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Su Ling recognized the picture at first glance. The pattern of the vase and the background of the wall are exactly the same as the restaurant where they had dinner yesterday. The rose he gave to male god was taken from this vase. A weird expression appeared on Su Ling’s face. Could it be this post is actually talking about him? He clicked into the thread, skipped the praise about the Omega’s appearance and atmosphere, and went straight to the main point.

“After the Omega took the flower, he went to sit on the sofa while carefully placing it behind him. His eyes were shining brightly at that time.”

“When the Alpha came in, he was staring in mesmerization.”

“After they left the restaurant, the rose was left behind. Obviously, the Omega was rejected.”

“I’m still feeling sorry for the Omega. After work, I chatted with my colleague, who cleaned the private room. My colleague told me that a strange Alpha, who looked very rich, returned to the private room, and carefully store an ordinary rose in his space storage.”

In the last paragraph, there is a picture of jasmine by the windowsill.

“A poignant and touching love story emerged in my mind.”

“Why couldn’t I meet this kind of Omega?

“…”

“Is this Alpha a tsundere?”

When Su Ling saw this comment, he couldn’t help but chuckle. Then his smile narrowed slightly as he started thinking about something. His male god is not an arrogant person and did everything sincerely. Had it not been for the photo of a jasmine vase with the same position by the window sill, he would even think it was just a coincidence. This kind of behavior is completely unlike his male god.

His male god reaction to his pheromone caused Su Ling to overthrow the idea that he(GLH) has feelings for him, but looking at this post, he felt that there should be some good impression for him. But then male god’s actions puzzled him. If he(GLH) really likes him, why reject him? If not, then why did he(GLH) return to fetch the rose? Could it be he has misunderstood male god’s character? Su Ling recalled the times where they were getting along and felt that something is wrong somewhere. He rubbed his chin with his fingers and sighed slightly; feelings are something complicated indeed. His gaze fell on the post, and the corners of his mouth tilted up slightly; it felt wonderful on the other hand. He had to say that he felt happy to accidentally discovered these little movements from male god. After a moment of thought, Su Ling saved a screenshot of the post, then proceed to send a private message to the thread starter to delete the post. Although the possibility of male god coming to the relationship forum and see this post is very small, but in case he does, he(GLH) will definitely be embarrassed.

A holographic screen popped up saying [Sending failed, the contact does not exist].

Su Ling was taken aback. He clicked into the private message function from the person’s profile page itself. What do you mean it doesn’t exist? He tapped the back button and exited from the private chat window back to the post, and saw a big notice saying [This post has been deleted]. That was weird, but fortunately, he has saved the screenshot earlier! He went to the main page of the forum and saw several new posts asking why today’s Hot post is gone? An explanation post came out soon. It was from a small account of the poster’s friend.

“Exposing the guest’s information has violated the regulations. The post has been deleted. Please don’t spread it indiscriminately.”

Su Ling’s eyebrows raised up, thinking that the person in charge of the restaurant is too powerful. To be able to discover even posts posted by the employees in the relationship forum.

Currently, the person in charge of the restaurant is reporting the situation nervously, “President Gu, the post has been deleted. I’m really sorry; I will make him resign tomorrow.”

Gu Liheng: “No need, just forget about this matter.”

“Yes, sure sure.”

Gu Liheng ended the call, and the holographic screen in front of him showed that the post has been deleted. Su Ling shouldn’t have seen it, right? Embarrassment rose up again when he thought about what the post wrote about him, but he couldn’t help but feel happy as he imagined how the young man acted with the rose when he hasn’t arrived at the restaurant. Gu Liheng raised his gaze slightly, and a gorgeous rose appeared in his vision. The scene where the young man gave him the rose appeared in his mind. Gu Liheng has an uncontrollable urge to see and embrace the young man. Realizing that this kind of idea could not be realized, the feeling of uncomfortable and loneliness, even some grievance, rushed inside his body. He closed his eyes, breathing slowly and long, calming his emotions. However, the emotions during susceptible period were uncontrollable. Gu Liheng opened his eyes and unconsciously tapped on the boy’s contact number.

With only a few short sentences, he gave the contact information of the auction house manager to the young man. The young man thanked him, and he replied with you’re welcome. When the boy asked him to take a good rest, he replied with one word, Okay. Gu Liheng stared at their conversation record for a while, and finally decided to take a rest. He switched back to the forum page and bookmarked the posts about Omega’s feelings that he had read halfway earlier before going to sleep.

…

Su Family Study

Father Su frowned and sat on the sofa. The chestnut-haired man, Father Su’s younger brother Su Hao, said to him angrily, “After investigating, Tian Ling Fragrance Bar is indeed his, the spiritual plant is also his. That Nalu has always been the manager, just the acting store manager.”

“Brother, you didn’t see how arrogant he was. He didn’t even leave a bit of face for me in front of the Xiao Family young master, really anger me to death!” Then Su Hao couldn’t help but ask, “You really didn’t know that ex-sister-in-law has Redthorn Ball?”

Father Su’s face looked ugly, “I didn’t know,” he snorted heavily, “No wonder Su Ling dared to sever ties with the Su Family. It turned out that he has Redthorn Ball.”

Su Hao: “What should I do now? He refused me without hesitation and seemed to be hostile to the Su Family. He would definitely not sell Redthorn Ball to us.”

Father Su: “Abandon Redthorn Ball, and continue to investigate the whereabouts of Pearl Lopseed and Golden Baby’s breath through the black market, and be sure to buy one of them.”

Su Hao nodded and said, “Alright, I don’t want to suffer any anger from that kid anymore.”

“Thanks for your hard work.”

…

When Su Ling got off the car, he looked up and saw 3 large words ‘Gu’s Auction House’ hanging on the building in front. The auction house has a spherical shape, and the surface of the sphere is covered by glass. It shone brightly under the sun, very modern. When he walked to the door, an employee came to greet him and was a little surprised to see him. Although the manager had said that the guest is a young Omega, he did not expect him to be so young and beautiful.

“Is it Mr. Su?”

Su Ling nodded, and the employee smiled, “The manager asked me to pick you up, please follow me.”

After they entered the building, they took the elevator to the second floor. The manager is a tall, blond Alpha young man, and he smiled brightly when he saw Su Ling, “Hello, I am Noel, please sit down.”

After they sat down, Noel forwarded the contract to Su Ling and said, “See if you have anything you want to add.”

Su Ling read the contract carefully; it was very meticulous. His eyes stopped for a brief moment on the handling fee, the handling fee is only 5%, which is lesser than the 10% market price he checked before. Then he read the protection agreement of the auction item again before signing his name and returned the contract to Noel.

Next, he took out Redthorn Ball from his space storage. The filaments that were normally floating on the surface of the Redthorn Ball sphere are hanging down limply at the moment, looking very depressed. Obviously, staying in the storage with Xian Mo Yu made it suffer deeply. Su Ling reached out and poked the red balls, and pinched its leaves. The leaves immediately stick to his hand, and the filaments gradually rose and swayed slowly. A sweet smell emanated from Redthorn Ball, and it gave people a comfortable feeling. Noel and the office staff couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

Noel praised, “Nice aroma.”

After Su Ling calmed the Redthorn Ball, he informed them, “Don’t touch it, it is very vigilant and will attack whoever approaches.”

Noel smiled and said, “A common trait of high-level spiritual plants,” he pointed to Redthorn Ball, “Then, I will let my staff do the necessary preparation, and I will auction it tonight.”

Su Ling was very satisfied with their speed, “Alright.”

Noel pointed to an employee, “Move Redthorn Ball to the studio.”

When an employee approached Redthorn Ball and bent over to touch the pot, the filaments of Redthorn Ball suddenly erected, and its branches bent outwards, making it impossible for people to touch the flower pot without touching the plant itself. The employee immediately took a step back, and Noel exclaimed in surprise, “That fierce?”

He looked at Su Ling and said, “It looks like we need your help.”

Su Ling waited until Redthorn Ball finish taking its photos. Before leaving, he poured the nutrient solution for Redthorn Ball and put it in the transparent safe. Noel gave him the ticket for the evening auction and reminded him, “The auction starts at 8 pm, don’t miss it.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

After he left, Noel instructed solemnly, “The security must be enforced tightly tonight, and every segment must be carefully monitored. President Gu will be there in person, so make no mistakes.”

“Yes.”

Su Ling left the auction house and went directly to the spiritual plant registration association.

There are 3 main buildings in the association, arranged in an n-shape. In the open space in the middle of the buildings, there is a large tree with a diameter of more than 1 meter. It grows tall and straight, and the top was a large canopy of leaves. The tree top was lush, which looks like a mushroom from a distance.

After contacting the director introduced by Doctor Ni An, Su Ling registered at the main gate and walked into the area. When he passed by the tree, he discovered that the lush top he thought belonged to the big tree was actually from another plant. The leaves covering the crown of the tree was from a kind of vine that he had never seen before. Diamond-shaped leaf grows from the vine every short distance. It hung down from the tree and swinging with the wind, looking very beautiful. Other than trees, there are also other plants growing everywhere in the association, and the environment is excellent.

Su Ling walked into the first building, which is the appraisal building. The first step of registration is to appraise the identity and grade of the spiritual plant. He looked at the sign in the lobby and turned right to Room 101. At the door, he ran into 2 hurried staff wearing the uniform of the association, and both of them were Omega. The two were faster than him and passed by Su Ling into Room 101.

“What kind of spiritual plant is coming? Why is Director Li so anxious?”

“I don’t know, it seems to be someone introduced by Doctor Ni An, who said he is a bigshot.”

Su Ling was following them, so hearing the footsteps, one of the staff turned to look behind. She asked, “Are you here to identify your spiritual plant? Building 1 only identifies spiritual plants that may be high-level spiritual plants.”

Su Ling smiled and answered, “Well, Director Li asked me to come to Room 101.”

The two looked at each other with surprise in their eyes, and one couldn’t help asking, “Where are your parents?”

Su Ling: “No elders, this is my own spiritual plant.”

“What are you all doing standing at the door?”

Su Ling turned his head and saw a middle-aged Omega woman standing behind them. She was wearing a long black dress with delicate makeup and smiling at him.

“Director Li.” The two staff greeted her.

Director Li looked at Su Ling, and her eyes lit up, “You are Su Ling, right?”

Su Ling nodded and greeted, “Director Li.”

Director Li grabbed his shoulders and walked in quickly, “Quickly, let me see what kind of spiritual plant you have. Doctor Ni An likes to beat about the bush, saying something like he is not certain and asked me to appraise it. Like I believe that he really doesn’t know.”

The 2 employees closed the door and followed Director Li.

Su Ling moved his shoulders uncomfortably and took a step aside, “So we start now?”

Director Li said, “Wait a minute.” She and the 2 employees stepped aside, and after they turned on their screen recording, she added, “Okay.”

Su Ling touched his ear stud to open the space storage and took out Xian Mo Yu. In a moment, a charming fragrance filled the room, and Xian Mo Yu’s petals were spread out. Then a root wrapped around Su Ling’s wrist, one stood erected in front of Su Ling, and the rest swayed in the air.

