Chapter 105
Speaking your mind is an excellent talent.
Especially when the person you are dealing with is obviously very busy and doesn't have much free time to waste on beating around the bush.
Although speaking frankly may result in a decisive rejection, Jiang Yunu came here with the idea that it didn't matter if he was rejected, as it would be a wasted trip at most.
After hearing her blunt words, Su Xiuchun's remaining sleepiness seemed to completely dissipate. This powerful woman, with the same intriguing gaze she'd shown at the meeting, examined Jiang Yunu with interest. Then, she beckoned, "Come in and talk."
Jiang Yunu patted his trousers after sitting on the spotless carpet for a while, then quickly followed Coach Su into the senior lounge.
As she passed Inspector Ye Li, she looked up at him, once again casting a concerned glance at the man she had to crane her neck to see: "Are you okay?"
Inspector Ye Li: “…”
The man didn't know if he felt a little embarrassed for overreacting just now. He ignored Jiang Yunu's caring questions, just raised his forearm and silently indicated to her where the reception room in the lounge was.
Jiang Yunu said politely, "Thank you."
Su Xiuchun was so unassuming that she almost didn't care about her image. Her words just now confirmed that the little girl didn't come to her because she was "in trouble". Her attitude relaxed a bit, and she took three or two steps with her long legs to the sofa in the living room, then leaned sideways onto the sofa cushions.
Coach Su instructed without even looking up: "Go get me a cup of coffee and a glass of juice for this girl."
Jiang Yunu had been very good at making tea for the teacher in the small western-style building recently. After hearing the first half of the sentence, she almost thought it was directed at her. She was about to go back to her post to find where the beverage bar was. As a result, a tall Inspector Ye Li with long legs walked past her silently. The man also started to act after hearing the first half of Su Xiuchun's words.
Inspector Ye Li started to move, and Jiang Yunu heard the second half of the sentence at the same time, realizing that the order was not directed at him.
Inspector Ye Li turned into a room on the left side of the corridor, probably the tea room.
Su Xiuchun and the other men disappeared. She gestured to Jiang Yunu, pointed to the tea room, and smiled and mouthed, "Sorry."
Jiang Yunu: “…Hmm.”
Jiang Luobo was too embarrassed to say "I guess so too". She felt that it was fine for Coach Su to use such words to evaluate Inspector Ye Li, but it might be a bit rude for her to say it.
Su Xiuchun twitched his tongue slightly, then mouthed to her, "Hey, man."
Jiang Yunu: "..."
If Jiang Yunu's current age was ten years older... no, five years older. If she were five years older, she should be able to naturally pick up the topic of Coach Su and chat with him about "hi men" without any violation.
But she was still sitting on the ground in front of the door, so small that even the very tall Inspector Ye Li couldn't see where she was.
It was really hard for her to respond to Su Xiuchun's words. At her current age, if she did, it would seem a bit too precocious—too mature!
So Jiang Yunu pretended that he suddenly had no mouth.
Fortunately, Su Xiuchun was a bit more uninhibited, and he didn't really want to talk about men with the little girl. While waiting for Inspector Ye Li to bring their drinks, Coach Su remained casually reclining on the sofa and asked Jiang Yunu with a smile, "Do you want to come to me for information?"
Jiang Yunu nodded.
Su Xiuchun said, "You represent the school behind you. Which teacher from Engel arranged for you to come here?"
Judging from Coach Su's expression, it seemed that she had already calculated the list of Engel teachers in her mind before she asked the question.
Jiang Yunu immediately shook his head, trying to prove the innocence of his teachers.
"That's not the case. The teachers didn't make any arrangements for me." Jiang Yunu said quickly, "Teachers wouldn't teach students to do such a reckless thing. I came to you completely on my own accord, wanting to try my luck."
Su Xiuchun raised his eyebrows.
This might be the first time she heard someone say that they were shameless, and the person who said it was a child, and he said it so frankly.
He didn't seem to be trying to hide his little plan at all.
"What if I tell you that I can't tell you anything here?" Su Xiuchun asked with the interest of teasing a child.
The white-haired girl in front of her glanced at the tea room where rustling sounds were coming from.
Jiang Yunu blinked his eyes and said, "Then I'll just use my thick skin to come here and have a drink."
The girl said calmly, "I'll go back after I finish my drink."
Su Xiuchun was a little surprised: "Why don't you hold on a little longer?"
The girl said, "No, I shouldn't do anything impulsive. I came here without permission and asked without permission. You didn't want to answer, but you were willing to buy me a drink. I have to be content with that."
Su Xiuchun looked at her with a more complicated gaze.
At first, Su Xiuchun only thought that this little girl was brave and had a very natural sense of straightforwardness that had not been polished by many rules. That kind of "spontaneity" could also be called wildness.
She doesn't hate anything wild and lively, so she has a good impression of the wild beast-like Jiang Yunu.
But at this moment, Coach Su suddenly discovered that the little beast could actually use his brain and had some clever ideas.
