Chapter 9: 009
The military had strict management regulations. During martial law, all visitors coming to visit the base were not allowed to enter the interior.
Recently, due to the theft of an S-grade weapon, all military bases had entered a state of martial law. Therefore, visitors looking for relatives or friends could only wait in the reception room located 2 kilometers away from the base.
Lucius changed into clean clothes and ran to the base’s reception area without even drying his hair.
Because of running, he was panting slightly.
When entering the reception room, he deliberately slowed his pace to calm his breathing, and even tidied up his hair, which had been blown into a mess by the wind.
He didn’t want to see Michel looking sloppy.
In the not-too-crowded reception room, a man with black curly hair and a darker complexion was leaning against the wall.
He stood casually, head slightly bowed, holding a bouquet of lush green plants.
As if sharing a telepathic connection, the moment Lucius entered the reception hall, Michel looked up.
Taking long strides, he arrived in front of Lucius in just two or three steps, greeting him: “I heard you’re on leave these two days, so I came to hang out with you.”
The unique scent of Michel rushing toward his face made Lucius feel a bit unnatural.
He averted his eyes for two seconds before managing to calm his irregular heartbeat.
Lucius: “Aren’t you busy with work?”
Michel: “Ah… I just finished the year-end fashion shows, so I won’t be too busy until February.”
Michel’s job was as a runway model. His darker skin and distinct facial features made him stand out among the models, giving him high recognition.
“I see! It just so happens it’s my turn for leave this week, I’ll take you around the nearby areas!”
“Okay.”
Michel replied absentmindedly, his gaze lingering on Lucius’s moving lips for a moment.
“Right, this is for you.”
Saying this, Michel handed the Freesia, wrapped in starry night wrapping paper, to Lucius.
He always remembered that Lucius loved stars and the night sky the most, and back then, choosing to become a military officer was also because he could get closer to the starry sky.
Lucius’s heart beat slightly faster.
“This is a natural plant, right… A gift, for me?”
He was somewhat in disbelief.
Michel often gave him things, mostly gifts from fashion brands or popular little trinkets in the interstellar space.
He had never given him a natural plant like today.
Giving a plant… and a blooming one at that, wasn’t this a bit ambiguous?
Thump, thump.
His heartbeat couldn’t help but accelerate.
Lucius lowered his head and sniffed the bouquet.
The pure white little flowers emitted a light fragrance, peaceful yet carrying a touch of sweetness.
It was entirely different from all the genetically synthesized plants Lucius had seen; it was very special.
Michel’s voice was deep: “Do you like it?”
“I like it, I like it very much.”
Lucius naturally liked it.
But rather than whether he liked it or not, Lucius currently had another question.
Why did Michel… want to give him flowers?
Lucius was not very good at hiding his expressions, so at this moment, his confused look was plain for all to see.
Michel chuckled out loud.
His hand naturally rested on Lucius’s shoulder, applying a slight pressure to pull the other toward him.
Their shoulders touched.
Michel slightly lowered his head and said, “Someone online used this bouquet of flowers to successfully ask out their male god. I also wanted to try and see if I could use it to capture my male god.”
“Eh?”
Lucius felt a bit dizzy.
He knew what every word Michel said meant, but put together, he didn’t know what it meant anymore.
Michel’s male god?
Who?
Me?!
From Lucius’s expression, Michel read his confusion.
Amidst the confusion was some disbelief, but there were no emotions of disgust or dislike.
His originally somewhat anxious heart settled down.
Lucius didn’t hate him, and might even like him a little.
This was truly wonderful.
Since Lucius wasn’t repulsed, then… let him take this step!
He didn’t want to wait anymore.
Michel spoke up: “You are the person I look up to, ever since we were kids.”
His heartbeat was fast, extremely nervous, but his thoughts were clear: “I like you, Lucius, I always have.”
Lucius’s beautiful light amber pupils suddenly contracted.
He stared blankly at Michel, his mind going completely blank like a crashed optical computer.
His originally fair ear tips turned pink.
Michel spoke gently: “It’s okay if you don’t accept, I just wanted you to know my…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a light kiss was pressed to Michel’s lips.
From Lucius.
