O Pretends To Be B for the Violent Admiral – Chapter 59: The Admiral and the Rose

T/N: Hello, everyone, I’m Neon Dragonfly, and I’ll be taking over the translation of this story after the previous translator made it clear they have dropped it indefinitely. I hope to do the story justice. For those of you who haven’t read my translations, I’m a pretty regular updater, so you should expect at least one or two chapters per week. Also, I will include an additional bonus chapter for any donation! That said, I hope you all continue to enjoy this great story.

Just a few minutes before Lucas said he was going on a blind date, Luo Ran had received a call from home.

Wang Zitong had met a matchmaker who gave her the contact information of three Alphas, and asked Luo Ran if he wanted to give it a try.

In the past, Luo Ran naturally would have no objection.

But now……

Luo Ran refused.

Wang Zitong: Why did you refuse?

Luo Ran refusing so decisively made Wang Zitong a little curious.

Luo Ran paused for a moment, and only replied that he was busy with his work and would not go on blind dates in the future.

At this time, Lucas also sent him a message.

Lucas: I’m going on a blind date with Lu Bei.

Luo Ran: “? ? ?”

Luo Ran froze for a moment, dumbfounded.

Lucas, that childish devil, was he trying to take revenge on him? Why did he drag Lu Bei into this? Had Lu Bei been tricked by Zhou Mingkai?

Luo Ran raised his eyebrows and replied with his congratulations, then searched for Lu Bei’s name in the address book and sent him a message.

Luo Ran: I apologize, the admiral seems to have caused you some trouble. I hope you can pay this no mind.

Lu Bei replied quickly.

Lu Bei: It’s fine. His Royal Highness the Third Prince told me that it’s fine to treat this as everyone hanging out together. Secretary Luo doesn’t need to worry about it.

After speaking, Lu Bei sent him an e-ticket to the opera house.

Lou Ran: “…….”

He had thought it was Lucas who was going to hang out with Lu Bei.

He didn’t expect that it was a foursome?

Luo Ran rubbed his temples with a headache.

. . . . . .

The weekend, at the opera house.

“Secretary Luo is here.” Zhou Mingkai smiled and said, “Let’s sit together.”

Zhou Mingkai and Luo Ran would sit on one side, and Lucas and Lu Bei would sit on the other in a different row of seats.

Luo Ran nodded.

Lucas gave Luo Ran a distant look.

Zhou Mingkai waved his hand and said, “Let’s go, let’s go, it’s starting.”

When entering the theater, Lucas looked for an opportunity to turn his head and say to Luo Ran fiercely: “Didn’t you want me to find other Betas and Omegas to try, and to see more of the world? I’m trying now.”

“……En.” Luo Ran raised his head. “Admiral, remember to hold Mr. Lu’s hand since you’re on a date.”

“ ? ”

Luo Ran said with a smile: “Isn’t it a date? One should hold hands on a date. Go quickly, Admiral.”

“…….”

Lucas immediately choked on his own breath as he experienced the feeling of lifting a rock and dropping it on his own foot.

Afterward, the four of them sat down. Zhou Mingkai glanced at Luo Ran, who was really concentrating on watching the opera while completely ignoring Lucas, and was dumbfounded. 

“That……Secretary Luo, don’t you feel unhappy that the admiral is on a date with someone else? Are you jealous or…….” Zhou Mingkai scratched his head and said with a dry smile, “Jealousy is not only between couples. There can even be jealousy among friends.”

“Why should I be jealous?” Luo Ran pointed to Lucas, who was sitting not far to the front, “He’s even more reluctant than I am.”

Luo Ran wanted to speak with Lucas, of course, but it wasn’t necessary.

He couldn’t be stopped.

He loved to make trouble for himself.

Zhou Mingkai: “…….”

Zhou Mingkai subconsciously glanced at Lucas.

At this moment, Lucas stubbornly wanted to show off his intimacy with Lu Bei, and sat quite close to him.

Then Lucas began to feel uncomfortable and awkward, frowning as he tried to move away.

Watching the opera seemed to torment him very much.

Zhou Mingkai: “…….”

Zhou Mingkai: “That makes sense, only a fool would be jealous.”

— Only a fool would be jealous.

Lucas turned his head and saw Zhou Mingkai and Luo Ran sitting together and whispering, and felt like the lion fur all over his body was about to puff up.

Little bastard!

Zhou Mingkai felt cold all over, and when he lowered his head, he caught Lucas’ sharp gaze.

If looks could kill, he’d have died a hundred times.

Zhou Mingkai: “…….”

