Asking for Your Help (No Protagonist)

Seventh Young Lady Shen frowned and silently cursed in her heart.

Chapter 107 I Need Your Help (No Main Character)

The following evening, after confirming that the Shen Family Head had left, Young Master Shen drove Seventh Young Lady Shen to a residence located in the center of the area owned by the Shen Family.

Even at night, the place is brightly lit, as bright as day.

What sets this house apart from others is its back garden, which occupies almost half of the area within the walls. The garden is filled with lush greenery, a verdant expanse dotted with colorful flowers.

You could even say this is a home built specifically for green plants.

There is also a building with a glass dome in the back garden, which appears to be a greenhouse or something similar.

Patrol teams took turns patrolling the area around the residence, and soldiers guarded the main gate. The sentry recognized Young Master Shen's license plate number and knew he had the authority to enter and exit, so he let them in directly.

After parking the car, Young Master Shen led his younger sister inside.

The only people who actually know about what happened here are the core members of the Shen Family. To put on an act, the Shen Family Head even arranged for a research team to live inside. The soldiers outside all thought they were protecting these scientists.

Of course, this research team was no ordinary group either; it was under that person's command that they were the first to develop the Awakening Reagent.

Young Master Shen came under the pretext of inspecting work. He took his sister to meet several researchers, toured their work area to leave his mark, and then the two of them went to the back garden.

The research team acted as if they hadn't noticed their actions, neither questioning nor stopping them. After all, Young Master Shen's authority was granted by the Shen Family Head, so what business was it of theirs whether the siblings had received permission from the Shen Family Head to visit that person?

Although they were the team that developed the Awakening Reagent, its success was mainly due to that person's efforts; their status in the Shen Family was not as high as outsiders imagined.

They couldn't afford to offend the Shen Family Head and young master Shen, so they decided to pretend to be blind.

Unlike the flowers and plants outside, that one lives in a greenhouse; this was her own request, to reduce the possibility of being discovered by outsiders.

To enter the greenhouse, one must pass through an electronic lock door. The door is unlocked by ringing a doorbell, which will ring on the person's side. If that person agrees to see them, the door will open.

The authority that Young Master Shen holds is to enter the residence and press the doorbell.

Whether or not one can enter the greenhouse garden depends entirely on that person's mood; even if the Shen Family Head came, it would be the same.

However, perhaps it was because the Shen Family respected that person enough that they only came to see him when they had something important to discuss, or perhaps it was because that person's kind and compassionate nature allowed him to be tolerant of everything.

In any case, that person never refused a visit from the Shen Family.

After pressing the doorbell, Young Master Shen and Seventh Young Lady Shen waited quietly for less than half a minute before the door opened.

The two exchanged a glance, silently praising the man's character once more, before quickly walking inside.

The greenhouse was also filled with flowers and plants, all growing exceptionally well; it was a feast for the eyes.

However, the brother and sister had no time to admire the scenery; instead, they quickly walked inside.

If you look closely, you'll find that in this huge greenhouse garden, there isn't a single security camera in sight.

Furthermore, there were no security cameras or video intercoms near the main entrance where the siblings entered, indicating that the person had clearly confirmed through other means that they were authorized to ring the doorbell, rather than someone else intentionally or accidentally doing so.

Soon, the brother and sister arrived at a lawn one after the other. Looking up, they saw a Banyan Tree more than ten meters tall growing in the center of the lawn.

Because of its young age, the Banyan Tree's trunk is not very thick, but its lush canopy still covers most of the grass. Under the deep green leaves, countless aerial roots fall from the branches. Some of the thicker ones take root in the soil and become the support roots for the broad branches, but most of them hang down like threads, forming rough curtains.

As if they had met a long-lost relative, the brother and sister smiled as their gazes fell on the Banyan Tree.

They continued walking, and when they were halfway there, the drooping aerial roots seemed to come alive, quickly forming the shape of a small tiger, dragging a long "tail" attached to the tree, and rushing towards the smiling Seventh Young Lady Shen.

Seventh Young Lady Shen squatted down, hugged the tiger that had run up to her, and affectionately rubbed against it.

The tiger opened its mouth and let out a silent roar.

Seventh Young Lady Shen's zodiac sign is Tiger. More than ten years ago, when she was still a child, she saw Banyan Tree for the first time, and the Banyan Tree transformed into a little tiger based on the tiger hair clip she was wearing.

The tiger hair clip was bought for Seventh Young Lady Shen by her mother, and she liked it very much. The Banyan Tree noticed her feelings and gave her the same warmth.

Even if this Banyan Tree wasn't human, even if it were a mutated monster born to be an enemy of humans, it would be hard for Seventh Young Lady Shen not to feel a sense of goodwill towards it.

What if outsiders discovered that the Shen Family, who had developed Awakening Reagent to turn humans into superhumans in order to better combat mutated monsters, were actually raising a mutated monster in their home? What would their reaction be?

