Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Big Bun Wants to Repay with His Body

Calyx sized up the woman on the bed probingly, as if he was trying to tell if the expression of surprise on her face was real.

After a long while, it seemed as if he finally believed that she had not known of Little Treasure"s identity. He then spoke up coolly, "Your request."

"Uh, what request?" Arisen did not understand the words that had appeared out of nowhere.

"My brother wants to thank you for saving Little Treasure, he"s asking you to state your request!" Lynx had the expression you struck gold this time" written all over his face.

Hearing this, the gears in Arisen"s head spun quickly as she cautiously said, "You really don"t need to thank me. It"s true that I saved Little Treasure, but he also saved me. If it weren"t for Little Treasure going out to call for help, then I would still be shut in there right now, so we can be considered even."

Although she was really lucky to have saved the little prince, how could she dare to claim a reward for it? The more money someone had, the more prone they were to paranoid delusions of being schemed against. Furthermore, this was the super rich, top-class elite Lu family they were talking about, it was already amazing that they were not suspecting her of directing the whole incident. Didn"t you see how warily Calyx Lu had been looking at her just now?

To avoid extra suffering later on, it was best to even out the relations between them.

Arisen had thought that there was no issue with her answer, but Calyx"s expression remained displeased, causing a burst of fright in her heart.

Did she say something wrong? Why was his expression so scary?

"Brother, don"t put on such a scary expression! We know you"re trying to repay a debt of gratitude, but those who know nothing about the situation will think you"re trying to take revenge!" Lynx could not bear seeing a beauty suffering fright, so he spoke up to break the ice. He then turned to Arisen and said, "My brother doesn"t like to owe others, you should just request something! No need to be polite!"

There were even people that would force others into bringing up a request?

The corner of her mouth twitched, "It"s not that I"m being polite, you really don"t need to repay me. What I said was the truth, if you don"t believe me, you can go check..."

"No need." Calyx spoke simply and to the point. His face was starting to show hints of impatience.

Lynx spoke up, "There was surveillance footage of the bar"s storeroom. I"ve already seen it, Little Treasure ran in on his own. As for you, the manager of the bar has already admitted that she was the one who locked you in, so you don"t need to worry, we don"t suspect your intentions. Since you did save Little Treasure, just ask for something!"

Great, we"re right back where we started!

In the end, Arisen had no other choice. Under Calyx"s increasingly forceful gaze, she summoned up her courage to say, "Then... how about you give me money?"

The rich like to resolve debts in this simple and straightforward manner right?

Calyx should also be the type to like solving problems with money!

If she didn"t ask for money, then wouldn"t they think that she was eyeing something else? If not money, then people?

Just as Arisen was assured that this was the most appropiate request she could put forward, Calyx"s expression became even uglier.

Arisen was on the verge of tears. Why did he have to be so taciturn? If you have something to say, just say it out! Would speaking a few more words kill you?

Lynx Lu, the translating machine, rubbed his nose, "My brother thinks that just giving you money would be too insulting."

Arisen was howling in her heart: It"s okay!! Just insult me!!!!

The Lu family"s status was too special and she just could not think of an appropriate request at the moment. Just as they were about to come to a deadlock, Calyx spoke up—

"Marry me."

Arisen went completely lifeless for a second, before coughing fiercely, almost choking to death on her own spit, "Cough cough cough......what did you say?"

After finally managing to stop her coughing, she hurriedly turned towards Lynx with intensity.

Second Young Master, please translate!!!

However, this time it was not only Arisen, but also Lynx who was completely dazed. "Brother, what do you mean? I can"t even translate for you this time!"

At this moment, good fortune arrived and a lightbulb went off in Arisen's head. She said falteringly, "Don"t tell me you"ve decided to repay me with your body because I saved your son?"

Calyx inclined his head slightly. After slight thought, he nodded, "You could put it that way."

Note: If she don't want you, I can!! I'm willing to marry youuuuuu ehe.

Aren"t You Gay?

