TSFLIP Chapter 449

Xia Chao ignored Wang Ci’s sarcastic look and gently said, “Fengguang, in a few days, the older brother from the Fu family will come to visit. You can’t just tell him you don’t like him, okay?”

“Oh…” Fengguang poked her rice bowl with her chopsticks, half-heartedly responding.

Wang Ci placed a piece of meat into Fengguang’s bowl and smiled beautifully, “It’s okay if you don’t like him. You don’t have to force yourself to like something you don’t. My daughter doesn’t need to make sacrifices for anyone.”

Xia Chao picked up the newspaper again, seemingly ignoring Wang Ci’s words.

The entire Xia family was used to this couple’s dynamic, where they often acted as though each other’s words were just background noise.

“Brother, why does Dad want me to get along with Brother Fu?” Fengguang asked while sitting on the sofa in the living room. The sound of fireworks could be heard outside. Ji You liked setting off fireworks, so she excitedly went outside to play with Grandpa, the butler. Fengguang envied Ji You, because she wasn’t afraid of the cold, unlike Fengguang, who had to stay inside the warm living room.

Ji Mian didn’t take his eyes off his laptop. He was analyzing a batch of experimental data. “Maybe your father is trying to find you another brother.”

It was just a casual remark; it wasn’t unusual for wealthy families to arrange engagements early.

“But I already have a brother, and that’s enough.”

As these words reached Ji Mian’s ears, he paused his typing. When he turned his head, he saw her crouched next to him like a cat. Her eyes were beautiful, something he had known for a long time, but no matter how many times he saw them up close, he couldn’t help but feel this way.

She moved a bit closer, staring at his computer screen. “Brother… you’ve been staring at the computer for so long. What do these numbers mean?”

“Each number represents a life.”

She shivered and looked up at him.

Ji Mian smiled faintly, “How could that be? These are just my experimental data.”

“Experiments?”

“Like growing a genetically modified flower that, when its pollen spreads, transfers its characteristics to other plants that accept the pollen. In other words, even if the plants are different species, once the pollen fertilizes them, they can display traits of the original flower.” Of course, if this invention succeeded, it could spread diseases and viruses at unimaginable speeds.

Fengguang blinked in confusion, “So… if apple pollen lands on a strawberry flower, would the strawberry grow as big as an apple?”

Ji Mian hadn’t expected her to ask such an innocent question. But in his eyes, she was still a child, and though it should have seemed funny, he seriously thought about it for a moment before nodding, “What Fengguang said… isn’t entirely impossible.”

“Brother! I want a strawberry as big as an apple!” She shook his arm and sweetly pouted, “Brother, please make me a strawberry as big as an apple. I’ll give you all my pocket money, and all my dolls in my room too.”

“Just like that, you want a strawberry as big as an apple?”

“Yes!” She nodded earnestly, looking like she wanted it.

Ji Mian suddenly thought, his virus research had been ongoing for so long with little progress, but making a strawberry as big as an apple seemed much simpler. Maybe he should try that instead.