"Alright, go back to work. You can tell me if you have any difficulties."
Emperor Xiu agreed, thanked him, and left.
As soon as he arrived at the laboratory entrance, he saw a man striding towards him imposingly, calling out his pseudonym and raising his hand.
Di Xiu stumbled slightly but managed to dodge.
The man punched the glass door, and with two loud thuds, he fell to the ground, even managing to push the door open when it was about to close.
Who tripped me?
Di Xiu looked at the person next to him who casually withdrew his foot. The latter ignored the question from the person who had fallen, smiled at him, and said, "Xi Chao, right? Do you want to join our group?"
"I will follow the leader's instructions."
"Okay, I'll go talk to the director."
The director did not agree.
However, the very next morning, Di Xiu jumped from a newly promoted full-time employee to a team leader, with his former team leader now assisting him.
The original team leader had his own clique, but everyone fawned over him for their own benefit, not because they were truly impressed by his personal charm. Seeing that he had quickly fallen from grace and even received a company-wide reprimand, they completely ignored his invitation to join in causing trouble for the new team leader.
He doesn't want to do it anymore, but they still want to continue. Besides, several people have had their experimental results taken over, and they've long been dissatisfied with him.
However, they were also quite resentful, as this recent graduate had jumped directly from probationary employee level three to above them.
They had all made things difficult for this newcomer before, because his performance was too eye-catching, and they were also a little uneasy now.
Emperor Xiu had no interest in winning people over; this experimental group was merely a stepping stone for him. As long as these people did their jobs well and didn't cause trouble, that was enough.
Seeing that he had no intention of settling scores, the others in the group breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed their resentment. At least they admired his character and experimental skills.
However, the original team leader was furious.
He didn't want to resign in such a humiliating way, and Haotian's employee benefits were among the best in the industry. He was really reluctant to leave, but if he stayed, he would have to watch this young man who replaced him act arrogantly every day...
A month after Di Xiu was officially promoted, the original team leader was admitted to the psychiatric ward, terrified.
This matter is related to Emperor Xiu.
He lived in the staff dormitory, which usually had a shuttle bus service. One day, he was doing an experiment late into the night and, seeing that the distance wasn't too far, he decided to walk back to the dormitory. That's when he was robbed by some thugs.
After Emperor Xiu took down the thugs, he left, but they were met by a living Yama, a snake demon. After interrogating the mastermind behind it, he gave the original team leader a warning—to reveal his true form.
The surveillance footage didn't capture Di Xiu beating up the thugs, but because the former team leader mentioned him while rambling, he was still invited for tea.
After that incident, no one bothered him anymore, and Di Xiu stayed peacefully in the laboratory.
Since Haotian is using the name of biotechnology, the experiments he conducts are naturally all relevant and not perfunctory. After all, money is essential to support the experiments they conduct in secret.
More than a year passed, and then the director invited him for tea.
"Xiao Chao, do you believe in demons?"
"I don't believe you." Di Xiu answered crisply and firmly, so much so that the director almost didn't react in time and blurted out the words.
Why don't you believe it?
Di Xiu thought for a moment and said, "It's very unscientific that demons can generally cultivate and transform into human form."
"Xiao Chao, there are many problems in this world that current science cannot explain. Perhaps it's not that they are unscientific, but that science is not advanced enough to explain them."
"Does the director believe in the existence of fairies?" Di Xiu asked with a look of disapproval. "Take rabbits as an example. The average weight of an adult rabbit is only 1.5 to 3 kilograms, which is even less than the weight of a newborn baby. If they were to transform into humans, what would happen to the law of conservation of mass?"
Director: "..."
If I hadn't seen fairies before, I would have been convinced by you.
"Xiao Chao, this is what I want to tell you: fairies really exist in this world. Xiao Fei, come out."
The director raised his hand, and a green snake head crawled out from his sleeve. Di Xiu quickly judged the normal human reaction in his mind, and decisively grabbed the snake by its vital spot.
"Damn it, what are you doing? Let me go."
"Let go! What are you doing?" The director jumped up, slapped Di Xiu's hand, and tenderly took the green snake, which was as thick as a little finger. He blew on it and coaxed it, making Di Xiu's pupils dilate violently.
001 looked at Di Xiu's hand with heartache and hugged it, saying, "Why didn't you dodge?"
"When you're acting, you have to go all the way."
001: "So you're shocked? You heard the snake talk? Open your eyes wider, look more puzzled, stare at the snake..."
Director 001 was giving the tasker a hands-on tutorial on how to act. Di Xiu maintained his expression, took two steps back, and seemed genuinely frightened.
The green snake transformed into human form, sat in the director's lap, and glared angrily at Di Xiu: "Idiot, what are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a snake demon before?"
001 stared wide-eyed at the interaction between the snake demon and the director, unable to utter a sound for a long time.
Although...but...aren't they encountering male-male couples too frequently?
Seeing that the director had lost his way, Di Xiu could only improvise. He raised his hand, pinched the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes tightly, and said firmly, "It must be magic. In fact, the person was already hidden under the table. It's just an illusion created by using a sleight of hand."
The snake demon nearly fell off the table, but with a sudden burst of strength, it sat back down. Its legs instantly transformed into snake tails, and its tongue became a forked tongue. Its cold, vertical pupils stared intently at him.
"Hiss—, see that? Me, a snake demon, the real deal."
It took the director and the snake demon an hour to finally "convince" Di Xiu to believe in the existence of fairies.
“We are currently researching the secrets of fairy cultivation and immortality. Would you like to join us?” The director and the snake demon looked at him at the same time. The former smiled and extended his hand to him, while the latter looked threatening.
"Immortality?" Di Xiu lowered his voice, as if he was somewhat tempted.
"Yes. Mayflies live only a day and die in a day. For demons, aren't we humans the same? Your talents shouldn't be wasted on studying such mundane things. Join us and break through the barrier of human lifespan."
When the director said the first half of the sentence, the snake demon next to him looked gloomy, but when he said the second half, he had a kind of persistence that would not give up until he achieved his goal.
Looking at the tail that was wrapped around the director's waist, and then at the director's handsome and masculine face, 001 wondered if there was a second part to this world's timeline.
By the way, isn't this director the chairman's son?
001 is going to ask the main system later, and finish this show first.
Di Xiu covered his forehead, frowned, pursed his lips, and after a long while said, "Can I think about it properly?"
"Sure. You've been working hard lately, go back and take a few days off."
"good."
Di Xiu dragged his feet and left the office with a heavy expression.
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