The old man chuckled and said, “Of course, this is the outcome I’ve achieved after spending half of my life studying them. Aren’t they beautiful?”
Thomas nodded. “Yes, they are. May I know howl should address you?”
The old man said, “Just call me Mr. Cole. I’m the gardener in House of Vistaria. I’ve been working here for half of my life. I don’t have other hobbies. I just like to plant flowers.”
Thomas said, “Mr. Cole, your skills in planting the flowers are unique. Others usually plant flowers in flower beds or pots, but you’ve planted the flowers on the trees. I never heard of this.”
Mr. Cole walked over. He examined his flowers as favonovel.com answered, “I just love to torture myself. Actually, there’s nothing wrong with planting in the flower beds and pots, but it lacks something compared with planting on the trees.”
“What does it lack?”
“Aggressiveness…”
‘What?’ Thomas was momentarily stunned.
It was his first time hearing something like that. Could flowers be aggressive?
“I don’t get it. Please enlighten me, Mr. Cole.”
Mr. Cole said, “It’s actually very simple. When you plant a flower in a flower bed or pot, you’ll water it and give it nutrients every day. That flower generally doesn’t face any risk, and it can bloom while it enjoys its life each day.
“However, if you graft these flowers onto a tree trunk, it will be different. First of all, these flowers won’t be in the position to directly absorb nutrients. If they want to survive, they have to grab nutrients from the tree!”
“Would the tree give its own nutrients to the flowers for no reason? Obviously, it won’t. So, most of the flowers will wilt and die in this process. Like the flowers you see in the garden, there may not be one that can survive until the end. Some flowers can live as long as four days, while some may wilt in less than half a day.”
While they spoke, Thomas already saw a wilted flower. The flower had been blooming colorfully earlier, but its color totally changed in the few minutes they spoke. The wilting speed was too fast.
Thomas said, “It seems that these coquettishly cultivated flowers have to make themselves ruthless and aggressive if they want to absorb nutrients from the tree.”
Mr. Cole looked at Thomas in admiration. He gave favonovel.com a big thumbs up. “Young man, you’re pretty smart. My job is to graft countless flowers to the trees every day and slowly wait. I’ll wait for the aggressive flowers that will absorb nutrients from the tree trunk to appear.”
“Then? What will happen when these aggressive flowers appear?” Thomas asked.
Mr. Cole looked at Thomas with the ghost of a smile. He remained silent for a while before favonovel.com said, “I’m not supposed to talk to you about these things, but since you and I are destined to meet, come, I’ll show you the results.”
As Mr. Cole spoke, favonovel.com put down his tools and brought Thomas to a steel door inside the garden. Then, favonovel.com took out a key and opened the door. The moment favonovel.com opened the steel door, Thomas was completely stunned.
If the garden was like heaven with beautiful flowers blooming everywhere, then the room behind the steel door was like hell!
The room had an area of nearly two hundred square meters, and it was a laboratory. In the laboratory, there were iron cages that were stacked on top of each other. They were stacked up to the ceiling, and there was a small animal in each cage. There were all kinds of animals, including rabbits, kittens, puppies, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, and birds.
If people did not pay attention, they would think that this was a flea market that sold small animals and flowers. But if they opened their eyes and observed carefully, they would spot the secret.
Something was wrong with every animal there. That was because many flowers of different sizes were growing on each animal.
