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Chapter 486 Eating and Drinking Along the Way, a Pool Full of Water
The group of people heading deeper into the botanical garden had no idea of ​​the hidden anguish they were experiencing.

Actually, if we're talking about who's most interested in this botanical garden, it has to be Que Lu.

Especially after seeing several precious herbs that are almost extinct and hard to find elsewhere, yet are thriving here, if it weren't for a sliver of reason holding him back, he would have simply stopped and stayed here to focus on collecting herbs.

Unfortunately, no matter how much you covet it, it's someone else's!
Just thinking about this makes me laugh!
He had his reservations, but Jiang Hanying did not.

They hadn't gone far when they passed a tree laden with bright red, egg-sized fruits. The others had never seen these fruits before, so they couldn't help but stop and look at them a few more times. Then they heard a whooshing sound from the side.

Turning my head, I saw that someone had already grabbed the hem of her skirt with one hand and hugged the tree trunk with the other, and had climbed up the tree to pick it.

They didn't just pick one or two; they grabbed a branch laden with fruit and pulled it in the opposite direction, tearing the branch off along with it.

"Quick, catch it."

When Li Chengxiao saw her throwing the branch towards him, he had no choice but to quickly reach out and catch the branch, along with the bunch of fruit on it.

Just as I was about to remind him to be careful coming down, I saw that before jumping down, the person picked the largest fruit nearby that he could reach, stuffed it into his mouth, and carried it down the tree.

After landing, she let go of her skirt and instantly transformed into an elegant lady.

The crowd, having witnessed her series of fluid movements, were speechless.

Seriously, I was completely stunned!

Li Chengxiao was not only stunned, but also felt a throbbing vein on his forehead. "You put it in your mouth without even knowing if it's edible."

Jiang Hanying immediately took a bite, "It's delicious, you should try it if you don't believe me."

As he spoke, he plucked a fruit from the branch in his cheap master's hand and put it to his mouth, attempting to shut him up.

Li Chengxiao: "..."

The third one to dare to try it was Que Lu. He was already frustrated enough that he couldn't pick the herbs he liked, but seeing that Jiang Hanying had already eaten most of the fruit and was still lively, he gritted his teeth and followed suit, picking one as well. He smelled it and found it quite fragrant, so he opened his mouth and took a bite.

Mmm, delicious!

Before long, everyone in the group had two fruits in their hands, eating one while holding another, eating as they walked.

No one expected that this was just the beginning.

Along the way, while not everything was barren, Jiang Hanying enthusiastically tried every plant that looked edible as she walked.

Little did she know that Li Zhi, who was watching her every move, was practically grinding her teeth to powder.

Having finally caught the lotus pods in the pond, Jiang Hanying tossed aside the twig in her hand, sat cross-legged, and began peeling the lotus seeds.

After she finished peeling the last one, she looked up and saw that the child had already led the group around the small pond and was almost back.

Originally, she didn't necessarily want to eat the lotus pods. It was just that after the child led the way here, he stopped and stood by the pond, looking into it for a while before starting to circle around it. She got bored waiting in place, so she started thinking about the lotus pods in the pond.

Once everyone had returned, he patted the lotus seed shells off his clothes and stood up.

"Should it still spin?"

She would hook another lotus seedpod and bring it back, and after one round, she could peel them all.

"No need to turn around anymore, we need to go down."

"Ok?"

"The child climbed up from the bottom of this pool."

"Then why did you just circle around twice?"

“When he climbed up, the pond was dry.” Li Chengxiao said, glancing at the handful of freshly peeled, plump lotus seeds in Jiang Hanying’s hand. “There were no lotus flowers, leaves, or seedpods either, so I’m not sure if it’s from the same pond.” Jiang Hanying noticed her cheap master’s gaze on her hand and, thinking he wanted some, generously popped one into his mouth, then put one in her own. “So, is it confirmed now?”

“Hmm,” Li Chengxiao nodded, his mouth full of lotus seeds that had been suddenly stuffed into his mouth. “He still remembers seeing a crack in the pool wall when he climbed up. He just found it, and the shape matched.”

Jiang Hanying nodded: "Then let's go down."

"We discussed it when we came over. Uncle Que and I will go down and take a look first," Li Chengxiao said, already reaching to unbutton his coat. "You guys wait on the shore."

Jiang Hanying's gaze fell on the hand he was using to unbutton his shirt. After he finished unbuttoning it, she reached out her hand and said, "Give it to me."

Li Chengxiao paused for a moment, then handed over the coat he had taken off.

Que Bingchen was also ready. After exchanging a glance, Li Chengxiao jumped down first.

As soon as he entered the water, he noticed something was wrong.

The water is flowing.

When you look into the water from the shore, it's as calm as a mirror.

But only after you get down there can you truly feel that the water around you is actually flowing slowly, even if the movement is very subtle.

On the other side, there was a splash; it was Que Bingchen who jumped in right after.

After wading through the water and regaining her footing, she couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation, "This water..."

Zhu Heng squatted on the bank, still holding a lotus seed that Jiang Hanying had given her. Hearing her husband's voice, she quickly asked, "What's wrong with the water?"

“It’s like living water…” Que Bingchen said uncertainly, looking at Li Chengxiao, who nodded slightly at him.

It seems it wasn't just my imagination.

"But there's only this one pond nearby, and no river. Could the river be hidden underground?"

"I'll dive down and take a look." After saying that, Li Chengxiao took a deep breath and plunged into the water.

Within seconds, he disappeared from view in the water.

Zhu Heng frowned. "It's quite deep." Seeing her husband preparing to dive down as well, she said, "Be careful."

He then instructed his daughter through the earpiece, "Xiaoyun, switch to your dad's and Shuheng's channel and see if they're affected by anything while they're in the water."

Que Zhiyun responded and immediately did as instructed.

After a while, they replied: "The signal is not affected, at most it is affected by the water flow, the water flow gets faster the further down you go."

"How deep are you now?"

"...More than three meters, you can see the bottom. But it's still dark further in."

"Is this pond still shaped like a stepped funnel? No wonder there are no lotus flowers or leaves growing in the middle of the pond, they are all distributed around the perimeter."

Everyone else was listening intently to the mother and daughter's live broadcast, but Jiang Hanying sat on the shore, eating lotus seeds while silently sensing the location of her cheap master.

Three meters, four meters, five meters, getting closer and closer to the center of the pool.

After staying in the middle of the pool for a few seconds, well, it started to float up.

As soon as his head broke the surface of the water, Li Chengxiao took a deep breath, wiped the water from his head and face, and looked up to meet Jiang Hanying's sharp gaze from the shore.

Thinking back to the flashing light I saw in his palm when I was at the bottom of the dark pool, I realized that he had been predicted to show himself here.