Secured (Second Update Big Chapter, Monthly Ticket)

Xia Chujian thought, Are only Noble Ladies worthy of knowing about the Heavenly Mist Lotus?

Oh, right, that was true. The Rong Clan had cleared out every Heavenly Mist Lotus in the Exotic Beast Forest, so naturally only the upper nobility knew about them...

Xia Chujian smiled without saying a word.

Qiu Shenxing got off the boat and said, "Look around as you please. I'm going back to bathe. School starts tomorrow, and I have to report in early in the morning. Can't sleep in."

Xia Chujian's gaze sharpened slightly.

Qiu Shenxing was also a student at Imperial Royal First Military University? But judging by his age, he didn't look like a freshman...

Xia Chujian felt that Qiu Shenxing looked at least twenty-five. He did not resemble an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old who had just started university.

Qiu Shenxing seemed to see her confusion and said with a smile, "I'm not a student. I'm a teacher at the school."

Xia Chujian: "!!!"

She nearly bowed on reflex and said, "Hello, teacher!" Fortunately, she managed to hold herself back and did not actually do it, but her aura weakened considerably on its own.

It was the natural reaction of a lifelong poor student when facing a teacher.

Qiu Shenxing smiled at her, then walked toward his own villa.

Xia Chujian watched him leave before withdrawing her gaze.

Looking again at the flower bud in her hand, she did not dare secretly pry it open here to check the color of its stamens.

She looked around, then turned and walked into the woods.

There were no streetlights there, only scattered pinpoints of light shining in from outside, making the forest exceptionally dim.

Xia Chujian quickly pried open the flower bud and took a look. It still had golden stamens.

Another male flower.

Xia