“Wow!”

“My God! Director Li, what is this?”

Director Li’s eyes lit up, and she turned on the appraisal instrument connected to the spiritual plant database, giving Xian Mo Yu a scan from top to bottom. Various data flashed quickly on the holographic screen of the appraisal instrument, and it finally stopped at the result: 30% similarities – Xian Mo Yu, lacking matching characteristics – foul odor, corrosive liquid.

Seeing that, Su Ling asked Director Li, “What can be used for corrosion experiments?”

Director Li said with excitement, “It seems that you already knew it is Xian Mo Yu?” As she said that, she pointed to the stone in the corner.

Su Ling acknowledged with an En and asked Xian Mo Yu to release offensive odors and corrosive liquids to dissolve the stone. A root rushed to the side of the stone, and the top of the root opened up, spraying some black liquid on the stone. In an instant, an offensive smell came out, and the stone turned into a pool of liquid.

Outside the building, the limp vine on the big tree that has always looked like it’s dead, lifted its tip from the top of the tree, and stretched towards the direction where Xian Mo Yu is at, and then retracted again all of a sudden.

The data flickered on the holographic screen and finally remained still: “Xian Mo Yu, Grade S.”

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The scent of citrus mint and cedar red wine blended in the air, causing the temperature in the private room to gradually rise.

When Su Ling heard Gu Liheng softly warning him to stop moving, he paused for a while but quickly moved forward again. Walking to Gu Liheng’s side, he placed his hand on the back of Gu Liheng’s sofa seat and leaned close to his neck.

Gu Liheng tilted his neck sideways and held Su Ling’s shoulder to stop him from coming near. Su Ling’s light brown eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of wetness as looked at him eagerly, “Take off the isolator and let me smell you, okay?”

Gu Liheng almost wanted to agree to him right away. He bit the tip of his tongue, the pain cleared his mind a bit. “Not okay,” he said as he took out a new isolator with trembling fingers and handed it to Su Ling, “attach it.”

Su Ling didn’t take it, his nose twitched slightly as he smelled the air. The aroma of the wine became stronger, making his feet soft. His body fell slightly, but he immediately pressed against the back of the sofa so that he won’t fall down onto the other person’s body. However, the distance between the two is extremely close, and their breaths were mixed together as they exhaled. All of a sudden, Su Ling inexplicably felt dry in his mouth and licked his lower lip. Gu Liheng’s eyes shrank sharply, and he took a step aside, trying to get up. Seeing this, Su Ling simply let go of his hand from the sofa and dropped directly on Gu Liheng, stopping his movement, managed to wrapped his hand around his(GLH) neck.

“Mmm…” Su Ling hummed uncontrollably at the moment their skin touched, and a tingling sensation swept across the body from the area of contact, followed by an endless sense of emptiness.

He wants more.

Su Ling unconsciously rubbed his face against Gu Liheng’s chest. The soft fabric of the sweater couldn’t hide anything at all so he(S) could feel that his(GLH) body is extremely stiff. Raising his head, Su Ling’s hand wrapped around Gu Liheng’s neck groped around that area.

Gu Liheng immediately grabbed his hand and said with a deep voice, “Don’t move.”

Forced to stop, Su Ling started feeling a little unsettled. He moved his head nearer that their face almost touches, pleading, “Let me smell it, I want to smell your pheromones.”

Gu Liheng’s cheeks and jaws were tight, and his black eyes were bottomless, like deep sea being swept by a storm. His body was too tightened up that a slight creaking noise could be heard coming from his bones. He did not answer Su Ling but turned his head slightly. Letting go of Su Ling’s hand, he tremblingly rubbed the side of his bracelet. The next moment, two inhibitors appeared on his hand, and he managed to inject the inhibitor on himself with a shaky hand. However, going against his instinct (to get together with an Omega) made his mentality fall to the bottom of the abyss. He almost wanted to smash the inhibitor to the ground, and then hugged the Omega in front of him tightly. Gu Liheng gasped heavily and restrained the impulse. Then he turned to the other inhibitor. The black hair that fell on his forehead was wet with sweat, and the hair on his cheeks was sticking on his face. Though he is feeling depressed and abandoned, his facial expression did not change. He took Su Ling’s hand and said, “Don’t move.”

The sight of the inhibitor cleared Su Ling’s fogged mind a bit, and his fair face was flushed with embarrassment.

Was he too proactive just now?

Su Ling calmly let Gu Liheng injects him with the inhibitor. Gu Liheng glanced at him, and after he finished, he passed the new isolator to him again. Taking the isolator and sticking it to the back of his neck, Su Ling coughed slightly and got up from Gu Liheng’s body. The heat in his body gradually subsided, Su Ling stood next to Gu Liheng and looking down at him, “Are you okay?” Physiology textbooks say that Alpha in the susceptible period is very fragile.

Gu Liheng uttered an En in a low voice, “Sorry, I didn’t notice that my susceptibility period is coming. It was my negligence.”

If it isn’t for his susceptible period, his pheromone will not leak out while having the isolator attached, and Su Ling would not be affected and fall into a state of pseudo-estrus. Fortunately, it is pseudo-estrus. If they are really in heat, then it will not be easy for them to calm down. A highly matched AO pair, which the Alpha is in susceptibility period while the Omega is in estrus period staying together in the same room; the ending result can only be ‘conquering’ and ‘being conquered’.

Su Ling replied, “It’s okay,” he chuckled lightly. “You know, I don’t mind that, but the result still gave me a bit of shock.” Gu Liheng looked up at him, and he(SL) simply shrugged, “You are not willing to mark me even when you are in susceptible period. It seems that you really don’t like me. I thought you would have a least some affection for me.”

His male god probably, really regarded him as a friend only.

Staring at each other, Su Ling added, “But unless you stop being single, I won’t give up.”

Gu Liheng looked at Su Ling, and a despicable thought suddenly appeared in his mind, wanting the young man to remember what he said and never give up on him(GLH). He didn’t say that, though, because he couldn’t give the young man a guarantee. He couldn’t even set a deadline for Su Ling because he didn’t know when he would be cured. He knows too well how terrible not setting the deadline is. Looking away, Gu Liheng went to adjust the ventilator in the private room to the maximum gear. The pheromone smell remaining in the private room quickly dissipated.

On the other hand, Su Ling is not disappointed by Gu Liheng’s reaction and stood by his side the whole time. After all the pheromones dissipated, he tapped his bracelet and paid the bill, then said, “I will send you to your car.”

Although his male god behaved normally, but his(GLH) sweaty hair and aura made him feel uneasy. After all, the textbook uses the word ‘fragile’ to describe Alpha during the susceptible period.

Unknowingly to Gu Liheng himself, his expression became relieved; this Omega’s caringness is extremely good for him now.

Su Ling has been paying attention to Gu Liheng, and apparently also noticed this change of expression. He didn’t point it out, just smiled. As Gu Liheng got up from the sofa seat, Su Ling walked to the door and opened the door first.

When Gu Liheng turned around, his eyes stopped for a moment on the vase at the windowsill. The red rose stands out among the white jasmine. He retracted his gaze, walked to the door, and went out with Su Ling.

When they reached the car, Gu Liheng suggested, “Shall I let the driver take you back?”

Su Ling shook his head and said, “No, it’s very convenient to take a taxi here.”

Gu Liheng: “I will leave after you get into the taxi.”

Su Ling smiled, “If you treat other people like this as well, I’ll be jealous.” Since the Gu Family driver is here, he doesn’t worry for his male god anymore, “You go back and have a good rest, I will leave now.” Then he took a taxi and left.

Gu Liheng watched until the taxi is out of sight. He stood there for a while and turned back to the restaurant.

Driver: “……”

The waiter who was cleaning up the private room saw Gu Liheng and immediately asked, “Sir, is there anything left behind?”

Gu Liheng nodded and walked to the window sill. He gently took the rose out and stored it in his space storage.

The waiter watched him leave in a daze. According to his understanding, everything this guest wears is all top brands. Such a person treats an ordinary rose in this way; the contrast is too great. The rose is not any treasure ah.

The fragrance bar was quite lively when Su Ling returned. He sent a message to Nalu to tell him that he was back so that Nalu will not worry. After sending the message, he went to see Grade A spiritual plants in the greenhouse. As soon as he entered, he saw three trembling plants hugging each other. Next to them, two black roots emerging from the ground were swaying from side to side. Su Ling quickly looked at the floor of the greenhouse, and then looked out from the entrance to the door of the fragrance-making room. There were no openings except where the roots emerged from the ground.

When Su Ling looked back, his wrists were entangled by the roots. At the same time, a diagonal line appeared in his mind, and then another, but the angle changed as the lines appeared. Soon, his mind was filled with clusters of lines, three in each cluster, one slanted to the left, one to the right, and the middle one was straight vertically. Each cluster is not far apart, and the horizontal and vertical rows are quite neat. Su Ling didn’t understand it at first, but when the third row of lines began to appear, he finally saw it, isn’t this just a field of grass? The corners of his mouth twitched, and he squeezed the cool, elastic roots around his wrists, “Let go, I’ll go see you.”

When Su Ling arrived in the fragrance-making room, he got surrounded by roots in a blink of an eye. He asked, “Are you so bored that you start growing grass?”

All the roots went up and down, then again, and then…  If this is someone’s head, at this frequency, the head will probably fall to the ground.

“Okay,” Su Ling waved his hand, “I understand.”

In his mind, Xian Mo Yu appeared to entertain itself in boredom, and then its roots pressed against the window, wanting to go out. The last image was two of its roots corroded the ground and smoothly connected to the greenhouse. It’s just that when it arrived in the greenhouse, no matter whether the roots were far or near, or any action it made, the three plants just shivered uncontrollably and ignored him. After the images flashed quickly, a vague tearful expression TT appeared in Su Ling’s mind.

Su Ling looked at the roots that pressed itself into his arms like a baby and thought for a moment. He comforted, “The world of the strong is lonely. This shows that you are strong!” The last three words were heavily emphasized.

The roots paused for a moment, then waved frantically. Its low mood disappeared and replaced by a sense of joy.

Su Ling couldn’t help but smile. Although Xian Mo Yu is huge physically, its personality is really like a child, emotional and easily coaxed. He said, “Tomorrow, I will take you out to go through the ownership procedures, so you won’t feel cooped up.”

Xian Mo Yu became happier. Su Ling played with it for a while, then went to the greenhouse to comfort the other three plants. When he left the greenhouse, he suddenly had the illusion that he is raising a few children. Xian Mo Yu is the little overlord, and the three is little pitiful thing. The thought tickled him and gave him a sense of ‘chuunibyo’.

When he returned to the lounge, the noise in the front hall was too loud, so he turned on the soundproofing system, and the room instantly became quiet. Su Ling frowned. The soundproofing system is indeed perfect, but he felt uncomfortable from being too quiet as if the space which he is in is disconnected from the world. He took a change of clothes and went to the bathroom, and decided to make time to check for some rental listing. Although his current money is not enough to buy a house, renting a house is still fine.

