Without thinking further, Su Mo turned and walked toward the bamboo hut.
When he reached the entrance, Su Mo gently knocked on the bamboo door. "Senior Sister Xia, I've come to deliver the flowers."
"Come in." A calm, gentle voice came from inside.
Su Mo took a deep breath, then pushed the door open and entered.
Before him was the woman who had led the group to the Medicine Garden at noon, except that Senior Sister Xia now wore her long hair loose and was dressed in nothing more than a plain dress.
An elderly woman stood beside Senior Sister Xia, her bright, piercing eyes fixed on Su Mo as though she wanted to see right through him.
Su Mo froze, looking at the elderly woman in confusion, not knowing what she was looking at...
"Pay your respects to Elder Xia..." Seeing his clueless expression, Senior Sister Xia promptly reminded him in exasperation.
Elder Xia, Senior Sister Xia... could they be family?
"Greetings, Elder Xia." Su Mo immediately bowed respectfully.
Elder Xia gave Su Mo a long look, then asked mildly, "Where are the flowers?"
Su Mo immediately presented the three Gilt-Ripple Flowers to Elder Xia. One was the five-petaled flower onto which he had dripped the diluted water, while the other two had the usual four petals.
There was no helping it. There were only four Gilt-Ripple Flowers in total, two with five petals and two with four.
Since she wanted three at once, he naturally had to bring one with five petals.
Elder Xia took the three Gilt-Ripple Flowers, her gaze settling on the five-petaled one, her expression puzzled.
"Why did this Gilt-Ripple Flower grow five petals?" Elder Xia asked Su Mo mildly.
Su Mo shook his head. "I don't know either. Perhaps because I took extra care