Chapter 119: Go Take Care of It

Lin Manzhi: "I want to find a safe place to set up a Lettuce greenhouse; it's convenient that I'm here now, so I can personally try Hydroponic Lettuce first and see how the Lettuce turns out."

This was something the two had discussed early on, and Mo Lie had already chosen a location and made preparations; these past few days he saw Lin Manzhi busy, so he postponed the matter.

Hearing her, Mo Lie lightly raised an eyebrow, a hint of smile in his voice: "I've prepared a place, Zhi Zhi, if you want to go later when it's cooler to take a look."

He lowered his gaze as Lin Manzhi approached, his sky‑blue eyes clear and bright, "Or, do you want to go with me now to see?"

Lin Manzhi's eyes lit up at his words, and without hesitation she said, "If you're free, I want to go now."

Hearing that, Mo Lie pulled the black veil over his shoulders onto his head, while adjusting her veil, he whispered, "I have time; in an empty courtyard here I've arranged it according to what you said earlier, assigned people to guard the gate, and no one may enter without my permission."

"Great! Since you've arranged everything, I can just go over and start planting Lettuce right away…"

Lin Manzhi exclaimed in amazement, waited for Mo Lie to finish fixing her veil, and hurriedly urged him to take her over to see the planting site he had prepared.

It took about half an hour to get there, and only a few minutes to return.

The courtyard prepared for planting Lettuce was right below the building where she lived, and the Underground next to the courtyard was Mo Lie's underground vault where he stored all his treasures.

The two strongest male beasts of Xicheng both live upstairs; Mo Lie occupies the topmost, and Hua Zheng lives on the first floor. The courtyard is filled with their presence, so any outsider who intrudes would be detected immediately, making it the safest place in the area.

The guards here are stricter than those at the former treasure vault; the first loyal subordinate he tamed now serves as an adult permanent guard, and the Beastfolk sent here didn't think much about it, since the boss has become the leader of Xicheng Qu, and with increased wealth, more guards are natural.

Lin Manzhi followed Mo Lie's appearance, and the Beastfolk guard squad patrolling the entrance stopped to salute when they saw Mo Lie.

Mo Lie stood beside Lin Manzhi, casually ordering, "From now on, she may come and go here at will."

"Yes!" the Beastfolk guards replied in unison.

The trained Beastfolk have shed their former desert‑ruffian demeanor, like a blade forged over months; their eyes are sharp, posture upright, and their gaze no longer scans aimlessly.

Lin Manzhi marveled at the Beastfolk's change, followed Mo Lie past the guards, entered the main gate, passed through a house, then a long corridor, climbed the stairs and walked backward from a room, arriving at a garden on the second floor.

Her view opened up; the second‑floor garden was vast, surrounded on all sides by corridors linking to rooms, almost an acre in size.

The garden that had originally been planted with greenery was cleared; a rectangular skylight, and above the sky a shade canopy made of Exotic Beast Skin that can swing open left and right, and on the ground a rectangular arched vegetable greenhouse was erected.

Lin Manzhi looked up, surveying the layout; the temperature had risen, and both the canopy and the vegetable greenhouse were lowered, the light not very strong, yet a few degrees brighter than standing under the eaves.

One can imagine that when the sun is scorching it can be lowered, and in the evening and early morning it can be opened, so lighting and ventilation will be fine.

Mo Lie led, opened the entrance of the vegetable greenhouse, and she walked into the greenhouse; doors of the surrounding rooms opened, a breeze carrying yellow sand drifted through the house, and she felt a hint of coolness at the edge of the greenhouse.

When Lin Manzhi approached the greenhouse, her eyes widened slowly, and she exclaimed with delight, "You've even prepared the Lettuce water troughs!"

In the spacious dim greenhouse, Lin Manzhi glanced up and saw twenty neat wooden racks, each bearing three long wooden water troughs, whose width and depth were well suited for Lettuce cultivation.

She turned her head and saw that on several wooden pillars supporting the doorway, three hundred ceramic jars she had brought from home were not discarded, but bound with hemp rope to the pillars, and she said with joy:

"When I plant Lettuce here, these pillars will look like green flowering trees!"

Lin Manzhi walked around the greenhouse, and even before planting the Lettuce she could already anticipate the harvest, becoming increasingly satisfied and delighted as she looked.

Mo Lie, unhurried, stayed by Lin Manzhi's side; seeing her happiness, he whispered, "As long as you're satisfied."

He turned his head and continued, "Xicheng Qu is now under my control; this place isn't part of Xicheng's bustling district, but I like it, and I have no intention of moving back to the former leader's residence."

The new premier palace complex of Xicheng, compared to here is indeed splendid, but it's a place where others lived; even though it has become his, he still feels uneasy about moving Wife Master in directly.

If the palace harbors hidden tunnels he doesn't know about, there is a risk of enemies sneaking in; he's not afraid, but it would be bad to scare the Little Female.

However, if the Little Female raises objections, he will choose to obey Wife Master.

Lin Manzhi walked to the end of the greenhouse, looked down and saw a finger‑thick flexible tube in front of each rack; she reached out, picked one up, and saw it was a water pipe now blocked by a wooden plug.

While inspecting, she said, "It's fine; I've gotten used to living here, so there's no need to move just because of a big house."

Mo Lie reached out, took it, let out a low laugh, then gently pulled the wooden plug from the pipe; clear water spouted from the pipe into the trough:

"I've cleaned this area many times; it's fairly safe. From now on you don't have to disguise yourself here; you can live here with peace of mind."

Lin Manzhi watched the stream gradually fill the trough, thinking that later she could dig Lettuce seedlings from the Spiritual Field in the space and place them in the trough, meaning she'd be busy here for a long time.

Hearing Mo Lie's words, she confidently removed her cloak, casually draped it over a rack, adjusted herself; the short top with a light long skirt made the work easier.

She nodded briskly; now that Mo Lie had taken care of the preliminary preparations here, why not plant the Lettuce today.

Lin Manzhi looked up, gazed at Mo Lie still pouring water, and asked, "Mm, there's no need to lift heavy things here; I just need to place the Lettuce seedlings into the water, you can go attend to other matters."

Mo Lie was filling the water trough of the second rack when, unexpectedly hearing the Little Female say "hurry up", his movement paused; his pale, slender fingers lightly tapped the soft skin tube crafted from aquatic creatures with interest.