She Relies on an Enchanting Scent to Turn All Beings Upside Down - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Second Fragrance

“The traffic was bad on the way, so I’m a little late,” Su Wanwan explained as soon as her feet touched the ground, but the room was silent. No one responded. Thinking of her “good reputation,” Su Wanwan just smiled and didn’t take it to heart. She casually found an empty seat and sat down.

Her smile instantly brought the silent live stream back to life, and it was flooded with comments.

“OMG OMG OMG???? Is that Su Wanwan? Is that Su Wanwan???”

“No one can understand my complex feelings right now…“

“Same here…“

“Oh my god, her appearance is everything I love! But thinking about the things she’s done… It’s hard to judge. Really hard to judge!“

All the nasty comments against Su Wanwan disappeared the moment she appeared. No one could understand their complex feelings right now. It was like they were cursing a pile of dog poop, but then they discovered the owner of the poop was a beautiful dog with big eyes and fair skin. The dog looked at them with innocent, blinking eyes, making it impossible to even curse. It was a sense of helplessness, a fury with no outlet.

“Since Miss Su… has arrived, let’s begin.” Before, the director would have harshly criticized Su Wanwan’s ridiculous excuse. But now… The director quickly glanced at Su Wanwan. Not only did he not single her out, but his voice became softer, as if he was afraid of startling her.

Su Wanwan was beautiful and had chosen to sit in the most central position. Looking around, she was the most eye-catching one. Her eye-catching quality wasn’t the result of meticulous styling. It was the kind that allowed her to shine even in a cheap and unremarkable dress, as if her clothes were just accessories that couldn’t diminish her beauty in the slightest.

The director sighed, thankful that sexual attraction now depended on pheromones. Otherwise, with a face like Su Wanwan’s, no one else would stand a chance. Su Wanwan is so beautiful, her pheromones must be incredibly alluring too, right? This thought suddenly popped into the writer’s head. It was a shame that people generally used pheromone inhibitors now, so they couldn’t smell a thing.

“Except for the general, who is away on a mission, all the other guests have arrived. Let’s announce everyone’s main task.”

“The dating show will last for twenty-eight days. Within these twenty-eight days, all guests must find their desired partner and perform a romantic confession on the final day.”

“During the live broadcast, the director’s team will confiscate everyone’s wristbands, temporarily cutting off their connection to the Star Brain.”

At this, the expressions of the people on the sofas changed. Chi Yuan was the first to show his dissatisfaction. As a top-tier idol in the star-sphere, he had a refined, mixed-race look and was dressed flamboyantly. With his short, silver-blue dyed hair, cool black hoodie, and long pants, paired with a long silver chain, he looked like a cool and rebellious youth.

He said impatiently, “If you confiscate my wristband, what about my announcements?”

“Will you pay the breach of contract fees?”

Chi Yuan didn’t want to participate in this ridiculous show to begin with. Now that he was here, they wanted to cut off his Star Brain? Wouldn’t he be stuck playing with a robotic imbecile for the next twenty-eight days?

“The production team has already communicated with CEO Chi about this, so you don’t need to worry about other issues,” the director patiently explained.

“Looks like our young master didn’t expect CEO Chi to stab him in the back, hahahaha.”

“As a big brother, CEO Chi never disappoints. He’s the epitome of fairness and impartiality~”

“Hahahahaha!”

The “Young Master fans” were delighted to see their young master being thwarted and were overjoyed. He was called “Young Master” because Chi Yuan’s older brother was the CEO of Starlight Entertainment, the largest entertainment company in the star-sphere. As his brother, Chi Yuan had enjoyed the best resources and popularity since his debut.

Chi Yuan was upset about being set up, but he remembered his brother’s advice to control his temper on the show and held back. The production team, of course, wouldn’t be so foolish as to continue arguing with the young master, so after getting everyone’s consent, they collected all the wristbands to move on to the next step.

“For these twenty-eight days, no one is allowed to consume nutrient solutions. You must use the ancient human method of cooking and eating. You will be divided into two-person groups, and each group can only eat the food they make. The teams will be changed daily by drawing lots.”

At this, Jiang Yao said coldly, “I won’t waste my time on meaningless things.” He was wearing a white lab coat, and his whole demeanor was aloof and cold. His handsome face, under his short black hair, was indifferent, as if nothing mattered to him. He genuinely didn’t care. Others were at least dressed presentably, but he just wore his lab coat as if he had stopped by on his way home from work.

“Although I don’t particularly like these strange things, I’m already here anyway,” Xie Canglan said with a squinting smile, his hands folded under his chin. While his words seemed to be a way of persuading Jiang Yao, they weren’t exactly kind if you listened closely.

These people, in normal times, were difficult enough to offend one by one. Now, the production team was about to offend a whole group. Although they were sweating with anxiety, they had no choice. This was a mandatory order from the higher-ups.