After Lucius kissed him, both his cheeks were bright red, but his eyes were very bright, as if rippling with water.
He proactively took Michel’s hand, their fingers intertwining.
Lucius: “I like you too.”
Michel’s face instantly turned entirely red, not even his dark brown complexion could hide the spreading flush.
The two then walked hand-in-hand under the shade of the trees, the air around them filled with a thick, sweet atmosphere.
The Freesia held in their hands caught the fragmented light, its green leaves tinged with gold, emitting a light fragrance.
Warm and beautiful, yet carrying a hint of sweetness.
Michel had fallen for Lucius the very first time he saw him.
He was always worried that Lucius wouldn’t look favorably upon him.
Lucius came from a good family, had a good personality, and was a military officer, while he came from an ordinary family and was just a minor runway model. The gap between them was too vast.
He had always maintained a polite social distance from Lucius, never daring to cross the line even a bit.
He thought it would be fine if things stayed this way forever.
Until… until he saw the forum post about someone successfully asking out their male god, and Michel’s long-dormant emotions surged like stormy waves.
He also wanted to take a step further with Lucius.
So, he bought the Freesia, rushed over here, and straightforwardly confessed.
As a result, he embraced the one he had longed for since his youth.
How wonderful.
In a luxurious reception room, the bright and beautiful eldest daughter of a politician, Jian Xia, was meeting her visitors.
Though they were called visitors, they were actually there for matchmaking.
Jian Xia didn’t find it repulsive to pick a pleasing fiancé from the candidates chosen by her family; instead, she enjoyed the process, finding pleasure in interacting with different excellent candidates every day.
“The next one is the Executive CEO of the Shining Group, Ken Francet. He is the second child in his family and holds 30% of the group’s shares.”
Ken…?
“That guy came too?”
Jian Xia frowned.
She and Ken had been neighbors since childhood. Perhaps because their auras clashed or for some other reason, they had fought since they were kids, always finding each other an eyesore.
It wasn’t until university, when Ken and she went to different schools, that he gradually faded out of her life.
She didn’t expect Ken to actually come visit her today.
Didn’t Ken know this was her matchmaking banquet? What was he joining the fun for?
Just when Jian Xia was certain that she would absolutely never develop an intimate relationship with Ken…
She saw a man wearing a white trench coat and silver-rimmed glasses slowly walking toward her, holding a bouquet of flowers.
He had a smile on his lips, and the sunlight falling on him made him look incredibly gentle.
The unknown white bouquet in his hands was different from the excessively exaggerated and dazzling flowers of the interstellar space; it looked very elegant and exuded a natural aura.
Both the man and the flowers were extremely gentle, with a simple and flawless temperament.
This caused Jian Xia to lose her focus for a moment.
Is this… that little tyrant Ken who always fought with her?
“Long time no see, Jian Xia.”
Ken sat comfortably across from Jian Xia, handing over the flowers wrapped in a white base dotted with red and gold glitter: “A meeting gift, I hope you like it.”
Jian Xia snapped back to reality, took the small white bouquet, and smelled it.
The light fragrance instantly made Jian Xia fall in love with it.
Everyone thought Jian Xia was a passionate fire, as if only the brightest colors and scents could match her.
Little did they know that compared to a rich and exquisite exterior, she favored uncolored flawlessness even more.
Jian Xia asked: “A natural plant? What made you think of giving me this? Getting this wasn’t easy, was it?”
Natural plants were fragile and beautiful, an extremely rare and precious item. All the natural plants cultivated by the research institutes were sent to the supreme ruler’s residence, without exception.
To obtain such a bouquet of flowers, she imagined, couldn’t have been easy.
Ken spoke methodically, his actions elegant, already completely different from the person in Jian Xia’s memory: “Coincidentally, I randomly bought it on Xinggou. I think it suits you very well, and I hope you like it.”
“It’s called a Freesia.”
“I like it very much.”
Jian Xia was honest; she held the flowers and did not hand them over to the butler.
Since Ken gave her flowers, Jian Xia naturally understood what he meant.
Ken didn’t come here today to ruin things; he was serious.
But… why?
One must know that he had always pranked her when they were kids.
Jian Xia: “You’re very different from when we were kids, I almost didn’t recognize you.”
