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When the car arrived at the Provincial University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, it was already past 2 p.m.

Ye Chen asked Han Song to park the car across the street, and then got out and walked across.

People come and go at the school gate, mostly students carrying backpacks, coming and going in twos and threes.

Ye Chen glanced around and his gaze quickly settled on the sycamore tree to the right of the entrance.

Two men stood there, one leaning against a tree trunk playing on his phone, the other squatting by the flower bed smoking.

They were all wearing dark jackets and had their hair shaved very short, looking neither like students nor teachers.

Their eyes kept glancing towards the school gate, as if they were waiting for someone to come out.

Ye Chen did not go directly over.

He walked around to the side of the school gate and called Gu Nian's counselor to let her know he had arrived.

The counselor was a young woman in her thirties surnamed Liu. She ran out after receiving the call.

Ye Chen asked her where Gu Nian was, and Teacher Liu said she was waiting in the dormitory building and didn't dare to come out.

Ye Chen said, "Tell her to go through the side door and wait for me at the milk tea shop on the back street. Don't go through the main entrance."

Teacher Liu nodded, turned around and went inside.

Ye Chen sent Han Song another message, asking him to move the car to the back street.

After making these arrangements, Ye Chen headed towards the school gate.

As he passed the sycamore tree, the man smoking looked up at him.

Ye Chen ignored him and walked straight into the school gate.

After walking a few steps, I heard footsteps behind me.

The one who was smoking followed, and the other also put away his phone and followed behind.

Ye Chen walked to the flower bed inside the school gate and stopped, pretending to look at his phone.

Two men approached from the left and right.

The one smoking spoke first, his voice low: "Dude, I have a question. Do you know Gu Nian from the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"

Ye Chen looked up, his face blank: "Who? I don't know them."

The smoker said, "It's that freshman girl, the skinny one. I heard she has a flower called a moonflower. Have you seen it?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "What moonflower or sunflower? I'm here to find someone. You've asked the wrong person."

He turned to leave.

The one smoking put his hand on his shoulder, quite firmly: "Don't rush off. We don't mean anything by it, we just want to talk to that girl. If you know where she is, show us the way, and you'll get a reward."

Ye Chen looked down at the hand resting on his shoulder and suddenly laughed: "Brother, I advise you to take that hand off."

The smoker paused for a moment, then laughed: "What, you want to make a move?"

Before he finished speaking, he increased the pressure of his hand, trying to pinch Ye Chen's shoulder blade.

Ye Chen's shoulders slumped, and with a flick of his wrist, he grabbed the other person's wrist with his own.

With a snap, the man's wrist was twisted into an unnatural angle.

He opened his mouth to scream, but Ye Chen had already pressed down on the back of his neck with his other hand and pushed him towards the edge of the flower bed.

The man's knee slammed against the edge of the flowerbed, and he fell to his knees with a thud. Seeing this, another man pulled out a short stick from his waist and smashed it towards the back of Ye Chen's head.

Ye Chen didn't turn his head, but stepped aside and thrust his elbow backward, hitting the man right in the ribs.

The man groaned, the short stick flew out of his hand, and he curled up on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

It only took a few seconds.

Several students passing by the school gate were stunned, and some of them took out their phones to take pictures.

Ye Chen waved to them and said, "It's nothing, just kidding."

He crouched down, looked at the man kneeling by the flowerbed, and asked softly, "Who sent you?"

The man gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Ye Chen wasn't in a hurry. He reached out and gently pressed on the man's shoulder, and the man immediately winced in pain.

Ye Chen said, "I'll ask you one more time, who sent you here?"

The man, panting heavily, finally managed to squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth: "It's...it's a boss from the south, surnamed Qi. He sent us to inquire about the moonflower, saying that this flower can sell for a lot of money."

Ye Chen asked, "What does the man surnamed Qi do?"

The man said, "He's in the medicinal herb business. He heard that there's a flower that can cure coughs with remarkable effects, but it's not available on the market, so he wants to get a batch of seedlings to grow."