According to the higher-ups, if the show was too ordinary, it wouldn’t be exciting. They had to take these privileged individuals from different fields and make them do things they weren’t good at, which would spark conflict. Director Zhang thought this was all nonsense. They could have just confiscated their inhibitors, forced the Omegas into heat, and locked them all in a room. They wouldn’t need conflict; they’d have babies by the next day. But the higher-ups couldn’t do something like that, so they chose to make things difficult for them. They were just a small production team. If the higher-ups couldn’t control these people, how could they?

Just as the atmosphere was getting subtly tense, a sweet, charming female voice appeared.

“I can do it, but…”

“I need a good helper.”

She smiled faintly, her lips blooming with a smile more beautiful than a flower. Anyone who saw it would be momentarily stunned. Meng Ze frowned slightly. He only glanced at her before looking away. Although he didn’t say a word, the way he pursed his beautiful lips suggested he was a little emotional.

“Imperial Beauty… I feel so sorry for him. If you can’t handle it, just come and hide at my place.”

“You… my place is bigger. I suggest you come to my place instead.”

Ever since Su Wanwan appeared, Meng Ze’s attitude had been a little strange. Before, the comments would have been outraged on his behalf, but ever since Su Wanwan’s appearance, everyone’s comments had turned into expressions of sympathy for the Imperial Beauty. They never mentioned why it had become like this.

Is this the benefit of having a beautiful face? Director Zhang glanced at the smiling Su Wanwan, noncommittally.

“What kind of helper do you want, Miss Su?” the writer asked, his own interest evident in his voice. Director Zhang curled his lip in disdain. What’s the point of a Beta being so eager? It’s not like she’d even look at him. To ensure no unexpected incidents, all the production staff were Betas, including Director Zhang himself.

“Hmm…” Su Wanwan placed her index finger on her lips and tilted her head in thought. Then, her eyes slightly lit up as she pointed to the elegantly seated man in a three-piece suit. “Him.”

As the man looked up and slightly gazed at her, she smiled and said, “I heard CEO Hylia manages a lot of hotels, so you must have plenty of experience with cooking, right?”

“Who says owning a lot of hotels means you know how to cook?” Chi Yuan sneered. The next second, his lips curled into a smile when he met the girl’s twinkling, starry eyes. He awkwardly stretched his body a little, and after getting a generous, big smile in return, his whole body, starting from his spine, stiffened. He unconsciously straightened his posture a bit.

The other person only paid attention to him for a second or two before looking away and staring at her original target. Chi Yuan felt relieved but also a little disappointed.

No! What the hell am I disappointed about?! She’s just an annoying woman!

Chi Yuan frowned and shook his head, ignoring the strange feeling he just had.

“I don’t do things like that,” Hylia coldly refused. This was clearly expected. Hylia was notoriously a germaphobe, which could be seen from his neatly groomed hair and the wrinkle-free three-piece suit he was wearing.

However, Su Wanwan wasn’t discouraged at all. She shamelessly continued to invite him:

“Come on, come on. I’m very capable!”

“If you can’t, you can just be my assistant~”

Every word the girl said was a sweet, charming coo. They entered his ears with a shocking hint of seduction. Everyone had seen Omegas who knew how to act cute. After all, Omegas were generally perceived as delicate and sweet, but a person so alluring was…

“If it were me… I might have agreed (kneels).”

“You upstairs…”

“How can you give in just because of a face?! Have you forgotten what she’s done?”

“I haven’t forgotten! But she’s just so soft and sweet, wuwuwuwu.”

“Everyone, don’t be fooled by her! The moment she came in, she chose the most central spot, which is the most prominent and in the middle of the camera’s view. This shows that she’s someone who really wants to show off. Now she’s deliberately provoking the germaphobe CEO Hylia. It’s obvious she’s trying to get attention! Just think about the things she’s done before!]

Finally, a clear-headed comment appeared in the live stream, but those who had been the most aggressive with their cursing were now silent.

Everyone understood the logic…

They were willing to bet that CEO Hylia would definitely agree.

Hylia looked at the girl’s hopeful gaze and slowly frowned.

Seeing his frown, Su Wanwan felt a sense of satisfaction. You’re unhappy now, aren’t you? It’s a pain, isn’t it? You want to curse me but can’t because of the cameras, right? You damn germaphobe. It’s so easy to make you dislike me.

The atmosphere began to turn chilly. The girl’s eyes slowly dimmed, the tiny twinkling starlight in her pupils extinguishing. Like a flickering flame, this expression, combined with her beautiful face, made people’s hearts ache.

“Why don’t you and Miss Su partner up, Mr. Hylia?” The writer couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke up. Seeing the beauty lower her eyes in disappointment made his heart tremble. He wished he could have taken Hylia’s place and agreed.