Arisen strongly felt like she was in a dream as she looked at the iceberg-like man who had said such shocking words with an expressionless face. She held her forehead weakly, "Doctor... where"s the doctor? I think I may have damaged my brain in the fall, I"m having hallucinations...."

Next to her, Lynx had an innocent expression, "I didn"t even fall but I think my brain got damaged too?"

At this moment in time, no matter how strong Arisen's heart had become after getting abused a million times over, she could not accept the truth before her.

She had saved a little bun, and now the little bun"s father wanted to repay her with his body?

If this were someone else, then it would be fine. If they were somewhat handsome, then she could still treat it as a romantic affair.

However, this was Calyx Lu they were talking about, Calyx Lu ahh!!!

Based on appearance, she did have some looks to speak of, but what kind of person was Calyx? Surely he had already seen countless peerless beauties.

If he had only taken a liking to her, she would not have been so shocked. If Calyx had wanted to play with her after seeing her face, she could still understand, but what he had said was Marry me", this was practically turning into horror.

Most importantly...

"Aren"t you gay?" Arisen blurted.

"Bwahahaha...." Lynx laughed until he fell.

Calyx's face became as black as the underside of a pot, the whole ward became shrouded in dark clouds instantly.

After a long while, Lynx finally managed to hold back his laughter, "If my brother was gay, then where did Little Treasure come from?"

"Well, surrogacy, artificial insemination?"

"If my brother was gay, then why would he want to repay you with his body!"

"To cover up his real sexual orientation?"

"Hahahahaha bro I can"t help you anymore..."

"I also heard... that the two of you are..." Arisen"s gaze subtly shifted between the two brothers.

"Cough cough cough...." Lynx was frightened to the point of choking, "Shit, that kind of taste is too heavy for me! Although I"m so handsome that I can go for both the men and the ladies!"

At this time, the center of the storm slowly stood up from his chair, his slender legs were moving closer to Arisen with every step, "Lynx, bring Little Treasure out."

"Ah? Brother, what do you want to do?"

Calyx slowly fixed the cuff of his sleeve, "Proving my sexual orientation to Miss Ni."

Seeing the other"s dark expression and the gaze that wanted to completely devour her, Arisen was so scared that she fell out of bed. She retreated behind Little Treasure, this close to just jumping underneath the bed.

"Mr Lu, I didn"t start any of this, it was all nonsense I heard from outside! You should chase all this back to the source! Also, you really, really don"t need to thank me, if you absolutely, definitely want me to give you a request, then I request that you please do not ask me for another request.... Ah, sorry, I have a very important audition coming up later, I have to go now! We"ll meet again if we"re fated okay~!"

Arisen spit out her words quickly and prepared to sneak away.

However, after just a few steps, Calyx"s cold voice came from behind her, "Did I permit you to leave?"

Arisen was so frightened that her legs began to shiver.

My life comes to an end now!

After a few seconds, under her death-awaiting gaze, Calyx passed her a piece of paper and a pen, "Could I trouble Miss Ni to leave Little Treasure a note, so that he won"t worry about you when he wakes up."

Just.... Just like that?

She survived a close shave!

"Yes yes yes no problem! I can even write ten thousand words!" Arisen heaved a huge sigh of relief, and picked up the pen to start writing briskly.

Once done writing, deathly afraid of a sudden turn of events, she quickly sprinted off.

Watching the girl leave, the man had a deep expression, as if he were watching prey that had already been collared.

After Arisen had left, Lynximmediately sidled up to his brother and bounced, "Brother, am I dreaming? You really fancy Miss Ni? It"s already been 32 years, even perseverance was about to fail soon, and you haven"t taken a liking to any girls. Even I, your dear brother, was starting to suspect if you were bent..."

The moment the word bent" came out, his brother threw out the words: "Shut up."

"Yes." Lynx choked.

He really wanted to ask! Having to stifle this stomach full of curiosity was going to kill him!

I"m Not Here To Try For The Female Lead

Original and most updated translations are from volaretranslations.

Since it was the rush hour, traffic was especially bad. When Arisen arrived, she was already late.

Chance and Margaux were smiling from ear to ear as they stepped out of the audition building. They were surrounded by a crowd that offered congratulations.

