Chapter Sixty-Nine
The door of the black hovercar opened, revealing a bouquet of white hyacinths resting quietly on the small table inside.
The handsome, well-groomed alpha in a suit carefully took the flowers from the car as usual. His fingers avoided the ice-crystal-like mycelium, and he pinched the middle of the stems with only two fingers.
Turning around, Mo Ning entered the garage elevator and took the private lift up to the second floor aboveground.
A thick carpet covered the quiet hallway floor, and his polished leather shoes made almost no sound as they stepped across it.
Stopping before the door at the end of the corridor, Mo Ning curled his fingers and knocked. "Your Majesty."
"Come in." The ruler of the star system answered from inside.
Mo Ning pushed the door open. One entire wall of the spacious study was made of glass. Outside, green, red, and yellow plants intertwined into a natural oil painting, while broad swathes of sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows across the desk and floor.
"Your Majesty." Mo Ning first looked toward the emperor seated behind the desk in the center of the study, then smiled and nodded at the alpha standing nearby. "Mr. Song."
Yan Beiyou lifted his eyes and glanced at the bouquet in Mo Ning's hand. A trace of amusement flickered in his eyes before he lowered his head and continued reviewing the reports.
"Secretary Mo." Song Ren noticed the flowers in Mo Ning's hand and asked curiously, "Those are hyacinths, right?"
"Yes, they're blooming beautifully." With a gentle smile, Mo Ning walked to the desk and placed the hyacinths in the transparent vase sitting there.
"I'll make some tea." Noticing that Yan Beiyou's cup was nearly empty, Mo Ning picked it up, then asked the alpha staring at