The Reborn Honest Beta is a Fishing Beauty - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 – Being Reborn

“Nuo Nuo…”

“Nuo Nuo…”

After a long sleep, Su Nuo heard shouting in his ears, and it was then that his consciousness gradually returned.

Who was calling him?

It seemed to like Shen Miao’s voice.

But Shen Miao had been dead for more than 20 years.

Thinking of this, Su Nuo suddenly opened his eyes, and a beam of dazzling light shone from above. In the blurry bright spot, a young and pretty face came up to Su Nuo.

“Nuo Nuo, are you okay? Why did you suddenly faint?”

Su Nuo’s thoughts were a little slow, and he looked at the person in front of him with a blank look.

It really was Shen Miao.

The last time he had seen Shen Miao in his memory was when he found his body in the pouring rain…

Su Nuo subconsciously reached out and touched Shen Miao’s cheek.

The skin was actually warm.

Shen Miao was stunned for a moment: “Nuo Nuo, are you actually stunned by my beauty?”

Su Nuo: “…”

At this moment, a sharp “bang bang” sound suddenly sounded in the air. The violent sound stirred up a gust of air, making people’s scalps numb.

“Someone’s dead.”

“Mr. Qin killed the old butler and his men!”

Shen Miao was so frightened that he quickly helped Su Nuo up: “Nuo Nuo, I know you want to faint now, but don’t faint yet. Mr. Qin is very angry. If you provoke him, you will suffer the consequences.”

Su Nuo endured the strange sense of weightlessness and stood firm. The organs in his body were like old and dilapidated gears, working with a grunt, struggling to maintain his breath.

He looked around in a daze.

He was in a torture room, with all kinds of torture instruments hanging above. The dim light shines on the instruments, casting ferocious shadows downwards, covering a group of trembling servants.

The rich smell of blood penetrated into his nostrils, causing the hairs on his still young body to stand on attention and his stomach began to cramp. Fear sent his adrenaline surging, and his eyes gradually cleared.

Shen Miao, Mr. Qin, the torture chamber, the Yuan Palace…

Not knowing what he was thinking about, he lowered his head to look at his legs that seemed to have regained vitality, then he looked at the back of his hands that had no wrinkles at all, and his heart suddenly started beating wildly.

This is not a dream, this is real.

He was reborn.

Reborn as a servant in the Yuan Palace.

“Who stole it?” A hoarse voice like the devil’s whisper rang out in the silent torture chamber.

Everyone was frightened by the scene before then, and no one dared to respond.

Su Nuo raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound. At the end of the torture room, blood was flowing along the ground, and a blurry figure was standing on the blood.

The figure was tall and lean, almost blending into the darkness, with only the silver laser gun held between his fingers emitting a cold white light.

At this moment, the other party seemed to notice his gaze and glanced over here. Su Nuo immediately lowered his head to avoid Qin Sen’s inquiring gaze.

In his previous life, he and Qin Sen didn’t get along well.

Although both of them are betas, Qin Sen didn’t like Su Nuo. He thought Su Nuo was always hanging around Yuan Jianyi, overestimating his own abilities and bringing shame to them, the betas.

“You don’t dare to stand up, right?”

Qin Sen seemed to smile, and the next moment, he suddenly raised his arm and fired the laser gun in his hand at the corpses on the ground. In just a moment, the corpses were turned into a hornet’s nest of blood and flesh.

As if this was not enough of a deterrent, he ordered his men to hang the bloody corpses on the targets in the training ground, facing the servants’ room.

“Then for the next few days, I’ll play this cat-and-mouse game with you! If I catch you, I’ll tear your flesh off piece by piece.”

The deliberately low voice sounded like a cold blade cutting through bones, making people’s hair stand on end.

Everyone held their breath, trying hard to suppress their trembling.

There was a clattering sound of footsteps as a pair of black military boots emerged from the darkness. After a few steps, they suddenly stopped, right in front of Su Nuo.

In an instant, it seemed as if an invisible pressure climbed up Su Nuo’s spine, crushing him inch by inch.

Su Nuo realized that Qin Sen was staring at him.

