"Dirty thing... For this, you might need to connect with an outdoor streamer or a ghost-hunting streamer, right?"
Seeing a viewer had gifted a big rocket, Ah Qing originally wanted to thank them and advise viewers not to spend money, just to give her some free gifts instead.
But after reading the note, her smile froze instantly, a chill rose in her back, surging to her brain, making her scalp tingle.
Am I not a pet and science popularization blogger? Ghost-hunting and exorcism should have nothing to do with me, right?
['My Diga is in the Northeast': Oh dear, they can't handle plants acting up, but you, the streamer, sure can!]
Besides being a cute pet streamer, these days at Xinxing Agricultural Science College, viewers gradually realized something important, this silly streamer seems to be a super academic achiever in real life.
The admission scores for the three academies of the emerging institutions are getting higher each year, and are even reported before the exams.
Xinxing College boasts strong faculty, abundant financial resources, and guaranteed job placement after graduation with comprehensive service.
"Plants? This actually seems to involve my field of expertise..."
Hearing it's plant-related, Ah Qing felt a bit relieved inside.
Having just excavated an ancient tomb a couple of days ago, going on a ghost hunt again would be too much for her.
Ah Qing agreed to the connection request with some curiosity about what happened for a viewer to label a plant as a dirty thing and come specifically to her for identification.
Soon, the video call connected.
"Hello, hello, can the streamer hear me?"
A girl with messy hair appeared on the live stream, and her room was equally messy; in the fleeting image, a light blue silk underwear was hanging on the back of a chair.
"Uh... I'm a designer, work starts at night."
Seeing Ah Qing nodding, the girl explained somewhat awkwardly, running out of her room, coming to a spotless living room, as she walked towards the rooftop of her self-built house, she spoke to Ah Qing:
"Here's the situation: Last night when I returned home after having a late meal in the village, the moon was very bright, I was preparing to open the door under the moonlight."
"Then, a silhouette with wild limbs vaguely appeared behind me."
While talking, the girl had already run up to her rooftop, brought a ladder, climbed to the top of the staircase, and was filming a clump of wild grass at the edge of the top floor.
"I was almost scared to death, screamed so loud that it woke the whole village, dozens of people came to my house to catch a thief."
Even though her username was 'My Diga is in the Northeast', by her accent, it was clear she was from the south.
"In the end, no thief was found, but a clump of grass was seen wagging its backside on my rooftop."
The girl aimed the camera at the wild grass, facing that clump she shouted, "Hey! Wake up, early birds catch the worm, early mate gets to play!"
With just a yell from the girl, the wild grass indeed started swaying, waving left and right.
The sway wasn't like the slow rotation of sunflowers chasing the sun.
But more like bouncing and dancing, twerking with energy.
"I tried looking it up on Thousand Degrees, it seems the wild grass on my rooftop is called [Dancing Grass], a leguminous plant." The girl scratched her head and said:
"Indeed, they do sway, but I'm puzzled why the grass at my home is so flirty?"
"Now, I suspect it might be related to that wretched woman across the street, always bringing different men into her house, lately even women, using a gossip mirror to reflect at my house."
"So, I wanted to ask an expert, is she using a gossip mirror to perform Qiankun Great Shift, trying to reflect some flirty vibes to my house, to lure me into something sinister?"
[Oh, I, the old Taoist, am kind-hearted, can't bear to see you scared and worried, I'll go slay her right now!]
[Where is the morality! Where's the bottom line! And where exactly is the address!]
"Scram, scram, scram..."
Seeing the barrage on the screen, Ah Qing rolled her eyes, telling them not to spout nonsense, or else the live stream would be shut down.
Are viewers being kind-hearted? It's as apparent as known to all, even Ah Qing understood what they meant.
"Xiaolan..."
Ah Qing called the little fox, asking him to look at the Dancing Grass in the live stream.
The Dancing Grass in the video was so strange, Ah Qing didn't need the little fox's explanation to know it was a Spirit Plant.
However.
Knowing didn't help, Ah Qing didn't know how to deal with Spiritual Particle Plants.
And, in the live stream, amidst the rustling sound of the Dancing Grass leaves, a voice kept coming through.
"Hungry, hungry, hungry... Mom, I'm hungry. Mom, quickly go hunt, I'm starving, Mom." The Dancing Grass kept crying out for food.
This picture was so peculiar; Ah Qing only saw something similar when Tang You was gaming.
"Why not give it some fertilizer."
Ansheng looked at the live stream, considered for a moment, then let out a soft coo towards Ah Qing.
This perpetually hungry Dancing Grass seemed to have undergone some directional evolution due to its growth environment.
The incessant dancing seemed like it was trying to attract prey to pounce on its immobile self.
Ansheng's suggestion was to fertilize the Dancing Grass, then observe the environment and possibly transplant it.
Otherwise, in a state of severe hunger, Ansheng was a bit worried it might come out and bite people.
This matter should be reported to the Security Bureau, to have them look into this highly-evolved Dancing Grass.
"Hungry!"
After completing preliminary communication with the little fox, Ah Qing confidently told the girl, "The Dancing Grass is hungry."
"It's not rooted in the soil, but in a pile of moss and decayed dust on the rooftop, unable to absorb nutrients, so it's starved and twitches at every disturbance."
"Really?"
The girl was somewhat skeptical, but she still placed the phone on the roof and ran downstairs alone, bringing back a bag of granular soil, scattering it around the Dancing Grass's sun-exposed roots, and watering it a bit.
Moments later, the Dancing Grass stopped its energetic dance.
The girl was amazed; she tentatively rubbed the main stem of the Dancing Grass with a finger, and the Dancing Grass didn't utter a word, only focused on drilling into the nutrient soil with its roots, its body trembling slightly.
As if she got addicted, the girl stroked the leaves of the Dancing Grass.
"Slap—"
The constantly harassed Dancing Grass seemed annoyed, or sensed danger and, raising its foliage, snapped a branch onto the girl's cheek, leaving her stunned.
"Whoa! Miracle worker!"
Holding her cheek, the girl ran back in front of the camera, and with a straight face, gave her a thumbs-up in praise.
"Awesome streamer, one treatment, and it's stabilized, but this Dancing Grass at my place seems a bit shy."
"Gets jittery after a couple of touches."
The live stream was flooded with ellipses and loud cries of "Mom, touch me."
Despite her messy appearance, the girl's look was quite above average, with bright eyes and delicate features, with a lazy and languid vibe.
"Ah well... as long as it's cured. About the Dancing Grass, if you think it over, just call the Forestry Bureau."
Ah Qing reminded the girl, "A Dancing Grass that sways this much should find buyers in a botanical garden."
"Not selling, I like the flirtiness." The girl replied confidently.