Author: ThisIsBanana

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Startled by those words, Su Ling’s eyes widened, and he quickly sized up Zhao Qi. Zhao Qi was staring intently at him, his lips were pale and trembling slightly. When their eyes met, Zhao Qi took a step back uncontrollably, as if he was frightened.

Su Ling: “…” Could it be this person thought he is some kind of evil spirit?

He raised up his right eyebrow and said, “Are you cursing me?” Then he pointed at his cheek, and pointed at Zhao Qi’s face next, saying, “I looked much healthier than you, and you are still alive.”

Zhao Qi bit his lower lip and asked in a low voice, “Who are you? You,” he spoke extremely fast, with a hint of panic, “You obviously died from your suicide attempt!”

Glancing over Zhao Qi’s pale face, a big word ‘Rebirth’ appeared in Su Ling’s mind. He calmed and showed a confused expression.

“Did you dream about me when you were being treated in the hospital? We are classmates, so I might have just appeared in your dream if you were thinking about me. Although we do have clashes sometimes, I did not expect that you want me to die.” Then he sneered, “Don’t talk to me again in the future.”

After Su Ling said that, he immediately took two steps to the right. Zhao Qi wanted to block him, but his actions were too fast to stop. So, Su Ling quickly passed Zhao Qi and left the school. Leaving Zhao Qi behind him, he frowned. If Zhao Qi is really reborn, what will he(ZQ) do next? If so, he(SL) has to pay more attention to his male god. Just as he reached the school gate, his bracelet rang, and he answered the call.

Nalu: “Xiao Ling, the extractor you bought has arrived. Do you want to come and have a look?”

Su Ling reached out and stopped a taxi, “I’ll be there right away.”

The extractor is a commonly used tool for processing raw materials. He used it in his previous life when he made perfume. Belle Planet’s machinery is more advanced than his world. In the past few days, his only job was to assist Darry in harvesting the ball fluid. It’s a trivial task that can be completed in 10 minutes, and he doesn’t even need to prepare anything like he did for the exam, so he was very idle. Hence, he went to browse for some spiritual plant textbooks on the Internet. After reading about how to make fragrance, he especially wanted to make perfume, so he bought a small extractor.

Nalu: “Okay, what raw materials do you want to use for practice? I know many suppliers and can help to place an order for you.”

Su Ling got in the taxi, told the driver the address of the fragrance bar, and then said, “I’ll talk about it when I arrived.”

He still doesn’t know how to use the extractor of this world, so he will make the decision after checking and understanding how to operate the machine.

…

Zhao Qi kept staring at Su Ling’s back until he couldn’t see Su Ling’s figure, and then looked away. Those are definitely not dreams! Everything is the same, except for Su Ling, because Su Ling obviously killed himself. Zhao Qi stood there for a while, his expression changed several times and finally returned to his expressionless face. It doesn’t matter, Su Ling is an insignificant person. Zhao Qi looked forward with dark eyes. He gave everything to love someone, but in the end, he couldn’t even get a glance from that person. This time, he didn’t want it anymore. He will not let go of those two people who brought him endless pain!

Standing for a while, Zhao Qi turned and left the school. He came to school to find Su Ling and was not interested in graduation photos. Madam Gu should be in the hospital right now if he was not mistaken. In his previous life, he was injured during his freshman year. Then he met Madam Gu in the hospital and learned that his parents lent a helping hand to the Gu Family before. After that, using that favor, he married into Gu Family and helped his family get through some troubles at the time. But right now, he didn’t have the patience to wait until a few months later to meet Madam Gu. He got in the car and said to the driver, “The Central Hospital.”

Lin Meng’s family background is better than him, not to mention Xiào Rui’s family. To attack these two people, the Gu family is the most suitable choice. From his previous life experience, Zhao Qi is very confident about marrying into the Gu Family. He only needs to meet Madam Gu and let her know of his identity. As long as he expresses the will to marry Gu Liheng, there is absolutely no problem. Although he had never seen Gu Liheng, his former partner, straightforwardly before, he still knew Gu Liheng’s ability and character.

That person was extremely responsible, though he suspects that Gu Liheng might be s*xualy indifferent. Maybe it’s another illness or something else because it seems that Gu Liheng has no intention of getting married ever. However, that man didn’t refuse the marriage arranged by his mother, after making sure that the other party(ZQ) was not forced to marry. Zhao Qi remembered the scene where that man seriously asked him if he had decided to marry him, and pursed his lips.

President Gu is a good Alpha.

Zhao Qi decided that after finishing his two enemies, he would be better to Gu Liheng, his partner.

“We have arrived,” the driver reminded.

Zhao Qi got off the car and went to Madam Gu’s ward.

There were 6 bodyguards standing at the door. The ward was tightly protected, and no unnecessary people were allowed to enter. The few days is the critical period of the Madam’s last treatment, so the bodyguards stood ready and refused to let Zhao Qi in no matter what he said.

Zhao Qi frowned, he expressed his concern towards Madam Gu before leaving. He sat in the car for a long time, and the driver couldn’t help but advised, “Second Young Master, your body has not fully recovered yet, do you want to go back to rest?”

Zhao Qi: “No, go to the hillside villa district.”

Xiào Rui will gradually come to power in his family after graduating from high school. This summer vacation is a critical period for him. It will be troublesome to deal with Xiào Rui after the university starts.

…

Su Ling spent the morning in the backyard of the Fragrance Bar. He already understood how to operate the extractor, and he has also extracted a small bottle of rose essential oil.

After reading some reports, Nalu went to the backyard to find him, “Let’s have lunch together?”

Su Ling shook his head and said, “No, I’ll go back to the villa.”

His male god has vacated his schedule for a three-month holiday. Even if he was in Belle City these days, he would only occasionally handle some official business in the villa. Su Ling wants to go back to have lunch with his male god, and he has to guard against Zhao Qi as well.

Nalu looked at Su Ling, hesitate to speak, but he still asked after a moment, “Could it be you have fallen for President Gu?”

Su Ling laughed and turned to look at Nalu, “Was it obvious?” He sighed and said, “But President Gu doesn’t seem to feel it.”

With a serious expression, Nalu asked, “Are you sure about this? He is 10 years older than you, and…” He paused when he thought of the rumors that he didn’t dare to spread, “He may not be in good health.”

Su Ling couldn’t help laughing, “Uncle Nalu, I’m an adult, you don’t need to say it so tactfully, I know what you mean. Ain’t it just a s*xual disorder? Those were only rumors.

Nalu stared at him, “How do you know?” He grabbed Su Ling’s shoulder, “What did he do to you?” As he said that, Nalu checked the back of Su Ling’s neck.

Su Ling turned his head to let him look, “Did you forget about the smell of my pheromone? You overthink. I have seen him work out, and his physical fitness is superb.”

Nalu persuaded with his heart and soul, “That ‘thing’ has nothing to do with the body fitness. You are too young to understand. If you want to fall in love, I can introduce someone else to you.”

Su Ling patted Nalu’s arm on his shoulder and said with a smile, “Uncle Nalu, don’t worry. I just want to fall in love with him.”

Nalu stared at him for a few seconds and reminded, “Okay, but you have to pay attention to safety. Don’t proceed with complete marking, as it is easy to get pregnant afterward.”

Su Ling nodded, “I know.”

Although Su Ling has read the physiology textbook and has a deep understanding of his new body, it does not mean that he could accept it well; at least he is not mentally prepared for pregnancy. However, he is quite curious about marking, whether it is temporary marking or complete marking. After all, things like this are entirely different from his world.

Waving to Nalu, Su Ling took a taxi back to the villa. He contacted the villa driver on the road, changed the car halfway, and went straight to the villa. As soon as he walked into the hall, the smell of sticky sweet pheromone wafted over his face. He saw Gu Liheng stood blankly beside the sofa, holding the flushed Zhao Qi in his right hand, and holding an injection device in his left hand.

Zhao Qi twisted his body to avoid the injection device and leaned his body on Gu Liheng, “Don’t wanna use inhibitors, you help me.”

Su Ling was mad.

How could the reborn Zhao Qi have the face to do such a thing!

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The police officer used some devices to scan around the villa for a long time, but they didn’t find any abnormalities. After they left, the three returned to the spiritual plant room again. The spiritual plants were still trembling, and Su Ling finally managed to calm them down after quite some time.

Darry harvested the Redthorn ball liquid and left. Su Ling pointed towards a villa that is located on lower ground and asked Gu Liheng, “Do you know the owner of that villa?”

