Too direct. What if Xie Xu has a backup plan? That would be bad for her.

She has to be alert.

"Well... guess."

Xie Xu: “…”

"I'll assume for the moment that you're ready to get rid of me."

Tu Ran: I have a clear understanding of myself!

If he wasn't still useful, she could destroy him with just a flick of her finger.

“I think we can be great partners.”

Tu Ran: Yo, yo, yo. More than half a month ago, he used threats and inducements to make her his subordinate, but now that he knows he can't control her, he immediately becomes her partner.

Things change so fast.

Tu Ran was feeling all sorts of weird emotions in her heart, her mouth was almost tilted to the sky, but she didn't show it on her face at all.

Xie Xu glanced at the uncontrollable arrogant expression on her face and pretended to see it.

"The question you set when you entered the threshold last time was about your wish, and one of the answers was to become rich. Is this your real wish?" Xie Xu suddenly asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Tu Ran folded her arms across her chest, leaned against the glass door frame, and waited for him to continue.

"I can help you realize your wish. As long as we become partners, I will give you a price that satisfies you."

"Are you from the Xie family, one of the three major chaebol families?" Tu Ran suddenly asked.

Xie Xu was silent for a moment, then nodded in acknowledgment.

Wow, the price he offered might make her rich.

Now she is just one step away from becoming rich.

Unfortunately, there are so many ways to make money, why take the risk with Xie Xu?

She doesn't seek wealth and fame, but a stable life.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I don't need that much money for the time being."

"What about Xi Chunzhi? She spends 4,000 federal coins a day in the medical department. I'm afraid the money in your account won't last a week."

Tu Ran was not surprised that Xie Xu knew all this.

Perhaps when the first inner elixir came out, Xie Xu guessed that she already knew about the existence of the inner elixir, and also guessed that she would collect as many inner elixirs as possible in the threshold.

He immediately assessed her value and decided to win her over, find out everything about her, and look for a way in.

Getting rich quickly is one of the entry points.

Xi Chunzhi is the second entry point.

Unfortunately, this approach hit a wall again.

"As for the money, I have other ways."

The money issue is not a problem.

She has so many special powers, if she still dies in poverty in this world, she would be really stupid.

She could extort a large sum of money from any wealthy man she controlled.

The more confident she appears now, the bigger her trump card appears, and the more Xie Xu wants to win her over.

Xie Xu frowned. He didn't expect Tu Ran to be so invulnerable now.

Her survival in the Federation is not challenging now, and her survival within the Threshold is probably not threatening either, she has already gotten to the point where she is like a fish in water.

"Don't you have anything else to pursue?" His voice was rarely distressed.

"No." Tu Ran spread his hands.

There is an old saying that goes, "Without love, life is light."

Not only did she not have love now, she also did not have messy worldly desires. She was indeed living freely and even Xie Xu could not find a way to threaten her. "Researcher Xie, you value my value. You must give me something of equal value. What you just mentioned is far from enough."

Xie Xu pursed his lips, "I can give you anything you want, not just money."

He really invested a lot of money.

"Then can you let Xi Chunzhi and I leave the pioneer team?"

She wanted to retire and didn't want to go to work. She wanted to find a good place to eat, drink and have fun with Xi Chunzhi every day. If she ran out of money, she would go find a rich man and blackmail him.

"I can let Xi Chunzhi leave safely, but you have to stay in the pioneer team."

"All right."

She knew it would be like this. "I'll go back and think about it."

Xie Xu nodded.

Tu Ran walked down the glass stairs. Halfway down, she turned back and asked the most puzzling question in her heart.

"Why should I trust you? Why do you trust me so much? You should know that even if we have established a cooperative relationship, it is only verbal. There is no external force that can constrain our actions. You and I may stab each other in the back at any time. Our cooperation will not be solid."

Xie Xu stood up from the chair, walked to the glass door frame, and looked down at her.

"During this time together, I have come to understand you a little bit. You came from a peaceful world to this world where you can lose your life if you are not careful. You are always on guard, exposing your strongest shell to the outside world. You don't trust anyone but yourself."

"So no matter how much I say now, it's useless. Actions can prove that I'm worthy of your trust and that you'll be my best partner. We need a joint action to prove ourselves to each other, and Zhao Yan is an opportunity."

"It seems that I haven't agreed to cooperate with you yet?" Tu Ran raised her eyebrows. This guy talked so much and almost confused her.

"If I deal with Zhao Yan by myself, then all three of his inner pills will belong to me. Are you confident that you can let me take away this special ability of telepathy?"

Of course I'm worried.

"So you're going to give me the telepathy?"

"Of course not," Xie Xu refused without hesitation.

Tu Ran's face fell.

Xie Xu continued: "This ability is not suitable for anyone to have. The best solution is to destroy it. Of course, if you are unwilling to cooperate with me, I will take this inner pill for myself."

Tu Ran: "Haha, so you are threatening me again now?"

"No, I'm inviting you. You can go back and think about it. It's not too late to reply to me when you've made up your mind. You have plenty of time to think about it. During this time, I won't make any moves to threaten you."

Xie Xu stared at Tu Ran and said seriously: "I am inviting you to be my partner on an absolutely equal footing, so I hope to be an honest partner, not a hypocritical person who will stab me in the back at any time. If you want to be the latter, you'd better reject me directly."

He said it very clearly, and Tu Ran understood what he meant.

I have to say that Xie Xu's attitude this time was pretty good.

"I'll think about it and give you an answer when I'm done."

"Um."

After watching her leave, Xie Xu sat back at the table with the documents neatly arranged.

He flipped a page at random and saw the words "cosmic fusion" appear no less than ten times.

He closed the file and looked at the world outside the glass room with a heavy heart.

Tu Ran took the suspended tram to go home.

As night falls, the world of neon lights reappears.

Colorful colors flashed outside the car window, and a small private aircraft with tail lights was flying side by side with the train. Suddenly, a puff of white smoke came out, and the aircraft disappeared.

Tu Ran stared blankly at the colorful world outside the glass.

She did not use the "Realm of Illusion" on Xie Xu.

While she is considering this matter, Xie Xu will not threaten her. She will decide whether to modify his memory according to the original plan after she has thought it over.

(End of this chapter)