Flowers Are Bait

Chapter 29:

Chapter 29:

It was Lee Gyu-baek, a 7-year-old boy, who had just entered elementary school.

“Now I can tell the difference between a large twenty-eight-spotted ladybug and an ordinary twenty-eight-spotted ladybug by myself. This summer I will catch the Chinese star-fat fly and study it.”

As always, Gyu-baek rambled on about his knowledge rather than a ‘hello’. The child took a seat, took out a book on insects and started reading.

There were two good news. One, first tournament criteria for the Hwaidome Project was revealed. Second, the insect doctor had finally visited the hospital after a long time.

Lee-yeon waved at the child and turned back to hercomputer. A total of 50 companies participated in an open screening. Among them, the first opponent of Spruce Hospital was Green Tree Hospital, which she knew a lot about.

The hospital was considered stable in many ways, including skills, reputation, and career. Judging from the objective management indicators, Spruce Hospital has a long way to go to be compared with Green Tree Hospital.

“So, what’s the first tournament about?” asked Choo-ja, walkingup to her.

“Pruning.”

“They’ve been makingsuch a fuss about this contest that I thought the first challenge would be a difficult one. But... pruning? Really? That’s a piece of cake! Do you want me to clean the scissors for you?”

“I know. But the thing is....”

“What?”

“The tree is 30 meters tall.”

Chho-ja and Lee-yeon looked at each other and fell silent. The problem was that the tree was as high as a ten-storey building. It seemed that the city of Hwayang had saved the complicated cases just for this public contests.

Lee-yeon looked intently at the picture attached to the email. A deformed, narrowly bent branch of the tree was stretching out to the road.If it broke, it would be a disaster. It could fall on the cars driving below and cause a terrible accident.

“What?!”

“That male... he is a rare species.”

Confused, Lee-yeon looked at Gyu-baek without a word. “I like the shape of the male. He looks cool. With his strength and body, he’ll be a good hunter. His teeth are hard. His legs are strong.”

Gyu-Baek’s eyes twinkled with excitement. Lee-yeon let out a long, weary sigh. “Gyu-baek, he’s not rare but dangerous.”

“Strong males are inherently dangerous.”

Not knowing what to say, Lee-yeon rubbed her forehead. Gyu-baek didn’t stop his annoying chatter. “The male doesn’t wake up. He sleeps even during the day. You only like plants. Therefore, you probably caught him by using poison.”

Lee-yeon shook her head. She opened the living room curtains to ventilate the overheated room. A scream escaped her mouth. Hwang Jo-yoon was at the window, climbing it like an insect and trying to look inside. He cheeks were pressed against the window glass. She gathered herself from the shock and opened the window.

“What in hell are you doing here?”

“Lee-yeon.” Hwang Jo-yoon looked at Lee-yeon sadly. “I saw a kid going into your house.”

“So?”

Hwang Jo-yoon glanced over Lee-yeon’s shoulder. Gyu-baek looked at him and started writing down in his encyclopedia again.

“This male, which consists of a head, belly, and legs, has a very strange shape. He doesn’t look good,” muttered Gyu-baek.

“Gyu-baek.” Lee-yeon tried to stop him.

“With two arms and two legs, he barely has the assortment, but his appearance outside the window looks very weird. He seems out of his mind.”