Chapter 11
Hearing Su Ran's question, Si Chengyan slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
This colonel, who had always been cold-blooded and ruthless on the battlefield, looked completely relaxed at this moment.
Around him were disassembled magazines, alarms, and black combat uniforms. He watched Su Ran take one big step at a time, then a small step. Finally, he sighed and scooped the items into his palm.
The simple shirt outlined his strong and sturdy arms. Si Chengyan reached out and wiped the juice off his leaves.
"Colonel, you haven't answered me yet." Su Ran said, "What exactly is pollination?"
Si Chengyan looked at him: "You are too young. You will know later."
"You really can't tell me?"
"Wait until you grow up."
When Su Ran heard this, he hummed.
Why is he just like his elder, always saying that he is too young and then passing it over without paying any attention to it?
Is there anything that Miaomiao can’t listen to?
Su Ran was angry.
He kept his flower bud hanging for a while, and during this time he refused the colonel's hand and refused to let him touch his little flower bud.
"Then... shall I accompany you to find the nutrient beads?"
Su Ran curled her lips around the small flower bud, indicating that she was angry and that this was not enough.
"Make some more doggie ball juice."
"Hmm?" Su Ran perked up, but only for a few seconds before saying, "No, no."
He is a little rose with backbone!
Until the end, Su Ran and the human colonel reached a unilateral and unequal agreement. In addition to the nutritional beads and dog ball juice, when he had free time, he wanted to tell the human colonel stories about his great adventures here before going to bed, just like Elder Rose.
Si Chengyan readily agreed.
So they found a colorful storybook about idioms, just the way Su Ran liked it.
When he was in the Rose Clan, he also had a small bookshelf made of tree branches, which was filled with sesame-sized manuals that told the story of their family and included the survival rules of the little roses.
"Tomorrow after you wake up, Anna or Qiao Ran will come over and give you some dog ball juice." Si Chengyan said, "Don't run around."
Su Ran: "What about you?"
"We still need to make a lot of preparations before returning to base."
Su Ran nodded at the small flower bud, hugged Si Chengyan's wrist, and rubbed it for a while: "It's still hard work."
After just a few seconds, he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Si Chengyan asked.
"I..." Su Ran was silent for a few seconds, "I won't be able to see you until very late tomorrow."
Not only is it too late.
He couldn't leave this human colonel for a moment.
Si Chengyan rubbed his flower bud, stretched out his hand, and made a pinky promise with his little leaf: "I will be back as soon as possible."
Su Ran was relieved: "Yeah!"
After he finished speaking, Si Chengyan lowered his head and opened the picture book of idioms in his hand.
For Su Ran, even though he had experienced aberrations before, this was the first time he had encountered such a language system. He propped up the small leaf, listened for a while, and then asked softly, "Is this idiom called 'waiting for the rabbit by the tree'?"
"Yes." Si Chengyan said, "It means that we must be down-to-earth and not stick to the truth, nor be narrow-minded..."
"Um……"
Su Ran held up the flower bud, half understanding it.
It really has the characteristics of a cold colonel.
Unlike his Rose Elder, he doesn't seem to be very good at telling stories, but he looks like he's trying very hard.
Su Ran listened for a while.
Looking at the colonel who was working very hard, he waved the small leaf and patted the back of his hand.
Oh, it’s okay actually.
He is very good at understanding things by looking at pictures. He once saw a picture of a little beetle in the cave and finally guessed it correctly. It was a nutrient bead.
Su Ran focused all his attention on it.
In the picture, the farmer is holding a rabbit, then the rabbit disappears, and the farmer waits. Then, the farmer remains at the tree stump and does not leave.
It seems... this farmer really likes rabbits.
However, according to Rose's understanding, Su Ran felt that some bait should be put in order to attract the rabbit.
So he took advantage of the break in the colonel's story and took his small ballpoint pen to draw two big carrots.
The next day, when Su Ran woke up, he saw the military blanket neatly folded beside him. Si Chengyan had gotten up early. As he looked around, Qiao Ran came over with two glasses.
"The Colonel's orders." He poured water into one of them. "One for bathing, one for drinking."
Seeing the other party's expectant face, Qiao Ran said, "No."
Su Ran: "Hmm?"
Qiao Ran: "No dog ball juice."
"Huh?" Su Ran was stunned and asked softly, "Why?"
Qiao Ran seemed to enjoy teasing this little rose. He spread his hands and said, "The Big Bad Wolf drank it."
Su Ran held the leaf and the flower bud in disbelief.
Was it drunk by the Big Bad Wolf?
Do these beasts also like to drink this kind of juice?
Seeing Su Ran standing there, even the small leaf was shaking with fear. Qiao Ran tried to hold back for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back and started laughing.
"I was just kidding." Qiao Ran still couldn't help but wiped his eyes with laughter, "You're so cute."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Baby, please don't say bad things about me."
Su Ran: “!”
He said Qiao Ran was a big bad guy, a very big bad guy!
Without paying any more attention to Qiao Ran, he climbed onto the glass with a grunt, soaked himself in it, and took a good bath.
Just then, Anna happened to come over and saw this scene, and couldn't help laughing.
After experiencing the previous distortions and the various dangers that may exist in the future, it becomes even more valuable at this time.
"Okay, okay," Anna said, "If you tease him again, the colonel will dock your salary again."
Qiao Ran: "This rose is so cute."
After the words fell, he stopped smiling a little and looked at Anna: "How is your hand?"
"You're talking about this." Anna moved her arm. "It's okay. I stayed in the observation room for a day and they said there was no infection."
Qiao Ran nodded: "That's good."
Listening to their conversation, Su Ran was still bathing in the cup, floating. He looked at Anna and Qiao Ran's expressions and asked quietly, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing serious. I just found a batch of distorted plants last night. They're quite dangerous."
Qiao Ran fished Su Ran out and gave her a small handkerchief, then added, "Those plants were infected after being bitten by unknown mutants, and became dangerous mutants."
"What do you mean?"
"I told you before that organisms can infect each other, but this is the first time such a precise target has been seen." Qiao Ran said, "I wonder what kind of monster has started targeting plants..."
Su Ran shrank back when she heard this: "How scary."
"It's just a small group." Anna knew what he was worried about. "We'll be back to base soon, don't be afraid."
*
After Qiao Ran left, Su Ran continued to wait for the colonel obediently.
The little pillow and storybook were also lost and were all moved to the tree stump outside the camp.
In the afternoon, perhaps because he had waited too long, Su Ran felt that he had to do something.
So he flipped through the idiom book from last night.
After a while, he made a small request to Anna, asking her to bring Si Chengyan's Biluochun tea when she went to get the stored food. Then, he imitated the elders in making tea and took out the tea stems one by one.
The hot water immediately turned into tea.
Su Ran placed the teacup on an open space - the place closest to where the colonel was holding the meeting.
After doing all this, he squatted behind the small table, shaking a dogtail, afraid that others would not know that he was hiding there, so he hid himself.
Su Ran focused all his attention on the cup of Biluochun.
"Zizi, what are you doing?" Anna looked at him curiously while holding the cheese bread. "Who are you making tea for?"
"Um……"
He didn't know how to describe it.
It was indeed right to wait for the Colonel.
However, he used Biluochun to attract the colonel. If we simply say this, the meaning is not quite right.
Su Ran thought for a few seconds, mumbling.
Finally, he suddenly thought of something and lifted the flower bud.
Yes.
Colonel Si taught him idioms!
So he looked at Anna, shook the little bud, and then, with the adaptability of a small rose, said with great pride: "I am—waiting for the colonel!"
The author has something to say:
Su Ran: Hunting a Colonel√
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