Ke Jin was startled by Su Xiaolan and Gu Qianqian's voices, and the smile on his face became a little stiff.
"Uh...are you two okay?"
The two girls stared at Ke Jin, not wanting to blink - the young man had obviously taken good care of himself from head to toe. His originally smooth and soft black hair was styled with hairspray, and a few strands of blonde hair were highlighted in the middle. His eyebrows were also carefully trimmed, and he had light eye makeup on, which weakened his originally gentle temperament and made him look very heroic. The skin on his face was in excellent condition. It was originally fair, and now after care, it looked like it had its own filter from a distance, as if the skin was glowing. From a close look, it was so delicate and white that people suspected that water would come out of it if it was pinched lightly.
What was even more outrageous was his attire - it was the first time that Gu Qianqian and the others saw Ke Jin in formal attire. The straight royal blue suit perfectly set off the young man's slender and well-proportioned figure. His entire temperament was completely different from usual. In the past, he had a civilian casual style, but now he had a gentlemanly and aristocratic style.
Ke Jin felt more and more uncomfortable being stared at by the two people, and tugged at the corner of his clothes in embarrassment: "It was Secretary Xiaobai and the others who insisted that I dress like this... Isn't it weird?"
Gu Qianqian and Su Xiaolan nodded with a dreamy look on their faces, but after they came to their senses, they began to shake their heads frantically again.
"No no no no, this is good! Keep it up!!"
Su Yufeng and the others heard the two girls shouting and yelling, and thought they were in some dispute, so they hurried over. But when they met Ke Jin, they were all stunned.
Uncle Zhou: "...Xiao Ke? Is it you?"
Su Yufeng couldn't speak, but his eyes were wide open, and he was obviously extremely shocked.
Ke Jin really couldn't laugh now - it was also the first time for him to be made up, and he felt it was weird in itself. It would have been fine if he had met strangers, but now all his acquaintances were staring at him as if he had seen a ghost, and he felt even more uncomfortable.
"Ou Nuo, what do you think?" Ke Jin looked at Ou Nuo awkwardly. The other party was standing next to Su Yufeng. His expression was not as exaggerated as the others. He was just a little dazed. When he saw Ke Jin looking at him, the boy turned his head away as if he was electrocuted.
Ke Jin: “…”
Oh my god, this kid was actually scared like this!
"Xiao Ke, why are you here?" Secretary Xiao Bai came hurriedly, said hello to everyone briefly, and dragged Ke Jin to the other side of the hall, "Here, here! Everyone who should come is here, except you!!"
"Wait! I thought..."
"Let's go! Everyone is waiting for you! Come on, come on!"
Ke Jin struggled in vain and was dragged away by Secretary Xiaobai. The few people who stayed there looked at each other and it took them a long time to come to their senses.
"Xiao Ke is really a potential stock." Gu Qianqian said with emotion.
"I finally understand why Brother Ke Jin went to the wrong set before... He can obviously make a living with his looks!" Su Xiaolan's eyes sparkled, "If I were a member of the production team, I would let him go on stage too!"
"Xiao Ke also said that he has never had a girlfriend...How can he be single until now?" Even Uncle Zhou rarely gossiped.
Su Yufeng kept nodding, and it was unclear who he was agreeing with.
Ou Nuo didn't say anything, he just stared at the direction where Ke Jin left for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking.
***
Ke Jin really didn't expect that attending an award ceremony would be so tiring.
Oh no, the awards ceremony hasn't even started yet, and he already feels like he's almost half dead... QAQ
As the opening time approached, more and more guests entered the venue. Secretary Xiaobai and the others took Ke Jin around the venue and enthusiastically introduced him to "relatives and friends from the same system" from the card pool bureaus of various cities - of course, there were real relatives and friends among them, but there were even more people who were at odds with the Qixing City Card Pool Bureau.
Fortunately, Secretary Xiaobai and the others did not let Ke Jin really participate in the "war without gunpowder smoke", but only let Ke Jin be a "good-looking and useful background board". Ke Jin was very confused about the grievances between the various card pools, but in order not to be a drag, he still played up his full attention, and after "observing" many times, he summed up a set of simple and effective coping methods -
No matter what Secretary Xiaobai and the others said, Ke Jin would always stand aside with a calm smile; if the conversation between Secretary Xiaobai and the others became more "intense", the other party would point sarcasm at Ke Jin, mock him or even be aggressive, Ke Jin would answer the questions he could answer normally; for questions that were difficult to answer, he would slowly say in a gentle tone, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly just now, can you say it again?", while staring into the other party's eyes with a smile. No matter how aggressive the other party was before, he would most likely be blushing and at a loss at this time, and then retreat without a fight.
Later, Ke Jin simply simplified the process to: smile. Nod. Smile. Gaze. End.
It works every time!
This method was warmly praised by Xiao Bai's secretary and others, and they encouraged Ke Jin to keep up the good work. Ke Jin had no objection to this, but he always kept the same expression, which made his face a little stiff, and he felt particularly stupid...
Ke Jin glanced at his watch for the 127th time, feeling thankful that it was finally time to enter, but when he turned around, he saw a very familiar face.
Ke Jin: “…”
Ning Qiyuan: “…”
Damn, I almost forgot, Ning Qiyuan will definitely participate in this kind of ceremony. What a narrow road for enemies!