Before going to bed, he leaned against the bed and casually browsed around the forum in the relationship subforum. He wanted to understand Planet Belle’s love pattern and also wanted to know more about Alpha in the susceptible period. He was typing the words ‘susceptible period’ in the search box when the corner of his eyes caught sight of a ‘Hot’ post pinned on the top of the forum.

“Ahhhhh! Today I am hanging on the lemon tree[1] again! The super-beautiful Omega who gave the Alpha flowers and was refused, a plot twist appeared!”

The picture attached was a large bouquet of roses in a vase.

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[1] Lemon means sour, so hanging from a lemon tree is simply saying the Thread Starter felt sour from the jealousy(?)

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When Su Ling walked into the restaurant, a waiter immediately greeted him, “Welcome, do you have a reservation?”

Su Ling acknowledged with an En and said, “Room 108, has anyone yet?”

The waiter shook his head, “No.”

Su Ling was a little surprised. The restaurant was much closer to the villa area than the fragrance bar, so he thought he would be late. But after a moment of thought, his male god being late sounded logical as he may have some business to deal with. After all, it was already past 6.30 pm when he called, which his male god would have already eaten on normal days. With his character, if he has already eaten, he will not lie about it, so he is most likely delayed by something on hand.

Waiter: “Will you wait in the lobby or go to the private room first?”

At that question, Su Ling glanced at the sofa on the left side of the lobby. Several people were sitting there, as well as a couple who were kissing. Hence, he immediately made the decision, “Go to the private room.”

“Please follow me.”

Su Ling followed the waiter to the right section, then reached a corner after walking for a while. The corridor that leads to the private rooms is on the right. Then, Su Ling stopped on his tracks. The waiter looked at him in confusion. Before he could ask why, Su Ling pointed to the decorative vase on the shelf in the corner and said, “Can I take one?”

There is a large handful of ordinary roses in the vase. The flowers bloom very brilliantly and look very beautiful. The request took the waiter aback. After asking the supervisor, he nodded, “Yes.”

Su Ling picked a rose in full bloom and followed the waiter into the private room. The private room is not large, but the layout is very comfortable. On the tabletop is a brown coffee tablecloth, and two large sofa chairs were placed on each side of the table. Su Ling sat down on the seat facing the door. He deliberately sat forward a little bit, leaving a space behind before carefully placing the rose behind him.

Astonishment flashed in the waiter’s eyes. The rose is obviously going to be a gift, but this is an Omega we are talking about! He has only seen Omega receiving flowers, and never the other way round. However, the waiter concealed his astonishment and asked, “Should I help you to place an order first?”

Su Ling shook his head, “I’ll wait until my friend comes over.”

The waiter pointed to the electronic menu on the table, “You can browse the menu first and order directly on it.”

Su Ling thanked him, the waiter poured him a glass of lemon water and went out. Just as Su Ling was flipping through the menu, the private room door was pushed open. He immediately looked up at the direction and was stunned speechless.

His male god’s hair which is usually meticulously combed, are unstyled at the moment, naturally hung from his head. His bangs blocked his full forehead, half-hiding his thick black and sharp eyebrows, which gave him a deep gaze. His attire is entirely different from usual, a hoodie filled with youthful aura with jeans. He also wore casual shoes, making him looked like a university student. Narcissistic thoughts suddenly popped up in Su Ling’s mind. Did his male god dressed like this to match him?

“Thank you.” Gu Liheng thanked the waiter who led the way, walked into the private room, and the waiter closed the door for him.

That deep, magnetic voice woke Su Ling up, and he regained his senses. He stood up and smiled, “You look cool,” he said, but feeling that his words were too generic, he added, “Very handsome, especially attractive.”

Gu Liheng looked at Su Ling. The young man’s smile was bright, and his eyes were clear, and he could see admiration from his light brown eyes. The uncomfortable feeling from wearing new clothing style immediately disappeared and his mood became relaxed. Gu Liheng walked to the seat opposite Su Ling and stood still, “Thank you for the compliment, please have a seat.”

Hearing that meticulous thanks, Su Ling couldn’t help but chuckle. He sat down and shifted the rose from his seat to below the edge of the table.

Gu Liheng had just taken his seat when a red rose suddenly appeared in front of him. Then he saw that Su Ling is leaning forward on the table with one hand while the other holding a rose. His phoenix eyes were filled with smiles as he said, “For you.”

Gu Liheng was slightly taken aback and looked up at him. Su Ling smiled and said, “I just saw it in the corridor. I think it matches you well. Accept it.” Gu Liheng noticed the rose as well when he passed the corridor. Infected by Su Ling’s smile, he reached out to take the flower and asked in a puzzled tone, “It matches me?” He has heard many comments about him before, and most of it was ‘serious’, ‘boring’, ‘indifferent’. No one has ever associated him with flowers.

Su Ling sat back in his seat and nodded, “Red wine and roses.” Seeing Gu Liheng’s gaze, he winked his right eye, “It also fits my intention.” Then he paused before adding, his tone was sincere and witty, “Red roses represent fiery love yo.” The moment the words fell, his expression stiffened. Su Ling has never thought that there will be one day he would say such cheesy words! However, he wanted to laugh a little bit with his sweet feeling in his heart, the feeling of being uncontrollable with emotions is not bad. Who said that the IQ of people in love drops rapidly? As a person with no love experience, Su Ling thinks that his behaviour in front of the person he likes is not bad.

Gu Liheng moved his fingers slightly and suddenly felt that the flower in his hand is a bit heavy. After a moment of silence, he handed the flower back to Su Ling and said, “Sorry, I can’t accept it.”

So he was being narcissistic after all, Su Ling thought, his male god didn’t purposely dress up for him at all. Because if it’s really for him, male god won’t refuse the rose. However, he is not disappointed since he has already planned to chase that ‘someone’. After all, he had been rejected the day before, and it would be weird if Gu Liheng suddenly accepted him in such a short period of time. He took his hand off the table and put them behind his back, with an obvious attitude saying, “If you don’t accept it, then you can just throw it away.”

Upon hearing that, Gu Liheng frowned slightly, holding the flower in a dilemma. That hesitation makes Su Ling’s eyes curve up. Even though he refused him, but Gu Liheng must have a good impression of him; otherwise, he will not react like this. He sighed exaggeratedly, reached out to take the rose. Then he put it in the jasmine vase on the table and got up to move the vase to the window sill. He sat back to his place and smiled, “I invited you to dinner not to make it awkward for you.” He tapped on the menu. “What do you want to eat?”

Gu Liheng’s gaze fell on his face, making sure that he is not saddened by his rejection. Then he turned to the menu and ordered two dishes without hesitation. Considering Gu Liheng’s usual appetite, Su Ling ordered two extra dishes and one soup. He smiled, “The red wine you often drink is too expensive, so I will invite you to drink it next time. Please bear with me today.” During the time he stayed in the villa, Su Ling noticed that Gu Liheng would drink red wine every night, but he gave up ordering wine for him after checking how much it costs.

Gu Liheng: “It’s okay. I won’t drink any tonight. If you have anything you want, just order it. I will pay the bill.”

“You treated me enough,” Su Ling raised his eyebrows. “I said it’s my treat, so don’t fight with me.”

Gu Liheng glanced at the total price and saw that their meal is not expensive, so he agreed, “Okay.” Then he turned to business, “You said you have something very important to tell me?”

Su Ling nodded, “I’ll talk about it later, so as not to affect our meal,” his mouth curved, “I will discuss another matter with you first. I want to cooperate with the Gu company’s auction house to auction Redthorn Ball liquid. My idea is to auction once a month, do you think it works?”

Gu Liheng: “Yes, I will give you the contact details of the auction house’s general manager. You can contact him directly.”

Su Ling: “Just what I want, thank you.”

The restaurant was quick to serve the food, and they are ready in a short while. Gu Liheng took a look and found that the dishes Su Ling ordered were all his favourites. He couldn’t help but look at him. The boy has fair skin and delicate features, and his eyebrows are full of smiles, making people like him at first sight—such a nice young man. Gu Liheng gripped his fist tightly, he wanted to recover even more eagerly now. He had made a decision long ago, that he will accept the young man once he is cured. If the young man regretted chasing him, he would chase him instead. However, he suddenly has this thought that this young man is so good, some other people bound to like him(SL) as well. What to do if Su Ling gets together with other people by the time he is cured?

Su Ling pointed a finger between his brows, “Don’t frown, you don’t like the food?”

“No, it’s not that.” Gu Liheng returned to his senses and picked up his chopsticks to start eating.

Su Ling glanced at Gu Liheng strangely and was relieved when he saw his expression returned to usual. After the two had eaten, the waiter collected the dishes and served them tea. After the waiter left, Su Ling raised his hand to remove the isolator and said, “The important thing I mentioned earlier is that my pheromone has returned to normal.” He laughed and continued, “If you reject me due to my pheromone factor, you can reconsider now.”

A light and pleasant smell of citrus mint soon diffused in the private room, and Su Ling controlled his pheromone to concentrate on Gu Liheng’s side. Slightly leaning forward, he asked expectantly, “Do you like it? Does it smell good?” His eyes curled up, “I think it smells good.”

The moment the sweet and refreshing scent rushed into his nose, Gu Liheng’s body became slightly heated. Soon, the smell became stronger and stronger, his heart beat wildly, and he has a strong urge to possess the owner of the scent. The muscles of his whole body tensed up, and the fingertips holding the glasses turn white. He loosened his fingers and withdrew his hand from the table to put his fist on his leg. At the same time, he leaned back against the chair, trying to put some distance between them. The moment he leaned back in his chair, he realized how stupid and meaningless his actions were.

“Put it back.” His voice was dark and muffled, and his tone was much quicker than usual, making him sounded a bit fierce.

On the other hand, Su Ling blinked and his eyes swept across Gu Liheng’s neck steadily turning red. He was about to ask when suddenly, a faint, mellow red wine scent radiated from the other side. Su Ling was taken aback, didn’t male god attach his isolator? As soon as this question appeared, the content of the physiology textbook he had read appeared in his mind.

‘Isolator blocks the scent of Alpha and Omega’s pheromone, preventing their pheromones from interacting with each other, and passively falls into estrus. ’

‘However, isolator cannot block the pheromone of Omega in the estrus period; or Alpha in the susceptible period who was attracted by Omega’s pheromone who has high compatibility with him, as the effect of isolator will be weakened.’

‘Please note, Omega in the estrus period and Alpha in the susceptible period. If you don’t have a partner, please stay in an environment without any Alpha or Omega. Use inhibitors, and wait for the moment to pass, or…’

When Su Ling recalled to this part, his whole body has already surrounded by heat, as if he had suddenly entered the steam room. He felt like steam has entered his brain, with clouds covering his mind, and his thoughts were blocked. Only the mellow scent coming from the front is clear to him. The scent was delicate and lingering, like red wine aged in oak barrels, with a touch of cedar. Helplessly attracted, Su Ling wanted to smell more of it, wanted to get closer to the owner of the fragrance. He wanted to get this smell all over his body. He got up mesmerized and started to walk around the table towards the source of the scent.

