Chapter 670 - 538: Second Update
Chapter 670 - 538: Second Update
"Sis, do you have a cold?" Zhuang Jianxian asked after hearing Zhuang Yijing speak with a heavy nasal tone.
"I felt a bit chilly when I woke up this morning, but it’s nothing." Zhuang Yijing reached out for a tissue nearby and wiped her nose. "Where are you guys?"
"Did you turn the air conditioning too low, Sis?" Zhuang Jianxian asked with concern.
"Yes." Zhuang Yijing responded.
"Remember to drink more hot water and get plenty of sunlight, Sis." After thoughtfully reminding her, Zhuang Jianxian flipped his phone to let the view of blooming flowers enter the frame, "Do you know where this is?"
When Zhuang Yijing looked down, she saw the dazzling garden displayed on the phone and was slightly stunned, "You went to Youyou’s house?"
"Yes, my sister and I came to see the goddess’s garden today." Zhuang Jianxian said happily, "Have you been here? How did you recognize it at first glance?"
"I haven’t been there." Zhuang Yijing stopped her work. "But I’ve seen it in videos."
She admitted, she was jealous —
Suddenly, she didn’t feel like working anymore.
Throwing the documents aside a bit dejectedly, she seriously engaged in a video call with Zhuang Jianxian, "Is the garden beautiful?"
"Beautiful!" Zhuang Jianxian, across the screen, completely missed the hint of his sister’s envy, "It’s so beautiful, Youyou’s garden is huge. I’ll take pictures for you."
As he spoke, he got up and started filming the garden scenery bit by bit from the entrance for Zhuang Yijing.
Zhuang Yijing watched intently.
Previously, Ning Youguang also often shared videos and photos of the garden with her, but never like her brother, capturing the whole garden for her to see.
So today, it was her first time seeing her best friend’s secret garden so completely.
After Zhuang Jianxian showed her the entire garden, she evaluated, "This garden must be at least over a hundred square meters?"
When Ning Youguang returned to the garden with coffee, cake, and biscuits, she happened to hear Zhuang Yijing ask this question in the video.
She casually answered, "One hundred and thirty square meters."
"You two are amazing, to have created such a large private garden on such a high rooftop." Zhuang Siqi couldn’t help but admire Ning Youguang and Shi Wangyue.
"It has been nearly three years since we started building the garden, and it’s the scale it is today, a long and significant project wholly supported by Wangyue," Ning Youguang said with a smile.
"No wonder Uncle Yun said Mr. Shi is amazing." Zhuang Siqi recalled the words Yun Ze Wu and Xie Shengxing said at the dinner table last night.
"He also loves flowers, so he enjoys the process of creating the garden." Ning Youguang said, "I’m the strategist, responsible for planning the look I want for the garden. He’s the worker, responsible for implementing it. Watering, planting flowers, and other physical tasks are all undertaken by him. Pruning, shaping, and technical tasks are done by me. We each find different joys in the garden’s maintenance."
"Awesome..." Zhuang Siqi said with admiration, "I respect you guys. Despite being so busy, you can personally take care of such a large garden. In our family, including my laid-back dad, there are four non-contributors altogether; we employ dedicated gardeners to tend our garden."
She counted on her fingers and then covered her face —
"Ah! Suddenly, I feel so ashamed!"
"Life is more than the hassles in front of you; there’s also the plants nearby offering healing," Ning Youguang chuckled. "Wangyue and I are very busy at work, this garden is our leisure sanctuary."
Their favorite time is sunset, when the moon is hanging in the sky, and they rest in the garden.
Birds chirping, a gentle breeze on the face, floral scents wafting, their tense bodies and minds instantly relaxing.
"Your timing is perfect, the figs and grapes are ripe." After placing her coffee and snacks on the garden’s white table, Ning Youguang turned around to pick up an empty basket and put two pairs of scissors inside.
Then, she handed the basket with two pairs of pruning shears to the Zhuang siblings, "Go pick the grapes and figs. Pick as much ripe fruit as you want."
"Did you also plant figs and grapes on the rooftop? Where?! Oh my! What a magical wonderland!" Zhuang Siqi felt like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, full of curiosity about Ning Youguang and Shi Wangyue’s rooftop sky garden.
"Over there." Ning Youguang pointed to a distant corner.
Zhuang Jianxian and Zhuang Siqi grabbed the basket and ran toward the direction she pointed. When they reached the area, they were utterly shocked —
"Oh my god! You’ve even planted vegetables on the roof!" The twins stood under the grape arbor, looking at the vegetable patch beside the grape and fig trees, their voices sharp.
"We planted some potatoes, greens, cucumbers, and tomatoes, as well as eggplants." Ning Youguang strolled over leisurely, "Wangyue loves tomatoes and eggplants."
Zhuang Siqi’s pretty face immediately showed an exaggerated, ambiguous smile, "Does that mean you love potatoes, greens, and cucumbers?"
Ning Youguang nodded.
"Hahaha, I knew it." Zhuang Siqi laughed uncontrollably, "Initially, I saw the rose garden and thought Mr. Shi treated you well, but when I saw the vegetable patch and fruit trees, I realized Mr. Shi could treat you even better."
"Why do you say that?" Ning Youguang chuckled.
"Because he planted your favorite things in the best-lit area of the garden." Zhuang Siqi was rarely sharp in her observation.
"Alright." To be honest, if Zhuang Siqi hadn’t mentioned it, she wouldn’t have noticed that detail.
What a slip.
She thought to herself.
"How are the grapes ripening?" Zhuang Yijing asked after attentively listening to their conversation.
"There are quite a few." Zhuang Jianxian adjusted the angle of the phone to give Zhuang Yijing a better view of the clusters of grapes, some green, some purple-red, hanging above him.
"So many?" Zhuang Yijing estimated there were about ten ripe clusters visible in the frame and immediately decided, "Help me pick all their ripe grapes and bring them back for me tomorrow."
A person working through illness desperately needs comfort food.
"And pick all the ripe figs too, bring them over tomorrow."
"Pick them all?" Zhuang Jianxian felt a bit conflicted and, taking advantage of Ning Youguang and Zhuang Siqi chatting, quietly leaned closer to the phone to say, "They only have one grapevine and one fig tree, this year is their first yield, and there aren’t many fruits."
"She said she’ll send me grapes and figs." Zhuang Yijing shamelessly shouted, "Ask Youyou when she plans to send me grapes and figs."
"Pick them all."
Alright!
There’s no need for Zhuang Jianxian to go ask sheepishly.
Zhuang Yijing purposely shouted loudly over the phone.
It’s difficult for Ning Youguang not to hear.
That way, she laughed softly. 1314
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