My abstract plant was exposed by my sister.

Lin Muyang stared at that pot of mimosa for three whole days.

It wasn't because he liked it, but because after the inducing liquid was dropped, it didn't react at all.

On the first day, Lin Muyang dripped three drops onto it. The leaves of the mimosa closed slightly, as if it were yawning, and then there was no further reaction.

The next day, he dripped five more drops, and the stem of the mimosa plant thickened, and the color of the leaves changed from light green to dark green, but there was still no reaction.

On the morning of the third day, Lin Muyang squatted in front of the flowerpot, holding a dropper in his hand, his expression as serious as if he were defusing a bomb.

"I spent three days and used fifteen milliliters of induction solution, and you can't even give me a response?"

The leaves of the mimosa plant trembled slightly.

Lin Muyang leaned closer and guessed, "Are you still in your growth period? Should we wait a little longer?"

The mimosa plant suddenly twitched, and a leaf slapped him hard on the nose.

"hiss--"

Lin Muyang winced in pain, covered his nose, leaned back, and sat down hard on the ground.

The leaves of the mimosa plant quickly closed, as quiet as a well-behaved child who hadn't done anything.

Lin Muyang stared at it for five seconds, then got up and wrote in his notebook:

"Plant Evolution Log No. 002"

Species: Mimosa pudica

"Induction solution dosage: 15ml, administered over three days."

"Initial reaction: The leaves show a tendency to attack on their own, which may be a sign of 'impatience'."

"Note: It slapped me with a leaf, but I haven't tested the sound response yet."

He closed his notebook, glanced at the cactus on the windowsill, and the cactus gave him the middle finger.

Lin Muyang blushed instantly: "Are you laughing at me?"

The cactus switched fingers and continued to stand upright.

Lin Muyang sighed and picked up the watering can to water the cactus.

The lab door was kicked open: "Bro!!!"

Lin Muyang's hand trembled, and water sprayed all over his trouser leg.

Xiao Kui rushed in holding her phone, followed by a girl carrying a video camera and wearing a name tag around her neck that read "Xiao Kui Studio Photographer Wu Yufei".

"Why are you here again?" Lin Muyang's expression changed; she never brought anything good when she came.

"This is Yufei, my roommate and newly hired photographer! Fans say my handheld camera is too shaky, I need to be more professional!" Xiao Kui said while directing Wu Yufei to set up the equipment:

"Brother, what new plant are you studying today? A mimosa? This one?"

She walked up to the mimosa, bent down, and reached out to touch it.

"No—" Lin Muyang hadn't finished speaking.

Xiao Kui's fingers had just touched the leaves of the mimosa plant.

"ah----!!!"

A sharp, piercing scream, like a rubber toy being stomped on, exploded from the direction of the mimosa.

Lin Xiao Kui was so startled that she jumped back three steps, bumping into Wu Yufei. The camera in Wu Yufei's hand almost flew out of her hand.

The laboratory was silent for a full two seconds.

After the mimosa plant finished shouting, it curled its leaves into a ball and became as quiet as a well-behaved child.

"It...it just made a sound?" Xiao Kui's voice trembled.

Lin Muyang's eyes lit up. He immediately squatted down, took a ballpoint pen from the table, and gently poked the mimosa leaf with the pen tip.

"ah--!!!"

Another sound. This time it was louder, spiker, and the ending note even had a curve.

The leaves of the mimosa plant suddenly closed, then slowly opened, as if it were panting.

Lin Muyang wrote it down: "The sound frequency is about two to three thousand hertz, the duration is about 0.8 seconds, and the volume," he glanced at Xiao Kui who was covering her ears next to him, "is about ninety to one hundred decibels."

Xiao Kui let go: "Brother, can you please stop doing research at a time like this? It's barking! It really barks!"

"I know."

Lin Xiaokui looked at the potted mimosa, then at Lin Muyang, her expression complicated: "Brother, you give the middle finger when you plant a cactus, and you scream when you plant a mimosa... Do you plant plants specifically to tease people?"

Lin Muyang didn't answer and continued poking at the mimosa.

"Ah— Ah— Ah—"

The mimosa cried out three times, each cry more aggrieved than the last. The last cry trailed off for a long time, as if it were crying.

Xiao Kui finally calmed down and took out her phone to start a live stream.

"Family members! Urgent live stream! My brother's newly planted mimosa plant is screaming! Just like a screaming chicken!"

Thousands of people flooded into the live stream instantly, and the number is still rising.

Since the cactus became popular, Xiao Kui's fans have exceeded one million, and a large group of people wait for her every time she goes live.

"What kind of thing screams?"

"Going on with something new again?"

Xiao Kui shoved the camera right in front of the mimosa plant: "Look closely, a normal mimosa will close its leaves when touched, but this one in front of me is different."

She gently poked the leaf with her finger.

"ah----!!!"

The mimosa screamed so shrilly that it shattered the phone's microphone. The live stream chat exploded instantly.

"Holy crap!!! It really screams!!!"

"This isn't dubbed, is it? The sound came out the moment the leaves closed!"

"Hahahaha, this is hilarious!"

"What kind of ghost plant is this?"

"I want to buy it!!!"

The number of viewers in the live stream jumped from a few thousand to twenty thousand, fifty thousand, and one hundred thousand.

