My fruit shop became popular in the world

Early September, the beginning of school season.

The Student Street, which had become a bit deserted due to the summer vacation, was bustling again, especially the Wonderful Fruit Store, which was crowded with people and bustling.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the fruit shop launched fruit in gift boxes.

As a die-hard fan of Wonderful Fruit Store, Ye Zhi learned about the news of the new gift box of the fruit store on the official account, and rushed to the store as soon as possible, eager to see the gift box "Fang Rong", but was caught by another weird-looking Fruit attracts.

The shape of the fruit is similar to that of a lychee, the outer skin is yellow-green, and the surface is covered with "pimples" the size of a fingernail, which gives people a sense of familiarity.

Like what?

A flash of light flashed through her mind.

By the way, it looks a bit like the head of a prayer bead!

"This is a tropical fruit. Its scientific name is custard apple, but everyone prefers to call it 'Shakya' because the shape of the fruit resembles the head of a Buddha." Zhang Chao and Ye Zhi are old acquaintances, and greeted him proactively, "Long time no see, Ye Zhi Senior."

Ye Zhi greeted him and said, "It's a very vivid name, how does it taste like?"

Zhang Chao looked around, saw that no one was paying attention, he pulled Ye Zhi to the corner, and said in a low voice, "I still have half a Sakyamuni here, which is left over from my lunch break. If senior sister doesn't mind, give it to me." You."

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Ye Zhi repeatedly waved his hands.

She saw the price of Sakyamuni in front of her. Even in a fruit shop known for its high prices, the price of this fruit is really scary.

"It's okay, this kind of fruit is high in fat and sugar, so you can't eat more." Zhang Chao waved his hand, took the initiative to take out the remaining half of a custard apple from the refrigerator, and handed her a spoon, saying with a smile, " The flesh of Sakyamuni is very soft, just dig it and eat it.”

The kindness was hard to come by, Ye Zhi could only blushed and thanked him.

As Zhang Chao said, the flesh of Sakyamuni is soft and can be easily scooped up with a spoon.

The milky white flesh is creamy and smooth, with a unique aroma.

The pulp is dense and smooth, and it tastes like eating ice cream.Like many tropical fruits, it has a sweet, emblic taste.

Ye Zhi spat out the black fruit core, squinted his eyes and savored it carefully, there was still a hint of honey on the tip of his tongue, even drinking water seemed to be sweet.

She came here for the fruit gift box, but after tasting the custard, she decisively added it to the shopping list.

When she was checking out, she suddenly thought of something: "By the way, why didn't you see Boss Hu?"

She said that she felt something was wrong, and it turned out that the beautiful shopkeeper was not there.

"Oh, the boss has something to go back to his hometown." Zhang Chao scratched his hair.

Just the day before yesterday, Xuan Chu suddenly informed them of this news, but did not say the reason.

The clerks discussed in private, probably the matter in their hometown was quite important, otherwise why would Cousin Lin and the boss leave one after another, and it was such an important time in the school season?

***

The reason why Xuan Chu left was Chang Xiao's disappearance.

Ten or so days have passed since Changxiao disappeared inexplicably.

During this period of time, he has been quietly inquiring about Chang Xiao's whereabouts, and also asked Jiu Yao and the others to pay more attention to whether there is any sign of Qilin during the delivery process.

Just when he was wondering whether to ask Shimen for help, Jiu Yao brought a message.

Jiu Yao said that when he was delivering goods in Shanling Province, for a moment, he felt a wave of divine power in the air.

Xuanchu straightened his waist subconsciously: "The divine power is related to the Taoist Lord?"

"I'm not completely sure, I can only say it looks a bit like it." Jiu Yao rarely showed a serious expression.

For Xuanchu, this is enough to explain the problem.

It's a pity that the fluctuation was too short, and Jiuyao couldn't determine the specific location in Shanling Province. He could only speculate on the approximate range centered on his location at that time.

