After sending those words, he fiddled with his personal terminal for a bit, dawdling over what to send to his fiancée to salvage his image, when his friend pushed open the door and walked in:
"Qin Han, what are you doing? Want to go have dinner together? Hey, we don't have to work tonight, how about we go to the second cafeteria for a snack?"
The newcomer saw Qin Han holding the personal terminal in one hand, looking as if he was about to make a call, and chuckled twice: "Are you going to call your wife?"
He gestured for him to leave, saying, "Go ahead and hit me. I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'll leave now." He then turned to leave and close the door.
“No,” Qin Han said, “it’s already over.” He put his hand down. “Let’s go eat.”
The man pushed the door open again, glanced at Qin Hanzai carefully, and said, "Brother Qin, are you really calling your wife like this?"
"Fiancée," Qin Han corrected.
Two months ago, when Hu Tiantian turned eighteen, her two families announced their engagement and set a wedding date for her nineteenth birthday.
"So you two are still deeply in love?" the man said in surprise. "But Brother Qin, the way you look, you seem like you've just lost your wife."
Qin Han: "..."
The man's gaze lingered on the top of his head as he slowly guessed, "Did your fiancée cheat on you?"
Qin Han: "..."
"No!" Qin Han denied immediately. "She wouldn't."
At most, Hu Tiantian would just peek at some anime/manga character on the StarNet; she would never actually cheat on herself in the real world.
"So you're the one who made her angry?" The man was exasperated. "Brother Qin, have you lost your mind from being out in this godforsaken place? You finally get to talk to your wife on the phone, and instead of comforting her, you make her angry. Oh dear! Does your wife think the world isn't colorful enough, or that there aren't enough good men out there?!"
Qin Han: "…………"
Qin Han refused to discuss this topic.
He was already out the door, and without waiting for a reply, he said, "Let's go, Lao Lin, let's go to the second canteen for lunch!"
Old Lin continued to grumble from behind: "Brother Qin, I'm not trying to be mean, but women are easy to please. You only go home a few times a year and can't spend much time with her. You treat her like royalty and pamper her. Even a cooked duck can fly away at any time..."
Seeing that Old Lin, who was following behind, was giving verbal instruction and not paying attention to him, Qin Han reached out and opened his personal terminal, sending a black card to the girl at the top of the screen.
Sitting in the car, Hu Tiantian looked at the black card that suddenly popped out, and a question mark slowly appeared in her mind.
[Hu Tiantian: ?]
Qin Han: Spend it however you like.
Hu Tiantian chuckled coldly and quickly sent the other party a string of cards.
Qin Han watched as a black card popped out with a "ding," followed by a dazzling array of black cards, gold cards, silver cards, red cards, diamond cards, and exclusive cards...
Before he could even type a question mark, the other person had already left a message.
[Hu Tiantian: Spend it however you like!]
Qin Han: "..."
The countless cards bestowed by the heiress of a true super-rich family left Qin Han pondering, "What should I do to make my fiancée happy?"
*****
On the imperial star, young ladies and gentlemen from noble families made their way to the palace in a grand procession.
Some flying cars are parked in the parking lot outside the palace. The middle-class people who love to show off will get out of their cars early and walk in to show their faces on the live broadcast of internet celebrities, attracting a wave of traffic to increase their popularity and value.
While the StarNet was buzzing with discussions about the royal banquet, Li Yurong, who was on her starship, was also discussing the banquet with her husband.
"Don't worry, even the future that can be foreseen by precognitive abilities can be altered by human intervention, let alone dreams." On the other end of the starlight, Peach's father, Peach Ding, comforted her. "Yaoyao has a good relationship with that boy from the Shu family now, so she shouldn't be as concerned about the Fifth Prince tonight as she was in your dream."
Li Yurong sat on her private mini-starship, where her robot mistress had laid out all sorts of food for her, but she had no appetite for the meal.
Even the news that a new planet had been discovered five light-years away in Galaxy 17 couldn't make her happy.
If this is indeed Planet 988, which the "female protagonist" later discovered in her dream, then it means that what happened in this dream was indeed real.
"Yu Rong," seeing his wife still looking worried, Tao's father couldn't help but reassure her, "Don't worry, I've also arranged for two people in the palace tonight. They'll be able to handle things as they come."
Li Yurong sighed, "I wanted to tell Yaoyao about this dream from the beginning, but you disagreed..."
Tao Ding sighed as well: "The child is still young, and we can't be sure if the dream is real or not. Telling her would only add to her worries."
Their wish was for Tao Yao to live the life she wanted, to have no worries about food and clothing, and to live a smooth and happy life.
Li Yurong also understood her husband's meaning.
"Let's see what happens tonight," Tao's father concluded. "The final winner in the dream, the so-called dream heroine you mentioned, you still can't see what she looks like, so let's wait and see how it goes tonight before making any plans."
Li Yurong nodded: "That's the only way for now."
****
Outside the palace in the southern district of the Imperial Star.
The plaza was covered with lustrous jade stones, and a ring of lush green lawns surrounded the plaza.
Tao Yao and Shu Yan stood on an extra-long automated conveyor belt as they passed through the palace gardens and headed towards the inner courtyard.
The smooth conveyor belt, as flat as the ground, stretched from the parking lot all the way to the outside of the palace.
One by one, the invited guests got off the car, stood on the conveyor belt, and chatted and laughed as they headed to the palace, holding onto the handrail with one hand.
It was impossible to have these young men and women dressed in formal attire walk in.
Without an automated conveyor belt leading to the palace gates, even an invitation from royalty would force wealthy young men and women to wave goodbye.
In the garden, waiters and robots come and go, setting out various exquisite dishes, tea, and tableware.
The two arrived at the palace gate and had just stepped off the conveyor belt when a butler quickly approached. Behind the butler was a waiter carrying a tray with four buttons on it.
"Please put on the ability control buttons, both guests."
Firearms and supernatural abilities are strictly prohibited inside the palace. Each invited guest may bring one bodyguard.
The two were already aware of these rules. Shu Yan calmly reached out and took a button, then bent down and put it on Tao Yao's skirt.
This control button is really just an ancient signal indicator.
For those with superpowers, this control button essentially means: I've registered you; please refrain from cheating during this exam.
As Shu Yan and his bodyguard put on the control buttons, a commotion arose behind them.
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