Xiao Kui laughed through her tears, forcing herself to turn the camera towards Lin Muyang: "Brother, say something! Why does this mimosa plant make that sound?"

Lin Muyang appeared at the edge of the camera with a blank expression: "Plants don't have vocal cords; they produce sound by vibrating the air between their leaves, similar to how a balloon deflates."

"Brother, can you speak like a human being?"

"In short, it can make noise."

"Scientists, shut up, let's keep laughing."

Xiao Kui poked the mimosa again. "Ah—!!!"

After the scream, the mimosa's leaves did not immediately close; instead, they all opened up, facing Xiao Kui as if glaring at her.

Xiao Kui said to the camera, "Family members, look, it's angry. Its leaves are spread wide open, as if it's scolding me."

The mimosa let out another shriek, this time shorter and more abrupt, as if in protest.

It's as if it's saying: Stop poking it!

"Even the mimosa has a temper, hahaha!"

"I suggest renaming it 'Screaming Grass'."

Xiao Kui's eyes lit up: "Screaming Grass! That's a great name! Come on, from today onwards you're called 'Screaming Grass'!"

The mimosa plant suddenly closed all its leaves, then suddenly opened them, letting out a scream louder than before.

"ah----!"

The sound was so loud that even the cactus on the windowsill trembled. The cactus turned to the mimosa and gave it the middle finger.

"The cactus is jealous."

"Middle Finger Guy said: You newbie are so noisy."

"Hahaha, the war between plants!"

Xiao Kui laughed so hard she squatted on the ground, and Wu Yufei's camera kept shaking.

The number of online users exceeded 300,000.

Xiao Kui finally calmed down and said to the camera, "Family, 'Screaming Grass' isn't officially on sale yet because my brother is still figuring out how to make it scream better—no, I mean, more unique. If you want one, type '1' in the comments!"

The barrage of comments was all "111111".

Xiao Kui glanced at the data, then at the mimosa, and turned to Lin Muyang: "Brother, did you hear that? Three hundred thousand people want the 'Screaming Grass'."

Lin Muyang said expressionlessly, "I heard you. But it's the only one, and it can't be mass-produced yet."

"Then hurry up and mass-produce them! Like cacti!"

"The formula needs to be adjusted. Its success rate is much lower than that of the cactus."

Lin Muyang took a deep breath and was about to speak when Mimosa screamed again.

This time it called out on its own initiative; no one touched it.

Xiao Kui was taken aback: "Why is it meowing by itself?"

Lin Muyang observed for a moment: "Maybe... it's hungry?"

The mimosa shrieked again, its voice even more urgent.

"It's really urging us to eat."

"Has this plant come to life?"

"I suggest sending them to participate in a variety show."

Lin Xiaokui tentatively poured some water into the flowerpot, and the leaves of the mimosa slowly opened, trembled, and made no sound.

"Are you really thirsty?" Lin Xiaokui couldn't believe it.

Lin Muyang wrote in his notebook: "The mimosa plant expresses its needs by screaming. Triggering conditions: lack of water, being touched, and... seemingly unhappy."

Lin Xiaokui leaned closer to the camera and lowered her voice: "Family members, that's all for today's live stream. 'Screaming Grass' is still a bit unstable and needs further adjustments."

Let's see if it comes up with any new screaming tricks tomorrow at the same time!

She turned off the live stream, let out a long breath, put down the camera, and rubbed her cheeks, which were sore from laughing.

Lin Xiaokui turned to Lin Muyang: "Brother, did you hear that? It really does bark."

"I heard you." Lin Muyang walked up to the mimosa, squatted down, and gently poked a leaf with his finger.

"ah--!!!"

"Hmm, the frequency is 2500, and the volume is slightly higher than before. It's probably because I'm more emotional."

"Can't you be a little more sentimental?" Xiao Kui rolled her eyes. "She's a plant with a temper!"

"It's a plant that has bioelectric signals." Lin Muyang stood up and returned to the experimental table.

Xiao Kui watched his retreating figure, then looked down at the huddled mimosa plant:

"Shh, my brother's straight, don't mind him."

The leaves of the mimosa plant opened slightly and emitted a short, soft "ah," as if saying "I understand."

Lin Xiaokui smiled. On the windowsill, the oldest cactus lazily changed its posture and gave the middle finger to the mimosa.

The mimosa plant suddenly let out a sharp scream, louder than ever before.

The cactus remained unmoved, and its middle finger stood even straighter.

So one plant and another plant faced off across half the laboratory.

Wu Yufei asked softly, "Are they arguing?"

Lin Xiao Kui nodded: "It seems so."

"So...who won?"

The cactus withdrew its fingers and drooped lazily, as if it didn't care anymore.

The mimosa let out another shriek, this time much softer, as if it were saying "humph".

Wu Yufei: "...I declare Screaming Grass the winner."

The cactus on the windowsill, pointing its middle finger at the mimosa, has always been pointing its middle finger at it.

The mimosa plant screams every half hour, as if in revenge.

As Wu Yufei left, she whispered to Lin Xiao Kui, "Are these plants... really okay?"

Xiao Kui thought for a moment and said, "No problem, my brother is here anyway."

After she finished speaking, she glanced back at the laboratory.

Lin Muyang was squatting in front of the operating table, staring blankly at the test tubes.

The mimosa plant let out another shriek.

The cactus is pointing its middle finger.

Everything is normal, yes, normal.