Gu Liheng knew what he wanted to ask and gave the answer that he wanted to know, “Not a nonsense person.”

Su Ling frowned slightly and moved his gaze from the spiritual plants to Gu Liheng, “Maybe there is a problem because they don’t look right.”

Gu Liheng nodded, obviously thinking the same thing and said, “It’s impossible to not leave any traces at all.”

Late at night, in the room on the second floor of the villa, Su Ling and Gu Liheng were sitting on the sofa, looking at the holographic screen in front of them. On the holographic display is the real-time monitoring of all parts of the villa. It was arranged in the form of nine square grids, with the spiritual plant room in the middle. Domi didn’t sound the alarm the night before, so they decided to observe the situation for themselves. Each grid looked calm, and it has been like that since 9 pm. The three spiritual plants were also quiet. Their flowers and branches remained still, unlike their usual waving movement during the day.

Su Ling brought his legs up and rested his chin on his knees, while his eyes are still fixed on the screen.

Gu Liheng tilted his head to look at Su Ling and said, “Go to rest first.”

Su Ling shook his head, and his voice carried a slightly tired tone, “No, I’m curious about what happened.”

Gu Liheng: “I’ll call you if something comes up.”

Su Ling smiled at him, “It’s okay, I have nothing to do tomorrow. I will take a nap in the afternoon to make up for it.”

His gaze fell on the screen again, then his back straightened suddenly. Pulling at Gu Liheng’s sleeve, Su Ling whispered, “The spiritual plants are reacting.”

Initially, their branches and leaves were swaying slightly. Then the movement became frantic, and they looked panicked. Gu Liheng expanded the monitoring screen of the spiritual plant room and its surroundings and observed carefully. Su Ling also stared intently at the screen. One minute passed, but there was no change in the rest of the area except for spiritual plants swaying like they suffered from a manic episode.

After a while, Gu Liheng frowned: “The nutrient solution has become less.”

Su Ling immediately looked at the lower right corner of the spiritual plant room, where a transparent container with a diameter of more than 1 meter was placed. The bucket was filled with light blue nutrient solution, which would be used on to the spiritual plants every morning.

Growing a low-level spiritual plant is very simple. It can grow to maturity through handling by automated machinery, but a high-level spiritual plant cannot be cultivated by the same method. The nutrient solution watered everyday needs won’t be the same each day because it needs to be adjusted according to the situation of the spiritual plant at that time. These nutrient solutions were specially prepared for the three spiritual plants.

Su Ling stared at the height of the nutrient solution and soon found that the nutrient solution is gradually decreasing. He glanced around the container and found no holes nor water stains on the ground.

Gu Liheng got up, “I’ll go and see.”

Su Ling immediately put on his shoes and followed behind Gu Liheng. When the two arrived in the spiritual plant room, Gu Liheng walked to the nutrient solution container and lifted the entire container up. An unpleasant smell came out instantly, like rancid meat, mixed with the smell of rotten eggs.

Su Ling pinched his nose, knelt down and looked at the bottom of the container. A thin black line is connected to the edge of the container from the floor. The end of the thin black line is opened up like a morning glory; which was stuck to the bottom of the container. The next second, the black line shook and suddenly detached from the container, then dropped to the ground flexibly.

Everything happened at the blink of an eye. Su Ling was startled and subconsciously backed away. His center of gravity was unstable and almost causing him to fell down. Fortunately, he managed to support himself on the floor with his hands in time. Liquid flowed out from where the ‘black line’ was initially stuck at the bottom of the container.

Gu Liheng looked at him, “Are you all right?”

Shaking his head, he told Gu Liheng what he had just seen.

Gu Liheng placed the container aside and checked the floor where Su Ling said the black line left. Su Ling also leaned forward to see. There was a fingertip-sized black hole on the floor, which was very conspicuous on the white floor tiles. Frowning, Gu Liheng asked Domi to change the container of the nutrient solution. Then he called someone to come over to deal with the hole on the floor. A professional came and took the measurement of the hole. After that, he cut into the floor around the hole and packed it in a special bag. “There is strong corrosive liquid left in the ground, which requires laboratory testing to know further.”

The other personnel dug the hole a little deeper, took the soil from the ground, and temporarily sealed the hole. After the person left, Gu Liheng looked at Su Ling and said, “The result should be out tomorrow morning, so go and rest now.”

Nodded, Su Ling also knew that it is useless to stay up, and went back to the room to sleep. He got up late in the morning. When he went to the dining room, Gu Liheng had already eaten. He went to the living room after breakfast, and heard someone reporting to Gu Liheng, “It is getting deeper and deeper, the workload is huge, so the progress is slow.”

The holographic screen in front of Gu Liheng was a map of the villa area with a bright red line. He glanced at it and said, “Continue.”

The man nodded and walked out of the living room.

Su Ling propped his hand on the sofa behind Gu Liheng, and asked curiously, “What is this?”

Gu Liheng: “The trail from the hole found last night.”

“So long?” Su Ling was surprised, “Did the result come out? What is that?”

He was standing behind Gu Liheng, and he leaned his head forward in order to see the map clearly. Hence, his breath swept the side of Gu Liheng’s neck when he spoke.

Gu Liheng’s fingertips twitched. He tilted his head slightly and pointed to the sofa, “Sit down and talk.”

Su Ling went around the sofa and sat down beside him.

Gu Liheng: “It’s a spiritual plant. Some spiritual plant cultivator speculated that it might be Grade S,” he looked at Su Ling before continuing, “The residual trace detection result showed that it was similar to the round particles found on the three Grade A spiritual plants previously.”

Su Ling immediately understood what this meant, and asked, “Doctor Ni An checked it?”

Gu Liheng nodded, “Grade S, and it appeared in the spiritual plant room, caused the Grade A spiritual plants panic, and… the smell, I think this may be related to Xian Mo Yu. So I asked Doctor Ni An to help.”

Su Ling recalled the smell of last night. It was indeed similar to his current pheromone smell. He looked at the map and found that the red line had reached the back mountain of the villa area. The back mountain was not very high, but it was wavy and uneven. The entire location was vast as well.

He suddenly realized one thing, “Can the Grade S spiritual plant move?”

Gu Liheng: “Yes,” he said calmly, “it could move, but it’s fine. Since it has appeared, we will definitely find it.”

Su Ling knew that Gu Liheng said that to comfort him. Although he couldn’t be sure whether it is Xian Mo Yu or not, he still smiled; at least they have progress.

Gu Liheng has arranged for someone to track the spiritual plant along the trail. However, the track was lost 3 days later, and the hole suddenly disappeared.

It crossed Su Ling’s mind before about taking the spiritual plants and nutrient solution to ‘fishing’ where the trace disappeared. However, there is no access road in the back mountain, and it is a long-distance too. If he really went for it, he won’t be able to return within a day. The Redthorn Ball was startled, and Darry couldn’t get the ball liquid without him. Since they won’t be needing the liquid anymore in a few days, Su Ling pressed down this idea and decided to set out in a few days. He was looking at the map of the back mountain when he received the Lin Meng’s call.

Lin Meng said in a brisk tone, “Ling Ling, I have filled it out my form. Saint Rose, now we can continue to be classmates!”

Su Ling smiled, “Great.”

The two chatted for a while, then Lin Meng asked, “By the way, have you seen Zhao Qi?”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, “What happened to him?”

Lin Meng: “He had a car accident a few days ago. He and his brother went to the racing track together. Then he got into an accident. Many classmates have visited him already.”

Su Ling thought for a while, and said, “I won’t go, as I will affect his mood.”

Lin Meng laughed, “I’m not going either. He definitely doesn’t want to see me. By the way, you said before that you can’t attend the graduation ceremony. What about now?”

Su Ling: “I can go now.”

…

The graduation ceremony was on the last day of June, which is also a day for students to exchange their opinions with each other before filling in their university application form. Su Ling was dragged around the school by Lin Meng to take pictures for memories. In the end, both of them were a little tired from all the running around.

Lin Meng’s bracelet rang. After reading the message, his face turned red, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop curving up. “Ling Ling, sorry, I have something to do.”

Seeing him like this, Su Ling thought of the male lead who is going to graduate at the same time, and instantly understood, “Go ahead, we have finished taking the photos anyway.”

