Spring was silent for a long while. "Although I lead the Four Seasons Society, you know Lord Ten Thousand Woods's situation. It's hard enough for me to see him in person, let alone persuade him to leave Ten Thousand Woods."
Gao Shiman's brows shot up. "I supported you in founding the Four Seasons Society and helped you become its leader so you could get closer to Lord Ten Thousand Woods. After all these years, you still find it difficult just to see him?
What exactly have you been doing all these years?!"
Seeing Gao Shiman get angry, Spring's expression turned unpleasant. But Spring did not dare let things escalate too far and could only tell the truth.
"Planting trees."
"Planting trees?!" Gao Shiman's voice suddenly rose. "I know about the tree planting. Don't tell me you've been planting trees this whole time?"
Spring gave a bitter smile. "Not just me. The Four Seasons Society spends most of its time planting trees.
We plant trees to please Lord Ten Thousand Woods, but... after planting so many, I've only exchanged a few words with him. And most of the time, I was the one talking. He usually only replied with one sentence."
"What did he say?"
Spring's expression became slightly strange, as though recalling past meetings with Lord Ten Thousand Woods.
"Planting trees is good. Trees should be planted."
Gao Shiman: "..."
"He said that to me too, but I didn't expect him to still love planting trees so much after all this time.
I told you to gather rare treasures and send them to him. Didn't you get any response after delivering them?"
Spring spread both hands. "He never even glanced at the rare treasures I sent. He treated them like garbage and threw them away. Even Taboo Objects were no