Chapter 196 Stone of Hope
"Although Xiao Yan's description sounds like someone who has not received much education, it is indeed true." Xie Ling agreed with Xiao Yan's statement and further analyzed: "I even suspect that they first took you out of the stone and performed various experiments on you. They just wanted to get despair from you to feed the little chou who has not yet come out of the stone."
Xiao Yan said again: "Is this what they mean by the wool must come from the sheep?"
Xie Ling looked at him with a complicated look, but nodded helplessly, "That's about what I mean."
After getting the affirmation, Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows proudly.
"But because my brother is hope, no matter how they torture him, they can't bring despair to him, so those beastly researchers set their sights on humans?" Chu Xi asked Xie Ling mischievously.
Xie Ling nodded. "Yes, although the HBP researchers don't care about human lives, they will definitely not push humans forward directly in the face of unknown forces."
"So, do you still want to praise you scientists for being principled?" Chu Xixie sneered.
Xiao Yan said unhappily, "Little girl, how come you've grown taller but not smarter? How can Dr. Xie be the same as those beasts at HBP? People can be divided into good and bad, and naturally there are good and bad scientists. Xihen and Xiao Chou, who came from the same egg, are completely different. When we're talking about business, don't bring up personal grudges!"
Chu Xiqi smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Xiao brother is right. I appreciate your advice."
When she was a loli, her face was very cute. Now that she has grown up, her face is impeccable, especially when she smiles, which should be pleasing to the eye.
But Xiao Yan felt horrified.
Having been tricked by Loli Chuxi once, he instantly realized that he might be hated by this little devil again.
When the food was delivered from upstairs, their topic about Chu Xihen's life experience came to an end. While Chu Xihen was eating, Xie Ling hurried back to his laboratory and took the time to study the stone fragment.
The food was placed on the experimental bed, and the night-blooming cereus on the stone eggs was mixed in with a pile of plates, pretending to be a carved flower used to decorate the plates.
Chu Xi refused to eat, but sat obediently beside his brother.
Xiao Yan felt a chill down his spine if he stayed here, so he found an excuse to go and pester Xie Ling.
"Brother, can you understand Epiphyllum's thoughts?" Chu Xi asked.
The Epiphyllum originally wanted to use one of its petals to secretly taste the hot soup closest to it, but it was suddenly called out by Chu Xishi, and it "whoosh" retracted its petal.
"Well, it should be because it has been clinging to the stone and growing and mutating?" Although the Epiphyllum cannot speak, Chu Xihen knows what it wants to do when it moves its petals slightly.
Chu Xichi recalled the situation underground at that time, "But when we saw it, it seemed to be wrapped in a black rock. It was only after you touched the surface of the stone that the stone turned white, and then in turn wrapped you."
"Yeah, I noticed that too. Let's wait and see what Dr. Xie's research results are." Chu Xihen said, "I think this white stone and the black stone that trapped Xiao Chou should be one and the same. It turns black when it encounters despair, and turns white when it encounters hope."
Chu Xihen was talking to Chu Xichi while he was eating. After the two siblings chatted for a while, he was full.
After putting down his bowl and chopsticks, he said to Chu Xichi: "And I have a special skill that allows me to control this stone without using my supernatural powers."
This special skill is called [Stone of Hope]: it breeds the original hope, can change its form at will, and isolate all energy.
Chu Xihen didn't feel anything about the sudden addition of a skill, but when he saw the last few words of this skill, he had a bold guess in his mind.
However, he still had to wait for Xie Ling's results before making a final conclusion.
"Being able to control this stone is equivalent to being able to control this Epiphyllum? Will it also listen to Xiao Chou?" Chu Xizhi stretched out his finger, wanting to touch the petals of the Epiphyllum while it wasn't paying attention.
Who would have thought that the Epiphyllum, which Chu Xihen said had a good temper, would suddenly transform its petals into a big mouth with saw-like teeth and bite towards Chu Xichen's fingers.
Fortunately, Chu Xichi was on guard against it. She realized its intention and quickly withdrew her hand. Otherwise, with Epiphyllum's strength, half of her finger would have been bitten off.
Is it true that only her brother can see this poor girl's good temper?
"It shouldn't happen. After all, Xiao Chou's stone is in the void. We can't see it normally, and it can't touch it." Chu Xihen said.
This way Chu Xichi felt relieved. As long as Epiphyllum would not turn against her and harm Chu Xihen, but instead could help Chu Xihen, she could still get along with it for the time being.
She asked Chu Xihen again, "Brother, can you please tell it not to be so fierce to me? I want to be friends with it. I am your sister, and it...it is your child, so I am its aunt, and it must respect me!"
When the Epiphyllum heard her words, its long petals slowly bent into a question mark.
It doesn't understand what aunt is?
Before Chu Xihen could answer, Xie Ling had the result and asked Xiao Yan to invite him over.
"You are still young, why do you think you are the elder? If you insist on being related to it, then just be its sister!" Chu Xihen said as he stood up and touched the petals of the Epiphyllum. "Don't hit her. She is my sister, and she is my relative just like you. We should live in peace, understand?"
After he finished speaking, he said to Chu Xichi, "Just stay here and watch it, but don't go too far. Its ability level is very high, and you can't beat it."
"Got it. Brother, you go and do your work. I will play with it well." Chu Xixi dragged out the tone of the word "play".
Chu Xihen knew Chu Xiqi very well. If he didn't give her a chance to get back at her, she would be so angry that she would fight to the death with Tanhua sooner or later. So he gave her this chance. It depended on herself whether she could solve the problem or not.
He didn't take the stone with him, so Epiphyllum was afraid that someone might steal it, so he naturally stayed to guard it.
Another reason is that there is a small piece of debris on Xie Ling's place. If Epiphyllum were to see it, it would probably go crazy, so leaving it here to "play" with Chu Xiqi is the best way.
After Chu Xihen left, Epiphyllum hugged the stone tightly with its petals, being very wary of Chu Xihen.
"Don't be afraid, I won't snatch it from you." Chu Xixi looked at the unfinished meal in front of him, "Didn't you want to drink this soup just now? Drink it now. Do you like sweet or spicy?"
The petals of the Epiphyllum turned into question marks again.
It doesn’t even know what sweet or spicy is?
"It's okay, just try it first. It's sweet, and I think you should like it. Try it." Chu Xixi picked up a bowl of sweet soup and placed it in front of Epiphyllum.
The night-blooming cereus was very interested in the food and without any precautions, it stretched out a petal into the soup. After tasting the flavor, its other petals began to sway happily.
Chu Xiqi smiled and said, "It seems that you like the sweet one. Then try the spicy one. It tastes better than the sweet one!"
She brought a bowl of very spicy soup from a distance, and sprinkled the devil chili powder she exchanged from the mall into the soup while carrying it.
The Epiphyllum was drinking soup there and didn't notice her little action. After she brought a new bowl of red soup to it, it stretched out two petals and couldn't wait to dive into the bowl of red soup.
I really thought it was better than the sweet soup I just had. I drank half a bowl of it in one gulp, and then the whole night-blooming cereus turned a bright red...