Seeing Arisen from afar, sweating as she hurried to the building, Margaux looked at her with the same gaze from five years ago.

It was the gaze of a deity looking down on an ant.

A trail of dust was left behind as Margaux arrogantly left on her minivan. Arisen quickly ran into the building after seeing Margaux depart.

It wasn"t too late!

Suddenly, Arisen ran into a group of people who were chatting cheerfully as they were walking. They were the panel judges for the Land Under Heaven auditions.

"Sorry, I"m late!" Arisen bowed deeply.

Seeing that Arisen had blocked their path and interrupted them, a couple of the judges exchanged looks, clearly unhappy.

No one liked people who were late.

The assistant director kept a straight face, "The audition is already over. What"s the point in rushing over here? Youngsters are getting more and more unreliable these days!"

"I"m not here to try out for the lead role!" Arisen started talking.

"Oh? You"re not here to try for the female lead? Then what are auditioning for?" The screenwriter asked with interest.

"I"m here to try out for the supporting female lead! As far as I know, you weren"t able to find a suitable actress for the supporting lead during the last auditions!" Arisen lifted her head before the screenwriter could respond to her words.

The instant Arisen lifted her head, the surroundings turned quiet for five seconds. The unfriendly assistant director was awestruck.

What he saw was a girl with full lips, white teeth, waist-long ebony hair, in a crimson dress. Her brilliance could not be suppressed by such a vibrant colour; instead it helped enhance her beauty.

She was just standing there calmly, yet it was almost as if she was standing in a forest of floating mist. She seemed like a fox spirit with a thousand years of cultivation; that pair of mesmerising eyes would make a person drop their guard and fall into that endless spring of beauty in just an instant. Although her cultivation was that of a spirit fox, she seemed like fairy who had never stepped on the ground. Her eyes held a lustrous depth.

"What"s your name?" As if they had been lost in a beautiful dream, many of the judges regained their senses only after director Kevin Guo spoke.

"Ning Xi."

Director Guo spoke after exchanging glances with the assistant director, screenwriter and film producer "I have some recollection of you, you"re one of Starlight"s artists right? You can go back to prepare, the supporting female lead is yours! You will be notified when filming starts."

"Thank you director, I will prepare well!" Arisen bowed to express her gratitude.

Arisen"s target had always been the supporting female lead.

She had been preparing this role for three months by trying to completely understand Meng Changge"s character. Making all the effort to impress the judges with just a single glance.

Fortunately, she had succeeded despite some setbacks.

Director Guo exclaimed after Arisen had left, "We looked all over for an actress, and the moment we stopped looking, we found the perfect one! Her qualifications are too poor despite being signed to Starlight Entertainment. With her acting record, I didn"t even consider her for the female lead. Though I had never imagined that she would be far more beautiful than in her pictures!"

Screenwriter Ye couldn"t suppress his excitement either, "Most importantly, her aura was on point, that gaze from before was too fitting. Meng Changge was a righteous female general before she became the downfall of the nation. She could be pretty and coquettish, yet she would maintain a pure demeanor and state of mind. She could never be vulgar. All the artists that came to audition before acted out brothel courtesans for me, I was fuming!"

"Haha, don"t get worked up, haven"t we finally found the Changge we"ve been waiting for?"

......

At the same time, in B City, The First People"s Hospital.

The VIP hospital room that Little Bun was in was currently in a state of chaos.

The little guy was huddled on the windowsill with bare feet. He was frustrated and screaming at the top of his lungs. No matter how the doctors and nurses tried to persuade him, he wouldn"t come down.

Lynx was cajoling him like the most precious person in his heart, but it couldn"t be helped that his efforts were completely ignored by the other.

Calyx had just been called back to his company, but with no other options left, Lynx had to call him.

Chapter 10: Little Bun Suddenly Goes on a Rampage

"Brother, you"re finally here! Your Little Treasure was just fine a while ago, but he suddenly started going on a rampage!"

"What happened?" Calyx asked in a low voice.

