122: 122 New Species Discovered by the Botanical Association!

122: 122 New Species Discovered by the Botanical Association!

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Fluffy, golden little chick!

“Cheep!

Cheep cheep!!”

Dong Mao, like a mother hen protecting her chick, cradled the little chick in his palm.

The man’s rough fingers brushed against its feathers, his face bearing the expression of someone who had been healed by something, and he was pontificating about it.

Xia Ye certainly couldn’t hear what he was saying, but looking at Dong Mao’s profile, she always felt a sort of familiarity…

His lips were slightly protruding…

And he was someone who especially loved chickens…

It was a bit odd…

Dong Mao petted the little yellow chick for several minutes before finally putting it back in the car trunk with reluctance.

He even bought a special cage for it, complete with water and food dishes and bedding, probably also to avoid dirtying Jiang Xuan’s car.

After setting everything up for the little chick, Dong Mao returned to the Four Seasons Club.

Xia Ye opened the car door to follow him.

“Miss, where are you going?” Wang Dahai asked anxiously as he poked his head out.

Xia Ye looked back, “Have you forgotten what you said earlier?” ‘From now on, wherever you want to go, I will take you, and I certainly won’t talk to Mr.

Xia and Mrs.

Xia, I am your private driver…’

Wang Dahai certainly remembered and quickly went back to his seat obediently, “Miss, I’ll wait for you in the car!”

Xia Ye nodded.

The inside of the club was luxurious and vast.

Each VIP room was tightly closed, with the scent of wine wafting everywhere.

Occasionally, someone would come out of a room, and the clinking of glasses from inside would instantly make the quiet corridor noisy for a while.

The comings and goings were all of people with a business air about them.

From their attire, one could tell that the consumption here was not low.

Xia Ye rubbed her little nose; the aroma of the wine was rich.

She had sneaked in, avoiding the front desk, and didn’t know which private room Dong Mao had entered.

Stretching her slender neck, she peered through the windows of each room, absorbed in her search, when suddenly someone grabbed her wrist.

Xia Ye turned around, “Uncle Jiang?”

If he was here, then Dong Mao was certainly here too.

Jiang Xuan looked surprised, “How did you get here?”

Jiang Xuan was actually in the room opposite, and Xia Ye would have seen him next.

But Jiang Xuan beat her to the punch and saw her as he was coming out of the room.

Having just finished a business deal, seeing her was a very pleasant surprise for Jiang Xuan.

“I’m here to find someone,” Xia Ye looked him over for a moment, “Is this outfit from yesterday?”

Jiang Xuan’s deep gaze fixed on her, “No, that one won’t be ready until next week.”

Xia Ye emitted an ‘Oh’ sound thoughtfully.

If Dong Mao was the person she suspected…

Then Jiang Xuan, as Dong Mao’s master…

As she was pondering, someone came out of Jiang Xuan’s room.

His room door was open; inside there wasn’t the warm atmosphere of entertainment, it was quiet.

In a few seconds, a few middle-aged men in decent clothes followed out of the inner room.

Their faces bore calm smiles, and it seemed they hadn’t drunk alcohol, noticing Xia Ye standing close to Jiang Xuan, they tactfully showed no sign of it but took the initiative to shake hands with Jiang Xuan, “President Jiang, we look forward to our cooperation in the future.”

Jiang Xuan nodded his head.

Shen Jing and Dong Mao came out one after the other, with Shen Jing skillfully seeing off the VIP clients and Dong Mao’s first reaction was to look for where his master had gone.

Little did he expect, upon seeing his master, he would also see his nemesis!

How could that little ancestor also be here?

Xia Ye saw Dong Mao and headed towards him.

Jiang Xuan’s gaze followed, and at the same time, he read something from Xia Ye’s mind…

Facing the gradually approaching gaze of Xia Ye, Dong Mao instinctively wanted to find a curtain to cover himself, but when he heard what Xia Ye said next, his little heart trembled even more.

