Gu, without anyone noticing, moved closer to Li Qing, crossed his arms, and said disdainfully, "I think Mai Zi, you're too timid. Dao Hua was just thirsty. What's wrong with him drinking a drop of water? Besides, even if that drop of water was poisonous, how potent could it be? Could a drop of water kill someone?"
Li Qing frowned.
Daohua quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Maizi, you were too cautious this time. It was just a drop of water."
"No, Daohua, don't drink it yet!"
This time, it was Li's voice.
Daohua looked over in confusion, about to repeat what she had just said to Li Qing, when she saw Li point to the ceiling, his tone slightly tense: "If it were water dripping from ordinary plants, of course we could drink it, and even if the water quality wasn't good, at most we'd just get a stomachache for a while, nothing serious. But this time... I've never seen this flower before, I'm not sure if it's poisonous, or how poisonous it is, so it's better to be careful."
"flower?"
Looking in the direction Li pointed, Li Qing saw a strange flower that was as tall as a tree and had branches that were as big as two people could hug.
The flower's stamen is covered with dense black dots, and its petals spread outwards; the water just now dripped from the petals.
"What's wrong with this flower?" Daohua looked up and, upon seeing the few glistening drops of "liquid" on the petals, exclaimed excitedly, "Water! It's water! There's so much water on it! Li, this flower is so tall, why don't we cut it down? It must contain a lot of water, enough for the hunting team to drink their fill."
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