After Lin Meng left, Su Ling slowly headed outside the school. He has already filled it his form and didn’t need to discuss it with anyone. When approaching the school gate, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Qi walked towards him. Zhao Qi was walking very slowly and seemed to be a little uncomfortable. Su Ling glanced at him, then retracted his gaze and continued walking. But a few steps later, Zhao Qi blocked in front of him. Zhao Qi was frowning, and his eyes were much more restrained than the blatant disdain before, but he is still unfriendly. Su Ling tried to get around him but stopped on his track by his(ZQ) words.

“Aren’t you supposed to be dead?” Zhao Qi stared intently at him.

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Su Ling recounted what happened at the water bank, and felt a little complicated in his heart when he thought of the scene where the crocodile twisted its body in a weird angle and ran away like there’s no tomorrow. At that moment, he was scared senseless, but he didn’t expect the other party to be more scared than him, somewhat funny.

As Gu Liheng listened to the recount, his eyes briefly swept over the side of Su Ling’s neck, “You should be correct about that.”

Su Ling touched the back of his neck, and there was still an unpleasant smell in the air. Fanning his palms in front of his nose, he said, “You are much calmer than the animals.” Then he smiled, “Go and wear a mask ba, don’t hold back your expression. I don’t mind it, even I myself can’t stand the smell.”

Gu Liheng: “No need.” He pointed to a big tree not far away and said, “I’ll stand behind the tree; call me if something happened.”

Su Ling: “You should go back and take off your isolator to relax for a while.” He smiled and nodded, “I am safer than you.”

Gu Liheng couldn’t refute this. He nodded after briefly checked out the surrounding, “Okay.”

After Gu Liheng left, Su Ling took off the isolator again. After washing, he sent a message to Gu Liheng and went back to the tent, feeling refreshed. His hair was slightly damp, and he didn’t wear a jacket, only wearing a round-neck camouflage t-shirt. In this environment with dim lighting, his neck was particularly conspicuous.

Gu Liheng had already reattached his isolator when he received Su Ling’s message, but a faint fragrance like red wine still lingered in the air. Leaning on a tree next to the tent, he glanced over Su Ling before walked away, “Contact me if something happened.”

Su Ling smiled and nodded, “If there is danger by the water, remember to call me.”

Sitting at the entrance of the tent, Su Ling took advantage of the time Gu Liheng went to wash and took off his isolator. Thinking for a while, he took out the sachet that Gu Liheng gave him previously. The sachet was placed under his nose, and a cool aroma wafted out, saving him from the unpleasant smell. However, because the unpleasant smell came from the back of his neck, it rushed back to his nose after a while. Refreshing fragrance mixing with a smelly stink caused Su Ling wrinkled his nose in disgust.

When Gu Liheng came back, the two were ready to sleep. Gu Liheng suggested, “You should take the isolator off to sleep.” As the young man is still young, his gland is just starting to mature and is not stable yet. He should be careful during this growing period.

Su Ling shook his head and said, “How could you possibly fall asleep like that then?” Although the scent of pheromones will become lighter when one is sleeping, it is impossible not to smell the stink as their tents are so close together.

Gu Liheng said, “It won’t affect me,” but seeing Su Ling’s disbelief expression, he added, “It’s safer.”

Su Ling thought of the wild animals scattering away earlier, and was a bit convinced. “Then you can take it off too, it will be very uncomfortable to keep it on, and it is not good for the health of your gland as well.”

Gu Liheng: “I’m fine.”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, “How could you be okay? Are you worried that I will react to your pheromones?”

Gu Liheng was silent.

Su Ling shook the sachet in his hand, “I will put this next to my pillow. My pheromone and yours will not react to each other anyway so nothing will happen.” It’ll be fine if something really happens!

Seeing Gu Liheng hesitated, Su Ling decided to be stubborn and said, “If you don’t take it off, I won’t either.”

In the end, Gu Liheng compromised. They sleep without the isolator, and both slept with a sachet beside them to relax the glands. Nothing happened all night, and there were no birds even around the tent, so it was as quiet as when they were in the villa. When Su Ling came out of his tent, Gu Liheng has already returned from the water bank. Su Ling regretfully attached his isolator. If his pheromones were normal, something should happen ba!

In the next two days, the two kept travelling south. The further they ventured, the harder it is to walk, and there were more poisonous insects and beasts. In the end, Su Ling took off his isolator during the day as well. Only when he needs to take out the Grade A spiritual plants, he would put on the isolator so as not to overcome the fragrance with the smell of his pheromones. However, there has been no trace of Xian Mo Yu.

On the morning of the 4th day, Su Ling finished breakfast and contacted Darry. Su Ling was using the video mode, while Darry using the 3D holographic projection mode. Darry greeted him with a smile and approached the Redthorn Ball. As he walked around, Su Ling’s 3D image followed him. At first glance, it looked like Su Ling was walking beside Darry.

“Good morning.” Su Ling greeted the Redthorn Ball.

Redthorn Ball heard his voice, its branches bend towards the place where the sound came out, and the filaments on the red ball raised up, waving frantically.

Su Ling was stunned, and smiled, “I just saw you yesterday. Why are you so enthusiastic?”

Darry took off his isolator, released his pheromone and prepared to communicate with Redthorn Ball to harvest the ball liquid, “You haven’t been next to each other for a few days…hiss…”

Darry held his forehead and took a breath, his expression complicated.

Su Ling was taken aback, “Darry, what happened?”

Darry put the isolator on and slowly frowned, “It panicked and refused to communicate with me.”

Su Ling was puzzled, “Panicked? Wasn’t it all right the other day?”

They had done some experiments before his departure. Su Ling himself was not there but appeared in a holographic image to communicate with the Redthorn Ball. That way could also enable him to assist Darry in harvesting the ball liquid. The first few days went well too.

Darry looked at the Redthorn Ball and saw that the filaments on the ball were waving frantically. Before this, he thought Redthorn Ball was just excited to hear Su Ling’s voice. Now it seems that it should be flustered.

“I don’t know, I will check it.”

The test result came out quickly, “Everything is normal, no insects, and it has balanced nutrition.”

Su Ling tried to calm down the Redthorn Ball. It took a while for the filaments on the red ball to settle down. The two tried again to get the ball liquid, but still failed and Darry’s expression became worse.

Su Ling frowned and turned to look at Gu Liheng, who was frowning slightly. He asked Darry, “How much more ball liquid is needed?”

Darry: “One week.”

Su Ling made a decision, “We are returning now.”

Hanging up the call, he smiled at Gu Liheng and said, “Don’t worry, we should reach before noon. You should go and contact Hua Cheng.”

Gu Liheng looked down at him and pursed his thin lips, “I will accompany you again after a week.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

The two returned quickly and reached the villa at half-past ten. The Redthorn Ball calmed down in a series of comforts by Su Ling talking to it and stroking its leaves. Darry harvested the ball fluid and sent it to the hospital immediately. Su Ling moved all three plants to the garden to bask in the sun. They gently swayed their branches and leaves, and looked very happy.

The next morning, when Su Ling, Gu Liheng and Darry entered the spiritual plant’s room, they found the three plants that were still joyful the previous afternoon, hugging their leaves together, shaking frantically.

Needless to say, Su Ling saw their panic without Darry’s translation. Su Ling approached them, stroking their leaves to comfort the plants. Just when he touched them, the leaves came to entangled his hands and wrists, and the filaments were actively drilling into his sleeves.

Su Ling: “…what are you afraid of?”

At this moment, Domi walked up to Gu Liheng and said, “Master, the police station received a report and came to the villa to investigate.”

Gu Liheng frowned slightly, and Su Ling was taken aback. A police report? The three came to the living room, where three police officers stood.

“President Gu, there are reports from the public that there is a stench in the area of your villa, which we suspected to be a smell of rotting animals. Please cooperate with the investigation.”

What?

Su Ling couldn’t help asking, “Is it a misunderstanding; why didn’t I smell it?”

The police officer was also puzzled. After all, he did not smell anything when he arrived at the villa. “Maybe it’s a misunderstanding, but since there are a lot of people complaining, and some people even suffered respiratory attacks,” he looked at Gu Liheng embarrassedly, “please cooperate with us.”

Gu Liheng: “Who lodged the report?”

The police officer pointed down the hill and said, “The area at the downwind of your villa. They were having a party last night. We contacted the participants, and their statement was the same.” In fact, those people were imagining that Gu Liheng is a terrorist who killed people and buried the body without blinking. Their face was pale when the policemen took the statement.

Gu Liheng knows a little bit about the people in the villa area. The one who lives downwind of the villa is a writer. Although the writer often has ideas that are out of the world, he is not a nonsense person. He nodded and said, “You can come in to investigate.”

