Small Farmer Medical God
Chapter 1955 - 1950: Do You Know Each Other?
The Dean and Li Nan’s curiosity had long since been roused, so right now they were staring fixedly at...
Hu Xiaobei, wanting to confirm his own guess, was also watching carefully.
...
"Is it a plant?"
A few breaths later, a trace of surprise flashed through the eyes of both the Dean and Li Nan.
At this moment, the thick black cloth had been completely lifted by the girl.
What appeared before them was a jet‑black plant.
For some reason, it was drooping right now, its head hanging, with none of the vigor a living plant should have.
They weren’t botany experts, but even they could tell its problem was really serious...
...
"I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before!"
Li Nan took a step forward, muttering to himself.
He felt it looked a bit familiar.
But he couldn’t say exactly what part of it was familiar.
He just felt that he’d seen it somewhere before.
Hearing his mutter, the Dean curiously leaned over to Li Nan’s side and asked in a low voice, "Professor Li, do you recognize this plant?"
At this curious question, Li Nan took another careful look or two, his face full of hesitation. "I should have seen it somewhere before, but I just can’t remember."
As he spoke, Professor Li was rapidly racking his brains.
But no matter how he tried to recall, he couldn’t think of what it was.
It was like there was a dense fog he just couldn’t push aside.
"I see!"
As he spoke, the Dean looked over very seriously.
He felt that if Li Nan recognized it, then he himself might have some impression too.
But no matter how he looked, he had absolutely no impression of it, because it was just too unusual.
Normally, plants are emerald green.
Even when some plants aren’t that bright green, they still wouldn’t be completely black, because that would make it hard to absorb sunlight...
And this one was completely black, so it really was different from other plants...
...
"You really have no way to make it recover?"
Seeing they were only staring at it, the girl grew even more anxious.
Before this, she had gone to many places and begged many people.
But no one had any real way to restore it...
She had heard the doctors here were very skilled, so she had come.
She’d felt there had to be hope.
Now she realized she’d probably been overthinking it, because they were just like everyone else—completely at a loss...
Hearing her urgent question, they frowned slightly...
They didn’t know why she wanted so badly to bring it back to life, but clearly she had poured a lot of effort into it.
So if possible, they also wanted to help.
But unfortunately, they really had no way.
...
"Right, we can’t help, but Master Xiaobei definitely can."
The moment this thought surfaced, they both quickly turned their heads to look at Hu Xiaobei.
Seeing the calm on Hu Xiaobei’s face, they knew he really must have a way.
"As expected of Master Xiaobei!"
They had already found Hu Xiaobei hard not to worship, and now they couldn’t help but admire him even more...
Noticing the reverence in their eyes, the girl looked toward the young man not far away.
Earlier, when she came in, she had seen this young man, but she had only glanced at him.
She’d thought the ones who could help her would definitely be the two older men...
Yet now, they seemed full of respect for this young man...
That made her shift her gaze back to Hu Xiaobei.
"Hello, can you make it come alive again?"
At that question, the Dean and Li Nan also stared intently at Hu Xiaobei.
Hu Xiaobei gave the long‑haired girl a glance, then nodded lightly and said, "I can. But I have a few questions I want to ask you, and you can’t lie to me."
At his words, she nodded hard. "Okay, ask. As long as you can save it, don’t say a few questions—even ten, a hundred, I’ll answer them all."
Nodding slightly, Hu Xiaobei pointed at the plant and said, "No need for that many. I only have a few. First question: do you know what it is?"
"I don’t!"
The girl shook her head decisively...
She had taken care of it for a long time, but she didn’t actually understand it...
Hu Xiaobei wasn’t surprised by her answer.
He gave her a long look, then continued, "Since you don’t know, why do you still want to save it?"
"My mom told me to take care of it. Before, it was always fine, and then it suddenly became like this!"
"Where is your mom now?"
"She went out of town before and said she’d be back soon. But she still hasn’t come back."
Hu Xiaobei nodded lightly, and once again cut straight to the point in his deduction. "It only started becoming like this after your mom left, right?"
"That’s right! Before that, it was always fine! Can you really make it recover or not? If you can, I’m begging you, you have to help me."
Looking at her pleading face, Hu Xiaobei spoke softly. "I can bring it back to life. But you’ll have to pay a very heavy price. Are you willing?"
"As long as it can live again, any price is fine."
"Since you have that resolve, I’ll definitely help you. But we’re about to go eat, so come eat with us first."
"Can’t you treat it first?"
Sensing her anxiety, Hu Xiaobei explained gently, "The treatment process is a bit complicated, so we need to eat first. Here, leave it here for now. After we’ve eaten, we’ll come back and treat it."
At this, Hu Xiaobei paused slightly. "I know you probably haven’t eaten for a long time. If you keep this up, your body will give out."
"Th‑then... okay."
"Give it to me first."
"Okay."
With that, she handed it over.
Hu Xiaobei studied it carefully for a few moments, then set it to one side...
Soon, after chatting a bit with her, Hu Xiaobei learned that her name was Mengmeng.
After that, he asked for her full name.
She shook her head, saying she only had this one name.
After hearing that, Hu Xiaobei gave her a deep look.
Very soon, she went to the restroom.
As soon as she left, Li Nan, who had been wanting to ask Hu Xiaobei, sidled over. "Master Xiaobei, what exactly is that plant? It feels a bit familiar to me, but I just can’t remember where I’ve seen it."
Hu Xiaobei gave Li Nan a glance and answered blandly, "It’s not something good. It’s fine if you don’t remember."
"Not something good?"
Mouthing that softly in his heart, Li Nan suddenly froze. He recalled a tattered book he’d read when he was young...
It recorded many things that defied heaven and morality.
One of them was extremely similar to that black plant they had just seen...