Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Ninja and Lightbulb
the next day.
The office door was ajar, and a woman with thick golden curly hair was sitting on the sofa. She was wearing a tight dress, and her white calves were exposed from under the dress. She waited at the door for a while, and when the time came, she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
The two people in the room looked up and said, "Come in."
She walked in, tilted her head towards the seated woman, nodded, and then carefully walked to the chief's desk and stood quietly. Shan Hao's eyes moved to her.
Her hair was frizzy, with scattered hair on her forehead and dark circles under her eyes. She looked like she hadn't slept well. She was wearing the basic uniform issued by the tower, which was extremely simple, like a young person who had never entered society. But she didn't seem to care.
Shan Hao stood up and walked towards the other person, spreading his hands and introducing, "This is Guide Xue Rou, an experienced guide and your senior."
"This is Xu Shanshan. She just returned from the danger zone. She was so shocked that she's almost forgotten everything about her treatment. Please take good care of her."
It was like a parent asking the teacher to pay more attention to their child at a parent-teacher conference. The elegant, calm middle-aged woman smiled and agreed, naturally reaching out to put her arm around her, pulling her in front of her, and looking her up and down.
"Good boy." Xu Shanshan felt her face turn completely red, and she smelled so good.
"Hello, Sister Xue Rou." She greeted weakly.
"Then come with me. I happen to have an appointment today. How about you just watch from the side?"
She quickly agreed and followed the other party's force to walk out the door. Suddenly, she heard the voice of her superior behind her, "Watch carefully and learn well." He sounded more like an old father.
"Okay, okay."
The two walked out arm in arm, and Xue Rou led her into the elevator reserved for guides. "If you don't want to interact with them in the future, take this elevator."
“Only guides can sit there, and there are usually very few people.”
She was really kind. Her tone of voice, gestures, and eyes were like an older sister from the neighborhood. I gradually let down my guard and sniffed around. There was no sweat smell in this elevator.
"bite--"
When they arrived, Xue Rou strode in front and she followed carefully behind. There were several sentries sitting in the hall waiting. They didn't need to register and walked straight into the silent treatment room.
A man was already waiting inside.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. I need to pick up a little one, she's a new guide."
"It doesn't matter."
When he saw the person coming, a smile appeared on his face, but he looked tired and hesitated to speak. He wanted to stand up, but he looked up at her and sat back down. His eyes were always glued to Sister Xue Rou.
He seemed to want to say or do something, but because of her presence, he held back. The two of them looked very familiar with each other.
"If she doesn't mind, she will watch and understand the treatment process."
"Um."
The man agreed sullenly, so Xue Rou stood up and led her to the compartment. There was a one-way window carved on the wall, so she could see what was going on outside. "Just sit here. Can you see clearly?"
Xu Shanshan nodded, and the treatment began soon.
It looked like a normal chat, asking about recent missions and life, how they were doing, etc. At first, he'd uttered a few words, but by the end, he'd fallen silent. The situation was worse than she'd imagined. At her gentle call, the man closed his eyes, and they both released spirit forms: a pangolin and a jellyfish.
It curled up nervously, with its brown tail curled behind its head, its thick limbs wrapping the jellyfish in its arms, and its slender snout pressed against the jellyfish's umbrella. The black and white colors contrasted sharply, and they were squeezed together like a snail shell.
The woman beside him also closed her eyes. Although neither of them moved, she knew that something must have happened. The man's consciousness became blurred, his brows gradually relaxed, and the pangolin's tightly wrapped tail slowly relaxed and fell to the ground.
Something was happening that she couldn't see.
In less than half an hour, the treatment was over. The jellyfish pried itself from the curled-up pangolin, but it was still tightly held in its arms by its limbs, even extending its thin, long red tongue. The man quickly opened his eyes, looked over, and immediately withdrew his spiritual body.
"Thank you, Guide Xue Rou."
"It's what I should do." Sister Xue Rou had a completely businesslike attitude.