Zhou Mingkai’s original proposal was just to come out with Lu Bei and spend time together in order to support him, and contribute to the progress of the outstanding heir to the empire along the way.

Unexpectedly, the roof tile fell and hit him on the head.

Zhou Mingkai wanted to cry but had no tears.

The opera singers on stage sang, and the treble was sonorous and resounding.

The script was about a sunny, youthful boy who naively pursued a beautiful and wealthy girl, the classic poor boy and young lady story. At this moment, the boy was holding a rose.

When it was finally over, next on the itinerary was the classic holy location for a date — the amusement park.

Revisiting an old haunt.

Zhou Mingkai took a look at the amusement park map and asked, “Shall we go and do the escape room?”

“No.” Lucas donned a cold expression.

“Then go to the horror tunnel?”

“No.”

“Hey, how about the cable car firework experience for two? There are roses.”

Fireworks? For two?

Lucas glanced at Zhou Mingkai and Luo Ran, and his expression soured even more. “That won’t work!”

“…….”

Luo Ran picked up the conversation and smoothed things over with a smile: “Why would the cable car not work? It’s very relaxing, and you can enjoy the scenery. Let’s go do that.”

Having spoken, he simply went to buy the tickets.

Lucas’s face immediately sank.

After Lucas and Lu Bei went up, Luo Ran and Zhou Mingkai, who were following behind, had just reached the door when Zhou Mingkai’s desire to survive burst out.

“I’m afraid of admirals……ah, no, I’m afraid of heights.” Zhou Mingkai gave a dry laugh and said, “Secretary Luo, go up by yourself, it’s only five minutes anyway. How about I buy water for the three of you to quench your thirst?”

Luo Ran paused. “No need to go to such trouble……”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, you’re all my big brothers! Running errands is what I should do!” Zhou Mingkai broke away and fled.

“Sir? Are you still going up?” The staff member to the side asked. “It’s your turn.”

“Yes.”

The ticket is already bought, Luo Ran thought to himself. He had a chance to sit and rest, and the fireworks would not be in vain.

The cable car slowly lifted into the air, the metal creaking where the parts rubbed against each other.

Luo Ran watched the cable car gradually leave the ground, rising higher and higher before circling the amusement park.

They had made it just in time for the event, and there would now be a fireworks show that would be set off in conjunction with the ascent of the cable cars.

Seeing that the fireworks hadn’t started yet, Luo Ran seized this time to take out some official documents for review.

Hiss……

Luo Ran frowned slightly.

When he read the first line, he felt a deep, stabbing pain in his head.

Luo Ran gripped the terminal and bent over slightly, pressing his temples with his hands.

He knew what was probably going on.

His mental wounds were still not healed. Shen Xiluo and Xia Zhi had repeatedly advised him not to work too much, and to get enough sleep every day.

Lucas actually didn’t want him to work overtime, and chewed him out when he found that he hadn’t taken a break.

But there was so much work recently, and these two months were a critical period. Luo Ran was not at ease entrusting so many things to others, and had to personally look them over with care.

So last night, Luo Ran couldn’t help staying up late.

Perhaps it was because of this that his brain was protesting.

Boom—!

At this time, the fireworks were in full bloom.

The experience of watching fireworks at a high altitude was excellent — after all, the distance was very close, almost at the same level.

At the same time, the sound was very loud.

Although the Empire’s fireworks had been developed so that there was no smoke, the sound still made Luo Ran tremble.

Luo Ran rubbed his temples and tried his utmost to sit upright and maintain the blood circulation in his head and body. He reached into his pocket to take out his medicine. 

Hmm?

There were no pockets.

It happened that his trousers had no pockets, so he had put the medicine in his coat pocket. And the coat……was still in the aircraft. After all, the temperature difference between the opera house and the amusement park was so great.

Never mind.

Luo Ran sighed and silently closed his eyes, waiting for the cable car to descend.

The next moment, he heard an electronic female voice come from the cable car.

{Very sorry, Cable Car No.1 is out of order……Very sorry, Cable Car No.1 is out of order…..}

At the same time, there was a metallic sound, and Luo Ran saw that the door of the cable car had been sealed.

{For safety, the system will automatically close the exits in order to ensure the safety of the passengers……}

Luo Ran was dumbstruck.

The cable car……broke down?

There was such a coincidence?

{Passengers, please stay calm and refrain from panicking. Maintenance personnel will restore the cable car to operation within ten minutes……}

Luo Ran felt that his head hurt even more.

This really was……luck, ah.

Luo Ran was unable to sit up straight anymore. The pain and weightlessness caused him to bend over and hug his knees, biting his lower lip as he dripped with cold sweat.

