Luo Binhan was really frightened. He has a history of brutal fighting with his sister, so he is quite experienced in dealing with bad girls. If the other party is as weird as usual, it is nothing new to Luo Binhan. But he had never seen the battle before him and didn't know how to deal with it.
"Why are you talking like this all of a sudden?" he asked a little scared.
The burgundy ponytail still smiled and said to himself as if he didn't hear anything: "I have been preparing materials for the qualification exam in the library these days. I promised my father that I would work hard to apply for higher education this year, but I actually didn't focus on it. Academically, I’ve been looking up what you asked me about. This thing makes me feel a little stressed.”
Her speech was clear and her eyes were clear, not at all like she was speaking randomly after losing her mind. Luo Binhan had no choice but to ignore this sudden change and suggested to her first: "You should give me back the medicine."
The burgundy ponytail - although she was neither burgundy nor ponytail now - stood quietly in place without moving. She thought for a while and said: "This thing makes me feel a lot more comfortable. I don't have to be tortured by Ye Yan anymore, and I don't want to lose it."
"Fuck, you want to rob me openly." Luo Binhan threatened, "Do you still want to meet the savage tribe?"
"I don't want to. That's a ridiculous idea. There are no savages in this world. I just want to go against my father because of my adolescence. If I disappear from the world, he will pay more attention to me instead of working overtime every day."
This answer was perfect for Luo Binhan, making him willing to give the entire bottle of soothing medicine to him for free. But because this change was so strange, he felt a little bit resentful, and asked tentatively: "Then will you still smoke in the future?"
"I will never smoke again." said the burgundy ponytail, "I want to prepare well for the exam, go to college, and then find a good job."
"Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true, thank you for giving me this. I figured you were some kind of messenger from heaven who came to give me a warning."
At this point, Luo Binhan had nothing to say. If this sudden awakening of conscience happens to his sister in the future, it will definitely move him to tears. He decided to retire after his success, leaving the medicine behind and temporarily withdrawing from the life of this smart girl.
"That's okay. I'll leave the medicine for you..."
The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, interrupting him. Luo Binhan took out his phone and glanced at the red letters on the white screen.
——Don't leave any medicine, sir. You must come back and observe again.
He read this reminder with a bit of shock, wondering why Li Li would make such a request. But the burgundy ponytail was standing in front of him, making it difficult for him to speak into the microphone of his mobile phone.
"Is that your mobile phone?" The burgundy ponytail looked at him and said, "What era is that antique? Just wait for me."
She turned and walked away. Luo Binhan almost thought she was going to abscond with the medicine, but soon she reappeared in front of Luo Binhan and handed him a new triple-screen mobile phone.
"I bought it for you. It's better to use this new one."
"...Where did you get the money?"
"You gave me a gold coin. That thing is very pure and can be exchanged for enough cash."
"Then where do you find the channel to exchange money?"
"I find antique shops to sell them. The boss likes me very much and won't ask about the origin of the things."
Luo Binhan took the phone wordlessly, hesitated for a moment, and then plugged in Li Li's black box pretending to be a charger. He did this so that Li Li could get a better operating device, but the new phone didn't respond at all. He had no choice but to connect the black box back to his old phone, and the screen immediately lit up.
--Don't ask me to log into a device of unknown security, sir. She's distracting you, you have to get your medicine back.
Those two lines revealed a resolute attitude, and Luo Binhan had no choice but to raise his head and say to the wine-red ponytail: "Give me back the medicine first."
"Can't you give me a bottle?"
"Yes, but I have to return this bottle to someone else. I'll bring you a new bottle when I come next time."
He lied without changing his face and took back the soothing medicine half-coaxingly. When the burgundy ponytail returned the bottle to him, Fina stirred in the cage. It was circling around anxiously, using its tail to sweep the soil accumulated at the bottom of the cage.
"Is this your pet?" said the burgundy ponytail, "I have never seen a pet lizard of this kind. Are you sure it is legal? But it does look quite beautiful."
She reached out and touched Fina's tail through the cage. Fina immediately jumped to the farthest corner of the cage, half-opening her mouth in preparation for attack, which was exactly like the preparation posture before attacking and hunting.
Luo Binhan wanted to take it out for some air, but he didn't expect it to hate strangers so much, so he gave up the idea.
"I picked it up. I don't know what kind it is yet." He shrugged and said, "It's getting dark. You should go home."
