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Otherwise, if it didn't work, no one would pay for it.

Xie Tingsi's thoughts began to wander. "Suìsuì?"

Shen Baili answered absently, "What?"

"If the elephant caught us, would we end up in pieces all over the place?"

"..."

"Ow!"

Xie Tingsi had been smacked on the back of the head. Xie Zhiyu calmly withdrew his hand. "You asked for it."

In the end, the elephant didn't catch them.

After a long drive, they arrived at a park full of Baobab Trees.

A page from a textbook. A page from the world.

Both lay before Shen Baili's eyes.

Why were Baobab Trees called Baobab Trees?

Shen Baili had first learned of Baobab Trees in The Little Prince. Back then, she had thought they must look like bread and grow loaves of it. Why else would they have "bread" in their name?

Later, she had come across a picture of one in a textbook.

It looked strange. Its trunk was thick and tall, while its sparse crown resembled a cloud. It looked nothing like bread, and it didn't seem to have anything to do with monkeys, either.

The Baobab Tree looked like an alien.

Still puzzled, Shen Baili read the book again.

In The Little Prince, Baobab Trees were dangerous. The Little Prince had to pull them up every day to protect his beloved planet.

But to the local people, the Baobab Tree was the tree of life. Its nutritious fruit pulp was an important source of food for their families.

In different circumstances, the same tree represented death and life.

Every part of the Baobab Tree was useful. Its seeds could replace coffee beans, its leaves were a vegetable beloved by the local people, and its leaves and