Looking at the approximate area drawn by Jiu Yao on the map, Xuan Chu's eyes paused, and his lips were tightly pursed.

Jiu Yao saw that his expression was different, raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Xuan Chu stared at the word "Shangchuan" displayed on the map, but did not make a sound.

It suddenly occurred to him that he seemed to have not contacted Zhu Geng for a while.

***

Xuan Chu saw Xiao Ding who was among the crowd at the airport at a glance.Before coming to Shangchuan, this person was responsible for receiving him and Changxiao.

Seeing Xuan Chu, Xiao Ding warmly greeted him and said, "Mr. Hu, do you still remember me? I am Xiao Ding."

Xuan Chu looked at the young man with a simple and honest smile on his face without any trace, and said with a smile: "Of course I remember, Xiao Ding, I will trouble you again this time."

"Why is it troublesome? Mr. Hu, you are our distinguished guest of Mr. Zhu, and you will soon become a researcher of the company. It is my duty to serve you." Xiao Ding smiled brightly, no one could tell from his face No flaws.

Xuan Chu also smiled and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

Xiaoding drove the car all the way to the fruit cultivation base, stopped in front of a three-story townhouse, and introduced:

"This is a dormitory built by our company's professional scientific research personnel. Mr. Zhu ordered it. This will be your residence in the future. The furniture in it is complete. If there is anything missing, just tell me and I will buy it for you as soon as possible. "

Xuan Chu squinted his eyes and looked around calmly.

The roads are wide and the environment is quiet. As a dormitory, it is too luxurious.

He raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully: "The employees in your company are treated really well."

Xiao Ding explained: "You are joking, only experts like you are eligible to live in this kind of dormitory."

Xuan Chu pretended to be casual and asked: "How many people live here?"

Xiao Ding thought for a while: "There should be three NO.40 people? But I don't come here often, and I haven't seen many people who live here. I heard that they are all core experts and executives of our company. Oh yes , Mr. Zhu said that he will prepare a banquet for you tonight, and you should see some of them by then."

"Wind banquet?" Xuan Chu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "I see."

Coincidentally, he also wanted to meet those people.

***

The place where the dinner was held was not far from the townhouse area. It was actually the staff canteen in the base, but it was on the top floor of the canteen.

Xiao Ding said that this place is usually not open to the public and is specially used to entertain important guests.Don't look down on it, in fact, the decoration inside is very luxurious, and the chef is also a specially hired five-star hotel chef. Except for company executives and senior researchers, most people have not had the opportunity to go up there.

"President Zhu attaches great importance to you." Xiao Ding was full of admiration and envy.

Xuan Chu smiled and remained silent.

After taking the special elevator to the top floor, I knew that what Xiao Ding said was not an exaggeration.

As soon as the elevator door opened, a smiling waiter came to greet him, and said softly, "Mr. Hu? Please come with me."

There is a thick carpet under your feet, as soft as if you are stepping on cotton.The decoration is full of luxury, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is carved with gold and jade.

Xuan Chu looked around without any trace,

The banquet hall was huge, and there was a round table that could seat 40 to [-] people. Zhu Geng was sitting in the main seat, when he saw Xuan Chu, he immediately stood up to greet him enthusiastically.

"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Hu Xuanchu. He is very capable. I finally invited him here. From now on, we will all be colleagues."

There was warm applause in the banquet hall.

Xuan Chu quickly glanced at the scene in the hall, the tables were almost full, and the people attending the banquet seemed to be nothing special.

But he still felt an unusual breath.

He had some calculations in his heart, but he still acted calmly, bowed his hands to everyone humbly, and said, "It's Mr. Zhu showing love."

He took the initiative to pick up the wine glass, lowered his eyebrows and said pleasantly: "Come on, Mr. Zhu, I'll toast you. I'll toast, you can do whatever you want."

He raised his head and drank it without hesitation.

"it is good!"

"readily!"

Seeing him so generous and unambiguous, the applause of the crowd was even more enthusiastic than before.