“Don’t move!” Gu Liheng softly warned. The nerve at the back of his neck was showing up, his breathing was heavy, and the thoughts in his brain pulled him into a state of extreme pain.

Reason told him to stay away from the young man, but instinct clamoured to get close to the young man and strongly possess him. When he resisted his instinct, his mood instantly became extremely depressed and frustrated. An unprecedented feeling of loneliness swept over him, making him want to hug the boy and be held in his(SL) embrace. He even wanted to seek comfort from the young man.

Something is wrong!

Gu Liheng raised his hand and touched the back of his neck. His isolator is still attached, but the smell of his pheromone was released.

He has reached a susceptible period!

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When Su Ling returned to the lobby, the store is already open for business. He didn’t see Nalu, so he asked Xiao Bian. Pointing to the office, Xiao Bian informed him, “A bunch of people came to discuss business, and there are still two of them who haven’t left.” Then he moved nearer and whispered in a low voice, “Their background is not small; the young master of the Xiao family has come in person.”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows. When the Xiao family is mentioned, he immediately thought of the protagonist gong Xiào Rui, who has a good relationship with Lin Meng. As for his appearance, Su Ling has only seen him from afar in school. Although he is not sure if the person in the office is Xiào Rui, Su Ling decided to avoid him. He still remembered what Zhao Qi said (about him chasing after Xiào Rui). In any case, there must not be any misunderstanding that he has anything to do with Xiào Rui.

However, things don’t quite go his way. When he was about to go out through the other entrance, he saw Nalu coming out of the office from the right. Among the two people behind him, one of them was Xiào Rui, wearing a shirt and trousers. He has to say that the protagonist’s charm point is indeed solid. Only 18 years old but Xiào Rui is already very tall, sunny and handsome.

Xiào Rui was stunned when he saw Su Ling, hesitating to say hello.

Before he could speak, another man with a chestnut hair in a suit and leather shoes looked at Su Ling in surprise, “Why are you here?”

Staring at the man, Su Ling doesn’t have any impression about who is that person at all.

Nalu frowned and said to the man with chestnut hair, “Please get out, our shop does not welcome the people from the Su Family.”

Oh, no wonder that man knows him.

The man glanced back and forth between Su Ling and Nalu and said, “Xiao Ao (Su Ao) said that you were bought by a sugar daddy, it turned out to be true!”

Su Ling: “…”

Surprisingly, Nalu became furious, and grabbed the man’s arm, dragging him out, “Scram! Do you fking know how to speak? You standing here in the store simply pollutes the air.”

That person wanted to fight back, but a staff who had been watching the situation rushed forward and grabbed his other arm. Together with Nalu, they dragged the man to the exit.

“Let go of me, this is your way of hospitality? If you don’t let go, I will call the police!”

Reaching the exit, Nalu let go of the man and said, “Bah, we don’t have a customer like you in our store.”

Su Ling walked towards the door, and Xiào Rui suddenly said, “You…if you are in trouble, you can ask a friend for help. I heard Meng Meng mention you many times. He was very worried about you when he knew that you had severed the relationship with your family.”

Xiào Rui is being kind, so Su Ling couldn’t ignore him. He explained, “You have misunderstood. That man was talking nonsense, I’m not in any trouble at all.”

He walked to the door and caught the Nalu, who looked like he wants to hit the man. Then he coldly looked at the man with chestnut hair.

“You can eat random food, but you can’t speak random words. This is my shop. Stay away from me in the future, or suffer the consequences.”

“Your shop?” The man opened his eyes widely, “how is it possible?”

Su Ling: “How can it be impossible for my mother to leave her belongings to me?”

The man’s expression changed a few times, and he adjusted his tie, “Just about right then, sell the Redthorn Ball to the Su Family.”

Su Ling couldn’t help laughing, “The sky is not dark yet, it’s a little earlier to start dreaming.” After he finished speaking, he smiled, “Scram, you are not welcome here.”

“You!” The man was shocked. Is this the same weakling nephew? “Don’t forget, your last name is Su!”

Su Ling lifted his eyes and looked at him lightly, too lazy to say anything, “Scram.”

Had it not been his original name is Su Ling as well, he would have changed his last name a long time ago.

Nalu humph-ed at the man, “Xiao Ling has severed ties with the Su Family, do you want me to search the news online for you? Or invite the media over and let them report that your Su Family knows that Xiao Ling has a Grade A spiritual plant in his hands. Seeing that he is young, you want to take advantage of him?”

The man’s expression suddenly changed: “What nonsense… no, you mean the Grade A spiritual plant belongs to him? How could it be possible!” Quickly returning to his sense from being stunned, he looked at Nalu like he’s(N) a fool, “You gifted it to him? His pheromone is so stinky, it’s not worth…”

Nalu clenched his fist and raised it, waving towards the man’s face, “Is your brain fking broken?”

“Manager, don’t be impulsive.” The staff quickly grabbed Nalu, and Su Ling stepped forward to grab Nalu’s arm.

After Nalu calmed down, he snorted softly and watched the man avoiding his look embarrassedly.

Su Ling looked at the man and said, “This shop and spiritual plant are left to me by my mother.”

“How is it possible? I have never heard of it!”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, “If you have heard of it, then this shop and the spiritual plants would probably not mine anymore, but the Su’s.” He pointed his finger on the right side, towards the end of the street, “If you still don’t leave, I will call the police.”

Man: “You dare?!”

Su Ling raised his hand and tapped on his bracelet.

“Wait,” The man’s expression looked ugly, “I’m leaving, who wants to be here!” He adjusted his expression, then smiled and nodded to Xiào Rui. After that, he glared at Nalu and Su Ling before striding away.

Nalu put on a standard smile and apologized to Xiào Rui, “Sorry, we let you see an embarrassing scene.”

Xiào Rui: “It’s okay.” He realized that he had misunderstood before, and said to Su Ling with an embarrassed expression, “The thing I said before, pretend you didn’t hear it.”

Su Ling smiled and turned to business mode, “You came for Redthorn Ball?”

Xiào Rui: “Yes, I want to buy, we can negotiate the price.”

Su Ling: “I won’t sell it for any money.”

Xiào Rui has been rejected by Nalu earlier, so he is not disappointed this time. “Tell me which auction house? I want to discuss with them to start the auction as soon as possible. I urgently need the ball liquid.”

When he said this, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Su Ling turned to look at Nalu, but Nalu shook his head. He knew the matter best, although the official website said that the Redthorn Ball has been handed over to the auction house, in fact, things have not been discussed. So no matter who asked which auction house they have engaged, Nalu always answered the boss is handling it, and he didn’t know.

Su Ling understood after a second thought. He originally wanted to have a meal with his male god while discussing these things. Although his male god doesn’t need to show up in person to discuss the matter about auctioning the ball liquid, it is a legit reason to contact him. He just didn’t expect someone would come asking about it so soon.

After a moment of consideration, Su Ling replied, “Sorry, I won’t disclose it for the time being, but I promise that the auction details will be announced tomorrow.”

In Planet Belle, after the auction items are delivered to the auction house, the auction house will need to do data collection and some checking. They will also need to do promotional videos before the official auction in order to sell it at high prices. Disclosing information in advance will cause trouble for the auction house’s preparations.

Xiào Rui understands the process. Hence, hearing Su Ling explained that there will be news in the next day, he stopped asking more questions, and his expression was much more relaxed, “Thank you, knowing the details, I feel more at ease.”

Su Ling: “You’re welcome.”

After Xiào Rui left, he greeted Nalu and went out from the back door. Next, he called Gu Liheng number. The tone rang for a while before the call got connected. Su Ling smiled and said, “Good evening, have you eaten dinner?”

Gu Liheng: “No.”

His voice is the same as his expression, very stable, and there is no emotional change as always. But his voice is low and magnetic which Su Ling likes very much. His delicate eyebrows are raised happily, “Great, I’ll treat you to dinner. What do you want to eat?”

Gu Liheng became silent.

Su Ling didn’t know why he didn’t speak, but it’s fine as long as he didn’t refuse. So he continued, “I have something to discuss with you, and also one very important thing to tell you.” He heavily emphasized the word ‘very important’.

Gu Liheng remained silent for a moment before agreeing, “Okay, you decide what to eat.”

Su Ling immediately said, “Wait for my message.”

After hanging up the call, Su Ling immediately looked for a restaurant near the mountain villa. He chose a gourmet restaurant with private rooms and have a quiet environment. After booking a private room, he sent Gu Liheng the location of the restaurant and the number of the private room and then took a taxi.

The call ended, and Gu Liheng’s eyes fell on the holographic screen again. There were many treatment suggestions Mill gave him.

• Relax yourself. You don’t need to think about smiling first. Let your emotions control your expression. You can be angry, nervous, or stifled.
• Starting from appearance, change into clothes you don’t often wear, change your hairstyle, go to lively places, and watch how others express their emotions.
• Ask people you know to go out, sing, drink, eat. Whatever you do, get along with the people.

Domi stands on the right side of the sofa, and beside it was a mobile hanger which is full of various types of clothing; youth, hip-hop, punk… none of it is Gu Liheng’s style.

Domi reminded for the third time, “Master, you should have dinner soon.”

Gu Liheng: “I will be going out to eat.”

He got up and stood still in front of the clothes hanger. At this moment, a message tone sounded. It was the address and room number sent by Su Ling. Gu Liheng turned back to the hanger and finally chose a conservative suit (常服). He is not mentally prepared for clothes that are too different from his usual style, especially to have dinner with the young man later. He went into the bedroom to change clothes, but just a simple act like this made his muscles tense. In his heart, Gu Liheng was very resistant and does not want to not change anything, just keep his style as usual. But no, he cannot stay in that restricted world any longer.

“Who let you wear this kind of clothes? Do you want them to treat you as a child?”

“Don’t smile! When you smile, they will think that you are easy to bully. Only when you are serious can you have the momentum/aura. Don’t let them underestimate you.”

“PA!”

The sound of a ruler hitting the palm of his hand seemed to explode in Gu Liheng’s ears, a trace of panic flashed across his face. He quickly returned to his expressionless face and stopped in the middle of pulling his clothes down his head. In the quiet room, his gasping sound was very obvious, and his body trembled uncontrollably. The sound of women’s scolding, screaming, crying, the sound of a ruler and a whip hitting on someone were echoing in his ears.

It’s fine to not change anything. Isn’t his current life going well right now?

His fingers slightly moved, he grabbed the hem of his clothes and lifted it up, trying to take off hoodie (卫衣)[1] from his head. A ringing tone sounded all of a sudden, and it woke him up. With his jaw tightened, Gu Liheng quickly pulled the clothing down onto his body, and promptly put on jeans of the same colour. After he calmed down a little, he tapped to connect the call.

The boy’s voice was brisk, “Did you receive the address? You already agreed so you can’t go back on your words. If you don’t come, I’ll go to the villa to find you.”

Looking at the full-length mirror, Gu Liheng tidied the hood of his top in a jerky manner and said, “I got the address already, will leave immediately.”

