Chapter 3
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Chapter 3 Mysterious Space
Lin Luoran has no time to respond when the bead hits her face… Like crackling fireworks, all that left before her eyes are dazzling light . Lin Luoran shuts her eyes reflexively .
Lin Luoran couldn’t help but shedding tears due to the light . It seems like there is no other dangers . She tries to move her hands and feet and manages to open her eyes . The scene in front of her is so amazing .
Where is she?
She is standing on a green grass lawn . These strong grasses grow well, almost reaching two feet tall . Standing there, Lin Luoran feels that she is going to float…
It is a land of less than 334 m2, where a log cabin covers over 1/3 of the area . In the distance, there is a 1 m2 pond, bubbling of spring . A sapling grows beside the pond, fresh and alive .
A red fruit in the size of mulberry is hanging on the sapling, which is even fresh with the vapor of the pond .
Lin Luoran pinches herself hard in the cheek . Ouch!
The log cabin is still there, so is the bubbling pond . Lin Luoran remains standing on the green grass—This is not a dream . Immediately, she realizes that a coincidence seems to happen to her!
Everything in front of her must be related to that mysterious bead, Lin Luoran guesses .
She is inherently tougher than ordinary girls or else she wouldn’t have survived all these years of difficulties . Therefore, Lin Luoran is fairly calm when she encounters with this kind of supernatural things .
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Holding the thought of taking things as they come, Lin Luoran decides to explore this mysterious space .
She stands still and thinks for a moment, then picks up a clod and throws it out .
With a nice curve, the clod is flicked away at around 30cm from the log cabin . The cabin appears to be protected by an invisible shield . Is it the “inhibition” that is always written in books?
Lin Luoran is curious . Since only the clod is flicked away, it might be okay for the human to go closer . She walks toward the cabin one step after another . As exactly as expected, she then hits something bouncy like jelly . A transparent pit forms after she pokes it with her finger .
Obviously, she can’t get into the cabin, at least for now .
An idea comes to her mind and her eyes cast on the small pond .
The spring nourishes the fruit and both of them might be magical restoratives . Then whether should she drink the spring or eat the fruit, that is a question .
Anyhow, Lin Luoran cherishes her life so she picks a blade of grass to fiddle with the water . A long time later, the grass still remains green . Lin Luoran realizes that at least the spring is not corrosive .
She nerves herself to put the wet grass into her mouth . The taste of mud rushes into her mouth . She also tastes a bit of sweetness . Is this the sweetness of the spring? How miraculous!
Lin Luoran has experienced lots of strangeness . If the spring is toxic, she is destined to never be a protagonist . She hesitates for a while and finally bends over and drinks a handful of water, thinking that this place is mysterious but peaceful so the water will probably be unharmful .
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Lin Luoran has been thirsty for long since she hasn’t drunk any water after coming back from the visit to Li Anping, also, a lot of blood is drawn from her . Now, spring water runs down her throat and its sweetness fills her mouth . Lin Luoran feels good as if she has just drunk a bottle of ice water in the midsummer, which makes her not feel anxious anymore .
She couldn’t help drinking some more .
There is abundant sunlight in the mysterious space and the temperature is appropriate . Lying on the grass, Lin Luoran waits for something magical to happen to her . It is so comfortable that she doesn’t even want to get up .
With time passing by, Lin Luoran almost falls asleep while waiting . However, she hasn’t gone to the stage that written in the novel about the situation after someone takes magical restoratives .
Lin Luoran touches her face . Her skin is not that smooth . The roughness is inevitable for she can’t afford expensive skincare products .
And her hands… What? The cracks and wrinkles caused by cold weather are gone .
Her facial skin isn’t changed, but her hands, after soaking in the spring, become much moister and smoother . Is this the effect of the spring? Looking at it, Lin Luoran becomes excited . Perhaps her whole family can live on the spring which can improve skin conditions .
Lin Luoran is not greedy . She feels glad enough after just figuring out the effect of the spring!
Her spirit is up at once . Lin Luoran gets up and walks briskly to the spring, checking on the pond that carries her hope…Lovelorn shadow is not so light as she shows . Lin Luoran is born with the toughness of lower-class people . This is the exact time for her to distract her attention to something else, for instance, the mysterious space or the small pond which might change her future .
The spring origins from the underground . It is an everlasting, shallow, bubbling pond .
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Staring at it, an idea comes to Lin Luoran’s mind . Will the spring water have some extraordinary effect on plants, like what is written in novels?
She itches to have a try, but there are only grass and a sapling in this space .
Only thinking about watering the grass with the spring makes Lin Luoran’s heart aches .
Then… It has to be the sapling . Lin Luoran wonders whether that red fruit is edible .
Out of nothing, Lin Luoran begins to feel hungry . However, she couldn’t bring herself to pick it for the fruit is so tiny and beautiful .
She stares at the pond and for some reason, she holds a handful of water and pours them on the sapling .
“What?”
Lin Luoran couldn’t help but marvel .
The spring water immediately seeps into the soil and the leaves also absorb all the water drops on them . In a minute, even in the blink of an eye, the sapling starts to change right in front of her .
The leaves gleam . Not only do they look greener, but also shine like jade . It seems that the leaves evolve into jadite just in a short time .
The leaves are shining . The lights are overflowing . Something like mist rises up and flows around the leaves . It then circles the red fruit and is absorbed by it greedily .
The greenness gradually fades away while the fruit gets even redder . The leaves no longer have the texture of jade, but the fruit is turning into a ruby .
With a slight crack, the fruit falls from the sapling!
Lin Luoran catches it with her quick hands .
She looks back at the sapling . It has returned to the normal appearance and all that glitter and clearness are gone . Obviously, the red fruit ripens by absorbing the essence of the sapling, which makes it so precious . Lin Luoran feels the warmth of the fruit in her palm . This thing really doesn’t look like an ordinary fruit!
Gazing at this hot potato in her palm, Lin Luoran struggles between eating it and throwing it away .
However, she has been staying in this space for quite a while . How can she get back?
The moment this thought flashes in her head, Lin Luoran finds that the scene in front of her starts to change . She actually finds herself returns to her house in a second, remaining the gesture of lying on the couch as before .
Are these all her illusion? Thinking about this, Lin Luoran looks down on her hands—The mysterious bead is once again tied around her waist by a thread of silver, soft and strong . It appears that this thread of silver comes from inside the bead for there is no joint .
She finds something warm in her right hand . Lin Luoran loosens her grip and sees that ruby-red fruit .
The warmth in her hand is a reminder that what she just experienced is not a dream, but an adventure!