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Su Ling glanced over the leaf, it was smooth to the touch, and the color was vibrant emerald green, exuding a light fragrance. It has the same scent as the vine that was violently beating up the root. However, he soon felt that the scent gave him the same feeling as Xian Mo Yu. But he knew very well that both scents smell entirely different.

The fight ended with the roots apologizing. Then the roots and vines stretched out in front of Su Ling, and the roots even swayed around. Their action confused Su Ling. Next, Xian Mo Yu shared a scene in his mind: a scene of human elders giving gifts to juniors. Looking at the big leaf in his hand, Su Ling suddenly realized what it meant. This is a gift from the vine! He looked at the vine and said, “Thank you.”

Thinking that spiritual plants like to touch him, Su Ling stretched out his hand and gently squeezed the top of the vine to show his gratitude. The vine naturally entangled around his fingers. On the other hand, the roots twisted happily, “Hahaha, my son is so cute, right?”

The vine let go of Su Ling’s finger, “Stop your silly behavior. His cuteness has nothing to do with you.” It retracted its leaves and formed a complete circle again on top of Xian Mo Yu, disguised as a part of the big flower. A root clung to the vine and exuded a strong fragrance, while the vine’s leaves emitted a slight green light and used its sharp tips to jab the root. However, the root was motionless, still sticking to the vines intimately.

Looking at the leaf in his hand, Su Ling gently squeezed the root around his wrist and asked, “Is this your friend?”

The roots that were erected on the side moved up and down and continued to twist happily; Xian Mo Yu was obviously feeling happy. Su Ling thought for a while and put the leaf in his backpack. Then he looked at the vines and asked in a low voice, “Is it also a Grade S spiritual plant?”

The roots continued to nod, and Su Ling was once again showed a mental image of a simple stroke of a mouth with a big cross drawn on it.

“You don’t want other people to know about it?” he asked.

The roots continued to nod, and Su Ling looked around, “That’s kind of hard because there are surveillance cameras everywhere here.”

The mental image remained in his mind.

Su Ling smiled: “Alright then, even if other people managed to guess it, I won’t say anything.”

A root rushed in front of him and rubbed against his cheeks. Su Ling only felt a cool touch before he got suddenly pulled into Gu Liheng’s embrace. Su Ling raised his eyebrows and looked up to see Gu Liheng frowning and glaring at the root.

Gu Liheng warned with a low tone, “Don’t touch him.” As he said that, his fingers rubbed Su Ling’s cheek at the place where the root has just touched.

The root stiffened and didn’t move for a while.

Su Ling blinked and held Gu Liheng’s hand, “You…”

He had just opened his mouth to say something when a black shadow suddenly rushed over and entangled his other wrist, so now both his hands are wrapped around by a root. The next moment, a strong pull tried to pull him out of male god’s arms, but at the same time, his waist was tightly wrapped by the other person. Forced to raise his hand, Su Ling felt that he looked very silly right now, but fortunately, the roots didn’t use much strength. Otherwise, the result won’t be just him raising his hand.

Su Ling grabbed the roots and said helplessly, “Don’t pull.” Then he tilted his head and headbutt the person behind him at the shoulder, adding, “You too, lighten your hold.”

The force on his hands and waist lightened up at the same time.

Su Ling moved his wrists up and down and said, “Let go.” However, his mind was suddenly filled with a big crying emoticon (TwT).

Xian Mo Yu cried to its little partner sadly, “My son doesn’t want me anymore. My daughter-in-law[1] is so bad. What’s wrong with me touching my son? Terrible!”

Lóng Mo Téng: “So stupid. Human Alpha is super possessive after marking their Omega, understand? Still don’t let go? Are you going to split your son into half?”

Xian Mo Yu: “I won’t hurt him, and I have proper control of my strength.”

Su Ling didn’t know about the conversation between the two plants. So he was dumbfounded by the tearful expression in his head. He lightly pinched the root and comforted, “Don’t cry. It’s not like you can’t wrap around my hand in the future. Did you forget? You are still helping out with the research, and I still have something to do.”

The roots let go of him and rubbed the back of his hand before retracting back to the vine’s side.

At the other side, Su Ling grabbed the hand around his waist and tilted his head. Then he asked with a smile, “Did you get jealous just now?”

Gu Liheng flipped the hand and covered it with his hand. He lowered his head and kissed Su Ling’s forehead, “You are mine.”

“But you can’t be jealous of Xian Mo Yu?” Su Ling was amused.

Gu Liheng stared intently at Su Ling and said, “I have restrained myself already. I didn’t make a fuss about it tied around your wrist.”

Hearing that make Su Ling raised his eyebrows. Is this the so-called Alpha’s possessiveness? His eyes curved yup, and he used his fingers to draw on Gu Liheng’s palm, “En, I’m yours. See, you are holding me in your arms.”

Gu Liheng’s expression relaxed, and his hands tightened his hold.

“Su Ling,” Ye Lei shouted at the door. He looked inside and tried to put one foot in. Seeing that no roots were blocking him, he immediately walked in and asked, “Do you know what’s going on? I was stopped by Xian Mo Yu when I want to come in earlier.”

Su Ling promised Xian Mo Yu that he won’t tell other people, so he lied, “I don’t know, but it should be fine. It looked very happy.”

Ye Lei looked at Xian Mo Yu and the vines on it in confusion.

At this moment, Director Li’s voice could be heard approaching, “Did something happen last night?” Just as she finished her words, Director Li walked in.

Ye Lei glanced at Su Ling and said, “Doctor Ni An and the military were here yesterday.”

“I know this,” Director Li said and continued, “it has been reported in the news, and netizens are all guessing whether the association has discovered any rare spiritual plant.” She shrugged, “I’m talking about another thing. It’s the big tree in front of the office building, isn’t there always parasitic vines on top? The vines are gone this morning. Since you guys stayed here last night, you might know what’s going on?”

Ye Lei has been working in the association for several years and is very familiar with the big tree. He was taken aback when he heard the words, “Gone?”

Director Li nodded, “This is really weird. It’s like it just vanished into thin air. Such a large vine and it has been on the tree for more than ten years. Now it simply disappears without a sign.”

“Also, it’s not any precious species of plant. The association has them everywhere, so even if someone wants it, they won’t waste energy to get to the top of the big tree just for the vines. The strangest thing is that there is no trace of human activity.”

Su Ling heard this and immediately understood. The vines on Xian Mo Yu’s petals should be the vines at the top of the big tree. That’s why Xian Mo Yu kept wanting to go there last night. In the mental pictures Xian Mo Yu shared with him, all the vines and grasses are probably the same plant. From that point, he guessed that the vine has a very powerful ability: camouflage.

Ye Lei pondered, “If you are asking for anything special happened last time, there’s one. Xian Mo Yu wanted to go out last night, and went to the empty space in front of the main building, which is near the big tree.” He looked at Su Ling for a moment, then immediately looked at Xian Mo Yu and pointed at the vines on top of it, “This morning, this suddenly appeared on its petals.”

Director Li took two steps forward and looked at the vines, “Oh my God, did the vines on the big tree went to parasitize Xian Mo Yu instead?”

Ye Lei compared the vines in his mind and said, “But their appearance is completely different.”

“Different appearance…” Director Li murmured and repeated, walking back and forth several times. Then she suddenly stopped in her track and looking at the vine with excitement, “Could it be?!” As she spoke, she quickly tapped her bracelet to search for information.

Su Ling shrugged. He thought the vine will get discovered because of the surveillance camera. He didn’t expect that someone can guess what’s wrong without even checking the surveillance. But he was not too surprised. After all, this is the spiritual plant registration association. Almost all the people who know spiritual plants best are here. On the other hand, he is quite curious too, and he wanted to look up the types of vines later online, but now it doesn’t seem necessary.

“Lóng Mo Téng!” Director Li looked away from the holographic screen and stared at the vines, “It must be Grade S spiritual plant Lóng Mo Téng!”

“Possessing a powerful ability for disguise and assimilation capabilities, it is the most difficult Grade S spiritual plant to be found. In the spiritual plant’s legends, Lóng Mo Téng has the most image collection, but no one can be sure what it really looks like.”

When Xian Mo Yu heard its little friend being praised, its roots rose up and swayed around in a dance, “How amazing! You have disappeared for so long, and yet the human beings still heard of your legend!”

Lóng Mo Téng: “What stupid thing are you talking about? I am your leaf!”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots wrapped around the leaves, “You have been found out; just admit it boldly.”

Lóng Mo Téng pretended to be dead and gave no reaction at all.

Su Ling thought of the leaf he had put in his bag and looked at Lóng Mo Téng. He guesses that right now should be its original appearance, just that it is much smaller than usual.

Director Li was very excited, “Amazing! Su Ling, is it yours too?”

Su Ling shook his head, “No, I didn’t know it is Lóng Mo Téng.”

Director Li: “Not sure if we can try to communicate with it, and let us study it.”

As Director Li said that, her eyes swept across the few people in the room. Then she took off her isolator directly. The only Alpha in the room has marked an Omega, so there was no need to worry. She released her pheromone and tried to contact Lóng Mo Téng.

Lóng Mo Téng acted like it’s dead and did not respond at all.

After ten minutes, Director Li gave up and let Ye Lei try, but Ye Lei failed as well. Then Director Li said to Su Ling, “You try it,” she looked at Gu Liheng and asked, “President Gu, do you want to leave first?”

Gu Liheng shook his head, “No need.”

Ye Lei: “Xian Mo Yu’s fragrance is strong, so it should be fine.”

Director Li remembered reading about the effect of Xian Mo Yu’s fragrance from the report she received yesterday and nodded, “Well, Xiao Ling, you can try it.”

Su Ling could not find a suitable reason to refuse. However, thinking that since Lóng Mo Téng is not reacting to anyone, it might ignore him too. He removed the isolator and controlled his pheromone to gather near the vine. Soon, he felt a gentle feeling that Lóng Mo Téng passed to him, like a kind elder. Then, a huge picture of his mouth with a cross appeared in his mind.

Does all Grade S spiritual plant express their thoughts in the same way?

Su Ling felt a bit helpless because this kind of behavior is ultimately self-deception. But he reattached his isolator and shook his head after a moment of hesitation.

Director Li touched her chin, “There is no way then. But it is following Xian Mo Yu, and will reveal its habits, just pay attention to it.”

Ye Lei nodded, and Director Li said, “I’ll deal with the follow-up work regarding the vine’s disappearance.”

Soon after Director Li left, Boss and his four team members came back. But their expression looked ugly and seemed heavy with thoughts.

Ye Lei: “Is the venue not set up?”

Boss: “It’s set up. It can be used tonight.”

“Then why do you guys look like this?” Ye Lei was puzzled.

Old Third solemnly replied, “Just now, the Imperial Military Hospital issued a notice that Marshal Manton is critically ill.”

Hearing that, Ye Lei’s eyes widened, and his expression turned sad. It took him a while to stabilize his emotions before saying, “Transfer Xian Mo Yu at 6.00pm. Then we will continue to observe it.” He turned to Su Ling, “You can go rest for a while because you may have to sleep late at night.”

Su Ling returned to his room and immediately inquired about Marshal Manton.

Gu Liheng glanced at his holographic screen and gave him some common knowledge about the marshal, “Marshal Manton is the former marshal, the grandfather of the current marshal. He was seriously injured on the front line 15 years ago and retired due to a serious illness 5 years ago. He has excellent combat exploits and a high reputation in Planet Belle.”

“A very respectable soldier.”

…

This national idol is lying on the hospital bed at the moment. Doctor Ni An was escorted to the ward by a team of guards, sweating profusely. The attending doctor in the ward saw him and said with moist eyes, “Old man, you are finally here.”