The boy smiled and said, “No hurry, I haven’t arrived yet.”

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[1] Banana is not sure what clothing Gu Liheng is wearing because the Chinese keyword is different, between the one he picked (常服) and the one he is wearing (卫衣) == But most probably is a long-sleeved hoodie. That will at least match the conservative part from the clothing he picked earlier.

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Nalu stopped the crowd at the door and said, “Sorry, our shop has not opened yet, and non-staff are not allowed to enter.”

Xiao Bian and the waiters who just arrived rushed up and blocked the door with Nalu. A reporter saw that Nalu seemed to be the person in charge and quickly interviewed, “Is Redthorn Ball really in your store?”

Nalu: “Yes,” he said straightforwardly, “No need to ask more, we are not selling it.”

The reporter got choked by his directness, and a person next to him asked loudly, “Can we take a look?”

Nalu: “I can’t make a decision about this. I’m sorry, we have to prepare for the opening, please don’t affect our work.”

At this moment, the rest of the staff have arrived, so Nalu simply locks the main door altogether.

“Manager, is there really a Grade A spiritual plant in our store? Many people were asking me about it today.”

“Me too, the people who know that I work here also asked me about, but I have never seen it.”

The staff asked Nalu curiously.

Nalu: “Yes, but it’s the owner’s personal belonging, not the store’s property,” he waved, “Go and get ready, there must be a lot of guests tonight.”

Xiao Bian walked to the back of the bar. While arranging the glasses, he asked, “Where is our boss? Can we see the Grade A spiritual plant?”

The rest of the waiters chirped in, “Yeah, I haven’t seen Grade A spiritual plant in person before!”

Su Ling heard those words the moment he came in from the backyard. Earlier when Nalu opened the door, he saw from the surveillance that many people were waiting outside. Nalu afraid that he might get injured should a commotion break out, so he didn’t let Su Ling come out. Hence, Su Ling watched the surveillance in the backyard, only going to the front hall after the door was closed.

“Eh, boss!” A staff noticed him and exclaimed.

Su Ling stopped to said hello and smiled, “Want to see it? Wait for a moment, I’ll take it out.”

“Yay!”

“Boss is so nice!” The staffs cheered and started ‘blowing rainbow farts’ (flatter).

Su Ling moved the Redthorn Ball from the greenhouse to the bar table. The weight of the Redthorn Ball was not light. His breathing became heavy after he put the Redthorn Ball down.

“Wow! Looks so special.” The staffs gathered around the plant.

Xiao Bian reached out to touch the bouncy-looking red ball, “This ball looks like it’s filled with water. Is it soft to touch?”

“Don’t!” Su Ling and Nalu shouted at the same time.

However, it was too late. Xiao Bian was standing inside the bar earlier, with his left hand supporting himself at the bar table. That’s why he can touch the red ball easily with just a stretch of his right hand. The soft filaments hanging on the red ball suddenly erected and pierced a small hole the size of a needle hole in his hand.

“Hiss…” Xiao Bian shrank back, holding his hand and gasping.

Nalu immediately checked him, “Let me see.”

Xiao Bian stretched out his hand, his ring finger and middle finger were pierced. When he retracted his hand just now, the movement caused the blood drops to scatter everywhere. Hence, his fingertips looked bloody at first glance, which was a bit miserable.

Nalu observed the wound for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief, “It’s not poisonous, just a skin injury.” He asked someone to take the treatment device, which he first washed Xiao Bian’s wound with alcohol. After using the treatment device, Xiao Bian’s injury soon recovered. The rest of the staffs only dared to look, and not to reach out.

“Grade A spiritual plant is so fierce ah!” Someone sighed.

Su Ling lightly squeezed the red ball upon hearing the words, and the branches and leaves of Redthorn Ball immediately stick nearer, rubbing against the back of his hand. He lightly gestured with his chin and said with a smile, “See, it is not fierce, but very vigilant.”

Nalu: “That’s because you are an Omega and also the owner it recognizes,” he reminded the rest of the staffs, “Don’t touch any high-level spiritual plant casually, you are not an Omega.”

“I am envious all of a sudden!” a young staff said.

The waiter next to him bumped his arm, “Would you like to become an Omega?”

“Forget it, although they smell delicious, I prefer not to be bound by pheromones.”

Nalu pointed at the bar and instructed, “Alright, all of you have seen Redthorn Ball so go back to work.”

Feeling satisfied, the staffs went to make preparations to open the shop. Nalu and Su Ling didn’t move from their seat at the bar. Nalu pointed to the Redthorn Ball sticking itself against Su Ling and said, “A lot of people will definitely come tonight. I’m afraid they won’t give up as long as they don’t see the Redthorn Ball.”

Su Ling nodded in agreement and glanced over the various fragrance products hanging in the hall.

“Why not put Redthorn Ball in the hall? Its scent is much better than ordinary fragrance products.”

But Nalu shook his head and said, “It will affect normal guests.”

Indeed, if the spiritual plant is really placed in the hall, a lot of people might come over just to see a Grade A spiritual plant. Thinking for a while, Su Ling smiled, “Take pictures of the plant, 360 degrees without blind spots, and post the photos on the fragrance bar official website. Then the reporters can use the photos when they need it.”

Nalu thought it is a good idea and tapped his bracelet, “I’ll take it.” He took a lot of photos around the bar, then passed them to Su Ling to let him choose the one with the best lighting from different angles.

While choosing, Su Ling said, “With these photos, there will probably be fewer reporters, but there will definitely be people who want to see the Grade A spiritual plant with their own eyes.”

A lightbulb flashed in Su Ling’s mind, he turned to Nalu, “Add this sentence as well when you posted the photo – Redthorn Ball is not for sale. The ball liquid will be auctioned and has already been placed in the auction house.”

Nalu nodded: “Okay, so no one will specially come to the store to look at Redthorn Ball. Which auction house do you want to work with?”

Su Ling: “En, the Gu Family’s auction house.”

This afternoon, Su Ling was reading a book while browsing Boyan periodically. Gu Liheng’s Boyan has very few posts, all of them were posts shared from the Gu Company’s account. He even suspects that the account is not Gu Liheng’s personal account at all. On the other hand, he learned from Gu Company’s Boyan that the Gu Family is involved in many industries; in addition to conventional sectors such as entertainment, real estate, and electronics, there are mercenary group and auction house.

Auction house often auctions rare treasures, which are mostly obtained by the mercenary group. At present, the high-end fragrance product Cold Moon Sachet on the market, which its main ingredient is the Golden Baby’s breath, was obtained by their mercenary group during exploration on other planets. He then found out that the Cold Moon Sachets belonged to the Gu Family, which are expensive and limited in quantity.

Nalu looked at him and sighed, “I shouldn’t have asked, since everything you do is related to President Gu.” He lowered his voice and said with worry, “I can’t persuade you to change your mind, but Xiao Ling, you have to know that first love always fails. If you don’t get a response, don’t be sad.”

Su Ling was touched because Nalu is really worried about him.

“Don’t worry, Uncle Nalu,” he transferred the selected photos to Nalu, “I know very well that there are many things that I can’t force.” He raised his head and laughed, “But before that, one has to do their best to know the result, or one will regret it.”

At first, he just wanted to save Gu Liheng from his unfortunate ending as per written in the novel because Gu Liheng is his 2D male god. But now, not only he(GLH) is his male god, Gu Liheng fits his taste too much. If he missed this man, he would regret it.

Then Nalu remembered Gu Liheng’s reaction when he learned that Su Ling had gone missing, and patted him on the shoulder, “Good luck, you still have a chance, but I don’t know if he will treat you as a kid, just like I did.”

Su Ling immediately replied, “No,” his eyes curled up as he continued, “Even if he used to think that, he won’t be from now.” He made a declaration to chase him(GLH) after all.

Thinking of this, he propped his chin to think, what method should he use to chase the man? Modern methods of chasing girls came to his mind. Then he palmed his forehead. If he really acted according to those advice, his male god will surely run away whenever he sees him!

Nalu glanced at him and shook his head after watching Su Ling zoning out to space. He posted the photos to the fragrance bar website and added the sentence Su Ling said just now. After a while, the site received many comments.

“Wow, Redthorn Ball looks so good!”

“It looks bouncy, I really want to poke it~ Will it break?”

“Want to raise one, what to do?!”

Nalu stared at it for a while, then let Su Ling look, “Do you want to reply?”

After a glance, Su Ling laughed and said, “When you have time, you can bring up the surveillance and post the part where Xiao Bian was pierced.”

As Su Ling was talking, his bracelet rang. He glanced at it, and got up to connect the call, “En, wait, please come in through the back door.” After hanging up the call, he told Nalu, “Doctor Ni An is here, I’m going to the back door.”

Nalu nodded, “Call me if you need something, and take Redthorn Ball back to the greenhouse.”

Su Ling nodded and moved the Redthorn Ball out of the hall.

When Doctor Ni An appeared at the back door, the reporter who was standing by the side of the road immediately snapped a photo. Then he stepped forward, wanting to interview Doctor Ni An, but was stopped by his driver. At that moment, Su Ling opened the back door. He looked at the driver and reporter and looked at Ni An questioningly.

Ni An smiled calmly, “Let’s go in, he will handle it.”

After entering the door, Ni An’s eyes swept across the courtyard wall and nodded, “The security is done well, being careful is necessary. By the way, have you registered the ownership of your spiritual plants?”

Su Ling led him to the fragrance-making room, “When I took the Grade A spiritual plants from the security company, I went through the ownership transfer procedures. But I haven’t done it for Xian Mo Yu.”

Ni An reminded: “Do it as soon as possible. Grade S spiritual plant can easily provoke bad thoughts from other people. I have an acquaintance with the spiritual plant association. I will forward his contact to you.”

Su Ling laughed, “Thank you, I will do it tomorrow. But in my opinion, if someone really has bad thoughts for Xian Mo Yu, their consequences will be miserable unless they can completely eliminate Xian Mo Yu.”

Ni An was about to ask why when the two reached the room, then all his attention was placed on Xian Mo Yu instead.

Xian Mo Yu wasn’t sleeping at the moment, and the petals on its flower were opened widely. Some of its roots were soaking in the nutrient solution, while the rest waving randomly in a circle. Xian Mo Yu can actually create a scene of wild dancing just by itself.

Su Ling: “…” You really know how to amuse yourself, are you pretending to be an aquatic plant?

As soon as Su Ling entered, two of the swaying roots rushed towards him, and he voiced out to remind Xian Moyu, “Don’t touch Doctor Ni An!”

Doctor Ni An is much older than Nalu. He is worried that Xian Mo Yu would act casual as it did with Nalu, using its roots to flick his forehead or something. One root skillfully wrapped itself around Su Ling’s wrist, while the one stood in front of Ni An and shook, then moved to Su Ling.

Ni An praised, “As expected from a Grade S spiritual plant with a high IQ.”

Immediately, Su Ling sensed Xian Mo Yu’s joyful emotions, and the roots in front of him swayed arrogantly. Su Ling stretched out his hand and squeezed amusedly, then walked to the raw material rack. He took out 2 bottles of liquid, one black and one red, and handed them to Ni An.

