Qinglin Manor.
As usual, Qin Lin watered the seeds in the flowerpots.
The Night Queen seeds from the game had already grown a little. As for the other seeds, some had sprouted because of the Special Soil, while others had failed to sprout and rotted in the soil.
It was winter now, and the weather was getting colder. Even with Special Soil, some seeds couldn't sprout.
That made the Night Queen seeds from the game stand out and attract people's attention.
Academician Li stood nearby, watching the Night Queen plants from the game. "Boss Qin, the drop in temperature during winter has a huge effect on the enzymes in plants. Their activity decreases, so growth slows down. But these few plants are growing very quickly. Could they be different somehow?"
"I checked. They are a little different, but I don't know yet whether they'll produce anything." Qin Lin nodded, answering with a mixture of truth and falsehood.
Academician Li nodded.
He naturally understood. Research still came down to the final results.
As they were talking, Li Kai hurried over, deep helplessness written across his face. "Young Brother Qin, go talk to Minister Lu for me. I really can't be the founder of the Qinglin Prize. What the hell am I? No, I'm nothing at all. No, ah, I can't even explain it..."
He was clearly so flustered that he could barely get his words out.
When Minister Lu had first come to see him, he'd known it wouldn't be good news. Who would've thought it really wasn't good news? It was downright life-threatening.
The key was, somehow, Minister Lu had talked him around before he knew what was happening.
Minister Lu had spoken to him about all kinds of noble causes, vision, and big-picture thinking. Li Kai had felt that