Chapter 5 - Mutual flattery [OW]

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Su Ling subconsciously held his breath while staring intently at Gu Liheng. Has he really arrived in that novel’s world?

Gu Liheng's eyes fell on his face for a moment, then he quickly answered, "No."

Su Ling exhaled and smiled. Under his breath, he muttered, "No? Then it’s good."

The plot of that novel swiftly flashed through his mind. At Gu Liheng's current age, if he doesn't know Zhao Qi right now, then he(SL) is probably not inside the world of that novel. But then he couldn’t be sure. After all, Gu Liheng married Zhao Qi not because of feelings, but just gratitude. If that world is real, then the two of them will come to know each other soon. Su Ling only needs to pay more attention to Gu Liheng to confirm whether it is right or not.

Returning the fingerprint-certified contract back to Gu Liheng, Su Ling said with a smile, "You can let your people take them away. I will go with you today so that I can recognize the way there next time."

Gu Liheng nodded. Soon, two bodyguards came in. They approached the protective box, preparing to lift the spiritual plants away. The bodyguard with crop top hair took the lid and was about to close the box. All of a sudden, the branches of the Redthorn Ball suddenly bent towards him. The filaments floating on the surface of the sphere became like steel needles, trying to stab towards his hand. On the other side, Pearl Lopseed’s white slender petals, and Golden Baby's breath green vines, charged towards his hand at the same time.

"Be careful!" His colleagues shouted anxiously.

The crop top hair bodyguard quickly withdrew, avoiding the 3 spiritual plants; a layer of cold sweat covered his forehead. Su Ling noticed that the fragrance in the air has become much lighter.

Nalu whispered, "So fierce."

Su Ling looked at the 3 spiritual plants curiously, how strange.

Gu Liheng: "Grade A spiritual plants are very exclusive and have territorial consciousness. They are beneficial and poisonous at the same time. It is very dangerous for others to touch them. Can you help to close the lid?"

Su Ling looked at him and looked at the ball-like Redthorn Ball again, "I try."

He approached the protective box, and the 3 spiritual plants instantly changed their menacing appearance. Resuming back to their previous unharmful appearances, the filaments on the red ball fluttered toward him like seaweed. Su Ling's eyes slightly squinted. Although he had no words or other feelings, but from the state of the spiritual plant, he knew that the spiritual plant was very friendly to him. He chuckled lightly, "You all be good, we are going to change places." Whenever he did experiments back in his previous world, he would often talk to the samples to make them change in the direction he wanted. He placed his hand on the lid, the 3 spiritual plants were very obedient, there wasn’t any obstacle at all, so he managed to close the lid smoothly,

The two bodyguards stepped forward again and lifted the protective box.

...

On the road, 4 luxurious cars were moving swiftly, with the bodyguards’ car at the front and back. Su Ling, Gu Liheng, and Nalu are in the second car, while the spiritual plants are in the car behind them. Su Ling was sitting in the back seat of the car. The car was very quiet, and that caused him to be uncomfortable. Other than the times he is busy with his experiments, Su Ling never quite like the quiet atmosphere with more than two people within the space, not saying anything would make him feel uncomfortable. He glanced at Gu Liheng, who was sitting next to him. Gu Liheng was doing his business matters, his eyes fell on the holographic screen, and his expression was focused and serious. How mature and stable, and really handsome too!

Thinking of his name, Su Ling's heartbeat slightly accelerated. What if he is really his imaginary male god? He(SL) will definitely give a chase, of course! Without hesitation, Su Ling subconsciously answered his own question. He almost gets mad when he read about his male god’s death in the novel. He wished he could crawl over the internet and choke the author's neck to demand him/her to change the plot. He absolutely can't bear to see Gu Liheng suffer the same encounter as what was written in the novel.

"Why are you staring at me?" Gu Liheng tapped his finger on the bracelet, the holographic screen disappeared, and he looked at Su Ling. His expression didn't change when he asked the question, and he looked a little serious, not moving his eyebrows.

