Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Christmas Bonus Chapter
Zu Qi stayed in the space for less than ten minutes before he couldn’t bear the cold. He returned to reality and put on a coat before going in again.
He walked along the river for a while and found no sign of any wild chrysanthemums in bloom. However, what was even more incredible was that all the ordinary wild chrysanthemums that Zu Qi had piled not far away were also missing.
Zu Qi asked Xiaoya and others to pick those wild chrysanthemums from the garden in order to deceive others and kept them piled in his room.
When everyone was quiet every night, Zu Qi would replace them with the wild chrysanthemums picked from the space, and the ordinary wild chrysanthemums could only be temporarily placed in the space.
Zu Qi walked to the place where ordinary wild chrysanthemums were originally piled, in confusion, and unexpectedly found that the soil in this area had turned black at some point, which could be clearly seen even if the ground was covered with green grass.
Zu Qi squatted down with some difficulty, pushed aside the grass on the surface and took a closer look. The soil was indeed black. He walked to the other side and continued to check. The soil showed an ordinary light brown color.
How did this happen?
Were these changes related to the ordinary wild chrysanthemums he put in?
Zu Qi thought about it for a long time but couldn’t figure out the reason. He scratched his hair a little irritably and was about to stand up when a very fast short black shadow suddenly flashed in his peripheral vision.
“Who is it!” The frightened Zu Qi quickly looked back.
Unfortunately, the black shadow ran so fast that Zu Qi didn’t even have time to see what it looked like, and just saw it swish behind a tree.
Then there was no movement.
Zu Qi stood up straight and froze on the spot for a long time, then slowly moved towards the direction of the tree.
There was a dense grove in front of him. Zu Qi had discovered it when he first entered the space. At that time, he felt that this grove appeared particularly abrupt between the endless lawn.
However, for safety reasons, Zu Qi basically never went close to the woods.
If the figure that flashed just now was like a ferocious beast, Zu Qi naturally would want to leave the space quickly without even thinking about it, but thinking back carefully, that figure looked like a seven or eight-year-old child.
Zu Qi secretly squeezed the emerald in his palm, ready to escape from the space at any moment.
When he was only three or four meters away from the tree, Zu Qi stopped and tentatively shouted to the back of the tree: “Hello? Are you still there?”
The answer to Zu Qi was silence.
“If you can understand what I’m saying, can you give me an answer?” Zu Qi continued.
The surroundings were still silent.
Zu Qi waited for about five minutes. He glanced at the deep woods in front of him. After struggling for a long time, he gave up on the idea of going there to take a look.
Just as Zu Qi was about to leave, he saw a little head sticking out from behind the tree.
It turned out to be a boy less than ten years old. He had a head of fluffy semi-long curly hair and two bright eyes like crystal grapes. He blinked and stared at Zu Qi curiously.
Zu Qi was stunned for a moment, then burst into a bright smile. He raised his feet and walked towards the boy: “Hello, kid, have you always lived here?”
As a result, Zu Qi had just taken two steps, when the little boy suddenly looked frightened, as if he had seen a ghost. He turned around and ran back, hiding behind another tree a little further away.
Zu Qi: “…” Did he look so scary?
Zu Qi touched his face depressedly. The next second he suddenly thought of something and quickly took out a few gummies from his pocket – he usually liked to eat sweets when he had nothing to do.
“Do you want to eat this?” Zu Qi stretched out his hand to the little boy. Thinking that the little boy was hiding behind the tree and couldn’t see his movements, he simply threw a few candies next to the tree.
Not long after, a white and fat little arm stretched out from behind the tree, accurately grabbed a few candies, and quickly took them back.
Zu Qi couldn’t help laughing, knowing that the little boy was still very afraid of him, he didn’t plan to stay in the space for too long.
Regardless of whether the other party could understand him, Zu Qi said hello to the little boy a few times before leaving the space.
Back in his warm bed, Zu Qi lay on the bed and thought over what happened just now. He was 100% sure that he saw it right. There was a cute little boy.
But how could there be other people in his space…
Zu Qi thought about it, and the only conclusion he came to was that maybe the space did not belong to him alone, and the emerald in his hand was just a gateway to other places.
In short, the emerald was like Doraemon’s anywhere door, which could take Zu Qi to the magical world on the other side. Perhaps that piece of grass existed in some corner of the earth.
Before going to bed, Zu Qi was still a little worried about the little boy, so he packed up a lot of snacks that Xiaoya bought for him, brought them into the space, and placed them in front of the grove.
The next day.
When Zu Qi woke up, it was already bright outside. After washing and getting dressed slowly, Zu Qi walked out of the bedroom and saw Xiaoya and the maids busy packing their things.
“Madam, you’re awake.” Xiaoya ran over and said, “Breakfast is ready. You go have breakfast first, and we will set off after we finish packing our luggage.”
Zu Qi then remembered that Xue Jue said last night that they would move back to Xue’s house. He thought he would wait for a few days, but he didn’t expect him to take action so soon.
“Go and sort out the remaining wild chrysanthemum powder.” Zu Qi said to Xiaoya, “We won’t sell it anymore.”
Xiaoya, who had just agreed, was surprised and said: “Not selling it? But your powder is so popular, I heard that scalpers can even sell it for 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.”
Zu Qi explained: “It’s just that we won’t sell it for the time being. The flowering period of wild chrysanthemums has passed.”