Ni An handed him the medicine box in his hand, “You can use it directly.”

After handing the medicine box, Ni An’s body swayed and was supported by the guard behind him. Hence, he was sent to the restroom. Ni An did not refuse; processing Xian Mo Yu’s raw materials overnight took him too much energy.

Xian Mo Yu’s black liquid is too corrosive and cannot be used directly. A little carelessness may bring disaster to the patient. The red and black liquid can only be used after undergoing special processes. The process was very delicate and should be done during the day when one is full of energy. But after getting the raw materials last night, he received news that Marshal Manton’s condition had deteriorated, so Ni An could only bear with it and processed the raw material overnight.

He is the only person who has thoroughly studied Xian Mo Yu’s black liquid. Hence, he can only rely on himself for the whole process. After the matter is finished, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn’t muster any more energy.

The entire citizen in Planet Belle was in heavy feelings regarding the news about Marshal Manton’s critical illness until the notice of him getting over the danger phase is officially announced at 4.00 pm.

People all around the planet burst into celebrations.

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[1] Lol Banana just realized XMY refer GLH as daughter in law than son in law. Will check back previous chapters to amend if I have time… if I have time :v

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Random – This is a short chapter yo. And unfortunately for those who wanted smexy time, the author decided to river crab it to the extreme _(;3/

Gu Liheng stopped his motion to get up, and his magnetic voice was low and steady as he said, “I won’t leave.” Then he bent over, reaching out and picked up the water glass from the bedside table, “Drink some water first.”

Su Ling obediently drank half of the water from the glass, he could feel that the heat in his body has dissipated a bit. His lips were wet, he pursed it, and chuckled softly, “I can’t control my reaction.”

Putting down the glass, Gu Liheng rubbed his fingers lightly on the back of Su Ling’s neck, his voice was hoarse as he said, “I can’t control myself either.”

The scent of their pheromones gets richer in the air. As the two pheromones are mixed together, the temperature rises rapidly, and the gasps could be heard in the room. Su Ling’s thoughts were running all over the place, and he can’t think properly. Suddenly, he felt a painful sensation from his gland, causing him to open his eyes slightly. A strong but complicated feeling rushed towards him like a tide, and his body couldn’t help but trembled.

…

A long time had passed before the room finally quieted down. Su Ling didn’t have much energy left, but he was in good spirits. He had never felt such enjoyment before. Lying next to him, Gu Liheng lightly rubbed his soft black hair to ease him from the afterglow. His magnetic voice was much lower than usual, “Are you okay?”

Su Ling slightly moved his palm and raised his index finger up, then put it down again, simulating a nodding action. At the same time, he answered with a soft En. However, he frowned after making the sound, realizing that his voice has become very hoarse. Thinking of what caused it, his face flushed.

Kinda embarrassed.

Gu Liheng took a glance at Su Ling’s face before turning to pour a glass of warm water with a smile in his eyes. After he drank it, he took him to the bathroom to take a bath. When they returned to the bed, Su Ling felt refreshed all over, but he didn’t have any energy left, so he fell asleep right away. Looking at Su Ling, Gu Liheng’s expression was softer than ever before. He kissed the young man’s forehead and move him into his embrace to sleep; a night without dreams.

When Gu Liheng woke up in the morning, he looked slightly startled because he hadn’t slept so well for a long time. Lowered his head slightly, he saw that the young man was lying on his side, facing him with his eyes closed. His long eyelashes were slightly upturned, and his white face was healthy and ruddy; very beautiful. The quiet and warm atmosphere made him feel warm from the inside, and he really liked this feeling. He did not make a sound, nor did he make any movements, he just watched the young man sleep. About an hour later, there was a noise coming from the door of the unit. Gu Liheng got out of bed with very light movements and opened the door.

Two of Xian Mo Yu’s roots were twisting back and forth at the door and was about to knock the door again. When the door is opened, the roots stop right in time in front of Gu Liheng. Then they twisted towards the empty space on Gu Liheng’s left hand, wanted to move into the room. Gu Liheng swiftly grabbed the roots and whispered, “He is resting.”

After Gu Liheng got out of bed, Su Ling subconsciously moved towards the area Gu Liheng previously slept on, but he couldn’t find the familiar temperature. His eyelids moved, he stretched out his hand to touch around. Didn’t find anything, Su Ling then opened his eyes. He opened his mouth trying to call for Gu Liheng but realized that he doesn’t know what to call him. ‘President Gu’ sounds too unfamiliar. ‘Mr. Gu’ felt like he is teasing him. ‘Ah Heng’ was what his mother called him, so it felt strange if he says it.

He got up from bed while thinking about random things, then his lack-of-exercise-body immediately expressed its protest against his ‘activity’ last night’. His body was so sore that he couldn’t help making a hissing sound.

He really needs to make an exercise plan.

Gu Liheng heard the sound and loosened his grip on the roots. He turned back and walked to the bed with a nervous expression, “Where do you feel uncomfortable?”

Su Ling pinched his arm and thumped his thigh as he put his hand down, “My whole body is sore. I usually don’t exercise that much.” As he said that, his ears turned red. Last night, male god was actually quite restrained at first, but he was too enthusiastic. Finally, both of them lost control. It is really scary when an Omega fell into lu-st. Even now, recalling his eagerness and desire for male god at that time makes his heart beats rapidly.

Gu Liheng briefly glanced over Su Ling’s ears and considerately didn’t say anything that would embarrass him. He sat on the edge of the bed and gave him a massage.

One of the two roots was wrapped around Su Ling’s wrist, and the other was swayed beside him, looking very happy. In Su Ling’s mind was a picture of two roots entwined with a grass. Su Ling recalled what happened last night, and asked unsurely, “This is the little friend you were looking for last night?”

The roots moved up and down.

That means, when Xian Mo Yu shared his past experience with him last night, his attention was placed on the wrong target? It was not the vines that appeared in his mental pictures, but the grass that he ignored? That’s not right, Xian Mo Yu shared a close-up of the vines before. So he asked, “What did you mean by showing me pictures of the vines yesterday?”

In Su Ling’s mind, a picture of friends holding hands appeared again. At the same time, the roots wrapped around his hands exerted a slight force, trying to pull him outwards.

Su Ling glanced at the time, it was almost half-past eight. He grabbed male god’s hand and said, “Oh my god, it’s so late right now. Does that means Ye Lei already know what we did?”

“Are you afraid of being known?”

Su Ling said, “No,” he cleared his throat, “just a little embarrassed.”

Gu Liheng’s palm lightly pressed against the back of his neck, and he subconsciously shrank his neck a bit.

Gu Liheng: “Even if you are not late, he will still know,” his voice was deep, “you have my scent.”

Su Ling: “Oh yeah, I almost forgot.” This is not Earth, and he is now an Omega.

Squinting his eyes, Su Ling clasped his hands around male god’s neck and sniffed him. Then he complained in dissatisfaction, “You don’t have my scent.”

“My pheromone has stabilized in the past week, and it will only get out of control for you.” Gu Liheng’s eyes turned deep.

Su Ling immediately remembered, “Oh, a temporary marking for a longer period of time?”

Gu Liheng nodded.

At first, Su Ling was looked at Gu Liheng. But when Gu Liheng nodded, he couldn’t help but looked down, with an amazed expression, “So if w-we do, proceed to permanent marking, y-you will really get a knot?”

Gu Liheng’s breathing was slightly hitched, “En.” But he didn’t continue the topic, and carried Su Ling to the bathroom, “Do you want me to help you in the bath?”

Su Ling ignored his previous question and spoke quickly, “No, I can do it myself.”

A smile flashed in Gu Liheng’s eyes, “What do you want for breakfast then? I will order it for you.”

Su Ling: “Steamed pork buns, century egg and lean meat porridge, soy eggs.”

“How about adding some corns? You should eat some vegetable as well.” Gu Liheng suggested.

Su Ling: “Then I may not be able to finish the food.”

“Don’t worry, I’m here.” Gu Liheng rubbed his soft black hair and went out to get him a change of clothes, before leaving the room.

Su Ling squeezed the roots around his wrist and said, “You go out too.”

The roots were loosened and went out. It turned to circle around Gu Liheng; 360 degrees of observation.

Gu Liheng noticed it, but he didn’t think much about it. He knew Xian Mo Yu had a high IQ. Thinking that it is just curious, he proceeds to order their meal and ordered the housekeeping robot to clean the room.

In Room No.1, Xian Mo Yu shared the news with its little partner with a hint of melancholy, “My son fall in love so early, he is only 18 years old!”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Stop with your stupid worrying behaviour. He is a human being. Could it be you want him to wait until he’s 300 to get into a relationship? With his grave?”

The limp roots immediately shook, “Hahaha, you are so smart, but now you have to prepare two meeting gifts instead.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Idiot, are they married yet? Are they a family now? What is the rush to give gifts?”

Xian Mo Yu: “What you said makes sense… or are you being stingy and don’t want to give them gifts?”

Lóng Mo Téng didn’t respond.

Xian Mo Yu: “Oh well, let’s wait until they get married to give a gift to my son-in-law.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “You are so long-winded, that’s what I planned.”

After breakfast, Su Ling and Gu Liheng went downstairs and saw Ye Lei pacing in front of Room No.1. When he saw them, he stopped walking and said to Su Ling, “Go in and have a look, something is wrong. Xian Mo Yu won’t let me in.”

Su Ling: “What’s wrong?”

Ye Lei: “Something suddenly appeared on it.”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows in surprise and walked into Room No.1.

As soon as he entered, he saw Xian Mo Yu’s red petals and moving roots, as well as some vines with sharp claw-like leaves wrapped around its petals. The vine forms a complete circle in the middle of the petals. At first glance, it looks like it originally grew on the petals. Following the tug from Xian Mo Yu’s roots, Su Ling walked to a red petal. The petal lowered onto the ground, then a leaf of the vine at that petal suddenly enlarged, until it was about the size of a paper fan. The stalk of the leaf broke away from the main vine, and the end with the large leaf was stretched out, dangling in front of Su Ling.

Su Ling was stunned and was about to ask what it meant. Then, a root quickly entangled the leaf and pulled the leaf off, trying to place it into Su Ling’s hands. However, when Xian Mo Yu did that, the vine abruptly elongated into a whip-like size and whipped that root.

Lóng Mo Téng was surprisingly angry, “Bas-tard, you dare to destroy my perfect gift-giving action?!”

Suffered a whipping, the root fell limply and loosened its grip on the leaf, “I’m sorry. I was afraid you will regret it. Also, my son doesn’t understand what you mean.”

The leaf fell down, and Su Ling subconsciously caught it with his hands.

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Caution: Cliff ahead, don’t jump! (or try to stop yourself before the ending)

Su Ling thought for a while and asked Ni An, “What do you think is an appropriate price?”

Ni An pondered and answered, “The raw material from Xian Mo Yu has great significance to the military. It can treat the damage caused by the dark matter from the outer space, which means the military’s combat ability can be improved.”

“Our planet spent a lot of time, energy, and money on every outstanding soldier. Many outstanding generals suffer from the illness caused by dark matters, and their recovery is also of great significance to the military.”

“In terms of efficacy, no matter how expensive the raw materials are, it is still reasonable. But since the military intends to buy out all the raw materials and accumulate it for a long time, it will be a huge expense for them if it is too expensive.”

The man leading the group earlier said, “As long as you don’t raise the price unreasonably, the military can accept it. Whenever we purchase materials from individuals or private companies, we have always paid the market prices and will not take advantage of you.”

Su Ling pondered for a moment and said, “Then we shall price it the same as high-grade dark matter inhibitor.”