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Su Ling’s body stiffened into a straight line. His hand that was grasping on Gu Liheng’s hand unconsciously exerted more force. Because of emotional tension, his body wanted to emit pheromones but was blocked by the isolator, causing his neck to feel stuffy.

Gu Liheng glanced at the beasts around them, his voice was steady as he said, “They were attracted by the fragrance.”

Worried that his voice would be too loud and startle the wild beast, Su Ling pressed himself against Gu Liheng’s back and whispered, “Do you want me to put away the spiritual plants?”

Gu Liheng could feel a slightly hot and wet sensation from his back. A ticklish numbing sensation ran through his arm and went straight to the palm of his hand. His shoulder moved slightly.

“No, the moment the fragrance disappears, their attention will immediately shift to us.”

Though they were wearing green camouflage uniforms, which have a good camouflage effect, but the spiritual plants were right next to them. With the beasts placing all of their attention on the spiritual plants, he and Su Ling would be very conspicuous if the spiritual plants suddenly disappear. Gu Liheng quickly made a decision, “After 10 seconds, I will throw out some compressed smoke spheres around us, and you take the opportunity to put away the spiritual plants. Then we will move to other places.”

Su Ling uttered an ‘En’ as an acknowledgement. Then he raised his hand to touch the stud earring while staring at the spiritual plants.

A few seconds later, Gu Liheng said, “Now!”

The moment Gu Liheng finished speaking, many black pearl-like spheres suddenly appeared in his hands. He moved his feet slightly, then flung out the spheres in his hands to all directions. Instantly, thick white smoke rose around, and Su Ling quickly returned the spiritual plants to his space storage. Sounds from various beasts and chaotic footsteps could be heard from the smoke. After listened intently for a moment, Gu Liheng took out a gas mask to Su Ling and pulled Su Ling to continue walking south.

A moment later, the two of them reached the center of the smokescreen, and all the beasts had already run away. Surrounded by white smokes, they could not see anything except each other. However, this state only lasted for less than half a minute. They passed through the smoke, and their vision restored. It was messy around them, everywhere were scattered leaves and lower trees were bent; obviously caused by the beasts that had just run away.

Su Ling pulled down the mask and looked around. He could still see the animals running away in the far distance, he asked, “If I take out the spiritual plants again, the fragrance will attract them. What should I do?”

Gu Liheng: “Repeat the same thing again.”

Su Ling looked up at him, his expression was calm and normal, and he was not nervous at all. That makes Su Ling curious, was it due to Gu Liheng having a steady state of mind or he just has an abnormal facial expression?

Su Ling: “Are you not afraid?”

Gu Liheng could hear Su Ling’s breathing rate a little faster than usual. His tone was calm as he replied, “Don’t be afraid, we have enough equipment, and someone is ready to back up at any time. We are safe.”

Su Ling patted his chest and tried to breathe evenly. He laughed and said, “Fortunately, I have you on this trip. I thought too simple of it and have underestimated the danger.”

Gu Liheng: “You will still be well-prepared even if I don’t come. Your plan was very meticulous.”

After reading the travel plan, Gu Liheng knew that the young man could do this well, but he(SL) would need a lot of money to buy the supplies.

Continued to head south, they would take the spiritual plants out for at least 5 minutes every half an hour, and every time nearby beasts would approach to smell the fragrance. Su Ling was nervous at first, and after a few times, he became very calm.

As the light from the sky started to fade, the two found an open space not far from a water source and prepared to rest. Gu Liheng took out 2 green single tents, which were specially made to prevent moisture and insects. When Gu Liheng was setting up a tent, Su Ling said that he wanted to help but was stopped by Gu Liheng’s word saying, “You can go and prepare our food.”

So Su Ling sat next to Gu Liheng and laid out 2 large and 1 small self-heating packed meals in front of him. While waiting for the food to be cooked, he watched Gu Liheng busying with the tents. Gu Liheng was very fast, he obviously knows the tent very well. In just a short while after the tents were set up, their meal is done as well.

Su Ling handed him 2 large packed meals and asked, “Is this enough?” He had long discovered that Gu Liheng’s appetite is much larger than him. The size of this portion was prepared according to what Gu Liheng ate during lunch.

Gu Liheng took the boxes and replied, “It’s enough.” Sitting down next to Su Ling, he looked over Su Ling’s meal and added, “There is a lot of food, you can eat more.”

Su Ling shook his head, “This is enough for me.”

Gu Liheng opened his packed meal and said, “You are thin enough and do not need to control your intake of food.”

Su Ling blinked, slightly embarrassed as he answered, “My appetite is only this big, I am not trying to lose weight.”

Gu Liheng glanced at him, “That’s good.” He paused, his head tilted slightly, “I don’t understand why Omega always wants to lose weight.”

Su Ling moved his thin wrist, “I don’t understand either.” He tilted his head and smiled. “Probably because it might be easier to walk as the wind blows.”

Gu Liheng’s eyes lit up with a smile, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, “A very interesting statement.”

Su Ling squeezed his chopsticks hard and restrained the emotions in his eyes. He turned to look at his food and started mixing the side dishes with the rice. Then he asked with curved eyes, “Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it?”

Su Ling felt that he acted quite naturally when he saw Gu Liheng’s smile. But he was still worried that Gu Liheng would realize it himself, so he changed the subject, “There are different flavours of packed meals, which one do you like?”

Gu Liheng: “Either one is fine.”

Su Ling tilted his head to look at him, and smiled like usual, “Not a picky eater, huh? What a good habit.”

After the two of them had eaten, Gu Liheng went to bury their meal box and vegetable scraps.

The forest was very humid. Su Ling felt even warmer after dinner, and his fair complexion was red from the heat. He pulled down the zipper of his jacket and waved his hands to blow wind on his face. However, it was still very uncomfortable, especially the back of his neck. That was a normal reaction caused by the isolator being put on for a long time. Touching the back of his neck, Su Ling suddenly realized that Alpha would also need to take their isolator at night. If it is not because of the mutual attraction between Alpha and Omega, not sticking the isolator is better for the body.

Gu Liheng noticed his movement and said, “You should take off your isolator.”

Su Ling: “You should take off yours too.”

Gu Liheng: “I’m fine.”

Su Ling didn’t believe it, but he also knew Gu Liheng’s concerns. After all, he would react to Gu Liheng’s pheromone. Thinking for a while, Su Ling pointed to the left and said, “I’ll go to the river to clean myself, then you can go when I come back.” Both of them can relax during this period, and he really wants to wash. After what happened during the day, his body is sticky and uncomfortable.

“That’s very dangerous.”

Su Ling: “I will bring weapons and repellent powder along. Plus, I will contact you if something happened.” He paused before adding, “We can’t always be in each other’s sight.”

Gu Liheng thought about their gender and was convinced by Su Ling, “Okay.”

Su Ling turned on the light function of his bracelet and headed to the water source with a bottle of powder spray in his hand. The water flow in the river was not wide, but it was very long. One can’t see the end of both sides with just a glance. The reflection of the trees on the water surface forms a dark spot, making it impossible to see the bottom of the water. Su Ling sprayed the repellent powder around, and the insects hidden in the grass scattered away quickly. At the river edge, Su Ling scooped up some water and observed; the water quality was good. He rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands, then bent over to wash his face, and felt much better. Next, he took off the isolator, wiped the back of his neck with a wrung wet towel. His eyes narrowed comfortably, and he heaved a long breath.

Soon, the smell of his pheromones wafted out. Su Ling wrinkled his nose and bent over to wash the towel. When he got up, the water surface flashed, his body stiffened, and he immediately looked at that direction. There was a pair of eyes, less than 2 meters away from him. At the next second, the eyes raised a bit from the water and exposed half of the creature’s body. That long mouth, sharp teeth, long tail, and wrinkled skin, although a little different from what he saw on Earth, that is clearly a crocodile!

Su Ling’s eyes widened, and his heart instantly jumped to his throat. “AH!!!” He quickly backed away and his pheromone became stronger due to emotional ups and downs. The crocodile’s long tail lifted up and slammed towards the water, which propelled its body forward like a cannonball and attacking him with its mouth open.

Su Ling couldn’t breathe. All of a sudden, the crocodile’s huge body froze in the air, then turned 180 degrees in the air in a very complicated posture. It splashed back to the surface of the water, sped to the other side of the shore in a panic, and ran away like its life depended on it. At the same time, as if there’s a zoo in the river, a lot of animals suddenly appeared. They ran away in a panic, the water churned from the waves caused by the movements. Then tranquillity was restored in the blink of an eye.