Their gaze met, and Su Ling coughed awkwardly, "You are nice to look at."

Gu Liheng stared at him for a moment, and then he moved a little, his posture became stricter as if he was holding an important meeting. His voice was calm, and his tone was very soft, "Do you know what does it means if an Omega asked if the Alpha is married, and then praise his appearance?"

Su Ling didn't know it initially, but after the other party asked it out explicitly, Su Ling came to a realization. He blushed: "I know now, I don't mean that." He waved his hand.

Gu Liheng nodded, "I know, it's easy to see that. I’m just reminding you that doing so will make people misunderstand."

Su Ling looked at his serious expression and couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, but you don't have to be so serious."

Gu Liheng tilted his head slightly to the left, "I'm serious?" He relaxed his shoulders slightly, "I was trying to be gentle to avoid the embarrassment, but it seems to be unsuccessful."

Su Ling couldn’t contain his smile, "You are gentle, just that," he pointed to his(GLH) face, "no expression."

Gu Liheng's eyes fell on Su Ling’s face. The young man was smiled brightly, his eyes were clear, and his whole body was filled with a youthful breath. The corner of his mouth moved, and a stiff smile flashed by, "You really know how to smile."

Su Ling looked at him and felt uncomfortable in his heart. Obviously, the other party rarely gets to smile. His smile gradually faded, but was quickly raised up again, "You know how to be serious, making you looked calm, and that lets people feel reliable."

Gu Liheng looked at him, "You speak very well."

Su Ling: "You know how to praise people too." He couldn't help laughing, "Doesn’t this feels like we are mutually flattering each other?"

Gu Liheng: "I never flatter people, I just tell the truth."

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were filled with smiles, "Although I will flatter people, what I said just now is true."

Gu Liheng’s expression slightly loosened, "Very few people talk to me like this."

Su Ling: "This is normal. If you are my boss, I won't talk to you like that as well."

"President Gu, we have arrived." At this time, the driver's voice came from the front.

The doors on both sides opened, Gu Liheng and Su Ling got off the car, and Nalu also got off from the co-driver side. Su Ling looked around, this is a villa on the mountainside, with dark blue and white as the primary colour, and there was a vast green plant coverage in the yard.

Gu Liheng asked the bodyguard to carry the protective box to a huge room on the first floor.  The bodyguards retreated to the door after they lowered the protective box in the room. Only Gu Liheng, Su Ling and Nalu were left in the room.

Su Ling turned to Gu Liheng, "I want to try using my pheromones to communicate with them."

Gu Liheng nodded and moved to retreat, "Then, I’ll leave first."

"No," Su Ling touched his nose. "You know my situation. I just want to remind you to be mentally prepared, wear a mask or something."

Gu Liheng stopped on his track, "No need."

Nalu chipped in as well, "I don't need it either."

Su Ling walked to the protective box and muttered, "If it wasn't for the smell coming out from my body, I wanted to wear a mask myself."

Nalu: "It has been like this for so many years, and yet you are not used to it? Ain’t that a bit exaggerating?"

"If I were a rotten egg, I might get used to it." Su Ling said, opening the lid, and suddenly the room was covered with a mesmerizing fragrance.

The 3 spiritual plants approached Su Ling with friendly movements.

Su Ling tentatively touched their petals with his index fingers, and they immediately rubbed back intimately. Feeling ticklish at his finger, he smiled and withdrew his hand. Spiritual plants seem to like him very much! That gave him some confidence, and he looked forward to communicating with them using his pheromones. He informed Gu Liheng and Nalu, "I will take the isolator off now."

The two nodded, Su Ling moved his hand to the back of his neck, and removed the isolator.
Then he placed his focus on the back of his neck, the skin on that area was very sensitive. Soon, a very light smell of rotten eggs passed by his nose. He suddenly felt something like he had never before. In addition to his own smell, the other three aromas in the air became clear and distinct; not becoming more intense, but easier to distinguish from each other.