All 4 soldiers were stunned by Su Ling’s words. Initially, they were worried that Su Ling would raise the price to gain more profit after knowing that the raw material is important. But they didn’t expect him to set the price so cheap.

Ni An was also a little surprised by the decision, “Are you sure?”

Su Ling nodded and smiled, “This is the second time I have cooperated with the military. Major Qian and I have signed a contract for Lopseed’s raw material.”

A smile appeared on the leading soldier’s serious face, “That rascal, he was showing off in front of me before this. He sure makes his move quickly.” Stretching out his hand in front of Su Ling, the man introduced himself, “Belle City Logistics Dept Chief Wang Qing, happy to meet you.”

Su Ling quickly reached out to shake hands and smiled, “Sorry if I was rude before. Nice to meet you, Chief Wang.”

Wang Qing shook his head and said, “No, I was impolite and too impatient. I didn’t introduce myself earlier. The price you set is very cheap. Thank you for your generosity.”

Su Ling solemnly said, “As a citizen in the Capital, I can’t enjoy living in a peaceful environment without the military.” He smiled embarrassedly, “This price is just a token from me. Sorry that I can’t gift it to you. I am actually quite poor, and I need to spend a lot of money on Xian Mo Yu’s daily expenditure.”

Hearing that, Chief Wang said with a straight face, “You don’t have to be sorry at all. To be able to think like this at such a young age, it’s really surprising.”

Several other soldiers agreed and nodded.

Su Ling smiled. He set that price because to him, 10,000 star coins per ml is already very high, and he didn’t have to work hard at all. As for his latter words, it was a word from his heart, and he wants to show his friendly intention. There is nothing wrong with leaving a good impression.

After the price was negotiated, the two parties signed the contract right away. Both red and black liquids currently available add up to a total of 1,000 ml. And so, Su Ling’s personal account instantly increases by 10 million. He was quite excited but still remained calm on the outside. Back on Earth, he can be considered a rich man with this amount in his bank account. He knew very well that when money reached a certain amount, it is just numbers.

Ni An and the rest looked at Su Ling with admiration. He has just reached adulthood but could maintain a stable temperament; that’s very rare. Chief Wang pointed to the soldier next to him and said, “These are the top soldiers from our special forces. Xian Mo Yu is important to us, so they will ensure both you and Xian Mo Yu’s safety in the future.”

Ain’t that exaggerating?

Su Ling waved his hand and said, “No need, Xian Mo Yu doesn’t need any protection.”

“How about your safety then?” Chief Wang hesitated before asking.

Generally, it is not easy for a spiritual plant specialist to get along with a Grade A spiritual plant, let alone Grade S. In case Su Ling has an accident, Xian Mo Yu would definitely hide away again. Then it will be very difficult for us to find it, let alone getting the raw material smoothly.

Su Ling: “With Xian Mo Yu with me, I will be safe. You should have seen the corrosive nature of its liquid? Don’t worry.”

Seeing that Su Ling rejected the suggestion, Chief Wang nodded and said, “Then, I won’t assign personal guards to you. Would you like to move to the military district? Together with Xian Mo Yu?”

Su Ling shook his head, “I hope that my cooperation with the military will not affect my daily life.”

Chief Wang immediately understood what he meant. He could understand that, after all, Su Ling is just a young Omega and won’t like living in a serious and formal environment.

“Alright, if you have anything to ask, you can contact me at any time.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

After the group left, Su Ling went to see Xian Mo Yu in Room No.1. Xian Mo Yu’s flower petals were flat, and its roots laid limply on the ground, looking very dejected. As soon as Xian Mo Yu saw him, its roots immediately wrapped around his wrist, and a picture of the office building’s garden appeared in his mind. On the other hand, its roots tried to pull him to go out.

“You want to go there?”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots nodded.

Su Ling: “You found your friend?”

Xian Mo Yu’s petals lifted lightly, and the roots were tangled together, but it did not give a clear answer.

This is the first time Xian Mo Yu has avoided answering his question. Some guesses flashed in Su Ling’s mind, but he did not continue to ask.

“Wait here, I need to ask the researcher team. If you go there, their monitoring system may need to be transferred as well.”

Hearing that, Xian Mo Yu’s roots stiffened. And as if in a daze, it fell softly to the ground. Xian Mo Yu retracted its roots, and its petals closed as if it is going to sleep.

Changed your mind so soon? Su Ling smiled and asked, “Not going anymore?” Xian Mo Yu stretched out a root and nodded, so Su Ling said, “Good night.”

Exiting Room No.1, Su Ling went upstairs with Gu Liheng. Instead of going back to his own room, he went to Gu Liheng’s room and headed directly into the bedroom. He had only taken 2 steps inside when Gu Liheng stopped him, “Ling Ling.”

Su Ling turned back, “What’s the matter?”

Gu Liheng looked into his eyes and hesitated, “You… you really wanted to stay here tonight? I’m afraid I can’t control myself.”

Blinking, Su Ling took out a small bottle and sprayed it in the air, “I just want you to try the fragrance I made and see if it can improve your sleep.”

A hint of embarrassment flashed on Gu Liheng’s face. Su Ling’s eyes curled with smiles, spraying perfume while walking, “I didn’t plan to stay, but you reminded me that there is actually a good way to promote sleep, so I’m staying.”

Not saying anything, Gu Liheng simply stood there. His eyes followed Su Ling, and his gaze was deep.

After spraying every place, particularly at the head of the bed, Su Ling makes sure that the air is full of soothing fragrance before putting the bottle in the backpack. Seeing that Gu Liheng hadn’t moved from his earlier position, he couldn’t help but chuckle. He walked to Gu Liheng, raised his hand around Gu Liheng’s neck, and rubbed the back of his(GLH) neck.

Shocked, Gu Liheng grabbed his hand, “Ling Ling!”

Su Ling squinted and tilted his head, “To be fair, you can help me take mine off.”

Gu Liheng didn’t move but stared intently at Su Ling as he asked, “Do you know what you are doing?”

Hearing that make Su Ling flushed, but he nodded, “I know.”

“I’ll take a shower first.” Gu Liheng said after a thoughtful silence before letting go of his hand.

Su Ling: “…what were you thinking about just now?”

Gu Liheng looked away slightly before saying, “Precautions and things to note when getting together with an Omega.”

The corner of Su Ling’s mouth curved up. Staring at Gu Liheng’s handsome but tough facial features, he really loves his(GLH) sincere character to death. “What precautions?” he asked.

Gu Liheng moved slightly towards the bathroom, seeming to want to avoid answering the question. So, Su Ling grabbed his hand and lightly squeezed his finger, “Can’t you tell me? Well, I should also check what precautions to get together with an Alpha.”

“You don’t need to check,” Gu Liheng’s eyes fell on him again, “you don’t need to pay attention.”

“Really? So what do you need to pay attention to?” Su Ling just wanted to tease him at first,
and he really wanted to know by his reaction.

Gu Liheng: “Omega is delicate and soft, and they have a delicate mind. It is necessary to pay attention to hygiene to avoid causing any feeling of disgust. Must always pay attention to Omega’s reaction, take care of them carefully, and…”

“Alright, I know,” Su Ling was inexplicably embarrassed when he heard it, “You go take a bath.”

Gu Liheng glanced over his red cheeks, and a smile flashed in his eyes. Although the young man behaved boldly, he is very simple deep inside; so cute and make one feel soft-hearted.

When Gu Liheng went to the bathroom, Su Ling immediately ran out and rushed to his own room. Taking the bathrobe, he ran to the bathroom.

When one didn’t have any thoughts, they could stay calm. But once the idea appears, one just couldn’t hold it back and couldn’t help being excited. As the two are taking their bath, another scene is happening behind the main building. 2 friends who had not seen each other for many years were talking about their feeling of reunion.

To be precise, it was Xian Mo Yu who talked, and Lóng Mo Téng listened.

[Banana : Sorry for the interruption. It’s better to explain about LMT here than making you guys go up and down for the footnote. 龙魔藤/Lóng Mo Téng is the friend and could be translated as Dragon Devil Vine, but it’s slightly long to keep the name and felt out of place since Xian Mo Yu’s name was not translated. Thanks for reading this~ ]

3 of Xian Mo Yu’s roots emerged from the ground, and because it was too far away, the roots could only protrude about 10 cm from the ground. Fortunately, they were very flexible, so Xian Mo Yu could constantly change its shapes. It released a small amount of fragrance to communicate with its friend.

Xian Mo Yu: “Angry! It has been so many years, you didn’t even say hello when you see me, and still requested not to be discovered by humans.”

Xian Mo Yu: “Unreasonable! Do you know how long I have been looking for you?”

Xian Mo Yu: “Wronged! Only I missed you, but you don’t miss me.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Stop with your stupid accusations. Being discovered by humans insults my identity as the Dragon Devil Vine. And you were not looking for me; you were looking for your son. What do you think I am staying here for?”

Xian Mo Yu made a big question mark.

A slender grass next to its roots glowed with green light as Lóng Mo Téng explained, “This is the spiritual plant registration association. Your son was taken away by humans. So if you found out about it, you will definitely come here.”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots shook happily, “I knew it, you miss me too, you are my best partner!”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Stop with your silly behavior. If I wasn’t so bored in the forest, and this place has a lot of people going back and forth, I would not stay there for so long.”

Xian Mo Yu: “Hehehe, admit it, you were looking for me.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “You can go away now. Don’t contact me anymore.”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots entangled around the little grass, “No, go with me.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Humans will destroy us.”

“No, my son wouldn’t do that!”

“That is a human, not your son.”

Xian Mo Yu: “He is my son, don’t you feel it? The aura on his body is the same as mine, full of natural scent.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Stupid. Return to the forest with me.”

“No, my son is only 19 years old. He’s too young; I have to protect him. You are also his elder, so you have to protect him with me.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “… for how long?”

Xian Mo Yu: “How old are we again? 1860 or 1680? Then at least 600 years old ba.”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Were you sleeping when we eavesdropped on humans in their class? He can only live up to 300 years old at most.”

A big tearful TwT filled Lóng Mo Téng’s mind.

Lóng Mo Téng: “Stop your tearful behavior, are you stupid? Dying at the age of 300 is a natural death. Human beings go through life and die like this.”

Xian Mo Yu: “There’s too little time that I can spend with him, let alone leaving now. You and I will protect him together. When he is gone, then we will return to the forest.”

Lóng Mo Téng did not respond.

Xian Mo Yu’s roots shook, and it shared the pictures of the nutrient solution with Lóng Mo Téng, saying, “This nutrient solution is super delicious, so we don’t need to go hunting; very leisurely. Didn’t you say you like to see things made by humans? I can ask my son to give you a personal bracelet!”

The little grass shook, and Lóng Mo Téng said, “Let me say this first. If humans want to do something bad to us, we will return to the forest together.”

“My son wouldn’t do that!”

The little grass retracted into the ground inch by inch, “No? Then I’ll go back to the forest now, goodbye!”

“I promise!” The roots entangled around the little grass, “I will protect you!”

Lóng Mo Téng: “Heh.”

…

Su Ling had no idea that his ‘new dad’ got him an uncle bodyguard. After taking a shower, he ran to Gu Liheng’s room. When he passed the aisle, he smelled a whiff of rich fragrance from Xian Mo Yu.

What got it so happy?

Suspicion flashed for a second in his mind, but he didn’t have time to think. He ran to Gu Liheng’s room and was given a bear hug as soon as he entered the door. A mellow red wine scent mixed with cedar hit his face, causing his feet to soften instantly. The back of his neck became hot, and the citrus mint fragrance emanates continuously from his gland. His voice was a little hoarse as he asked, “You have taken yours off?” His isolator was taken down during the bath.

