Zhou Muyun learned that the seeds she had just found were lotus seeds, so she began to search through ancient books in an attempt to find information about lotus flowers.
Unexpectedly, the door to his office was suddenly pushed open.
He looked up in surprise, only to see Gu Zhilin walking towards him angrily.
As soon as she reached him, she held out her hand and said, "Give me back my money."
"What do you mean, pay me back?" Zhou Muyun asked, confused. "When did I owe you money?"
"Why do others get paid for cooperating with your research, but I get paid for nothing, and you even charge me exorbitant fees for radiation sickness treatment?" Gu Zhilin was clearly furious.
In the 21st century, he never worried about money. But ever since he was awakened by this group of people, he has been struggling to make a living.
The income from fortune telling was already low, and all the money earned went to the research center.
Now someone is telling him that he can be charged for being studied by the research center, how can he tolerate this?
Zhou Muyun was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this; it was indeed his fault.
The plan to awaken Gu Zhilin was not well-received by the higher-ups, so the alliance did not allocate any funds.
However, he insisted on waking Gu Zhilin, so the research center borne the costs of both waking him and treatment.
So at that time, he could only conceal the fact that the research association would pay him a salary, and he also made the other party bear the cost of radiation sickness treatment.
The key point is that Gu Zhilin had no objection to this, and after he was able to live on his own, he found a way to earn money to pay for his treatment.
Although the alliance later made up for the project funding after the successful awakening, who would complain about having too much money?
He heartlessly didn't tell Gu Zhilin about this, but how did he find out?
Just as Zhou Muyun was wondering, she saw Lu Jin'an slowly follow her into her office. He was now leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed, looking on with amusement.
"General Lu, did you tell him?" Zhou Muyun asked with a hint of reproach in his voice.
"Never mind who told me, you have to admit that you cheated me out of my money." Gu Zhilin was afraid that Zhou would implicate Lu Jin'an because of this.
Although he didn't have much affection for Lu Jin'an, she kindly told him about this, and he couldn't implicate her, so he simply stood between the two of them.
She tried to use her small body to block Lu Jin'an.
Zhou Muyun almost laughed out of anger. He had just been worried that this kid would be deceived by Lu Jin'an, but now these two had come to cause him trouble instead.
“Dr. Zhou, it was you who acted unfairly in this matter. Besides, how could I let my people suffer?” Lu Jin’an felt warm inside when she saw Gu Zhilin protecting her, and couldn’t help but want to stand up for him as well.
"What do you mean by 'your people'?" Gu Zhilin stared wide-eyed as he turned to look at him.
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I accidentally said the wrong thing.
"Gu Zhilin, I told you long ago that Alhpa is no good. You haven't even agreed to be with him yet, and he's already treating you like his possession. You're still willing to believe him? Be careful, or he'll deceive you until you're nothing but bones." Zhou Muyun quickly tried to sow discord.
Unfortunately, Gu Zhilin was not someone who was easily swayed: "But you are the one who has cheated me out of everything, you know that? Yesterday I just earned 100 Alliance Coins from this person, gave 100 to the neighbor's kid, and gave the rest to you at the research center. I am penniless now."
Gu Zhilin spoke with particular indignation, which made Zhou Muyun touch the tip of her nose somewhat embarrassed.
"You were scammed so badly by them?" Lu Jin'an obviously didn't expect that Gu Zhilin, who seemed so shrewd, would be scammed so badly and left penniless.
He gave 1000 yesterday; what if he hadn't? What does he plan to do?
How many "hangs" do I need to calculate to make enough money?
Nowadays, not many people believe in fortune telling.
“That’s not how it works. The research center invested a lot of manpower, resources, and money to wake you up,” Zhou Muyun tried to defend himself.
But Lu Jin'an's eyes turned cold: "As far as I know, although the Awakening Project did not receive the Alliance's consent at the beginning, the Alliance stopped giving you the money after the project succeeded. So this money was given by the Alliance, and there is no reason for Gu Zhilin to pay it."
It was only then that Gu Zhilin realized that the Alliance had also paid for his awakening.
When he first woke up, Zhou Muyun complained to him every day about how much money it cost to wake him up, and how the alliance refused to allocate funds.
Gu Zhilin felt so embarrassed living in the research center that he immediately moved out to work hard and earn money as soon as he was able to move around freely.
Who knew this guy was lying to me?
He couldn't stand it any longer, so he raised his hand, made a hand seal, and drew a talisman in the air towards Zhou Muyun.
The next second, Zhou Muyun's clothes inexplicably burst into flames.
"Oh my god, how did it catch fire? Gu Zhilin, you really did it!" Zhou Muyun shouted as she took off her coat.
The assistant outside heard the noise and wanted to come in to see what was going on, but Lu Jin'an simply closed the door, not giving the person outside a chance.
This was the first time he had seen Gu Zhilin take action, and he had no idea how he managed to make the clothes spontaneously combust without a source of fire.
However, Lu Jin'an was a worldly person, so he did not show too much shock or ask any questions.
He secretly decided that when he got home, he would definitely find some ancient books about Taoists and study them carefully.
Zhou Muyun managed to take off her clothes with great difficulty, thus avoiding being burned by the flames.
Then she looked helplessly at Gu Zhilin: "I know you're very capable, but can you please not take your anger out on my life?"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing and won't hurt you," Gu Zhilin said, raising his chin.
"Are you really a Taoist priest? I've checked ancient books, and they all say that Taoist priests are supposed to be detached from worldly desires and have no wants. How could you set people on fire for a little money?" Zhou Muyun made sure the fire on the clothes was extinguished, then took another coat from the wardrobe next to him and put it on.
His disheveled appearance from just now was completely gone.
"That might mean you read a fake book. Before we Taoists can leave this world, we must enter it. How can we leave it if we don't enter it? Besides, monks are the ones who are without desires and wants. What does that have to do with me, a Taoist? I set fire to you because you cheated me out of money and deserved to be punished. If I didn't punish you, my Taoist heart would probably be destroyed. That's a big deal." Gu Zhilin said in a serious tone.
Lu Jin'an watched the two of them bickering back and forth. Although they were arguing, it was clear that they had a good relationship.
Zhou Muyun, who was burned, was not really angry, and Gu Zhilin, who threw a tantrum and set the fire, did not really harbor resentment.
He suddenly felt like he was being excluded, and this feeling made him very unhappy.
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