Fang Zhao belonged to the batch of cast and crew that had left late. Mo Lang had hoped that Fang Zhao would stay for a while longer to discuss arrangements, so Fang Zhao had left late.
However, when Fang Zhao left planet Wai, there were still some post-production staff and some people who wanted to tour planet Wai.
Mo Lang's 10-minute final work had already been completed. He had planned to call his family over to tour planet Wai's scenic spots and perhaps find some inspiration to compose, so he didn't accompany Fang Zhao and the others back.
Because he had left late, by the time Fang Zhao returned to Earth, the entertainment news on every continent had already been dominated by those who had returned early. Even though season nine of "Founding Era" had not finished airing and Fang Zhao had yet to receive his bento box, the various platforms rarely mentioned Fang Zhao.
The actors that had returned from the cast of "Founding Era" rarely mentioned Fang Zhao when they participated in all sorts of activities and were interviewed by various parties. Unless they were asked by a reporter or the host of a certain program, then they would simply say a few words and nothing more. Why would they mention Fang Zhao? Were they trying to steal news from them? They weren't stupid.
Netizens were also attracted by more interesting news, and Fang Zhao, who had not been heard from in a long time, seemed to have faded out of people's attention.
Now that Fang Zhao had returned, he still did not choose to make a high-profile appearance.
After rejecting his company's suggestion to release news to steal the spotlight, Fang Zhao returned to Qi'an City to handle some matters.
Back at his residence in Qi'an City, there was an AI robot in charge of cleaning the house. Feeding the hybrid sea slug "Spiky Rabbit" was also done by a robot.
Even after leaving for so long, the house was still very clean, and the air was very fresh. It had to be said that the AI equipment had made life a lot more convenient. Sweeping, mopping, watering, fertilizing, air quality, etc.
The green potted plants in the house were also growing very well. Two of them were in their flowering period, and the flowers were tender and beautiful.
That's not right!
Fang Zhao scanned the room and did not see any potted plants in the other rooms that had bloomed.
Most of these flowers had been left behind by Xue Jing, who had given them to Fang Zhao along with the house. But Fang Zhao remembered that there should have been five pots of these flowers. Two of them had bloomed, so what about the other three?
Fang Zhao was not familiar with the newly cultivated plants of the New Era, but he could compare the leaves. After a careful search, the other three pots with the same leaves were placed in his study.
However, these three pots did not bloom. Although they were not dead, they were much shorter than the two pots in the living room.
Curly Hair, who had returned home to patrol his territory, ran into the study. Seeing Fang Zhao staring at a potted plant on the study table, Curly Hair curiously stood up and sniffed. Suddenly, he paused and turned his neck towards the water tank.
"Woof woof woof woof!"
After shouting a few times, he looked at Fang Zhao and then shouted fiercely at the water tank.
Fang Zhao turned his gaze to the water tank.
With the AI robots feeding it at a fixed time, the hybrid sea slug didn't look any different from before he had left. It was still curled up into a ball lazily in the water tank, its entire body covered with fine, soft spikes that swayed along with the waves. It looked like a soft ball that was extremely harmless.
Curly Hair barked even louder when he saw Fang Zhao staring at the water tank in silence.
"Alright, I know there's something wrong with him." Fang Zhao patted Curly Hair and pulled up the surveillance footage from the study.
There were surveillance cameras installed in every room in the house. Usually, Fang Zhao would turn them off when he was at home, but when he wasn't there, they would be turned on.
Fang Zhao had been out filming "Founding Era" for a long time, and the surveillance cameras in the house had been turned on. During filming, Fang Zhao had been too busy and hadn't looked at the surveillance cameras in detail. He had only glanced at the data transmitted to him by the AI robots and knew that everything in the house was normal. Sweeping, mopping, watering, fertilizing, feeding this "rabbit" at a fixed time, all the programmed tasks had been completed. Fang Zhao knew that the vital signs of this rabbit in the water tank were all within the normal range, so he didn't look at it any further.
Now, Fang Zhao pulled up the surveillance footage from the study and filtered through the activity in the water tank. Very quickly, over 40 videos appeared.
Opening the first video, Fang Zhao saw that the body of the rabbit in the water tank had started to change. It attached itself to the walls of the water tank and moved upwards. Then, it lifted the lid that wasn't tightly closed and elongated. One end of its body was still attached to the walls of the water tank, while the other end stretched towards the potted plant not far from the water tank.
Every leaf of that plant was the size of a duck egg. After quickly eating a leaf, it returned to the water tank and gradually turned green, the same color as the leaf it had just eaten!
From a white rabbit, it had turned into a green rabbit.