Xuanchu's seat was arranged next to Zhu Geng, and Zhu Geng introduced to him the guests present, including company executives and scientific researchers.

Everyone scrambled to toast him, and he really didn't refuse anyone who came, and he did everything.

"Little brother, they are all my brothers, and I hope they can become your brothers in the future." Zhu Geng patted Xuan Chu's shoulder, with a meaningful smile on his lips.

Maybe it was because the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling was too bright, or maybe it was because the chatting and laughing between cups of wine was too noisy, Xuan Chu felt that the world in front of him seemed to be spinning, and he couldn't open his eyes, so he said with his tongue, "Dang, of course, Everyone is brother, brother, good brother!"

Zhu Geng showed a satisfied smile, and raised his glass: "Come on, Brother Xuanchu, I'll toast you again."

……

"It can't be done, I have to take it slow..." Xuan Chu put down the glass with a "slap", the splashed wine stained the tablecloth into dark red, under the refraction of the light, it was eye-catching and delicate.

Xuan Chu finally couldn't take it anymore, his limbs went limp, and he fell down on the table.

"Brother Xuanchu... are you alright, brother?" Zhu Geng pushed Xuanchu, and the only response was his even and heavy breathing.

Unknowingly, the guests who were still laughing just now quieted down collectively.

"Dizzy." A smile appeared on Zhu Geng's face, "This special drug for monsters is really powerful. Although the Western Sect is greedy, at least it didn't lie to us."

"Boss, what kind of monster is he?" asked a mustache man who just introduced himself as the company's deputy general manager.

Zhu Geng squinted his eyes and said, "I don't know yet, but I think it should be a plant monster. The fruits he sells are unusual and contain faint spiritual power. They are definitely not from the human world."

"No matter what kind of monster it is, as long as it can be used by me." Another muscular and burly man sneered.

Zhu Geng nodded and agreed, "I think so too."

But before that, you need to be cautious and verify the identity of the other party.

While Xuan Chu was drowsy, Zhu Geng searched him up and down, and finally found a universe bag.

"Let me see what's good inside." Mustache's eyes lit up, he picked up the Qiankun bag and shook it, dropping a few wild fruits and some worthless trinkets.

The mustache cursed and kicked Xuan Chu: "Damn, you're so poor."

Zhu Geng picked up the fruit, put it under his nose, sniffed it, smiled satisfied, and said, "This is better. The poorer he is, the more he can be used by me. As long as we give him some small favors, he will definitely follow us wholeheartedly."

After confirming that Xuan Chu's identity was fine, Zhu Geng completely dispelled the last trace of doubt in his heart, and ordered Xuan Chu to be sent back to the villa.

With the sound of "bang" closing the door, the footsteps gradually faded away.

In the darkness, Xuan Chu slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear.

Maybe those monster races believed too much in the power of the drug, or maybe they didn't pay attention to Xuanchu, a "little monster" at all, and didn't realize that Xuanchu was pretending to be dizzy on purpose.

After he "fainted out", those monsters continued to chat and drink without fear, and the few words revealed on the wine table can more or less piece together the truth——

Sure enough, this fruit cultivation base has another mystery. On the surface, it is to cultivate improved varieties of fruits, but in fact it is secretly researching fruits that contain spiritual power or even demon power.

Zhu Geng invited him to join because he regarded him as a plant-type monster and liked his "special ability" to "cultivate" spirit fruits.

This group of monsters has been secretly plotting this matter for some years.In this training base, there are both real human researchers and their "insiders".

Before Zhu Geng showed great hospitality to Professor Hao of the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he also wanted to lure her and her team to the base and do things for them.

What is their purpose in doing this?

It's a pity that even at the wine table, the demons kept secret about this matter, and only vaguely mentioned that these spirit fruits were used to feed monsters.

They even raised an unknown number of monsters!

Xuan Chu was secretly startled.

