Chapter 18 The New Three-No White Moonlight
"System, help!"
Ning Shuyin cried out for help in her mind.
[Host, you're not in any danger right now.]
"System, that prop... Meme Attraction Device, could it be that it was slacking off with those men but performed exceptionally well in front of Gu Lei?" Ning Shuyin asked worriedly.
If the novel's main male protagonist, Gu Lei, were to be attracted to her, the plot would completely go astray.
She not only won't get the reward, but she also can't go home.
The entire world is on the verge of collapse.
[Host, the "Meme Attraction Device" is a targeted item that only works on your date. Unless you and Gure are matched as a date, the attraction will not take effect.]
Ning Shuyin felt slightly relieved.
If that's the case, then what did he mean by what he just said?
We need to explain this clearly as soon as possible.
Ning Shuyin blurted out, "Of course it's not a date with you! The person you're dating is my good friend Su Qianqian."
As soon as he said it, Gu Lei's smile deepened.
He slowly poured himself some tea: "But the Rose Club's matching terms don't stipulate that it has to be one-on-one."
Ning Shuyin: "..."
She was momentarily speechless at the teasing remark.
Just today, she was about to use this reason to confront those two men, but unfortunately, she didn't have the guts.
As a result, this reason was pinned on her that very day.
really--
What goes around comes around; the rose will never escape its mark!
Ning Shuyin, feeling helpless, quickly distanced herself: "I'm not interested in you. Besides, Su Qianqian is my good friend, I wouldn't do such a thing. You should focus on your date with her."
"oh?"
Gu Lei raised an eyebrow, his pink eyes brimming with amusement.
"Are you so sure without even trying to find out more? Or do you want to be a player who decides other people's fates?"
Ning Shuyin was taken aback when she heard the word "chess player".
With just one sentence, Gu Lei completely exposed her little scheme.
It seemed that he had unknowingly fallen into the trap he had woven.
This Gu Lei probably knows more than she imagined.
His coming to save her today was no coincidence.
Ning Shuyin's mind raced, and cold sweat seeped from her back.
——
Meanwhile, at the other end of the Alice space station.
A "tea party" was also held in a luxuriously decorated private living room filled with rare treasures.
The air was filled with a rich floral fragrance.
You Lingfei, the only daughter of the You family, one of the ten great families of the Interstellar Alliance, was impatiently stirring the Moon Shadow Berry Tea in her cup with a gloomy face.
Sitting opposite her was a well-maintained and elegant noblewoman, her mother, the current mistress of the You family—Lady Yousalinde.
"Ling Fei, how are things going with the Marshal?"
You Lingfei pursed her lips tightly.
The thought of Ning Shuyin, whom she had seen in the resonance chamber, made her feel uneasy.
She underestimated that unaware little girl.
If she had humbled herself and spoken more tactfully, she might have been able to trick Situ Linchen out of her clutches.
Hmph, the marshal is actually protecting her.
"What's wrong? Is it not going well?" Lady Yusalind asked.
"Hmm, there's a flying insect buzzing around the Marshal, which is annoying."
Upon hearing this, Yusalind put down her bone china teacup, her eyes filled with shrewd calculation.
"Other women? What level of superpower do they possess?"
"No special abilities," You Lingfei said, pursing her lips.
"Without superpowers, you dare to compete with me?" Yusalind sneered. "Ling Fei, you are the jewel of the You family, a dignified B-level navigator. In the future, you will become the Marshal's wife and give birth to the heir with the strongest genes for our family."
“Mother, I know.” You Lingfei’s tone carried the spoiled air typical of a noble lady.
For her, winning over Situ Linchen meant a wealth of resources for marriage alliances, power within the Allied Forces, and a vast network of connections.
If she can sideline Situ Linchen in the future, she can be like her mother, with all sorts of men at her disposal.
Yusalind's tone was persuasive: "Ordinary women don't need you to do anything yourself. You just need to... seize your stage and demonstrate your value as a navigator."
“You’re right, Mother.” You Lingfei’s face immediately lit up with excitement as she thought of the opportunity the family had carefully prepared for her today.
Madam You took an elegant sip of tea: "The Alice Space Station is a property of the Zhou family. I've been fighting with them for so many years, and this 'gift' I'm giving you today can both damage the Zhou family's reputation and create an opportunity for you to perform in front of the Marshal. It's a win-win situation."
"Mother is wise!" You Lingfei's eyes were full of admiration.
"However, it's always good to have a backup plan," said Madam You.
"Mother, what did you say?"
"You've done a great service today, so you can take this opportunity to get closer to Zhou Zhiheng. If you can't win over the Marshal, you can at least win over Zhou Zhiheng."
