The old man clicked his tongue, "What are you talking about? I'm not hiding anything from you, why are you suspecting me?"
"Old man, tell me the truth." Shen Qingqing's tone was extremely serious, "You should know how important and grave this matter is. I don't want you to lie to me about this."
The old man remained silent for a long time.
Shen Qingqing said slowly, "Old man, I always thought that even if everyone in the world lied to me, you wouldn't be one of them."
Upon hearing this, the old man immediately blurted out, "You girl are too cunning! If you say this, how can I still hide it from you?!"
"So, just tell me the truth then."
The old man sighed helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I promised someone. Actually, you don't need to know."
"It's about the matter I asked you to help with. What exactly did you promise someone? And who is this person?"
Shen Qingqing pressed him repeatedly.
The old man was reluctant to speak, stammering, "Anyway, if you believe me, then don't ask."
"Old man, you know my temper." Shen Qingqing warned, "If you refuse to tell me, then I'll handle this matter myself."
What a stubborn girl!
As soon as the old man heard this, he had no choice but to say, "Fine, I'll tell you, okay?"
"The serum you are developing for your father-in-law requires a herb, but this herb is not currently for sale because it grows in the rainforest."
"Moreover, this herb is time-sensitive. Once it leaves its soil and growing environment, it can only survive for seven days. After seven days, it will lose its medicinal properties."
However, the shortest route back from the rainforest takes at least five days.
Therefore, this herb has never been sold.
They could only go and pick it themselves.
Shen Qingqing slowly clenched her fists, "Who went to the rainforest?"
The old man sighed, "Girl, with your intelligence, you should have guessed it even if I didn't say it."
Shen Qingqing pursed her lips, "King."
A long silence came from the other end of the phone.
Shen Qingqing gritted her teeth, "Old man, how could you let him go?"
The old man was also very helpless, "I couldn't help it. I didn't ask him to go, he insisted on going himself. You also know that person's temper. Once he decides something, very few people can change his mind."
At least the old man believed he himself could not.
Shen Qingqing was furious, "You know how dangerous it is in the rainforest!"
"I couldn't persuade him! If I could stop him, I definitely wouldn't have let him go." The old man also became anxious when he heard her say this, "He is too resolute. I've said everything I could, and he hasn't changed his mind. If you want him to come back now, only you can call him."
"I know."
Shen Qingqing was silent for a moment, hung up the phone, and found King's phone number. Suddenly, two hands appeared around her waist.
She turned her head slightly, "Jing Shu..."
Fu Jing Shu said in a deep voice, "I heard everything."
"I didn't expect..."
Before Shen Qingqing could finish her sentence, the phone connected, and King's voice came from the other end.
"Shen."
Hearing the familiar voice, Shen Qingqing couldn't help but get angry, "What's wrong with you? Who told you to go to the rainforest?"
King chuckled softly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"Stop with the nonsense. Hurry back!"
King looked at the rainforest in front of him and let out a sigh of relief, "Shen, I'm already here. If you make me go back now, won't it be all for naught?"
Shen Qingqing frowned, "Listen, even if we need to find the herb, that's my responsibility. You can't go, it's not your turn!"
King was silent for a long time, then chuckled softly, "Do you see me as an outsider?"
"You know that's not what I mean!"
Shen Qingqing was a little annoyed.
King suddenly changed the subject, "Fu Jing Shu, do you think so too?"
Fu Jing Shu did not speak.
King simply hung up the phone. Before Shen Qingqing could get angry, she saw him redialing, but this time it was a video call.
On the screen, King was leaning against a large tree, and the background behind him was clearly visible, with trees intertwined.
It was indeed the rainforest.
Fu Jing Shu said coldly, "Come back."
King smiled dismissively, "Go back where? I'm already here. If you make me go back now, then this trip will be in vain."
"Can you understand simple words?" Fu Jing Shu's expression grew colder, "We will find a way to get the required herbs ourselves. We don't need you to go."
He didn't want this favor.
King saw through his thoughts and showed an almost wicked smile, "But what can I do? I just want you to owe me a favor."
Shen Qingqing's face was serious, "King, I'm really not joking. You come back quickly. I'll handle finding the herbs in the rainforest myself."
"No." King straightened up, picked up the bulging backpack from the ground, held up his phone, and turned it around, filming all the surrounding scenery. "Alright, I'm setting off now. Wish me a safe return."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
"King!"
Shen Qingqing shouted at the phone in exasperation, but the other party could no longer hear her.
Shen Qingqing turned to look at Fu Jing Shu, her eyes filled with apology, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect him to do this, but he didn't mean anything else..."
He just genuinely wanted to help.
Fu Jing Shu raised his hand and gently stroked her long hair, "Don't apologize to me. I've never blamed you."
"But..."
Shen Qingqing was truly in a dilemma. On one hand, she was worried about Fu Jing Shu being angry, and on the other hand, she couldn't blame King.
After all, he was trying to help.
Fu Jing Shu lowered his head and kissed her fair and tender forehead.
"I understand. He means well, it's just that I don't want to owe him. But this has nothing to do with you. I'll repay this favor after he returns."
Hearing this, Shen Qingqing knew that the man truly didn't mind, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you can think it through. As for the favor, of course, you have to repay it. He didn't help because of me, did you hear him say? He just wants you to owe him a favor."
Fu Jing Shu snorted coldly, "I know. After he returns, I will try my best to fulfill any of his requests."
Shen Qingqing sighed, and looked down at the now black phone screen, "I'm just a little worried. There are many dangerous creatures in the rainforest, and even I haven't seen them all."
She had been to that place before, but never ventured deep into it.
Fu Jing Shu frowned slightly, thinking of that man who had always been like a demon, and had an inexplicable sense of certainty in his heart, "Don't worry, he'll be fine."
"Why do you seem more confident in him than I am?"
Fu Jing Shu said indifferently, "This isn't confidence."
"Hmm?"
"A wicked person lives a thousand years," Fu Jing Shu said with a straight face.
Shen Qingqing's mouth twitched; she couldn't refute him.