Purple Gardenia
"My master has passed away for many years. In our sect, we have always passed down this craft to the O, not the A. This was her advice," Dusha said sincerely.
"Pass on O and not A?" Su Liu leaned back in the rocking chair, flipping through the atlas of the territory vegetation presented by Liu Weizhen. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and smiled.
"Yes, yes," Dusha didn't quite understand the city lord's implication, so she stuttered.
"What do you need? Are there any in the territory?" Su Liu looked at her with a smile.
"The two most important things are purple powder and beeswax," Dusha explained briefly. "Beeswax is easy to come by, but... purple powder is made from Mirabilis jalapa seeds, which aren't found in the territory, so... I don't have much in stock."
"Jasmine should be easy to grow, right?" Su Liu was a little puzzled.
"Yes, but..." Du Sha looked at Liu Weizhen beside her with some embarrassment and asked for help out of the corner of her eye.
As a long-time colleague, Liu Weizhen could understand the meaning of the words with just one glance. He immediately stepped forward to intervene and said, "This flower is poisonous. It has always been monopolized by the vampire nobles. We humans are not allowed to grow it privately."
Are they so afraid of death? These vampires.
Su Liu coughed lightly and glanced at Qi Fengling who was standing behind him as a background board.
Qi Fengling, the Buddhist prince of the blood clan, only has love in his eyes and has no ambition at all.
Seeing Su Liu looking at him, he still seemed a little innocent, as if he had been on vacation for so many years.
Su Liu was very disappointed with his friend.
Knowing the direction of the original book, he really couldn't bear to watch these people sacrifice in front of him. Those sacrifices were like stones thrown into the sea, which only caused ripples in an instant, or like an ant trying to shake a tree, not worth mentioning.
After all, they are not the protagonists and do not have the halo of the protagonist.
Perhaps from the perspective of the protagonist, they are all grasshoppers after autumn and undisciplined ants, but if you look at it from the perspective of these supporting characters, you will deeply realize what a sad future this is.
Su Liu was absolutely unwilling to stand idly by.
"How long can the disguise last?" Su Liu raised another practical question.
"In autumn and winter, it can last for about a week. In a long summer like now, it can only last for 8 hours at most. Basically, it will be exposed after sweating," Du Sha said realistically.
"What you are talking about is an external body shaping disguise method. Are there any pills that can be taken internally? After taking it, I can change my appearance. It would be best if it can be very inconspicuous and last longer," Su Liu said like the client who was forcing someone to do something.
"...Yes, there is," Dusha suddenly felt that the lunch was not as delicious as before, and she regretted eating so much. "But... eating it will cause a lot of side effects, from acute enteritis to liver and kidney damage... Besides, it's almost impossible to change back..."
"...," Su Liu sighed and asked unwillingly, "Isn't there a way to disguise myself by just changing my skin color?"
Dusha's eyes lit up, as if she hadn't expected this to be a disguise. She nodded quickly, "City Lord! Using Gardenia Water to dye your skin can turn it a dull yellow, but you need to apply it or bathe in it daily. If you want to change it back, wash it off with clean water. The color will fade after three days."
As the saying goes, white can hide a hundred flaws, but yellow can ruin everything.
Su Liu finally showed the satisfied smile that was unique to Party A.
"Then use this. Give it to me to try first." Su Liu stood up and returned the vegetation atlas in his hand to Liu Weizhen, signaling Du Sha to go down and prepare.
Dusha ran away in a hurry.
Liu Weizhen chased her from behind, as if to ask her to slow down as it was not easy to do strenuous exercise right after a meal.
Dusha's voice came from the wind.
"I won't be greedy anymore..."
His tone was full of regret for being tortured by Party A.
If you listen carefully, you can also feel a sense of satisfaction that "my talent is finally being put to good use."
After sending Du Sha and Liu Weizhen away, Su Liu turned around and instructed Qi Fengling to go back to the territory to pick some helpers who knew how to do farm work for him, and asked him to personally escort these people to the Spark City.
This time, Qi Fengling took the order and left without saying a word.
After Qi Fengling left, only Su Liu and Ji He were left in the entire office hall.
Ji He bit his lip, looking like he had something to say.
"What do you want to say?" Su Liu glanced at him and understood something in her heart, "Don't you want to change your appearance?"
Ji He's face also showed the entanglement of obeying the arrangement after eating. He said hesitantly, "City Lord, is it okay?"