Hylia glanced at the writer. That one look made the writer stop speaking, almost dying from the aura of a high-ranking Alpha. Damn rank suppression. The writer had never been so disgusted with his own cowardice.

“I can be in a group with you, but I won’t help,” Hylia stated in a very faint accent. His slightly raised eyes carried a hint of elegant arrogance, though it wasn’t obvious. “Miss Su shouldn’t mind, right?” he smiled faintly, very politely. His handsome face softened because of the smile.

“Of course not,” Su Wanwan said, showing that she didn’t mind the man’s veiled refusal. She even seemed a little happy.

This world is the right one for me, after all. The people here are so normal. Su Wanwan, who had never been rejected by the opposite sex (except when it came to dark rooms) since she was a child, thought this.

“Suddenly, I feel a little sorry for Su Wanwan…”

“CEO Hylia said that, and she still agreed. Does she like CEO Hylia?”

“Upstairs, she likes the Imperial Beauty.”

“Hmm… maybe she’s just casting a wide net? After all, her character is… emmm.”

“Some people just spread rumors without evidence. What, is your character so much better?”

The one-sided negative comments started to subtly lean in Su Wanwan’s favor after her appearance. These subtle changes were something even the people involved might not notice.

Chi Yuan scoffed and inexplicably felt annoyed at Su Wanwan’s bright smile. He stood up abruptly and frowned. “I’m not hungry. Whoever wants to eat can go cook for themselves. I’m going back to my room to sleep.” After saying that, he walked upstairs with his hands in his pockets, glaring at Su Wanwan as he passed her.

Su Wanwan, who had been glared at for no reason, was a little confused. She just assumed he didn’t like her and didn’t take it to heart.

“Miss Su and Mr. Hylia have already formed a group. Will the other guests form their own groups or follow the lottery?”

They were supposed to draw lots, but since Su Wanwan had started this trend of choosing teammates, the writer just went with it and asked.

“I want to be with the big beauty,” a soft, delicate voice said as a fair, small hand was raised, with a hint of childishness.

“Miss Xia, Omegas can only choose Alphas,” the writer added.

Xia Qingli pouted, her hand holding a doll tightening and loosening. Her gaze reluctantly left Meng Ze. She said angrily, “Then I’ll just go with anyone.”

Xia Qingli looked pretty and cute. With her hair in a bun, she wore a pink dress and held a long pink rabbit doll. She sat there like a little princess. Even when she was being willful, no one would say anything bad about her. They would only think she was very cute.

“Wuwuwu, our little baby Lili is so cute. Let your auntie kiss you.”

“She wanted to be in a group with the Imperial Beauty. Why did you refuse her? Just give him to her! Who doesn’t like a big-haired beauty!”

Meng Ze, who was being mentioned, had no reaction from beginning to end. Aside from a slight frown at Su Wanwan at the very beginning, his emotions had been consistently calm.

But some people are just destined to be the center of attention. Like Su Wanwan, and like Meng Ze. Even when he was just sitting there quietly in a simple white shirt and black trousers, the sunlight passing through his slightly lowered eyelashes scattered on his cheeks, making him look particularly gentle. His flawlessly fair and delicate face was captivating. Although his naturally weak Omega body and black hair gave him a sense of fragility, the cold and detached aura he exuded made him very unique. He was like a forgotten snow lotus on a glacier.

“The Imperial Beauty is really so beautiful. What kind of person can marry him?”

“If I could marry the Imperial Beauty, I can’t even imagine how happy I would be as an Alpha.”

“Dream on, upstairs. Unless your genetic match with the Imperial Beauty is 100%, you can’t even think about it.”

“A 100% genetic match has never happened. You’re better off dreaming.”

As the live stream was filled with heated discussions, the smart robot randomly assigned the remaining groups.

They were:

Chi Yuan x Jiang Chuxia, Xie Canglan x Xia Qingli, Yu Lianheng x Song Yuege, Jiang Yao x Meng Ze, and Su Wanwan x Hylia.

Because Chi Yuan had gone upstairs to rest and Yu Lianheng hadn’t returned yet, Jiang Chuxia would temporarily cook dinner with Song Yuege.

The production team had already prepared different kitchens for them, so they could cook at the same time. The live stream would also be split into five screens, observing the situation in each room.

Faced with the various ingredients in the kitchen, everyone’s expressions were different, but there was one thing they all had in common: bewilderment.

“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Teacher Xie’s expression is clearly saying, ‘What is this? Can it be eaten?'”

“Lili is so cute! She’s poking it with her finger! Let your auntie kiss you!!!”

“The little genius and the beauty are standing there like two heartless, indifferent robots. One doesn’t care, and the other doesn’t pay attention, hahahaha.”

“The two little cuties are looking at everything one by one, completely bewildered, hahahaha!”

