NOVEL NEXT c54 - Hurry Up and Appease Her
At the end of the call, Gu Qianqiu suggested that Tang Yucai seek Shen Han’s help to resolve this issue.
Tang Yucai thought carefully: Indeed! Her little Little Wan had always been calm and independent since childhood. It was the first time she had seen her rely on someone like that in that dilapidated warehouse two days ago.
If Shen Han could help persuade her, while the problem might not be completely resolved, it would certainly improve.
So, that afternoon, Tang Yucai called Shen Han to arrange a meeting.
The members of the Group 1 were still on leave these days, so as soon as she received the call, Shen Han immediately went to meet her.
After returning from 837th Street, Tang Yucai had promptly moved back to the villa.
Therefore, they chose a coffee shop within the base as their meeting point.
Shen Han arrived first, finding a seat by the window to wait for the other.
She took out her phone and quickly typed in Gu Junwan’s chat box: [I’m so nervous, Teacher Tang suddenly asked to meet me!] Just as she was about to hit send, she suddenly felt it might not be appropriate.
She knew Gu Junwan was still upset about her mother’s arbitrary actions, and sending her a message now felt a bit like tattling.
So, she hurriedly deleted that text.
It was afternoon, and there were three or four tables of customers in the coffee shop.
At one table sat two young, pretty Omegas.
They were also staff members at this base, with relatively less busy work.
Previously, when the prospective guard team was doing regular training on the field, the two had sneaked over to watch the team members train.
One of the Omegas particularly liked Shen Han’s type.
She thought Shen Han was both good-looking and approachable, neither arrogant nor impatient, unlike other Alphas she had seen.
Now, with her sitting not far away, the two Omegas suddenly became excited.
One encouraged her friend: “Look! Your Captain Shen is right there. It’s a rare opportunity, don’t miss it!”
The Omega who liked Shen Han blushed slightly: “She looks like she’s waiting for someone. It might not be good to go over and chat her up, right?”
“What’s not good about it? The person she’s waiting for hasn’t arrived yet, right? How about this, I’ll go with you. We’ll chat casually first, then you find a chance to ask for her phone number.”
At this moment, Shen Han was pondering what Teacher Tang wanted to discuss by calling her out.
Surely she wouldn’t throw a 500 million yuan bank card at her and then ask her to leave her daughter?
Hmm, probably not.
Her performance in the herb market area two days ago was quite good, so she shouldn’t have earned her dislike.
If there was anything that might have lost her points, it would probably be just that one punch.
Good thing she hadn’t aimed for her face at the time.
Just as she was thinking this, a gentle voice softly sounded beside the table.
“Captain Shen, what a coincidence.”
Shen Han looked up to find two Omegas she didn’t recognize.
So she politely responded, “Indeed, the weather is nice today.”
She thought they would leave after exchanging greetings, but unexpectedly, the Omega who had spoken earlier continued, “Why are you sitting here alone?”
Shen Han looked at her expectant gaze, thought for a moment, then replied, “I was afraid sitting here as half a person might scare everyone.”
The two Omegas: “???”
At this point, the other Omega quickly spoke up to smooth things over: “Captain Shen, you’re so humorous.”
As she spoke, her gaze fell on the phone Shen Han was holding: “It’s like this, we’re both staff members at the base. Could we exchange contact information? There might be some work-related interactions in the future.”
After speaking, both Omegas looked at Shen Han with sparkling eyes.
Shen Han looked at the special encrypted phone in her palm and honestly replied, “I can’t use this phone to contact you.”
“Why not?” the Omegas asked in unison.
“State secret.”
Soon, the two Omegas left the coffee shop.
Tang Yucai, with a smiling face, walked up from the table behind Shen Han.
She sat directly opposite the popular Alpha, tilting her chin to point at the two Omegas who had just left: “The girls were quite cute actually. How did you manage to drive them away in just a few sentences?”
Shen Han, while pressing the call button, said, “Not as cute as your daughter, and besides, I didn’t lie to them. This phone really can only contact your daughter.”
After ordering drinks, Tang Yucai clicked her tongue twice: “Since Little Wan’s differentiation in her teens, this is the first time I’ve heard someone call her cute.”
She picked up the lemon water on the table and continued, “Don’t you think Little Wan can be a bit fierce sometimes?”
Shen Han leaned forward slightly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, “Dad, you didn’t call me out today just to set me up, did you?”
Hearing that ‘Dad’, Tang Yucai almost spat out the lemon water she had just sipped.
She glared and tapped the table: “Let’s talk business. Come over for dinner tomorrow. Group 1 is on rotation leave these days, so you should have time, right?”
Hearing this, Shen Han’s eyes immediately lit up: “Ah! Is this a formal meeting with the parents?”
Tang Yucai gave her a sidelong glance: “Little Wan is still angry with me. Help me appease her, and next time I’ll formally introduce you to the parents.”
