"Completing the structural information diagram of the Karma Formation in ten minutes is reasonable, isn't it?"

Qingque: "Hmm, that makes sense."

"Hey, Qingque, why are you so listless? Are you angry?"

Qingque: "No."

"Really? It doesn't look like it."

Qingque: "Leave me alone, let me have some peace and quiet."

Looking at the devastated Qingque, Lin Mo smiled helplessly.

He glanced at the diagram of the structure of the Karma Formation beside him, then picked it up and walked over to Qingque.

Sizzle~

At that moment, Qingque, who was huddled up and squatting to the side, questioning the meaning of life, was suddenly covered by a holographic window.

She subconsciously looked up, and before she could recover, Lin Mo suddenly appeared behind her, then smiled and pinched her cheek, pretending to sigh, "Sigh, in order to prevent Fu Taibu's trickery from succeeding, I have no choice but to reluctantly help you to comprehend the divination formation!"

"Um?"

Qingque realized what was happening, and her face lit up with joy. "Lin Mo, you really want to help..."

However, Qingque paused halfway through her sentence, then puffed out her cheeks and broke free from the other person's hands, saying, "Hmph, I don't need your help!"

"I can figure it out myself!"

"Ugh, look how dramatic you are."

Lin Mo affectionately rubbed Qing Que's little head and said, "By the time you've fully comprehended it, it'll probably be too late. How am I supposed to take you fishing then?"

Upon hearing this, Qingque's eyes widened in surprise. She stared blankly at Lin Mo in front of her, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Then, another intoxicating blush washed over her, spreading across Qingque's little face. Startled, she quickly stood up, covering her face and saying, "Lin...Lin Mo, you, you shouldn't touch me like that..."

Looking at the shy Qingque, Lin Mo immediately laughed. He stood up and put his arm around Qingque's shoulder, saying, "Hey, we're an old married couple, why bother with this?"

"You...you shouldn't talk nonsense...I...let's get started quickly."

After saying that, Qingque turned around delicately, like a peony, and looked at the holographic screen.

Seeing this, Lin Mo smiled calmly and then began to explain seriously.

"Do we need to review the first section? Or should we start with the second section? That would be much faster."

"But...but when time is of the essence, there are still many annotations from predecessors on the first section that I haven't yet understood..."

"Oh? Then I still need to study hard."

"Oh right, Qingque, relax, don't be nervous, it's not like it's the first time I've hugged you."

"You, you mustn't...don't say it!"

...

Time flies, and a dreary morning has passed in the blink of an eye.

At the gate of the Taibu Temple, Qingque skipped and hopped along with Lin Mo as they walked out.

Under normal circumstances, if the two of them wanted to leave this place without a leave slip approved by their superior, they would have to be mindful of the guards' attitude.

However, because they had taught Han Luo a lesson back then, the guards knew that Lin Mo had an unusual relationship with Fu Taibu, so they did not stop him.

"Lin Mo, you have to treat me to a meal today, and then play a few rounds of Imperial Jade with me!"

"Huh? What kind of logic is that? I've gone to so much trouble to teach you so much, why should I treat you to a meal?"

"If you don't kowtow to me or even call me 'Master,' I'd consider it merciful of me!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo said angrily.

Clearly, this guy hasn't adapted to his current million-dollar net worth.

"Hey, Lin Mo! How dare you say that! Have you forgotten how much money you owe me?"

"Don't worry, let me think about it for you."

"Do you still remember the Jade Beast that was damaged during the mission?"

"Back then, the finance department made me lose over six thousand credit points!"

Six thousand! Six thousand!

"That's more than my monthly salary!"

"And another thing, I also spent a lot of money on that meal I treated Susan to. That awful Zhiwei Shengyuan restaurant has a system where you pay first and then they cook! It's infuriating, and then this kind of thing happened there... If I had paid later, I might have been able to get a free meal..."

"Oh dear, how did our conversation veer off course? Anyway, Lin Mo does owe me a lot of money!"

Qingque said, hands on her hips.

"Before, I didn't ask you for it because I saw that you were getting your salary deducted every day and couldn't even support yourself. But now that you've suddenly become so successful and have so many credits, are you going to be stingy with them?"

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by 'a chicken feather flying to the sky'? Did you think I was just a chicken feather before?" Lin Mo said innocently.

Qingque pursed her lips, then thought about it seriously for a moment before saying, "It's really not good to describe you as a chicken feather."

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Sigh, I knew it. Even though I was being lazy back then, I shouldn't have left such a bad impression on Qingque, right?

"Hmm...right! You went from a country bumpkin to a phoenix!"

What the hell is this about a country bumpkin turning into a phoenix? Lin Mo almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

I can understand if you say I went from ugly duckling to swan, because ugly ducklings are swans. But what kind of nonsense is this "chicken to phoenix" nonsense?

"Are you kidding me? How am I a country bumpkin?"

"Hey, why didn't you become a chicken back then? You sat in your chair all day like an old man, doing nothing, but you liked to drag me along to fight the Imperial Jade. You were always slacking off and always got caught by the Grand Diviner, and you even dragged me into trouble many times!"

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