Defeating Magic Chapter 9: Zhou Yan’s Little Peach Blossoms

Chapter 9: Zhou Yan’s Little Peach Blossoms

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Kiramekineko

 

The more Zhou Yan heard about Luo Futu’s so-called method, the more he felt that he was playing a trick on him, because what he said was not so secret that he needed to “bring his ear closer”.

It was only because he was sensitive to sound that he deliberately made him go closer.

This pervert!

Luo Futu said he needed red crocus flowers, a lot of flowers.

“As far as I know that kind of flower can only be harvested in summer. In order to exchange for food, people have long surrendered it at harvest time, so it is hard to find it now.”

Zhou Yan was not interested in the flower, but was still impressed. In the past, the time when the flower bloomed most enthusiastically every year was the exchange day, when a large number of people went to the fields to pick the flower and exchange it for food, and that was also the busiest time in his fields, when he could not even hire a free worker.

Luo Futu, like an old scoundrel, said, “Then doctor, do something to help solve the problem. You are the one who lives here, you must know more about this place than I do.” After he finished, he suddenly remembered something and said, “I see that you do not lack food and clothing here, do you not have some flowers?”

Zhou Yan sneered, “Why would I grow such useless things?”

His answer was completely expected by Luo Futu: from his previous attitude towards mystics, it was clear that he was not a person who would obey the current law.

Nevertheless, the problem still had to be solved, and Zhou Yan wanted to know how exactly Luo Futu could be cured, and he also wanted to see the “spirit” he was talking about. But to be honest, Zhou Yan was not well-connected, he had never been close to people, and after living here for several years, he had made more enemies than friends. When he needed help, he couldn’t find a single person.

He thought left and right, and finally came up with a stupid solution.

Zhou Yan dragged out a few bags of summer wheat from his warehouse, pulled them on a crate and wandered around the street, letting the electric speaker shout “exchange” while he did so. The street was full of such voices on the exchange day, and when people here heard the exchange of red crocus, they would come out with their hoard of daisy flowers—the golden red color flowers, like burning flames, were very bright, so they were often used as a substitute for red crocus.

But as he guessed, in the street for most of the day, not even a person was seen outside of the house; no one wanted to come out and exchange with him. At this time of the year, not to mention the red flowers, not even a petal would be left.

Zhou Yan turned from Fifth Street to First Street, but found nothing. There were a few guys who wanted to rob the food, but after seeing Zhou Yan, they fled in disgust.

Zhou Yan had been busy all day: how he had to go out and how he had to come back. When he came home, Luo Futu was very leisurely, saw him enter the door, and asked, “How is it, have you exchanged anything?”

Zhou Yan was changing his shoes in the foyer and said casually, “Do you think it looks like it?”

Luo Futu did not look particularly anxious, saying to himself, “Then we have to wait until next summer when the flowers are blooming.”

Zhou Yan could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He means, he wants to mingle in his home until next summer? But if he couldn’t be cured, Zhou Yan didn’t want to let him go out like this.

“That’s not necessary, if there are seeds, I can grow them, I’ll go out to buy seeds after dinner.” Zhou Yan frowned. It only takes about a month from planting to harvesting, so it was better than having him stay here for half a year.

Luo Futu looked interested. “Oh? In this weather, the land is frozen, and you can do it? Even mystics couldn’t do it…”

Although the flowers grew quickly and had a short growth cycle, they had high temperature requirements and could only be harvested in a few select months, even in summer. It was not that no one could grow them in the winter, but that they were planted in the summer; to find late seeds, and then plant them in the winter, seemed not so easy.

What’s more, even in this case, they also needed strict conditions, and they obviously could not reach those conditions in winter.

Zhou Yan did not explain, just took off his jacket, put on his apron and walked into the kitchen to start preparing lunch.

The thin bacon curled up as soon as it entered the pan, and despite the hood being on, the wonderful aroma wafted out. From Luo Futu’s position, it was easy to see his back as he cooked, a scene that attracted Luo Futu’s attention, especially when the smell of rice came through, but it also made him a little frozen.

Luo Futu was silent for a while and asked, “What are you doing?”

The sound of the range hood was too loud for Zhou Yan to hear him, so he ignored him. Luo Futu laughed and lay back against the pillows, losing interest in asking further questions.

Zhou Yan fried the bacon, then fried the eggs and cheese, cut a few slices of his own toasted bread, and nimbly made a few sandwiches. He was about to take the sandwiches out when the doorbell rang. Zhou Yan glanced at the foyer and came out with a plate.

Luo Futu stared at the tempting sandwiches, but didn’t eat them directly. “You’re really busy here at night.”

Zhou Yan had been out all day changing flowers, and it was already dark when he came home. He was too lazy to cook and only intended to make do with the sandwiches, but he didn’t expect people to come to his door at this time.

But Luo Futu’s words were too harsh, and Zhou Yan immediately snapped back, “What can I do? Some people like to break into people’s homes at night.”