Gu Liheng answered with a low En. He picked Su Ling up and walked to the bedroom.

Su Ling rubbed his forehead against Gu Liheng’s shoulders. His body heat continued to rise, and the gland at the back of his neck felt agitated. Other than that, his body felt empty, and it makes him wanted to get closer to male god. After Gu Liheng put him on the bed, and he saw his male god was about to stand up, Su Ling subconsciously wrapped his hands and feet around his male god and said, “No… don’t leave.”

After he finished speaking, Su Ling frowned and tilted his head. Since when did he become so sticky?

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Ye Lei was about to call someone to hand over his shift when he saw Xian Mo Yu moving out. Shocked, he hurriedly turned on the night lights and contacted Su Ling, “Xian Mo Yu seems to want to go out.”

Su Ling got up and walked to the window sill to look downstairs. At a glance, he saw the red petals at Room No.1’s door. He replied, “I’ll go down right away.” He hung up the call and told Gu Liheng about the situation, then the two quickly went downstairs.

At this moment, a military car stopped at the entrance of the association. Doctor Ni An, and four soldiers in military uniforms got out of the car and quickly walked into the association area. They did not stop at the office building but continued to head towards the dormitory area. After they passed the main building, a black threadlike thing suddenly bounced in their path and stood in front of them. The leading soldier paused and quickly picked up his weapon, then stood in front of Ni An.

Under the help of the lights nearby, Ni An could see what is blocking in front of them. He quickly says, “Don’t attack, it’s Xian Mo Yu.”

The four soldiers looked at the thin strip blocking in front of them and were stunned.

The root rushed to Ni An and swayed a bit in front of him. Then it fell to the ground limply, before straightened up and continued to head to the direction of the main building.

“Doctor Ni An, this…?”

Ni An: “One of Xian Mo Yu’s roots, it can spray corrosive liquid from the front end. Don’t worry, it’s smart and won’t attack indiscriminately.”

One person looked at the roots and said, “It seems to want to go to the front? But it can’t move.”

Ni An: “It seems to be, but we’ll know what happened after we asked.”

The five people continued to move forward until they reached the dormitory area, but they were stopped by the gate at the entrance. Hence, Ni An dialled Su Ling’s number.

When Su Ling went downstairs, Xian Mo Yu’s entire flower had already come out of Room No.1. He ran over and asked, “Where are you going?”

Xian Mo Yu stretched out a root to wrap around his wrist. Then, many more roots sprang out to entangle his body and lifted him up. Just as Su Ling’s feet left the ground, Gu Liheng quickly reached out to hug him, “Ling Ling!”

Su Ling turned his neck: slightly and said, “I’m fine, it meant no harm.” He could feel Xian Mo Yu’s emotions, with some eagerness in the joy, and has no intention to attack.

Seeing his calm expression, Gu Liheng breathed a sigh of relief but didn’t let him go.

Xian Mo Yu’s movements paused, and some roots sprang up again. This time, it entangled Gu Liheng, then quickly lifted the two and placed them directly on its stamens.

Ye Lei was taken aback. From the information he obtained, Xian Mo Yu’s corrosive black liquid was collected from the stamens.

“Su Ling, President Gu!”

The roots loosed its hold after they placed Su Ling and Gu Liheng onto the stamen. Then it returned to the ground and continued to walk outside.

Su Ling was lying down when the roots placed him on the stamen. He quickly got up, it felt like he is stepping on a thick and soft carpet, and his feet were slightly sunken down. Once he stood up, his body swayed uncontrollably.

Gu Liheng has a much better sense of balance than Su Ling, so he reached out to hug him firmly, “Are you hurt anywhere?”

Su Ling shook his head and turned around to shout at Ye Lei below, “We are all right.” He was about to ask Xian Mo Yu what it wanted to do when his bracelet rang. When he saw the name of the caller, which is Doctor Ni An, he connected the call right away, “Hello? Yes, wait for a moment.”

After he hung up, he said to Ye Lei, “Doctor Ni An is outside, please open the door.”

However, Ye Lei couldn’t reach the door because he was entirely blocked by Xian Mo Yu’s flowers and roots. The moment Su Ling finished speaking, Xian Mo Yu’s roots had already reached the door’s switch button. Ye Lei thought to use his bracelet to turn on the remote control when he heard a sound from the door. Xian Mo Yu has opened the door.

At the same time, several surprised sounds could be heard.

“My God.”

“Oh, what is this?”

Except for Doctor Ni An who had seen Xian Mo Yu before, the others were shocked by Xian Mo Yu’s appearance.

Worried that Xian Mo Yu would hurt someone by moving on, Su Ling quickly said, “Stop! Where are you going?”

Xian Mo Yu stopped, a root gestured to Su Ling and pointed forward.

Su Ling: “What do you want to do there?”

After his question, many clear pictures flashed in his mind, mountains, valleys, forests… various places with dense vegetation; each scene had Xian Mo Yu and another plant. However, the species of that plant is always changing. Though, there is one thing in common with all the other plants, that is, are all vine-type plants. In the image, sometimes the plant would be entwined on a tree, and sometimes it would entangle on Xian Mo Yu’s petals. Among all vines shown, one appeared frequently and have dark stems with shiny emerald green leaves. The leaves are divided into three parts at one-third of the petiole, curled slightly inward, and the tips are black,
like animal claws.

Su Ling glanced at the main building and couldn’t help asking, “Do you like vines?”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots shook left and right, then moved up and down. In Su Ling’s mind, a close-up view of that dark-stem vine appeared. After the close-up, there was a fuzzy image; two stickmen holding hands.

Su Ling: “This is your friend. You don’t like vines, but you like your friend?”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots went up and down a bit. Then it twisted happily before started to walk forward again.

A guess flashed in Su Ling’s mind, “It’s here, somewhere in front?”

Xian Mo Yu’s root nodded.

…

On the other side.

“Get out of the way!” Ni An hurriedly said to the others upon seeing Xian Mo Yu moving forward.

Su Ling grabbed the roots in front of him and said, “Stop! I’ll take you there, it’s not easy for you to go out like this.” If he lets Xian Mo Yu go out like this, both the left and right sides of the gate will probably be corroded.

Xian Mo Yu didn’t stop moving, and in Su Ling’s mind, he saw a scene of Xian Mo Yu corroding the soil and suddenly emerging from the ground. Immediately understood what Xian Mo Yu wanted to do, he hurriedly said, “No! I promise you. I’ll take you there, and it won’t be any slower than your speed.”

Xian Mo Yu’s roots sprang up from the ground, quickly placed Su Ling and Gu Liheng down in front of the gate, which they had a face-to-face meeting with Doctor Ni An’s five-person group.

“This is?” Doctor Ni An asked in surprise.

Su Ling: “Sorry, I’ll talk about it later, we have something urgent to do now.”

Worried that Xian Mo Yu could not wait and will destroy the door, Su Ling put Xian Mo Yu in his space storage and ran to the office building. Gu Liheng followed closely behind him while Ye Lei also hurriedly followed. Ni An’s five-person group saw them running, although they were confused, they all followed behind the trio. When Su Ling reached the open space of the office building, he opened his space storage to put Xian Mo Yu down.

Xian Mo Yu’s roots shook happily and stalked up the large tree in the yard. But halfway there, all of the roots fell to the ground. Su Ling could sense that its mood has changed from exhilarated to feeling wronged, and the fragrance it exuded became more intense.

No one noticed that the vines at the top of the big tree have changed. The gleaming emerald green colour disappeared, and its claw-shaped vines turned into a diamond shape, exactly the same as the vines seen everywhere in the association area.

Xian Mo Yu tried to use its fragrance to communicate with its friend, but the other party had only one response: Stop your stupid communication and don’t let me be discovered by humans. The response was very subtle and difficult to be discovered by humans and spiritual plants unless they are of the same grade.

Ye Lei turned on the night light outside the office building, and the surrounding area brightened up.

As soon as the light was turned on, Su Ling couldn’t help but glance up. It was no different from the daytime. The diamond-shaped leaves at the top of the tree were not very clear. Could it be that Xian Mo Yu thought it had found its little friend but realized that it had made a mistake when it gets nearer? That’s not right. If that’s the case, its feeling should be changed from happy to disappointment, not feeling wronged.

At the same time, Ni An sighed, “Eh?! Why did you turn on the light?”

Puzzled, Ye Lei replied, “It’s too dark.”

Ni An looked helpless as he said, “I came here, especially at night without prior notice for a reason. It is all in vain now.”

Su Ling lightly squeezed Xian Mo Yu’s root as a sign of comfort. Hearing this, Su Ling asked, “So you coming tonight, is there anything you want to keep secret?”

Ni An nodded, trying hard to hide his excitement, and subconsciously lowered his voice, “The effect of Xian Mo Yu’s black liquid has been studied, and the result is out.”

Su Ling is curious. Judging from Ni An’s reaction, it should be useful. He asked, “What is it?”

Ni An: “Let’s go to the office to have a good talk,” he pointed to Xian Mo Yu, “What was it doing here actually?”

A picture of a single-line mouth appeared in Su Ling’s mind, with a big cross on it. Su Ling was a little surprised, does that means Xian Mo Yu doesn’t want him to tell other people? He shrugged at Ni An and said, “I don’t know, maybe it’s because it has been staying too long in my space storage and indoors, so it felt bored.”

Ni An pondered for a moment and said, “Grade S spiritual plant has the same IQ as elementary school students, so you really shouldn’t keep it in a closed environment often.”

Su Ling nodded in agreement and placed Xian Mo Yu in his space storage. When they returned to the dormitory area, he released it in Room No.1. Ni An went to the monitoring room beside. Ye Lei knew that their talk is confidential so he did not go in.

Ni An looked at Su Ling and seemed serious when talking about business.

“According to research and experimental results, Xian Mo Yu’s black liquid can help to curb the damage caused by the dark matter from the universe and remove the particles that are left in the wound.”

“At present, many front-line officers and soldiers in the military have been tortured by this type of injury. A senior officer was seriously injured in the battle previously, and the particles have been spreading inside his body for many years. Right now, it is necessary to perform surgery on him as soon as possible.”

Hearing that, Su Ling asked, “How much liquid is needed?”

Ni An: “The more, the better.”

From his space storage, Su Ling took out bottles of black and red liquid he collected recently, “That’s all I have.” He asked Gu Liheng, “How to calculate the market price of this type of remedy?”

Gu Liheng: “There is no market price. Before this, the only treatment can only prevent the spreading and cannot cure it. The medicine is at least 10,000 star coins per ml.”

The faces of the four soldiers changed slightly. One wanted to say something but was held back by another person.

Su Ling was stunned by the pricing. The raw material Xian Mo Yu could produce at most is almost 50 ml per day!

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Xian Mo Yu stretched out its roots and swayed in front of everyone. Then the roots retracted, leaving one wrapped around Su Ling’s wrist and one standing beside him.

After Ye Lei turned on all the monitoring equipment, his eyes fell on Su Ling’s wrist, “It’s very close to you.”

Su Ling hadn’t spoken yet, and the standing root bent to rub Su Ling at the side of his face. He reached out and pinched the root, “Don’t mess around.”

Ye Lei was surprised by the interaction, “It can understand us? What a high IQ.”

“Yes,” Su Ling nodded. “What the book says about Grade S spiritual plant having high IQ is correct.”

Ye Lei’s eyes lit up, and he circled Xian Mo Yu, “Unfortunately, Grade S spiritual plants are too rare, we don’t know much about them. Although we have found traces of Grade S spiritual plants everywhere, we failed to track them down. They know how to stay hidden in their own turf too well.” He looked at Su Ling, curious and excited, “Why did it come back with you? And why it would be so close to you?”

