Neither Muzhou nor Lu Beinan slept soundly that night.

Although the two lived together in middle school, it was the first time for the two young men to sleep in the same bed in a serious manner. When Lu Beinan started to focus on playing with his mobile phone, he didn't feel anything was wrong.

After Mu Zhou, who was wearing pajamas, lay next to him, Lu Beinan, who smelled a faint scent of grass and trees on his nose, cast a puzzled look at Mu, who was next to him, who always worked regularly like an old man. , After thinking about it, I leaned next to him and sniffed it, and muttered again.

"Is there something wrong with my nose today? What kind of smell is this on you? Why didn't I notice it before..."

When Lu Beinan said this, his demeanor was quite normal, he didn't seem to be too much affected by this smell, but he was a little inexplicably attracted.

And when he heard this, the guy who was always bewildered suddenly asked himself this question. Mu Zhou, who probably knew why he had such a reaction, just kept his sleeping position at the beginning and lay on his side in silence for a while. He asked tentatively, "How do you feel when you smell it?"

"Huh? Seems pretty good." Lu Beinan touched his itchy nose and sniffed involuntarily.

"Cats like it too."

"...Huh? What does this mean?"

"Didn't you always ask me why those cats like to cling to me so much? It's because of this. Everyone in our family is like this. It is usually inherited from parent to offspring. It is an innate instinct."

Because he was thinking about what happened recently alone, this time Muzhou did not hide from Lu Beinan too much as before, but simply revealed to him a little about the situation in his home.

Hearing what he said, Lu Beinan, who had no chance to get in touch with him except vaguely knew how many people there were in his family before, could only ask incredulously, "Isn't it, there is such a thing? Why have you never heard of it before?" You told me, so it’s still like this? Are your parents like this?”

"Well, it's basically the same in the previous generation. No matter how proud and independent you are in the past and don't like to rely on people's wild cats, as soon as you meet us, you will start to become stupid, stupid, and easy to deceive. Believe it or not, they will be very obedient. Over time, they will be completely domesticated from ferocious jungle carnivores to pets who can only rely on their cute calls and well-behaved postures to get their owners to take good care of them. The hunting claws and teeth will also degenerate, doesn't it sound a bit scary?"

"Uh...it's okay, but it sounds a little wrong, why do I have goosebumps...how about you turn up the heat..."

Lu Beinan tilted his head and remained silent for a while, staring at him expressionlessly, because Mu Zhou always seemed to be implying something between the lines. Mu Zhou didn't rush to continue.

After thinking for a few seconds, Lu Beinan seemed to have sensed that Muzhou wanted to confess something to him, so Lu Beinan, who didn't really understand what he meant just now, just frowned thoughtfully. Frowning, looking curiously at Muzhou who was close at hand with the corners of his mouth curled up, but with a tense expression, he asked, "Hey, Muzhou, if I asked you about the previous incident now, you would Will you answer me in full?"

"...you ask, I will try my best to tell you."

Although he felt very uncomfortable, Muzhou, who pursed his lips, still answered sincerely. It's a pity that seeing him like this, knowing that he still doesn't want others to know something about him, Lu Beinan just sighed and turned to him again. He smiled soothingly and said, "Forget it, forget it, tell me again next time you want to talk."

"...Didn't you always want to know?"

"It's okay, let's talk about it when you are willing. My mother told me a long time ago that I should not be curious about things that I shouldn't be curious about. There is actually no harm in being confused."

When Lu Beinan said this, he thought of his mother again. The screen saver on his mobile phone is still a photo of his mother when she was young. Unfortunately, she passed away a few years ago. Now, no one but him will miss this poor woman. After such a brief ecstasy, Lu Beinan smiled helplessly at Mu Zhou who was slightly puzzled, "I respect, understand, and love my buddy. Is there any reason for that? Look at your serious look, I know you didn't do it on purpose, I really didn't take it to heart... But if you say this, it's no wonder you are always followed by those cats. In fact, the smell is really good, but I'm not a cat, I'm People, how can they think this smells good? It's strange... Hey, but do you think there is a smell that dogs like on someone? What kind of smell is that? The smell of meat and bones?"

Lu Beinan, who was amused after he finished speaking, obviously didn't take Muzhou's words seriously, so he burrowed under the warm quilt casually. It seemed that he had excess energy, and his limbs were still special. Well developed guy.

But Muzhou, who originally wanted to hint something secretly, saw his stupid appearance that his intelligence had begun to decline unconsciously, and immediately had no plans to have a deep chat with him, and could only think about meeting him again when the time was right next time. Having made it clear, the two of them casually said a few more words before getting ready to go to bed.