Su Ling: “…” Why are they running away like they saw a ghost?

That caused his heart to tighten, is there a big one coming? As he was still thinking, footsteps came from behind him. Su Ling turned around and saw a beam of light shining at him. Then Gu Liheng strode to his side, “Are you injured anywhere?”

Su Ling shook his head, “No, I was just frightened…”

As he said, Su Ling noticed Gu Liheng’s sorry appearance. There were leaves and feathers from unknown birds on his shoulders, his clothes were wrinkled, and his black military boots were covered with dirt and grass scraps. Moreover, there were obvious animal footprints on his boots. Su Ling grabbed Gu Liheng’s wrist and asked, “What’s wrong with you? Were you injured?”

Gu Liheng frowned slightly, “No, I hurried over when I heard your scream. Along the way, I met a lot of panicked animals and bumped into a few of them.”

His appearance doesn’t look like ‘only’ a few animals bumped into him though.

Gu Liheng took a glance around, “What’s the matter? Have you seen a wild beast?”

All the birds and insects around were gone. There seemed to be no other living thing except for the two of them, eerily quiet. Su Ling shook his head. He felt relieved and relaxed after seeing Gu Liheng. As soon as he relaxed, his attention returned to the present, and he realized something. It smells too bad! Frowning, he put the isolator back on his neck. The moment his hand left the back of his neck, Su Ling suddenly realized what he was doing and looked up at Gu Liheng.

Gu Liheng’s expression didn’t change a bit, as if he didn’t smell anything. So he couldn’t help asking, “Is there a problem with your sense of smell?”

Gu Liheng: “No.”

Su Ling sighed, “You have a strong endurance,” Then he looked around before adding, “I think the reason why those animals were acting strangely is because of my pheromone.”

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Su Ling watched the news while eating breakfast.

“That smelly Omega is actually a top student! He got the first place in the written test!”

“Too powerful! Could it be the scores were wrongly marked? Didn’t he give up one of the interviews? How could he get 65 points?”

“Perfect scores from the other 2 Areas plus full marks from the additional questions, amazing!”

“The person who said he won’t be able to enter the university, come out to get beaten!”

Su Ling took a sip of milk, swiped the screen, and paused when he came across a reply.

“His pheromone smells unpleasant because of an abnormal factor, and that’s not his original smell. To nickname the patient by his pain, this is terrible behaviour, and your character is worrying.”

This reply with golden colour ID was particularly conspicuous among the list of blue colour IDs. Su Ling noticed the colour first, then he saw the name – Doctor Ni An. He was a little surprised because he didn’t expect Doctor Ni An to come out to help him. The netizens were no less astonished than him.

“Wow! An account with verified name, this is really Doctor Ni An.”

“Doctor Ni An’s words is totally right!”

“Su Ling is so pitiful, having abnormal pheromone is already very pitiful, and yet he was ridiculed.”

“I heard that his pheromone has been bad since he was a child, and has been isolated by his classmates.”

“With such horrid learning environment, he still managed to get good grades, it’s really amazing!”

“Top student Omega!”

Su Ling looked at his new nickname being copied and pasted over and over,  he stopped reading and closed the news interface. Next, he opened the address book and sent a message: “Thank you, Doctor Ni An.”

When he walked out of the dining room, he received a reply from Doctor Ni An: “You’re welcome, I know about this too late. If Liheng didn’t contact me, I wouldn’t know about it. You were wronged.”

Su Ling paused and thanked him again. He returned to the living room and sat down next to Gu Liheng. After Gu Liheng sent a message to his assistant, he turned to look at Su Ling and met Su Ling’s eyes.

Su Ling’s eyes bent in joy, “You contacted Doctor Ni An?”

Gu Liheng nodded, “He is an expert in pheromone field and is the most suitable person to come forward.”

Su Ling felt warm in his heart. Although his male god usually looked serious and unsmiling, he is a very good person. And because Gu Liheng regarded him as a friend, he(GLH) considered things for his sake and took the initiative to help him.

Su Ling smiled and said, “Thank you.”

Gu Liheng: “You’re welcome, it’s no trouble at all.”

Su Ling: “Is there anything wrong or need to amend in my travel plan?”

Gu Liheng looked at him appreciatively and said, “You did a good job, just that there is some information that is not available online. I asked someone to add extra details in your plan. The finished version will be out soon.”

Su Ling couldn’t help sighing in appreciation, “Feels relieved to have you with me.”

Just then, Domi came in while pushing a large box. It walked past the living room and headed toward the room that stored their travel supplies. Curious, Su Ling asked, “What else did you buy?”

Gu Liheng: “Medicine, treatment device and food.”

Su Ling laughed, “It seems that I just need to bring myself.”

Gu Liheng: “Do you still have anything to do?”

Supporting his chin on his hand, Su Ling thought for a while and said, “If there is no result in the Silver Mist Forest, we will have to go to other places and the time used in between will not be short. The deadline for filling in the university application form is July 8th. I will most likely not be in Belle City at that time.”

Su Ling raised his eyes to look at Gu Liheng, “I will have to fill in the form first, but I don’t know much about the universities in the city. Do you have any suggestions?”

Gu Liheng: “What kind of university do you like?”

Su Ling thought for a while and said, “I want a university where I can learn real knowledge and can be creative. The university should be open-minded, and has top-notch spiritual plant major.”

Gu Liheng tapped his bracelet and transferred general information of 3 universities to Su Ling, “These 3 universities are good.”

In the list, two of them are public universities, and one is a private university. They have trained many excellent spiritual plant specialists, material harvesters, and perfumers. Moreover, their students have won many awards in various interstellar competitions. All 3 schools are excellent. After reading it carefully, Su Ling recorded down the unique code of the private university.

Gu Liheng saw that and asked, “Do you like the Saint Rose University?”

Su Ling nodded and tapped at the interface of his application form, “En, all of your recommendations are very good, and the location is strategic as well, but the Saint Rose university has the highest amount of scholarship.”

Though Saint Rose has the highest scholarship, its tuition fee is the highest among the 3 recommendations as well.

Gu Liheng: “…Are you short of money?”

Recalling about the money he has in his card, Su Ling shook his head: “No, but not rich either.”

Su Ling decisively filled out his application form, and then sent a screenshot to Lin Meng. Since 10 am, his communicator has never stopped ringing. All were calls from the admissions offices of various schools. He politely indicated that he has already filled his application form. By noon, the news regarding the form has spread out, and his communicator finally quieted down. After lunch, he asked Gu Liheng: “What is your personal ID number?”

Gu Liheng asked curiously, “Why do you need it?”

Su Ling: “To buy tickets ah.”

Thinking of Gu Liheng’s identity, and that rich people must have never bought tickets before, Su Ling explained, “Silver Mist Forest is pretty far, so the fastest way is to take the intercity suspension shuttle. And buying tickets requires personal ID number.”

Gu Liheng: “No need to buy tickets, I have arranged for our transportation.”

The next day, Su Ling was dumbfounded as he watched a circular aircraft slowly landed over the back garden. This arrangement is a bit too great!

After the black aircraft landed, the door on both sides of the aircraft belly popped open. Tall Alphas in camouflage clothes jumped down, 2 from each exit. The men stood by the aircraft, while a red-haired Alpha strode to Gu Liheng. With a smile that reveals a row of gleaming white teeth, the man waved his hand and greeted, “President Gu.”

Gu Liheng nodded and gave a brief introduction: “Su Ling, this is Hua Cheng[1], the second captain of the Leopard Mercenary Corps.”

Su Ling looked at Hua Cheng curiously and greeted, “Hello.”

Hua Cheng greeted him with a smile, and asked Gu Liheng, “Can we set off now?”

Gu Liheng nodded.

Turning his body sideways, Hua Cheng gestured at the aircraft and said, “Please.”

Su Ling followed Gu Liheng to the aircraft, and one of the Leopard Corps members jumped onto the aircraft to lead the road for the two. Su Ling discovered that printed behind their camouflage uniform was a leopard roaring with an open mouth, with a fierce aura.

The interior of the aircraft is very spacious. The members of the leopard introduced the areas to them as they walked past.  “Here is the resting area, we have a total of eight rooms, and the middle two rooms are reserved for you. This is the dining room, and that is the leisure area.”

“It takes about 2 hours to reach Silver Mist Forest so you can rest first in your room.”

