Chapter 89 - Researching Wild Mushrooms

He had just stood up when coincidentally, Xiaoxiao stretched lazily.

The arc of Xiaoxiao’s stretch was so immense that it outlined her perfect figure completely.

Chen Yang, standing nearby, couldn’t help but stare.

As Xiaoxiao became more alert, she noticed Chen Yang’s gaze and her cheeks flushed slightly.

“Chen Yang, what are you looking at?” Xiaoxiao asked in a very soft voice.

“Ah?”

Chen Yang blinked, then quickly smiled and changed the subject, “Nothing, nothing.

Want to go out for a walk?”

“Yes!”

Xiaoxiao nodded with her face still red.

“Then get up quickly!

Follow me out for some errands.”

“Okay.”

Upon hearing they’d go out again, Xiaoxiao quickly stood up.

She then picked up a small hoe and two baskets and followed Chen Yang out the door.

Chen Yang led Xiaoxiao toward the direction of the old locust tree forest.

Along the way, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but ask, “Chen Yang, where are we going?”

“Hehe, you’ll know once we get there.”

Chen Yang smiled mysteriously, not revealing his purpose.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxiao made an “oh” sound and continued to follow Chen Yang.

She trusted Chen Yang fully, so even though she didn’t know where they were going or what they were doing, she still followed.

Soon, Chen Yang brought Xiaoxiao to the locust tree forest.

The place was covered with wild mushrooms,

but there were two large gaps on the ground, which were the result of Chen Yang’s previous harvesting.

“Wow, these mushrooms are so ugly.”

Xiaoxiao exclaimed and then complained.

Chen Yang was somewhat speechless but said nothing.

Kneeling down, he began to study the environment where the wild mushrooms thrived.

After wandering around the entire locust tree forest, Chen Yang realized

that the reason for the abundance of wild mushrooms was likely due to the forest being seldom visited and the thick layer of accumulated leaves and branches.

Because it was only in places covered with leaves and branches that the wild mushrooms grew very profusely.

Other areas where the ground was exposed, however, had virtually no wild mushrooms.

“The environment created by accumulated branches and leaves is the best fertilizer for plants,”

Chen Yang said, digging into a moist pile of rotten leaves with his hoe to study the soil underneath.

At that moment, he seemed to also comprehend why wild mushrooms had such high nutritional content.

“Chen Yang, what are you looking at?

What’s so special about these ugly mushrooms?”

Watching Chen Yang closely examine the wild mushrooms, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but ask curiously.

“Hehe, these aren’t just any ugly mushrooms.

These are very valuable wild mushrooms!”

Chen Yang replied with a smile.

“Wild mushrooms?

So, are you here researching because you want to cultivate these wild mushrooms yourself?” Xiaoxiao continued to ask curiously.

She was smart and could guess Chen Yang’s intentions from his simple words and actions.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao had guessed his plan, Chen Yang no longer hid it.

He nodded directly, “That’s right, I’ve got the farm set up already and I want to make a big greenhouse for growing mushrooms!

This way, I can make even more money!”

“Chen Yang, you really have great ideas!”

Upon hearing Chen Yang’s plans, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but praise him.

At the same time, she began to ponder.

How much money does Chen Yang have?

He had invested over a hundred thousand in two farms and still wanted to set up another greenhouse.

No wonder Mom told me to get on good terms with Chen Yang, preferably to be with him.

He definitely has a bright future ahead of him.

Thinking this, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but smile foolishly.

Chen Yang couldn’t possibly know Xiaoxiao’s thoughts; he could only see the silly smile on her face.

“Xiaoxiao, what are you laughing at?

Don’t you think my idea is good?” Chen Yang asked with a smile.

“No…

No!

I will support any idea of yours, Xiaoxiao, and think it’s very good!” Xiaoxiao said sweetly as she smiled, and her sweet smile made her words even more heartwarming.

This is the taste of first love…

“Haha, that works!

Hurry over and help me dig some of these wild mushrooms,” Chen Yang chuckled, then handed the hoe to Xiaoxiao, asking her to help.

“Mm-hmm.” Xiaoxiao nodded and took the hoe, then started to help Chen Yang dig.

“Xiaoxiao, remember, you must dig out all the soil underneath as well,” Chen Yang instructed before they started digging.

