Chapter 626

Willow steadied herself and said, "Professor, as you know, I was just an ordinary village woman before, with only a middle school education. How could I have understood such things? It wasn't until I drank that well water frequently that I gradually developed a thirst for knowledge and realized how extraordinary the well was." "But the changes in the well only lasted a few months. By the time I realized its significance and considered reporting it, the special properties had vanished. The water became just ordinary well water again." "As for the land that had been irrigated with that water, some residual effects remained at first. But over time, those effects diminished until they were almost completely gone." "I did think about reporting it, Professor. But I was just a young girl from the countryside. Who would have believed me? They might have accused me of promoting superstitious beliefs or suspected I was hiding some treasure. They could have interrogated me harshly, demanding I ha