Chapter 23: Waiting for Augustus to Bloom

Megan rolled her eyes and asked, “Lynn, who sent these flowers?”

When Megan spoke, she deliberately removed the word ‘senior’.

It sounded pleasant in Lynn’s ears.

“Sigh, it’s a long story. I used to travel all over the world. When I reached the top of Great Britain, a young man who had this cactus insisted on giving it to me.”

As Lynn spoke, his face was filled with reminiscence.

“At that time, I didn’t want it. After all, I was just a tourist. But if I didn’t want the flower, the young man threatened me with his life and wanted to commit suicide… So, I reluctantly accepted it. But I was traveling? I had nowhere to put it! Later, I went to look for him and found out that the young man had actually jumped off a cliff and committed suicide.”

Lynn seemed to be saying things that were completely unrelated to himself.

However, the people in front of him were shocked when they heard his story.

That young man could not be the successor of Augustus, right?

This old man could not be talking about the hundred-year war period, right?

Although Lynn’s story sounded a little funny, everyone fell silent.

That was the destruction of a family. It also caused the extinction of a rare plant.

However, everyone suddenly thought of a problem. Such a story should be from hundreds of years ago.

The old man in front of them… Someone then asked, “Senior, how old are you?”

Lynn was stunned. He thought for a moment and said, “I forgot. It’s been too long.”

Everyone came to a realization. They did not argue with him. After all, he was indeed old. It was normal for him to not remember how old he was.

But it was true.

Lynn really could not remember. It had been too long.

He had existed ever since the world was empty.

Could he say that?

If he said that, would he be considered to have Alzheimer’s disease?

In that era that was so far away that he could not even calculate it, there was no such thing as a time quantifier known as ‘year’.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

At first, many people in the room thought that the old man in front of them was over 200 years old, which was already ridiculous.

However, when they saw the agarwood bed, the cactus that had disappeared a hundred years ago, the 1,000-year-old lightning-struck ironwood in the yard, and the little boy beside Lynn, who claimed to be the descendant of Arnold, all the signs showed that the old man in front of them had to be at least 300 years old.

300 years old.

Was it humanly possible for a human to live until 300 years old?

Adam and Eve are only 800 or 900 years old in the Bible.

However, they were considered as demigods.

Did he really exist?

The video of him playing basketball with Jaime was probably already all over the internet.

Can an old man that was a few hundred years old do that?

Everyone realized one thing and that was that the Augustus family was extinct.

The British Museum only had one cactus left.

The cactus in front of everyone was almost priceless.

It was not something that money could buy.

Carter said, “Also, did you know that if a woman drinks the juice of the Augustus Cactus, she will have a unique body fragrance for the rest of her life? The beauty of this body fragrance is like a super hormone that can make any man fall head over heels for the woman.”

Carter’s friend also added, “This is the main ingredient used to create a magical perfume.”

In the end, Carter’s friend drew the final conclusion.

“Wow!”

“Really? That’s too magical.”

The female netizens were all screaming crazily.

There was no woman that did not like high-grade perfumes.

The presence of high-grade perfumes was a symbol of status.

After Carter and his friend commented, there was once again a flood of comments.

Among those who bid, some were also real millionaires.

It was the ultimate product for women.

This time, Kaki did not ask if Lynn would sell the cactus.

In his opinion, Lynn would not sell such a thing.

“Sigh, although the Augustus Cactus is good, we do not have the hope of seeing it bloom in this life,” said Carter.

“No way, look, there are flower buds there.”

“Yeah, usually with flower buds, it shouldn’t take long to bloom, right?”

The netizens were in heated discussion in the comments.

“You don’t understand, this cactus has an extremely long lifespan. A cactus plant has a lifespan of 500 years. Only in the first year of growth, and the last 100 years, can it bloom.”

“Don’t look at it. There’s a flower bud, but the flower bud is closed. If it grows normally, it will take at least another few decades to bloom.”

“F*ck, that is too harsh.”

“A hundred years ago, there was no modern cultivation equipment. It would have been fine if we just applied some fertilizer. Aren’t many flowers like this nowadays?”

Carter saw the comment and retorted, “Bullsh*t! What do you know?”

“This kind of thing is rare because of its cultivation method. Even with modern scientific methods, it cannot be replicated. Otherwise, the cactus in the British Museum would not have become a plant specimen.”

“Professor, why are you excited? What’s there to be excited about? How many species have been extinct since prehistoric times? If this cactus did not have the effect of making perfume, it would only be an ordinary plant. There’s nothing strange about it.”

The two plant experts immediately stopped.

“You trolls, what do you know? Do you know what beauty is? Why do you have to wash your face, brush your teeth, and dress up every day when you go out? Why do you have to read books? Everything has its own beauty. The Augustus cactus was the ultimate plant and also the secret to instant beauty. From prehistoric times until now, such characteristic is also very rare. What do you know? If you don’t know, don’t speak nonsense. If it blooms, then the life of this cactus will come to an end,” said Carter.

“An expert is an expert. What’s the fuss about? But I’m really curious… What exactly does this thing look like when it blooms? Is it really that beautiful?”

The netizens in the comments did not refute the experts. Instead, they were curious about what the cactus flower would look like.

The people present were also curious and discussing amongst themselves.

Lynn said, “Cactus blooming? It blooms every night. If you want to see it, you can see it at night.”

Everyone was stunned.

The two experts were also stunned. Their first reaction was that Lynn was lying.

However, such lie would not last for long. If everyone waited until night and did not see the cactus bloom, would that not be a slap in the face?

Carter held back his emotions and sent a voice message in the comments, “This kind of Augustus cactus only blooms twice in its lifetime. How can it bloom every day?

“Well, you can watch it every day until you’re tired of watching it bloom.”

Versailles.

Super Versailles.

“Hahaha, the old gentleman didn’t even bother to write a draft when he was bragging. When he met an expert, his mouth immediately started to crack.”

“How tenacious. It’s just a game. The other Augustus cactus only blooms twice in his lifetime, and it’s been 500 years. The old gentleman’s Augustus blooms every day. It’s fresh and waiting for the night. Let’s watch the Augustus cactus bloom together.”