However, instead of going back to their room to rest, the two went to the dining room. Su Ling reviewed what Gu Liheng taught him last night about how to use the communication tools, weapons and treatment devices.

Gu Liheng finished reading his review and praised, “You learned well.”

Su Ling smiled, “You taught well,” and asked, “Are they going to follow us all the time?”

Gu Liheng shook his head, “They mainly provide remote assistance. High-grade spiritual plants have a high IQ, so a crowd will make them wary.”

Su Ling nodded, he was worried about this as well. Although the materials of the Grade S spiritual plant seemed unreliable due to many different opinions, the common points to caution were quite reliable.

Two hours later, the aircraft landed on the flat ground 10 kilometres away from the Silver Mist Forest.

After lunch, Hua Cheng drove a hovercar down from the aircraft, sending Gu Liheng and Su Ling nearer to the forest. The car drove on until it reached the area that it couldn’t proceed anymore and stopped. Gu Liheng and Su Ling got off the vehicle and Hua Cheng reached out from the driver’s seat, “Call me if you need help.”

Gu Liheng nodded.

Su Ling glanced at the compass from his bracelet, and after determining the direction, he walked into the forest with Gu Liheng. There were many obvious footprints inside the outer layer of the forest, it was apparent that many people have entered the forest before. Upon entering the forest, the visibility was very low, and it was quite humid, just as what the data says. After walking southward for 2 hours, Gu Liheng realized that Su Ling is panting, so he said, “Let’s take a break.”

Su Ling nodded, touched the stud earring, and took out the spiritual plants Lopseed and Baby’s breath. The plants seemed very happy. They rubbed against Su Ling’s hand, then waved their branches and leaves as if they were dancing. Refreshing and cool scent radiated from them, greatly reducing the heat and fatigue from Su Ling’s body. Su Ling leaned against the tree trunk and looked around, observing the movement around him. All of a sudden, his gaze met a pair of brown eyes of a wild beast, and his heart instantly tightened. Subconsciously reaching his hand, Su Ling gripped Gu Liheng’s arm. His voice was stiff as he said, “Wild beast.”

Gu Liheng followed Su Ling’s gaze, and took a step forward, half blocking in front of Su Ling. After he observed for a while, he said, “It’s okay, the beast only came to smell the fragrance, and it has no intention of attacking.”

Su Ling stared at Gu Liheng’s back and instantly relaxed. But soon, he couldn’t help getting nervous again because he found that more and more beasts were approaching. Not good!

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Under Gu Liheng’s insistence, Su Ling took the ear stud and looked at it back and forth in his hand for a while. He asked in confusion, “How do I use it?”

Actually, after seeing the news that the Su Family has broken their relations with Su Ling, Gu Liheng did a background check on them. The Su family has developed rapidly in the past two decades. Although their family background was not deep, they were quite wealthy. But for Su Ling to not even know how to use a space storage, it makes one feel distressed; regardless it’s because he has never seen one before or he has lost his memory.

Gu Liheng patiently explained, “There is a button on the back of the crystal. Press it to turn on. You will need to record your voice and fingerprint when you turned it on for the first time. Then you can use either your voice or fingerprint to open the space storage next time.”

Su Ling learned to use the space storage according to Gu Liheng’s instructions. When he saw the space inside, he was dumbfounded. Turning to look at Gu Liheng, he asked, “Is this a space of 20m²?”

Gu Liheng: “En, you can also put in your personal belongings that you want to bring along. If you don’t have enough space, you can put it in my space storage here.”

Su Ling immediately said, “Enough, it’s enough.”

So 4 million worth of things were just trinkets in his male god’s heart?! Su Ling could genuinely feel the gap between the rich and the poor.

Gu Liheng: “Do you want to check around and see what else you need to buy?”

Su Ling looked at the various materials in the room again; clothing, weapons, and tents were fully prepared.

“I can’t think of anything for the time being, I will let you know after I have created the travel plan.” He has been preparing for his exam, so he didn’t have the time to create a travel plan.

Gu Liheng nodded and said, “Alright, you can discuss it with me at any time.”

The two checked the materials once again, then returned to their rooms to rest.

After Su Ling took a shower, he sat on the bed and tapped his bracelet. He opened the folder that listed the places that Xian Mo Yu was sighted before, then marked all the places on a map. Next, he drew a red circle on the Silver Mist Forest area closest to Belle City and numbered the locations from near to far.

Silver Mist Forest is his first destination, so he searched online for related news. Silver Mist Forest is located in the south of Belle City and quite vast in area. It is permeated with white fog all year round, causing extremely low visibility. From the outside, the forest seems to be covered with a layer of silvery gauze. That’s how Silver Mist Forest got its name. There are many kinds of species in the forest. Many precious materials and high-level spiritual plants can be found in the deeper part of the forest. High profits are accompanied by high risks. No team ever returns in full members after stepping a foot in the central area. Even with their advanced technology, it is still impossible to investigate the situation in the central area. The Silver Mist Forest is a sacred hunting ground for many people; explorers, spiritual plant specialists, mercenaries… Many people entered in droves in order to obtain rich rewards.

There are 2 ways to enter the Silver Mist Forest, land route, and water route. Su Ling marked the two roads with white lines and green lines, respectively. After reading the related guides, he decided to enter the forest by road. The depth of land transportation can be much shallower than the waterway, and they will need to cover more roads to get inside. The waterway runs straight into the forest along with the current, but it is very dangerous. Because there are many creatures in the water, and there will be aggressive creatures in the midst. The possibility of encountering danger is very high. He roughly determined the route to take, integrated various strategies, sorted out the information inside the forest, and marked it on the map. Su Ling listed the things to take note at the bottom of the plan and outlined the materials needed. After finishing the plan, he wanted to transfer it to Gu Liheng to see. However, he realized that it is 1 am now when he glanced at the clock. Instantly, he dismissed the idea to bother Gu Liheng and turned off his bracelet to sleep.

The next day, he was woken up by the tone of a communication request. He glanced at the time and saw that it is almost 9 am. Su Ling quickly got up and sat cross-legged, with his elbows against his knees, his palms supporting his side, and accepted the request.

Just as the line is connected, Lin Meng’s excited voice could be heard saying, “Ling Ling, congratulations! You are really amazing!”

Su Ling’s consciousness was a bit blurry when he woke up, he blinked his eyes when he heard that, and his thoughts became clear in an instant.

The test results are coming out today!

The corner of Su Ling’s mouth slightly curved up, “Thank you.” After that, he put down his hand and tapped on the screen panel to switch to the examination homepage. Then he clicked on the results of the university entrance examination. A list of names popped up right away, it was the result of all the candidates of this year. There was a box in the upper right corner where one could find out their score and ranking by entering their candidate number. Su Ling didn’t input his number because he saw his name on top at a glance – Su Ling, 485. He checked the candidate number and confirmed that it was indeed him, and not someone else with the same name. His smile became deeper, and he was a little excited.

Actually, the first place is nothing special for him as he is used to it, but the test this time was different from his previous tests because he and his competitors didn’t start on the same starting line. Soon, he calmed down from the excitement. After all, except for biology, the other subjects were not much different from what he learned previously. Plus, he could understand and memorize biology very quickly. The written test has a total of 500 points, but he got 485, so he is not particularly amazing. Not sure if he can find out where did he lost the 15 points.

As he was thinking about the points, he heard Lin Meng said, “Why are you so calm?! You have checked the score already?”

Su Ling: “I just checked. I’m delighted that I don’t need to repeat another year.”

“Not only do you not need to repeat, but there will also definitely be a lot of schools extending an invite for you. Your written test score is in the first place, and you are the only candidate who answered all of the additional questions correctly in the interview!”

Su Ling raised an eyebrow, “Additional questions?”

“Yeah, didn’t you read the news? The committee in charge of the test explained their marking scheme after the interview. They didn’t say it in advance because they were worried that the candidates would not do their best.”

Su Ling didn’t follow this news indeed.

Lin Meng explained further, “During the test in Area 002 where we need to distinguish various fragrances, we will get 1 point for each question from 1 to 20, 2 points for each question from 21 to 25, which give us a total of 30 points. From 26 to 30, those are actually additional questions, giving us 1 point for each question.”

Lin Meng’s tone gradually rose, “No one except you, get the extra points! You are too amazing!”

Su Ling modestly replied. After Lin Meng praised him for a while, he(LM) then asked, “Which university are you going to?”

Su Ling: “I haven’t thought about it yet. I will give it a consideration before filling in the application form.”