Su Ling hesitated but told Ye Lei about his pheromone abnormalities. Before Ye Lei could ask further, he stated, “I don’t know what was in my body before. I haven’t seen it on Xian Mo Yu’s body either.”

Ye Lei recorded down his(SL) words and asked, “Will it be fine just drinking nutrient solutions? Does it need to bask in the sun for photosynthesis?”

“It shouldn’t be necessary ba, I have never let it out in the sun before,” he said, lightly squeezing the roots, “Do you want to bask in the sun?”

The standing root swayed left and right, then moved up and down again.

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, “So it’s yes or no?”

The roots didn’t move, and Xian Mo Yu’s experience flashed in Su Ling’s mind. Its red petals seemed to be shining in the sun, surrounded by many animals, as well as colourful butterflies and bees. At the next scene, Xian Mo Yu is waiting quietly in the depths of the forest where there is no sunlight at all, with roots extending everywhere; hunting mode. Now Su Ling understands that Xian Mo Yu will hunt when there’s no sunlight to do photosynthesis. It has inherited survival methods from both plants and animals. But now that it has nutrient solution, which has replaced hunting. He asked Xian Mo Yu to confirm the information he learned, “You mean, it’s okay either way whether to bask in the sun or not?”

The roots moved up and down.

Ye Lei: “Then we won’t arrange light factor for the indoor test. We will wait for the field test to study its photosynthesis.”

After Ye Lei finished speaking, he asked the team members to open a new container of nutrient solution and put it near Xian Mo Yu. A lot of roots came out from Xian Mo Yu and soaked itself in the container. As it unfolded itself in the nutrient solution, the fragrance it exudes is stronger. Obviously, it is feeling happy now.

Ye Lei enjoyed the fragrance for a while before asking, “How do you feel when you smell its scent?”

A team member replied, “Very comfortable, it gave me a lazy feeling.”

“There is a sense of trance, like in a dream.”

Someone agreed, “Yes, I feel that way too.”

Ye Lei looked at Su Ling, “I feel the same as them, how about you?”

Su Ling nodded: “But my mind is clear, knowing that everything happening right now is real.”

Ye Lei acknowledged with an En. After a moment of thought, he said, “A feeling of trance, but doesn’t affect reason.” He rubbed his lower neck unconsciously, and then pointed to a member of the team, “Old Third, you stay.” Then he said to Su Ling, “I want to test the effect of its scent on Alpha and Omega’s pheromone. To avoid getting affected, please go next door.”

Except for Ye Lei and Old Third, the others all walked out. Some team members joked, “Group leader, don’t be afraid. If he dares to mess around, we’ll rush over and beat him right away.”

The man they called Old Third threw a kick in the air, “Fxck off, my self-control is super strong. Otherwise, why do you think the team leader asked me to test his theory?”

The man laughed and closed the door after going out.

In the next room, no one sat down. Everyone stood there looking at the holographic screen that was as large as the wall. Su Ling and Gu Liheng stood at the front, while the rest stood at the door, seemingly ready to rush to Room 1 at any time. In the holographic screen, Ye Lei said to Old Third while taking off his isolator, “Take off yours.”

Old Third did as what he told.

The people in front of the holographic screen were all staring at the screen. Five minutes later, Ye Lei and Old Third are still standing face to face, but no one is blushing or getting soft at the feet, just like when they have their isolator on.

“I watched the team leader’s assessment before this. His pheromone was very attractive, it doesn’t make sense.”

“Uh…Is there a problem with Old Third?”

“Impossible, Old Third went directly to the bathroom after watching the team leader’s assessment last time.”

After another five minutes, Ye Lei faced the camera and beckoned them.

When Su Ling saw this, they all moved to the next door.

Both Ye Lei and Old Third has re-attached their isolator, and the ventilation equipment is in operation. But some of the sweet smell of an Omega pheromone and strong Alpha pheromone still remains in the air.

Gu Liheng took Su Ling’s hand and looked at his expression.

Taken aback, Su Ling soon reacted and laughed, “I’m not affected.”

The other team members were surprised as well as they said, “I am not affected either.”

“It feels so strange. I can smell the team leader’s pheromone, but my emotion is very stable.

Ye Lei held down his excitement and tried to calm his tone, “This should be the effect of Xian Mo Yu’s fragrance, which blurs the feeling, but does not affect the reality.”

“It is equivalent to that AO can still smell the other party’s pheromone, but it blurs the emotional changes brought by the pheromone while keeping the mind sober.”

Su Ling’s eyes lit up and looked at Gu Liheng, “In this case, we can stay together in the future, and it will be fine even if we don’t attach our isolator!”

Gu Liheng nodded and said, “However, it is still uncertain whether the scent is useful for AO who are already affected, and whether the effectiveness stays the same for AO with high compatibility rate.”

A team member voiced out, “Oh yeah, Old Third has the lowest compatibility rate with the team leader.”

“Haha, it turns out that the team leader chose Old Third for this reason.”

Ye Lei turned to glance at the man, and when they settled down, he said, “President Gu is right, but there is no way to test it today. We will go into the details, and it will be tested three days later.”

“No matter what the result is, this effect is already very magical,” Ye Lei made a fist. “In the future, AO may be able to fall in love without the isolator, just like a normal Beta, without being affected by their instinct.”

“That’s great. I have a friend where the person he like has a low compatibility rate with him. Later, another person with a high compatibility rate chased after him. After drinking, he was affected by their pheromones, and he couldn’t control himself, ending up having a relationship with that person. It is still a big mess at his side.”

“So miserable.”

“When I can’t control myself, I became really upset and felt like a beast. So it always distressed me seeing my Omega’s sorry state after I woke up in the morning.”

Hearing that, Su Ling glanced up, it was the Alpha who was sitting on the right seat before.

“Boss, stop spreading dog food.”

“Yes, is this a time to spread dog food?”

Ye Lei recorded the result of their testing and ordered, “Go and prepare. The indoor test doesn’t need much help, we’ll just need to monitor the whole process.”

The boss nodded and left with the other four members.

Then Ye Lei said to Su Ling, “I will go to the next door to observe. You can join me or do your own thing. I will contact you if something is up.”

Su Ling: “We won’t join you then, we still have something else to do.”

Before Su Ling leaves the room, he reminded Xian Mo Yu again not to mess around. After lightly pinching the roots, Xian Mo Yu let go of him, and he and Gu Liheng left Room No.1.

They headed to the spiritual plant sample storage room. Su Ling swiped his bracelet and went in. Once inside, it seemed like they have entered an enormous library. The indoor area is large, with rows of shelves placed, just like bookshelves. The level of the spiritual plant sample is written next to the shelf. The closest to the door is Grade E. Each row of shelves has three floors, each with ten grids, which are blocked by small glass windows, and samples are placed inside. A label with the name of the spiritual plant is attached to the upper right corner of the glass window, as well as a brief introduction of the spiritual plant, including the effects of its aroma.

Su Ling sighed in admiration, “What a good place.”

It is a paradise for students majoring in spiritual plant.

Gu Liheng asked, “You like it? It’s not a problem for our Gu company to find all the known spiritual plants listed so far. It just takes time to organize it, and then we will be able to make something like this in the villa.”

“No, it’s not that I like it. I just think it’s very convenient to study this way,” Su Ling said with a laugh. “Don’t do this in the villa. After I noted down the information, it will be useless.” This is definitely a very heavy workload.

Gu Liheng looked at him and nodded.

Smiling, Su Ling took Gu Liheng’s hand and led him to the first grid and said, “Smell it carefully. Tell me which one that makes you feel refreshed, soothed, and comfortable.”

A soft expression appeared on Gu Liheng’s face, “Okay.”

Gu Liheng concentrated on feeling the effects of various spiritual plants’ scent, and Su Ling mentally noted down the fragrance and the name of the spiritual plant. Although he has a better memory now, he still can’t remember things with just a glance. But he won’t force himself, he will just remember as much as he can.

At dinner time, they only managed to get to the Grade D spiritual plant area. There are too many Grade E spiritual plants, accounting for almost half of all types of spiritual plants. Many Grade E spiritual plants have similar effects. Gu Liheng has pointed out a total of 42 spiritual plants, of which 18 are refreshing. Su Ling kept the records, and they left the storage room to eat dinner at the restaurant outside the association.

When they returned, Su Ling walked to the door of the dormitory area, and a root broke out from the ground and swayed in front of him. Su Ling looked at the black hole on the floor, “…If you really want to come out, come out through the window next time?”

Fortunately, it’s just a root. If there’s more… what if the level collapses? He thought about it and felt that it is indeed dangerous. Hence while walking into his room, he explained the consequences of the floor collapsing to Xian Mo Yu.

At the same time, Ye Lei came out of the monitoring room, his eyes fell on the root, “How long is its root?”

Su Ling looked back, then looked at Room No.1. The roots from Room No.1 to the black hole and then to where he stood were at least ten meters away.

“I don’t know either.” In his impression, the roots were like a rubber band that could stretch indefinitely. He rubbed the root of his wrist and asked, “How far can you reach?”

The root lets go of him, went straight to the second floor, and entered his room through the second-floor window.

Ye Lei estimated, “More than twenty meters.”

Soon, the root retracted and disappeared from the black hole it created. After a while, two roots came out of the window of Room No.1 and went directly to Su Ling’s room on the second floor. Although he couldn’t see what is happening, but from the way the roots shook, Su Ling knew that it is swaying in front of Lopseed and Baby’s breath again.

He looked at Ye Lei and asked, “Is it okay that it acted like this?”

Ye Lei raised his head to look at the roots, “It’s okay, it doesn’t affect the test since it’s up in the air[1]. Is there something in your room that it likes?”

Su Ling: “Lopseed and Baby’s breath, it is probably playing with them.”

Hearing that, Ye Lei’s eyes lit up and he made notes on his bracelet, “In other words, Grade S spiritual plant can make friends.”

Su Ling agrees, he thinks Xian Mo Yu regards him as a friend.

…

In the evening, Su Ling’s room.

Su Ling and Gu Liheng sat in the living room, Su Ling looked at the fragrance making courseware, while Gu Liheng handled urgent documents from his company. The two did not communicate, but the atmosphere was very warm. The scent of Lopseed and Baby’s breath in the air makes them very comfortable, and they don’t feel tired regardless of study or work. Xian Mo Yu’s roots stayed until the two plants closed their petals, indicating that they had to rest before moving away from them, and went to Su Ling’s side.

Su Ling casually gave it a squeeze and turned back to focus on the courseware.

Xian Mo Yu stayed for a while, then turned to sway in front of Gu Liheng. Gu Liheng glanced at it and continued to look at his files. Its roots scurried around boredly and finally lay lazily on the windowsill. Suddenly, it felt something, the front end opened up in shock, and soon quickly retracted from the window sill. Its movement was fast and light, so it didn’t make any noise or large movement. Su Ling and Gu Liheng didn’t even find out when it left.

The roots left the window sill but did not return to Room No.1. Instead, it went to the front office building and finally stopped behind the main building. Its front end opened up again, contracting like it was heaving. Then it stopped the action and patted the ground irritably before collapsed on the ground[2]. At the same time, countless roots appeared in Room No.1, some of them rushed towards the door and opened the door. Then the roots stretched straight, lifted the flowers bud, and moved forward. Every time the flower bud move, the roots behind the main building also move forward.

