Chapter 478 Playing with Fire.

Autumn wanted nothing more than to avoid Draven. But the man was as persistent as he was clueless–e followed her anyway.

Seeing her digging for spring bamboo shoots, he began critiquing her technique. One moment it was, “You’re doing it wrong,” and the next, “You’re not using enough force.”

Annoyed, Autumn threw down the trowel. “If you’re so great, then do it yourself.”

Draven adjusted his glasses and–surprisingly–took the tool from her.

At first, he was even worse than she was. Autumn didn’t hold back, teasing him with a smirk. “And here I thought you were some expert. Turns out you’re all talk.“.

Draven pressed his lips together and said nothing. But after a while, he got the hang of it. His movements grew confident, and before long, he pulled a fresh bamboo shoot from the soil.

“Look!”

He held it up, visibly pleased. “It’s really tender.”

“… Yeah, not bad,” Autumn admitted grudgingly.

And just like that, the two of them were digging side by side, slowly warming up.

With every shoot they unearthed, their excitement grew. At one point, their combined shouts of surprise made others turn their heads–anyone unaware might’ve thought something serious had happened.

The joy of harvesting bamboo shoots… oddly enough, it thrilled them more than their usual lab successes. The feeling of tangible accomplishment was euphoric.

If anyone from their academic circle had seen them–these renowned scholars squealing over wild vegetables–they’d have been speechless.

Hands known for pioneering science and reshaping theories were now happily dirt–stained, planting and harvesting like country farmers.

She glanced over several times, eyebrows

she turned to Johnathan. “Do you…

over and saw

feelings. But from

mutual.

in amusement, he said,

guy,” Sierra said. Perhaps it was their shared scientific background–she’d always had a favorable impression of

the one

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on

in disbelief.

spent the entire day on the mountain. By the time the outing came to a close, no one wanted to leave–even though Sierra offered to

promised to come

said, “They say in summer, the mountains are full of mushrooms and

Everyone was already looking forward to

herself relax and stretch out

worn

arms, she murmured, “So… what do you think of

smart,” Johnathan said

as expected–no missteps, no suspicious remarks, and

been watching him so closely, Johnathan might not have caught anything. But he did- White had spent

in fact,

told Johnathan one thing. White

trying to find

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