"Bean, could you tell me how you managed to grow all these plants?" Bai Ying asked, her eyes full of anticipation as she rubbed both hands over the apple.
Bean clearly hadn't expected Bai Ying to ask such a question. Confused, she pointed to her own mouth, as if to say, "Are you sure you want to ask me?"
"Ah! I'm sorry!" Bai Ying realized she'd made a foolish mistake and hurriedly handed her phone to Bean. "You can type it out for me."
Bean looked bewildered as she took the phone Bai Ying had thrust into her hands. Nervously, she tapped the screen a few times, then looked at Bai Ying and shook her head sadly.
"Are you not allowed to tell me?" Bai Ying's spirits suddenly sank. But a secret that could create so much wealth so easily probably wasn't something one could casually share with others.
Bai Ying regretted acting on impulse. Just because Bean was a child, she'd forgotten to be discreet and had asked a question of great importance.
But Bean wasn't nodding to confirm it. She just kept shaking her head, then hurriedly handed the phone back to Bai Ying.
"You're not forbidden to tell me?" Bai Ying took her phone back and only then realized that Bean hadn't written anything.
Click!
Just as Bai Ying and Bean were growing anxious with each other, the old front door creaked open.
"Well, what are you two up to?"
Sato Yu casually tossed the jacket off his shoulder into his room, then quickly washed his hands at the sink. He sat down cross-legged beside Bean, full of anticipation.
"Why haven't either of you eaten any fruit? Has it gone bad?" Sato Yu asked as he picked up a slice of cut apple and popped it into