Ye Chen released his grip and stood up.

He looked at the two people on the ground and said, "Go back and tell that guy surnamed Qi that the owner of the Moonflower is Bai Zhigu. If he wants the seedlings, he should bring a contract to talk to me. If he has people blocking the school gate again, I'll break his legs."

The man scrambled to his feet and, helping his companion, ran towards the bread truck outside the school gate.

The car started suddenly, and the tires screeched loudly on the ground.

Ye Chen dusted off his hands and turned to walk towards the back street. Han Song's car was already parked there.

Gu Nian sat in the back seat, her face pale with fright.

Teacher Liu stayed by his side.

Ye Chen got into the car and said, "It's nothing. They were just two thugs who came after the Moonflower."

Gu Nian looked at him, her lips moved, and she said, "Brother Ye, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought that potted plant to school."

Ye Chen said, "It has nothing to do with you. If someone wants to steal something, they'll look for you no matter where you are."

He turned to Han Song and said, "Send Gu Nian back to Baizhi Valley first. Don't let her stay at school alone for the next few days. I'm going to Nancheng to ask that guy surnamed Qi who he is."

Gu Nian said, "I'm not going back to Baizhi Valley. I have class this afternoon." Ye Chen glanced at her and said, "Take two days off. Your life is more important than your classes."

Gu Nian lowered her head and remained silent.

Teacher Liu said from the side, "Gu Nian, you can go back first. I'll talk to the teacher about it for you."

Gu Nian then nodded.

The car will return to Baizhi Valley first.

On the way, Ye Chen called Jiang Ruoxi and told her what had happened.

After listening, Jiang Ruoxi remained silent for a few seconds before saying, "The man surnamed Qi is a medicinal herb merchant from the south. I'll have someone investigate him."

Ye Chen said, "Don't worry about it over there, I'll have Brother Song investigate."

Jiang Ruoxi said, "Okay, be careful."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Chen leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

He remembered what Aygul had said that day: the moonflower could save people and also attract them.

He didn't respond at the time, but now he understands.

This flower had lived in Central Asia for so many years without anyone asking about it, but it became a hot commodity in his hands.

Ultimately, it's money that's to blame.

Some people saw that moonflowers were effective at stopping coughs and wanted to make money from them.

If they can't earn it, they'll send people to steal it.

By the time we returned to Baizhi Valley, it was already dusk.

Aygul stood at the entrance of the greenhouse waiting.

Seeing Gu Nian get out of the car, she walked over, said nothing, and handed her the pot of moonflowers in her hand.

Gu Nian took it and held it in her arms.

Aygul said, "Put this pot in your dorm. If anyone asks again, just say it's a weed and worthless."

Gu Nian nodded.

Ye Chen, who was standing nearby, heard this and felt that Ayiguli's words were more effective than any other form of comfort.

That night, Ye Chen sat in the courtyard and called Song Tiezhu, asking him to investigate a medicinal herb merchant surnamed Qi in the south.

Song Tiezhu agreed, saying he would give him news no later than the day after tomorrow.

Ye Chen hung up the phone and saw Su Qinghan come out of the medicine shop.

She stood on the veranda and asked, "What are you planning to do about the moonflower?"

Ye Chen said, "Let's find out first. If they are legitimate business people, we can talk. If they are shady characters, then we'll deal with them according to the rules."

Su Qinghan nodded, turned around and went back into the house.

Ye Chen sat for a while longer before going back to his room to sleep.

Jiang Ruoxi had already fallen asleep against the headboard, holding a pregnancy guidebook in her hand.

Ye Chen gently pulled the book out and placed it on the bedside table, then tucked the blanket around her.

The moonflower on the windowsill shimmered silver in the moonlight.

He looked at it for a while, then reached out and moved the potted plant closer to the window.

Then lie down and close your eyes.

There are still many things to do tomorrow.