“To be honest, making this ancient food is very difficult. I once tried it out of curiosity. It took a lot of time and effort, and in the end, I got a pot of green, unknown, viscous liquid that looked like insect eggs. It was so disgusting that I threw it away on the spot.”

“Holy crap, look at Su Wanwan!!!!”

As soon as this comment appeared, the attracted viewers instantly shifted their gaze to the live stream in the top left corner, and then they saw a heart-stopping scene.

“How can a delicate Omega be allowed to hold something as dangerous as a knife?!”

“CEO Hylia, stop her! What if she gets hurt?!”

“Be careful with your fingers! Be careful!’

On the screen, the delicate and beautiful girl was holding an incredibly sharp knife with her fine, soft fingers, peeling something. As the skin of the vegetable fell off in flakes, the viewers’ hearts were clenched, afraid that she would cut her finger. They all wished they could jump through the screen and take her place.

“I’m done peeling. Can you help me wash it, CEO Hylia?” Su Wanwan held out the peeled potato to Hylia, who was standing elegantly in his elite three-piece suit, her eyes filled with anticipation.

Hylia’s brows furrowed slightly. His gaze first swept over her dirty face, then landed on the dirty, unknown round thing in her hands. He took an unbearable step back.

“It’s just for a wash. It’s very simple. You just have to rinse it under the water.” The girl unknowingly moved closer to him, even reaching out to pull on his sleeve to act cute. Hylia immediately said coldly:

“Get away from me.”

Given Hylia’s level of mysophobia, it was very polite of him to have held back until now. But his politeness clearly still startled the girl. Her fingers froze in mid-air, looking a little helpless, but she finally pulled her hand back and said calmly, “It’s okay. I’ll wash it myself.”

She smiled, her eyelashes fluttering, and turned around, opening the water to quietly wash the potato. Her slender back gave off a feeling of loneliness.

“I think… CEO Hylia is a bit much. Even though he has mysophobia and can’t stand things being dirty, he didn’t need to be so rude, right?”

“No matter how bad Su Wanwan is, it’s already amazing that she, as an Omega, is doing something so dangerous. Shouldn’t she be encouraged?”

“What did CEO Hylia do wrong? Don’t you get annoyed when you encounter something you dislike?”

“CEO Hylia said he wouldn’t help from the beginning, and Su Wanwan agreed. Now you’re blaming CEO Hylia? Can you people be objective?”

The live stream was filled with differing opinions, but Su Wanwan, at the center of the controversy, was in a good mood, a slight curve on her lips as she washed the potato.

He must hate her now. He’s probably wishing he could throw her out.

After washing the potato, Su Wanwan vigorously shook her hands. The kitchen was so small that even though Hylia tried to get away, a drop or two still splashed onto him. He frowned and was about to get angry, but a faint, subtle aroma suddenly wafted from his nose.

It was very light, very faint, but it made his scalp tingle. His expression suddenly froze, and his gaze on Su Wanwan instantly deepened.

Su Wanwan was vigorously shaking her hands and was about to stop when a huge shadow fell over her. She looked up and saw Hylia standing in front of her. He didn’t say anything, just stared at her with a strange look on his face. For a moment, Su Wanwan wanted to run, but she held back. There are cameras. He wouldn’t hit a woman, right? Besides, my current identity is that of a delicate Omega. Assaulting an Omega is a crime.

“Is something wrong?” Su Wanwan asked, still subtly shaking her hands a few more times. She felt satisfied when she saw a few drops of water seeping into his expensive suit, forming stains of different sizes. “Are you here to help me cut the potato, CEO Hylia?”

Hylia’s emotions changed very quickly. In just a second, he had composed himself. He blinked, looking at the Omega in front of him with a seriousness he had never felt before. Su Wanwan was beautiful; he knew that the moment she entered the villa. But appearance was just a decoration; he had never cared about such things. He just didn’t expect that the pheromones she briefly leaked would be so alluring to him. The captivating pheromones, combined with the charming face he saw before him, left a deep and lasting impression on him.

Hylia didn’t know if she was doing it on purpose, and he didn’t care to know now. Her pheromones were so intoxicating that he had subconsciously already made excuses for her, no matter what she had done in the past. Hylia lowered his eyes, looking at the water stains on his chest. The corners of his eyes slightly curved, and he actually smiled.

“Go sit over there.”

He said this a little casually. Without the buff of his furious mysophobia, he now appeared elegant and extremely charming. An Alpha’s extreme affection for a chosen Omega seemed to be an instinct ingrained in their genes.

There was a saying in the Empire that no matter how powerful an Alpha warrior was, when they met their soulmate Omega, they would lower their proud head, become a captive, and be at their beck and call. Hylia had never taken this seriously before. But now… he stared at the wet, round object in his hand, his expression still one of disgust, but the corners of his lips were slightly curved. It seemed he was finding a certain pleasure in his transgression.

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