Wen Mingyue was overjoyed to see that Lin Qianqian had woken up.

He quickly poured her a glass of warm water and gave her a general account of what had happened inside and outside the mall over the past three days. Then he sent a message to call the other three people over as well.

"Boss, are you feeling better? How are you feeling now?" Luo Zexuan asked as soon as they met.

"I'm much better, don't worry." She said this not only to Luo Zexuan, but also to everyone else.

"It was my carelessness, or rather, my lack of combat experience. First, I was poisoned in the spaceship, and before the poison was completely cleared, I put away the sword servant puppets instead of keeping them by my side for protection. Then, I failed to detect the sneak attack in time, which made me panic. This injury is the best lesson for me. In the future, I must not underestimate any plane when traveling through space, and I must be more careful!"

"You've learned your lesson. Just be more careful next time, boss," Old Zhang comforted him.

“Yes, just learn from the experience.” Wen Mingyue, the confidante, immediately chimed in with words of comfort.

"How is your strength recovering?" Chu Zhou suddenly asked, and Lin Qianqian sensed that there was something off about his tone.

Chu Zhou usually only participates in mall transactions and prefers to do research. What's wrong today? Something seems amiss.

"What's wrong? Did a robot come knocking on our door?"

"No, this place is quite desolate and remote. When the mall moved here, it immediately activated an invisibility array, so it's not easy to be discovered."

"Then why did you ask that? I thought the enemy had come knocking." Thankfully, it wasn't the enemy, Lin Qianqian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have a suggestion." Chu Zhou's tone was even calmer, even indifferent.

Lin Qianqian, relying on her cultivator's intuition, assured Chu Zhou that something was wrong with his emotions.

So he carefully repeated, "Suggestion?"

"Yes, let's keep only Dr. Irving and a few researchers, and kick everyone else out of the mall."

ha……

Lin Qianqian thought for a moment, and based on what Wen Mingyue had just said about the current state of the mall, she roughly guessed the reason.

But I couldn't help but tease them a little: "You're complaining that they're eating and living here for free?"

"No, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist killing them, after all, they're getting in the way of my research. And they're greedy too, trying to take over the mall."

Chu Zhou pushed up his glasses and calmly uttered the terrifying words.

In that instant, he was no longer that talkative little guy who simply loved doing research, but a cold, humanoid machine.

Lin Qianqian looked at him, and couldn't help but recall what Tang Dezhong had said to her.

"Chu Zhou's IQ is extremely high, frighteningly high, a genius among geniuses. Such people usually have personality flaws, and Chu Zhou's flaw is his passive and cold personality."

"He's cold-hearted? I think he talks a lot, he's infuriating." Lin Qianqian scoffed at Tang Dezhong's words.

"It's a passive and aloof personality, but actually, calling it aloof is being too polite."

"And what would you call that, impolite?" Tang Dezhong ignored her complaints, took a sip of tea, and continued speaking.

"Haven't you noticed? He only talks a lot when he's talking about something that interests him." Lin Qianqian thought about it and realized that seemed to be the case.

"His greatest hobby is exploring and researching new things, which makes him seem like a normal person most of the time. But if something, an event, or a person evokes strong emotions in him, and those emotions are negative, he will temporarily put aside his hobby, passively become indifferent, disregard all life, and do some outrageous things."

"Oh, I see. Then I'll pay close attention to him and be aware of his emotional changes." She assured Tang Dezhong.

"We not only need to pay more attention to him, but also put a tight rein on him."

"The golden headband?"

"Yes, the golden headband. Make him feel a strong bond with the mall and with you, and keep the interdimensional trading novel. That way, even when he is passive and indifferent, he will try his best to remain restrained."

Hearing this made her feel immense pressure. "There are so many talented people in Yan Country, why would you choose such a troublesome person to be your employee?"

"First, it was his own strong request, and the higher-ups couldn't resist. Second, his interest in interdimensional trading loosened the original constraints a bit, so we have to put another tighter constraint on him."

Hmm, that's a bit scary.

"What was the restraining spell you originally placed on him?"

"Love the motherland, love the people, and serve the people."

"Ha! He really is a model youth produced by nine years of compulsory education."

"Isn't it more meritorious to educate him into a model youth than to let him become a villainous monster?"

Lin Qianqian couldn't refute this.

"Boss, is my suggestion not good?" Chu Zhou's expression remained calm, but Lin Qianqian saw annoyance in his eyes.

She didn't answer Chu Zhou's question immediately, but smiled gently and said, "We'll be traveling through different dimensions together, and we'll spend a long time together. We've already gone through life and death together. From now on, don't call me boss. We're all family. Just call me Qianqian. It's more friendly that way."

When Lin Qianqian suddenly said that, Wen Mingyue and Luo Zexuan were taken aback.

Old Zhang laughed heartily: "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I'm much older than you, so I'll call you Qianqian. But in front of outsiders, it's more dignified to call you Boss."

"It will be all right."

Actually, if you think about it, she lived on Blue Star for over twenty years and then merged with the Cloud Void Realm in the Immortal Abyss Realm for a hundred years. In total, she should be over a hundred years old, even older than Old Daoist Zhang.

However, during the hundred years in the Cloud Void Realm, time seemed to stand still.

Those hundred years of life were monotonous and simple; apart from his brief time with Yunze Luwu, he had never met anyone else.

So a century has not increased her life experience much.

On the contrary, because of her cultivation of immortality, her body became younger, and her mentality also became much younger.

However, we can't talk about what happened a hundred years ago; let them think they're only in their twenties!

Lin Qianqian turned to look at her two henchmen, wondering why they hadn't spoken yet, since they were usually the ones who responded to her words the fastest.

Seeing Lin Qianqian looking over, the two immediately said, "Boss Qianqian, please take care of us in the future." x2

Wen Mingyue and Luo Zexuan called her by her name without any pressure. They would occasionally call her by her name in private before, so changing their way of addressing her was not difficult.

Chu Zhou pushed up his glasses, which hadn't slipped down, and the coldness in his eyes didn't increase any further.

Lin Qianqian said to him, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether we drive those people away or not. Our mission is complete, and we can travel back to Earth at any time. But we haven't been able to get most of the advanced technology and scientific products of this world, and I'm a little unwilling. Also, although I'm lazy and a homebody, I've suffered such a big loss this time, and I'll remember it for the rest of my life if I don't get revenge."

Chu Zhou stared at Lin Qianqian, quickly analyzing her words in his mind.

"I have a plan, do you want to hear it?"

"I knew you had a plan." This time, Lin Qianqian's smile was no longer gentle, but rather smug and unrestrained.