The next day, Lu Wanqing woke up and also saw the surveillance video sent the previous night. By the end, when An Zhizhi claimed that the ancient Earth honeysuckle they had cultivated was fake, Lu Wanqing was shocked and furious!
She had never imagined that the plants she had worked so hard to cultivate would be tampered with!
She recalled carefully and found that for more than half a year, even though An Zhizhi didn't like her, she hadn't seemed to do anything to her. The only dispute was the last time she was unexpectedly caught damaging the plants in Shushu's glass greenhouse, and then she rushed up, only to fight with An Zhizhi.
Later, during the process of cultivating honeysuckle, she and Yu Nong were also very careful, always on guard against An Zhizhi. The surveillance was always watching, and Yu Nong spent most of his time guarding the cultivation base. When exactly did An Zhizhi tamper with it?
Lu Wanqing thought carefully but found she couldn't figure it out at all.
Fortunately, because of the spore issue, they hadn't immediately administered the medicine made from the "honeysuckle" to Mrs. Yu. Later, they installed surveillance in the An family's home and discovered this accident.
As long as Mrs. Yu hadn't consumed the antidote made from the problematic honeysuckle, the problem should not be too big, right?
Thinking this, Lu Wanqing couldn't help but open her personal device and call Yu Nong.
Although Lu Wanqing's mind was clear and Yu Nong and Mrs. Yu would definitely watch the surveillance video from the An family's side, she still felt uneasy not clarifying such an important matter in person.
"Yes, I've seen it," Yu Nong said, nodding after hearing Lu Wanqing's words, his voice as muffled as ever.
Lu Wanqing felt a pang of sadness. Yu Nong's greatest wish should be to cure Mrs. Yu's illness, right? It could be seen from the months when he could hardly stay away from the Academy, but the honeysuckle he had guarded for so long turned out to be fake, and a mutated plant at that.
"The medicine made from that honeysuckle cannot be given to Mrs. Yu," Lu Wanqing reminded him.
Yu Nong nodded, "Yes, I know."
"It's okay," Yu Nong said. He looked at Lu Wanqing and comforted her, "We can continue to work hard."
In fact, the current situation was much better than before. He had been very worried about his mother's condition, mainly because he thought the virus from the mutated purple orchid vine had severely affected his mother's spirit, making her temper very bad, especially after Wanqing arrived, her temper worsened. He was afraid the mutated virus's impact on his mother would get worse and worse.
But now, his mother had explained everything to them. Yu Nong finally understood that although the mutated virus was terrifying, it hadn't reached the point of corroding his mother's sanity. His mother could still remain clear-headed. The situation wasn't as bad as he had imagined.
"Yes, we can continue to work hard!" Lu Wanqing also cheered up and quickly comforted him.
Little Yu Shu woke up at some point. When she saw her father, her eyes lit up, and she immediately ran over, shouting in a clear voice, "Daddy!"
Yu Nong's gaze softened instantly when he saw his little daughter running towards him. He nodded, "Mhm."
After accompanying his mother abroad, Yu Nong hadn't seen Shushu for several days and missed her.
However, seeing Shushu's current appearance, with bright eyes and full of energy, he was no longer worried. Lu Wanqing was very good at taking care of children, and Shushu was well looked after by her.
"How is Mrs. Yu? Are the preparations for the spore removal surgery ready?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, the surgery will be done today," Yu Nong replied.
Little Yu Shu's eyes lit up, and she immediately said happily, "Then after the spores are removed, will Grandma be all better?"
No one answered this question.
Lu Wanqing reached out and rubbed the top of Little Yu Shu's head, smiling and saying, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's go have breakfast. We still need to go to kindergarten later."
Yu Shu was still young and didn't understand why the adults hadn't answered directly. Hearing her Mommy's words, she quickly realized it was Monday and time for school!
"Mhm," Little Yu Shu nodded quickly.
Lu Wanqing said a few more words to Yu Nong, then ended the communication. She took Shushu to have breakfast, and after breakfast, she drove the child to kindergarten by hovercar.
After dropping Shushu off at kindergarten, Lu Wanqing thought for a moment and then returned to the Academy.
Fortunately, she was now an informal staff member of the Academy and still had the qualification to enter.
The people inside the Academy also knew about Lu Wanqing's relationship with Yu Nong, so no one stopped her when she entered Yu Nong's work area.
Lu Wanqing couldn't believe what had gone wrong with the honeysuckle she and Yu Nong had cultivated.
It wasn't that there were no issues with the cultivation process. It was what An Zhizhi said, that she had tampered with the honeysuckle they cultivated, and their honeysuckle was not real honeysuckle – she found this hard to believe.
This honeysuckle had been grown under Yu Nong's strict supervision for over half a year. Even when Yu Nong wasn't there at night, there were always surveillance cameras watching. An Zhizhi had never gotten close.
Lu Wanqing went to the cultivation base again. Many of the honeysuckles they had planted before had bloomed again, with branches full of flowers.
Lu Wanqing thought for a moment, couldn't help but pick some more, then took out her instruments and began to observe.
Lu Wanqing looked and looked, comparing them carefully. However, no matter how many times she looked, she felt that these honeysuckles had the same genes as the unmutated honeysuckle preserved in the Academy.
Most importantly, Lu Wanqing felt that these honeysuckles were almost identical to the honeysuckles in her memory. At least, she couldn't see any difference with the naked eye.
Could An Zhizhi be lying?
But that shouldn't be the case, unless An Zhizhi had discovered the surveillance robots they had placed in the An family's home.
Lu Wanqing thought and thought, and finally couldn't help but pick some honeysuckle flowers and dig up two small honeysuckle seedlings before leaving the Academy. The dean of the Academy's College of Botany was An Zhizhi's father, and An Zhizhi also worked in the Academy. It was indeed a big hidden danger for them to research inside. If they checked it outside, would there be any new discoveries?
Lu Wanqing left the Academy and went directly back to her small home.
After much consideration, Lu Wanqing was still worried. In the end, she simply opened her personal device and contacted Wei Xingzhou. The Wei family specialized in gene research. Perhaps it would be useful if they looked into it?
The communication connected, and Wei Xingzhou's projection appeared before Lu Wanqing. He was surprised, but also delighted: "Lu Wanqing, you're calling me again!!!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, he sounded a little triumphant.
Lu Wanqing's lips twitched slightly, and she said directly, "Wei Xingzhou, I need your help with something."
"What?" Wei Xingzhou's eyes lit up, looking at Lu Wanqing expectantly.
Lu Wanqing brought out the two pots of honeysuckle she had brought out, or rather, the honeysuckle seedlings she and Yu Nong had cultivated before.
"Can you help me check if the genes of these two pots of honeysuckle have mutated, and if they are ancient Earth honeysuckle?"
"And these flowers, please help me check them too, to see if they have mutated," Lu Wanqing said, also bringing out the honeysuckle flowers she had brought.