"No," Su Liu refused decisively, "Why not? Unless your reasons can impress me and make me change my mind."
Hearing that the city lord hadn't made a final decision, Ji He lowered his head and thought hard for a long time, until sweat broke out on his forehead. Then he sobbed and said, "I don't want to become ugly... He, he will dislike me."
Su Liu looked at Ji He crying bitterly, turned her head and smiled secretly.
It seems that this little beauty also knows that she is very beautiful. After using her beauty as a card for a long time, she has regarded it as her only reliance.
"But didn't your husband say that you couldn't recognize him? This time it's your turn to test him and see if he can recognize you. Don't you have confidence in him? Only a born scumbag would not recognize his wife," Su Liu said heavily.
"...That's right," Ji He's tearful eyes suddenly became firm. The incident had obviously left a serious psychological trauma on him. He clenched his fists, "I'll do it!"
After completing the mobilization, Su Liu chatted with Ji He for a few more words. Soon, Liu Weizhen returned to the office hall with Du Sha, carrying a small basket.
The basket contained the concentrated gardenia liquid that had been refined into mud pills.
"One pill can be used for a week. Just soak it for half a quarter of an hour and dissolve it in a basin of water..." Dusha explained in detail. "When not in use, store it in a dry purse, away from light and moisture."
"City Lord, this pill is only effective for Omegas. Beta and Alpha's skin is not that delicate, and they don't absorb Gardenia Water very well." Dusha handed the pill to Su Liu and added.
Su Liu gave Ji He eight pills, put them into the purse in the basket, and gave it to Ji He.
Then he told Liu Weizhen to pack up and secretly protect Ji He, and then sneak into the Duke Li's manor with them. As for Xun Ruozhang, Su Liu did not plan to send her out this time, and let her guard the rear in case of emergency.
There should not be too many people.
This time he wants to do something big, and too many things will only become a hindrance.
Adding to the matters concerning Bosi and Andri, this trip will take no less than two months.
After making a preliminary plan, Su Liu hinted to Liu Weizhen to take Ji He, who was confused, away first.
Du Sha pointed at herself, and after receiving Su Liu's response, she bowed and left.
Su Liu picked up a pill and brought it close to her nose to smell it. It had a faint floral scent, clear yet mixed with a sweet aroma.
Two and a half hours later.
After taking a bath in gardenia water, Su Liu almost laughed to death when she saw her reflection in the water.
Maybe it was because he used a whole pill, the effect was surprisingly significant.
After turning yellow, his face looked very rustic, with some small freckles of pigmentation at the corners of his eyes. He looked tired from doing farm work for thirty years. Not only was he mediocre, he was also a little ugly.
Su Liu changed into cloth clothes and went to find Du Sha.
Dusha was startled.
It is suspected that enemies have infiltrated the city lord's manor.
Just as she was about to scream, Su Liu covered her mouth and controlled her.
What could she, a non-combatant, do outnumbered and weak? She suppressed her fear and looked carefully for a long time before she barely recognized that this was the city lord.
Madame Tussauds probably didn't expect that just changing the skin color could create such a huge difference.
It's just like the clouds in the sky turning into mud on the ground.
She was washing clothes before, and the water on her jacket had not been wrung out yet, and was dripping down.
After the fear in Dusha's eyes completely faded away.
Su Liu let go of her and took it, "Let me wash it."
As he said that, he deftly helped her wring it out and hang it up.
"...Ah?" Du Sha was stunned by Su Liu's snatching of her life. "...City Lord?"
"Shh," Su Liu put her finger against her lips, signaling her to keep it a secret for the time being.
"......" Dusha stopped talking and washed clothes silently with the city lord. She originally thought that the city lord, a noble who lived a life of luxury, should have never washed clothes, but she didn't expect that such tender hands could wash clothes so skillfully.
Not far away.
After Qi Fengling and Xun Ruozhang handed over the farmers they brought back, they passed by the laundry in the city lord's manor and saw an Omega whose figure looked somewhat like Su Liu.
“…Su Liu,” Qi Fengling walked forward.
Su Liu ignored him and continued to wash clothes with Du Sha, chatting and laughing, as if she didn't hear him.
The smile on Du Sha's face froze a little, and she cooperated with him in acting under Su Liu's "threat".
"Su Liu," Qi Fengling reached out and gently pinched Su Liu's shoulder, turning Su Liu's body towards him, "Why are you ignoring me?"
