The shop's interior decor had not been changed, except for the addition of several grid shelves for plants, glass columns, and horizontal and vertical railings.
The real focus was still the storage room in the back.
When Ron arrived at the storage room door, he heard the system notification.
System: "Enter the Dimensional Plane?"
Ron chose "Yes."
The next instant, he arrived in a world of blank, illusory white. Before him was the long-missed Cultivation Space—
Under the puppets' control, Nether Orchids, Golden Red Chrysanthemums, Scale Vines, and Heart-Connecting Vines were being continuously produced.
Beside them stood the towering Spice Firs.
The ordinary Puppet Tree and Doll Emerald Cypress stood nearby like a pair of doormen.
Everything was so familiar that it filled Ron with a sense of contentment and security.
After lingering for a while, he chose to leave the Dimensional Plane.
In the past, Ron could have exited directly, but this time was different. The system sent another prompt—
System: "Would you like to proceed to the Chaos City Flower Shop or the Imperial Capital Flower Shop?"
Ron chose "Chaos City."
The next instant, he pushed open the door and stepped out from the storage room of the Chaos City Flower Shop.
He was back.
Ron looked over the dim first floor of the Flower Shop in the darkness, then walked to the counter and sat down, lightly stroking the tabletop.
It was very clean.
Nora must have wiped it down every day.
He undid the clasp and pulled open a drawer. Inside were neatly arranged gold coins and receipts.
The unlocked drawer beside it, meanwhile, was stuffed with books Nora had been diligently reading lately.
Ron flipped through them casually. Even after reaching the book at the very bottom, he still could not