As the card user of the largest card pool in the state, Ning Qiyuan was very famous throughout Chikong State, and naturally there was a large group of people around him. Ning Qiyuan didn't recognize Ke Jin at first, and stared at him for a long time before confirming that it was Ke Jin himself.
The people around him noticed the direction Ning Qiyuan was looking at, and they all looked over here. Ke Jin's heart tightened immediately. He saw that there seemed to be many big shots working in the Card Pool General Administration around Ning Qiyuan. Although they couldn't do anything to him, Secretary Xiaobai and the others were still there! If Ning Qiyuan said something, Secretary Xiaobai and the others would probably be implicated by him, and their days in the Chikongzhou Card Pool System would definitely be difficult.
Fortunately, what Ke Jin was worried about did not happen - after recognizing Ke Jin, although Ning Qiyuan's face was not very good, he just glared at Ke Jin fiercely, then frowned and turned his head away.
...Fortunately, although this guy looks quite sinister, he doesn't seem to be such a villain!
Ke Jin relaxed, subconsciously looked at Ning Qiyuan a few more times, then raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Compared to when they met in Qixing City a month ago, Ke Jin felt that Ning Qiyuan now seemed to be deeply thoughtful and had a lot on his mind: not only was his brow furrowed and his expression cold, but when he listened to people talking, he was obviously perfunctory and looked absent-minded.
Eh...did something happen?
***
In the vast universe, a small and exquisite spaceship is flying steadily.
But if someone stays here for a long time, they will find that the spacecraft has actually been hovering in this area for a long time. It seems to be searching for something, or repeatedly confirming something.
In the spaceship, a blond man in fancy clothes was sipping the red wine in his hand boredly while listening to his subordinates reporting on the tablet.
"…The last time His Highness Orloy's spaceship sent out a signal, it was in this area. According to the predictions of the divination cards, he is also staying nearby, and there is no sign of moving in the short term. All the clues currently indicate that it is very likely that His Highness Orloy is temporarily residing on a nearby planet. Lord Eggers, do you want to search the nearby planets one by one?"
"Oh." The blond man - a royal relative of the Imperial Galaxy, a young noble named Eggers who had just been conferred the title of Marquis, and also Orloy's cousin - took another sip of red wine and asked nonchalantly, "How many planets are there nearby?"
"According to current statistics, there are 171 in total."
Eggers immediately spat out a mouthful of wine, with a look of horror on his face: "So much?!!"
"…Among them, there are 49 planets with signs of life and 122 planets without signs of life." The subordinate continued to report the data slowly.
Eggers still wanted to vomit blood - even if he only went to places with human habitation, 49 planets were a lot, right! ! And his cousin didn't play by the rules at all, who knew if he would suddenly go crazy and run to an uninhabited area!
"Is there no way to narrow the search area?" Eggers looked at his subordinates expectantly.
"...Unless you use the Seven Star Divination Cards to predict it again."
"Forget it." Eggers quickly rejected the proposal - just kidding, even if his family was very wealthy, who could just take out that rare seven-star card? Not everyone is like his perverted cousin, who can just draw a high-star card like a toy!
"Well, speaking of which..." Eggers suddenly asked, as if he had thought of something, "Who does this area belong to?"
“…”
No matter how calm the subordinates were, they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when they heard this kind of question - Boss, although I know you didn't take this search mission seriously from the beginning, it's not possible that you've been on the road for more than ten days and still don't even know where you are!
"...We are now in the 'Aquarius Galaxy' among the twelve galaxies of the Federation." The subordinate said dryly, "This area is considered to be a relatively remote area of this galaxy, and there are not many large planets in it."
Eggers immediately showed a disgusted expression as if he had swallowed a fly alive - he actually came to the Federation Galaxy? Or the Aquarius Galaxy, which they didn't have a very good relationship with, what on earth was this kid Orloy thinking! ! Was he here to disgust people sincerely? Or to cause trouble?
We have no objection to your sabotage, and we even like it, but can you please stop disappearing! He didn't even go back to attend your father's 50th birthday celebration, which caused a lot of discussion among the people, thinking that the father and son had fallen out, and the fourth prince ran away from home in anger. The royal family is a face-saving people. Although the divination card shows that the fourth prince is alive and well now, jumping around happily, in order to save face, the royal family still issued an imperial order and sent people out to find him.
Thinking of this, Eggers became even more depressed, his handsome face almost twisted into a bitter gourd - his father was really something, why did he take on such a difficult task! And you took it, and then quickly threw the blame on me! Is he a professional who has been cheating his son for a hundred years!
"Which is the closest planet to here?" Eggers asked weakly.
"It's Azure Planet." The subordinate quickly retrieved the data. "Planet size: small. Development level: medium-low. Planet population: around 4 billion." He emphasized, "The local card pool is not well developed. It is at a low level in the entire Aquarius Galaxy."
As everyone knows, His Highness Oloy travels every time to draw cards. If the card pool industry in this place is poorly developed or there is no good card pool, that lord generally won't waste his time.
Eggers let out a long "Oh", thought for a moment, and then made a decisive decision.
“This is the first stop.”
Seeing his subordinates' surprised faces, Eggers patiently explained, "If that guy only came here to draw cards, he would have left right after he finished drawing and wouldn't have stayed for too long. This divination shows that he has been in the same place for several months. It is absolutely impossible that this is related to drawing cards. It must be something else that has held him back. Let's check each planet one by one in order of distance."
The subordinate suddenly realized and quickly saluted.
"Yes! Let's go now!"
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