“This is the raw material it provides. The black liquid is highly corrosive. No matter what container is used, a layer of red liquid must be applied to the inner surface; otherwise, it will melt.”

He gestured to the container in his hand, “These have been coated; however, it is best to apply some red liquid on your hand first since it might be dangerous.”

Ni An carefully received the bottles and asked him about the harvesting process. After listening carefully, he approached Xian Mo Yu and observed the stamens and petals. Su Ling followed behind him all the time, worried that Xian Mo Yu would hurt him. Ni An watched for a while, then observed the roots with interest. Finally, after Su Ling and Xian Mo Yu discussed it, Doctor Ni An gets to squeeze the root with his hands.

Ni An let go of the roots and noted, “Very peculiar.” He told Su Ling, “No matter which part of it falls off naturally, you must keep it. It may be of great use.”

Su Ling nodded, “Okay.”

Ni An couldn’t wait to study the two liquids. He didn’t wait much and was about to leave, “After I study it, I will determine its value. Then I will transfer the money for the raw material at that price.”

“No need,” Su Ling sincerely refused. “Having the value determined is also good for me, and you have helped me a lot.”

Ni An didn’t insist, “Alright, I will give you the contact information of the director of the spiritual plant registration association later, and you can find him directly tomorrow.”

Su Ling thanked him, Ni An said goodbye, and he sent the person out.

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Su Ling heard the reporter’s question earlier as well, but the scene was chaotic at that moment, so he didn’t hear the details clearly, but he heard the keyword Redthorn Ball. On the way to the parking lot, he turned his head back to ask, “Do you know what happened?”

Nalu: “En, I heard everything while they were chatting outside. Madam Gu, President Gu’s mother, wrote a post in Boyan this morning. To celebrate her recovery, she extended a banquet invitation to everyone she knows to attend her birthday party on the 7th.”

Boyan[1] is Planet Belle’s largest public interaction platform. The owner of this body also has an account in Boyan, but has zero fans, and only followed the protagonist gong Xiào Rui. After Su Ling familiarizes himself with the interface, he unfollowed Xiào Rui, and then followed Gu Liheng and the Gu family.

Thinking of the reporter’s question, Su Ling asked, “Is her illness difficult to treat?”

Nalu: “Pheromone rejection, a common illness for AO, especially O. Minor rejection is easier to cure, but it’s the first time for an illness like Madam Gu’s case to be completely healed.”

When they arrived at the parking lot, Nalu pressed the control button. The door at the driver and the passenger’s seat opened at the same time, and the two got into the car.

Confused, Su Ling asked, “Madam Gu was very ill before?”

Nalu started the car and said, “Yes, her Alpha passed away a long time ago. Losing her Alpha, the rejection can even take away the Omega’s life.

“A few years ago, she was in critical condition, and the news reported about her condition every day. As you know, some reporters have a thing for rich people’s affair.” Nalu shrugged and continued with emotion, “Fortunately, the treatment team managed to develop a new plan at that time. Using medicine and isolation treatment, her condition stabilized, and then there was no more news from her.”

Su Ling frowned, “President Gu’s father, did he pass away very early?”

Nalu nodded, “En, an accident happened when he was returning from an interstellar business meeting,” he recalled, “It’s been almost 20 years, I was only a teenager at the time, but I still remember the overwhelming news at that time.”

In other words, male god was only about 8 years old when that happened. Su Ling couldn’t help but felt distressed. He would be uncomfortable if he didn’t do anything. So he turned on his bracelet and sent a message: Good morning [smiley face]. A good day starts from thinking of you~

Before that, he edited the message back and forth several times. It felt like a little bit cheesy, but at the same time, he thought that his male god might not even change his expression upon reading it, so Su Ling decided to write it this way. The punctuation mark at the end was changed from a period (.) to an exclamation mark (!), then finally set to be a small wave (~). Staring at the notice saying that his message was successfully sent, Su Ling feels satisfied with the decision; the small wave fits his status as a suitor.

Nalu glanced at him and bitterly persuaded Su Ling, “You are an Omega, how can you rush to chase people? Being too active, you are more likely to be ignored. Things that people don’t get easier is the best.”

Su Ling: “President Gu is not such a person,” he turned his head, “Speaking of feelings, Uncle Nalu, are you married?”

Nalu coughed, “No.”

Su Ling: “Listening to what you said, I thought you were a love expert.”

Nalu emphasized, “I am not married because I enjoy being single!” The corner of his mouth curved up as he continued, “We Beta are not like you AO people. We won’t get marked, nor we get controlled by our instinct. Our fertility rate is low, and we don’t have many restriction and worries. If we found someone compatible, then we hook up. After that, we go our own ways peacefully; free and easy. It has to be at least 60 years old before we even consider marriage.”

After he finished speaking, he remembered that Su Ling has just reached adulthood, “You are an O, don’t mess around.”

Su Ling’s tone was straightforward as he replied, “I won’t; I’m not interested in anyone other than President Gu.” He is not from Planet Belle, so he is not as open-minded as the locals here, and he can’t bear the thought of frequently changing his bed partner. When a notification tone sounded, he immediately looked at it. It was from his male god – [Do you want to disclose the news about Redthorn Ball being in the fragrance bar?]

Although it was just a message about business matters, Su Ling was still pleased, after all, it is still a response from him. Seeing Gu Liheng’s question, he guessed that someone must have asked Gu Liheng about his mother’s treatment. He replied [No need to hide the information. We are fully secured, it will be fine if someone knows about it.] On the other hand, it’s impossible to keep it secret, since he still needs to sell Redthorn Ball’s liquid.

Gu Liheng: ”En.”

…

“Feeling better?” Mill looked at the pale-faced Gu Liheng and got worried.

He initially thought Gu Liheng would think about his suggestion for a few days; he didn’t expect Gu Liheng to come to him early in the morning. They have just finished the scenario simulation not long ago, and the result was not optimistic. It happened that Mother Gu has contacted Gu Liheng during that period as well, which made the situation worse. He saw that Gu Liheng’s face was pale and his body was trembling involuntarily, and he was about to give him medicine. Unexpectedly, after Gu Liheng received a message, his situation improved a little.

Gu Liheng nodded, his hard facial features still had no expression. He took a piece of tissue, wiped his palms, and threw it into the trashcan. Then he got up and said, “Go on.”

…

After Nalu sent Su Ling back to the fragrance bar, he did not get off the car and drove home directly to sleep. However, before he got home, the notification from various messages almost blown off his bracelet.

[I said, brother, aren’t you a bit too secretive? You have a Grade A spiritual plant in your store hidden and tucked away. Why don’t you let me check it out?]

[Nalu, we have been cooperating for so many years. For the Redthorn Ball, just give me a price!]

[Nalu…]

Nalu decisively set his bracelet to the do-not-disturb mode, and only set the numbers of the store staff and Su Ling in the whitelist. After that, he turned the car around and dialled Su Ling’s number.

Su Ling has just walked into the fragrance-making room, ready to see how much nutrient solution Xian Mo Yu drank all night so that he can get a general idea of the nutrient solution consumption. As soon as he entered, a root rushed encircle his wrist. In the blink of an eye, it was wrapped around his wrist several times. At first glance, it looked like he was wearing a chain of bracelets. Su Ling raised his hand and shook it, the strength around his wrist was not tight. The root felt cooling, and it did not affect his actions, so he let the root stay on his wrist. Approaching the nutrient solution barrel, he opened the volume meter on the barrel, and a series of data immediately popped up, which listed the change in the total amount of liquid in the previous 12 hours. He was looking at last night’s data when he received a call from Nalu.

Nalu: “The fact that Redthorn Ball is in our store is on the news. There will be reporters waiting near the store for some time. Don’t go out for the time being; I’ll come over right away.”

Su Ling: “Go back to sleep. As long as I don’t go out, they can’t affect me.”

Nalu was worried, “Forget it, I will probably get ambushed when I went home. My bracelet is blown up with messages. If I knew about this earlier, I wouldn’t put my number up in the fragrance bar’s official website.”

After a while, Nalu arrived at the back door but was stopped by the new security facility. Su Ling opened the master controller and granted him permission. After Nalu entered the store, he praised, “Not bad. The facility was installed just in time.”

Su Ling acknowledged with an En. After recording the data, he felt a little headache, “The nutrient solution has reduced by 5 litres in one night.”

Nalu looked at the changes in the data and calculated, “Assuming that it will consume 10 litres a day, plus the Grade A spiritual plants, the nutrient solution needed will cost 400,000 a month!” He turned to look at Xian Mo Yu, “If it doesn’t provide any raw materials, the store will go bankrupt from keeping it.”

Su Ling lightly squeezed the bouncy root wrapped on his wrist and asked, “What do you produce every day? Like liquid, stem, and nectar? Something that won’t affect your body.”

Nalu was surprised, “It can understand? Eh…” He had just voiced out his doubt when a root flicked his forehead. The hit was not heavy, but too fast to capture its movement. A black shadow suddenly flashed in front of him, so he was startled. Nalu touched his forehead, quite a temper it has there!

Su Ling was relieved to see that Nalu is all right.

After Xian Mo Yu taught this human who dared to question its IQ a lesson, its mood was instantly relieved. Its 5 raised petals lowered to the ground, to expose the stamen at the centre. Then its stamens were divided into 5, each approaching the nearest petals. Soon, black water droplets appeared on the top of the black stamen. The stamen shook gently, and the water droplets fell from the stamen tip to the petals. The petals were curved like a bowl, under the stamen. At this moment, the drops of water fall and slide on the petals. Soon, a pool of black liquid gathered at the arch of each petal.

At the same time, the scene of Xian Mo Yu hunting reappeared in Su Ling’s mind, but this time the shot was closer. The stamen pours out black liquid on its petal, which the prey that was entangled by its roots is lifted down on it, and the prey’s skin bubbles at the moment it touched the liquid. The prey turns into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye.

Su Ling had an impulse to vomit. He took a deep breath, tilted his head and patted his chest, pressing down the urge. After the prey was killed, the scene changed to another prey. Su Ling promptly said. “No need to show it!” He reluctantly smiled and said, “I know what they are for.”

A vaguely proud smile appeared in his mind.

Su Ling: “…You are really amazing.”

Nalu knelt down to look at the liquid curiously, “What can it do?”

Su Ling: “I haven’t thought about it yet. I just know that it’s very corrosive.”

Nalu retracted his hand and moved back, “How to keep it then?”

Su Ling spread his hands, “I don’t know, we’ll just have to try all kind of containers.”

The two tried several times on the containers in the store, but the moment the mouth of the bottle touches the liquid, it got dissolved. Xian Mo Yu’s roots stayed erected and ‘watched’ the two for a while. Then it couldn’t stand it anymore. Using its roots, it lightly slashed on the nearest petal, and red liquid immediately flowed from the petal.