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Su Ling’s response was fast, but he still couldn’t grab the thing before Gu Liheng could see it. When he rushed over, he could see Gu Liheng was stunned speechless. Su Ling managed to snatch the box from Gu Liheng’s hand, but because of too much momentum, he bumped into Gu Liheng. Gu Liheng caught him and took a step back, causing both to fell to the sofa. When they landed, Su Ling’s chin hit Gu Liheng’s chest. Rubbing the sore part, he saw the box in his hand and immediately stopped moving. Next, he quickly put his hand behind him.

Gu Liheng looked at Su Ling with a complicated expression. Lightly rubbing Su Ling’s chin with his thumb, he asked in a low tone after a while, “Why buy this?”

Su Ling blushed and stuttered, “Um, I was…”

Curious? Want to try? Bought the wrong thing? Several answers flashed through Su Ling’s mind, but all sounded terrible; they either sound like a lie or a shameful acknowledgement.

Su Ling’s skin is fair to start with, so when he revealed a blushing and speechless expression, he looked pitiful.

Gu Liheng brushed his hair to soothe him, “Don’t panic.” He glanced down at Su Ling’s neck, “Are your estrus coming soon?”

Hearing the calm tone in Gu Liheng’s voice, Su Ling calmed down a little and turned to look at his expression carefully. Seeing that he is not angry, didn’t have other negative emotions, he felt relieved. At the same time, Su Ling is also a little puzzled, shouldn’t male god get aggravated by this kind of thing? Nevertheless, he shook his head and answered, “No.”

Gu Liheng lowered his head to meet Su Ling’s eyes, his eyes darkened, and his voice was slightly hoarse as he continued to ask, “Then why buy it? You ‘want’ it?”

During their estrus, Omega will have a strong urge to be ‘conquered’. Though in other normal times, their reaction will not be so strong, there will still be physiological needs.

Su Ling’s eyes widened, “No!” He bit his lip. Now that he got found out, he decided to lay everything out. Although it is cruel to expose male god’s scars right now, that day will still come sooner or later. Before this, he couldn’t bear hurting him(GLH), that’s why he wanted to take it slowly in a gentle way. Now that he saw male god’s reaction, he felt that his(GLH) heart is quite strong in accepting things. To be honest, Su Ling prefers speaking out directly as well. The roundabout way is like his relationship with male god, he felt unsettled because he couldn’t be sure what is Gu Liheng’s illness.

With a serious expression, he looked at Gu Liheng and said, “I think we have to talk.”

Gu Liheng looked serious as well, Su Ling adjusted his posture, and the two sat side by side facing each other. Su Ling took a deep breath and placed the box between them, “I don’t mind you using these.”

Gu Liheng stopped breathing.

Su Ling spoke quickly, “I have checked online. This is one of the simplest models, and there are many other tools available. Even if your disease is not cured, it won’t impact our lives.” He stared at Gu Liheng, “I don’t mind your illness. What I like is your character and your way of doing things. You make me feel that our relationship can be very stable, and I feel at ease.”

He lowered his voice, “So don’t refuse to marry me because of your illness. This makes me very unsettled. I want a stable relationship.”

Su Ling knows that a relationship may not be stable even after marriage, but influenced by his mother since childhood, he always feels that marriage is a sign of a stable relationship.

Gu Liheng stared intently at Su Ling for a long time, but he couldn’t hold back and pulled Su Ling close to kiss him. He didn’t know why the young man would misunderstand his illness, but he was incredibly moved by his reaction. The young man thought he couldn’t ‘do’ it, but still liked him, and even wanted to solve his problem by secretly purchasing those things. Except for his young man, there is probably no other Omega who can accept their Alpha having s-e-x-ual dysfunction illness.

Su Ling obediently accepted the kiss, and eagerly responded back. Placing his hands on male god’s shoulders, he is showing by action that he didn’t mind at all.

After a while, Gu Liheng stopped. Su Ling has moved to sit on his lap at some point, panting against his shoulder. He held Su Ling with one hand, and caress his back with the other hand.

Soon, Su Ling’s breathing slowed down. Feeling uncomfortable sitting with his knees bent, he wanted to change his posture, but when he moved, he found that something is wrong. Something is poking against his thigh. As a man, he immediately understood what it was.

Su Ling looked up in surprise, “You already healed?”

Gu Liheng held his hand and explained, “I’m not sick. The illness I said is not in this regard.”

Su Ling blinked and smiled awkwardly, “Haha, I misunderstood. It’s fine if just a misunderstanding.”

“Why would you have such a misunderstanding?” Gu Liheng asked seriously.

Thinking that his misunderstanding might attack male god’s confidence, Su Ling quickly explained, “It has nothing to do with you, but… apart from this illness, I can’t think of anything that will make you feel that you can’t give me happiness.” Of course, it has something to do with the rumours he has heard. Hence when the idea comes up, adding with the rumours, Su Ling thinks it is extremely possible.

Gu Liheng’s palm was placed against the side of Su Ling’s neck, his thumb lightly touching the corner of his(SL) lips. His tone was very low when he said, “There is.”

Su Ling grabbed his hand and looked at him, “Tell me, you don’t want to reencounter this kind of misunderstanding, right? You will be very tired facing this alone, I want to share the pressure with you and want to understand your situation.”

Gu Liheng’s jaw stiffened slightly, and the mood in his eyes changed. After a while, he hugged Su Ling and put his chin on his shoulder. If Su Ling asks him before this, he might hesitate, unwilling to tell the young man about his weakness. However, knowing that the young man is willing to accept him even if he had problems in ‘that aspect’, he could not continue to hide it from the young man.

“Mental difficulties in showing facial expressions.”

Several scenes flashed quickly in Su Ling’s mind, which is male god’s abnormal reaction when he realized he was smiling. He put his hand on male god’s arm, feeling very distressed. There is definitely a reason for the psychological disorder. He asked, “You can’t smile naturally?”

“En,” Gu Liheng replied in a low voice, “When I smile, I will have hallucinations, subconsciously shaking and having panic attacks.”

“What kind of hallucinations?”

Gu Liheng was silent for a moment before saying, “Something from my childhood.”

Sensing that Gu Liheng didn’t want to go into details, Su Ling didn’t ask. He let him hold him for a while and patted his arm. After Gu Liheng let go of him, Su Ling smiled and said, “I probably can understand what you think. You think that since you can’t smile at me, I always live in a serious environment, and I will eventually feel depressed and can’t stand it?”

Gu Liheng’s lips were slightly pressed together, “Yes.”

Su Ling touched the corner of his mouth with a finger, “But, you have smiled at me several times.”

“My reaction…”

Su Ling: “Not the first few times, but the most recent. I have seen your previous reactions, so I didn’t tell you whenever you smiled recently.”

Gu Liheng opened his eyes slightly, showing a surprised look, “Really?”

Su Ling nodded and asked, “This means you are getting better, right?”

“Yes,” Gu Liheng nodded, “After I smiled in front of you, I consulted the doctor, and he suggested that to stay in contact with you more.”

Su Ling squinted his eyes, “But you didn’t follow the doctor’s advice and asked me to move out.”

“No, I adjusted my leave and went to Silver Mist Forest with you.”

Su Ling suddenly said, “So it was that time. No wonder you wanted to follow me. Then why did you stay away from me again?”

Gu Liheng confessed, “You confessed to me. I like you, but I can’t accept you, because it will be painful for you.”

Su Ling grabbed his hand with a flip and laughed, “It won’t be anymore. We are already together. From now on, you have to follow the doctor’s advice and stay with me more.”

Gu Liheng’s eyes were filled with smiles, “En.”

Su Ling pointed to his eyes, “Look, your eyes are smiling.” He gestured with his thumb and forefinger, leaving a little distance. “Although the arc is small, you still smiled.” He looked at male god’s expression, “Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Gu Liheng was startled and blinked, “No.”

Su Ling smiled, “Then, I will tell you whenever I see you smiling. And you will tell me if you are uncomfortable.”

Gu Liheng: “Alright.”

After the conversation, Su Ling was in a good mood. He got off his male god and sat side by side. His foot touched the box that had fallen off the sofa, and his expression immediately became embarrassed.

Gu Liheng: “You don’t need to use this kind of thing anymore, throw it away.”

This sentence is really ambiguous, can easily make people’s thinking go wild.

Su Ling acknowledged with an En, then he picked up the box, looking embarrassed. If he throws it directly into the trash can, it would be embarrassing in case anyone saw it, but he would uncomfortable if he doesn’t get rid of it. With a flickering gaze, he squeezed the root that had been wrapping around his wrist and started to unravel it. Then he placed the box in front of the root.

The root immediately understood. It wrapped around the box lightly and start shaking it.

Su Ling: “…Don’t shake it! Can you dissolve it with your poison? The kind that would melt things completely.”

The root becomes arched and flung the box out. The parabola of the box falls directly on the black stamens, and it disappears in the blink of an eye.

Su Ling was very satisfied, “You are so awesome!”

Xian Mo Yu was pleased to be praised. Its red petals went up and down, and the roots twisted happily and then entangled in his hand.

Su Ling gave it a pinch, “From today, someone will do some research on you. Don’t worry, it won’t hurt you. Just cooperate with the tests and don’t hurt other people.”

A root stood in front of him and moved up and down.

Su Ling: “So smart. I’ll tell you the details after I’ve discussed with the researchers.”

…

At noon, the two had lunch and walked around the dormitory area. The greenery on both sides of the dormitory is splendid. There are many low-level spiritual plants, and many ordinary plants were planted as well. Su Ling saw several vines with diamond-shaped leaves.

After a stroll, the two went back to their rooms for a nap.

After Su Ling woke up, he received a message from the leader of the research group. So he went to find Gu Liheng, and the two went to the room outside on the first floor of the spiritual plant building on the left.

The room is large in size and furnished like a classroom. The front is a podium with various instruments around it. There are eight stools underneath. On the first row, there are only people sitting on the right side of the podium, while the other three are empty.

As soon as they entered, 5 Alpha in camouflage uniforms and an Omega in the black shirt on the stage looked over at them.

The Omega in black shirt nodded and said, “Hello, I’m Ye Lei, the leader of the research team, please come in.”

The two greeted the group and walked to the front, Ye Lei: “Mr Su, you can sit in the middle.”

Gu Liheng glanced around and sat down on the second right of the podium, next to the only Alpha in the front row, while Su Ling sat down on the second left[1].

Ye Lei: “Let’s just talk about our main purpose.” The view of a room appeared on the holographic screen behind him. “This is room No.1 next door. We planned to let Xian Mo Yu stay here so we can test its indoor habits on the first day.” He looked at Su Ling: “Can it be done?”

Su Ling nodded, “Yes.”

“After 5.00 pm tomorrow, we will move Xian Mo Yu to a natural environment to test its habits in the wild.” Ye Lei said, the screen behind him turned to the forest.

He looked at the Alpha on the right, “Is 1 day is enough for you to arrange the move?”

The Alpha nodded and said, “Enough.”

“We will observe Xian Mo Yu in the wild for 3 consecutive days. As for the remaining 3 days, we will adjust according to the previous study. Is there a problem?”

Both Su Ling and the Alpha shook their head.

Ye Lei: “Let’s put Xian Mo Yu in the room next door first, and we will measure its various data.”

Everyone turned to the next door. When Xian Mo Yu appeared in the middle open space, someone in the test group couldn’t help but make a noise. Although they had seen the pictures during the assessment, seeing the real thing is entirely different.

A visual shock, and a scent of enjoyment to the nose.

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Gu Liheng strode to Su Ling’s side and placed his right hand lightly on Su Ling’s left shoulder. Then looking at Mother Gu with a serious expression, he greeted, “Mother.”

Mother Gu was a little surprised by Gu Liheng’s sudden appearance. When the staff of the rental shop said that the suit had been paid in full, she knew that Gu Liheng had found out about her meeting with Su Ling. She just didn’t expect him to come over immediately, and that fast. The corner of her mouth curved down as she said, “Take a seat.”