Not wanting to see hallucinations here, Luo Ran closed his eyes tightly.

Ding-dong.

Luo Ran’s terminal rang.

He took a deep breath and pulled it out, tapping to unlock the screen.

Lucas: Open the door.

Luo Ran: “…….?”

Luo Ran: The cable car door automatically sealed, and I may not be able to jump right now.

Luo Ran: What jump, who’s making you jump?

Lucas: There’s an emergency door opening button at the corner of the cable car. Power will be cut off after pressing it for three seconds.

Luo Ran didn’t respond yet.

What the……?

The next moment, he saw it — a tall figure jumped out of the cable car in front and bounded toward his car.

……..! !

Luo Ran was so frightened that he hurriedly pressed the button.

The cable car door opened. Lucas gripped the cable car track with his hands and swung his body, easily breaking into Luo Ran’s cable car.

The cable car swayed as Luo Ran watched Lucas descend from the sky and crouch in front of him.

Luo Ran: “…….”

“Admiral……!”

This was too……

“What are you afraid of? I won’t die if I fall.” Lucas rolled his eyes.

Below the cable car was either the ferris wheel or roller coaster track, and there were many places to break a fall.

Seeing that the cable car had stopped, Lu Bei took out the official documents and reviewed them himself without speaking to Lucas. And Lucas seemed to have a fit when he saw that Luo Ran couldn’t even sit upright. Even if it was a sea of swords and fire, Lucas would jump over it right now.

The people down below only saw a swift black shadow and a swaying cable car, and wondered what had happened.

As soon as Lucas came, he took the pale-faced Luo Ran into his arms.

Gently rubbing the back of Luo Ran’s head, he released his pheromones.

It was the same as when he released pheromones on the battleship to tease Luo Ran before, but this time it was for a different purpose.

Luo Ran was completely stunned.

“Good……” Lucas embraced Luo Ran, letting him rest against his shoulder.

Pheromones could be better absorbed at such a close distance.

“Admiral……?”

Luo Ran said tremblingly: “You……?”

“Hush.” Lucas took Luo Ran’s medicine out of his pocket and grabbed his wrist, saying: “Pheromones plus the lowest level of drugs should be fine.”

Then, Luo Ran slowly recovered.

“Admiral, you know….?” Luo Ran’s face was still pale. “Since when?”

“From the time you tried to pilot Lion One. I wanted to hide it, but seeing you like this, I forgot.” Lucas scoffed coldly. “Just say it, so that it’s convenient for you and me to ask for pheromones in the future.”

“…….”

Luo Ran touched the back of his neck and said shakily: “It was you……who temporarily marked me?”

“Yes.”

“…….”

This, this……

“So the Admiral deliberately teased me in the battleship that day.” Luo Ran recalled this weakly.

Lucas did it on purpose……!

He was really crazy!

“Why can’t I tease you? You are none other than my Omega, my secretary, can’t I tease you?” Lucas was bold and self-confident.

“An Alpha teasing an Omega is, is enjoyable?” Luo Ran was a little angry and resentful.

“Why can’t an Alpha tease an Omega? If you want to tease me back, you can force me into rut too. We’re equal!”

Luo Ran’s mind was a mess, as well as his speech. “An A teasing an O……is wrong.”

“Why? Do you think Omegas are inferior to Alphas?” Lucas said with a smile, “You, an Omega, are much stronger than many Alphas. Tsk, you pretended so well that I would have thought you were an Alpha if you didn’t tell me otherwise.”

Lucas said: “I protect you not because you’re an Omega, but because you are the person I like.”

Luo Ran was stunned.

The doubts and fears that had just arisen due to his Omega identity being exposed vanished just like that.

After a long pause, Luo Ran straightened up and sat opposite Lucas. He said earnestly, “Thank you, Admiral.”

Thank you for your willingness to temporarily mark me for my protection.

Thank you for never underestimating me.

Thank you……

Luo Ran glanced at Lucas’s pocket.

It had never occurred to him that, with a heart as big as Lucas’s, he would carry his medicine with him and keep it in his pocket.

“You’re welcome.” Lucas grinned, and then said, “Why did you lie to me?”

He got right to settling accounts.

“……..” Luo Ran turned his head and said, “Back then you only wanted a Beta.”

And he needed the job.

Lucas touched his nose.

Hiss, this was another good thing he did before.

Being at a high altitude isolated the noise, and the sounds of the amusement park could only faintly be heard.

It was just the two of them.

Luo Ran was enveloped in the smell of tobacco. It was very warm.

