The Reborn Honest Beta is a Fishing Beauty - Chapter 10 PT1

Chapter 10 PT1 – Late Night Chats

Song Xingmo stood beside Lu Xing, crossed his arms over his chest, and looked at Lu Yu with a cold expression.

Being stared at like this, Lu Yu inexplicably had the illusion that he was in a court trial. His crime was that he had not found a partner at the age of 23.

Song Xingmo: “From the data uploaded by the backend, many of your physical indicators are unstable. It is indeed time for you to find a partner.” After a pause, Song Xingmo continued, “Even if you don’t want to get married, you can still fall in love.”

In this world where compatibility is the criterion, people start looking for partners early in adulthood in order to enjoy the unique stimulation brought by pheromones. They are unwilling and have no need to suffer from the torture of special periods.

“But if I find an omega partner in my current situation, I’ll be harming the other person.”

“Your injuries can heal.”

“Then wait until you’re cured before we talk about this.”

Song Xingmo seemed to want to say something, but seeing that Lu Yu was unmoved, he had to give up.

There are some topics that he cannot talk about.

After Lu Yu and Jia Yu left the meeting room, Song Xingmo tentatively spoke to Lu Xing.

“Leading troops in battle and marching to fight are extremely physically demanding, so many ancient generals left no descendants…”

Lu Xing immediately understood what he meant, and his expression calmed down: “Lu Yu can’t possibly have this problem.”

“I’m speaking based on the data. His daily physical condition is automatically uploaded to the terminal database.”

Lu Xing’s expression froze for a moment, and then, as if thinking of something, he looked up at Song Xingmo and slowly stood up: “Do you often stare at his physical data?”

Sensing that the alpha was jealous, Song Xingmo was speechless and uttered a sentence: “A sister-in-law is like a mother.”

•|•

Lu Yu, who was treated as a son, was in a bad mood and went out to meet his nephew, Lu Mingcong. Lu Mingcong was sitting on the carpet, concentrating on assembling the mecha model in his hand.

Lu Yu watched for a while and found that he spelled it wrong, so he taught him how to spell it.

Seeing his confident tone, Lu Mingcong didn’t think much and followed his instructions. After more than half an hour, Lu Mingcong looked at the mecha in front of him with its hands and feet spliced backwards: “…”

Lu Yu turned the mecha upside down and said, “Look, isn’t this right?”

Lu Mingcong: “…”

•|•

In the medical ward.

Today, it was Su Nuo and Aunt Xuan’s turn to keep watch. Su Nuo sat by the window, keeping a distance from Yuan Jianyi, flipping through a collection of flowers and plants. Aunt Xuan was giving Yuan Jianyi a massage, and when she got tired, she stopped to rest.

“Hey, I’ve been massaging Master Yi these past few days, but the more I massage him, the stiffer his limbs feel.”

“When blood flow slows down, the limbs become stiff, which is normal.”

Aunt Xuan smiled and said, “Why do I feel that Master Yi doesn’t want me to give him a massage?”

Su Nuo’s gaze fell on Yuan Jianyi’s profile.

Aunt Xuan: “Dr. Ke said this morning that Master Yi’s condition is not very good. Is there something wrong with the way we take care of him…” Before she could finish her words, Yuan Lu walked in from outside. Aunt Xuan hurriedly stood up and gave the chair to Yuan Lu.

“Master Lu.”

Yuan Lu sat down, lowered his eyes, and stared motionlessly at Yuan Jianyi on the hospital bed.

Su Nuo and Aunt Xuan looked at each other. When they were hesitating whether to avoid it, they heard Yuan Lu’s voice.

“Look at you now, you’re just lying here doing nothing, leaving me with this mess to deal with. Why should I marry Xu Yu on your behalf? You can just be a bastard like Xu Yu, but I don’t!”

“Why did you have to get into trouble? Why? Wake up! Wake up!”

“Give me back my life! I don’t want to marry Xu Yu!”

Yuan Lu became more and more excited as he spoke. He reached out and grabbed Yuan Jianyi’s shoulders, shaking Yuan Jianyi’s body wildly.

Seeing this, Aunt Xuan and Su Nuo hurried forward to hold him back.

Aunt Xuan: “Master Lu, don’t do this, let go quickly, Master Yi is going to get into trouble.”

“Master Lu, calm down!”

