Rebirth to become the President’s Omega Wife - Chap 33
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.
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.”
