Chapter 9 A Rose the Size of a Bowl

Cleaning a room is a job that presents both challenges and opportunities.

After nearly six hours of hard work, Hengxing finally finished cleaning the two guest rooms and successfully marinated herself in the process, trying her best not to breathe unless necessary while cleaning.

After taking a shower in the bathroom she had just cleaned, she walked wearily toward the driver's seat. As she passed the guest room next door, Mr. Yu, who always wore a scarf, probably found life too boring. Hearing the noise at the door, he popped his head out and joked with her.

"Captain Heng, will you regret saving 300,000 star coins?"

Heng Xing showed off the anonymous bank card he found in the room, "I made 66 star coins this afternoon, so I guess I've made something of it."

Yu Nianqing chuckled, "Are you still sleeping in the driver's seat from now on?"

"Stay here. You can check on the spaceship's status anytime from there. Let's go."

"Oh, by the way, goodnight, Mr. Yu."

"good evening."

Yu Nianqing watched her leave until her figure completely disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

*

Approximately eight hours later, the spaceship arrived at Mr. Liu's private asteroid.

At the entrance.

"Not landing?" Yu Nianqing asked, walking into the cockpit after the spaceship remained motionless for a long time.

"I can't get in. What is this? The planet is covered by a transparent shell and looks like a piece of candy." Hengxing opened his terminal and sent a message to Mr. Liu.

Yu Nianqing glanced at the viewing window and could see the red and pink planet's surface through the transparent protective shield. It did indeed look like a candy wrapped in plastic wrapper.

"This is a protective shield. Some private planets use such shields to prevent space pirates from invading."

Liu**: [I'll send you the entrance coordinates. Enter from there. Remember, don't land immediately after entering. Wait in mid-air for a while, and I'll have the butler come to pick you up.]

Heng**: [Okay.]

Heng Xing, guided by the navigation system, piloted the spaceship through the protective shield entrance, slowly descending into the planet's atmosphere. The deeper the spaceship descended, the more vibrant, deep red hues dispersed from the ocean-like landscape into clusters of flowers, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Below is a beautiful sea of ​​roses.

Seeing this, Yu Nianqing, who loved flowers dearly, spoke up to stop Hengxing from continuing to descend, "Be careful, don't touch these flowers."

Heng Xing didn't look up. "Even if I descend for another two minutes, I still won't be able to touch it!"

The spacecraft came to a steady stop three or four meters above the sea of ​​roses.

After waiting for a while, bells jingled among the two rows of flowers, and a square-shaped household robot emerged from the flowers, shaking the bell on its head and leading the spaceship to land on a flat area in the distance.

After the spaceship came to a stop, Heng Xing got up and headed towards the spaceship exit, with Yu Nianqing following behind her.

Why are you following me again? Are you afraid I'll run away halfway?

Hengxing wanted to joke with him, but then she remembered that they weren't that close, so she swallowed her words.

This guy's got a gun, so we'd better be careful.

The ground at the spaceship exit had a steep slope, and it was extremely easy to fall if you jumped down without a foothold, but this did not deter her agility.

Hengxing grabbed the door frame and jumped down, landing steadily. He turned and walked towards the home robot, but the familiar footsteps behind him never came.

Looking back, I saw Mr. Yu standing hesitantly at the exit, motionless.

He dared not jump.

His gaze swept over Mr. Yu's two long legs, which were almost as long as his own.

Are you too scared to jump?

Omega, so delicate.

Yu Nianqing was indeed too afraid to jump. After hesitating for a moment, he saw out of the corner of his eye that Heng Xing was walking further and further away. He was afraid that he would be abandoned here. In his anxiety, he no longer cared about his face or image and decided to squat down first and then jump down using the spaceship floor as support.

This method is ugly, but it works.

Just as I was about to squat down as planned, holding onto the door frame, a hand suddenly appeared in my line of sight.

It's a very beautiful hand, with long, slender fingers and well-defined knuckles.

The owner of the hand wasn't looking at herself; she turned her head to look at the sea of ​​roses in the distance and spoke to the air in a dry voice, "So slow."

"Thanks."

Yu Nianqing smiled faintly and, without being polite, used her hands to support herself as she jumped down after estimating the position.

After seeing that he had regained his footing, Hengxing withdrew the other hand that had been supporting him from behind and walked towards the home robot first.

Yu Nianqing followed behind her, looking down at her hands.

Unlike his delicate palms, the female Alpha's palms had a thin layer of calluses that were quite noticeable to the touch and felt a little itchy.

Coupled with her feigned indifference just now,

Captain Heng is kind of cute.

Just as he thought of this, Captain Heng in front spoke up quietly.