Yuan Lu was pulled away and could not hold Yuan Jianyi’s body. He suddenly smiled bitterly. He did not struggle, but just looked at Yuan Jianyi on the hospital bed, tears silently falling.

Seeing this, Aunt Xuan and Su Nuo let him go.

“What should I do…what should I do…”

After muttering to himself, Yuan Lu wiped away his tears, as if he had composed himself, and left the room without looking back.

Behind him, Aunt Xuan winked at Su Nuo and whispered, “Looking at Young Master Lu’s expression, the rumors must be true. Young Master Lu likes Major General Lu.”

Su Nuo didn’t say anything, sat back in his chair and continued to flip through the book in his hand.

“Hey, I heard that Major General Lu was recently arranged to go on a blind date with an omega.”

Su Nuo paused.

“If this hadn’t happened, Young Master Lu might have been with Major General Lu.”

The light words kept lingering in Su Nuo’s ears, and the words in the book became distorted and blurred. After Aunt Xuan left, he absent-mindedly read the book for a while, took out his light brain, and stared at Lu Yu’s chat.

As if they had telepathy, Lu Yu suddenly called.

Su Nuo was stunned and looked at the name on the communication in disbelief.

How did Lu Yu call him?

He pressed the connect button.

“Sorry, my hands were shaking and I pressed the wrong button.” The alpha’s voice on the other side was low and magnetic.

“Oh.”

The two of them didn’t speak anymore and fell into a brief silence.

After a while, seeing that he hadn’t hung up the phone yet, Su Nuo took the initiative to start a conversation: “Are you okay?”

The recent criticisms and accusations against Lu Yu on the Star Network are like an endless storm, as if they want to take this opportunity to force Lu Yu out of the military completely.

The only thing he could do was to comfort Lu Yu who was in the whirlpool.

“I’m fine.”

“Don’t take those reports on the Internet to heart.”

“Yeah.” Lu Yu smiled softly, and his laughter was very pleasant.

Su Nuo suddenly thought that since he had never disguised his voice when communicating with Lu Yu, would he find his voice familiar and thus discover his identity?

Then he thought again, the megaphone would change the sound, so it shouldn’t be that easy for Lu Yu to discover his identity.

He coughed lightly: “People who like you will believe you.”

These words were like soft feathers, slowly drifting down from his ears and finally tickling his heart. Lu Yu subconsciously rolled his Adam’s apple and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt.

“Believe what?”

“Believe in your character, your aspirations, your beliefs, everything.”

Lu Yu smiled again.

This was the first time someone had said something like this to him.

In the past, he would have just found it corny, but now he wanted it to be even cornier.

So he asked again: “Do you believe me too?”

“Um.”

“Since you believe in me, are you also one of those who likes me?”

The equation is thus generated.

Su Nuo didn’t say anything. His mouth seemed a little dry, and he swallowed silently. He lowered his head, breathing lightly and raggedly. He thought to himself, he hadn’t intended to hide it, but he hadn’t expected it to be discovered so quickly.

A moment later, his voice rang out in the quiet ward.

“Yes, I like you too.”

As he said this, he couldn’t help but curl the corners of his mouth.

However, he did not notice that the person on the hospital bed in front of him suddenly moved his fingers. Just with this one move, the endless nightmare immediately pressed down on Yuan Jianyi again. He wanted to struggle and escape, but he could not get rid of it.

He could only be forced to listen to the heart-wrenching words that entered his ears.

“How long have you liked me?”

It’s not about belief or not, but it’s about time.

Su Nuo smiled inwardly and said jokingly, “More than 20 years.”

“Oh, you liked me before you were even born.”

Su Nuo laughed. A helpless laugh came from the other side.

Noticing that Lu Yu wasn’t particularly offended, Su Nuo continued, “I hope my liking you doesn’t put any pressure on you.” After a few seconds’ pause, he added, “I don’t need you to respond immediately. Just follow your own ideas.”

“Yeah, hang up.”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yu reached out and pinched his cheek.

Why are his cheeks a little hot?

The Beta doesn’t beat around the bush when speaking, he’s too direct.

Fortunately, he has a strong mind. If it were an ordinary alpha, he would have surrendered long ago.

Su Nuo looked at Lu Yu’s profile picture, the fish with rolled eyes, and said thoughtfully: “I really have liked him for more than 20 years.”

•|•

Not sure if it was because he had too many worries or because of Su Nuo’s sudden confession, but late at night, Lu Yu tossed and turned in bed and couldn’t fall asleep.