Su Ling was dumbfounded when he saw Xian Mo Yu hurting itself, and realized what happened after reading the hints in his head. He scooped the red liquid and coated the surface of the container with a thin layer. After a while, the red liquid dried out and turned transparent. Then he filled the black liquid in the container, which didn’t get dissolved this time. Hence, he and Nalu coated their hands first with the red liquid before filling the remaining black liquid into the glass bottle.

The cut Xian Mo Yu inflicted on its petal has healed, and there was some excess red liquid left on the surface, which Su Ling collected as well. After they collected the black liquid, Xian Mo Yu raised its petals and wrapped itself into a spherical shape. Zzz symbol floated in Su Ling’s mind like this – ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz.

Su Ling watched with a complicated expression as Xian Mo Yu retracted his roots and soaked the roots in the nutrient solution. This is the real ‘sleeping while eating’. He actually felt a little envious!

Nalu shook the glass bottle containing the black liquid, “How can I sell this? There is no reference price at all.”

Su Ling thought for a while and said, “Keep it first. Doctor Ni An will come in the evening; we wait for him to take it back to study and determine its usage before setting the price.” Its efficacy has always determined the value of raw materials.

The two left the fragrance-making room, and Nalu went to the private room to take a rest.

As for Su Ling, he moved a bench to the greenhouse and read about communicating using pheromone with spiritual plants. He did not attach the isolator and tried to manipulate his pheromones while reading. After one afternoon, he can now control his pheromone to form horizontal lines.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, the fragrance bar opens. Usually, this point is the time where the staff make preparations before opening the store, so there will be no guests. However, today, the door was full of people, all coming for Redthorn Ball.

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At the hospital, Su Ling wanted to take a number under Doctor Ni An but was told that today’s number is finished. After asking the staff, he found out that Doctor Ni An has reached retirement age long ago. He is a specialised doctor in the hospital; hence he will only see 10 patients every day. Only patients with intractable pheromone problem can ask for him as he does not check for general illnesses. Thinking that he is just getting a body checkup, Su Ling doesn’t mind so he started thinking which specialist’s number to take.

Nalu was not at ease and said, “Doctor Ni An is most familiar with your situation. Other doctors may not even know about Xian Mo Yu.”

Su Ling was about to say that it is okay when his bracelet rang. As soon as he connected the call, Darry’s voice came out asking, “Are you in the fragrance bar now? I’m at the front door right now. Since I’m free at the moment, I’m thinking to help you harvest the spiritual plant’s raw materials.”

Su Ling was stunned, but then his eyes curled up, “How do you know that the spiritual plants are in the fragrance bar?”

Darry: “President Gu told me. He also asked me to check with you when I could come over to help out, but I didn’t receive your call. I was afraid that you would be embarrassed to ask, so I took the initiative to contact you.”

Su Ling smiled even wider; his male god was thinking of him! It would be nicer if he(GLH) contacted him instead. Then he said, “I’m at the Central Hospital,” he glanced at the time, “Wait a moment, I’ll come back first since I didn’t manage to get Doctor Ni An’s number. I’ll return to get another doctor’s number later.”

“Are you sick?” Darry asked.

“No, just getting a body checkup to see how my pheromone issue is faring.”

Darry knew that Su Ling’s pheromone is abnormal, so hearing that he suddenly went to see the doctor, Darry thinks that maybe something is wrong with his(SL) pheromone. In his opinion, having unpleasant pheromone is a fatal blow to any Omega. Therefore, he did not ask too much, so as not to bring up the sadness.

Darry: “Don’t come back, I will help you to contact Doctor Ni An. He takes your situation very seriously.”

Su Ling: “This is too much trouble for you, and you came over for nothing, I’d better go back first.”

Darry laughed and said, “It’s no trouble, it was along the way anyway. I will return to the company now. I’ll just go to your store after I get off work to relax, and then help to harvest the raw materials.”

Su Ling: “Thank you.”

Darry: “You’re welcome. Boss already gave the order, and I’m glad to help you.”

Soon after the two hung up the call, Su Ling received an appointment card from Darry; the appointment time was 9.30 am. He showed the card to Nalu, “Feeling relieved now?”

Nalu smiled and nodded.

At 9:30 am, Su Ling went to Ni An’s office, while Nalu waited for him in the waiting area outside.

Doctor Ni An is still the same as before, with white hair and a gentle expression. If he is not wearing a white coat, he looks like an ordinary grandfather. Su Ling politely greeted Ni An, and he(NA) pointed to the seat in front of him, “Sit down first.” After Su Ling sat down, he asked with concern, “What’s wrong?”

Smiling, Su Ling told Doctor Ni An about how he meet Xian Mo Yu and his pheromone returning to normal. Then he stated the purpose for the body checkup, “I want to check my pheromone to see if it has completely returned to normal.”

Ni An got up from the chair and walked around his desk. The excitement was difficult to hide from his tone, “That’s amazing, come with me!”

Su Ling followed him to the right side of a detector, and Ni An turned on the device, “You can take off your isolator now.”

Su Ling removed the isolator, and the faint scent of citrus mint spread out in the air. Ni An praised, “It smells really nice. Congratulations, child.” Next, he pointed to the instrument and said, “Stand here.”

Su Ling placed his feet on the footprints indicator, and a blue light scanned him from top to bottom. Then, various data appeared on the display. Ni An looked at the data carefully, recorded it, then adjusted the instrument and continued testing. After a complete body test, Ni An gave him a particular gland test. A sensor patch was attached to the back of his neck, and his current condition was reflected on the display. After a series of inspections, Ni An took off the sensor and looked relaxed, “Very healthy. There are no more Xian Mo Yu’s particles remain in your gland.” Next, he pointed to a line of data and said, “Your pheromone threshold is much higher than the average. I speculate that this might be the effect of your body absorbing a part of the particles.”

Confused, Su Ling asked, “What does the threshold mean?”

Ni An: “The average value of your pheromone concentration is very high,” he cautioned, “Child, the pheromone you release during estrus will make Alpha crazy. Do not remove the isolator at normal times and always carry your inhibitors with you.”

Su Ling: “…”

Ni An smiled and said, “Don’t be too nervous. A high threshold is not a bad thing. It is easier for you to communicate with a spiritual plant, it’s an enviable talent for spiritual plant specialist.”

Su Ling nodded: “En, I am not nervous.” Just that being able to drive people crazy makes him a little ashamed.

Ni An: “Sit down for a while, I will print out your test result.”

While waiting for the printing to generate, Ni An compared Su Ling’s data with the data from his childhood in the database. The more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became. After Ni An handed the test result to Su Ling, he looked at him cautiously and said, “I have a request, can I see Xian Mo Yu?”

Su Ling: “Do you want to get particles from it for research?”

Ni An nodded and said, “I have used up the particle we found previously in other research. I didn’t know its specific role at the time, so I didn’t use it in various test. Your changes have guided me to another direction of research. The particles are likely to be able to be made into a spiritual plant medicine that could expand one’s pheromone threshold.” He leaned forward slightly due to his excitement. He continued, “This means an Omega who could only become a junior spiritual plant specialist, may get boosted to intermediate or even advanced level with its help.”

“There are too few advanced level spiritual plant specialists. At present, the demand for spiritual plant-based medicine is huge, especially in the military force, where there is a large number of Alpha, and they need a lot of medicine. If the research is successful, the spiritual plant industry will lead to unprecedented progress.”

Doctor Ni An’s current mood is understandable, but Su Ling still voiced out an important point after a moment of hesitation, “To find its missing particles, Xian Mo Yu has travelled to many places.”

If its particles are something that can be mass-produced, Xian Mo Yu will not place so much importance in it.

Immediately understood what Su Ling meant, Ni An calmed down a little bit and said, “It must be important to Xian Mo Yu.” He smiled, “I got impatient.” Then he pondered for a moment, “Even if not for the particles, I still wanted to meet Xian Mo Yu. Grade S spiritual plant hasn’t appeared for many years, and we don’t have an accurate set of data in our record. But one thing is certain, the higher the spiritual plant level, the better the effectiveness of the raw materials provided. “

Su Ling didn’t mind him meeting Xian Mo Yu, “It’s in my shop,” he sent the address to Ni An, “If you have time to go, you can contact me.”

Ni An glanced at the address, smiled and nodded, “Okay, I get off work at 5.30 pm. I will come tonight.”

Su Ling smiled, it was apparent that Ni An attaches great importance to Xian Mo Yu. He got up to say goodbye. As soon as he opened the door, something bumped at it heavily causing Su Ling to stumble a few steps backwards. Two people fell into the room, accompanied by noisy and chaotic sounds.

“Get out, don’t make trouble here!”

“It is forbidden to take pictures here, turn off the video recording!”

The security guards and the video crew were pushing and pulling at each other.

Ni An frowned and dialled the hospital’s internal line, “What’s the matter with the commotion?”

The assistant in the line anxiously replied, “Sorry, a lot of reporters and unidentified people suddenly came to the hospital. The people from the security department will come right away.”

As they were talking, two teams of security personnel ran over to handle the crowd. The people were gathered together and detained, then pulled away. At that moment, someone shouted, “Doctor Ni An, has Madam Gu fully recovered from her pheromone rejection illness? Will the treatment plan be announced to the public?”

“It is said that the key to the treatment is Redthorn Ball. Has the hospital found Redthorn Ball?”

Ni An sat calmly in his chair, not answering anything, and these people were quickly taken away by the security team.

On the other side, Nalu was mistaken as a part of the troublemaker, and two security guards were pulling him away. Su Ling quickly called out, “He came with me.”

Ni An gestured to the security, and they released Nalu. Su Ling bid farewell to Ni An again and left the hospital with Nalu.

Nalu:  “The matter with Redthorn Ball may be exposed soon.”

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After Su Ling took all the plants out of the space storage, he sorted out the items and equipment inside properly. The 3 Grade A spiritual plants shivered; their branches bent towards him, and they stuck all of their leaves and flowers at Su Ling’s body. When Nalu saw that Su Ling acted like he doesn’t mind the actions, he reminded with a light tone, “You must remember not to remove your isolator in front of outsiders, especially Alpha, or you will become their prey.”

Prey? Su Ling’s mouth twitched, not wanting Nalu to worry, he nodded, “Don’t worry, I won’t casually take of my isolator.”

The function of an isolator is to block the pheromone smell, avoid mutual influence between Alpha and Omega, which will cause the affected parties to lost control, and other phenomena. Not attaching the isolator is simply publicly asking for it.

Nalu looked relieved, “Good.”

Su Ling glanced at him, then turned to squeeze the Pearl Lopseed’s leaves that were wrapped around his wrist, and said helplessly, “Don’t wrap around my wrist, it will affect my work.”

However, Pearl Lopseed is different from Xian Mo Yu. It couldn’t understand what Su Ling said, so when he rubbed the leaves, it pressed itself against him even tighter. Su Ling thought for a moment. He held the tip of the leaf and unrolled the vines of leaves around his wrist twice like a ball of thread. After he unrolled the leaf from his wrist, Su Ling pushed it to rest beside its flower. The leaves shook, and when he let go, they immediately pressed against his arm but did not try to entangle his hands anymore. Su Ling smiled, the plant didn’t understand his words but still could understand his gesture. Letting the leaves sticking close to his body, he took the nutrient solution out of the space storage and re-arranged the supplies and medicine.