But before going to bed, they still discussed a few words about what would be in the box. Muzhou listened to Lu Beinan guessing wildly there and didn't express any opinions, but he had already vaguely noticed the contents of the box in his heart. What he wants to do most now is to hurry up and find his own box, and then send the wrong one away as soon as possible. In short, don't let the two of them get into unnecessary trouble Trouble is best.

After all, according to Lu Beinan's description just now, the purpose of the person who took the wrong box with him at that time may not be pure. Although there were people coming and going at the airport at that time, the probability of bumping into him and just picking up the wrong box is very high. not big.

However, Muzhou is not particularly curious about what dangerous secrets are contained in this strange box. In fact, if it is not because he realizes that Lu Beinan may have been involved in a strange thing, he would not Have that mind to take care of it.

But in the current unknown situation, even if he asks Lu Beinan to throw the box outside immediately, those troubles that may arise one after another due to the box will sooner or later find Lu Beinan who has touched the box, this is because Lu Beinan had seen the owner of the box with his own eyes, and it was also because his own box was still in the hands of that unknown person.

So it's better to let Lu Beinan keep this box for the time being, even if they really encounter some troubles that they can't escape, it's better to have a bargaining chip to get out quickly, and then find his brother Mu Xiao to see this What is in the box.

Although he is not very old, but his way of thinking can already be seen that he is deeply influenced by someone. Mu Zhou thought secretly and did not explain too much to Lu Beinan beside him. After all, even he himself is not sure how to do it. , he didn't want to tell Lu Beinan to worry with him.

However, Lu Beinan didn't seem to think too much about it, he just frowned and muttered in a dazed way, "It's so troublesome, I have to run around, and so on", and fell asleep lying on the pillow.

After watching his completely relaxed sleeping face, Muzhou was out of his mind for a while, and Muzhou, who was relieved for a long time, also looked away and helped him pull up the quilt, and then closed his eyes and fell asleep together.

This night, the light snow outside did not stop until around midnight.

Before going to bed, it was turned up by the road north and south, and the heater itself was a bit damaged. Water dripped from time to time, and a lot of moisture rose and condensed on the ceiling of the room. With the room temperature that was not ventilated at the moment, this small The interior of the hotel room looks like an artificial greenhouse.

The temperature and humidity maintain a delicate and suitable level in winter, a special environment that is not conducive to plant germination, and it also imperceptibly promotes the awakening of some creatures that are forced to fall into dormancy under a constant temperature state.

It is similar to the wonderful sound of seeds breaking the ground in the dark like a small bean pod that will explode automatically in autumn. It seems that it does not always have too much power, but in nature, it can easily push the top of the top of the boulder. The germs of the seeds are also constantly climbing from the floor to the ceiling.

But because the movements themselves were not too big, they didn't immediately wake up the two people who were still asleep on the bed. Muzhou, who also felt a little hot during the period, frowned and turned over slowly but didn't wake up. A certain 'big cat' sleeping soundly on its belly under the blanket automatically leaned against the heat source next to it after licking its hairless meat pad.

It wasn't until close to 03:30 in the morning that the room, which had virtually experienced a thrilling life birth process, finally returned to calm.

But when Muzhou and Lu Beinan woke up from their sleep again, facing this bizarre and mysterious scene in front of them, these two young people, who were not very old after all, were a little bit surprised, even suspicious. Are you dreaming?

"Muzhou...I...I'm not dreaming..."

For many years after that, Mu Zhou once again recalled that miraculous scene and almost felt that he was dreaming, because as a tree-like person who lived in the city since he was a child, he had never experienced how to live in a wild environment. The kind of grass and trees are deeply rooted in the soil, and the wild plants completely release the feeling of living together.

But at that moment, his eyes were really filled with all kinds of the same kind. They occupied the living space of the whole room overnight with colorful life forms. In the glass, you can see the stretched branches and leaves of all kinds of strange plants, and the new green figures that grow wildly.

In addition, many of them should have escaped while they were asleep last night. After all, the window that was closed before going to bed but opened wide at this moment is the best proof.

And it wasn't until Lu Beinan's anxious questioning sounded in his ears that Mu Zhou finally recovered from his chaotic thoughts, and then he shook his head and said nothing, then quickly got out of bed .

But now it is obviously too late to check the box that is the culprit, because the box that was locked from the outside is already lying wide open on the ground, except for a few weeds left inside. The other plants that secretly grew last night had already disappeared.

After Muzhou squatted down to check the box with the damaged lock, and saw the paper bags with kraft labels inside to seal the seeds, he suddenly understood what made him feel very uneasy last night. What is the source of this feeling.