Su Ling looked up at Gu Liheng. Male god’s expression was stiffer than usual. Was he(GLH) worried about him? He grabbed Gu Liheng’s hand on his shoulder, then shifted his body to the right, opening some space to sit on his left. Gu Liheng looked down and sat beside Su Ling. The side of their arms touched, and Su Ling immediately noticed that male god is quite muscular. Slightly stunned, he tilted his head and saw the side of male god’s icy face. Gu Liheng didn’t have any expression on his face; looking cold and serious. It’s completely different from how he(GLH) usually behaved in front of him.  As he was thinking, his hand was suddenly flipped down and held tightly.

Gu Liheng turned to look at the young man, his expression slightly nervous. Did he(SL) notice anything?

Su Ling smiled at Gu Liheng and asked, “Would you like something to drink?”

Gu Liheng’s complexion eased up slightly as he replied, “No need.”

Mother Gu watched how the two interacted, and her eyes were round with surprise. In her memories, her son was very monotonous; always wearing the same expression and doing things in the same way. Calm and serious, polite but indifferent. But when facing Su Ling, maybe he didn’t even notice it himself, his expression was soft and lively. Mother Gu rubbed her forehead, she knew too well that no one could break apart a pair of AO that is in love. Initially, she thought it’s not too late to separate them, but now it seems impossible. She won’t go against the impossible, so she placed her folded hands on the table and asked, “When are you going to get married?”

Su Ling’s eyes widened slightly. Mother Gu’s thinking took a giant leap from just now.

Gu Liheng shook Su Ling’s hand and unconsciously used a little force. He replied, “Ling Ling is still young, at least until he graduates from university.”

“4 years?” Mother Gu frowned. “It’s too long. If you are worried that pregnancy will affect your studies, I will take care of the baby after the baby is born.”

The corners of Su Ling’s mouth twitched. How did this topic end up so strange? Didn’t you want to break us up? How did it become helping to take care of our children? Wrong! The main point is children, it is impossible for male god to have children ah! Su Ling quickly glanced at male god. Seeing that his expression is still calm, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, “We are still young and want to enjoy life as a couple first.”

Mother Gu looked at Gu Liheng, “You think so too?”

Gu Liheng: “En.”

After staying silent for a long time, Mother Gu finally said, “As you wished.” She focused on Gu Liheng, “You are an adult now and have your own ideas. I cannot influence any of your decisions anymore.”

“I’ll stop caring about you,” she straightened her back, her voice slightly cold, “I want to take over the Snow Leopard.”

Gu Liheng was surprised, “Why?”

Mother Gu: “To find the truth about your father’s death.”

“The truth?” Gu Liheng’s cheeks and jaws tightened.

Mother Gu: “I don’t believe it is an accident. There are many doubtful points. Previously, I have spent all my energy in order for our family to survive and put you in charge of Gu company. Even if I found out that there is a problem, I have no time and energy to investigate it.”

“Later after the company’s situation improved, my rejection illness became more serious, causing my thoughts to be unstable, and I couldn’t think clearly.”

“In these past few days after I’m fully cured, I have sorted out what happened at the time. As for the specific details, I need the Snow Leopard Mercenary Corps to investigate.”

Gu Liheng said solemnly, “You can pick any team you want, and I want to follow up the whole process.”

Mother Gu: “Sure, but I have the final say on how to investigate.”

Mother Gu finished her coffee and said, “I will leave first. If you decide to have the wedding in advance, remember to tell me.”

Soon after Mother Gu left, Su Ling and Gu Liheng left the cafe as well. Su Ling looked around, but didn’t see the car he came with earlier, “Huh, where’s the driver?”

Gu Liheng: “I let him off work. We will take my car to go back.”

Su Ling: “But the suit is still in the car, I will contact him!”

Before he raised his hand, Su Ling’s hand was caught by Gu Liheng. Gu Liheng led him to a sleek black car and said, “I’ve bought it.”

Su Ling got into the car with him and turned his head helplessly at him, “…Didn’t I said you don’t need to buy it?”

Gu Liheng: “You wore it before, and it suits you well.”

Su Ling blinked, “Just because of these two reasons?”

“En.”

Hearing that, Su Ling’s eyes curved up. He placed his hand on Gu Liheng’s shoulder and leaned over, “I found out that you are actually good at saying sweet things.”

Gu Liheng: “I didn’t.”

Su Ling smiled and stopped talking about random stuff. Poking his finger on the side of his(GLH) face, he asked, “You have a serious expression, thinking about your father?”

Gu Liheng looked down at him, “En, I always thought it was an accident.”

Su Ling grasped Gu Liheng’s right hand and shook it lightly, as a silent gesture of comfort.

20 minutes later, the car stopped, and Su Ling looked out, “Do you still want to stay in the association?”

Gu Liheng: “En, my mother won’t let me intervene in the investigation. I will know if there is progress.”

Hearing him mentioning Mother Gu, Su Ling thought of his reaction when facing her. He wanted to ask if there is a problem with their mother-child relationship, but after a moment of hesitation, he stopped himself from asking.

…

The two got out of the car and entered the association after confirming their identities. The big tree in the middle has not changed. The leaves are still lush and green. The diamond-shaped leaves of the vines on the tree are swaying with the wind, which is very beautiful.

“How do you feel?” he asked.

Gu Liheng: “The environment is excellent.”

The two went directly to Director Li’s office. Director Li got up from her seat with a smile on her face. When she saw Gu Liheng, she was taken aback, “President Gu?”

Gu Liheng: “Hello.”

A look of disbelief appeared on Director Li’s face. That cold-faced president has finally fallen in love?

It wasn’t until the two were taken to the dormitory behind the office building that Director Li’s expression eased up. The dormitory is n-shaped like the office building, but the floor is much lower, only 3 floors, but it occupies an extensive area, and the exterior walls were painted with green paint. Many green plants grow on both sides of the dormitory, and behind it is a tall courtyard wall, so one can’t see what’s behind it.

Director Li: “On the left is the spiritual plant area, where we placed all the spiritual plants,
and also where we observe the plants. On the right is the researcher’s residence, and the middle is the residence for spiritual plant’s owner. There are 2 rooms on each floor, all empty, sp you can pick whichever you want.”

“No one stays here?” Su Ling asked.

Director Li led them to the middle area and answered, “En, we have quite a comprehensive data regarding the currently registered spiritual plant, so they do not need to be studied.”

Su Ling nodded, then Director Li continued, “After you contacted me, the association held an assessment for researchers. After the results come out at noon, 6 researchers would move in, and the team leader would contact you. We will need your help during the research process.”

Su Ling nodded, “No problem, where are the samples of the spiritual plant’s fragrance that I mentioned before?”

Director Li pointed to the office building behind her, “In the storage room on the 6th floor. You can just swipe your bracelet at the entrance, as the necessary authority has been granted to you.”

“Thank you.”

Director Li: “Feel free to walk around. You can tell me if there is anything that you are dissatisfied with, and I will let people handle it.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

After Director Li left, Su Ling and Gu Liheng took a look at the rooms. The layout of all rooms is the same, very spacious and homely styled. Su Ling stood in the middle of the stairs on the 2nd floor and asked, “One room each or stay together?”

Gu Liheng’s expression slightly changed as he glanced at Su Ling. Then he pointed to the room near the spiritual plant area and said, “You sleep here, I sleep next door.”

“That is not next door, there’s a stair between us.” Although Su Ling said that, he went along with Gu Liheng’s decision.

If both of them stayed in the same room, and they remove their isolator at night, it’s very easy for things to go wrong under the influence of their pheromones.

Both went into Su Ling’s room first, and Su Ling took Gu Liheng to the sofa, “Stay here and don’t go out during the day. Only go to your room to sleep at night.”

Gu Liheng acknowledged with an En.

Satisfied, Su Ling smiled and got up. He took out Lopseed and Baby’s breath from the space storage and put them together in the corner of the living room. A sweet and refreshing scent quickly spread in the living room, and their mood relaxed unconsciously. Su Ling looked at the area of the living room and stood near the balcony, “I want to take out Xian Mo Yu. I need to inform it about the research and other things to prevent any problems. Can you move the sofa aside?”

Gu Liheng got up and moved the L-shaped sofa away very easily, leaving the middle of the living room empty.

Su Ling took out Xian Mo Yu, and his surrounding instantly darkened because Xian Mo Yu has blocked all the light in front of him. Xian Mo Yu’s emotions were transferred to him, letting Su Ling know that it is unhappy. As if to express its unhappiness, a lot of roots appeared, waving in the air. A picture appeared in Su Ling’s mind, Xian Mo Yu’s roots swaying happily in front of Lopseed and Baby’s breath, and the 2 plants suddenly disappeared – he took them out of his storage.

Before he had time to explain, Xian Mo Yu suddenly became happy again. A root was wrapped around his wrist, while 2 roots rushed to the corner, and continued to sway in front of 2 Grade A spiritual plants. The excess roots stopped waving in the air and quickly retracted into the flower bud.

Su Ling pinched the root on his wrist in amusement. What a childlike temper, changing so quickly.

In the surrounding light, Su Ling saw a black object fall from mid-air and fell in front of Gu Liheng. He became speechless. The roots always looked smooth and didn’t seem to be anything wrong. Is it possible that Xian Mo Yu could grow things like sweet potatoes on its roots? He looked over and saw Gu Liheng bending down to pick the item. It was a long black box, around 20cm.

Oh my God!

Su Ling flushed, and quickly rushed to Gu Liheng while shouting, “Don’t look!”

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Right after Su Ling’s message was sent, his bracelet immediately rang. It was a call from Nalu. Su Ling connected the call and smiled, “Uncle Nalu.”

Nalu quickly asked, “Did you drink?”

A random thought flashed through Su Ling’s mind, ‘How many bottles? Why are you so drunk?’

With a helpless tone, Su Ling said, “No, I’m very awake right now, and it’s not a dream. Uncle Nalu, your question really hurt me, you have no confidence in me?”

Nalu gave a light cough and said, “No, no, Xiao Ling is excellent. Getting together with President Gu is nothing, you can even get together with a marshal.”

Su Ling chuckled, “No need, I’m not interested. It’s just that I’m very happy so I want to share my joy with you.”

Nalu: “Congratulations,” he couldn’t help but ask, “How did President Gu agree to you? Did you make it clear to him? There is no wrong understanding, right?”

Su Ling: “…” He simply tugged Gu Liheng’s sleeve, “Mr Gu, tell him please.”

“What? Why did you suddenly say Mr Gu…” Before Nalu could finish asking, he heard a calm and magnetic voice.

“Hello, I’m Gu Liheng, Ling Ling’s boyfriend,” he paused, his tone was especially serious, “Don’t worry, I am serious, and I will treat him well.”

Nalu was dumbfounded by his solemn words, he had a weird feeling like he is marrying his son off. It took him a long time to return to his senses, “Oh oh oh, congratulations to you two. I believe you.”

Gu Liheng: “Thank you.”

Su Ling laughed and informed Nalu that he will be going to stay in the spiritual plant association for a few days.

Su Ling: “Please feel free to contact me if something is up.”

Nalu: “Alright.”

Hanging up the call, Gu Liheng took Su Ling for a walk in the garden.

Su Ling couldn’t help laughing, “When I first lived in, I invited you to take a walk, but you refused.”

Gu Liheng was surprised, “You already liked me at that time?”

Su Ling nodded and said, “En.”

Gu Liheng smiled, “I didn’t even notice.”

Su Ling snorted, “Of course you didn’t. You see me as a kid at that time, but now you are in love with a kid!”

