Chapter 114 Bai's Ability: Drink a refreshing cold beer, take a bite of hemp...
It was already past two in the morning when Nan Qi and Bai returned. It was a dark and windy night. Although they were not afraid of the cold, the moment they opened the door of the aircraft, the strong wind blew in their faces.
The two insects did not delay. They got off the aircraft and walked quickly towards the villa. As soon as they opened the door, they smelled a very complex fragrance. There was not a single insect in the bright living room, but in the brightly lit kitchen, they could hear the chatter of many insects.
The two insects looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
"It seems they get along well." Nan Qi gently closed the door.
"Well, Arnold is quite good at this." Bai looked at Nan Qi. "When Arnold loses his temper sometimes, even Mellon and the others get scared."
"Huh? How could that be?" Nan Qi was surprised, his eyes widened. Melon and the others were real warriors who had been to the battlefield and seen blood. How could they be afraid of a peasant from a remote planet?
If this gets out, Arnold will be considered a moon landing scam, even though landing on the moon is not a difficult task now.
Bai smiled. As he unbuttoned Nan Qi's coat, he explained, "There are two reasons. On the one hand, Mellon and the others respect and fear you, and Arnold is someone you treat like a close relative, so they'll naturally be courteous to you. On the other hand..."
"What's wrong with the other side?" Nan Qishun took off Bai's coat and hung it in the small cloakroom next to the entrance. He pulled Bai in and closed the door.
Bai stared at the closed door of the small cloakroom in confusion, then heard Nan Qi whisper in his ear, "These guys have sharp ears, so let's talk about them behind their backs, but quietly and discreetly."
Bai nodded, thinking that what Nan Qi said made sense. Nan Qi smiled happily, his eyes twinkling and looking at her brightly.
Bai reached out and gently stroked his eyes, and suddenly felt that the gossipy Nan Qi was very cute. The expression on his face when he told him to do something bad tonight was also very cute, and the expression on his face when he hid in the closet and wanted to knock He Lunda out with a club was even cuter.
Bai Fuling was surprised to find out that his little master also had a bad temper and loved gossip.
This little personality quirk is somewhat contrary to Nan Qi's usual cheerful and steady personality, but it makes Nan Qi look more real. The more I get to know Nan Qi, the more I can't help but fall in love with him.
"Go on, what about the other side?" Nan Qi had no idea what was going on in Bai's mind. He pulled Bai to sit on the dressing sofa in the small cloakroom and blinked, "I'm curious."
Bai regained his composure, his expression becoming gentler. "On the other hand, there's Arnold himself. Arnold is a resilient and opinionated bug. Besides that, he's also very kind. Life on the mining planet is dull and hard. The day-to-day physical labor has long since numbed everyone, but Arnold hasn't."
"He didn't resign himself to his fate. He wanted to send Carter to school. He didn't become like the other insensitive insects who thought that F-rank male insects should spend their whole lives mining and being bullied."
"Indeed," Nan Qi said after listening to Bai's evaluation of Arnold, stroking his chin and thinking, "I wanted to do business with Arnold because of this."
Arnold's eyes were bright. He had not lost hope in the world because of the torture of life and work. That was why Nan Qi wanted to do business with Arnold to repay Arnold for saving his life. Otherwise, he just had to give Arnold enough money.
Bai smiled and said, "He took good care of Carter and was able to lend a helping hand to a strange insect. We always respect insects like him. And, Nan Qi, haven't you noticed that Arnold is actually very accurate in judging insects and is also very good at investing."
"Eh?" Nan Qi asked in a questioning voice.
Bai thought Nan Qi was even cuter, and couldn't help but rub Nan Qi's hair. Nan Qi rubbed Bai's palm like a cat, mumbling, "Bai, don't keep me in suspense. Tell me quickly, what happened these days?"
"Yes and no." Bai pointed at Nan Qi, "You are his first investment."
"Arnold initially saved you because of his kind nature, but his subsequent friendship with you was a reflection of his investment vision."
Nan Qi was stunned. He remembered that when they were still on Potter Star, Arnold brought Carter to his house and wanted him to take Carter away from Potter Star.
Although Arnold gave up on the idea of repaying a favor at the last moment, he was able to think of taking Carter away by himself because he was optimistic about himself. Thinking about it this way, Arnold was really investing in himself.
"You figured it out, right?" Bai Kannanqi was stunned. Then, as if he had thought of something, he showed a look of understanding and raised the corner of his mouth. "What happened to you can be said to be accidental, but since the braised food shop opened, Arnold has been able to handle it with ease."
"Business is booming. Among the insects that come and go are noble males, females from aristocratic families, and even members of the royal family. Yet, there has never been a single complaint or unpleasant incident in the store."
Bai repeated, "Not once."
Nan Qi was really surprised. After arriving at the Central Star, he had been busy with competitions, searching for edible ingredients, and perfecting the method of refining his spiritual body, etc. He paid very little attention to the braised food shop. He only knew that the braised food shop was doing a booming business and had opened branches.
He had also thought that with the booming business, some bugs would be jealous and look for trouble, but the braised food shop was backed by the Xueais Group, which was close to the Tro star system, so the bugs looking for trouble would be afraid. The shop was calm, and he just thought that the other party had not made a move yet. But listening to Bai, it turned out that this was not the case at all.
"Surprised, right?" Bai said. "I was surprised too. I knew you didn't have time to care about the braised food shop, so I paid some attention. I found out that it wasn't that there were no bugs jealous, but they were all eliminated by Arnold using his own strength to defeat them."