Lin Meng: “En, tell me after you have decided. Maybe we would go to the same university!”

Su Ling: “Okay.”

After hanging up the call, Su Ling went to check his interview score, 65 points. Apart from the exam he abandoned at Area 003, he received full marks for the other two exams, plus 5 additional points. Su Ling was a little surprised by the result. He was quite confident in the fragrance distinguishing test, but he didn’t know how the affinity test determines the scores, so he was not very confident about it.

Although Su Ling already knows that his written test will obtain excellent scores and that his interview score has nothing to do with him entering a university, but seeing this score still makes him very happy. He is qualified to choose which university he wants now. Before this, he was prepared for the worst. It would be fine to be able to enter any university, regardless of the quality of the university. Adding both points together will give him 547 points, which is more than 90% of the total score. It should be possible to choose a good school.

Su Ling went to wash his face in a good mood. As soon as he opened his door, he saw Domi standing outside. Domi is 1.8 meters tall, a bit taller than him. So, seeing a pair of big blue fluorescent eyes right after he opened the door gave him a scare. He was about to ask Domi what he was doing standing outside the door when he saw Domi’s eyes flashing.

“Oh, beautiful Omega guest, you finally woke up! Ever since you stayed with us, you have never got up later than 8 am, which is too worrying. Master told me to scan your breathing rate and make sure that you are safe.”

Su Ling laughed, “Why don’t you knock on the door?”

Domi: “According to analysis, the reason why you woke up late is probably because of a long sleep caused by relaxation after your exam, other than your physical condition. Master said that knocking on the door is too reckless.”

Su Ling walked out of his room, and Domi followed beside him, saying, “I’ll prepare breakfast for you.”

“Thank you.”

When Su Ling walked to the living room, he saw Gu Liheng in casual clothing sitting on the sofa and watching the news. He walked over to say hello and transferred the plan he created yesterday to Gu Liheng.

“There may be something I missed out, please help me to amend it. I will go to eat breakfast first.”

Gu Liheng nodded, “Okay.” When Su Ling turned to head to the dining table, he added, “Congratulations, your grades are excellent.”

Su Ling’s eyes slightly bent as he asked, “You saw my grades?” His heart felt very sweet, his male god paid close attention to him!

Gu Liheng shook his head. Although, he did want to check Su Ling’s grade in advance so that he can prepare how to comfort him. After all, he was not very good at comforting people. However, he did not know what Su Ling’s candidate number was. Apart from that, Su Ling’s grades did not need comfort. He replied, “No need to check because you are being discussed online.”

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Su Ling froze for a moment, he didn’t expect Gu Liheng to answer yes. He was just asking because Gu Liheng’s previous reaction worried him, but in his heart, he didn’t place much hope for a positive answer. After a moment, he reacted quickly and said, “What kind of help do you need? Just say it, I will definitely try my best to help.”

Gu Liheng looked at the sincere boy, and his heart slightly warmed up. So this how it feels to have a friend? He gestured to the living room sofa and said, “Let’s sit down first.”

The two of them sat down, and Domi brewed a pot of tea for them. Soon, a light fragrance spread along the heat wafted in the air. Su Ling held a teacup and waited for Gu Liheng to speak.

Gu Liheng didn’t beat about the bush and stated his purpose right away, “Can I go with you when you take the Grade A spiritual plants to search for Xian Mo Yu?” Then he added, “I don’t want Xian Mo Yu, I just want to go together.”

Su Ling’s eyes brightened up; he didn’t expect the help his male god needs refer to this. He couldn’t ask for more! Initially, he was worried about not able to see Gu Liheng for some time, afraid that there would be love rivals appearing out of nowhere! It’s better to have his male god stay near to him, of course. Plus, searching for a spiritual plant is not the same as staying in a villa, the time they’ll spend together will significantly increase.

Su Ling answered immediately, “Of course.” He asked curiously, “Are you looking for another Grade S spiritual plant?”

Gu Liheng was silent for a while. Facing the boy’s clear eyes, he didn’t want to lie, but he didn’t want to let him know his condition as well, so he vaguely replied, “No, I just want to relax a bit. I can also help to search for this high-grade spiritual plant along the way, that’s good.”

Smiling, Su Ling nodded vigorously to express his agreement, “Yes, you really need to relax, but you are so busy recently, do you have time to go out?”

Gu Liheng nodded, “I have taken care of a few important tasks at hand, so I have a three-month vacation.”

Su Ling: “You have been so busy lately, was it because of the holiday?”

Gu Liheng: “Yes……”

Just then, Gu Liheng’s bracelet rang, and after reading the message, he got up: “Sorry, I need to settle some matters.”

Su Ling’s eyes curled up slightly, “It’s okay, I’m free starting from 16th, and it’s fine to leave a few days later.”

It was apparent that Su Ling is considering for his sake. Gu Liheng’s expression became much softer as he said, “Everything will be handled before the 16th then. I will go to my study first.”

After Gu Liheng left the living room, Su Ling thought about what he had said and tapped his bracelet to watch the news. The news with the highest number of replies is [Re-election – The most beautiful Omega]. He went inside and saw his picture with a red word in the upper right corner that said ‘Disqualified’. The two photos below him are Lin Meng and Zhao Qi, who was originally at 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. This topic has a lot of replies from netizens. After reading the popular replies, Su Ling understood why the Su Family suddenly announced their severed ties with him.

After he was rated as the most beautiful Omega, his popularity rose rapidly. Then, gossips about him circulated, and the most popular thing was his unpleasant pheromone smell. Soon, his family background was investigated and revealed by netizens. At the same time, the Su Family announced that they had broken off relations with him. Seeing this, Su Ling smiled, it was quite in line with the Su Family’s style of doing things.

Due to his disqualification, the re-election activity was extended to tomorrow. During the voting period, the few top-ranked people had their background checked and investigated in all aspects. Seeing that Lin Meng and Zhao Qi is in fierce competition, Su Ling couldn’t help but sigh. As expected of the protagonist and cannon fodder, they will always be competitors. As he is browsing the news, he received a communication request from Nalu. Nalu was worried about him, and his tone was furious. “You don’t have to care about the netizens’ comments, you are excellent!”

Su Ling smiled, “En, Uncle Nalu need not worry.”

His voice sounded calm and normal, so Nalu rested his mind, “Take a good rest tomorrow, don’t be stressed in the written test.”

Su Ling responded, “En, Uncle Nalu. Rest assured, I have a good mentality.”

Just after he hung up Nalu’s call, he received Lin Meng’s communication request. Lin Meng’s voice sounded a little anxious, “Ling Ling, don’t read the news.”

Amused, Su Ling replied, “I’ve already read it. It’s okay, I don’t care at all.”

Lin Meng’s voice carried an angry tone, “In my opinion, Ling Ling is the most beautiful Omega. I don’t know who took a picture for me, so annoying. I will reply to the comment immediately, and say I will not participate in the voting.”

Su Ling calmly replied, “This is not official voting, so you replying in the thread is useless. Don’t get agitated, just leave it.”

“But they called you by… it’s too much!”

Su Ling leaned against the sofa and shrugged. He has a well-known codename, ‘Smelly Omega’, on the Internet.

“My pheromones are indeed unpleasant. These people are just strangers to me, it doesn’t matter what they say. Don’t mind it, take a good rest and prepare for the written test.”

Lin Meng mumbled to himself, “Why are you so calm?”

Su Ling laughed, “Because I don’t care for them, you shouldn’t either.”

Embarrassed, Lin Meng said, “I wanted to comfort you, didn’t expect to be comforted by you instead.”

Su Ling smiled, and the two chatted a few words about the exam before ending the call.

The next day, Su Ling spent the whole day reviewing his homework in the villa. Because he gave up one of the interviews, he had a very low chance of passing. So he took the written test very seriously and even worked harder than the university entrance examination in his original world. Although he is prepared to repeat a year, he still hopes to do his best in the test.

On the 14th, the written test turned out to be quite different from the interview as it is done in a mixed examination room. There were many candidates of all genders coming for the written test. As soon as Su Ling appeared, he received a lot of stares. After confirming that they didn’t recognize the wrong person, these people were quite surprised.

“Wow! It’s the previous most beautiful Omega.”

“It’s him! The Omega who is deprived of his title because he is too stinky and has poor grades.”

“I didn’t expect that he would come to take the exam. He already gave up one interview,
could it be he thinks he could achieve excellent results in written test?”

