Chapter 39: Enlightenment
In a long silence.
Xia Jiu turned his head and asked, "He's the one who's mentally ill, right?"
You Tianxing, "?"
Yan Chuanbai nodded calmly, "Everyone has seen it, no need to say more."
“…”
Xia Jiu turned back and looked at You Tianxing: "I'm Xia Jiu, an S-level psychic. I just joined the headquarters and was transferred to your base."
You Tianxing's brain froze for a few seconds before reacting: "...What about Guan Shang?"
Yan Chuanbai stated calmly, "He played a significant role in the battle. Headquarters saw his indispensable combat capabilities and kept him."
Qi He glanced sideways: "System, he actually praised Guan Shang as well."
The system is unfathomable: [The gift of fate has long been secretly marked with a price.]
Qi He ignored its irrelevant remarks.
You Tianxing also looked at the people in surprise: Yan Chuanbai spit out ivory from his dog's mouth, and he spit out ivory at his rival.
The chaotic mind suddenly became clear!
His eyes fell on Qi He. After a moment, he lowered his words and turned around to greet him as if he hadn't noticed:
"Okay, let's all come to the conference room~"
…
A new S-class has joined the base.
You Tianxing first notified Yu Jiang to gather in the conference room, and took the opportunity to change into his uniform.
When Yu Jiang arrived, he also came back in a brand new look.
Qi He sat in his old seat with his back to the door.
Yan Chuanbai sat to his left, with You Tianxing standing in front. Xia Jiuzheng pulled open the seat opposite him and was met by Yu Jiang, who had been pushed through the door.
Yu Jiang was slightly startled, then nodded slightly, "Hello."
Xia Jiu's scrutinizing gaze also fell: "...Hello."
Taking the initiative to say hello, communication is not that difficult?
The few of them quickly took their seats, and You Tianxing introduced them with a smile, "This time, the two combat officers have returned safely from headquarters. Congratulations. Officer, you can better realize your ambitions by staying at headquarters."
Yu Jiang sat upright below, opened his eyes wide and listened carefully: The two combat department members... are pregnant, the superiors... this is not good, revenge is coming.
You Tianxing continued, "At the same time, we've also joined a new partner, Xia Jiu, an S-level psychic, whose special ability is 'Identification'. I hope everyone will get along well in the future."
Yu Jiang: Xia Jiu, who joined the gang... is discerning and easy to get along with.
After the regular introduction, let’s get to the point.
You Tianxing raised his voice slightly, turned to his whiteboard, and pulled out the report synchronized from headquarters: "During this large-scale attack, no morphological evolution was detected on the enemy side. However, the three waves of attack clearly showed strategic coordination."
"However, we don't need to worry too much."
He turned around and reassured with a positive attitude: "We have two combat specialists, we will definitely be able to defend the base."
Xia Jiu raised his hand: "Then what tasks can you assign to me?"
You Tianxing said, "Xiao Jiu, starting tomorrow, you will go to the cultivation base to participate in the research."
"Oh, sure."
After the tasks were distributed, the topic returned to the summary.
As a strategist, Qi He could skip this. His thoughts fell on Meng Yan's project: Meng Yan said last time that clinical data for the test results was difficult to obtain—
Now that we have the ability to "identify", progress should be faster.
He estimated the time in his mind: preferably, before the next "trigger warning" plot.
[What are you thinking about?] The system is unwilling to be lonely.
"nothing."
Qi He changed the subject: "I was thinking, Guan Shang was originally going to the headquarters. Now that it has gone in circles, can the plot be considered back on track? Although the process is different, some endings are destined to remain unchanged."
【He, as long as you want, you can change. 】
"..." Qi He was shocked: "You are suddenly so positive?"
The system was listless and too lazy to explain: Yes, as long as you want, you can create a love line without a CP.
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The meeting ended near evening.
You Tianxing gave Xia Jiu a door card and said, "After we clean up the room, you can stay on the 30th floor."
Looking out the conference room's glass windows, he could just see the tall buildings to one side. He sighed again, "Here, it's a place where people come and go..."
Xia Jiu, "? You mean I live on a conveyor belt?"
Everyone: “…”
Qi He shook his head, "I can only say that the spiritual system has a strong fluidity."
You Tianxing's gaze fell on the eye of the storm that made them "flow".
In line with the principle of not destroying people when they are in trouble, he didn't say much.
He still had to continue his experiments, so Qi He and the others returned to the high-rise building first. Yu Jinlai pushed Yu Jiang, and the five of them entered the elevator. As soon as the door closed:
The 28th, 29th, 30th and 32nd floors are highlighted in sequence.
The elevator slowly rose and the atmosphere became quiet.
Qi He was waiting when someone beside him suddenly said, "The cafeteria is closed. Do you want to come up to eat later?"
When he said "come up", he could only be asking him who lives downstairs.
He turned to face Yan Chuanbai.
The latter was indeed looking down at him. Qi He thought about it and realized that there were still a few nutritional supplements in the room, so there was no need to cook. "I'm too tired today, so I won't cook."
Yan Chuanbai said "hmm" and turned back: "Okay."
Behind him, Yu Jiang's pupils trembled, and then he slowly shifted his gaze to Xia Jiu who had just arrived.
The elevator door dinged open, and Qi He walked out.
They went up one floor and stopped, and Yan Chuanbai also went out.
Wait for the elevator door to close again.
In the quiet space, Xia Jiu was waiting when he heard someone suddenly say, "You may be shocked, but this is their relationship."
Xia Jiu tilted his head, "?" What are you shocked about?
Yu Jiang looked up and said softly, "Actually, they are all very good people. You will get to know them slowly in the future."