“That’s right…” Xiaoya remembered that when she went to the garden a few days ago, the wild chrysanthemums that had been in full bloom had almost withered away, leaving only a few scattered ones still floating in the autumn wind.
The only happy person was the manager of the resort, who was smiling so hard that he could hardly close his mouth.
Xiaoya moved very quickly. By the time Zu Qi came back from breakfast, she had already neatly placed all the remaining cans of the chrysanthemum powder on the coffee table.
“There are only eighty cans left.” Xiaoya held her chin and sighed worriedly, “We will have to wait a long time for next year. If I had known better, I would have picked all the flowers. Anyway, Young master tacitly allowed us to do this.”
Zu Qi disagreed: “It’s okay.”
He carried a bank card with an eight-digit balance on his person, and he could still pay his employees’ wages even if they took a year off.
Xiaoya was flattered after receiving the guarantee, and the smile on her face became even brighter. She shared the good news with the other maids. The few girls got together and were happy for a long time, and then carefully packaged the remaining wild chrysanthemum powder.
At ten o’clock in the morning, Butler Zhang came over to check the situation. Seeing that Xiaoya and others had packed their things long ago, he said that the driver was waiting outside and they could leave at any time.
Zu Qi was sitting on a chair reading a script. Hearing this, he put away the script and walked out with Butler Zhang.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the gate, he bumped into Bai Guangjian who came after hearing the news.
“Xiao Zu, are you leaving?” Bai Guangjian asked angrily. He was still wearing pajamas and his messy hair had not been taken care of. It was obvious that he had just gotten up and came here soon after hearing the news.
Zu Qi replied with a smile: “Yes, Mr. Bai, we will meet up for dinner and tea when we have time in the future.”
Bai Guangjian was not stupid enough not to hear the politeness in Zu Qi’s words. He sighed helplessly and said with some annoyance: “The scenery here is so beautiful and there are so many restaurants. Why are you in such a hurry to go back?”
“Going home to raise my baby.” Zu Qi said concisely and comprehensively.
“…” Bai Guangjian glanced at Zu Qi’s big belly and was speechless by this sufficient reason.
Butler Zhang was still waiting in front, and Zu Qi had no intention of staying any longer. Seeing that Bai Guangjian had a depressed face and said nothing anymore, he took the initiative to speak: “If Mr. Bai has nothing else to do, I’ll leave first. The driver is still waiting outside.”
“Wait!”
Bai Guangjian hurriedly stretched out his hand to block Zu Qi’s way and was about to say something. The next moment, he suddenly saw the script in Zu Qi’s hand, and his expression suddenly became ecstatic.
“How come you have the script for “Palace Wall”?”
“I want to audition for “Palace Wall” after giving birth. It would be best if I could get the role of the second male lead,” Zu Qi said.
“What a fate!” Bai Guangjian clapped his hands and said excitedly, “Our company is also participating in the production of “Palace Wall”. You want to audition for the male supporting role, right? I’ll just give you the role. Consider it a thank you gift.”
Unfortunately, Zu Qi did not react as happily as Bai Guangjian expected. Instead, he looked at him with a half-smile: “Thank you for taking a bullet for you a while ago?”
Bai Guangjian scratched his head in embarrassment, and his smile gradually became awkward. He rubbed his hands and said, “I was indeed the one who started that incident. I hereby solemnly apologize to you. If you want that role, I will give it to you directly.”
Finally, Bai Guangjian was afraid that Zu Qi would be unhappy, so after thinking about it he added, “If you don’t want to, I won’t force you…”
“Yes.” Zu Qi said, “Of course I want it.”
But the pie in the sky could not be in vain. Bai Guangjian gave such a big gift, so he should ask for some reward.
So after Bai Guangjian happily left with the cardboard box in his arms, Zu Qi only had twenty cans of chrysanthemum powder left in his hand, the rest he sold to Bai Guangjian for 20,000 yuan per can.
But Bai Guangjian was not at a loss. After all, people who had money but could not buy the wild chrysanthemum powder could line around the resort several times.
On the way back, Zu Qi logged into his Weibo account. As soon as he entered the page, his phone was stuck with private messages that kept refreshing the screen for a full minute.
Since opening a Taobao store, Zu Qi’s Weibo fans had soared from more than two million to nearly eight million. The comments and private messages were all about being a fan of the Jingxin Yangshen powder.
In fact, there were very few people who had actually used the Jingxin Yangshen Powder. It was just that word spread from one place to another, and everyone followed what the others said, so it had naturally become so popular today.
There were even rumors that Jingxin Yangshen powder could even be used to treat cancer. Zu Qi couldn’t laugh or cry when he saw these words.
Zu Qi retweeted his original Weibo post promoting the Taobao store, and bluntly stated that the Jingxin Yangshen Powder had been temporarily removed from the shelves and may not be put on the shelves until September next year. The remaining 20 cans of stock will be divided into 60 bags of samples. Repost this Weibo post, and the lucky draw would be drawn five days later.
As soon as the Weibo post was posted, the comment area below became full of wailing sounds.
In less than an hour, “Jingxin Yangshen Powder has been removed from the shelves” and other related topics directly hit the Weibo hot search.
Zu Qi: “…” He really underestimated the number of people suffering from insomnia and hair loss in modern times. Staying up late less was the fundamental way to prevent hair loss! Otherwise, you will never have hair again in this life!
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