Chapter 129 Don't do weird things in the office! "...
"We have arrived at the 72nd floor. Please enter and exit the enclosure in an orderly manner."
The semi-transparent, square transfer box slowly opened, and Pei Qing limped out from it.
"Hey, she's injured, okay? Didn't they even bother to greet her properly?" Pei Qing thought to herself. They were really going all out; she'd torn that abdominal wound herself last night, and it still hurt.
Pei Qing vowed that she would never believe Feng Lin's nonsense again. Didn't they agree to use connections? She thought they would just arrange a job for her, but who knew she would have to come to work in person.
The black-haired woman, A, was pale-faced and stared with lifeless eyes, looking as if life had drained all her energy.
She stood by the wall, looking like a weary corporate slave who had been tormented by work for a long time, even though she hadn't started her regular work yet, both mentally and physically.
Ever since suppressing Gaman that day, Pei Qing's mental sea has been like a hidden valve that has been opened, frantically devouring the mental energy in her body, resulting in her current listless state.
According to Shen Tingchuan, this state is highly likely caused by the near collapse of the spiritual sea; the rapid disappearance of spiritual power is actually the spiritual sea attempting self-repair. Furthermore, since Pei Qing's spiritual sea was already incomplete, the possibility of repair failure is as high as 70%.
Ultimately, she still needs to find the other half of her original self; otherwise, any attempt to remedy the situation will likely be futile.
So why couldn't 001 have made more thorough arrangements when he escaped? Pei Qing felt like cursing. She had never had a good life since she was a child, and after all the twists and turns, she was finally ready to start a new life, only to be told in the end that 'you' are not 'you'.
That's not all. The problem is that the original owner didn't leave her anything good, but instead left behind a bunch of trouble. Why didn't she spare her life when it mattered most? She just dusted herself off and disappeared with the wind. She wanted to enjoy her next life and didn't want to die young!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian leaned against the wall with her left leg slightly bent, her left toes tapping the ground in frustration. Why was everything going wrong today? She rushed to her boss's office just in time, only to be turned away.
There was no other way; she didn't want to wait anxiously at the door like a begging dog. To maintain her so-called good image, Pei Qing deliberately struck a pose leaning against the corridor bridge not far from the office. However, after waiting for a long time, she became quite impatient and naturally couldn't be bothered to strike a pose anymore.
Those people inside are really something else. They've been talking for so long and they still haven't finished. I don't know what they're talking about that can take so long to report.
"Click".
A soft thud came from the light brown solid wood door, and Pei Qing subconsciously looked up.
A pair of leather boots with mud-caked soles stepped out of the office, a light gray fitted coat fluttering in the wind, its natural curves outlining a slender and powerful waist.
A faint scent of citrus liqueur wafts through the air, gently awakening the sense of smell deep within the nasal cavity, a scent that feels vaguely familiar.
Through the gaps in the lush greenery, one could only glimpse the person's dark red hair obscuring their face; the shifting light and shadows made it difficult to see clearly.
The person tilted their head back slightly, the corners of their lips turned up, clearly smiling, yet giving off a strange sense of sadness.
Pei Qing shook her head, trying to banish the strange thought. She got up and walked toward the office, but just as she was about to pass by the person, her sleeve was suddenly tugged.
Pei Qing frowned, and a flippant laugh rang in her ears.
"Ha, you little ingrate, you still haven't recognized me after all this time."
"You really have forgotten about me, haven't you? Sigh, and I was still thinking about you so much. I couldn't wait to come find you as soon as I finished work. You little ingrate."
A warm, elastic touch pressed against my back; the person spoke familiarly and acted intimately. Moist breath was almost touching me, and soft lips brushed against my ear and cheek almost imperceptibly.
The familiar scolding made Pei Qing's eyes widen involuntarily. Who else could that voice be but that perverted Yudu!
"Yudu?!!"
