An Unexpected Score

December 21.

Sunday afternoon, the start of the school week. Jiang Ning had to take Tongtong to school, but some students did not need to attend.

For instance, Zhuang Jianhui, whose arm had been broken.

Tiger Perch Mountain Villa District.

Zhuang Jianhui stood on the terrace with a brace on his arm, quietly gazing at distant Qingyu Lake. Since breaking his arm, he had spent most of his days recuperating here.

The setting sun cast its light across the lake, dazzling and resplendent.

The shallow lakes around Qingyu Lake formed stretches of lush, shimmering wetlands.

Such shallow waters were birds' favorite places. It was late autumn and early winter, and flocks of wild ducks beat their wings, landing on the water with a rush and carpeting its surface in dense clusters.

At that moment, the private elevator beside the terrace opened, and Lin Zida and Ding Shuyan stepped out onto the terrace.

Just then, a flock of geese flew in formation across the vast sky, an especially spectacular sight.

Lin Zida had sharp eyes and broad knowledge. Seeing them, he asked curiously, "Winter's almost here. Aren't those geese leaving?"

Yuzhou's winters were quite cold. Geese usually flew south for the winter and returned the following spring.

Yet the geese near Tiger Perch Mountain were rather strange. They showed no sign of migrating south.

"Maybe they're lazy," Zhuang Jianhui said.

Ding Shuyan drawled from beside him, "Or perhaps there's something unusual on the mountain."

She naturally knew that Tiger Perch Mountain and Qingyu Lake were monopolized by Evergreen Liquid Group. There had to be some secret hidden within, one connected to Evergreen Liquid's products, and to Jiang Ning as well.

Lin Zida was also puzzled by this unnatural phenomenon and could not help asking, "What sort of thing?"

Zhuang Jianhui was