Taking a glance over the model on the edge of the container, Nalu immediately approached and stated into the container, “My God, high-quality nutrient solution.” Then he asked Su Ling, “How much will the plants consume every day?”

Su Ling thought about it and replied, “Grade A spiritual plant will take about 1 litre every day. Is it expensive?”

“1 litre equals to 1000 star coins,” Nalu said with a pained expression, “continuous consumption will be a huge expense.”

Su Ling quickly figured the numbers out in his mind. The nutrient solution for 3 Grade A spiritual plants cost 3,000 star coins a day. He still hasn’t figured how much Xian Mo Yu needs daily, but it will definitely be more. In this case, the monthly expenditure on the nutrient solution will be more than 100,000 star coins. After a moment of consideration, he laughed, “It doesn’t matter, the raw materials they provide every day are worth 10,000. Adding the Redthorn Ball liquid to the account, they will earn at least 30,000 star coins every day.”

These aren’t spiritual plants, they are gold mines!

Nalu clapped his hands, and his eyes brightened, “You are right, they should use the best nutrient solution.” Then he happily stretched out his hand to touch the Redthorn Ball closest to him. But the thread on the Redthorn Ball suddenly stood stiff and pierced his hand like needles.

“Hiss…” Nalu immediately shrank back. Clutching his fingers, he saw a blood drop coming out of the middle finger.

Su Ling was taken aback and looked at him nervously.

Nalu held his hands and stared at the wound for a while. Then he smiled and shrugged his shoulders, “I’m okay, it just pierced my hand, but didn’t release any poison.”He wiped his hands with a paper towel and turned to look at Redthorn Ball. Under his breath, he muttered, “Why is it so fierce? It’s just a touch. Xiao Ling and I are on the same team!”

Feeling funny, Su Ling laughed, “It couldn’t understand you.” He looked at Redthorn Ball, “This is the first time I saw it hurting people.”

Nalu: “The spiritual plant is apprehensive to non-Omega. Of course, if an Omega forcefully tried to harvest the raw materials, the result will not be better than mine just now.”

Su Ling remembered the scene when he took out the spiritual plants from the security company, “Then you have to remind the people in the store.”

Nalu: “Only Xiao Bian and the temporary worker will come in the backyard. I will tell them.”

Then Nalu pointed at the 3 plants that kept sticking to Su Ling’s body and at Xian Mo Yu which was secretly soaking its roots in nutrient solution; drinking away happily.

“They seem to be afraid of Xian Mo Yu, can they be put together in the greenhouse?”

Su Ling was not sure as well. “Let’s try.”

With Nalu’s help, he placed the 3 plants in the corner of the greenhouse near the door. Then together they moved Xian Mo Yu to the innermost corner to keep them at the farthest distance. However, when Xian Mo Yu was moved to the position, the few remaining low-level spiritual plants that were placed in the innermost of the greenhouse were scared to death. 2 plants were so terrified that their flower head fell off on to the ground while another plant half-snapped its stem. The scene looked very miserable.

Su Ling: “…”

Fortunately, he has his isolator on; otherwise, he will be surrounded by panic attacks. He turned his head to look at the 3 Grade A spiritual plants. Although they seemed slightly fine, not losing their heads or snapping their stem, they were shaking like they are having convulsions.

Nalu tsked, “This level of suppression is too strong.” Approaching the rose plants, he picked up the roses on the ground and said, “It can’t be used anymore.”

Upon hearing that, Su Ling looked at the flower and saw that the petals were completely different from those still fine on its stem. The fallen ones have glinting black colour mixed the red colour. This petal is poisonous. Although the toxins of low-level spiritual plants are not very toxic, the toxins will destroy the original effect of the raw materials.

Su Ling: “Are there any other empty rooms?”

Nalu: “The fragrance making room is quite empty, but the environment is not as good as this large shed. There are only a few low-level spiritual plants left. I will just move them out of here.”

Compared with the low-level spiritual plants, Nalu naturally values Xian Mo Yu more and wants to provide Xian Mo Yu with a better environment. However, Su Ling stopped him from moving the spiritual plants and said, “Wait a minute, Redthorn Ball is also afraid of Xian Mo Yu. I will try to comfort it. If my method doesn’t work, I will shift Xian Mo Yu to a place by itself.”

Nalu nodded immediately.

Although Grade A spiritual plant is not as good as Grade S, the current 3 plants can provide certain raw materials every day.  On the other side, Su Ling is not certain what Xian Mo Yu can provide. Hence, Grade A spiritual plan is more precious in his heart. Su Ling stood in front of the Grade A plants. Instantly, the 3 plants reached out, and their branches and vines pressed against him and wrapped his arms. He gently stroke the flowers and comforted, “Don’t be afraid, Xian Mo Yu will not eat you.”

His words did nothing. Su Ling calmed down for a while, and finally determined that the plants couldn’t understand his words. He has yet to master the method of communicating with them using pheromones. After a moment of considerations, Su Ling figured that he could only use actions to express his intentions. He waved to Xian Mo Yu and called out at the same time. The next moment, one of Xian Mo Yu’s roots stretched out in front of him. Grabbing onto the root, Su Ling could feel a touch of cold and bouncy sensation from his palm. He couldn’t help squeezing it, and the root twisted happily.

The 3 Grade A spiritual plants trembled even more.

Su Ling touched them with his left hand, and put the root on Redthorn Ball with his right hand, “Look, Xian Mo Yu will not hurt you, even if it touches you, it will not eat…”

Before he could finish talking, Xian Mo Yu got attracted by the scent of its food and couldn’t help itself. The top of its root opened up like morning glory, and it started sucking from one of the red balls to absorb the liquid within. The red ball deflated in the blink of an eye.

Su Ling was taken aback and quickly removed the root, “Xian Mo Yu!”

The tip of the roots was dumbfounded, and it closed up weakly, with the lower end drooping down, like a lifeless thread. At the same time, Su Ling had a vague image of a stickman kneeling on the ground in his mind.

Su Ling: “…”

The stickman stood up and knelt down, then crawled on the ground.

As expected of a Grade S spiritual plant with the highest IQ, Su Ling sighed silently.

Nalu was stunned. Looking at the countless black roots that were still soaking in the nutrient solution in the distance, his scalp tingled, “No wonder they are afraid of it.”

Su Ling spread his hands, “I can’t comfort the plants, we’ll just have to move Xian Mo Yu alone.”

Even he himself couldn’t believe the comforting words he said just now. If he really put them together in a room, he is afraid that none of the Grade A spiritual plants would be left when he wakes up tomorrow morning. However, thinking of Xian Mo Yu’s technique of burrowing into the ground, Su Ling couldn’t be relieved if they are not in the same room. Regardless, he brought Xian Mo Yu to the fragrance-making room with Nalu. Then he repeatedly ordered Xian Mo Yu, telling him not to harm the other spiritual plants and to drink the nutrient solution if it wants to eat anything.

At first, only one of Xian Mo Yu’s roots stood up and kept moving up and down as if it is nodding. But after listening to him nagging for a long time, a circle of roots surrounded Su Ling, ‘nodding’ up and down continuously. Su Ling also felt that he was a bit long-winded, so he coughed slightly and squeezed the roots in front of him, “Get a good rest and don’t destroy the room.”

A circle of roots nodded again.

After Su Ling left the room, he went to see the Redthorn Ball. The frequency of the Redthorn Ball’s shaking was much smaller than before. A red ball was deflated, but it didn’t seem to feel much. He took off his isolator and calmed the plant with his pheromone, then he gave it some nutrient solution based on the emotion he felt.

It’s already over 10pm when this busy day ends.

Nalu: “You go to rest first. There are many people in the store right now, so remember to turn on soundproofing function.”

Su Ling was really tired, so he nodded and walked to the lounge.

Before that, Nalu patted him on the shoulder and said, “Go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow. Even though your pheromone smells normal now, you still have to see if the rest of your body data is normal.”

Su Ling: “No need ba? I felt good, no discomfort anywhere.”

With a serious expression, Nalu insisted, “Of course you need to.” Then he coughed lightly, “You are already an adult, but you haven’t come in estrus even once. You have to check if Xian Mo Yu has any effect on you.”

Su Ling was speechless for a moment.

Waving his hand, Nalu seemed a little embarrassed to talk to him about this topic, which is usually done by the elders. He strode past Su Ling and decided, “I will send you there tomorrow.”

Su Ling understands him well, this topic is similar to the adult education in his previous world. Even if the topic is raised by biological parents, awkwardness is inevitable. He turned to call out at Nalu, “No need, I’ll go by myself. Have a good rest.”

The fragrance bar usually closes at three in the morning and can get even later when there are guests. The staffs rarely get up in the morning.

Su Ling returned to the lounge with a strong sense of strangeness. The lounge is totally incomparable with the guest room in Gu Liheng’s villa. Just the area itself is worse. Fortunately, it is fully equipped. He ordered a takeaway and took a shower after eating. Coming out of the bathroom in his pyjamas, Su Ling could hear faint voices from the store. He turned on the soundproofing function, and all kinds of noise disappeared instantly.

Initially, he felt tired, but he didn’t want to sleep after taking a shower. So he tapped open his bracelet and check the missed calls from today; all belonging to Gu Liheng and Nalu. A smile appeared on his face unconsciously, it felt good that someone cared. After reading it, he closed the missed call log, Su Ling discovered that there is an unread message. He opened it, and it was sent to him by the security company, which contained instructions on how to use the facility and input of the master control information. He inputted his fingerprint and pupil scan as instructed, and completed the registration for the master control. After that, the master control is turned on, and a holographic screen popped up above his bracelet, showing the various view of the store. Even the road outside the backyard can be monitored, and occasionally people or vehicles passing by will be displayed in red. If an outsider comes in, he can see it very clearly.

The main control console has a button for power and lock function. The power function can cause electric shock when someone breaks in, while the lock function prohibits entry and exit. Su Ling checked further and found that the time for the lock function was set to automatically turned on 3 am to 5 pm. The security company must have asked about the store’s closing time and confirmed that no one will be in the store during this time. Next, Su Ling checked online for the price of the security facility, it cost 600,000 star coins. After calculating silently, he breathed a sigh of relief. Compared with the income from spiritual plants, it is not exactly expensive.

The next day, he didn’t get up until 8:30 am. After washing, he went to see the spiritual plants to make sure that they are all alive and well, and went out to buy breakfast. Just as he went out of the store, he received a call from Nalu, “Where are you now?”

Su Ling: “Back door.”

Nalu: “I’ll be there soon.”

After a while, Nalu’s car stopped in front of Su Ling, and he got in the car. He said helplessly, “Didn’t I say I will go by myself?”

Nalu: “Who knows if you were just giving me a perfunctory reply? You kids like to do that what.”

Su Ling emphasized, “I am not a child, and I have not eaten breakfast yet.”

Nalu smiled, and the two ate breakfast together before heading to the Central Hospital.

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