Chapter 10

While Shu Minglan went to pour the tea, He Lingxing sprayed all the various sprays she needed onto herself. Finally, she drank the suppressant oral liquid she had bought earlier.

Suppressant oral liquid was not as effective as suppressant injections, but after adulthood, frequently using suppressants to forcibly suppress oneself would cause irreversible damage to the body. The slightly bitter liquid slid down her throat. He Lingxing let out a long breath, feeling as though the veins throughout her body had cooled somewhat.

She truly had “silently sacrificed” far too much for Shu Minglan.

After confirming that everything was correct, He Lingxing changed out of the low-heeled women’s leather shoes on her feet and into slippers, then slowly walked toward the female Omega bath.

After spraying the agents, it would take a few minutes for them to take effect. During those few minutes, He Lingxing thought about and recalled the upcoming plot. According to the script’s development, they should soon arrive at a very important stage, which would also be the busiest period.

Because the original owner was only a cannon-fodder character in this script, the script’s description of He Lingxing was very sparse and was basically brushed over in a few lines.

She only knew that “she” would later do something involving bribery, but would be reported in return and fail. Instead, she would be dealt with by the higher-ups.

The original owner could originally be considered the eldest young lady of a wealthy family, but her relationship with her family was extremely poor. Gradually, they had basically stopped having contact.

She herself was not particularly good at running the company. After losing her family’s support, the company had been greatly drained. Now, it was already impressive only on the surface; inside, the building was on the verge of collapse. After this, the original owner should launch a talent show plan, intending to rely on cultivating a girl group to bring the company back to life. But in the end, it would still end in failure.

However, in He Lingxing’s view, there was nothing inherently wrong with that girl group plan. The failure at the time had been hastily brushed over in the script. It only said that a rival company poached people and then took the lead in carrying out the plan her company had originally intended, leaving her with nowhere to go.

The new girl group project was also what He Lingxing had been busy with recently. At present, it was in the stage of recruiting personnel.

In truth, if she could dig out the original owner’s failure experience and study it, this move would definitely be much easier. Unfortunately, the original book described “He Lingxing” far too little, leaving her unable to use it as reference. She could only explore step by step on her own.

He Lingxing did not like being the kind of useless salted fish who simply paired up the male and female leads, then ended in failure and returned in disgrace. Since she had taken over this mission, she at least had to support the company first.

While she was thinking, the sound of the correct fingerprint password being entered came through.

Shu Minglan was wearing a bathrobe. A long snow-white belt outlined a slender waist that could be grasped in one hand. The skirt reached her calves, while the upper part of the robe hung loosely.

The water inside the two transparent glass cups swayed slightly with her steps but did not spill. Under the dim light, the woman’s slender hand handed the tea over. The rose petals on top had even been carefully torn into pieces one by one, floating over the pale-yellow tea.

He Lingxing picked it up and took a sip, then set it down on the floating tray. Her gaze seemed to casually glance at the cup in Shu Minglan’s hand.

She did not know where she had once heard the phrases “beauty beneath the lamplight” and “a touch of mourning clothes makes one three parts prettier.” He Lingxing had not paid much attention to them before, but now she slightly understood the meaning of those two sayings.

The soft light was like the half-waning cold moon outside, reflecting on the hot spring water and causing tiny ripples to shimmer as they slowly swayed back and forth in the glow.

Her long hair, black as crow feathers, was half-soaked in the pool and dampened by the water. Her sweet, beautiful features were coated with a gentle brightness. The distance between the two of them was within a safe range. Shu Minglan’s shoulders opened slightly backward. After taking a sip of tea, she exhaled, and in the next moment, He Lingxing, having found her chance, seemingly casually picked up Shu Minglan’s cup and took a sip as well.

Shu Minglan’s clear gaze landed on her.

He Lingxing’s shoulders trembled almost imperceptibly. Bracing herself, she pretended to be natural and gulped down several more mouthfuls.

She did not have any major mysophobia. Contact with strangers might make her somewhat uncomfortable, but when facing a living, fragrant beauty like Shu Minglan, there were probably few people who could feel any resistance. The sweet, mellow taste of white peach oolong tea lingered in her mouth, and its pleasant scent rushed straight into her nose.

The look Shu Minglan gave her was slightly surprised, but she soon completely accepted it. unauthorized copyBetween people of the same sex, drinking from the same cup was considered normal. Especially since He Lingxing gave her a somewhat overly familiar feeling, and Shu Minglan had never known what mysterious calculations were going on inside her head.

Shu Minglan felt that the water today seemed especially hot. Silently, she leaned a little to the side, trying to keep her distance and avoid chatting with He Lingxing. The two women maintained this subtle yet safe social distance, letting the water quietly rise, fall, and lap around them.

Only the final mission was left. He Lingxing took a deep breath, suddenly feeling that the air carried a dull, restless heat.

Looking at the beautiful hair scattered down and completely covering the back of Shu Minglan’s neck, He Lingxing was already thinking of retreating.

After all, the other small pranks were one thing, but after learning about the physical differences between Alphas and Omegas, touching another person’s gland had already crossed her moral bottom line. Right now, she was an Omega in disguise, but in reality, she was an Alpha. Deliberately touching someone else’s gland was an extremely vile act.

After pondering for a moment, she ultimately could not bring herself to do it. He Lingxing was currently discussing with the system whether the mission could be changed when she suddenly saw Shu Minglan, who had been quietly soaking in the distance, change expression. She actually turned around and charged straight toward her!

“Splash—”

The water splashing up from her panicked struggle covered the sound of approaching footsteps outside. The instant He Lingxing subconsciously wanted to push her away, the Omega’s warm, soft, fragrant scent clung tightly to her olfactory nerves like honey, making her legs suddenly go weak for no reason.

There seemed to be something strange floating in the water over there. Shu Minglan, trembling all over, somehow gained so much strength that she directly leapt out of the water and jumped onto He Lingxing.

He Lingxing barely steadied herself and wrapped an arm around Shu Minglan’s slender waist. At the same time, she lifted her long leg and swept it across the water’s surface, kicking the gray electric “water snake” aside. The woman’s softness had been pressed tightly against her front. Only after seeing the true appearance of the thing over there did Shu Minglan loosen a little.

“You’re afraid of snakes?”

No matter how light Shu Minglan was, she was still an adult weighing more than ninety jin. The force of her legs wrapped around He Lingxing’s waist, trembling nonstop, was really a little hard for He Lingxing to bear. Especially with her hands and feet slightly weak, as though tiny electric currents were surging through every inch of them.

The words had only just left her mouth.

【Coordination successful. Host, please quickly say the line and maintain your character setting!】

The trembling woman in her arms looked much better, while her pretty face flushed bright red. Realizing her loss of composure, she hurriedly tried to jump down.

Afraid that Shu Minglan would not stand steadily, He Lingxing did not fully release the hand still resting on her slender willow waist. Her red lips moved closer to Shu Minglan’s ear. The instant Shu Minglan slowly nodded, He Lingxing’s warm breath carried the line along with it:

“Bitches are so pretentious.”