Little Liu was especially happy today.

Because his dying magical plant had finally been saved!

Not only that, but the plant was also thriving, its leaves so vigorous that they could send him flying over two meters high. Although his buttocks were bruised purple from the fall, Little Liu was still overjoyed.

“Yo! Liu Dabao, you actually managed to grow your Burning Cloud Grass?” a classmate, Little Zhang, exclaimed in surprise as he passed by. “Didn’t you say it was about to die?”

“Heh, I saved it,” Liu Dabao said cheerfully. “I borrowed some magical beast poop from the Beast Taming Department, trimmed the stems and leaves, and soaked them in hydrogen peroxide for two hours. Who would’ve thought it would actually work?”

“Magical beast poop? Wow, how did you even think of that?” Little Zhang was shocked. At most, they would use chicken or duck poop, and if they were broke, they might even resort to using their own. But magical beast poop? That was unheard of!

“Well…” Liu Dabao glanced around, then leaned in and whispered to Little Zhang, “Actually, it was Qian Qi who taught me this method.”

“What?!” Little Zhang was even more shocked. “Are you crazy? That lunatic? And you actually dared to use her method?”

“I had no other choice,” Liu Dabao scratched his head. He had run out of ideas and decided to give Qian Qi’s method a try.

Because of this, he hadn’t dared to tell anyone about the contract he signed with Qian Qi.

It was just too embarrassing.

Being extorted for 45 yuan was bad enough, but to actually believe in some nonsense method taught by that academic failure and lunatic? Only a complete idiot would do something like that!

This was probably why, despite signing quite a few contracts, many classmates still didn’t know about it. It was just…

Too humiliating to talk about!

He would definitely be laughed at for the entire four years of university!!!

“Just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse,” Little Zhang said, refusing to believe that Qian Qi could have such incredible skills. Even if he were desperate and facing the risk of failing, he would never risk using that lunatic Qian Qi’s methods!

He shook his head and said, “Anyway, as long as it’s cured, that’s what matters. Otherwise, it would have delayed things by another month.”

Liu Dabao nodded in agreement.

Comfortingly patting Liu Dabao on the shoulder, Little Zhang continued walking up the mountain. As he passed by a certain spot, he caught sight of someone and couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise again, “Yo, Old Li, you saved your magical plant too?”

“Yeah,” the boy called Old Li chuckled sheepishly. “I got some nitrogen-potassium compound fertilizer, mixed it with a few pounds of raw kelp, and let it sit for a day. Then I…”

Little Zhang’s mouth fell open in shock. “Wait, what? Raw kelp? Why would you think of using raw kelp?”

Old Li glanced around to make sure no one was nearby, then leaned in and whispered to Little Zhang, “Actually… it was Qian Qi who taught me this.”

Little Zhang: ???
Little Zhang: Why is it Qian Qi again?
Little Zhang, utterly confused, continued walking up the mountain. Unexpectedly, he ran into another classmate who had told him a few days ago that their magical plant was dying. The classmate excitedly told him that the plant had been saved, and…

“Qian Qi told you, right?” Little Zhang said, feeling utterly defeated.

The classmate clapped his hands, giving Little Zhang a look that said, “I get you.” “You signed a contract too, huh?”

Little Zhang: ??? What contract?
After some questioning, Little Zhang finally learned what Qian Qi had been up to. This revelation dealt a heavy blow to his worldview. He simply couldn’t believe that someone like Qian Qi had managed to save all these classmates’ magical plants.

This couldn’t just be a case of a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse, could it?
But… that scoundrel Qian Qi, who hated magical plants so much, could she really…?
Little Zhang was utterly baffled. When he finally reached his experimental field, his face suddenly turned pale, and he slid to his knees in front of his magical plant.

“Old Zhang!” Little Zhang cried out in despair. “Why are you bald? Why have all your leaves fallen off? What’s going on? The book didn’t say you’d lose your leaves!”

Seeing the magical plant he had worked so hard to grow suddenly go bald at the critical moment, Little Zhang frantically searched for solutions, desperately trying to save the increasingly listless Old Zhang. But no matter what he tried, nothing worked.

What should he do?
He was so close to finishing his planting report!

In his confusion, Little Zhang, who treated Old Zhang as if it were his own life, suddenly heard a “fateful” name echoing silently in his mind.

Little Zhang: “…”
Maybe…
I should ask Qian Qi for help?
…

…

Qian Qi was busy tinkering with her own plot of land when someone tapped her on the shoulder.

“Qian Qi, are you busy?”

Qian Qi turned around and saw a student standing somewhat awkwardly behind her. She searched her memory and recalled that this was Zhang Feng, the class monitor of their Magical Plants 101 class.

“Oh~ Class Monitor Zhang!” Qian Qi wiped the dirt off her hands and extended a hand with a warm smile. “Hello, hello.”

Zhang Feng was a bit taken aback by her overly familiar and polite demeanor. Caught up in the moment, he nervously shook her hand. “Uh… hello, hello.”

Qian Qi withdrew her hand and asked curiously, “What can I do for you?”

“Well…” Zhang Feng cleared his throat. “My Old Zhang—I mean, the magical plant I’ve been growing—suddenly ran into some trouble. I was wondering if you could take a look…”

“Oh~ I see, I see~” Qian Qi instantly adopted a knowing expression.

She stepped into her flip-flops, walked over to a nearby rock, and pulled out a contract from underneath it, slapping it down in front of Zhang Feng. “45 yuan, transfer the money, and I’ll solve your problem right away!”

Seeing the legendary contract, Zhang Feng couldn’t help but lower his head and carefully read through it.

Qian Qi sat down nearby, chewing on a blade of grass and smiling as she observed Zhang Feng.

She seemed to recall that Zhang Feng was the top student in their class, right?

Such a smart and diligent student—perfect for being a little team leader in her future factory!

After Zhang Feng finished signing, he looked up to see Qian Qi staring at him with a strange expression, even looking somewhat pleased with him. He immediately felt a chill run down his spine. “Qian Qi, is there a problem?”

“No problem, no problem!” Qian Qi smiled as she put away the contract, hoisted her hoe onto her shoulder, and said, “Let’s go, lead the way!”

Qian Qi followed Zhang Feng to his experimental field, where she found a lone “giant mouth” growing. She stared at it for a while but couldn’t figure out what kind of magical plant it was.

“This is…?” Qian Qi gestured with her eyes.

“It’s a Man-Eating Red Grass,” Zhang Feng quickly explained.

Qian Qi’s mouth fell open, and she turned back to look at the Man-Eating Red Grass in shock. “The leaves… they’ve fallen off a bit too abruptly, haven’t they?”

The Man-Eating Red Grass was a magical plant similar to a pitcher plant. Its dozen or so large, rough, red leaves emitted a faint sweet fragrance, concealing a flat, tooth-filled mouth in the center. If a small magical beast was lured by the scent, it would fall into the mouth filled with digestive fluid and become the plant’s meal.

Normally, if a Man-Eating Red Grass fell ill, it would lose a few leaves at most. But this one had lost so many that only the trapping mouth remained.

“Is there still hope for my Old Zhang?” Zhang Feng asked anxiously.

In general, students in the Magical Plants Department were a bit… “crazy.”

After all, spending so much time around terrifying magical plants would inevitably make one’s mind a little unhinged, right? [Absolutely.]

So perhaps they were a bit more tolerant of Qian Qi, the craziest of them all?