The pangolin sentry opened his mouth but stopped, looking over here. Xu Shanshan could only continue to act as a light bulb regretfully. Sorry, she didn't mean it.
"Then I'll leave first."
He said he was leaving, but his feet were stuck to the ground, and his resentful look failed to change the woman's mind.
Until Xue Rou ordered him to leave, "Today's treatment is over, welcome to come again next time."
"Okay." The man was obviously a ninja, with a slightly disappointed look on his face. He said goodbye again and left.
The tightly closed door was opened, and the woman walked in, took off her coat, put it into the shrink bag, locked the bag tightly, and her curvy figure was revealed through the dress. She took out another coat from the closet and put it on.
She pushed her hair back and shook it, and the fragrance spread. Xue Rou smiled and asked, "How does it feel?"
"Huh?" I didn't understand in class and was asked a question by the teacher after class.
She was struggling with how to answer. From her confused expression, Xue Rou could tell that it was not just that she was not very skilled, but it was more like she had never encountered this before.
She changed the subject, "What is your spiritual body?"
"I..." She gave an awkward smile. I didn't know how to express herself to explain that she knew nothing.
Xue Rou paused for a moment, thinking that she was "picked up" from outside, and maybe she was affected in the process, causing problems with her memory and spiritual sea, and she could not "see". Maybe she would slowly recover after a while.
"Can you release your spiritual power?"
Her eyes were fixed on her, her gaze dazed, as she entered a meditative state. Strands of white threads were released from her body, gradually wrapping around her.
Xu Shanshan felt like she was trapped in a soft and warm net, which made her a little drowsy. Her eyes slowly closed and she sighed comfortably.
The child didn't react at all. Xue Rou could see her spiritual sea, which was full of energy, but she didn't know how to channel it out, like an opened water tank.
Mental power evaporates naturally like water, but cannot be actively extracted. Therefore, her potential is huge, but she cannot realize it.
But there is no rush.
"I heard you added several sentinels' communications underground yesterday?"
"Ah...yes."
A smile appeared on her face, and Xu Shanshan was a little nervous. Has her deeds been spread here? She asked cautiously: "Isn't this right?"
"No," Xue Rou replied simply, "That's right."
She took a deep breath, and it seemed that she had done nothing wrong, but then she changed her mind and said, "But, that thing is not right, your 'ex-boyfriend'."
“…” A feeling of embarrassment quickly came over her. How did she know?
Xue Rou looked over and roughly guessed what she was thinking. She explained, "You are a very promising guide. Tari pays close attention to you, so I was observing you yesterday."
"It's okay, Shanshan, you're still young."
Her hand was held, and a sparkling brooch was placed in it. "This is my welcome gift." He combed her hair with his hand, and placed his warm and soft hand on her cheek. "It's okay to make some mistakes."
"But don't let some bastard fool you, understand?"
The woman's eyes were like the deep blue ocean, sparkling with light, and she almost lost herself in it. She placed a brooch on her head, a lovely white jellyfish.
"Forget him, there are many better lads in the Tower."
She nodded in agreement. The other party's tolerant attitude gradually calmed her down. The heartbreak seemed to become less important. Maybe it was time to move on.
Seeing the younger generation's worried expression replaced by a positive smile, Xue Rou felt much better. She patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, do you want to stay and continue watching, or go take a rest first?"
Because she couldn't see the spiritual power, she felt that it was useless to continue watching, and she wanted to try it herself, so she said goodbye to Sister Xue Rou and left.
Standing in the elevator, the sliding doors closing, she hesitated, and finally pressed the 27th floor button on the floor display. If she remembered correctly, her savior said he was there yesterday, so asking him for a favor should be no problem.
The elevator slowly descended, the light on the button went out, the sliding door opened, and the scent of hormones hit me in the face.
Looking up, she saw a training area, covered in glass and filled with a variety of equipment. Many people, each tall and straight, were sweating profusely. Fortunately, they were so focused they didn't notice her. Xu Shanshan pursed her lips and nervously walked out of the elevator.
She walked and looked around, trying to find Xia Guangli, but he was not there.