When Zhou Zhiheng was mentioned, You Lingfei's face showed disgust.
“He’s too young, only 19. I don’t want to deal with a brat who hasn’t even been weaned yet.”
“What do you know?” Yusalinde glared at her. “You only saw his age, but you ignored the fact that he is an SSS-level ability user. The Zhou family has kept his specific abilities very well secret, which is enough to show how rare he is.”
She leaned closer to her daughter and lowered her voice: "Moreover, the Zhou family possesses the 'time-space repair pod' technology, which can send their heirs into a space where the flow of time is completely different from the outside world for training."
"Don't be fooled by his young face. The education he received, the battles he experienced, and the experience he accumulated in that space are probably more than several hundred years' worth."
Mrs. Rosalind patted her daughter's hand: "The opportunity has come, seize it."
As soon as she finished speaking, an alarm suddenly sounded over the space station's indoor loudspeaker.
"Warning! Warning! The space station has deviated from its planned orbit!"
"All personnel, immediately enter the highest level of emergency!"
You Lingfei suddenly stood up, her face showing no panic, but instead a cruel smile.
"Mother, my stage... has arrived!"
At that very moment, a sharp alarm blared in Gulei's tea room.
"It seems we won't be able to have tea," Gu Lei sighed softly.
Then, his penchant for riddles struck again: "When a storm comes, a wise captain should not worry about the ship veering off course, but rather... whether the course ahead is full of reefs."
Ning Shuyin was completely confused and a little worried about how Su Qianqian would manage in the future.
"Off course? Reef?"
What exactly does "Gure" mean?
Suddenly, Ning Shuyin felt that the scene in front of her was somewhat familiar.
A strong sense of déjà vu flashed through my mind.
Oh right, she remembered.
Reefs
It's a meteorite cluster!
She managed to salvage a memory that wasn't particularly profound.
In the original novel, there is an extremely long chapter that readers have been furiously criticizing for being "padded with words."
The author's hard science fiction tendencies erupted, dedicating a full ten chapters to meticulously depicting how the Alice space station, due to an "accidental" explosion, deviated from its original orbit and ultimately collided with a cluster of meteorites with an extremely unique structure, resulting in its complete destruction...
That chapter, which served as a prelude to the novel's business and power struggle storylines, was not well-received.
But at this moment, this chapter seems particularly important.
The space station beneath our feet—it's going to explode!
Ning Shuyin was certain that Gu Lei should not have been on this space station at this point in the original story.
Not only Gu Lei, but even those villainous men shouldn't be on this space station.
Could it be... because of her?
Has the novel's world already experienced a butterfly effect because of her initial "shaky hand"?
But there's no time to investigate further now.
With the space station facing destruction, she at least has to get rid of Gure.
"Professor Gu Lei, the space station is about to collide with an asteroid belt! We have to get out of here right away! You..." Ning Shuyin said anxiously.
She realized something was wrong halfway through her sentence.
She almost forgot that Gure could not go with her.
Her luck was terrible; if she ran into Situ Linchen or Luo Lan as soon as she went out, Gu Lei would be doomed too.
Those four bad men all had a long-standing feud with Gu Lei.
Moreover, even if Gu Lei were to sit quietly reading in the library, he would still be hunted down for "knowing too much."
He's prone to accidents.
And she was struck by misfortune.
Two people together are like a black hole in the universe.
"Professor, please go ahead and don't worry about me!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Lei raised her beautiful pink eyes, remaining calm and composed.
"Leave?" He shrugged, his face showing an innocent expression. "Miss Ning, I really want to leave, but the problem is... I don't have a flying vehicle."
He paused, then added, "The research institute's scheduled ships operate every three days. So, I'll have to stay in this crumbling space station for at least another three days."
What?
Ning Shuyin was taken aback.
The white moonlight of all women in the galaxy, a mysterious and unpredictable scholar, who travels without any means of transportation?
Gure seemed to read her mind and patiently explained, "I am a poor scholar. I have no money, no power, and no awakening, so naturally I don't have a private aircraft."
Okay, the three-no white moonlight of interstellar space, with unique charm.
He's just as poor as her.
“Miss Ning, if there’s nothing else, I’d like to take advantage of the fact that the shops haven’t been smashed yet and go to the commercial district to browse around and buy some souvenirs.”
Go shopping...?
Ning Shuyin's worldview has been challenged in a new way.
Hundreds of thousands of people outside are struggling for their lives, and the space station could turn into a cosmic firework at any moment, while this man is actually going to... go shopping?
In that instant, Ning Shuyin realized that she only had one path left to take.
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