At this time in his previous life, he had fainted in the torture chamber and didn’t know what happened afterwards. Now that he was awake in this life, he wondered if Qin Sen would deliberately cause trouble for him…

Just as he was lost in thought, Qin Sen’s voice rang out again.

“Have you seen any suspicious people recently?”

Su Nuo raised his head and met Qin Sen’s eyes.

Qin Sen was taller than him, with the brim of his hat pulled down low, and his lowered eyes looked sinister and cold.

After confirming that the question was directed at him, Su Nuo replied, “No.” After a pause, he continued, “Did the Star Lord lose something?”

So many people were killed for this thing.

“A piece of purple core crystal.”

Qin Sen seemed unwilling to talk more. He shifted his gaze from Su Nuo’s face to the top of everyone’s head.

“If you find any suspicious signs in Yuan Palace, report them immediately, otherwise you will be charged as an accomplice!”

“Yes!”

The footsteps sounded again, and the black military boots left a row of bloody footprints wherever they passed.

Not until the sound of footsteps disappeared did the crowd, as if freed from a spell, chatter and rush towards the door.

“Go! Go!”

It was as if there was some ferocious beast in the torture chamber, scaring them so much that they didn’t want to stay there for a moment.

Su Nuo and Shen Miao also followed the crowd and left.

Su Nuo was not yet used to walking, and his steps were a little unsteady. Shen Miao thought he was dizzy, so he supported him and gave him some strength.

Several servants in front were sighing and muttering to each other.

“What on earth is the Purple Core Crystal that the Star Lord lost? Boss Qin actually killed all the servants who served the Star Lord yesterday, even the old butler…

“I don’t know, maybe it’s some rare treasure.”

“Not necessarily. It could also be a military secret.”

“Hey, if we can’t catch that thief, will we be unable to come and go freely?”

“That should be the case. This morning, Mr. Yi was searched by Mr. Qin whenever he left the house.”

•|•

Shen Miao turned his head and glanced at Su Nuo. Yuan Jianyi went out today to try on wedding dresses with his fiancé. Su Nuo looked unhappy all day and almost fainted in the torture room.

Shen Miao sighed in his heart, walked to the door, and said comfortingly: “Nuo Nuo, don’t think too much, go back and rest well.”

Su Nuo nodded absentmindedly: “Yeah.” His thoughts were in a mess at the moment, and he didn’t talk much with Shen Miao. He returned to his room, closed the door, and isolated himself from everything outside. His chaotic eyes became gloomy.

He pulled off the necklace from his neck. In the middle of the necklace was a heart-shaped diamond pendant. He pinched the pendant with his fingers and swiped it left and right. With a click, the pendant separated from top to bottom, revealing a square purple crystal the size of his little finger hidden inside.

What Qin Sen is looking for is here with him.

The necklace was given to him by Yuan Jianyi the previous night.

Since Yuan Jianyi got engaged, the two of them rarely met. Late at night yesterday, Yuan Jianyi suddenly found him and asked him if he was willing to leave the Yuan Palace with him and go to an isolated planet where they could live in peace.

When they parted, Yuan Jianyi gave him the necklace as a gift.

In his previous life, Yuan Jianyi’s ambiguous words caused him to misunderstand and think that he and Yuan Jianyi were in love with each other. It was what led to his self-indulgent thoughts.

After being reborn in this life, he no longer felt confused by the situation and only then did he realize how stupid he really was.

Now, Su Nuo knew that the necklace had never been a token of love of any sort. It was , but a time bomb.

Yuan Jian intended to use him.

He couldn’t take on this hot potato. Somehow, he had to return the Purple Core Crystal to Yuan Jianyi as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he turned on his light brain and wanted to contact Yuan Jianyi, but when his eyes caught sight of the date, he froze.

July 12th.

That was the day when Yuan Jianyi had a car accident and became a vegetable.

For a moment, Su Nuo’s heart trembled.

His eyes were wide open, speechless.

How could it be such a coincidence?

He was reborn on this day, at this point in time, when something unfortunate was bound to happen to Yuan Jianyi.

As if to confirm his thoughts, the silent night was torn apart by hurried footsteps, and voices of conversation were heard downstairs, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the roar of the spacecraft’s thrusters.