Her whereabouts had already attracted the attention of the surrounding sentries. In fact, from the moment she stepped out of the elevator, the fragrance on her body hit everyone's nose. Only she didn't know it yet, thinking that she was sneaking around and hiding well.
The black-haired man sat on a chair, powdering his palms. His eyes followed her. Xu Shanshan tried to ignore him and continued walking forward. At the door, she saw the sign.
Two teams from the air combat group lived on this floor, and they searched the floor plan, trying to find his office.
He was sweating profusely. He wiped his face with a towel and followed the crowd's gaze. He saw the people outside the door, walked to the sink, splashed water on his face, and turned around and said, "You guys continue."
Everyone followed his instructions and continued to train, but when his back walked out, they unconsciously raised their heads and looked at him secretly.
"Miss Guide, do you need any help?"
A pleasant male voice sounded from beside her. Xu Shanshan turned her head. Before she could see the structure of the place clearly, she saw the person coming and asked softly, "Excuse me, is Xia Guangli here?"
Unfortunately, the sound suppressed in the throat could be heard clearly by the sentry's sensitive five senses.
"They're on a mission and won't be back for a few days," the man explained.
"If you have anything to ask him, we can help you."
The black-haired man behind her suddenly spoke, he stood up and leaned next to her, the two of them surrounded her from the front and the back, his plump chest rose and fell, sweat soaked his gray vest, and sweat stains appeared.
Her eyebrows furrowed, feeling somewhat oppressed, she tried not to look at the other man's muscular body, as it was impolite. She turned sideways, looking down at her hands, leaving only her furry head exposed.
"No, nothing."
She turned to leave, but someone blocked her way from behind, leaving only a narrow passage. She looked up in confusion.
"Bruno, get out of the way."
The man behind him stopped him with a stern voice that implied that he could not disobey. The black-haired man looked over and finally took a step aside. When he spoke to her, his voice was noticeably softer.
"What do you want to talk to him about? I can convey it to him when he comes back."
"I'm Xie Yifei, the captain of the second air combat team."
The man stretched out his hand and said, "It's a pleasure to serve you." Facing such a broad and thick hand, Xu Shanshan hesitated for a moment, but finally shook it. Her palm was wrapped in it and it was still a little moist.
She thought about it, then gave up, "Nothing, thank you, Captain."
She pulled her hand back and, with a little force, he finally let go. But facing the polite captain, she couldn't say anything. Glancing at the many people in the room staring at them, she felt very nervous.
She lowered her head and stammered, "I have other things to do, so I'll leave first and won't disturb you anymore."
"It's okay, I won't bother you at any time."
"Let me take you there."
"No, no, no, no thanks." Xu Shanshan resisted the urge to run, walked slowly but with long strides to the elevator entrance, pressed the arrow, and nervously watched the sliding door open. She glanced back casually, why was he still staring at her?
So weird...
The door finally opened. Those few brief seconds seemed to last a century. She walked in quickly, hid behind the panel, and waited until the elevator door closed tightly before she breathed a sigh of relief. Her savior was gone, so who could she turn to for help?
This elevator is idle for a long time because there are not many permanent guides in the tower. Even if there are, they usually don't move around casually. They mostly stay in the treatment room, waiting for the appointment of the sentry to visit.
In short, she temporarily had the right to use this exclusive elevator. Because she was still hesitating, she didn't press the floor button, so the sentry outside the door could see that it had been stopped at the 27th floor.
The black-haired man called out to the captain, "Are you sure you don't want to try anymore?"
Xie Yifei shook his head and said, "We should respect the guide's choice."
The man scoffed and walked inside. His voice was heard far away by the team members. "Looks like Team One will soon have their own guide. What about us?"
"Maybe she'll remember we have a gentleman on our team."
Facing the provocation of the tough guy in the team, Xie Yifei's temper was not so good. "That's enough, Bruno. You have to run an extra 50 kilometers with weights today."
Xie Yifei saw the expectant eyes of the team members, turned around and walked inside without saying anything.
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