"Sir, please be respectful. I don't know you," Su Liu showed a surprised expression at the right time. The scent of gardenia on his body had overshadowed his body fragrance. It was impossible for Qi Fengling to recognize him by smelling his pheromones. Su Liu was very confident.
"Su Liu," Qi Fengling stroked Su Liu's face with his hand, his fingers sliding across her eyebrows and eyes, and then to her lips. His tone was gentle, but his words were very strong. "If you say that again, I'll kiss you!"
Su Liu slapped Qi Fengling's hand away and said in a somewhat discouraged tone, "You're so annoying. You even didn't let go of an Omega like me who looks like he's about to retire..."
"You're not that old, Su Liu," Qi Fengling looked at Su Liu with a smile, "You are colorful in my eyes, and you always have been."
"How did you recognize it?" Su Liu didn't believe his quantum theory like "soul anchoring".
"You really are colorful, Su Liu, I didn't lie to you," Qi Fengling held Su Liu's caramel-colored hand, placed it on his lips and kissed it.
That scene was very similar to the drama of "a bad wife from the country puts a curse on her handsome husband from the city and forces him to fall in love with her."
Du Sha wanted to boo when she saw this.
"You are not worthy of kissing me," Su Liu pulled back her hand and started talking nonsense preemptively, "A spoiled city girl like you who can't even wash clothes is not worthy of me. I want to divorce you."
Qi Fengling immediately realized that Su Liu was acting again, and treated him as his co-star. He said softly, "From now on, I will wash your clothes."
As he said that, he was about to pick up the clothes that Su Liu had placed aside.
"Ah? No, no," Du Sha quickly snatched it away. Those were her clothes. She and Su Liu were both Omegas, so it was okay for Su Liu to help her wash a few pieces. But if she happily accepted the help of an Alpha who had no relationship with her, then she really had no dignity left.
"You must change your city-dwelling habits as soon as possible. Since you are marrying into the countryside, you should act like a country person," Su Liu's script became more and more outrageous, and she almost laughed while talking about it.
"A rural crime film?" Qi Fengling pinched Su Liu's waist, "with some Miao elements."
Su Liu raised his chin, with an expression that said, "That's right, I'm the mastermind behind this." He said arrogantly, "Who made you so beautiful? I took a fancy to you the last time I came to the city. Now that you're in my territory, you have to be a good househusband for me, otherwise you won't have anything to eat."
Qi Fengling picked up Su Liu and walked towards the east tower of the castle under Du Sha's dazed gaze. He cursed with a smile as he walked, "You are so shameless."
"You are mine now. Even if you wake up one day, no one will want you anymore," Su Liu put his arm around Qi Fengling's shoulders, his tone full of the ugliness of a villain who has succeeded.
"Su Liu, can I kiss you?" Qi Fengling stopped and stared at Su Liu's face with an infatuated look, really like a poor handsome man who had been poisoned by a love poison and was mentally unstable.
"Try giving it a kiss?" Su Liu glared at him. "Only I can kiss you. You need to put yourself in the right place. You're just my wife, my plaything."
"......" Qi Fengling pinched Su Liu's waist, "Your line really makes people hate you. I feel a little sorry for myself. Su Liu, let's not joke about this kind of thing. It's too cruel."
"Is there really no such hidden story in your outline?" Su Liu's smile faded. That was the plot of "Voice of the Heart", a very cruel subject, even more terrifying than "Sweeping the Grave" where the man chases his wife to the crematorium.
"...It's just some fancy ways to conquer you, an Omega, a situation comedy..." Qi Fengling couldn't continue and his face turned red.
comedy?
Who are you trying to fool?
"This kind of low-brow story was actually adapted into a serious drama. Someone has higher ideas than you. You should be very grateful to them," Su Liu said sarcastically. He paused and then said, "Your cousin wrote it, right?"
“He can’t write.”
Unexpectedly, Qi Fengling denied it.
In short, it is impossible that this is a script written and performed by Su Liu's soft-hearted friend. His friend is not that kind of person. There must be other hidden secrets in this. Let's take it one step at a time.
"This world is a chimera, so your outline isn't completely worth considering." Su Liu looked at Qi Fengling, who was somewhat crestfallen after being reprimanded, and soothed him in a soothing tone, "At least the background setting hasn't changed."
Qi Fengling's eyes gradually lit up, and he took the opportunity to invite her, "Want to eat? A full meal."
"I don't want to eat it!" Su Liu bit him angrily.
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