Xuanchu seriously suspected that those monsters were raised somewhere in the base by them.The little demon that Chang Xiao accidentally discovered during his visit to the base last time may have something to do with it.

Although his purpose of this trip was to find Changxiao's whereabouts, but as a disciple of Chanjiao, since he encountered such a thing that endangered the order of the human world, he couldn't ignore it.

Under the cover of night, he transformed into an owl and flew out of the window without a sound.

***

The area of ​​the fruit base is very large, occupying several hills, most of which are covered with fruit trees or fruit greenhouses.

It is the golden autumn of September, when many fruits are ripe. The heavy fruits hang high on the branches, and the night wind brings intoxicating fruit aromas. This is the taste of a good harvest.

If you didn't know the truth in advance, you would never have thought that this place is actually a hiding place for monsters.

The owl version Xuan Chu flapped his wings and flew in mid-air. He didn't dare to fly too high for fear of attracting unnecessary attention and missing suspicious details.

However, maybe that gang of monsters did a good job of keeping secrets. He almost visited the entire base, but he still couldn't find the whereabouts of the monsters they said.

Could it be the wrong place?

Xuan Chu rested on the branch of an apple tree, sorting out his thoughts by the way.

He still favors the inference that the monster is hiding in the base.

Because this is Zhu Geng's territory, and it's also located in the outskirts of the city. Except for the staff in the base, there is usually no one there. It's much easier for them to make small moves if they want to.

Since it is a monster, it must have a monster aura.But he didn't feel any evil spirit, which can only mean that Zhu Geng and others used special means to shield the evil spirit.

In fact, this is not such a rare thing, but any monster race that is not too weak has the ability to hide its own aura.Those whose identities were discovered due to the leakage of demonic aura were usually little demons who could not stand on the stage.

The problem is, for monsters like Zhu Geng, it might not be difficult to hide their own monster aura.But to conceal the existence of a considerable number of monsters, even Xuan Chu couldn't guarantee that he would be able to do it well.

A dark cloud came from nowhere and covered the moon, the night became darker, and the mountains and forests were as quiet as a vacuum universe.

Looking around, only the core office area of ​​the base is still lit, and most of them are laboratory buildings—for scientific researchers, staying up all night for a piece of experimental data is commonplace.

And slow!

A thought flashed across Xuan Chu's mind.

Since the monsters can't be found anywhere else, are they hiding in the laboratory?

The safety performance of the laboratory is high. Even if there is an accident such as a monster out of control, others will only think that it is caused by the failure of the experiment, and it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xuan Chu's spirit lifted, he flapped his wings, and flew towards the brightly lit place.

At the same time, somewhere in a huge cage bound by spiritual power, a black strange beast was eating a large pot of strangely shaped fruits.

Its sharp teeth easily pierce the hard peel, splashing black and red juice.

Accompanied by the sound of "click, click" similar to cutting steel, a foul smell permeated the air.

"His grandma, this monster is quite fierce." Outside the cage, two little monsters disguised as ordinary humans pinched their noses and said in amazement, "This newly developed fruit-like monster takes a lot of effort!" Just chew it off, it's like eating tofu, it makes my teeth sore."

"Isn't it? This fruit is said to be able to maximize the potential hidden in the body, but its power is too overbearing. After eating it, there are only two endings, either dead or greatly improved. But so far, in all the test subjects , not a single monster can survive it. I don’t think it can survive this level.”

"I don't think it's quite the same as those monsters in the past. Didn't it almost run away from it a while ago? Oh, the boss was angry at the time, or he wouldn't have ordered this kind of fruit that was still in the experimental stage to be given to him." Try it."

"Why don't we make a bet on whether this little Black Bulongdong will die or live in the end."

Xiao Yao was discussing vigorously, and didn't notice that something was wrong with the beast.It turned around like it was drunk, and there was chaos in its dark eyes.

"Roar!"

It slammed into the protective shield of spiritual power covered with dense scales, and let out a roar.