"I don"t know what happened either. After he woke up, he was searching everywhere for someone. I thought that he might be searching for Miss Ni, so I told him to stop looking, the pretty lady had already left. As soon as I finished talking, he started his rampage. Little Treasure seems to like Miss Ni a lot, but it shouldn"t be to the point where he would get this agitated by just hearing that she left!"

Also, it had been a long time since Little Treasure had shown such intense and turbulent emotions.

After hearing what had happened, Calyx walked straight towards his son.

Seeing Calyx come closer, the little guy immediately retreated backwards warily. His eyes were filled with caution and aversion, he wasn"t going to stop, even for his own father.

Calyx stopped when he was three steps away from his son. He said in a calm and steady tone: "When your second uncle told you that the lady had already left, that was exactly what he meant. There was nothing wrong with her health, so she has already left the hospital to go home. She didn"t die, it"s not like when your grandmother left and never came back, understand?"

It was perhaps only when facing his son that Calyx would have such patience, having so much to say.

Lynx gaped, "Are you kidding me? I only said those two words, she left", and his mind made such a huge leap?"

Little Treasure had personally seen Ning Xi fall down and had already experienced a big fright. Under such emotional turmoil, he couldn"t be blamed for misunderstanding the situation.

Little Treasure briefly stopped screaming after hearing Calyx's explanation. He refused to move while burying his head and curling up on the windowsill.

Seeing this, he took out a slip of paper, "She left this for you, are you going to look at it?"

Little Treasure"s body twitched once, as if a switch had been turned on. He quickly raised his head and opened his little arms, indicating that he wanted his father to hug him.

Lynx: "......."

The doctors and nurses at the scene: "......"

Everyone in the room had been put through the wringer to the point of breaking down, yet Lu Calyx managed to end the matter with a slip of paper?

Lynx had originally thought that asking Arisen for a note was entirely unnecessary, but now he was completely convinced.

Calyx carried his son to the sofa and sat down, then handed the paper slip to him.

The little guy eagerly received it. He had learned to recognize words a long time ago, and could already read on his own.

[Darling, thank you for saving me, you"re amazing XOXO~]

Looking at the words on the slip, and the heart drawn at the end of it, the little guy"s eyes were sparkling. He even had a faint blush on his cheeks. Even though he tightened his lips reservedly, the corners of his mouth could not resist faintly quirking up. His demeanor was especially cute.

Lynx looked as if he had just seen a ghost. "What the ****, was I just blinded? Our Little Treasure actually smiled! I can"t even remember how long it"s been since I last saw him smile! What exactly did Arisen Ni write?"

Lynx wanted to sneak a peek, but Little Treasure immediately hid it like it was a precious treasure.

However, Lynx's sharp eyes had already seen it. It was just a fairly ordinary note, yet it could make Little Treasure so happy? This Arisen Ni was remarkable!

Lu Tingxiao gazed warmly at his son without speaking.

After Little Treasure had woken up, Calyx immediately brought him home. In addition, he postponed all his work at the company to stay with Little Treasure at home.

......

At night, in Platinum Palace"s villa No. 8.

The huge living room was icy cold. An adult and a child sat facing each other across the dining table with matching cold expressions.

Calyx: "Eat your food."

Little Treasure turned a deaf ear.

Calyx: "I"m saying this for the last time."

Little Treasure didn"t even twitch.

Calyx: "Do you think that this kind of childish hunger strike would work against me?"

Little Treasure was like a meditating old monk, completely immersed in his own world, isolated from the outside world.

The duo continued to confront one another.

After one hour.

Calyx called Lynx: "Send me Arisen's address."

Okay, so this had proved that hunger strikes did work on him.

Lynx was extremely efficient as he immediately sent Arisen's exact address to his older brother"s cell phone. Following that was a huge pile of gossip, which was completely ignored by Calyx.

This time, Calyx didn"t even need to say anything. The moment Little Treasure saw his father picking up his jacket and car keys, he immediately followed his father"s every step.

Calyx helplessly picked up his son after a single glance at the little bun standing by his feet, "There won"t be a next time."