“Finally remembered, really…” His narrow, fox-like eyes narrowed upwards, full of mockery. Yudu was interrupted as soon as he opened his mouth to make a few teasing remarks.
"Why are you here?" Pei Qing asked seriously.
"Haha, you little ingrate, of course it's because I missed you..."
"Stop being so indecent. Judging from your appearance, you must have just returned from a mission. You were released much earlier than Feng Lin told me." Pei Qing smiled, but there was no hint of amusement in her eyes.
Yudu remained silent, then suddenly covered his face, his shoulders trembling. Then he burst into violent laughter.
"Hahaha, hahahaha!"
"Hey, what's gotten into you now?"
Those around them cast strange glances at the noise, while Youdu continued to laugh maniacally. Pei Qing, naturally considered a companion, endured many accusing stares. Even someone as thick-skinned as her couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and silently lowered her head.
When she looked up again, the red-haired man in front of her was already smiling with large, glistening tears in his eyes.
After he finished laughing, he gently wiped away the moisture with his slender fingers. Yudu's water-red lips pursed slightly, and he said in a low, emotionful voice, "You've really changed a lot compared to before."
"Hehe." As if she knew her very well, Pei Qing rolled her eyes without any politeness.
"Where is your office?" Yudu rubbed his aching abs from laughing, giving an irrelevant answer.
Pei Qing rolled her eyes again, the urge to curse reaching its peak at this moment. It had been a while since she'd seen him, and Youdu's ability to infuriate people had truly gotten stronger and stronger.
"I'm new here, I haven't been assigned an office yet," Pei Qing said curtly.
"No office?" Yudu pulled his trench coat tighter, his narrow eyes crinkling into a mischievous smile. "If I remember correctly, a special assistant to the governor should have an office, right?"
"Tsk, what a hassle." Pei Qing cursed under her breath and began to use the excuse of reporting, "So what if I do? I just started today and need to report to my supervisor. I don't have time to go back to the office."
"On your first day of work, huh? Too bad your good boss is probably a bit busy right now and doesn't have time to deal with his assistant," Yudu said with a smile.
It seemed he was determined to get her involved. Pei Qing turned to slip away, but the man behind her embraced her intimately, and a faint voice sounded: "I heard you're looking for something. I've recently obtained some special information. Are you interested in hearing it?"
Pei Qing's eyelashes fluttered. "Are you sure?" She suddenly turned around and pinned Youdu against the wall, her hands tied behind her back. Her hands gripped the slender neck tightly like iron clamps, and she could clearly feel the pulse of the person beneath her. Every move she made was under her watchful eye.
In an instant, the balance of power shifted.
"Ha, don't be so rough, I'm so angry!"
Yudu tilted his head back and opened his mouth with a smile, but before he could say another word, his body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably. A dangerous shiver ran through his vulnerable tailbone, like tiny electric currents continuously washing over his body, leaving him feeling strangely numb.
“Minister You,” Pei Qing said, her left hand firmly gripping the man’s arm, her right hand moving across his neck, gliding over his delicate Adam’s apple, down his collarbone and spine to his tailbone, slowly caressing each protruding bone, “I advise you to think carefully before answering this question.”
"Ah, uh, ha, yes, if you're not satisfied, you can punish me however you want, uh!" Yudu was having trouble breathing, panting heavily. His cheeks gradually warmed up, turning bright red, the coolness of the tiles contrasting sharply with the heat on his face, making him feel even hotter.
"Heh, why should I reward you? You're dreaming." Pei Qing pinched the man's thigh without any politeness.
"Well, I did receive it a few days ago, haha..." Yudu shut his mouth, pressing his lips tightly together, afraid that if he said another word, he would make a bad sound.
"I see," Pei Qing concealed the deeper meaning in her eyes, and pulled Youdu down from the wall. The man's legs were so weak that he lost his balance and fell into her arms.
