Downtown, Jinpeng City

Nicknamed "The Little Capital", Jinpeng city is the second most prosperous city in China, Just below the capital Xingren. Xingren as the capital is known as a center of business, While Jinpeng is known as a center of entertainment, A Las Vegas of China, A small heaven for those who have money to waste.

A car is parked in the bustling downtown street with a man leaning in the window looking outside at the passerby. This goes on for a long time until a certain girl catches his attention. The girl is beautiful, She is dressed in very simple attires, With light makeup on her face. She is the kind of beautiful that doesn't need a touch-up to be perfect.

The girl is Shu Xiuying. Li Yuheng has seen her face on social media so he isn't surprised that much.

She is currently walking to her workplace, A spa shop. This is her main income. The shop pays quite a lot, But her younger sister's medicine alone took half of her monthly salary, So she need to deliver the newspaper in the morning.

But this is not an ordinary spa. It's run by "White Rose", An underground businesswoman that is mentioned in the book countless times. No one has seen her appearance thus born a rumor that her face has a defect. Li Yuheng knows that is not true, Because the novel describes her beauty has transcended mortal boundaries. She is also one of the protagonist's main helpers, But she isn't a heroine.

What is known about her is very limited, But the book has mentioned a few of her secrets and weaknesses. And Li Yuheng will use that to his advantage.

That is what Li Yuheng planned today. Use White Rose to get Shu Xiuying. Sounds unnecessary and lengthy but Li Yuheng has a reason to do that. Because he wants White Rose, No, it was closer to curiosity. He is quite disappointed when he knows White Rose isn't a heroine when reading the book, But now that he has a chance to make her a heroine, Of course, he will at least try.

Li Yuheng leave the car and started walking toward the same big building as Shu Xiuying. While walking, he attracts countless people's gaze, Some man looks dumbfounded and down, Some girls act shy and giggle while passing him. He doesn't care at all.

After entering the building, He gets in the same elevator as Shu Xiuying. Nothing happened between the two since there are also other people.

Elevator's bell ring and he get off the same floor as Shu Xiuying. She passes the front desk directly entering a staff-only door. Li Yuheng meanwhile goes to the front desk.

"Good morning, what can we help you?" The receptionist greets with a smile.

"Do you sell any rose in here?" The receptionist's expression froze for a moment.

".....What kind of rose are you looking for sir?"

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"A white rose, Also trim the thorns."

"Please follow me."

This is a secret code White Rose use for her closest friends that is mentioned in the novel, People that know it can be counted with one hand. The main reason Li Yuheng dislikes the original novel is the author wrote too much unnecessary information but now he feels rather grateful.

Following the receptionist, He arrived in a spacious even more luxurious VVIP lounge. Everything is incredibly expensive, Even the doorknob is made out of real gold.

"Tea or Coffee sir?"

"No need."

"Then i will leave, Ring the bell if you need anything, sir."

Li Yuheng sits on the comfy luxurious couch until a sweet voice resonates out of nowhere. It seemingly comes from a hidden microphone in the room.

"How do you know that code? Who are you?."

"I'm sorry to come unnoticed. I'm here to do business."

"Do you not hear my questions? How do you know the code and who are you!?"

"How do I know that code, everyone has their secret just like yours. As for me, I'm just a no-name passerby. Let's get this quick, I have information about the orphanage you're looking for."

".....Who are you? How do you know all that? Never mind, What do you want?"

"You have an employee called Shu Xiuying, Transfer her to my company."

"Shu Xiuying? Are you attracted to her? If you're thinking to do something to her you should give up."

"I won't. I just need her to work for me. You can look after her from time to time."

"......Tell me about the orphanage."

"Xingren Mingdo Road 19 Street 3A. You will find something interesting there. That is all, time for me to go. I will instruct you where to transfer Shu Xiuying later."

Before White rose can say anything, Li Yuheng has already left.

Jinpeng, Banyan private villa residence.

An extremely beautiful middle-aged woman is sitting in a work chair, The usual cold beautiful face now has a hint of shock on it. This woman is White Rose.

When her subordinate inform her that someone has come with her secret code, She thought her friend is coming to play, But it's turned out to be a man, And she doesn't have any male friends. She was wary because not many people know her secret code and they are all her very trusted friends. But her wary turned into shock when this man know she is looking for an orphanage. Nobody knows about this matter.

She is not an orphan, But this orphanage is very important to her. She had spent the last 20 years finding information about this orphanage but it all turned dead end. She reach the phone on the table and started calling a number.

"Use full resources, Find every single piece of information about that man and check Xingren Mingdo Road 19 Street 3A address."

She looks out of the window with nostalgia, Reminiscing a part of her life that has faded.