Chapter 731

Chapter 731

Taking a Chance

This answer made Lu Yuan's eyes go wide with disbelief, and she then exclaimed incredulously, "Such precious things, and you dared to transport them like this? Aren't you afraid they wouldn't make it?"

"Because they might not survive, we wanted to bring them here to take that chance!" Zhuang Guohua explained.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and felt that her sister-in-law might have the ability to save them. Perhaps they really could be revived. But since her sister-in-law hadn’t seen them yet, she couldn't be certain. She hesitated, glanced at him, and abruptly shifted gears: "Let’s move them back first. You wait here, I’ll go get help!"

Her hesitation gave Zhuang Guohua a flicker of hope. After all, with everything going on, they didn’t need to ask around to know that rare plants from all over the country were being sent here. That meant this place must have something special—perhaps these plants could indeed be saved.

Lu Yuan brought the ox cart over, and everyone helped with the move. But in the end, there wasn’t room for everyone to ride.

"Let’s walk back!" Lu Yuan had considered finding another ox cart to take them back, but Zhuang Guohua wasn't comfortable with that and suggested this to Lu Yuan.

Thinking about the distance they’d have to walk, Lu Yuan's scalp prickled at the thought, and she said, "If we walk back, there won’t be any vehicles along the way. Are you sure?"

"Sure!" However far it was, he insisted on following.

What could Lu Yuan do? She could only play along.

Since he insisted on walking back, she couldn’t just leave him behind, so she had to accompany him.

At first, it was quite relaxed. They had similar work backgrounds, so they had topics to chat about along the way. Plus, Lu Yuan had been taught by Lin Nannan, so she knew many things Zhuang Guohua had never encountered. He was looking at her in a whole new light.

"Don’t look at me like that. The truly amazing ones are my teacher and my sister-in-law. They’re the real experts. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask them later." Feeling embarrassed under his intense and excited gaze, Lu Yuan turned away and said.

"Is it because of them this time?" With outsiders around, Zhuang Guohua asked carefully.

Lu Yuan nodded but didn’t mention that it was because of her sister-in-law.

As they walked and talked, they managed to keep pace with the ox cart at first, but eventually, they just couldn’t anymore.

Even if they could walk, they couldn’t match the ox cart’s speed. In the end, they could only watch as the ox cart slowly disappeared from sight...

"Don’t worry, that ox cart is from my village, and the driver is familiar. He knows what he's doing; he’ll definitely deliver the goods safely." Seeing his worried expression, Lu Yuan explained.

"Your village?" Zhuang Guohua’s attention was diverted, and he asked curiously, "The research institute is in your village?"

Lu Yuan grinned: "It’s on the mountain in my village. Pretty wild, huh?"

Zhuang Guohua looked around at the environment and wondered, "Without special reasons, they wouldn't have put the institute here."

"You’re right, so when you get there, you’ll understand what the special reason is." Lu Yuan said with a knowing smile.

Those assigned to this task had undergone thorough background checks and were completely cleared, so revealing a little information wasn’t a problem.

As for more detailed matters, Lu Yuan didn’t elaborate further. Even though Zhuang Guohua asked out of curiosity several times, she didn’t answer.

By the time they arrived at the research institute, the items on the ox cart were already offloaded.

What surprised Lu Yuan even more was that her sister-in-law, who was rarely around, had actually appeared and was studying the plants Zhuang Guohua brought with Mr. Hu...

Clearly, these plants had caught their attention.

"We’re back!" The atmosphere was a bit solemn, so Lu Yuan’s greeting was soft.