“It’s is too difficult, maybe he just wants to gain more experience in the test for next year.”

Various whispers went into Su Ling’s ears. He secretly sighed, sure enough, gossip is everywhere no matter where one goes.

The time of the written test passed by. Su Ling felt good about the test, so he was in a good mood. After the second written test on the 15th, Su Ling went to the fragrance bar for dinner with Nalu.

Nalu saw him in a good mood and looked peaceful, so he was very happy for Su Ling. The two chatted while eating, then Su Ling said, “I am going to set off in a few days, but it should be no more than 20th at the latest.”

Nalu knew about his plan long ago, so upon hearing that, he transferred 300,000 to Su Ling’s account.

“This is the money from selling the raw materials this month, you can use it first. As for your tuition and dowry, it will be from the raw materials sold next month.”

Su Ling palmed his forehead, “Uncle Nalu, you don’t have to mention about the dowry.”

Nalu teased Su Ling a bit more before leaving, “Be sure to pay attention to safety and contact me if you need something.”

Su Ling: “Okay.”

It was almost 8 pm when Su Ling returned to the villa. When he entered the living room, he saw Gu Liheng dressed in normal sports attire, holding a glass in his hand and walking towards the stairs.

Su Ling’s eyes slightly brightened, and his eyes quickly swept across his firm muscles. He smiled and asked, “Are you done with your work?”

Gu Liheng stopped at his tracks and turned to Su Ling, “En, and I bought some items that we might need to use. Come and see what else you need to buy.”

Su Ling followed him to the right-most room on the first floor, and as soon as he entered,
he saw stacks of things piled up inside. In the middle were a pile of camouflage suits with various designs. On the long table at the right side, various weapons are placed inside an open black box.

Su Ling was shocked, “Were these legally bought?”

“Of course.”

Gu Liheng walked to the black box and took a silver stud from the right corner of the black box. Then, he handed it to Su Ling.

“This is a space storage to store your spiritual plants.”

Su Ling has been worrying about how to transport the spiritual plants. He checked the price of a space storage before. 1m² cost 200,000, and 2 spiritual plants need at least 5m², which he cannot afford. He didn’t expect Gu Liheng to be so thoughtful.

Seeing Su Ling still not taking the silver stud, Gu Liheng raised up his hand a little and said, “Keep it. It’s just a little device, and it’s not expensive. Since I’m going with you, I should provide you with some equipment.”

Su Ling’s eyes swept across the room full of stuff, went speechless for a moment before saying, “You may have misunderstood the meaning of the word ‘some’.”

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There was a hint of calm in Su Ling’s reply, to appease Gu Liheng and not to mind those things.

Gu Liheng’s glance swept across Su Ling’s slightly reddish face as he asked, “Have you seen the news?”

Su Ling shrugged his shoulders, “I didn’t look at the news, but it should be about my pheromone having a bad smell. My first exam was to harvest raw material. I wanted to give it a try and took off my isolator.” Then he continued with a slight embarrassment, “The situation was the same as my first attempt to harvest raw material from a Grade A spiritual plant, and it also affected the candidates in the same hall. So I gave up that exam.”

His tone was calm, and there was no upset or inferiority in it.

Gu Liheng’s eyes moved slightly. The young man was sitting on the lounge chair as he looked up at him while he stood in the sun. The young man was shrouded in the umbrella’s shade, but he somehow felt that he(SL) seemed particularly bright instead. With a gentle tone, Gu Liheng said, “No, you have been voted as the most beautiful Omega.”

“What?” Su Ling was stunned. What a shameful title!

His reaction was too obvious, and it was not excitement or joyful.

“Are you upset?” Gu Liheng asked.

Su Ling curled his mouth and tapped at his bracelet. “What’s there to be happy about?” As he said that, he entered the news interface. He doesn’t have to search around, as he can already see that topic at the top with a ‘Hot news’ icon beside – [The most beautiful Omega is born]

He clicked on the title and saw the picture of him sitting in a car. Even he himself was a little amazed by the picture at first glance. So he looked up at Gu Liheng and asked, “What do you think about my picture?”

Gu Liheng: “It deserves its name.”

The tone Gu Liheng used doesn’t have any pitches, as if he was in a meeting, but because of this, he sounded more sincere; one could hear that it is not some flattering words. Suddenly, Su Ling felt a little embarrassed in his heart, and lightly coughed, “It’s just that the angle of the camera is good, and managed to highlight the best part of my face. However, appearance has little to do with me.” Other than his temperament and spirit, the rest of his facial features were inherited from his parents.

Gu Liheng: “It’s very rare for people of your age to be able to think like this.”

Su Ling was dissatisfied with his words and said, “I don’t see you as an elder, so you have to look at me just the same as your peers. Don’t talk to me with an elder’s tone.”

Gu Liheng looked at this ‘peers’ with slightly bulging cheeks, the corner of his lips couldn’t help curving up slightly as he nodded, “Okay.”

That stunned Su Ling for a moment. His male god’s appearance was usually handsome and stern. But his smile softened his expression instantly, like a spring breeze, giving people a feeling of manly tenderness. Recalling Gu Liheng’s reaction the last time he realized himself was smiling, Su Ling quickly adjusted his expression.

However, being sensitive to other people’s emotions, Gu Liheng immediately realized that something was wrong. Almost within a second, his expression changed several times, from surprise to panic, and finally, his expression tightened up.

Su Ling opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to say something,  when he heard Gu Liheng said, “I still have something to deal with, so I’ll return to my study now.”

Su Ling’s brows furrowed, he stared at Gu Liheng’s back as he quickly left the living room. The last time it happened, Su Ling thought he saw it wrongly, but this time Gu Liheng’s reaction made him understand that he was terrified of smiling. The panic on his face when he realized he is smiling was too obvious, especially compared with his calm expression before that. But how could this be? It’s just like the cursed prince in a fairy tale as if smiling would have grave consequences.

His finger unconsciously dragged down the screen, and the crisp sound of the page refreshing sounded in his ear. Looking down, Su Ling saw a title that says [The most beautiful Omega has the devil’s pheromones]. He clicked in and saw several replies with the sentence ‘According to reliable information from candidates in the same exam room, the newest beautiful Omega winner has an extremely unpleasant pheromone’.

Then someone added, “Not only it’s smelly, but also particularly unpleasant to the spiritual plant. Because of his pheromone, all the spiritual plants in examination hall closed up their petals.”

“Yeah, he gave up that exam in area 003.”

“The score of area 003 accounted for 40. So, he could not pass the test. Does that means he didn’t meet the requirement to be selected as the most beautiful Omega?”

“Although the winner has always been selected from the test candidates, no ‘most beautiful’ Omega has ever failed to enter the university before. Are we breaking the record now?”

“I propose re-election! I don’t know the situation before the selection. The beauty of an Omega should be more than just his appearance!”

“I agree!”

“……”

The following replies in that thread were all copy-and-paste ‘I agree’. Su Ling started typing, using his ID [Ice Cream], he followed the crowd and replied ‘I agree’. He didn’t like the title ‘most beautiful’ at all, if it was ‘most handsome’ Omega, then he would like it. After he posted a reply, he didn’t continue to watch the news. A moment later, he walked past the living room and hesitated by the stairs to the second floor. However, he decided not to go upstairs. He didn’t know the specific situation, and they were not very familiar, so asking Gu Liheng directly will be too abrupt.

Turning around, Su Ling went to sit on the sofa, so that he will know right away when Gu Liheng came downstairs. He had only taken two steps when he heard footsteps coming from behind. He turned around and saw Gu Liheng coming down from the second floor with an upright posture. His expression is perfect as usual, but his brows were slightly furrowed.

When he saw Su Ling, a trace of surprise appeared on his face. Then he asked, “Do you need my help?”

Su Ling was puzzled and shook his head, “No, I’m fine. Why do I need help?”

Gu Liheng walked up to him and explained, “The Su Family just announced that they have broken off relations with you.”

Su Ling laughed, although he didn’t know why the Su Family suddenly announced the news, it was a good thing for him.

“I personally brought home a lawyer with me to go through the formalities of breaking away from the family. If the formalities were not done properly, then I may need your help.”

Looking at the young boy with clear eyes in front of him, Gu Liheng’s thin lips slightly pursed, and he swallowed what he wanted to say next. Su Ling is much more mature than his peers.

Saying that, Su Ling looked at Gu Liheng’s expression and couldn’t help but ask, “Do you need my help?” He was just asking, but Gu Liheng unexpectedly replied, “Yes.”

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