This is what a self-disciplined working person looks like.
Despite Zhou Xiao's diligent and hardworking work on the train every day, he basically doesn't work during his rest time unless there are special circumstances.
As for his seemingly busy appearance on the train, it was simply because the train journey was so monotonous that he had arranged his life to be extremely busy.
Work is work, and life is life; this is Zhou Xiao's principle when working.
My monthly salary is so low...
work overtime?
Overtime is out of the question.
I will never work overtime in my life.
Unless you pay more.
What?
You ask why I value money so much?
Zhou Xiao could only answer with the single word.
"poverty."
Of course.
He may be poor, but he still has his bottom line—no, I mean his bottom line. He won't do things like fighting clubs again.
...
"Conserve your energy and recharge..."
As Xingmei watched Zhou Xiao leave, she suddenly realized that there was some truth to it. Given their current exhausted state, if they faced Cocolia, they would not have the upper hand should a conflict break out.
"As expected of my master... he really understands."
"???"
Hearing Xingmei's whispered words, March 7th's eyes widened slightly as he looked at Xingmei: "Hey, hey, hey, what have you come up with this time? How do you understand this?"
Xingmei smiled mysteriously upon seeing this, but did not answer. She then walked in the direction Zhou Xiao had left.
“...”
What is all this nonsense...?
This star will be corrupted by Zhou Xiao sooner or later!
March 7th sighed.
...
That night.
Bronya stood at the entrance of the Goethe Hotel, looking towards the direction of the furnace core passage with a complicated expression.
Ever since she read the data provided by Schwarz, she had countless questions she wanted to ask Cocolia. This eagerness to get a definite answer from her mother made her want to return to Clifton Castle alone first.
"Hey, I've been looking at you standing there for ages! What's wrong? Can't you sleep?"
Before anyone knew it, Seele appeared, leaning against the wall of the house, looking at Bronya and speaking slowly.
“...”
Bronya searches for the source of the sound.
“Here…” Seele emerged from the darkness.
Although she was also knocked down by Zhou Xiao in the core passage, it wasn't as serious as Bronya's, since Bronya didn't float much and just fell down.
“It’s you…” Bronya frowned slightly when she saw Seele, then relaxed.
As the saying goes, "no fight, no friendship," and the two of them did get to know each other.
...
"Um... could you give this letter to them... I want to go up and confront Mother first, and we'll meet up in the upper district."
"..." Upon hearing this, Seele took the letter and glanced at it.
"Is this your way of running away? Don't you want your so-called mother to think you're colluding with us from the lower classes?"
"No...that's not how it is."
Bronya quickly denied it: "I just faced it...faced it, and...I came from the lower districts myself, so how can you say I'm complicit..."
"You? The lower district?" Seele was hearing this news for the first time. She took a moment to process it, then shook her head to gather her thoughts:
"I don't care about you. If you want to leave, then leave. We can save the lower districts just the same without you. As for this letter... humph, either you give it to them yourself, or you don't give it to them at all..."
"Hmm..."
Hearing Seele say that, Bronya became even more hesitant.
Tomorrow she could join the others in questioning her mother, but... she was always afraid of a conflict.
She didn't want to see either the group in the lower district get hurt or her mother get hurt.
Just as Bronya was becoming increasingly hesitant, a mechanical spider the size of a basketball emerged from the darkness, its several electronic compound eyes turning slightly before finally locking onto Bronya.
"Target spotted..."
Kunkunzi's real-time video data was immediately fed back to Jarvis's data terminal. After receiving the data, Jarvis immediately started moving step by step to Bronya's location.
"What's that noise?" Bronya and Seele both heard a certain sound.
A few seconds later, Jarvis's massive mechanical body emerged from the darkness and appeared before the two of them. Its heavily armored body, scarred by battle, gave them a strong sense of security.
Seeing that Jarvis was already fully recovered, Seele was somewhat surprised: "He repaired it pretty quickly..."
Jarvis ignored Seele, and his voice unit emitted a mechanical sound as Zhou Xiao had preset.
"Bronya, you don't want anyone else to know about that, do you..."
"Bronya, you don't want anyone else to know about that, do you..."
"???"
Upon hearing Jarvis repeat these words twice, Bronya immediately realized that Zhou Xiao was conveying the message, and her expression changed instantly.
"Stop talking..."
"It's late, get some rest... Bronya," Jarvis's mechanical voice slowly sounded, following Zhou Xiao's command.
"knew..."
"What's wrong?" Seele was puzzled by Bronya's reaction.
Could it be that Zhou Xiao has some kind of leverage over him?
"Don't ask." To prevent the matter from getting out, Bronya shook her head and refused Seele's question, then headed to the Goethe Hotel.
...
The night passed peacefully.
The next day.
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