Chapter 289 Back to School
The next day, Lan Ximeng spent the whole day dealing with company affairs.
During the riot in the Tianquan Galaxy, several employees of Dreamland were killed. As the boss of the company, Lan Ximeng spent some time with Wang Xing to express condolences via video and distributed condolence money to the employees' families.
"It's really hard to predict what's happening in this world!" Lan Ximeng thought of the grief-stricken expressions of her employees' parents, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Lan Ximeng also knew the ins and outs of this matter. Although the direct trigger of the incident was Lan Yuncheng's sweeping action against the orcs, which caused the remaining orcs to counterattack before their death, if we trace the root of the problem, the root of everything still lies with the orcs.
Wang Xing who was standing by had the same feeling. He had a lot of contact with these colleagues on a daily basis. Who would have thought that they would encounter such a change just when they went out for a day's rest? It really is the unpredictable world.
After dealing with the important affairs of the company, Lan Ximeng devoted most of her time to training.
These experiences made her clearly aware of her shortcomings and deficiencies. She understood that she couldn't always pin her hopes on her family.
Another day, Lan Ximeng came out of the underground training room, reached out to touch her face, and wiped off the red sticky substance on her face.
She has been intensifying her training recently, and she is always covered in dirt after each training session.
Lan Ximeng walked into the bathroom, and the black ball that had been staying in her shadow jumped out and waited for her at the door.
After receiving the order, Robot No. 3 took cleaning tools to the basement and began to clean the liquid left by Lan Ximeng during training.
After No. 3 finished cleaning, he scanned the black mass with his eyes and transmitted the information to Liuliu again.
At this time, Liuliu, who had transformed into a small Pomeranian, was lying in the arms of Lan Yuncheng, who had transformed into the appearance of William. After receiving the message, it looked up at Lan Yuncheng who was holding it, and then glanced at Wei Huaiyu who had turned into another orc behind it. Liu Liu felt that this matter could be put aside for the time being and now was not the time to speak out.
Lan Yuncheng felt the heavy Pomeranian in his arms, smiled, scratched its chin with his hand, and whispered in animal language: "Hold on a little longer, we will be able to go home soon."
Liu Liu was tickled on the chin and felt the hand holding her exerting a little force. She immediately pretended to be comfortable and stuck out her tongue, making a comfortable "hum" sound towards Lan Yuncheng.
The real dog orc following behind couldn't help feeling jealous when he saw the puppy being cared for by the Marquis. Sometimes, ordinary orcs are really no match for the pets of high-level orcs. Look at the gems inlaid on the big necklace around the dog’s neck. If any one of them falls out, it would be enough for a family of more than a dozen orcs to live for hundreds of years.
Lan Yuncheng naturally noticed the emotions of the orcs behind him. In the orc world, in addition to strength, power is also crucial. Orcs without these two things can only be at the bottom of the orc class.
"Marquis Harrison, the starship is ready, please come this way." An orc with two dog ears stood in front of Lan Yuncheng and others, bowed respectfully, and pointed in the direction of the star port with both hands.
"Let's go." Lan Yuncheng didn't look at the bent orc. Since the situation was unclear, he thought it would be better to say less and do less.
Behind him, Yanwu plays the role of an orc from the hippopotamus clan. This type of orc is tall, has dark brown skin, and has strong limbs. Except for the body and limbs, other parts retain the appearance of a hippopotamus. In the Empire, these orcs are of the lowest class. The closer an orc is to human appearance, the more popular and respected he is in the empire.
At this moment, Yanwu was still carrying the white coffin-like box and following closely behind Lan Yuncheng.
Wei Huaiyu plays an elk orc who looks no different from a human except for a pair of antlers on his head.
William, played by Lan Yuncheng, looks completely human. William was originally a monkey orc, and except for his hair and tail, he was almost exactly the same as a human. Therefore, the monkey orcs are the most popular type in the empire.
At this time, they were on a marginal planet of the empire. As long as they boarded the starship of this flight, they could smoothly enter the orc world.
Lan Ximeng didn't know that Lan Yuncheng and his companions had already embarked on their journey to the dangerous Orc Empire. At this moment, she was preparing New Year's gifts with Ms. Chen.
Today is January 21, 2029, and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve.
"It's a pity that your brother is busy with work and can't come back for the New Year." Chen Chuntao put the prepared sugar rings into the frying pan, silently worried about Lan Yuncheng's safety.
More than twenty days had passed since they last met, and there had been longer periods of time without contact in the past, but this time Lan Yuncheng's task was obviously more difficult than before.
I really hope this mission can be completed soon.
"It's a pity. You all were not here last year, and I spent the New Year alone. This year it's brother's turn not to come back. Maybe he is thinking about us now." Although Lan Ximeng didn't know what specific mission her brother was carrying out, she knew it was definitely not an easy job after a little thought.
Just this month ago, my brother was able to wipe out all the orcs in the Tianquan galaxy in ten days. This time, he might have gone to a place where there are more orcs.
"Speaking of which, how old are you now?" Chen Chuntao calculated silently in her mind. On the surface, Lan Ximeng is now 21 years old, but in fact...
"41 years old." Lan Ximeng answered without thinking. She would think of her actual age every once in a while.
Although she is in her forties, her mental age remains around 20. In the words of my parents, I have never experienced the hardships of society and still look naive.
"I'm already this old!" Chen Chuntao thought about her age silently in her heart. Forget it, it's better to pretend not to know. "Just tell others that you're 21 years old. Your mother is only 49 years old now."
Lan Ximeng said "Oh" but was thinking in her heart that Ms. Chen was 28 years older than her, so she should be 69 years old now. Hiss, it turns out that mom is this old now.
She turned her head and looked at Chen Chuntao who was frying food. Looking at my mother’s current appearance, I think people would believe she is only 20 years old!
Time passed quickly. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lan Guoqiang and Chen Chuntao went to the Ziwei star system and started a new round of "cultural propaganda" work.
Lan Ximeng also returned to school on February 2nd.
After returning to the dormitory, Lan Ximeng and two other roommates cleaned the dormitory together, but the last roommate had not come back for a long time.
"Why hasn't Jiayi come back yet? She used to come back early." Wu Xiuying frowned, and suddenly remembered that she hadn't contacted her for a month, so she turned to ask Lan Ximeng and Ouyang Ling, "Did you contact her during the winter vacation?"
"No." Lan Ximeng and Ouyang Ling shook their heads at the same time.
"Now that you mention it, she didn't even grab the red envelopes I sent out in the group during the Chinese New Year." Lan Ximeng thought of the red envelopes she sent out in the group, which Tang Jiayi never received and finally returned.
"I have a bad feeling." Ouyang Ling made a bitter face. She tried hard to restrain herself from thinking too much, but she couldn't help but think of the worst.
Lan Ximeng also remembered the previous galaxy-wide riot, patted Ouyang Ling on the shoulder and comforted her: "Don't think too much. If she hasn't come back for class tomorrow, go ask the counselor."
Ouyang Ling and Wu Xiuying nodded.
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