There’s an inexplicable sense of him slapping his own face. Gu Liheng coughed slightly and emphasized with a serious look, “You are already an adult.”

Smiling, Su Ling hugged Gu Liheng and said, “Why are you so cute?!”

After taking a walk, Gu Liheng went to the gym room to exercise. Su Ling was worried that male god might have to restrict his own movement if he(SL) follow, plus he wanted to check some information, so he didn’t go with Gu Liheng. He returned to the guest room and saw that the guest room is as clean and tidy as ever, and the furnishings were the same as before. Eyes curving with a smile, Su Ling takes off his isolator. He sat on the sofa on the balcony and started searching for adult products online.

There were a lot of pop-up pages, and there are various products. There are some products that Su Ling can’t understand the purpose at first glance, and some are realistically made, which is very obvious what it is used for. There are also products with a capitalized, bold wording saying specially for Omega use only.

Su Ling couldn’t help but flushed, feeling very ashamed, and his heart was beating wildly. He took a deep breath, but thinking that these things will be used on him, he doesn’t feel very good anymore. Closing the page, Su Ling supported his chin on his hand with a melancholy face, he couldn’t even pass his own hurdle, how could he persuade male god to use the products?

Should he pretend to be s*xually indifferent? Or pretend to be a ‘match made in heaven’[1] with male god? That won’t work either. He sighed against the couch. His strange reactions (towards temporary marking with an Alpha) today verified what was mentioned in the physiology Book. This also means that Omega can really get into estrus, unable to control himself, and eager to be ‘conquered’. Although he has not experienced the estrus period before, he is already an adult, so the estrus period may come at any time. He can’t act like it’s nothing. If that time comes and he clings to male god, but male god can’t help him…

Just thinking of that scene breaks his heart, ain’t that a preview of a breakup scene?!

Therefore, they still have to resort to tools. After a moment of consideration, Su Ling searched for some ‘videos’ instead of opening the history tab. In his mind, he felt that maybe the demonstration of the item in actual usage might not be as impactful as imagined. It turns out that he is still too naive.

Halfway through the video, Su Ling couldn’t bear to watch it any longer and exited the window. He couldn’t imagine himself having the same reaction as the Omega in the video; miserable and le-wd, crying to be bullied, just like a ma-so-chist. He was quite confident at first, but now he finds it too difficult. Although he has only confirmed his relationship with male god and doesn’t need to worry about getting on bed for now, but he doesn’t have a solution in hand. That makes him feel insecure, and he keeps having the feeling that their relationship is precarious.

In the end, he went to the relationship forum, wanting to learn from other people, but he soon found that there is no Omega with the same experience. All of the threads were asking about what to do when their Alpha ‘wants it’ too hard/much? It seems that male god’s illness is a rare case in Planet Belle, no wonder he(GLH) keep rejecting him before this. And the pressure is so great that he can’t sleep well too. If male god is here now, he would definitely give him a hug to show comfort.

With no experience to learn from, Su Ling reluctantly exited the forum. After thinking about it, he clicked on the history tab for the previous shopping page. Then he set the filter to display the products in an ascending mode, from beginner to advanced level.

Baby steps here, he should be able to accept using the tools slowly.

Enduring his embarrassment, Su Ling read the manuals of the first three beginner tools carefully while blushing. Next, he paid attention to the videos attached that demonstrate the usage of each product. After understanding the functions, he bought the second type. When filling in the mailing address, he deleted the location address and fill in the address of his rented unit.

It will be embarrassing if he sent it to the villa and it gets found out by male god. Although male god will eventually know about it, he(SL) has to adapt to the tools first. Otherwise, if he reacted stiffly or looked repulsive, male god might feel that he(GLH) can’t satisfy him(SL), and ended up thinking that they can’t be together.

After placing the order, Su Ling’s discomfort eased up a lot. He patted his face and got up to take a bath. Before going to bed, he sent a good night message to male god, and soon received a reply: “Good night.”

…

The next morning, Su Ling and Gu Liheng had breakfast together, and then Su Ling went to Xiao’s villa alone to collect the liquid. As soon as he entered the living room, Lin Meng jumped up from the sofa.

“Ling Ling,” Lin Meng ran to Su Ling and wrinkled his nose, “God, are you really with President Gu now?” Then with a low voice, he asked ambiguously, “You have President Gu’s scent all over you. How did you do the marking? Did he bite your gland?”

For Su Ling, he easily recognized Xiào Rui’s scent on Lin Meng’s body as well. He replied, “No, and Xiào Rui bit yours?”

Lin Meng shrank his neck, his face flushed as he answered, “En.” At the birthday party last night, Xiào Rui was taken by Father Xiào to meet many elders. After drinking a few glasses, he couldn’t hold back his emotions.

Su Ling smiled, but didn’t plan to continue to gossip, “I’ll harvest the liquid first. We’ll talk later.”

Later, Lin Meng said, “We are going to the amusement park today, do you want to join us?”

Su Ling: “No, I have something to do.”

Lin Meng: “Then when do you have time? Let’s make an appointment to hang out together.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

Lin Meng sent Su Ling to the door and saw the car parked outside. He lightly bumped against Su Ling’s arm and asked, “That’s President Gu’s car, right? You stayed in the Gu villa yesterday?”

Su Ling uttered an En and said goodbye to Lin Meng. After getting in the car, he said to the driver, “Xinlu Community.” [Banana – Sorry for the interruption, this is the area of SL’s rented unit]

On the way to the unit, Su Ling received a message from the dress shop, reminding him that the rental period of his suit is expiring[2], and the extension requires additional fees. After reading the message, he tapped his head. Love makes one silly indeed. He had planned to return the suit yesterday morning but completely forgotten about it after male god confessed to him.

At the rented unit house, Su Ling took the things he bought last night and placed them in his space storage. Then he got on the car with the suit bag and informed the driver about the location of the dress shop.

Along the way, the driver’s bracelet rang, but Su Ling didn’t mind. The cars here are all basically fully automatic. The driver mainly adjusts the route, which acts as a double assurance.

The driver answered with an En, then ended the call. Then he turned to Su Ling and called out embarrassedly, “Mr Su.”

Su Ling turned from the window to the driver, “What’s the matter?”

“Madam said she would like to see you. She will meet you at the Star Shore Cafe.”

That news makes Su Ling raised his eyebrows. But after a little thought, he thinks he knows what happened. So he said, “Go then.”

Not long after, the car stopped in front of an exquisite building. Su Ling glanced at the sign and got off the car. As soon as he entered, the waiter greeted him, “Do you have any appointments?”

“Madam Gu.”

“Please follow me.” The waiter led Su Ling to the right side window deck.

Su Ling greeted Mother Gu and then sat down.

Waiter: “May I take your order?”

Su Ling glanced at the menu and said, “A glass of lemonade, please.” He is not used to drinking coffee in the morning.

Mother Gu checked Su Ling out with a gentle smile on her face, she said, ” I didn’t get to thank you properly at the banquet. Thanks to the Redthorn Ball liquid you provided for my illness.”

“You are too polite,” Su Ling smiled, “I said it before, President Gu helped me a lot, and I didn’t give it for free.”

Mother Gu took a sip of coffee before saying, “Since it’s not free, it means our Gu family doesn’t owe you anything?”

Su Ling’s face remained unchanged, “Yes.”

“How much do you know about the Gu company?” Mother Gu pinched the handle of the cup with her fingers, rubbing gently with her thumb as if lost in memory.

Su Ling honestly replied, “Not a lot.”

Mother Gu looked at him as she said, “Ah Heng’s father, he died when Ah Heng was only 8 years old. Ah Heng is the only grandson of the Gu family, and his grandfather was biased on his grandson, so his relatives in the Gu family stared hungrily at the main branch.”

“If my parents didn’t take action at that time, Ah Heng would not even be able to keep his life, let alone take charge of the Gu family. From the point of view of young Omegas like you, wealthy families looked grand on the outside. But you don’t know how they are like a battlefield without gunpowder inside. With one bad move, one might not even have any bones left.”

She said with tears in her eyes, but her face was icy, “Just like Ah Heng’s father.”

Su Ling was taken aback, that wasn’t an accident? However, he did not ask further. This inside information is absolutely confidential. Mother Gu may not tell him, and the information would be useless for him if he knows. After a moment of silence, he looked at Mother Gu without hesitation and said,  “I understand what are you going at. You want to remind me that my family background is useless to President Gu, and you want to use the dark side of the rich to make me step back.”

“I’m sorry, I can’t do as you want. I like President Gu so unless he likes other people, I won’t give up on him.”

Mother Gu smiled slightly, “You are very smart, so I’ll be frank. You are not suitable for Ah Heng, and I disagree with you two being together.”

Su Ling frowned and was about to refute when his bracelet rang. He glanced at it and saw that it’s a call from male god. He turned to Mother Gu and said, “Sorry, I will take the call first.”

Once connected, Gu Liheng’s magnetic voice could be heard saying, “Are you still in the Xiao villa?”

“No, I forgot to return the suit yesterday. I will go back later.”

Gu Liheng: “Have you return it yet? If you like the suit, I’ll just buy it for you. No need to return it. I have packed my things and am ready to head to the spiritual plant association.”

Su Ling smiled, “No need to buy it, I won’t wear this kind of suit a lot. Talk to you later.”

When he hung up the call, Mother Gu said, “It seems I have delayed your time to return your suit. As an apology, I will buy it for you.”

Su Ling: “No need.”

Mother Gu glanced at him and smiled. She tapped at her bracelet to contact the driver, but the call couldn’t connect as it is showing that the driver is in a call.

On the other side, the driver was sweating cold sweat. He didn’t have time to bother when a notification came to indicate another incoming call. He said, “The suit is in the car, Mr Su… and Madam is in a cafe.” He wiped his forehead and continued, “Star Shore Cafe, yes, I will do it right away.”

He hung up the call and sighed softly. Then he glanced at the missed call from Madam Gu. It is too difficult being sandwiched between a rock and a hard place. He hesitated but remembering what President Gu said, the driver decided to pretend he didn’t notice the missed call for the time being. He got out of the car and went to the back seat to check the rent number in the suit bag. Then he went to the dress shop and paid with his card.

Since Mother Gu’s call did not get through to the driver, she called the dress shop instead. She mentioned Su Ling’s name and offered to buy the rented suit.

“Madam, the full amount has been paid for the suit.”

Mother Gu hung up the call and looked at Su Ling with complicated eyes, “It seems that Ah Heng really likes you.”

Su Ling didn’t understand how she comes to the judgment, but the content of the words made him feel happy. With curved eyes, he said, “I’m honoured.”

However, Mother Gu has no smile on her face as she drank her coffee in silence.

Su Ling sipped at his lemonade and waited for her to speak. In his mind, he is guessing what’s in her mind and what kind of objection she would make. Will she give him a check to make him leave male god? Or will she argue in front of male god? Although Su Ling doesn’t mind this situation, he still felt a little helpless. Mother Gu is male god’s closest relative, and he doesn’t want male god to be embarrassed.

After a while, Mother Gu spoke again with a sharp glint in her eyes, “A marriage that is not blessed by the elders will not be happy. You can’t provide Ah Heng with any help, and you may even become his weakness.”

Su Ling’s eyes narrowed.

“I won’t be his weakness.”

“He is not a weakness.”

Almost at the same time, a familiar magnetic voice came from behind him.

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[1] 天造地设 – It is an idiom, and Banana cannot see anything wrong with it. Not sure if there’s an online slang for it

[2] Not sure if this is plot hole, or author forgot to tell us because previous chapters suggested that LM bought the suit and rented it to SL