortunately, it moved fairly quickly.
Lu Shenlin could not help lamenting, “I never thought my first blind date would be with a plant.”
After wandering outside for a while, Yun Youyou, the bachelorette in question, returned to Big Tree’s side.
Looking at the endless line, she felt her head grow even bigger.
The sun gradually moved west.
Before it set, Yun Youyou finally noticed several oddities mixed into the blind-date queue.
Why did some of the plants look fuzzy, like stuffed toys?
Su Gou finally spotted Yun Youyou sitting at the very front.
All Sunflowers might look similar, but he recognized at a glance that the much plumper Sunflower was the one he had lost.
The line inched forward.
Su Gou was next.
For some reason, Yun Youyou had a feeling that the three people inside the mascot costumes might be Su Gou and the others.
“Next!”
Su Gou stepped forward.
Big Tree glanced at him. “Height?”
Su Gou had no idea what standards plants used.
He pursed his lips and answered tentatively, “Pretty tall.”
Big Tree said, “…Weight?”
Su Gou said, “Pretty heavy.”
“…”