Pei Qing tried to pull him up, but he grabbed her arm and wouldn't let go. She tried again, and You Du buried his head even deeper in her arms, trembling uncontrollably, his voice hoarse: "Wait, wait a minute, I... I need to catch my breath."
Pei Qian felt the unusual heat emanating from the man. Looking down at his dark trousers, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in understanding. So that's how it is.
It took Yudu a full ten minutes to recover before he could stand up shakily, leaning against the wall.
Well, now I have no choice but to go to the office. Going out so openly, tomorrow's StarNet headline will probably be: "Shocking! A high-ranking federal official openly commits indecent acts in the Supervisory Council! Is this the extinction of humanity or the decline of morality? See today's report for details..."
Pei Qing sighed, glanced at the brown wooden door in front of her, then turned and walked in the opposite direction, still holding the hand of a certain flirtatious fox with a heart full of spring fever.
"Beep." The assistant's office door closed.
Pei Qing sat behind her desk with a headache. "Now you can talk, right?"
"This office is too small. There isn't even a break room, and there's even..." Yudu strolled around the office as if he were at home, making comments here and there, seemingly very dissatisfied.
"Have you finished shopping? I'm here to work, not on vacation." Pei Qing tapped the table impatiently. When she entered, her mental energy had already spread throughout the entire office, forming a solid protective shield to ensure that no one could eavesdrop.
"Hurry up, or get out of here."
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you. You're always so mean to me..." Yudu pouted and muttered a complaint.
Looking at Pei Qing's expression, he gradually became serious. "When the Dark Guard was investigating the disappearance of the Federation elite squad, they discovered several pieces of energy crystal powder that they had never seen before in the Zerg border area. The powder was grayish-black in color, but the energy fluctuations inside were extremely turbulent. The energy fluctuations of a single piece of powder were several times stronger than the ISET energy crystals that the Federation synthesized through mature extraction technology."
"Logically speaking, such a turbulent energy crystal should not have escaped the detection of the Federation's precision detectors, so I have reason to suspect that this special energy crystal has only recently appeared, and even the sudden surge in the number of Zerg is related to it."
Pei Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Why do you say that? Have you made some new discoveries?"
Yudu nodded, a hint of sadness in his eyes. He continued, "The Dark Division suffered heavy losses. Almost all of the elite troops they sent out were wiped out. I went there to deal with this."
"It looks like things aren't going well," Pei Qing said meaningfully, rarely seeing Youdu with such an expression.
"Those who first came into contact with the powder suddenly went berserk on their way back, attacking their companions wildly. Caught off guard, the entire third squad was wiped out."
"The remaining teams were discovered in time. Although they were also severely damaged, most of the team members were safe. After arriving at the capital planet, the explorers were immediately isolated and sent to the research institute," Yudu said.
Pei Qing nodded. "Going insane without warning does sound similar to the Zerg, but the Zerg virus doesn't infect races other than the Zerg, so it shouldn't be the same source of infection. Those people might have just been exposed to too much energy radiation at once, and their mental domains couldn't handle it, leading to their insanity."
"Hmm, that's possible. We'll have to wait until the research institute finishes its testing to know the specific results." Yudu relaxed, casually swinging his legs back and forth.
"You came all this way just to tell me this?" Pei Qing raised an eyebrow, leaning back in her office chair and looking directly at the man opposite her.
“Hmm, let me think…” Yudu narrowed his eyes, a sly glint in his fox-like eyes. “There is indeed one more thing, but we need to confirm it before we can know.”
"Confirmation? Whose confirmation? Feng Lin's?" Pei Qing asked.
“No,” Yudu stood up, his gray coat draped down, fitting snugly against the graceful curves of his legs.
"This last matter requires my personal confirmation."
Yudu smirked as he slowly approached, then nimbly flipped over and stepped in front of Pei Qing. With a sweep of his long legs, he cleared away all the clutter from the desk.
"With you."
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Author's Note: [Facepalm peeking][Facepalm peeking][Facepalm peeking] A tiny pause [Heart][Heart]
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