“Okay, I got it, Brother Chen Yang.”

After saying that, Xiaoxiao began to dig with a smile, assisting Chen Yang.

Meanwhile, Chen Yang continued wandering around the old locust tree forest, studying why the forest was so abundant with wild mushrooms.

After a full round, Chen Yang came up with some ideas.

It was because the environment around the old locust tree forest was quiet!

Rainfall was plentiful!

Plus, the forest was dense!

And the most important factor was the many branches and leaves accumulating into a nutrient-rich environment!

That’s why there were so many wild mushrooms here.

Having considered these environmental factors, Chen Yang wanted to try taking some back to experiment.

Boom…

Just then, a flash of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky.

The loud explosion nearly made Xiaoxiao jump.

“Ah!”

Xiaoxiao screamed, then quickly looked toward Chen Yang who wasn’t far away.

The panic on Xiaoxiao’s face and the pleading in her eyes were very pitiful, but at that moment, Chen Yang had no time to think about that.

The thunderstorm in summer was very dangerous.

So, the most important thing for them at that moment was to head back as soon as possible.

Chen Yang rushed to Xiaoxiao in three determined steps, helped her up, grabbed the backpack and the hoe, and hurried home.

“Xiaoxiao, move faster, a downpour is coming soon,” Chen Yang said while holding her hand.

Xiaoxiao’s face turned a shade of red as she nodded.

Chen Yang grabbed her hand again…

The two hurried through the forest, racing home as quickly as they could, but they still couldn’t beat the capricious summer weather.

Whirl…

They had only reached halfway when the torrential rain started pouring down from the sky.

The large raindrops hit them, quickly soaking their clothes through…

Their clothes clung to their skin uncomfortably as they were drenched in water.

But at this point, they were halfway there, so they just had to push through the downpour to get back.

Fortunately, they weren’t too far from Chen Yang’s medical hall, and he held tightly onto Xiaoxiao’s hand, racing through the rain into the medical hall.

“What a heavy rain!

We’re completely soaked just like that,” Chen Yang commented as he shook his body lightly.

“Yeah… I didn’t expect it to start raining so heavily all of a sudden.

My shoes are filled with water too…” Xiaoxiao complained from behind.

Chen Yang turned around and saw that Xiaoxiao’s hair and clothes were completely soaked.

Even her canvas shoes had taken in a lot of water.

And right now, it was gurgling out.

“Xiaoxiao, go take a hot shower!

Otherwise, you’ll catch a cold,” Chen Yang quickly said.

“Okay!” Xiaoxiao nodded, then immediately entered the bathhouse and pulled the curtain closed.

While Xiaoxiao took her bath, Chen Yang started to peel off his wet clothes and pants in the other room.

Wearing clothes drenched in water was extremely uncomfortable.

And without knowing how long Xiaoxiao would take, he could only briefly remove his wet clothes, leaving just his underwear.

But what Chen Yang hadn’t expected was that just as he had stripped off his clothes, Xiaoxiao came out of the bathhouse!

“Chen…

Brother Chen Yang, what are you doing?” Xiaoxiao asked in shock.

“Oh, the clothes were soaked, sticking to my body and very uncomfortable, so I took them off,” Chen Yang said with an awkward smile, explaining.

“About that… Brother Chen Yang, I don’t know why, but there isn’t any hot water in your bathhouse,” Xiaoxiao didn’t mind seeing Chen Yang in just his underwear, as they were close since childhood and had seen each other undressed before.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang paused momentarily.

His home did have an electric water heater that usually provided hot water, so why was there suddenly none?

“I’ll check on it.”

Chen Yang entered the bathhouse and began inspecting.

After checking, he reached a conclusion… There was a power outage!

“This is just ridiculous!

It doesn’t go out earlier or later, just had to be now!” Chen Yang gritted his teeth.

Hearing about the power outage, Xiaoxiao anxiously asked, “Then what do we do now, Brother Chen Yang?

Our bodies are all wet, bathing in cold water will make us catch a cold.”

“Hmm… Xiaoxiao, you should also take off your clothes and pants.

Wearing such wet clothes can easily make you sick!

I’ll go heat some water for you now!” Chen Yang said nonchalantly.