Luo Ran hesitated, then said: “Admiral, let me tell you another secret.”

“ ? ”

Luo Ran lowered his eyes and said: “I am not a child born by my parents. It’s just that I was sick with a fever after being adopted from the orphanage and forgot the past. They thought that since I didn’t know, they should keep it from me. In fact, as I grew older, I gradually remembered the days when I lived in the orphanage and the scene of when they found me.”

Lucas froze for a moment, saying nothing.

In fact, Lucas knew. 

When Luo Ran applied for the secretary job, the military department dug up his background, but Lucas didn’t say anything about it.

Because he, like Luo Ran’s parents, didn’t want Luo Ran to be sad.

Luo Ran smiled and said: “But they are very good to me, because love is even better than having a biological child. What I want to say is……”

Luo Ran seemed to be organizing his words.

Then he said: “I didn’t have anything at first. A happy family wasn’t something that belonged to me, but something that was given to me. I also owned few things that were mine. Then I met the admiral, and everything I had was given by the admiral. My first regular job, my first savings account, my first small apartment that I saved up for……because of the admiral, I started to own many, many things.”

Luo Ran’s tone was still gentle and mild. This was the first time he had said such words to an outsider.

“I have you, and I have friends. I’ve learned to fight and protect myself.”

“The admiral taught me to be confident, to be brave, and not to fear anything.”

Lucas interrupted with anxious clumsiness: “You will be given more in the future. I can give you everything I have, all of it.”

Luo Ran smiled and said: “I don’t need it, I am very satisfied now. Admiral, you are……”

Perhaps because the next words were a little embarrassing, Luo Ran paused for a long time.

“What am I?” Lucas was a bit nervous.

“You are the first person in this world to bring me a sense of security.” Luo Ran turned his head.

Lucas’s body froze from head to foot.

“Do you understand?” Luo Ran put it all out in the open, grabbing the corner of his clothes as he said nervously, “You make me feel at ease. I like the life I have now very much, and I like how we are now. I know my experience is not worth mentioning compared to the admiral’s, but I……I really don’t want to lose this.”

Lucas gazed at Luo Ran for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice: “Promise to be with me, and you won’t lose me and what you have now.”

“Admiral, after getting along for such a long time, someone would even develop feelings for their dog. How do you know someone better won’t come along in the future? How do you know this is ‘liking someone?’ You never even had the concept of feelings. You didn’t understand, and I understood that about you.”

Without falling in love, he and Lucas could go on like this forever, and it would be so good.

There would be no breakups, no farewells, no emotional entanglement, and no giving up the old for the new.

Luo Ran didn’t know what the alternative would be like, but he couldn’t bear to let go of this moment.

At this moment, he had experienced gritting his teeth to learn, countless arguments with Lucas, and crying and begging for a week with an application in hand.

This moment was very good.

Lucas was silent for a moment.

{Attention passengers, the cable car system will resume operation in four minutes. Everyone please remain calm……}

The cable car was about to be repaired.

Lucas said: “Zhou Mingkai said that I was in too much of a hurry, and I thought it over. I want to apologize to you. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bully you. I’m just pursuing someone for the first time and relatively inexperienced. I’ve never done anything other than fight wars, and it’s clear that the quick victory preemptive strategy has failed. I will improve and continue to learn.”

Luo Ran was taken aback.

Ah……?

Lucas said: “Then I will formally pursue you from now on. Let’s do it again. This time I will make a good confession, with a pursuit method like ordinary people, the kind you can refuse.”

Lucas took the rose that Luo Ran had set aside.

This was the flower that was left in the cable car as a love item for two people. Lucas forgot his in the other cable car, so he could only use Luo Ran’s.

Lucas held up the rose and handed it out toward Luo Ran, saying solemnly, “I like you, and I want to pursue you.”

Lucas thought to himself that he had forgotten the sentences he’d copied from the internet that day.

He could only improvise.

“I like how you look, I like your silver hair, I like your personality, I like when you smile at me, I like when you work, I like it all.”

“I want to join your life and buy a house with you. You can take all my salary and property, and the household registration book.”

Lucas held the rose up stiffly and said: “I just wanted to let you know. From now on, I will pursue you well, and not force you or cause you trouble. I hope you will consider me one day.”

Sincere, and very……unsophisticated.

Luo Ran stared blankly at Lucas.

Then he couldn’t help but laugh out loud with a “Pfft!”

At the same time, the fireworks show started up again, and inside the cable car, Luo Ran’s eyes sparkled with fireworks.

Lucas’s did as well.

The tension and anxiety that had been lingering between the two of them seemed to disappear in an instant.