It's like a mixed ball of yarns of different colours. He can easily pick out the yarns of the same colour. Pearl Lopseed is light and sweet, Redthorn Ball has a strong fragrance, Golden Baby's breath has a refreshing fragrance, and the three flavours are very different. He looked at the 3 spiritual plants and could sense his pheromone quickly spread away from him, approaching them. Su Ling's heart jumped suddenly when his pheromones came to the protective box, at the same time, he felt three same panic emotions from the spiritual plant. The next moment, he saw the 3 spiritual plants bending their branches in the opposite direction from him, like they are going to snap off, as if to avoid him as far as possible. At the same time, Pearl Lopseed's slender petals are all tightly closed together, like a bent brush. Redthorn Ball's floating filament stuck to the sphere surface tightly, covering it as tightly as possible. All the beautiful flowers of Golden Baby's breath were closed. The aroma of the spiritual plant soon faded, and the smell of rotten eggs became prominent.

Su Ling: "..." I thought you like me? This act of disgust is too obvious.

Reattaching the isolator at the back of his neck, Su Ling turned around and saw Gu Liheng's expression remained unchanged, while Nalu's expression was complicated. He spread his hand open and admitted, "It’s a failure, so collecting raw materials is even more impossible."

Gu Liheng: "I will arrange people to do it."

Su Ling looked at him, expectantly, "Can I watch the process?"

Gu Liheng nodded, "Yes, you can also take away the nectar and stem for today’s portion."

Soon, a Grade A spiritual plant specialist from the Gu's Corporation arrived at the room. He was a 30-year-old male, blonde-haired Omega with a gentle appearance. Gu Liheng gave a brief introduction for them, "Darry, Su Ling, Nalu."

After getting to know each other, Darry stared at the spiritual plants with sparkling eyes. His hands were folded in front of his chest, and he has a dreamy expression on his face, "This is simply heaven."

The smell of Su Ling's pheromone has long dissipated in the air, and the spiritual plants have returned to normal. Hence, they looked excellent, regardless of fragrance or appearance. When Darry spoke, Su Ling's nose twitched, and he could smell a sweet fragrance, coming from Darry.

Darry finished sighing and put his hands down. Three small glass bottles appeared on his hand, and he slowly approached the spiritual plants. The spiritual plants did not attack him and were quite cooperative.

The Pearl Lopseed bent down its slender petals, and transparent dew oozed out of the petals, falling into the glass bottle. The prickly red ball from Redthorn Ball opened a small opening at the bottom of the sphere and spat out some bright red fluid. For Golden Baby's breath, its vine twists and turns with its petals facing down, then a stem fell into the glass bottle. Darry handed the glass bottles to Gu Liheng, then was stopped by Su Ling when he was about to leave.

Su Ling: "How do you communicate with them?"

Darry pointed to the back of his neck, "Controlling the pheromone," he smiled gently, "they are much more docile than I expected."

Su Ling thanked him and decided to check for more information about controlling pheromones after this.

Gu Liheng handed him the nectar and stem, "You can come to experiment at any time."

Su Ling took it with a smile, "Alright, then we will take our leave first."

Nodding, Gu Liheng offered, "I'll get someone to send you, and you can contact me when you want to come over, I will arrange for the driver to pick you up."

Su Ling thought about the location of the villa and guessed that ordinary taxis might not be able to enter, so he did not refuse, "Have to trouble you."

When they left, Su Ling saved the location point in his bracelet. Sitting in the back seat, he searched about the material collection process of the spiritual plant raw material. Suddenly, Nalu patted his shoulder.

"Wow, fortunately, we placed the plants in President Gu's house. I didn't expect the news to spread out so quickly. It's not safe at all to put them in the store."

Su Ling looked over and saw the conspicuous top news in Nalu's holographic screen.

[Three Grade A spiritual plants have appeared!!]

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