When he closes his eyes, the world seems chaotic. When he opened eyes, the world was an empty, endless night.

Suddenly, an indescribable feeling surged in his heart. He never felt that he lacked anything, or needed anything, but now he inexplicably felt a sense of loneliness.

It’s like a mortise and tenon joint. Before seeing the mortise and tenon joint, one would’ve probably thought that there was no way to join two pieces of food, as if this was what life was all about. But after seeing the mortise and tenon joint, one would suddenly realize that life can also have different shapes that can still fit together. {TN: Mortise and tenon is the oldest wood jointing technique}

Lu Yu opened the dialog box and sent a message to Su Nuo without holding out hope. Unexpectedly, Su Nuo replied in seconds.

【S: Why haven’t you slept yet?】

Looking at this message, the boundless loneliness around him instantly receded like a tide, and his heart felt warm.

Lu Yu made up a plausible excuse.

【L: I’m thinking about work.】

【S: Moonlight Song (Sleeping Version)】

He thought Su Nuo would comfort him with a few words, but unexpectedly he sent him a song.

He turned on the music, and the soft and melodious violin sound gently lifted the arc of the night. He put one hand behind his head and listened quietly.

【S: Whenever I can’t sleep, I listen to some lullabies.】

Su Nuo recommended more than ten songs in one breath, and at the end, he shared a few links with Lu Yu.

Lu Yu didn’t think much about it and clicked on it, only to find out that it was a horror movie.

“…”

【S: Sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I’ll fight fire with fire and watch some horror movies.】

【L: I can’t sleep, not because I can’t think straight.】

Su Nuo replied with a silly smiley emoji.

【L: Why can’t you sleep?】

【S: I have to keep a watch for Master Yi.】

Lu Yu frowned as he read those words, remembering that when he was hiding in Yuan Palace, he heard the servants of Yuan Palace say that Su Nuo liked Yuan Jianyi, and they mocked Su Nuo behind his back for being ignorant of the world and wanting to pursue Yuan Jianyi by relying on his good looks.

Several servants even made a bet, saying that since Yuan Jianyi was unconscious, Su Nuo would definitely take advantage of the situation.

When Lu Yu heard these words, he didn’t take them to heart. But now, after thinking about them carefully, he felt a sour taste in his heart.

【L: You are doing your duty conscientiously.】

【S: Some time ago, Master Yi got into trouble, and the Star Lord almost imprisoned us all. Now we have to be more careful.】

【L: What happened to him?】

Su Nuo thought to himself, ‘You are the culprit who caused his accident.’

【S: It doesn’t matter, it’s all in the past.】

Lu Yu looked at the words “doesn’t matter” for a few seconds.

After a while, Su Nuo shared another song with Lu Yu.

Lu Yu turned on the song, and the moment he heard the voice, he realized that the song was sung by Su Nuo himself.

The voice is very light and soft.

The singing is even better than the original singer.

Did Su Nuo want to send him his own songs for a long time, so he sent him a bunch of other people’s songs first?

Thinking of this, Lu Yu curled up the corners of his mouth, and soon he fell asleep to the soft singing.

He didn’t know how long it took, but beautiful dreams flooded into his mind.

The scene before his eyes changed to Su Nuo’s small, low, and narrow servant’s room.

The person in the dream was blurry, as if shrouded in a layer of warm light, but the tiny hairs on his body were extremely clear.

Su Nuo sat on the bed with his trouser legs rolled up, revealing part of his calves and feet. His feet were gently shaking as he hummed the lullaby that had just been recorded for him.

Lu Yu stood there motionless, like a player in a VR game, immersively watching the beautiful NPC in front of him.

The NPC lowered his head, his nose was small and clear, his lips were bulging, and the white curve swaying under his feet made people inexplicably feel dry in the mouth.

At this moment, Su Nuo raised his head and looked at him, then reached out and patted the bed: “Do you want to come up and sleep?”

‘I want.’

Before he could reply, he was suddenly awakened from his sleep.

His chest felt hot and his heart was beating fast.

After a while, he regained consciousness and sat up in bed. His back was sweating profusely, as if he had just taken a hot bath, wet and sticky.

He lifted the quilt, glanced at something, and froze.

It was standing like a pillar.

At the same time, all the “abnormal” data about his body was transmitted to the backend.