037: [What?! Mental ability?!]
Seeing that the two of them seemed to have realized what was going on and found it amusing, 037 felt even more confused.
Wait, I haven't missed a single episode, so why can't I catch up?!
Ruan Qing'an then explained, "When Lillian died, Zhou Ziqi and I both sensed a faint fluctuation of psychic ability. Due to the special nature of psychic abilities, it's actually very difficult for others to detect anything, but..."
“Little system, didn’t you see it back in S City? You saw how Zhou Ziqi manipulated the mutated plants. What he needed to detect was the smallest vine in the huge root system.”
"In other words, this means he needs a much higher sensitivity to subtle fluctuations in power in order to do this."
Upon hearing this, 037 suddenly realized.
In other words, Lillian's death was suspicious; she wasn't killed by Lu Ting's excessive force, but by the female lead, Jia Lan!
Ruan Qingan chuckled: "Oh, the little system has become smarter? Indeed, when Jia Lan was at the base, he always presented himself as a water-type ability user. He could not only do logistics but also be a combatant. After becoming the captain of the action team, he also regarded himself as a commander."
"But it seems that she is actually a dual-elemental ability user, and her mental ability is probably more inclined to affect the mind and consciousness, which she has been secretly hiding all along."
037: [Oh, no wonder the female lead's promotion at the Third Human Base was so smooth; it's probably related to her psychic abilities.]
The original text didn't actually mention this point, attributing it all to the female protagonist Jia Lan's personal charm and her meticulous planning, but it seems that Lu Ting and Xu Wenshan were also influenced by it.
Ruan Qing'an understood immediately and sneered, "I thought those two men were fools at first, but it turns out they were just being used."
"And in this matter, Jia Lan is actually smarter than I thought—she chose to influence men, and as men, it's easy for them to attribute this change to attraction or love."
[Like Lu Ting and Xu Wenshan?]
"Yes, but it's hard for Lillian, who is of the same sex, to understand love. Usually, it's friendship, which makes it easier for her to perceive."
After figuring out the trickery involved, Ruan Qing'an narrowed his eyes slightly.
Just then, Zhou Ziqi suddenly said, "Xiao Ruan, now that everything's settled, why don't you try on those little dresses?"
"……don't want."
Ruan Qingan quickly refused and took several steps back.
Seeing his little bodyguard so frightened that his face turned pale, Zhou Ziqi couldn't help but sigh in disappointment: "That young lady would beg for it, but Xiao Ruan is just taking advantage of the fact that the boss is a good person and doesn't listen to her."
"Less than thirty pieces of clothing in half a day..."
Ruan Qingan paused for a moment: "Boss, if you want to play the dress-up game, it will cost extra, as overtime pay."
Zhou Ziqi, who was only thinking about shopping, choked.
His little Ruan is really...
Zhou Ziqi raised his hand to his forehead: "Forget it, let's go back to the research institute. The solution reaction I prepared before I left should have results. I thought it was just a boring show, but I didn't expect there to be a twist. It was worth the price of admission."
Ruan Qing'an slung his Tang sword across his waist and followed behind Zhou Ziqi, asking, "Is this about Chief Lu?"
"certainly."
"Isn't the boss going to remind him?"
Ahead, Zhou Ziqi paused, then suddenly laughed, "Why should I stop a good show?"
Suddenly, 037 asked in his mind: "I just realized something's wrong, my ancestor! Why didn't the female lead choose the male lead, Zhou Ziqi? In the original story, they were the male and female leads."
She met the man's wicked, smiling eyes.
Ruan Qing'an lowered his eyes and said, "Have you forgotten, little system? In the later part of the original story, Zhou Ziqi also tricked Jia Lan."
“It’s not that Jia Lan doesn’t want to choose him, but… he doesn’t dare.”
The love of a madman can only be accepted by another madman.
Even after the two returned to the research institute, Lillian's matter did not cause any disturbance, and even the unusual events that occurred in the conference room did not spread. Even those in the central area who saw Zhou Ziqi being surrounded by a team of superhumans on the street were kept silent.
As for how to seal it...
That down-on-his-luck designer is already in a mass grave.
As the leader of the base, Lu Ting could not allow such chaos at the top and his embarrassing situation to get out. So when Zhou Ziqi and Ruan Qingan returned, it was as if they were just going out for a stroll.
Back in the underground research lab, the central control system suddenly gave a notification that the solution reaction on the experimental table had been completed.
But Zhou Ziqi quickly went to the computer.
"I didn't expect this document to be so encrypted. It took a month to finally crack it."
"What file?"
Ruan Qingan curiously stepped forward.
Zhou Ziqi then explained, "It's the data I found in that secret lab in S City. Because of a problem, most of the data was corrupted. It seems that the only thing that was transmitted was this highest-level encrypted file."
"After I returned, I had someone try to decrypt the document—"
Zhou Ziqi paused as he spoke, noticing his bodyguard looking at him with a rather complicated expression: "What's wrong?"
"So, even you, boss, have things you don't know."
"..."
Even Zhou Ziqi was stumped by this. He laughed and said, "There are many things I can't do. Professional things are done by professionals. For example, I don't know how to give birth, but—"
"It seems like my little Ruan knows how to do this."
The man's voice was hoarse as he spoke close to the girl's ear, and the smile on his lips instantly dispelled the aloofness of the gentle breeze and bright moonlight.
Ruan Qingan took several steps back.
"Boss, there's no paid maternity leave in our line of work!"
"..."
So, all you care about is your meager salary when I flirt?!
Zhou Ziqi's voice stopped abruptly. He was so angry at Ruan Qing'an's reaction that he laughed. He sat back down in front of the computer, his smile gone.
His bodyguard, bewildered, asked, "Boss, are you angry?"
"No."
"But you—"
"Shut up, or I'll dock your pay."
Ruan Qing'an then mumbled, "Oh, okay."
Zhou Ziqi paused, his temples throbbing with anger, and he felt even angrier—but why was he even thinking of flirting with a knife? It was truly baffling…
Forcibly suppressing his displeasure, Zhou Ziqi began to look through the decrypted documents, and what caught his eye was something that looked like an ID photo.
He was slightly taken aback: "A man?"
"No, it doesn't look like a human..."
Ruan Qing'an also stepped forward, but the moment her gaze fell on the computer screen, her pupils suddenly contracted, and her whole body tensed up almost instantly—how could it be him?!
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