However, if it were known that the formula and development method of the Awakening Reagent were provided by this mutated monster, people's first thought would probably be—impossible!

Ridiculous! How could a mutated monster help humans?

But at this time, apart from the core members of the Shen Family, everyone else was kept in the dark by the Shen Family. Who knows how long it will take for this secret to be exposed?

Young Master Shen gazed at his happy younger sister, his eyes gentle, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Suddenly, he felt weight on his shoulder. It turned out to be a hand transformed from the Qi Root patting his shoulder, like an elder showing affection and care to a younger person.

With a mother who died young and a cruel father, as the eldest of three siblings, Eldest Young Master Shen bore a great deal of pressure.

But he couldn't show his vulnerable side, and there were some things he couldn't easily say to his younger siblings, so the Banyan Tree became his confidant. Whenever he felt he couldn't hold on any longer, he would come to see the Banyan Tree.

The Banyan Tree cannot speak, and it is kind and tolerant. It will not reveal secrets or laugh at him, but will patiently listen to his troubles, and finally comfort him by gently patting his head and shoulders with its aerial roots.

Shen Da felt the missing family affection in the Banyan Tree, which is why he loved Banyan Tree so much.

As soon as the brother and sister arrived, the Banyan Tree's actions fostered their affection for it, which will undoubtedly lead to greater trust and honesty in them afterwards.

The little tiger led them to the tree, where there was a stone table and benches. The surfaces were very clean, without any leaves or dust.

No one else usually comes here; the Banyan Tree must clean itself.

The brother and sister sat down, and Shen Da Shao took out paper and pen from his bag and placed them on the table.

Seeing this, the Banyan Tree skillfully used its aerial roots to pick up the pen and began to write fluently.

Although it can bend aerial roots into the shape of characters, the Banyan Tree, influenced by its past habits, still prefers to write on paper with a pen.

The Chinese characters appear on the paper.

--You need something from me?

The Banyan Tree writes quickly, but its characters are exceptionally beautiful—the kind of good enough to be submitted to a competition.

Most importantly, it can write human characters.

The mutated monster could hear, understand human speech, and write the character for "human." This seemed very strange. The brother and sister had always been curious about it and had asked the Banyan Tree about it, and the Banyan Tree had generously told them the answer.

The Banyan Tree was brought back from outside by the Shen Family Head about twenty years ago. At that time, the Shen Family Head was not yet the family head, but one of the candidates for family head.

It was because he brought back Banyan Tree that was just a cluster of Root at the time that he ultimately surpassed other prospective successors, became the head of the Shen Family, and has remained in that position ever since.

According to the Banyan Tree, its body has lived for countless years and has witnessed numerous dynastic changes.

It was originally rooted in a renowned academy that had been famous for hundreds of years. Many famous scholars and high-ranking officials emerged from the academy. Every day, they were immersed in the atmosphere of books, and the Banyan Tree developed a kind of spirituality. Unconsciously, it remembered the human writing that could be "heard" and "seen".

Later, due to war and various other reasons, the academy was destroyed and became ruins. Later still, the area where the Banyan Tree was located became sparsely populated and gradually recovered into a forest full of green plants.

After the great catastrophe a century ago, the Banyan Tree evolved into a high-level mutated monster, gaining sentience. Its past memories were awakened and became clear, including all the information about humans it had seen in the academy.

Even though its main body was later accidentally destroyed, and it could only escape by cutting off its Root and starting to grow from a seedling, it was still a high-level mutated monster, and these memories did not disappear.

Therefore, it is not surprising that it is proficient in human languages and writing systems.

Moreover, since they don't even understand human language and writing, how could they possibly write down the method for developing the reagent for the Shen Family?

Upon seeing the words on the paper, Seventh Young Lady Shen said, "I have something I'd like to ask for your help with."

Seventh Young Lady Shen told the Banyan Tree about the peculiarity of the Lou Family's superior seeds and the trouble she had encountered. Then, she looked at it with a pitiful expression and pleaded, "You are also a plant, so you should know more about food, which is also a plant. Therefore, I would like to ask you to help me see what is so special about the grain seeds cultivated by the Lou Family."

Could the Banyan Tree provide the method for developing the Awakening Reagent? Both Young Master Shen and Seventh Young Lady Shen believed it possessed great wisdom, which is why Seventh Young Lady Shen thought of seeking its help at this crucial moment.

After listening to Seventh Young Lady Shen's account, the Banyan Tree still didn't react in any particular way, assuming that the "superior seeds" she mentioned were simply grain seeds of better quality cultivated by humans, and that the so-called miraculous effects on the body were just exaggerated claims.

After all, the Banyan Tree knows very well what human agriculture is like today.

It didn't write anything more, but instead made a nodding motion with its aerial roots.

Seventh Young Lady Shen's reaction was like that of a child; she let out a small squeal, then took out the box containing the Lou Family's seeds from her bag, opened it, and placed it on the table.