The burgundy ponytail is still reluctant to let go, wanting to get that soothing medicine again. Her addictive reaction made Luo Binhan sincerely afraid, and he repeatedly promised that he would come back soon with the medicine.
"You really can't give me this bottle?"
"This bottle is too old, I'm afraid it will expire." Luo Binhan refused, "I will bring you a new one later, every week and every month."
"Can't it be now?"
"Next time, next time. Definitely next time."
The burgundy ponytail looked at him resentfully: "Then when will you come next time?"
Luo Binhan had a hunch that he had to give an accurate date, otherwise it would be difficult to escape. He said in an extremely sincere tone: "Tomorrow. I'll come back tomorrow."
He sent the burgundy ponytail away and decided to talk about tomorrow's matters. Out of inner uneasiness, he followed the other person from a distance to make sure that she walked into the home instead of running into the mountains again.
As the sun was setting, he returned to the lonely and empty town square and saw a few crows gathering on the ground. Maybe it was because of his inner thoughts, Luo Binhan always felt that those little dark eyes were peeking at him evilly.
He used gravel to drive away the crows, then took out his mobile phone and asked the screen: "What's going on with this little lunatic?"
Words on the screen answered: I don't know, sir.
"Then why did you ask me to get the medicine back?" Luo Binhan said, "I really didn't expect this medicine to be so effective. Maybe she will be cured if she uses it a few more times?"
——Do you think what she just looked like was a sign of recovery, sir?
Luo Binhan couldn't answer for a while. It was difficult for him to decide which one was more abnormal, the docile little rabbit or the delinquent crazy girl before. It felt like standing on a plain full of booby traps, and he might be blown away no matter where he went.
"Let's see tomorrow," he muttered. Then get back on the aircraft and drive around the town to the west. He was not going to return to the Silence just like that, but wanted to take advantage of the darkness of night to fly to the birthplace of the Drowning Leaf to have a look.
The Great Rift Valley of Tangchi Mountains is located in the northern wilderness of Laimazhou. It is the largest land fault zone on the planet. Due to geological movements, there is a significant height difference on both sides of the river, which has formed a completely different ecological environment. There are also nearly a hundred lakes and more than a dozen extinct volcanoes.
Luo Binhan was a little sensitive to the word volcano due to his past experience of almost being in a plane crash. However, his investigation found that this planet has not seen volcanic eruptions for hundreds of years, but earthquakes and tsunamis occur frequently. The latter two obviously pose no threat to an aircraft operating in the middle of the continent, so it is impossible for natural disasters to interfere with his adventure tonight.
He flew smoothly to the edge of the rift valley, overlooking the wild world under the moonlight. To the west is a desert desert with sparse shrubs; to the east is a secluded forest with swaying trees. Between the two is an unfathomable deep chasm, known to the world as the childhood scar of this planet.
However, in Luo Binhan's eyes, the huge rift seemed to be slightly tilted, like the planet beneath him opening its huge mouth and revealing a ferocious smile.
The aircraft drilled into the valley and scanned the surrounding environment according to the settings of ∈, looking for any items that resembled drowned leaves or had obvious abnormal characteristics. Not long after, dense red dots appeared on the map.
Luo Binhan flew towards the densest place of red dots. The deeper he went into the valley, the more new red dots he discovered, and he even painted a blood-red heart-shaped pattern on the map. He began to feel something was wrong: the shape could be just a coincidence, but if the drowned leaves relied on animal excretion of seeds to reproduce, then such a dense growth area seemed unnatural.
According to the detection results, the aircraft finally landed deep in the corner of the western side of the rift valley. It was a dry, hairless, sandy land. Luo Binhan jumped out of the aircraft, found a stick and started digging. Every time he dug deeper, Fina on her shoulder would flick her tail and hit him on the back of the neck as a warning.
Luo Binhan paid attention to its reaction, but felt that it was not intense enough to give up and retreat. When the tree stick touched a hard object, he squatted down to the edge of the pit and brushed away the fine sediment, revealing the secrets hidden within.
A group of thick and knotted tree roots, or a hard and dead old vine. They cover the bottom of the pit like an airtight net, leaving no room for prying eyes from the outside world.
The three-color moonlight shines on their dusty roots, emitting a dark, cold metallic luster. Luo Binhan recognized its luster, which was the rusted bronze branches and leaves.