Sunlight shone through the study's window onto the water tank on the study table. The rabbit in the water tank had once again curled up into a ball. Its two "ears" wiggled slightly more in the water, and it looked more lively than before. It seemed to be in a good mood.
Fang Zhao remembered that the breeder of this hybrid species had said that it could photosynthesize like a plant.
Furthermore, it didn't even have to eat meat or vegetables.
Back on planet Baiji, it had eaten the chili that Zaro had tossed in. Now that it had eaten a leaf, it was naturally fine. Fang Zhao's vital signs and data were all within the normal range.
What astonished Fang Zhao was that this sea slug could actually lift the lid of the water tank. Although the lid wasn't locked, opening it still required some strength. Not only that, its body could elongate and it could accurately find the plants outside the water tank …
Because it contained extraterrestrial genes, Fang Zhao wouldn't compare it to a native sea slug.
Shaking his head, Fang Zhao continued to watch the videos.
After its first leaf-nibbling session, this rabbit seemed to know that there was no danger in its surroundings and that there were no other life forms that could threaten or disturb it. After a period of time, when its body turned back from green to white, it would come out again to nibble on the leaves.
When the potted plant on the table was a layer shorter, it set its sights on the other potted plants in the study.
Other than the three potted plants that hadn't blossomed, there were other potted plants that had been nibbled on. Two of the potted plants were placed on the ground a little further away. It had even left the water tank for a short period of time.
Fang Zhao's eyes narrowed as he watched the hybrid sea slug open and close the water tank's lid in a practiced manner. It seemed like the water tank's lid would have to be locked in the future.
He moved out the few potted plants that had been gnawed short and replaced them with other plants that were growing well. Then, he left a message for the mixed-blood sea slug's breeder before putting it aside for the time being.
After handing over the work at Silver Wing, Fang Zhao gave Yan Biao and Zuo Yu time off so that they could spend more time with their families. After all, they had been away for so long.
After settling matters, Fang Zhao brought Curly Hair with him and quietly headed to Yanbei City to visit Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother Fang.
Yanbei retirement facility.
Great-Grandfather Fang had a visitor today. It was a junior that he had guided before he had retired.
This junior was doing well now. He had been transferred out for five or six years and had been promoted to the position of deputy director of a certain bureau on a continent level. This time, he had returned to Yanbei City to visit relatives and had specially come to visit Great-Grandfather Fang, the old leader.
Those who had worked under Great-Grandfather Fang in the past all knew that this old man really liked to guide the younger generation. Unfortunately, none of his children or grandchildren had achieved great things. Instead, those who weren't blood-related were all rising rapidly. Quite a few even had a higher rank than Great-Grandfather Fang before he had retired.
"Little Wei, I'm happy to see all of you rise up one by one. All of you are doing very well!"
Great-Grandfather Fang walked in the courtyard of the retirement facility with a walking stick in his hand. He walked slowly along the stone paved path, step by step.
There was an uphill slope ahead. This Deputy Director, who was addressed as "Little Wei," hurriedly stepped forward to support Great-Grandfather Fang. "If you hadn't given me a hand back then, I wouldn't have been able to climb to my current position."
Deputy Director Wei was also deeply moved. He had been transferred out for five or six years and hadn't returned. Now that he had the time to come back, he felt a little sad to see his old leader.
Before he had been transferred, although Great-Grandfather Fang was old and had a head full of silver hair, his health had still been very good. After five or six years, he had even used a walking stick and walked slowly. His legs didn't seem to have any strength.
The old leader had really gotten old!
As the two of them spoke, Great-Grandfather Fang's footsteps suddenly stopped.
Deputy Director Wei followed Great-Grandfather Fang's gaze and looked over.
Not far away, there was a retired old cadre with a young man beside him. This young man looked somewhat familiar. He seemed to be a rising political star in Yanbei City. He had even given an important speech two days ago.
The old man and the young man were chatting happily. At some point, the old cadre laughed heartily.
Deputy Director Wei glanced at Great-Grandfather Fang. The old man's eyes were indeed filled with envy.
"How envious," Great-Grandfather Fang whispered.
Deputy Director Wei sighed in his heart. The old leader was still unhappy that the younger generation of the Fang family didn't have outstanding talents. He regretted that he didn't have a satisfactory successor. In the past, there had been people who had mocked Great-Grandfather Fang. He had guided so many people, but in the end, none of them had been promoted.
Deputy Director Wei remembered that the last time he had visited the old leader, he had sounded depressed and unresigned. But now, five or six years had passed, and the old leader seemed to have thought things through. He no longer had that unhappiness and was even in the mood to go farming with his wife.
