'What's this?'
Gu'er's pupils constricted. She took a few quick steps over to the plant.
The plant wasn't small. It had four stems, each one quite large, with green leaves on top. There were no red berries. If there had been, Gu'er would have been certain, but there weren't.
'That makes sense,' she thought. 'It's not autumn yet, so of course there wouldn't be any red berries.'
Gu'er examined it closely. 'This has to be it.'
Her heart began to pound uncontrollably.
"Brother Jia Ming, Brother Liu Yuan, come here!"
Gu'er called out to them, her voice trembling so much that it cracked.
Sun Jiaming and Liu Yuan quickly got to their feet and ran over.
"What's wrong?"
Sun Jiaming asked urgently. He was afraid of what Gu'er might have found. She wouldn't have called them like that otherwise. 'Did she see a snake?'
"Look."
Gu'er pointed at the plant on the ground.
