After doing all that, she opened the chat box sent by the questioner named "Stars in the Interstellar Sea".

Stars in the Interstellar Sea: [I tried the method you suggested yesterday. Although the mech's speed increased, the increase was still very small. I thought about it later and it might be a problem with the mech's materials. Could you take a look and tell me which one to try? (Images *3)]

Qiao Mei opened and checked them one by one, and found that the materials he sent were ones she had considered beforehand yesterday, but had rejected. After thinking for a moment, she typed a reply to him on the electronic keyboard.

Plant a Rose: [While the materials you sent can significantly increase the mech's speed, they will also weaken its defense. I've looked at your mech; it's primarily designed for defense. Blindly pursuing speed will only weaken its main function. What do you think?]

The other person received her message and remained in the "typing" state for a long time before finally replying.

Stars in the Interstellar Sea: 【!! This really enlightened me! I was wondering why the mechs I assembled always had performance issues later on. I'm going to go test them out now!!】

Not long after, Qiao Mei received a notification that she had received a trial fee of 5,000 Star Coins, and she smiled happily.

If nothing unexpected happens, she should be able to get the remaining 5,000 interstellar coins.

Just as she was thinking about it, she realized that the number of messages that had previously tagged her had more than doubled, reaching 99+. When she opened them, unsurprisingly, she received a lot of insults, most of which she had screenshotted.

[Hilarious! It's just a trial fee, not the final payment. The final payment at least proves you have some skills. What are you bragging about with just a trial fee? If you send me a screenshot of the final payment, I won't say a word!]

[Seriously, do you even have a screenshot of the final payment? If not, don't try to act all high and mighty here. Even a smart bracelet can't outdo you!]

Ao Cang had somehow climbed up the bed to the desktop computer, skillfully wrapped his hair around Qiao Mei's neck after passing over her naturally curly long hair, and looked at the computer under her stunned gaze.

After discovering that she had received a series of negative comments, I had mixed feelings.

"My lord, you don't need to look at these. My strength is low right now, so it's normal for people to look down on me."

Ao Cang looked into Qiao Mei's red eyes. Although he couldn't see any signs of injury, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He lowered his golden dragon eyes and sighed softly, "Actually, you didn't need to do this for me. I know that the possibility of me transforming into a sacred beast is very low. Your mother's connections seem to be able to help you change your companions. You don't need to continue guarding me and suffer so much criticism and hardship for me."

After Ao Cang finished speaking, he loosened the dragon's grip around Qiao Mei's neck for the second time since they signed the bond of kinship.

Noticing his actions, Qiao Mei lowered her eyes and glanced at the deep sense of inferiority surrounding him. She recalled the spirited look on her face when she first met him, and her nose quickly stung with tears. She pulled him closer.

Then, seeing Ao Cang's stunned expression, she pressed her forehead against his and rubbed it against him: "Who said it wasn't necessary? As long as it's for you, I'm willing to do anything. Please don't say things like that anymore. It makes me feel like you're disgusted with me, and it makes me sad."

As the girl spoke, she playfully blinked her red eyes and made a wronged expression, leaving Ao Cang speechless for a moment.

Once Ao Cang closed his dragon eyes, seemingly convinced by her, Qiao Mei composed herself, a cold glint appearing in her red eyes.

Initially, she didn't really want to pay attention to these people, but now...

The girl kept this in mind, and later took Ao Cang to wash up and have breakfast.

At the same time, the user "[Unrenamed Mech with a Poor Liver]" was sighing as he looked at Qiao Mei's suggestion, wondering if he should take such a big risk.

His Flying Ape Mech was his own creation, and no predecessor had developed it before, so there was no reference material available. Last night, he chose to continue working on the parts he felt were problematic, tinkering with them until late at night.

However, during his Nth test of the mecha's jumping ability, he discovered that the mecha's legs had malfunctioned.

In a state of extreme frustration and irritability, he would open the question box again to check, only to find that apart from the suggestion that was ridiculed by everyone, no one had replied. Forced by his eagerness to use this mech, after much hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and chose to accept it, paying a trial fee of 500 interstellar coins. But as soon as he paid, he regretted it a little.

"Replacing the load-bearing materials won't be cheap, but five hundred yuan isn't a small amount either..."

Qiao Mei was unaware of the user's dilemma. After checking the interstellar mech website again and not receiving any messages from either of the two questioners, she decided to take Ao Cang out to the Imperial Star Square, which they had only been able to reach halfway through yesterday.

Xu Hui works as a mecha designer, and she usually leaves early and returns late every day. When Qiao Mei brought Ao Cang down, it was almost nine o'clock. She thought Xu Hui had already left, but to her surprise, Xu Hui was still there when she came down.

"Xiao Mei, you're downstairs. Mom came home too late yesterday and didn't have time to ask you how the check-up for Xiao Heilong went. This is breakfast Mom made; you probably haven't eaten yet, have you?"

Qiao Mei, who had actually finished a sandwich and an egg, was speechless.

"not yet."

So she was forced to eat her second breakfast of the day, and told Xu Hui about yesterday's events and her encounter with Li Chonghua.

“He said he was your alumnus. He was very friendly and kind to me yesterday and even gave me a necklace with vitality.”

"A life force necklace?!" Xu Hui frowned, originally intending to scold Qiao Mei, but remembering the inhibitors she received yesterday and Qiao Mei's strange concern for Ao Cang, she changed her mind before speaking.

"Forget it, you're an adult now, you should know that you have to consider the consequences of your actions. Since you've already done it, there's no point in me saying anything more. Let's talk about the inhibitors first. Where did you get so much money to redeem them?"

Those inhibitors were given to her for free by the Royal Family and bore the Royal Family's logo. They were the same ones she had lost in the last two months, and she guessed that Qiao Mei had probably pawned them.

Qiao Mei spoke frankly, taking a sip of orange juice: "It's the money I saved up from pawning it to buy Xu Heyu merchandise, plus some of my own pocket money."

"You're actually willing to spend that much money to buy back the inhibitors?"

“Yes, I was ignorant before, but I won’t be anymore. Yesterday at the pawn shop, I also pawned all of Xu Heyu’s merchandise.” After saying that, Qiao Mei seemed to remember something, raised her red eyes and continued to ask Xu Hui, whose pupils were in shock, “By the way, Mother, if I want to break off the betrothal between Xu Heyu and me, what formal procedures do I need to go through?”