"Mr. Yu, I helped you off the spaceship, so I should give you a tip as a token of my appreciation."

Yu Nianqing: ...

What kind of debt collector is this?

Mr. Liu was waiting for them in front of the rose garden. He was an Alpha, around thirty years old, with fair skin and a refined appearance. He had a good temper and wore a pair of gold half-rimmed glasses with a chain. His white shirt and dark blue trousers were pressed crisply without any wrinkles.

"Wait a moment, I've already sent someone to get the flowers." He smiled and nodded to the two of them. "Have some rose tea with us, I dried them myself."

The three sat down at a nearby square table. Mr. Liu gave each of them a delicate little teacup, decorated inside and out with colorful rose patterns. When filled with pale red tea, the cups appeared hazy and indistinct. The fragrance of roses wafted out with the steam, a warm and moist aroma lingering in the air. Inhaling this fragrance, it was as if a painting of roses was unfolding before one's eyes.

He squinted, took a small sip, and put down the cup. Yu Nianqing, bewitched by the scent of roses, pulled her scarf off her chin and took a small sip.

Heng Xing didn't drink the tea and went straight to the point: "Mr. Liu, who should I give those flowers to?"

"Wen Xiyu, my fiancée." Mr. Liu switched the virtual display screen on the terminal to speaker mode.

The woman on the screen stood on the podium, with a cold and aloof appearance, explaining the courseware on the large screen.

"Is your fiancée a Beta?" Yu Nianqing asked him.

Mr. Liu nodded. "She is an associate professor at Yula University. I have her class schedule, so you should be able to find her easily."

"She lives in the school's faculty housing, so you can wait for her downstairs after class to deliver the flowers."

Yu Nianqing noticed that Heng Xing didn't respond, his expression inscrutable, lost in thought. This money-grubber was probably figuring out how to make more money.

But wasn't this the order she took? How come he's just doing free work chatting with the client?

How did he figure out that this woman was a Beta? Hengxing leaned back in his chair, deep in thought.

She initially mistook the Omega on the other side for an Alpha.

She scratched her head, thinking that she probably wasn't the only one who couldn't tell.

"Captain Heng!" Yu Nianqing called out to her.

Time to get to work.

Heng Xing snapped out of his daze and sat up a little straighter. "Mr. Liu, why doesn't your fiancée accept your packages?"

“I was afraid the school security guards would chase me away if I went directly to the school to deliver these roses.”

"We're having a little problem in our relationship."

He paused, then said, "Well, I don't think you two are the type to gossip, so I'll just tell you the truth."

“My family cannot accept my relationship with Beta. If I marry Xi Yu, I will lose my inheritance rights. To be honest, I don’t care much about those inheritances. I already have this Rose Planet left by my mother. I have no interest in those family businesses. If I give them up, I’ll give them up.”

"But Xi Yu thought I was a disappointment. She told me to calm down and then went back to class. She also blocked my contact information, so I thought I would send her some roses to apologize, but she wouldn't accept the previous packages and returned them all. When I opened them, the flowers were all rotten."

He lowered his head, his face showing obvious signs of fatigue.

Hengxing: "Why don't you go yourself?"

Mr. Liu: "The New Year is just over ten days away, and I've been too busy with the rose business lately to get away."

After listening attentively to his story, Yu Nianqing handed him her terminal. "She blocked your contacts. Try calling her with my terminal."

Mr. Yu was getting a little too engrossed in his work, and Heng Xing glanced at him discreetly.

"Thank you, thank you."

Mr. Liu took the terminal, skillfully entered a contact number, and then looked at the virtual screen of the terminal with anticipation.

"Hello?" came the indifferent female voice.

"Hey, baby, it's me..."

"Beep, beep, beep..."

Heng Xing: "...She hung up?"

Yu Nianqing: "It seems so."

Mr. Liu refused to believe it and struck again.

"Sorry, the user you dialed is currently on another call. Please try again later."

Heng Xing: "...Did you block me again?"

Yu Nianqing: "It seems so."

Mr. Liu looked somber. “She hasn’t forgiven me yet. Captain Heng, please proceed according to our plan.”

A self-driving trolley was parked next to the tea table, containing 52 deep red roses inserted into specially made fertilizer blocks.

"These roses are so unique and beautiful."

Yu Nianqing was immediately captivated by it at first glance.

Heng Xing glanced at it casually and quickly looked away.

Holy crap, how can there be roses as big as bowls in the world?

The 52 flowers tied together look just like the bonsai trees displayed at the entrance of a new store opening.

Does Mr. Liu's fiancée really accept this kind of art?

A note from the author:

Yu Nianqing: The star in Hengxing is the same as the star in Xingbi.

Hengxing: Hehe :)