Yu Ci's lips trembled slightly, and her voice was hoarse.
"You...brought it back from school?"
His reddened eyes were fixed on Chaochao.
“Yes, yes.” Chaochao nodded immediately, her almond-shaped eyes crinkling with delight. She was happy that her brother Yuci recognized her at a glance. At that moment, the little girl was focused on observing the blooming orchid and did not notice the boy’s unusual behavior.
Chaochao stretched out her little hand and carefully touched the soft, white petals, her movements so cautious that she was afraid of tearing them off if she used too much force.
The little boy said softly, "Brother Yu Ci, look, the grass didn't die, it came back to life and even bloomed little flowers."
Yu Ci stared intently at Chaochao, afraid of missing even a second. A hazy glint appeared in her clear, cold eyes, and the delicate crimson at the corners of her eyes piled up, with a single blood mole burning hot as if it were setting her soul ablaze.
After saying that, Chaochao finally turned to look at Yu Ci beside her.
The boy who had been gazing at her quickly looked away, pretending to admire the orchids. From Chaochao's angle, she could only see half of his handsome profile.
Chaochao, cradling her soft, chubby cheeks, asked, "Brother Yuci, do you like it?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Ci's fingers paused, his Adam's apple bobbed, and after a long while, he responded with a low, hoarse voice: "Mmm..."
"Great! Then I'll leave the little grass to my brother!"
A cheerful, childlike voice rang out.
Yu Ci turned to look at the little dumpling in surprise, her tone hesitant, "Give it to me...?"
Chaochao nodded very firmly without the slightest hesitation, "Yes, yes, this is the little flower I said I would give to my brother."
Chaochao knows.
This little grass is the same as the grass on the bracelet that Yu Ci's brother lost.
Yu Ci's brother always looked very sad at first.
Later, she accidentally lost her favorite beautiful bracelet. If it were Chaochao, she would definitely cry her eyes out.
So later she asked the driver to dig up the grass and take it home.
If Xiaocao comes back to life, Brother Yu Ci will be happy, and Chaochao will be happy too.
It can be said that this orchid in Chaochao was cultivated specifically for Yu Ci.
Yu Ci stared blankly, speechless.
He never imagined that in the unseen corners, not only did darkness breed and evil gaze, but life also silently sprouted and grew towards him.
The delighted little dumpling was already chattering away to him about the cultivation manual for the little grass, "Brother Yu Ci, don't worry, the little grass is very easy to grow. You just need to water it and chat with it."
The little dumpling spoke with great conviction; if Yu Ci hadn't received nine years of compulsory education, she would have believed him.
Yu Ci's gaze fell on the orchid.
When Yu Ci first saw the orchid wither and decay in the school's soil, he was not surprised at all.
This is *Euphorbia milii*, an extremely delicate and difficult plant to cultivate; it is almost certain to die if left in the wild. To make it bloom, it requires meticulous care and attention.
The Huo family, besides Little Dumpling, only consists of Aunt Ning... and President Huo.
Yu Ci lowered his eyes, his intuition telling him it was the latter.
The little dumpling with its smiling, crescent-shaped eyes continued, "Brother Yu Ci, you can treat the little grass as Chaochao, okay? If you miss me, talk to it more often~"
Chaochao had already tacitly agreed that Yu Ci wanted to grow orchids, and was just about to give him a few more instructions when suddenly his little ears twitched as if sensing something, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Daddy's out!"
"Brother Yu Ci, wait for me a moment."
After saying that, the little dumpling immediately ran into the house.
"Daddy, daddy!"
Huo Qin had indeed finished the conversation and was coming down the stairs.
"Hey, where's Brother Jingcheng?" Chaochao, who had run over, tilted her head in confusion when she realized that Xie Jingcheng wasn't following behind her.
Huo Qin: "On the phone."
He just raised some issues that exist in the current project, and Xie Jingcheng is contacting his employees to resolve them.
"Oh, okay then."
Chaochao felt a slight pang of regret for a second, then immediately grabbed Huo Qin's hand excitedly, "Daddy, the grass is blooming! Come and see!"
Seeing Chaochao pull President Huo over by the orchid pots in the garden, Yu Ci took a step back without making a sound.
Chaochao's voice was filled with excitement as she pointed her little finger at the beautiful white orchid, "Daddy, look, isn't it super pretty!"
Huo Qin lowered his eyes to look at the orchid, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the little dumpling cheering and jumping for joy. A smile unconsciously appeared on his lips. He said softly, "Yes, it's beautiful."
As if she had received a compliment, Chaochao was a little embarrassed and smiled sweetly.
Yu Ci remained silent, subtly observing President Huo's expression.
When he saw the orchid, the man's deep eyes showed no emotion, only softening when he responded to the little dumpling.
This further confirmed Yu Ci's earlier thought.
If it really was President Huo who was taking care of the orchids, wouldn't it be a waste of President Huo's hard work if he took them away rashly?
Chaochao tilted her head up and said, "Daddy, I want to give the little grass to Brother Yu Ci."
At this moment, Yu Ci, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up:
"Chao Chao, or not—"
"Can."
Before Yu Ci could finish refusing, the indifferent-looking man nodded in agreement.
Chaochao: "Yay!!!"
Huo Qin had nothing to be reluctant about parting with the orchids.
Taking care of it was just out of fear that if the grass didn't survive, the little dumpling would cry itself to death.
Besides, it's better to give it away, so that when he comes back to his room after expelling the bugs at night, he won't see the little dumpling lying on the bed with a smug little expression that says, "Hmph, I found out, Daddy, and you still scold me."
Huo Qin was unaware of what Chaochao thought she had discovered, but he chose to remain silent, "..."
Since Mr. Huo himself has agreed...
Yu Ci swallowed back the words she was about to say.
After the little dumpling finished being happy, it turned around and looked at Yu Ci with a puzzled expression.
"Brother Yu Ci, did you just call me?"
Yu Ci smiled slightly and said softly, "It's nothing."
Yu Ci brought a pot of orchids with him. Since it wasn't convenient for him to go home by himself, Huo Qin asked the driver to take him home.
Before leaving, Chaochao clung to the car window, peeking out with her two little tufts of hair and a pair of big, reluctant eyes. "Brother Yuci, remember to talk to Xiaocao more, otherwise it will get bored."
Chaochao chatted with Xiaocao every day, saying a lot of things. She was afraid that if Brother Yuci stopped talking, Xiaocao would feel uncomfortable.
Yu Ci smiled and agreed, "Okay."
Chaochao: "And also, brother, remember to take pictures of the grass for me to see... Chaochao can go to Yu Ci's house to see it too!"
This is something Yu Ci desperately wanted but could not obtain.
"Okay, sure."
"And there's more—"
There was nothing else Chaochao could think of for the moment, but in the end she just said in her childish voice, "Brother Yu Ci, don't work too hard at school~"
Yu Ci's gaze softened further. "I understand."
When Xie Jingcheng came out after finishing his phone call, he bumped into Yu Ci, who was carrying a packaged potted orchid and driving away.
Xie Jingcheng paused in his steps.
A strange look appeared in his phoenix eyes.
I've seen people deliver flowers to my door, but I've never seen someone take flowers with them when they leave, pot and all.
Xie Jingcheng carefully recalled the scene from just now.
This orchid...doesn't it look familiar?
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