Luo Futu, the guy who fell into his yard in the middle of the night.

But apparently the person in question didn’t have the self-awareness to see Zhou Yan open the door, so he stared at the door, trying to see who was coming.

Through the glass window, Zhou Yan saw the person who was stopped outside the iron gate: it was Bai Yueqing, whose life he had saved before. He looked a little panicked, standing in front of Zhou Yan’s house, looking left and right, and then ringing the doorbell again.

Was it possible that he was being chased again?

Zhou Yan opened the door and Bai Yueqing, who was standing at the door, hurriedly walked in. Once he looked up and saw Zhou Yan standing under the door light, he immediately let out a sigh of relief. “Zhou Yan! Scared me to death, fortunately you are not asleep.”

Zhou Yan opened the door and gestured for Bai Yueqing to enter. “Why are you still out so late?”

Bai Yueqing just entered the door, and a small robot rolled to his feet and said in a flat voice, “Welcome, welcome.”

Bai Yueqing had seen this little guy last time he came over, and he couldn’t help but smile when he saw it. He didn’t understand the principle behind this little doll that could move and talk, but the doll was made to be especially cute, with a red face and big eyes, and listening to the mechanical voice, it was a bit similar to Zhou Yan’s voice, so he felt very close to it and thought it was very friendly.

However, this was the first time Luo Futu saw this little robot: he was dragged up from the basement by Zhou Yan, never entered through the front door, and was naturally not welcomed.

Looking at this little doll alone, it is hard to believe that Zhou Yan did not know about spirits.

At that moment Bai Yueqing suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit. “Oh yes! I’m here to bring you a flower.”

Zhou Yan didn’t notice when he was standing in the doorway, but now he turned around and noticed that he was carrying a small basket full of red flowers, and Bai Yueqing handed the flowers to Zhou Yan, embarrassed. “This is all I have left, is it enough?”

Zhou Yan showed a rare smile. “Yes, it’s enough.”

The amount for the experiment was enough, he just wanted to see what kind of magic this flower could do to Luo Futu.

Zhou Yan hugged the small basket, picked out a flower from it, and found that the flower was still fresh. “This is just picked?”

Bai Yueqing smiled shyly. “This is for my sister to keep for fun, she likes red. I planted a few in the pot, moved into the house in winter, but did not expect them to live. I was sleeping when you went over to my house today to collect the flowers, otherwise I would have given them to you then.”

He was a little embarrassed when he said he was sleeping, but Zhou Yan was a little touched after hearing that. Without exaggeration, Bai Yueqing was the only person who had been so kind to him since he came to this world.

“Thanks.”

Unfortunately, he was only good at being mean and not good at thanking people, and after thinking for half a day he only said this word of thanks.

Bai Yueqing smiled and waved his hand. “It’s nothing, it’s just a small thing. It’s nothing compared to the fact that you saved my life. By the way, the injection you gave me also works very well. I injected it before leaving home today, and I really can’t smell it at all.”

When Bai Yueqing entered the door, Zhou Yan noticed that, though not as he exaggerated, that he could not smell it at all, at least it was not as strong as the first time he met him. Now he only had a light pheromone smell, if not close, he could not smell it.

“By the way, do you have the seeds of the flower?”

Bai Yueqing froze for a moment and hurriedly put his hand under the basket. “Yes, I almost forgot if you didn’t tell me. Since you need the flower, why don’t you plant it this year too?”

Bai Yueqing went home and heard more about Zhou Yan, such as that he was the only person in Kohl Town who didn’t grow red crocus in his own field, and that he had a lot of slow-growing wheat and some other grasses that he didn’t know, and everyone thought he was strange. He was interested and took a packet from home.

The father scolded him for this, and then advised him not to be so attached to a beta, as the two of them would never work out.

He could not marry a beta.

When he thought of what his father said, Bai Yueqing couldn’t help but be a little embarrassed. In fact, it was not as strange as he said… He did not even think of that kind of place, and even if he was a beta, so what? Zhou Yan was the most powerful person he had ever seen, even alphas were not as powerful as him.

Zhou Yan reached out to take the seeds, but Bai Yueqing was lost in thought for some reason and didn’t hand over the seeds for a long time. Zhou Yan gave him a puzzled look. “Thank you.”

Bai Yueqing then reacted: his face turned red, and he hurriedly put the seeds into his hand. “No, it’s nothing! It’s just a small thing!”

Zhou Yan had just taken the seeds when a sudden crash sounded from the bedroom, shattering the ambiguous atmosphere between the two. Zhou Yan reflexively frowned, carrying the bag of seeds to the bedroom.

Luo Futu was looking at him innocently with a sandwich in his hand, and the plate holding the sandwich was smashed to pieces. When he saw Zhou Yan approaching, he held up the sandwich and took a big bite, saying vaguely while chewing, “Sorry, my hand slipped. Well, you guys continue.”

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