"And the power he borrowed was the power of some of the customers who visited the store. I don't know how he did it, but those customers had a very good impression of him and valued him very much. Some even tried to poach his employees."
"Mellon and the others know about this, too," Bai continued, looking at Nan Qi, who was shocked and guilty. "You know how terrifying these insects are, even without me telling you. Do you think Mellon and the others are afraid?"
As if he thought of something, Bai waved to Nan Qi, and Nan Qi leaned over to listen.
"I'm thinking of waiting until Arnold's mental strength reaches D-level and then enrolling him in the military command department of the military academy. With his abilities, he'll definitely be able to become a staff officer."
Nan Qi thought for a moment and felt that sending Arnold to study further was a good idea, but whether it was a military academy or an ordinary business school depended on Arnold himself.
"It seems I've found a treasure." Nan Qi sighed. "He wanted me to take Carter flying before, but he actually has wings himself. Come to think of it, the laws and regulations of the empire are too absurd. They have buried so many geniuses."
"Let's not talk about anything else, let's just talk about the military academy that should be the most fair. The threshold is not all kinds of knowledge, but mental strength..." Nan Qi said with a sigh, "Low mental strength doesn't mean low IQ. It means poor overall view and strategic thinking. Even if you can't go to the battlefield, you can still make plans in the rear."
Bai sighed. "Actually, there's a reason why spiritual power levels are used as the threshold. The Empire divides people into different classes based on spiritual power, and also uses gender to distinguish high from low. Low spiritual power is considered a sin, and being a female insect means dedication. Both identities offer fewer opportunities for education, and naturally, they are inferior in all aspects."
Nan Qi patted Bai and said, "Aren't we working hard? As long as we succeed, this situation will improve. Year after year, we will eventually achieve equality."
"Yeah." Bai responded softly. He used to be confused and thought that equality would never be achieved unless the symbiotic state of mental power between female and male insects was broken.
Now he is no longer confused. The appearance of Nan Qi gives him hope that the female insects can break free from the control of the male insects and that the male insects can break free from their weakness.
True peace can only be achieved when female insects no longer need male insects to comfort them, and male insects no longer need female insects to protect them.
Otherwise, whether the female insects succeed in the uprising or the male insects suppress the uprising, the result will be one side enslaving the other.
The ultimate result of one side enslaving the other is the destruction of the entire race.
"Okay, let's go out. It smells better and better. Let's go get some midnight snack." Nan Qi pulled Bai out of the small cloakroom and walked to the kitchen door and said loudly, "We're back!"
In the kitchen, six bugs wearing aprons turned around together. They each held a full plate in their hands, and there was still some braised chicken in the bubbling casserole.
When they saw them, they warmly invited them to wash their hands, have some midnight snacks and drinks, and spend this cold night together.
Nan Qi and Bai Zheng had this in mind, so they went to the guest bathroom to wash their hands and sat at the dining table waiting to eat.
There is strength in numbers, and soon plates of fragrant braised food were served on the table.
Expensive wine was not suitable for eating this kind of food, so Mellon took out the new beer produced by Xueais Food Company from the refrigerator - a beer made from barley.
Barley is quite abundant in the Trojan system, but because it tastes bad, no insects will eat it. I have heard that some people use barley to make tea.
None of them could have imagined that barley, which is disliked by everyone in the Tro system, combined with small flowers that can be found everywhere in the wild, could actually be used to make a wine with a unique taste.
As soon as beer came out, it was loved by many galaxy countries. Xueais Company expanded 10 production lines in a short period of time, but it still could not meet the market demand, and supermarkets were often out of stock.
The reason why Nan Qi has them is because they were all sent by Xueais Company. Now Nan Qi is the cash cow and God of Wealth of Xueais Company, so he must be worshipped and everything must be enjoyed by Nan Qi.
After taking a sip of refreshing ice beer and taking a bite of spicy, fresh and slightly sweet braised food, Mellon sighed that life was like a worm's life, which made everyone laugh, and even Sli and Slang relaxed a lot.
The atmosphere was harmonious and Mellon's mind became active. Before, Nan Qi's aura was full of excitement and he didn't dare to ask Nan Qi why he went out. Now that the atmosphere was good, he couldn't hold it back.
Nan Qi didn't say anything more. He wiped his hands and waved them. A void appeared and a figure fell out of the void. He lay on his back on the ground, motionless.
Arnold exclaimed, apparently recognizing who was lying on the ground.
Nan Qi took a sip of beer and said, "This is He Lunda, the school doctor at Carter School. He was the one who sent the information about Carter's changes to the Imperial Research Institute. But he's just a small fry, so he probably doesn't know much. I brought back the Star Brain he used to contact the Imperial Research Institute. I'll study it and see if it can be used for us."
Mellon stood up and walked over to Helunda, squatting there. He poked Helunda's face with a leftover bone and said, "Let's catch him. After the weekend, if he doesn't go to work, won't it be exposed?"
"Nan Qi and I have discussed this and are planning to release him before going to work," Bai explained.
"Huh?" Mellon was confused. "Won't he expose us if we let him go?"
Bai smiled mysteriously without explaining, which made Melon feel uncomfortable as if he had an itchy weed. He rushed over and wanted to strangle Bai's neck, but was afraid of being beaten by Bai, so he looked pitiful.
But Sly's eyes moved, and he asked in a low voice: "You also have abilities? Do abilities affect memory?"
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