Good Neighbors

When Xia Chujian first heard they had been picked from a "pond," she still held out a sliver of hope that it was an ownerless pond in the wild.

But now that Quan Yuxun had said this, Xia Chujian felt deeply uncomfortable.

She replied with a string of ellipses...

Then Quan Yuxun sent her a private message through the encrypted "Kirin and Yuanbao" chat interface.

Kirin: ...I forgot to tell you that there are several other people's properties beside the villa I gave you. The closest one is a Rong Clan villa.

Kirin: The Rong Clan, the foremost of the Four Great Marquis.

Kirin: Be careful from now on. Rong Zhongruo is a distant clan grandson of the Rong Clan's Family Head. Although they removed Rong Zhongruo's family from the genealogy, Old Master Rong is as sweet-talking as he is ruthless. Don't let them find out you picked their flowers...

Yuanbao: Young Master Quan... You knew I had a grudge against the Rong Clan, yet you gave me this villa? Aren't you setting me up?! Kirin: Just kidding... This is only an utterly insignificant part of the Rong Clan's many properties. They haven't lived here in years. Only Housekeeping Robots look after the house.

Kirin: Also, I saw earlier that they had listed this house for sale. When I transferred your villa, I discovered their house had already been sold, so this place no longer belongs to the Rong Clan.

Kirin: We don't currently know who bought it. That place should be unattended now. That's also why you were able to pick those Heavenly Mist Lotus Buds without any danger.

Yuanbao: Young Master Quan knows about Heavenly Mist Lotus too? Kirin: All the prominent noble families on Beichen Star know about it, because the Rong Clan holds a Heavenly Mist