Gu Xi's public declaration of her grand farming enterprise was also a test to see if the shadows of people from the past were lurking behind the scenes.
She was using herself as bait.
Yet she hoped she wouldn't catch a single fish.
It was a contradiction.
Mr. Zhao, however, frowned slightly after hearing Gu Xi's plan.
He wasn't some old-fashioned bookworm who only knew how to conduct research. Life in the apocalypse was hard, and overly naive people didn't survive for long.
The fact that Mr. Zhao had reached his current position meant he was a very perceptive man. He also had a vague sense that there was something special about the nature of this official farm.
It was just... he always felt that while this girl, Gu Xi, seemed agreeable, she wasn't actually so easy to handle.
Mr. Zhao frowned, looking at the young woman before him. He thought about the hints he'd received from his superiors and sighed inwardly.