Shen Han thought this ‘job’ was acceptable.
Not only could she earn a favor from Teacher Tang, but she could also openly go to Gu Junwan’s house for dinner.
This was an opportunity she couldn’t find even with a lantern!
The dinner time was set for the next evening, which happened to be Gu Junwan’s day off, so she could sleep in a bit in the morning.
The next day, at 3 PM.
Shen Han stood outside the villa and texted Tang Yucai: [Teacher Tang, I’m at the gate, but the security won’t let me in. They say there’s no visitor appointment in the system.]
[Wait, I’ll come out to get you! Don’t overthink it. If we had entered your information into the system in advance, Little Wan would have known and there would be no surprise.]
An Alpha with delicate features had come to the villa, personally escorted in by Tang Yucai.
This news immediately stirred up all the servants in the house.
Suddenly, there were many more maids pretending to pass through the living room while actually sneaking peeks at the guest.
“That Alpha is so tall. Teacher Tang personally brought her in. Could it be to introduce her to the Lady Empress?”
“I think that’s very likely. Lady Empress happens to be resting today, and besides, when have we ever had an Alpha guest here?”
“It must be Teacher Tang’s intention to match-make, but I think that Alpha might leave disappointed. Our Lady Empress has such an aura, I don’t think she can handle it.”
“I think so too. I feel our Lady Empress might prefer the domineering type of Alpha, you know, the kind that’s high and mighty, with imperial dignity!”
Just as the group was chattering excitedly, Ms. Fei appeared with a stern face: “Are you all very free?”
The group of Beta maids shuddered in unison.
Ms. Fei coldly swept her gaze over everyone: “If I hear you discussing the Lady Empress’s affairs in private again, I’ll have you dismissed!”
The Beta maids were frightened into silence.
After sending those people off to work, Ms. Fei finally turned her gaze to the Alpha sitting on the living room sofa.
She thought to herself: The Lady Empress doesn’t need an Alpha who can handle her.
This one seems to have already gained the approval of the Lady Empress’s mother, it’s probably a done deal.
On the third floor, in the study.
Gu Junwan was flipping through a paper book when she suddenly heard Tang Yucai’s voice from outside the door: “Little Wan, I’ve invited a guest to our home today. Would you like to come out and meet them?”
Gu Junwan immediately guessed who had come.
In fact, this was a small trap she had set for her mother.
After all, how could she really stay angry with her mother for long?
This was perfect now. They had taken the initiative to bring Shen Han over, which was, to some extent, a form of identity recognition.
“No.”
The Empress’s lips curled slightly, but her words were ice-cold.
Tang Yucai had originally wanted to tell her directly that the visitor was Shen Han.
On second thought, she felt it would be better to let Shen Han come up and knock on the door herself rather than telling her.
So, she went downstairs to bring the Alpha from the living room directly upstairs.
A maid who saw this scene brightened up.
She immediately wanted to share the information with her sisters, but afraid of being caught by Ms. Fei, she had to forcibly hold back.
Shen Han followed Tang Yucai all the way to her Omega girlfriend’s study.
Tang Yucai whispered to her: “It’s up to you now.”
Shen Han nodded, then began to knock.
She knocked three times, then added one more, which was Gu Junwan’s habitual knock whenever she came to her apartment.
Tang Yucai, however, didn’t know about this little tacit understanding between them.
Seeing Shen Han only knocking without speaking, she hurriedly mouthed to remind her to say something.
Just then, the door before them was gently opened.
Gu Junwan, dressed in a casual home dress, stood gracefully inside the door.
The faint plum fragrance entered the Alpha’s nostrils, sprinkling a hint of sweetness on her taste buds.
Shen Han momentarily forgot why she had come, just staring blankly at the Omega before her.
Tang Yucai watched from the side, growing anxious.
She thought: What are you standing there for? Hurry up and appease her!
“Well, you two chat for a while. I’ll go check on how dinner preparations are coming along.”
Watching her Alpha mother go downstairs, Gu Junwan finally revealed a mischievous smile.
Seeing no servants around, she quickly reached out to pull the dazed Alpha standing at the door into the room.
After the door closed, Shen Han saw the laughter brimming in those golden irises and suddenly came to her senses.
She leaned in close to Gu Junwan’s ear and whispered, “Well, well, Miss Gu, you’re cheating.”
The warm breath brushing against the Omega’s sensitive ear sent a tingling current through her.
Gu Junwan, slightly shrinking her neck, laughed softly, “Who told her not to let me reveal my identity to you before, and even teased you?”
The Omega’s gentle smile before her made Shen Han’s throat tighten slightly.
She bent her knees and scooped up her Omega, then asked in a hushed voice, “Dad asked me to come today to appease you. So, have I succeeded in appeasing you now?”