Su Nuo came to his senses, lifted the curtain and looked down.

The brightly lit corridor meandered from the Yuan Palace toward the training ground. Bodyguards, armed with laser weapons, formed two circles inside and outside the corridor, escorting Star Lord Yuan Jing onto the spacecraft.

This scene was exactly the same as the one in his memory.

At that time, he didn’t know what had happened, that could have alarmed Yuan Jing and made him leave in the middle of the night. It was only when he saw the news the next day that he learned about Yuan Jianyi’s accident.

It seemed that in his previous life, because Yuan Jianyi got into trouble and the Yuan Palace was in chaos, the search for the Purple Core Crystal was temporarily put on hold. He was able to escape danger by accident until Yuan Jianyi woke up and asked for the necklace to be returned.

Su Nuo lowered the curtains and stared at the purple core crystal in his hand.

Yuan Jianyi and Yuan Jing clearly had a deep father-son relationship, so why did Yuan Jianyi steal it?

What on earth was it that Yuan Jing could instruct Qin Sen to kill anyone in order to get it back?

Su Nuo studied the crystal for a while but couldn’t find any clues.

Now that Yuan Jianyi was injured, this thing had to stay with him. Did he have to carry the necklace with him like he did in his previous life?

Finally, he stuffed the necklace into the secret compartment of his drawer, unwilling to touch anything related to Yuan Jianyi anymore.

•|•

Yuan Jianyi’s accident caused a sensation in the empire. The media and the public surrounded the hospital entrance 24 hours a day, trying to get first-hand news about the injury of the empire’s white moonlight.

The Yuan family was troubled by this, so after Yuan Jianyi’s injuries stabilized, they transferred him from the hospital back to Yuan Palace for treatment.

Su Nuo originally thought that if he did not take the initiative to take care of Yuan Jianyi, he could avoid the trajectory of fate, but unfortunately, he was still arranged to take care of Yuan Jianyi.

It was just because the Star Lord mentioned that there was a beta who was close to Yuan Jianyi, so he asked him to take care of Yuan Jianyi as well.

That’s how it was arranged for him.

Somewhere in the dark, the hand of fate pushed him forward.

However, when he saw Yuan Jianyi again, he was able to remain calm.

The man on the hospital bed had his eyes tightly closed, his face pale and haggard from excessive blood loss, his emaciated body sunk deep into the bedding. The massive medical instruments and tubes on either side of the bed clutched him tightly like demonic tentacles. He was like a poisoned Sleeping Beauty, trapped in a demonic nightmare, unable to awaken.

The servants were talking to each other.

“Hey, Master Yi just got engaged not long ago, how could something like this happen?”

“Yeah, I don’t know how many alphas will be heartbroken now.”

“It’s not just the alphas, I’m afraid many betas will also be heartbroken.”

At this time, several servants stopped talking and looked up at Su Nuo who was silent beside them.

Su Nuo pretended not to hear their conversation and was busy with his own work.

They tried to see some sorrow on his face, but saw nothing. They exchanged glances and murmured to each other.

“Why is he so indifferent about it?”

“It’s not indifference, it’s more like there’s nothing more sorrowful than a dead heart.”

Su Nuo, who felt sadder than any other, finished his work and left the ward.

At this time, the Yuan family had not given up on treating Yuan Jianyi and arranged for six servants to take care of Yuan Jianyi together, so it didn’t make much difference whether he stayed or not.

He no longer had to work hard to get jobs like he did in his previous life.

In the past few days, he had been secretly collecting information about Lu Yu. His room is filled with newspapers and magazines with a wide variety of contents.

During the time when his legs were broken, he fell into a paranoid mood, became sensitive, inferior, fragile and extreme, unwilling to open his heart to accept Lu Yu, nor did he really try to understand Lu Yu.

It was only after Lu Yu’s death that he came out of his paranoid state.

Those who are not favored always seem to go against time.

Regret in hindsight.

Fortunately, it could still be made up now, and he could get to know and understand him again.