The elevator door banged open.
Yu Jiang nodded slightly, and Xia Jiu stepped out, confused. She watched the door close, and she stood there: with her character who never let words fall on the floor, she didn't even say anything.
It turns out that it makes it difficult for others to communicate!
…
I returned to my residence and closed the door.
The coffee table was still littered with reports he hadn't finished reading before leaving. Qi He went to take a shower, then came back and opened two nutritional supplements, drinking them while continuing his research.
Yan Chuanbai's talent was suppressed by his nature.
The last time the official went up to provoke, although it caused some fluctuations, it did not reach the critical point of breakthrough.
Qi He put down the report and thought about it:
Yan Chuanbai's first breakthrough was sparked during his battle with himself. In other words, he needed some more intense stimulation to unleash his true nature.
What could be the trigger?
He thought for a moment and sent a text message to Yan Chuanbai: "Have you had any big ideas lately?"
Yan Chuanbai: "?"
The system closed its eyes, unable to bear the sight.
Thinking about how its "protagonist" was being bent further and further, it tried to save the situation: [Do you feel that your words are often full of ambiguity?]
"What?"
Qi He took two seconds to react and understood: "Why do you always tend to think wrongly?"
He's a bit of a jerk sometimes, but mostly normal.
[…Shouldn’t you reflect on yourself? ]
"You are too dirty."
He'd come across this situation before when reviewing games, especially in MMOs, where many players harbored social and even romantic aspirations.
But due to his profession and habit, his challenge thinking came first and he didn't think about it at all.
Qi He said to the system: "Sometimes when I leave messages on the public channel, the topic will turn to an ambiguous or borderline topic, and someone will even privately message my chat box."
System Interview: [What do you think about this? ]
"I think it's probably to offend and provoke me."
Qi He was decisive: "I'll just kill them all in the game."
system:【……】
After a moment, it couldn't help but think: [Some of these might be offensive, but those ambiguous ones, could they be teasing you?]
Qi He frowned. "Why would someone you don't even know online like me? This isn't a strategy game where the relationship lines are programmed."
The system froze for a moment and I couldn't refute it.
The communicator suddenly beeped twice.
Qi He picked it up and saw that it was from Yan Chuanbai. Perhaps because he hadn't received a reply from him, the other party asked again:
"What? "
Only then did he remember that he had forgotten what he was saying halfway through.
Qi He hadn't figured out how to lead the conversation yet, so he simply dropped the topic: "Nothing."
I sent the message, but the other party didn't reply.
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It was getting dark outside.
Qi He threw the two empty tubes into the trash can and picked up the reports on the table that he had finished reading.
Just as I put it away, there was a knock on the door. Two knocks.
He walked over and opened the door -
I saw Yan Chuanbai standing outside the door.
The man changed into a casual T-shirt that was neither too loose nor too tight around his body. Seeing him, Yan Chuanbai raised his eyebrows and raised the thing in his hand:
"I made too much midnight snack, do you want to eat?"
Qi He stepped aside to let him in: "Since you invited me so sincerely."
There was a laugh behind him, and he followed him into the door.
The lunch box was placed on the coffee table and the two sat down opposite each other.
To save energy, only a small light was on at the table.
The warm yellow light fell, and the midnight snack in the lunch box was clear enough to see: half stew and half fried potatoes.
Qi He praised: "It's really a feast for the eyes."
He thought of the possible ambiguity, paused, and added, "I mean the midnight snack you made."
Yan Chuanbai stopped and looked up.
He looked at her with a half-smile: "What else?"
Qi He poked a potato and shook his head: "I'm afraid you misunderstood."
"Oh, you worry too much."
There was no further conversation as the two of them shared their midnight snack.
Yan Chuanbai didn't eat much, only moving his chopsticks twice. Qi He was just scraping the last bit of stew into his bowl when he heard a slow voice coming from the front:
"Is it to your taste?"
"It's said that beauty is a feast to the eyes."
Yan Chuanbai seemed to laugh: "Not as good as you."
Qi He paused with his chopsticks and looked up at the person.
Yan Chuanbai sat across from him, his broad shoulders casting a shadow on the ground. His cold, handsome face softened in the light, and he lowered his eyes, staring at him unblinkingly.
Qi He waited, but didn't hear anything from him:
"...You mean midnight snack?"
Yan Chuanbai curled his lips and said nothing.
Qi He, "?"
He blinked, looked away, and finished his midnight snack. He reached forward and put away the empty lunch box. Yan Chuanbai seemed to have just come to share the food and was ready to go back after finishing his meal.
Qi He also stood up and walked him to the entrance.
The door opened, and a ray of light from outside came in.
Yan Chuanbai paused at the door, then suddenly turned back and smiled at him:
"What you understand is what it is."
After saying that, the door closed with a click.
Qi He stood in the entrance hall which had returned to silence for a few moments.
Yan Chuanbai's words also followed his ambiguity, carrying an ambiguous meaning. But it seemed a little different from what he had encountered before.
He didn't feel offended.
Why?
Qi He thought: Maybe it's because they know each other in real life and have a certain understanding of each other. Moreover, Yan Chuanbai showed some kindness to him last time and even praised him once.
So, it’s different from those people.
Since it's not a provocation or offense, then according to the system...
"system."
The system was terrified: [What?]
Qi He thought for a while and expanded his thoughts: "Yan Chuanbai, is this considered flirting with me?"
【……】
The system suddenly closed its eyes: What a stupid mouth it has!!!
The author has something to say:
System: I sat up in the middle of the night and slapped myself. [Scared][Cracked][Melt][Clown]
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