Ken: “When I was a kid, wasn’t that just me being ignorant! So I…”
Jian Xia chimed in: “So you cut my hair, kicked my chair during class, and stole my snacks?”
Ken felt a bit awkward: “Wasn’t that all to get your attention.”
Jian Xia was surprised: “Huh?”
Ken ran his long fingers through his dark brown curly hair, then let go.
He suddenly gazed at Jian Xia, his eyes deep, his expression serious.
“When we were kids, I broke your little flower hairpin, and from then on, you always gave me the cold shoulder.”
“Today, I brought the Freesia to apologize for the stupid things I did when I was a kid. I hope our beautiful, kind, generous, and elegant Miss Jian Xia can bury the hatchet and not hold my past against me.”
“And by the way…”
Ken took Jian Xia’s hand, placing a polite kiss on the back of it: “If you don’t mind… go out with me?”
Hearing this, Jian Xia’s face suddenly turned red.
Who just brings up dating right off the bat? Isn’t that too straightforward…
Really… having no sense of propriety.
She took back her previous words.
Ken was exactly the same as when they were kids!
Jian Xia felt embarrassed and annoyed inwardly.
But only she knew that when Ken proposed “dating” to her, her heart was beating irregularly.
Seeing Jian Xia acting like this, Ken knew she wasn’t entirely uninterested in him.
When they were kids, it could be said it was love at first sight for Ken toward Jian Xia, but Ken, who didn’t know how to court someone, ended up making a mess of things and made Jian Xia cry several times.
Growing up, Ken finally understood that his pranks on Jian Xia stemmed from a clumsy affection.
Recently, when he heard that Jian Xia was actually matchmaking, feelings of jealousy, unwillingness, and frustration surged up at once.
He liked Jian Xia too, and he wanted to be with her.
So he took the initiative to recommend himself, and also checked the relationship forums to see if there were any ways to successfully court Jian Xia.
Afterward, hearing that the Freesia had helped someone court their male god, he bought it without hesitation.
As a natural plant, the Freesia was a very presentable gift, not to mention Ken always remembered that Jian Xia liked simple and clean things.
Facts proved that the Freesia was very effective.
After receiving the Freesia, Jian Xia’s expression softened, and she didn’t give him the cold shoulder because of the bad things he did as a kid.
Since Jian Xia wasn’t repulsed, then… let him take a step further!
“Our Jian Xia didn’t reject me eh~ Then I…”
Ken’s tone shifted, becoming gentle: “Then I’m going to start courting you.”
“Jian Xia, I like you.”
Jian Xia’s face was very red.
She looked up and bumped exactly into Ken’s clean, serious gaze.
Heartbeat, thump thump, beating passionately.
Jian Xia shifted her gaze away, her hand unconsciously toying with the leaves of the Freesia.
A moment later, she softly agreed: “Okay.”
The golden glow of the sunset dyed the entire space warm and ambiguous, carrying a trace of natural, sweet floral scent.
Jian Xia suddenly remembered the first time she met Ken; she was being ganged up on and bullied by other kids in the neighborhood.
It was right at that moment that Ken stepped in like a hero, helping her chase the others away.
Jian Xia had actually never forgotten Ken.
And now, her hero had come before her.
In the relationship section of the interstellar’s largest forum, several anonymous threads suddenly appeared that night, and all their contents were related to a natural plant called “Freesia”.
[Thanks to the Freesia, my crush and I are together~] [Maybe everyone can believe in the Freesia, it brought my beloved and me a step closer.] [The natural plant Freesia is truly miraculous.] …
Many people surfing the Star Network, perhaps having seen the words “Freesia” too many times, became curious about this plant and were eager to give it a try.
They thought: If the Freesia is really that useful, why not buy one to try?
But when they followed the clues to find the shop Zhuying Anxiang, they discovered a “Sold Out, Closed” sign posted on the shop door.
The netizens who had come out of admiration could only express a “hehe”.
If you’re out of stock, then don’t post threads on the forum!
Now our hearts are itching to the point where we can’t even sleep, who’s going to compensate for this loss?
Heh, I really don’t believe I can’t even buy a single Freesia.
Personal shoppers, buy it for me!
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