When the man with a cold face and steady manner came out of the tea room and brought out not only coffee and drinks but also a plate of snacks, Su Xiuchun seemed to have finally figured out how to describe the contrast between Jiang Yunu and him.
"Oh——" Coach Su, holding up the coffee cup, let out a long sigh of realization. She pointed at Jiang Yunu with the tip of her chin, looking relaxed and happy as if she had figured something out.
"You're what we call 'knowing the truth, but still acting recklessly,'" Su Xiuchun said. "No matter how much worldly wisdom and reason we pour into your head, you'll still be a little brat who loves to act recklessly."
Jiang Yunu blinked.
In her personal evaluation system, she felt that Su Xiuchun's words were a high evaluation of her.
So the little white-haired girl said, "Thank you."
Su Xiuchun swallowed a mouthful of coffee and laughed out loud with the aroma of coffee lingering between his lips and teeth.
Instructor Su laughed until tears came out of her eyes. She took the tissue quietly handed to her by Inspector Ye Li and wiped her eyes. "You are very lucky, Jiang Yunu. I was born to like girls like you who are free-spirited and reckless!"
Jiang Yunu's boldness and recklessness really gave her the opportunity to obtain intelligence.
"What do you want to ask me?" Su Xiuchun was in a good mood, and his words were a bit careless. "Even if you want to ask me some gossip about those guys in the first district, I can tell you a few things."
Inspector Ye Li coughed violently beside him: "Cough cough cough!"
Jiang Yunu didn't know who "those guys in the first district" were referring to specifically, but when she heard the shining prefix "the first district" combined with the description "those guys", she intuitively felt that it was not a field she could get involved in at the moment.
Jiang Yunu asked, "I'd like to ask you, do you know what happened to that 'mechanical elemental beast'? And why did the league suddenly end?"
The white-haired girl's questions were very consistent with her age and position. Inspector Ye Li was worried that a wild child would take the opportunity to ask about private matters, but fortunately, this did not happen.
"Oh, you want to ask this." Su Xiuchun nodded, feeling a little regretful that she couldn't say something more profound.
But a promise is a promise, and she would answer whatever the child wanted to know.
Su Xiuchun's gaze fell on Jiang Yunu's face, and she revealed a somewhat mysterious expression: "Jiang Xiaoxue, you must have never thought that you would accidentally ruin someone else's 'good thing', right?"
Jiang Yunu really didn't know and only had some guesses at most. She immediately showed an expression of listening attentively, holding the drink cup very reverently, and sat opposite to ask Coach Su for detailed instructions.
"That 'Mechanical Elemental Beast' is a modified one," Su Xiuchun said. "Congratulations, young student! You've achieved something that many first-year students at advanced schools might not even be able to achieve."
Jiang Yunu said, "Isn't it a test that even elementary school graduates will face when it comes to modifying metal monsters?"
"Yes." Su Xiuchun said, "But what if I say that you are facing a real elemental beast?"
The "modified goods" that Su Xiuchun mentioned were not the same as the modified metal monsters that Jiang Yunu subconsciously thought of.
The latter is a modular upgrade based on the mechanical elemental beast, which increases combat power and intelligence, and may also be equipped with some overloaded weapons, making the metal beast become like the modified cars in her previous world - higher performance, lower safety, and the possibility of facing the risk of loss of control.
The former falls into the category of biological modification.
"The full-coverage armor that you found wrong was tightly embedded with the flesh and skin of a living elemental beast." Su Xiuchun said lightly.
Speaking of this topic, Coach Su finally stopped laughing.
The relaxed smile that always appeared on her face disappeared, and people suddenly realized that when she was not smiling, she was a woman with sharp features.
But compared to Lu Xixi's steady and sharp style, Coach Su is more flamboyant.
Teacher Lu is a sword with a sheath, strict and low-key in daily life. Coach Su, on the other hand, does not have a sheath, but when he smiles, people may mistake him for an unsharpened knife.
"You bastard," Su Xiuchun said, "you're always thinking of this kind of crooked idea in the lagging star regions. Do you think no one will care if your region ranks low?"
Jiang Yunu paid attention to the word "always" in her words.
"Songnan bought this modified elemental beast from an illegal modifier. The modifier needed a place to test the improved functionality after the modification, so he sold it at a fair price."
"As for Songnan School, according to their explanation, they were unaware of the illegal modification of elemental beasts. They simply bought this 'mechanical elemental beast' as a regular modified metal beast and put it into the practice arena."
At that time, the head of Songnan's purchasing department, who was making a self-criticism in front of Su Xiuchun, was sweating profusely. The middle-aged young man, who usually prided himself on being from a small aristocratic family, nodded and bowed, "We really just wanted to cheat at most! We wanted to buy mechanical elemental beasts that could only lock onto targets in a certain direction to ensure that Songnan earned more points in the league! We really only had the intention of cheating, and never thought of crossing any other red lines!"
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