Xia Ye stopped in front of him, tilting her head to look at him, “What’s your name, Dong?

Have we… met before?”

Dong Mao was so nervous he almost skipped the middle steps and got PTSD.

He could guarantee that if this “little ancestor” one day tied the marriage knot with his master, and she requested to eat him at the banquet, the master would not hesitate for a moment.

He couldn’t let Xia Ye recognize him!

“Yes, yes… when the master was looking for you before, we have met…” Dong Mao’s Adam’s apple moved rapidly, unable to fix his eyes anywhere.

Their appearances were different when they followed at Ear Mountain, and besides, Xia Ye had very little Spiritual Energy, so she probably couldn’t recognize him…

Xia Ye’s slender fingers stroked her chin, “You particularly like chicks?

I saw you buying one just now outside the door.”

For a grown ‘steel’ straight man to buy a chick for raising at home seemed utterly abnormal no matter how one thought about it.

Dong Mao’s body stiffened, no wonder he felt a breath when he stood in front of the stall just now.

He thought it was because this “little ancestor” had been here yesterday, so he had that feeling, but it turned out…

she was actually nearby…

No wonder she was suspicious; she must have seen him petting the chick.

Just then, Shen Jing finished with his customers and came back.

Seizing the opportunity, Dong Mao pointed at Shen Jing, “Ah, that was for Assistant Shen.

He saw a photo of a chick in a magazine last time and said it was cute.

I just happened to see it and bought it along the way.

I just fancy it a bit, can’t really raise the thing.”

His excuse was rather far-fetched, but coincidentally, Shen Jing had indeed pointed to a photo of a newly hatched yellow chick in a magazine a few days ago and told him it was cute, so it really could make sense.

Xia Ye then looked towards Shen Jing, trying to discern something from his subconscious reaction.

But Shen Jing didn’t have the disheveled air of being thrust onto the stage; on the contrary, he seemed quite pleased and his beautiful eyes opened wide, “Wow, really?

You remembered just because I said it once?”

To seem more genuine, Dong Mao went along with his words, “Of course, I always take to heart what you say…”

After that, the hallway fell into a moment of silence.

The gazes of everyone shifted back and forth between him and Shen Jing for a moment, all narrowing their eyes: …

As one of the male leads, Shen Jing felt his entire being was off.

Was Dong Mao hinting at something with his words?

Jiang Xuan’s eyes twitched imperceptibly, covering for Dong Mao, “The two of them have always had a good relationship.”

Only then did Xia Ye slowly ‘oh’ in response.

Alright…

She must have overthought it…

How could that old guy from Heavenly Dao be busy with something every day and come here to watch her?

Seeing that she no longer doubted, Jiang Xuan asked her, “I just finished discussing business, do you want to have lunch together?”

Xia Ye remembered that she hadn’t replaced Lanlan’s flowerpot, so she politely declined.

Jiang Xuan asked Shen Jing to send her back to her car.

Only master and servant remained in the hallway, and Dong Mao finally relaxed with a sigh of relief.

He was quite grateful that his master covered for him because his instinct was purely not to be discovered by that “little ancestor,” but why was the master doing it?

The master came this trip without intending to conceal his identity, right?

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought him along.

Because natural enemies have small radars, if that “little ancestor” recovers some of her Spiritual Energy later on, it would be easy to give herself away.

He looked towards his master, but his master was watching the direction of the car outside the door.

Just now, he had heard her heart’s voice.

When she suspected whether he was Heavenly Dao…

she cursed two dirty words…

**

Meanwhile, at the Botanical Association’s exchange event.

The usual scene of blossoms blooming in abundance was absent; everyone was gathered around the plant Xia Yuzheng had brought.

It wasn’t just because that plant was attractive, but also because of what the botanist had just said.

“I guarantee with my 30 years of experience studying plants that this is definitely a new species, never before recorded in the Plant World!”