In the greenhouse, Zhaozhao stared blankly at Zhuang Ming's pale face.
She tried to check if there were any magical restraints on Zhuang Ming, but there weren't. Zhuang Ming looked like an ordinary human child.
Not to mention any restrictions, Zhaozhao didn't even sense a trace of magical aura on him.
Zhuang Ming recovered a bit. He hugged the frightened Caitou in his arms and gently stroked its fur to soothe it. Then, with an innocent look on his face, he asked Zhaozhao, "Sister, are you a fairy sent by the big tree?"
"What big tree?" This was the second time Zhaozhao had heard about this thing from Zhuang Ming. Zhuang Ming said that his mother, uncles, and aunts had all gone there.
But what on earth was the big tree?
"I don't know either." Zhuang Ming shook his head. This left Zhaozhao at a loss.
Since she couldn't get any other useful information, Zhaozhao could only take care of the current matter first. "Can you not tell anyone about today's incident? Just stay here and wait for sister to figure out a way to come back and pick you up, okay?"
Zhuang Ming was very well - behaved. He trusted and liked this sister very much, so he agreed without hesitation.
Here, Zhaozhao stroked Zhuang Ming's short hair. Just as she was about to say goodbye, she suddenly heard footsteps outside the greenhouse.
She instinctively turned around warily. She saw Su Yuan half - opening the greenhouse door. When he saw her, he stopped in his tracks for a moment and stood there, looking a bit at a loss.
"Su Yuan? Why are you here?" Su Yuan's sudden appearance surprised Zhaozhao. There seemed to be something here that had brought Su Yuan here.
Zhaozhao glanced around and finally looked at herself. Could it be...
"Su Yuan, are you here to find me—"
"Yes." Before she could finish her sentence, Su Yuan's slightly cool voice rang out, sounding especially clear in this empty greenhouse.
His straightforward admission left Zhaozhao at a loss for how to react for a moment. It was so direct... She thought she would hear some other answer.
"Today is the annual Employee Care Day of the Monster Administration Bureau, so I came to give you something." Su Yuan fully pushed open the glass door of the greenhouse, stepped in, and handed the small cake and milk tea in his hand to Zhaozhao.
Was there such a day? Why had she never heard the senior lop - eared rabbit and the others mention it? Zhaozhao couldn't help but wonder.
His Majesty the Dragon Lord was really tall. At this moment, standing in front of Zhaozhao against the light, it was hard to see his expression clearly. Anyway, he was extremely imposing.
Zhaozhao had never felt this way when Su Yuan was sober. She squinted her eyes and instinctively took the things from Su Yuan's hand obediently.
For a moment, no one said a word in the greenhouse. It was extremely quiet.
"Meow～" The meowing broke the strange atmosphere. Caitou tentatively stretched out its paw and pawed at the box of the small cake. It looked up at Zhaozhao with glass - bead - like eyes, full of eagerness.
"Caitou, don't be like this. Be a good boy." Zhuang Ming's small hand pulled Caitou's paw back and hugged it tightly, signaling it to be quiet.
Zhaozhao suddenly came to her senses. Ignoring Su Yuan beside her, she untied the ribbon of the small cake box and was about to share it with Caitou. "Are you hungry? Let's eat together."
Anyway, according to Su Yuan, this was something distributed on Employee Care Day, so it must be for everyone. It should be okay for her to share it.
However, just as she had untied the ribbon on the cake box, a pair of slightly cool hands pressed on hers.
Su Yuan's eyes were deep, like an ancient and unfathomable pool, with a magic that seemed to suck people in. He said, "Cats can't eat chocolate."
Hearing this, Zhaozhao looked down at the small cake in her hand. It was really chocolate.
She let go of the hand that was untying the ribbon. "Oh, okay." She thought that since cats couldn't eat it, she would give it to Zhuang Ming. However, Su Yuan still didn't let go of her hand.
"Su Yuan, let go of your hand." She moved her fingers and scratched in the palm of Su Yuan's hand as a reminder.
A tingling sensation shot through his heart. Su Yuan pushed her away with a big reaction. His chest heaved, looking very agitated.
This really scared Zhaozhao. She got up from the ground and looked at Su Yuan worriedly, asking, "What's wrong with you?"
Su Yuan's ears turned suspiciously red. After a while, he raised his hand to his lips and coughed deliberately to cover it up. "It's okay."
"Okay." She always felt that the atmosphere was strange now, but she couldn't tell exactly what was strange.
Zhaozhao never liked to torture herself over things she couldn't figure out. She put the cake in front of Zhuang Ming and looked at him with a big smile. "Here, have this."
Zhuang Ming looked very tempted, but he still didn't move. His eyes drifted in Su Yuan's direction. He leaned over and whispered to Zhaozhao, "Sister, this was given to you by that uncle. Is it okay for you to give it to me?"
The word "uncle" really hurt Su Yuan. In the past, Su Yuan definitely wouldn't have cared, but now it was different. Compared with Zhaozhao's address of "sister", Su Yuan couldn't help but think about his "old age" and felt very uncomfortable.
"Kids should eat less sweets. I'll order him a healthier takeaway." Su Yuan raised his hand and tapped on his phone a few times, then took away the small cake in front of Zhuang Ming.
Zhaozhao just watched as the small cake ended up in his hand again and was speechless for a moment.
But rather than this, she wanted to ask another question now.
"Su Yuan, I want to take him back, but he can't leave this place. Can you help check if there are any restrictions on him or other reasons?"
Su Yuan didn't ask her why. Looking at the situation of this little boy, he could probably guess a bit.
He stuck a fork into the cake in his hand and handed it to Zhaozhao. "I've ordered him a set meal. There are desserts in it. You can eat this one." Then he squatted down and cast a spell on Zhuang Ming to check.
Zhaozhao stabbed a piece of cake and put it in her mouth. She thought, didn't you just say that kids shouldn't eat sweets at night?
After she had eaten half of the small cake, Su Yuan stood up.
"How is it?" Zhaozhao looked up at Su Yuan with a look of anticipation.
For some reason, Su Yuan's look in his eyes suddenly darkened for a moment. He reached out his hand to wipe the cream off the corner of Zhaozhao's mouth and looked at her with a half - smile, raising his eyebrows.
It was a very normal action, but it made Zhaozhao blush. She took two steps back embarrassedly, feeling her heart suddenly beating extremely fast, as if it was about to jump out at any moment.
Su Yuan's eyes, his actions, and the sudden sense of oppression and aggression gave Zhaozhao the illusion that he was about to kiss her at any moment.
No, it couldn't be!
She shook her head, throwing this absurd thought out of her mind. She stammered to regain her senses. "So what's wrong with Zhuang Ming?"