As he thought about this, Deputy Director Wei comforted the old man. "There are a few people in your family who aren't bad. Compared to most people, they are already doing very well."
Great-Grandfather Fang laughed. "Don't flatter them. Compared to ordinary people, of course they are doing well, but compared to people in the same system, they can only be considered passable. They can't even compare to you. The resources I give them are no less than yours. If they can't get promoted, it might be because they don't have the ability or the ambition. "
The Fang family had people in the military and in politics, but they weren't considered outstanding. At the beginning, Great-Grandfather Fang would help them, but later on, it was up to each person.
"I can't always support them. Their own path, their own future, they have to rely on themselves." Great-Grandfather Fang sighed. "Now that I've retired, it's even more impossible for me to accompany them. The younger generation has their own fortune. I'm old, and I don't want to worry so much. I might as well rent out a plot of land behind the retirement facility with my wife and plant some vegetables for fun."
Speaking of the land behind the retirement facility, Great-Grandfather Fang's interest was piqued. The land there was limited and couldn't be compared to the farmland in Muzhou. It was completely for the old cadres in the retirement facility to plant for fun and to pass time.
Hearing that the old leader didn't sound depressed, Deputy Director Wei also laughed. "That's pretty good. When the younger generation comes over, they can even pick some vegetables from their own fields to eat."
Who knew that when Great-Grandfather Fang heard this, he would say, "No! I rented a small piece of land and kept it for myself. I didn't give it to them! Not for anyone! "
As he said this, the old man and the young man approached.
The old cadre looked at Great-Grandfather Fang in astonishment. "Hey, Old Fang, I saw your family's Little Zhao just now. He was heading over to your house, carrying a large suitcase. I thought you had gone home. Didn't expect you to be walking around outside. "
Great-Grandfather Fang was stunned. "What? My family's Little Zhao is back? That old lady must have known all along. She actually didn't tell me! "Following which, he was ecstatic." My family's Little Zhao is back! "
Knowing that Fang Zhao had already arrived, Great-Grandfather Fang couldn't stay any longer. He turned around to leave and even said to a certain deputy bureau chief beside him, "Little Wei, let's chat when we get back! If you have something to do, go ahead. I've received your kind intentions, and I'm very grateful that you still remember this old man. I wish you all the best for your continued advancement, for your grand plans, and for your meteoric rise! My family's Little Zhao is here to see me, so I'll head back first … Oh, right, do you know my family's Little Zhao? You should have seen 'Founding Era,' right? He plays the role of 'Fang Zhao' in the movie! "
A certain deputy bureau chief: "…" This turn of events was too sudden. He suddenly felt a little dazed.
Watching as the old leader walked back, there was still a flight of steps in front of him. Just as he was about to step forward to help the old leader, he saw the old leader lift his leg and jump. Then, as if he was flying, he jogged away.
A certain deputy bureau chief: "…"
However, Great-Grandfather Fang didn't run far before he bumped into Fang Zhao.
"Haha, Little Zhao is back! Good, good, good! Looks like you've lost some weight. Filming is tough … isn't it tough? How is it not tough? Don't lie to me. I know all about it. I check the news every day! "
A certain deputy bureau chief, who had been left behind, saw that the usually stern Great-Grandfather Fang had a radiant smile on his face. His voice had also become several notches louder, full of energy.
"Little Zhao, you came back just in time. I rented a plot of land in the back mountain. I planted it myself. In a bit, I'll go over and pluck the ripe vegetables for you to eat. If you can't finish it, I'll pack it in a Ziploc and bring it back to eat … Hey, no need to help me, my legs are fine … This crutch? Everyone in the retirement facility wants to buy it. I also bought one in a group. It's pretty interesting. I can even use it as a weapon. Whoever dares me, I'll use the crutch to beat them up! "
Great-Grandfather Fang said proudly. He grabbed Fang Zhao's arm with one hand and started walking back. He swung the crutch around with the other.
"Can you stay here for a few days … Do you have holidays? Good, good, good! You can stay here. I still have the room you slept in last time. Let's watch 'Founding Era' together! Right now, season nine is almost over, but it's not the time for you to die … Ptui ptui, it's not the time for the character you play to die in battle yet. Just nice, let's watch it together! "
The other old veterans in the retirement facility who heard Great-Grandfather Fang's words: "…"
What? How many days is this kid Fang Zhao going to stay here?
It's over!
There are no more days of peace!
Great-Grandfather Fang is definitely going to fly into the air!
Great-Grandfather Fang's loud voice gradually faded into the distance.
A certain deputy bureau chief was still standing in his original spot, looking dazed.
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