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Chapter 7 Can I see my pig now?
"Ranran, you're back?" Lin Xiaoran had just pushed open the door to her dorm room when her roommate Bei Xiaoyu immediately came up to her. "What did your advisor say? Can you participate in the defense?"

Lin Xiaoran looked a little tired. She put down her laptop bag, rubbed her temples, and then nodded to her roommate, "Yes."

"However, the paper may not be able to be published for the time being."

Originally, her graduation thesis was publishable, and her supervisor had already helped her contact a publishing platform.

Her supervisor had always thought highly of her. During the writing of her graduation thesis, in order to make her thesis more outstanding, her supervisor personally looked up a lot of information for her and recommended many relevant papers for her reference.

She also prepared very seriously.

Finally, everything was ready, and all that was left was to defend my thesis.

With the defense date fast approaching, I never expected that the subject of my graduation project would be gone.

She personally cultivated it for four years, and it was not easy to cultivate such a new variety of fruit tree seedling.

Everything was gone overnight.

The fruit has been eaten, the leaves have been eaten, and now, only four broken tree stumps remain buried in the soil.

God knows how much she wanted to grab a cleaver and kill those two pigs when she saw them gnawing on her fruit trees.

However, she ultimately chose to resolve the matter peacefully.

Because, according to my roommate, those two pigs were raised by Shen Baisu.

Throughout the entire Yao Nong University, there should be very few people who don't know Shen Baisu. Lin Xiaoran has never met Shen Baisu in person, but he has heard of her famous name. She is the third young lady of the Shen family, the richest family in Yaocheng. She is known for being difficult to mess with, and everyone avoids her when they see her.

She came from an ordinary family and couldn't afford to offend those rich girls, so even when she was angry, she didn't do anything to those two pigs.

It has been three days since the saplings were eaten, and Shen Baisu has still not appeared.

Although she left a message for Shen Baisu's roommate, she couldn't be sure whether Shen Baisu would give her an explanation.

In the end, it will probably all come to nothing.

"Huh? Are you sure? How could this happen?" Bei Xiaoyu exclaimed, covering her mouth.

Then, she began to complain indignantly, "It's all that Shen Baisu's fault. She raised pigs but didn't keep them properly locked up."

"Ranran, do you think she might be doing this on purpose?"

"There was so much food on the road, and those two pigs didn't eat anything, but they just happened to gnaw on your research samples. I don't believe that no one deliberately instructed them to do so."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoran frowned slightly. "Intentionally? She has no reason to do that."

Although she disagreed with her roommate's statement, Lin Xiaoran also found it strange because she had witnessed the situation firsthand.

Indeed, nothing in the surrounding area ended up in the mouths of those two pigs.

You see, there were many flowers, plants and vegetables planted around, many of which pigs like to eat, but none of those things were damaged. Only her fruit trees were damaged; all four trees were eaten and severely destroyed.

There is absolutely no possibility of continuing to cultivate it and making it flower and bear fruit next year.

Because she found it strange, she considered checking the surveillance footage, but the cameras in that area happened to be broken that day.

"Why isn't there a reason?"

"Don't you know? Shen Baisu likes Xu Huai and is always chasing after him."

"You and Xu Huai are the recognized academic power couple in the College of Plant Sciences. Shen Baisu must know this too. She's probably very jealous of you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoran frowned slightly. "Xu Huai? Doesn't Shen Baisu like Wan Jun? How come..."

Bei Xiaoyu: "A rich girl like her can like as many men as she wants, and it's not like she's being sincere anyway."

"It's not unusual for someone to like this today, that tomorrow, or even seven or eight at once."

Lin Xiaoran fell into deep thought. "She's here, Xiaoran, Shen Baisu is here."

The dormitory was quiet for a moment, then the door was suddenly pushed open. A girl from the next dormitory poked her head out from the doorway and hurriedly told Lin Xiaoran that Shen Baisu had arrived.

When Shen Baisu's name was mentioned, the other party deliberately lowered their voice.

"They're here? Where are they?" Bei Xiaoyu asked as she approached the doorway and curiously peered outside.

As soon as she peeked out, she saw Shen Baisu walking towards her.

When Bei Xiaoyu looked at Shen Baisu, she happened to make eye contact with her. After only two seconds of eye contact, Bei Xiaoyu felt an invisible pressure and hurriedly looked away.

Then, she turned to Lin Xiaoran and said, "You've really come."

Lin Xiaoran walked to the door, opened it fully (which was only half open), and then stepped out of the dormitory.

Upon seeing her, Han Jingxue leaned closer to Shen Baisu and whispered, "Baisu, this is Lin Xiaoran."

On the way here, Shen Baisu had already heard Han Jingxue mention the other party.

Lin Xiaoran, a senior majoring in plant science and technology, was about to graduate when her pig ate up the experimental research subject of her graduation thesis.

Even so, the other party only confiscated her pig instead of grilling it directly, which Shen Baisu admired.

If her graduation thesis had been eaten by a pig, she would have at least eaten a roasted pig.

"I'm Shen Baisu. I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Shen Baisu sincerely apologized as she approached Lin Xiaoran.

Upon hearing this, Bei Xiaoyu spoke in a very unfriendly tone, "It's more than just trouble. Because of you, Ranran almost had to postpone her graduation."

"Even if she doesn't have to extend her studies now, she can't publish her thesis because she can't provide a research subject. You know, she was originally able to publish her thesis."

"Do you know how important publishing papers is to Ranran?"

Bei Xiaoyu angrily shouted a series of words at Shen Baisu.

Lin Xiaoran frowned slightly. This was not the solution she wanted. If possible, she would prefer both parties to resolve the issue calmly.

Shen Baisu remained calm despite being yelled at, but Su Qing was displeased. She squinted at Bei Xiaoyu, "Who do you think you are? How dare you..."

Su Qing had just rolled up her sleeves and taken two steps toward Bei Xiaoyu when Shen Baisu pulled her back, saying, "In a harmonious society, don't be impulsive."

After saying that, Shen Baisu looked at Lin Xiaoran and said, "I will try to save your fruit trees, but before that, can I see my pig first?"

Lin Xiaoran's eyes widened in surprise. "Save it? You have a way to save my fruit tree saplings?"

She remembered that Shen Baisu studied veterinary medicine, not plant medicine, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoran added, "If you mean a three-to-five-year timeframe for saving him, then it's unnecessary."

It took her four years to cultivate those four fruit trees. In three to five years, she could have cultivated a new batch.

"If you're going to publish a paper, when do you need to submit it... and do you need those four trees?" Shen Baisu wasn't quite sure how to refer to those four trees using academic terminology.

Lin Xiaoran, puzzled, replied, "One month."

After listening, Shen Baisu immediately made a decision, "Then it's one month. Within one month, I'll return four fruit-bearing trees to you."

"Now, may I see my pig?"

Lin Xiaoran's fruit trees were planted downstairs in the base dormitory building. Before coming to find Lin Xiaoran, Shen Baisu had Han Jingxue show her Lin Xiaoran's fruit trees, which totaled four.

"..."

Lin Xiaoran's expression was somewhat complicated; she didn't believe Shen Baisu's assurance.

All four trees broke off from their trunks. Even if they could be saved within a month, how could they possibly bear fruit within a month?
(End of this chapter)