My boyfriend is not a human being? It’s over. I love him even more!

Chapter 66: Can Mr. Clown also write love letters? (5)

Chu Xiang unexpectedly did not respond. The two puppets lay back on the ground in boredom, motionless, really no different from ordinary puppets.

Fred was unwilling to give in. "Don't you have anything you want?"

Chu Xiang thought about it and said, "Yes."

"what do you want?"

"I want a little flower."

Fred said, "Is it the spring flower from the top of the mountain that proves that you have more beautiful things than anything else in the world, or is it the mulberry flower from the bottom of the sea that proves that you are more precious than the pearls in the ocean?"

Chu Xiang sat on the grass, holding her face with her hands, her sparkling eyes filled with smiles, "Neither."

He looked surprised. "Are there any flowers that are more difficult to find that I don't know about?"

Like many women of this era, they wanted gentlemen to give them hard-to-find gems or flowers that grew in desolate places, which were the best gifts that could prove their charm.

Among the nobility, giving gifts in this way was also a fashion.

Chu Xiang looked around and pointed at an unknown purple flower growing by the lake. "I want that, Mr. Fred, please give it to me."

It is just an ordinary little flower that can be seen everywhere. Maybe children will pick a few flowers for fun when passing by, but a proper gentleman will never pick such an ordinary flower and give it to a lady.

Fred thought he had heard wrongly, "You want this?"

"Yeah, that's what I want."

Fred felt that he had been fooled. Not only had the desire in her heart not been aroused, but he was actually being teased with a wild flower.

He hadn't experienced frustration for a long time. Staring at the carefree Chu Xiang, he actually felt annoyed by her nonchalant attitude.

Fred moved his fingers, and the two puppets lying on the ground stood up again. They slowly approached from behind, with evil smiles on their stiff faces.

Chu Xiang was completely unaware of the danger behind this, and she said, "You said you could fulfill my wish, but now it doesn't count?"

"It's just a wild flower. You can pick it yourself." Fred didn't take her bait. She shouldn't try to play tricks on him.

Chu Xiang said: "But the flowers you picked have completely different meanings from the flowers I picked myself."

Fred held his chin with one hand, and a nonchalant smile appeared on his funny face. "What's the difference?"

Lina and Thor displayed sharp knives in their hands, and behind her, the tips of the knives emitted a cold light.

"If I picked it myself, it would be just an ordinary wild flower, but if you picked it and gave it to me, it would be a jewel more precious than the sun in winter."

Chu Xiang moved closer to him, her eyes curved into beautiful crescents, the twinkling lights in them were so brisk and lively, the strong and warm emotions revealed from her also gave the shaded forest a higher temperature.

"Because you are the one I like!"

Fred's eyes paused slightly, and the two puppets behind him also stopped moving.

The wind blew through the woods, and the grass and wild flowers swayed along with the rustling sound of falling leaves. A strand of black hair moved gently with the wind and kissed his funny face. Then, he felt an uncontrollable itch all over his body.

"Xiangxiang!"

"Xiangxiang!"

"where have you been!"

The sound of her parents calling for someone came from outside the woods. Chu Xiang stood up belatedly. She patted the dust on her skirt and said to him: "I have to go. It's nice to meet you today, Mr. Fred. See you next time."

Just as she had come suddenly, she ran out quickly and disappeared in a moment. Fred picked up a small object on the ground.

This is a little gadget that fell out of Chu Xiang’s bag.

Lina came closer, "What is this?"

Thor said, "Is this a seed?"

Lina asked innocently: "Can the seeds be eaten?"

Thor: "I don't know. Can the seeds be eaten?"

They looked up together, their eyes full of curiosity fell on the adults.

Fred put the seed into his mouth and took a bite. Then, he spat it out with a "Pah, pah, pah". His face was wrinkled into a strange shape and the makeup on his face became even more distorted.

Perhaps the taste was too unpleasant, so he curled up on the ground, grabbed a handful of purple wild fruits with one hand and stuffed them into his mouth. When he looked up, he could see the worthless wild flowers growing by the lake. He muttered depressedly, "How weird."

“He said the seeds tasted funny,” Thor said.

Lina slapped Thor on the head, "Stupid!"

Chu Xiang and his parents worked for a long time and finally sowed the seeds in the newly reclaimed land.

It often rains in Rain Town, and the land is too wet, so weeds and trees grow wildly, but for some unknown reason, the grain production is getting less and less every year.

Even for the locals, no matter how many sacrifices they offered to the Goddess of Spring on the day of the Grain Festival, it was of no use. When they encountered problems that could not be solved by human power, they would pray to the illusory gods for solutions to the problems. This is a common practice throughout history, both in China and abroad.

The locals believed in goddesses, so they were quite dissatisfied with the mayor for inviting outsiders to manage the land. Although the locals did not dare to do anything to foreigners under the pressure of the mayor, they would not cooperate with foreigners in anything they wanted to do.

It started raining at dusk and all work had to be suspended.

A tall young man came over with an umbrella, stood on the ridge and stretched out his hand, "Miss Chu, come and take shelter from the rain first."

Chu Xiang was pulled up by him. She wiped the rain off her face, took the umbrella handed over by him, and said with a smile: "Thank you."

The young man smiled a little embarrassedly.

His name is Andrew, and he works as Chu Zhao's assistant. He has an honest and simple personality, and is not like the other hired hands who always think about being lazy while working.

Chu Zhao and Su Su still had some finishing work to do, so they asked Andrew to send Chu Xiang back first.

To be honest, Chu Xiang didn't want to ride in a carriage at all, but the conditions here were like this. Even if he had money, it would be impossible to conjure up a car.

Andrew was driving outside, Chu Xiang leaned in the car, the nausea feeling came up again, she slightly opened the window, the air with the smell of rain, mist and earth poured in, she felt a little better.

The streets were very noisy.

Many people held umbrellas and oil lamps as night fell, gathering in groups of three or four, as if looking for someone.

Chu Xiang curiously asked Andrew outside, "What happened?"

"The Orton child is missing."

Chu Xiang: "The child of the Orton family?"

"It's the Hunter family. Their son was found missing this morning. At first, everyone thought the child went out to play nearby, but now the child hasn't shown up either. They're worried that something has happened."

(End of this chapter)