Chapter 178 Forced to Become Roommates

In her field of vision was the third button of his shirt.

"Why?" Ning Shuyin looked up, puzzled.

Zhou Zhiheng put on his usual chairman's expression and said, "I have bought out the right to use this apartment for the next thousand years in the name of the Zhou Group, and it is also bound to your biometric information."

“One…one thousand years?” Ning Shuyin was speechless for a moment.

"Yes. So, no one can live here except you. If you move out, this place will be vacant for a thousand years. According to the foundation's asset management regulations, if you voluntarily give up your right to use the property, resulting in the property being vacant, you will be required to compensate for asset depreciation and potential revenue loss."

Zhou Zhiheng looked at Ning Shuyin's "Can it really be like this?" expression and glanced at the shadowy area inside the room.

Klose should be waiting somewhere.

"Your apartment is so small that it's hard to even turn around. How do you manage to live there with such a big male servant?"

Ning Shuyin: "..."

While she was still processing this new debt, Zhou Zhiheng had already made his way to the smart control center in the living room.

"Xiao Z, turn the room temperature up to 24 degrees and play classical music. Also, give me a glass of chilled sparkling water, no juice."

Yes, Master.

Zhou Zhiheng had already taken off his trench coat and sat on Ning Shuyin's favorite orange beanbag chair, starting to browse the latest financial news.

"Aren't you... leaving?"

Zhou Zhiheng looked completely innocent: "My apartment is undergoing a complete renovation and upgrade starting today. So, I'll have to stay here temporarily for the time being."

"..."

Just then, the doorbell rang.

The housekeeping robot, Xiao N, glided over to open the door, where a round, white robot named Xiao Lan stood.

[Ms. Ning, this is a week's worth of recovery medication from Dr. Loran. Please read the instructions for usage and dosage carefully. Please take it on time and upload a report on your experience. Also included is Kloss's energy stabilizer.]

"Xiao Lan, please thank Dr. Luo Lan for me." Ning Shuyin took the medicine box.

[Ms. Ning, Dr. Loran says: Don't thank me, just don't let me see your health data show any more red alerts. (Parentheses, tone is cold.)]

Ning Shuyin: "..."

After Xiaolan finished speaking, her round body turned around and slid into the aircraft parked to the side.

The aircraft sped away with a whoosh.

Ning Shuyin was not given any further opportunity to communicate.

...

The next morning, Ning Shuyin was still asleep when she was woken up by noises coming from the living room.

Zhou Zhiheng is listening to the morning economic news.

On the table was a delicate breakfast prepared by Xiao Z: sous-vide rare bird eggs, paired with Mullan fish fillets, and a cup of hand-drip energy coffee.

Little N's breakfast, however, was less than satisfactory.

"Little N, why are you mistaking salt for sugar again?" Ning Shuyin frowned and took a sip of salty milk tea.

[Master: Multiple pending targets detected. Target cup has a 78% correlation with the command to clean the desktop... Target task priority is 45%... Command priority is 100% serving the master... Algorithm conflict...]

"Master, let me check." Kross walked out of the study and toward the dining table.

After he followed Ning Shuyin home, he basically never showed his face, like a shadow that didn't exist.

It only appears when Ning Shuyin is in trouble.

"Master, there was a problem with the initial settings of this household robot. I have now reset it for you."

"Hmm? A settings problem?" Ning Shuyin looked at him with some curiosity.

Klose pointed to the cup of milk tea on the coffee table, and then to Zhou Zhiheng.

"He just gave Little N some complicated instructions. The errors in the initial settings meant that Little N would not make a mistake when receiving one instruction. But as soon as there was more than one instruction, an action error would occur."

Zhou Zhiheng elegantly cut open the bird egg with a knife, dipped the fish fillet in the runny yolk, and put it in his mouth. He then instructed Xiao Z to make another milk tea.

Ning Shuyin frowned, remembering something, and looked at Klose uncertainly.

"You said that Little N might make a mistake. If I have it deliver two packages to different recipients at the same time, will it... mix up the recipients and packages?"

"Error rate 100%".

Ning Shuyin's mind conjured up Situ Linchen's serious face. She remembered him setting up the robot for her in her apartment, confidently declaring, "The logic has been corrected; this time it should be fine."

Then……

Ning Shuyin's expressions became incredibly varied. One moment she looked utterly hopeless, the next she was caught between laughter and tears.

"What did it do wrong? Let me see." Zhou Zhiheng asked curiously, reaching out to open Little N's control panel.

However, before his hand could even touch Little N's shell, a figure carrying a chilling killing intent blocked his outstretched hand.

“You have no right to touch it.” Cross’s voice was like the wind blowing from the far north.

When he wasn't facing Ning Shuyin, he reverted to his condescending, superior demeanor.

"Shall we make a move?" Zhou Zhiheng's energy began to fluctuate, and the pressure of an SSS-level expert slowly spread out.

"You two, you're not allowed to fight!" Ning Shuyin didn't want the living room to turn into a battlefield.

“Okay…” Zhou Zhiheng, who was so aggressive just a moment ago and was about to tear the house down the next second, instantly withdrew his energy and started cutting fish fillets again.

On the other side, Klose also suppressed his outward chill and disappeared from the dining area.

...

That day, Zhou Zhiheng left the apartment to attend the league's annual meeting.

Ning Shuyin then piloted the aircraft to the Cloud Corridor.

She had just sat down at her reserved table in the restaurant when a pink figure, accompanied by a fragrant breeze, rushed in from the entrance.

"Shuyin!"

Su Qianqian's voice was trembling with suppressed sobs.

"You big bad guy! I knew you'd be alright." She pounced on Ning Shuyin and hugged her tightly, her shoulders shaking violently.

Ning Shuyin was forced to take a half step back by her attack.

"Qianqian, I'm sorry for making you worry." Ning Shuyin patted Su Qianqian's back to comfort her.

The two sat down in a booth and couldn't wait to share their experiences over the past few days.

Hearing the tense part, Su Qianqian's eyes reddened as she tightly gripped Ning Shuyin's hand.

When Ning Shuyin recounts some of the absurd details, the two can't help but burst into laughter through their tears.

The two friends were crying and laughing at the same time, attracting the attention of the surrounding guests.

After calming down a bit, Ning Shuyin called over a waiter and ordered a whole bunch of their favorite desserts.

Su Qianqian, while digging for wild berry mousse, said, "By the way, my mother has arranged for the family to go to the vacation planet Tartarus next weekend, saying it's to relax."

"I really don't understand why she suddenly wants to go play outside the boundary. Why don't you come with me? It'll be a good opportunity for you to rest and relax."

"And..."

Ning Shuyin didn't pay attention to the second half of the sentence.

Just as Su Qianqian uttered the keyword "vacation star," the system notification sounded.

[Host, the important main storyline event "Marriage Incident" has been detected. Please complete your related storyline.]

[This plot point is assessed as "extremely important." If the Su family and the Ao family were to go against the established storyline and form a marriage alliance, it could disrupt the main storyline.]

Ning Shuyin: "..."

She knew that her peaceful days wouldn't last long.