She saw Wu Xuan and Sun Sanhai, each wielding a long knife, standing in front of her dormitory. The two men, at the bottom of the food chain of violence, were desperately waving their long knives, forcing back the two thugs who were trying to break in.
Jiang Wan and Cheng Zhen were both stunned. They never expected that these two would appear here to help protect the twins!
Upon seeing them arrive, Sun Sanhai started yelling and screaming, throwing down the long knife he was holding: "Captain Cheng! You've finally come! Help!"
Although Wu Xuan didn't shout and yell in such an exaggerated way, he was clearly exhausted and leaned against a pillar on the steps as if he had lost all his strength.
Jiang Wan looked over and could clearly see that his arms were trembling slightly from exerting too much force.
But his eyes were unusually bright, his face was flushed, and as soon as his gaze met Jiang Wan's, he lowered his eyelids and then dragged his long sword away.
Sun Sanhai exaggeratedly jumped over and followed beside him, bending over and chattering incessantly: "Hey! I did exactly what you said, and I did my best to help you, and I didn't let those two kids get kidnapped by the bad guys, right? So you promised me, from now on you're my apprentice!"
"Let's go! We'll go and perform the formal apprenticeship ceremony right now!"
Wu Xuan didn't say a word, but he took faster and bigger steps.
Cheng Zhen tidied up the two of them, and Jiang Wan went inside to check on the twins: "Are you alright? Were you scared?"
“No.” Jiang Xiaoxin shook her head, then told her what she had heard the plant’s voice through her own efforts, “Mom, the metasequoia tree is injured. It’s in a lot of pain. It says that if this continues, it will die soon and will be more prone to mutation.”
Jiang Wan squatted down and encircled her in front of her, asking with surprise, "Xin Xin can control her abilities now?"
Jiang Xiaoxin shook her head in distress, her expression somewhat dejected: "Not yet..."
"There are relatively few plants around here, so I had to listen several times and pay close attention before I could discern its inner voice."
So that's how it is. Jiang Wan patted the top of her head and encouraged her, "Our Xinxin is still young, it's already amazing that she can do this!"
What children need most during their growth is encouragement.
Jiang Xiaoxin smiled and winked at her brother with great pride, as if she had accomplished something remarkable and provided great help to her mother.
Jiang Xiaoshu couldn't bear to look, but still waved to her: "It's time to sleep."
"Okay, you guys go to sleep, Mom has things to do."
Jiang Xiaoxin obediently took her brother's hand, and the two little ones entered the room side by side.
Jiang Wan locked the door and came out. As soon as she turned around, she met Cheng Zhen's complicated expression: "They...are all...?"
"Hmm." They're all superhumans.
Jiang Wan's mind was not on this at all. With her hands in her pockets, she walked into the laboratory while thinking about what Xin Xin had said.
The world is lacking oxygen because all the plants have stopped photosynthesis. She had a rough idea of the reason, but she needed someone with expertise in optics to give her a definitive answer.
If it is ultimately confirmed that the problem lies with the light, then what to do next will require professional follow-up.
But why do plants mutate?
The dawn redwood tree says it's dying and about to mutate?
Is there any direct or necessary connection between these two?
Does this mean that plants will mutate when faced with death?
Her mind was racing, but her face remained as cold as ice. She put on gloves and moved back and forth among the rows of bottles and jars, soon producing a small jar of liquid.
"What is this?" Cheng Zhen asked.
Jiang Wan suddenly looked up, her cold eyes sweeping over him as she frowned and asked, "Why are you still here?"
"I will protect your safety." These people's goal tonight is her and the metasequoia tree. He doesn't trust others to protect her.
Jiang Wan quickly walked out like a gust of wind.
Cheng Zhen touched his nose and silently followed. She hadn't answered his question yet, had she?
But looking at her cold and stern face, he inexplicably didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Jiang Wan quickly arrived at the dawn redwood tree, dripped the medicine onto the injured roots, covered it firmly with soil, and then instructed, "Water it."
She casually put the remaining potion into the tree hole space.
Cheng Zhen exclaimed "Hey!" and immediately scurried off to fetch water from the pool.
Jiang Wan stopped him: "No, the water here contains nutrients that promote the growth of water hyacinth, so we can't use it."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhen immediately ran a few more steps to the outside of the temporary breeding farm, where there was a water tap. She filled a bucket with some unclean water, carried it over, and then, under her guidance, carefully cleaned the area around the roots of the metasequoia tree.
Jiang Wan stood still with her hands in her pockets, her features obscured by shadows.
Seeing her like this made Cheng Zhen inexplicably afraid to disturb her. After a while, he felt that standing there for too long wasn't a good idea, so he tentatively asked, "Are you alright now?"
"have no idea."
Jiang Wan shook her head, raised her face, took a deep breath, and decided to go back to sleep for a while. Another sigh came from her, "I hope so."
After Cheng Zhen caught up, she instructed, "Have someone keep an eye on things. If it mutates, remember to call me immediately. Don't rush to kill it."
Cheng Zhen was taken aback. He glanced back at the metasequoia tree, then called for someone to keep watch. He sent Jiang Wan back to her room, arranged for people to guard outside the dormitory, and then went to interrogate the people who had been arrested.
Jiang Wan returned to her room. She had assumed the twins were fast asleep, but to her surprise, the two little ones were snuggled up in the blankets, heads close together, whispering to each other.
Before she returned:
"Brother, I helped Mom today, didn't I?"
"Um."
"I'm a good girl, aren't I?"
"Um."
"I also think I'm very well-behaved, and I'll become even more well-behaved in the future!"
The little girl couldn't help but feel smug, and she couldn't suppress the happiness on her lips.
Hearing the sounds of tossing and turning next door, Jiang Xiaoshu reluctantly opened her eyes in the darkness and said, "Wu Xuan just saved us."
"oh."
The room next door fell silent instantly. As expected, he understood his simple-minded sister best.
Jiang Xiaoshu didn't like Wu Xuan's temperament. He was very aggressive, stubborn, and older than them, so it wasn't suitable for them to hang out together.
Moreover, he possesses purification abilities, so he doesn't actually need Wu Xuan's protection at all.
“He helped us, so we should thank him, but we’re not friends with him anymore!” Jiang Xiaoxin felt relieved after saying this.
"Mmm." Jiang Xiaoshu breathed a slight sigh of relief, then patted her, "Go to sleep!"
"I don't want to!" Jiang Xiaoxin was not sleepy at all. She released her sensory ability again, trying to sense the condition of the metasequoia tree.
She wanted to use her own abilities to help her mother!
While sensing the world, it would also mumble and repeat the various thoughts of the passersby and plants it heard, making Jiang Xiaoshu drowsy.
Suddenly she screamed, "Oh no! Mom's medicine isn't working!"
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