Plant smugglers are a new type of criminal gang that has emerged in the past two years. These people are mainly engaged in the private sale of some invasive plants to various countries, thereby helping some foreign lawbreakers achieve the purpose of destroying the ecology and plundering land.

Muzhou had heard his brother mention such things when he was young, but because he had never personally encountered it, he didn't immediately think of it.

The current situation, no accident, is a large-scale illegal plant smuggling. Lu Beinan must have been dropped by the smugglers at the airport, so the box was transferred to them by accident.

But now these unknown plant seeds have all germinated due to unknown reasons, so if they can't find those escaped plants in time, the ecological environment of the city itself will only be in danger up.

Thinking of this, I also realized that this matter is really a bit tricky, and Mu Zhou couldn't immediately explain to Lu Beinan what the situation was, so he asked him to close the window quickly. The two of them cooperated carefully and used blankets and towels to grab all the plants that hadn't had time to escape yet and put them back into the box with their roots and leaves.

During the period, although some dangerous plants uncooperatively produced some disgusting smells and sharp barbs, it may be because those who were really threatening had already wisely chosen to escape. Muzhou and Lu Beinan It is not particularly difficult to work together to catch these in the house, and these low-level plants that have just entered the growth period are actually particularly powerful in attack, so the more you catch them, the easier it will be.

However, this process is destined to have some bad things happen, because even a thorny head like Lu Beinan, who has sufficient fighting experience since childhood, was beaten several times by a small unformed bush, and then After being almost kissed by a flower with red petals, he almost collapsed.

Seeing that Muzhou, who was quick and nimble, grabbed the roots of these two broken things, and quickly stuffed them back into the first box. Most of the plants that looked like leeks had been caught back, so he sat on the ground exhausted, took a breath and said intermittently, "This... this... what are these things! A flower How can he still play hooligans? He is a man and a woman, why is he so perverted..."

"It seems to be a hot lip grass, and you can't tell the gender... Did you get rubbed on your mouth by her? It may be very poisonous."

The words Muzhou frowned made Lu Beinan straighten his eyes and quickly wiped his mouth vigorously. After confirming that he should not have been kissed by the hot lip grass, the kid was a little relieved. It was just a series of unimaginable things this morning. Still confused him a little bit.

Thinking like this, since last night, Lu Beinan also sat up and looked at Mu Zhou hesitantly, because he always felt that Mu Zhou must know something about this matter, otherwise he would not I've been hiding it from myself since before.

After a while, the two of them cleaned up the room and finally found a chance to sit down and discuss today's matter. As expected, although Mu Zhou still seemed to hide something from him, he also Be relatively honest and begin to explain to him the reasons for the situation at hand.

"You said that the contents of this box were all seeds? And they were all seeds of dangerous plants?"

"Well, I see what's written on the bags and labels inside, it shouldn't be wrong, and if I read it right just now, some of the most dangerous ones don't seem to be here, and they may have gone outside before dawn. "

"Extremely dangerous? How dangerous can it be?"

"As long as the time is long enough and the environment is right, and grow to a certain extent, they will eat people."

"Eat... cannibal? Then why didn't you tell me before? It's really cannibal... Is it the 'person' I know?"

"Well, but I didn't know what was in it before. I really confirmed it just now. It may be that there is a problem with the heating in this room, so they all germinated in advance."

The fact that plants can be dangerous enough to eat people is obviously beyond the scope of Lu Beinan's understanding. He even began to feel that his trip to run away from home was more twists and turns than Tang Monk's journey to the west. There are so many messy things, and thinking about it, Lu Beinan, who was about to cry, could only look weak and said to Muzhou, "Then... is it still useful for us to go to the police now... ...Can the police take care of this kind of thing..."

"It's useless. It might be useful to find... but now those plants have escaped. Whether it is the police or others, it is very difficult to find them. Those dangerous plants are not so easy to deal with. They are called Specific danger plants are not entirely without reason, wild bush life is what they do best."

Answering Lu Beinan's question in this way, Muzhou, who was frowning, was a little uneasy this time. After all, if his elder brother who was a local office worker knew the ins and outs of this incident, he would definitely be in trouble for the rest of his life. He will not be allowed to meet with a piece of Lu Beinan who caused trouble again. Mu Zhou, who fell silent for a moment, thought about it for a while and suddenly said, "But it's not impossible... At least two people should be able to Do it, because they taught me the knowledge I know about dangerous plants, and we may start from two aspects, you leave with the box and help me go to my elder brother, and I will go to the other two people."

"Who?"

When Lu Beinan asked this question, his young face was also a little puzzled and puzzled. He raised his pale eyes and looked at him thoughtfully. After getting on the escaped box, he pursed his lips and said, "I told you before, the elder who saved my life, my master, and my mistress, both of them can do it."

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