The recent military news was all about Lu Yu. A week ago, a mecha team led by Lu Yu fought against the Sakru Zerg on the planet Xiz. The Zerg suddenly mutated, and the mecha system went out of control, resulting in the annihilation of the team. Only Lu Yu survived the battlefield.

The media criticized him harshly, and the public also became dissatisfied with him due to the biased news reports. They believed that his wrong command led to the tragedy and demanded that the military punish Lu Yu.

Today, the military announced that Lu Yu had left the military headquarters and returned to the Imperial Army Hospital to recuperate.

This could be considered as a disguised way of dealing with Lu Yu and calming the public’s resentment.

Su Nuo frowned as he finished reading the news. He didn’t see any details about Lu Yu’s injury. He turned on his light brain and typed in the name Lu Yu. Soon, a bunch of reports about Lu Yu’s failure in battle popped up automatically.

The monotonous content and the sharp and harsh title made it seem like someone was fanning the flames, intending to use this incident to bring Lu Yu into an irretrievable situation.

Su Nuo absentmindedly scrolled through the webpage. At the bottom of the page were other news reports about Lu Yu, so he clicked on them.

After clicking on a few news items, the headlines and content became increasingly frivolous, ranging from [Shocking! Lieutenant General Lu’s battlefield command error kills twelve mecha warriors!] to [Lieutenant General Lu’s training ground photos exposed: broad shoulders, narrow waist, and killer eight-pack abs!]

The photo of his abs must have been taken secretly. The person in the photo is shirtless, his thin muscles clearly visible. His legs are straight and slender under his black military pants, his boots are on the equipment, and his back is slightly bent, as if he is doing a strength training simulation. The side of his face is bathed in sunlight, making his features unclear, but one can still feel the strong sexual tension emanating from him, which makes people blush and their hearts beat fast.

Most of the comments were filled with fanboy comments, and some people also raised doubts, saying that the face of the person in the photo was not clear, so how could it be proved to be Lu Yu.

Su Nuo looked at the photo, picked up the cup of hot milk uncomfortably and took a sip.

The person in the photo is indeed Lu Yu.

He had seen it.

Another explosive headline caught his eye—[Last day! Only 9XXX star coins to take the naked Lieutenant General Lu home!]

Naked? Lieutenant General Lu?

His fingers trembled and he accidentally clicked on the link, and the webpage quickly jumped to a shopping website.

The so-called naked Lieutenant General Lu was actually a lifelike doll made in the image of Lu Yu.

The merchant makes human-shaped dolls in different poses, colors and sizes. Judging by the reviews, they are quite popular among the public.

Su Nuo glanced at the sales volume, which was in the five digits.

He wanted to close the webpage, but his finger shook and he clicked on the holographic projection mode of the picture. The next moment, the person in the photo appeared in front of Su Nuo like a real person.

Su Nuo’s heart skipped a beat and the milk in the cup spilled all over the floor, but he didn’t notice it at all.

He sat on the chair, his eyes just meeting Lu Yu’s broad abdominal muscles. The distance within reach allowed him to clearly see the tension of the muscles and the texture of the skin, and he could even feel the speed of the other person’s blood flow and the temperature of his skin.

He swallowed hard, slowly raised his head and looked at “Lu Yu”.

“Lu Yu” bent over, his eyes looking down with an amber halo, and a smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to have some doting meaning.

Su Nuo was distracted for a moment and did not hear the noise outside.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the door had already been opened. As he stood up, a hard object pressed against his waist.

A hoarse male voice modified by a voice changer sounded in his ears.

“Don’t move.”

Su Nuo froze, and out of the corner of his eye he saw a man wearing a black metal mask breaking in.

The other party closed the door and said in a cold tone: “Cooperate.”

As he spoke, the other person’s eyes quickly swept across Su Nuo’s room, seeing all kinds of miscellaneous materials and newspapers. The exposed corner was filled with all kinds of news about Lu Yu. There was a notebook on the table, and the content recorded seemed to be about Lu Yu as well.

Around the corner, there was a holographic projection of Lu Yu, nearly naked.

And below the projection, there were a few drops of unclear white water stains on the floor.

The other party paused with his gun: “…”

T/N:
Now, it’s gonna get interesting