"Well, my na is—" The office's telephone rung at the sa mont, and the creature stopped speaking and waved a paw at him. "Answer that first."
Li Yang stared at it doubtfully, but soon picked up the phone. A familiar and calm voice imdiately greeted him, and it was Bo Lifen's. "My apologies for missing your visit, I had woken up a bit later than usual and rushed… I see. Thank you. I'll see you after work then, goodbye."
"What was that call for?" the Panda hovered in front of him.
"Miss Lifen called and offered to bring to the black pearl supplier," he said and tapped his finger absentmindedly on his desk. "I suppose my overti in the office will really have to be gradually lessened."
"Well, it's about ti!" the Panda said.. "Is your entire life really focused on just your work? Live a little, will ya?"
"You're starting to sound like Liang."
"He acts like a bastard, but he has fun?" the Panda shrugged. "I feel like you have the short end of the stick. What does he do? Go around the world and et beauties—heck, you don't need a System for this kind of stuff."
"He has other responsibilities too, mostly as a proxy to etings around the world, so it's not only him chasing skirts... but I admit that I do take over a lot more than him. I don't trust him to do a proper job and I haven't exactly seen or considered a successor to take over my position," he admitted.
Even just the thought of it presented him with another option. He could actually find soone else in the company to replace him, he could give it up to Liang even…
That would be a too easy way out of his current problems.
He didn't like the idea of the heavens forcing him out of his routine—and so he continued with the rest of his work. The man corresponded with his company's executives about the board eting, assessing and interacting with other potential clients.
Until he received a knock on the door.
It was Ying Yue He.
"Ah, I brought you your lunch, Mister Li." she said with a sheepish smile.
The CEO blinked and glanced at his phone. "Thank you… can I ask you to transfer it to another container? I failed to ntion that I have a personal errand."
"Oh, will do, boss."
"Make sure that you and Miss Taiga will have lunch together."
"You're not bringing her along, boss?"
"No need."
[ You Have Gained 5 Charm Points ]
"O-oh! Well, I'll pack your lunch, boss!" Ying Yue He left to fulfill his request.
"Eh, where are you going? I thought it was after work with Bo Lifen?" the Panda asked.
Li Yang glanced at him, "The DNA testing center, I've yet to give my sample."
"Huh, right."
The CEO would eventually do just that and leave the office, with Taiga begging him to co along—but he declined her request. Li Yang didn't like the idea of bringing her along and possibly causing more trouble or doing sothing strange. The spirit asking questions would also just bother him and he already had one following after him.
When he returned to his office, he took the opportunity to ask the creature once again. "You neglected to ntion your na earlier, I assu that it's disallowed?"
"If you really want to stop calling Panda—and for good reasons you should," The creature's eyes sparked red, "In your human language and native tongue, you can call Bao."
Li Yang blinked at the na and the sowhat butchered pronunciation. He couldn't tell what exact form the creature was referring to. "Bao… treasure, rare, honor, praise or bud," He didn't think it would be that and yet he only nodded. "However, I am curious about what you said, Bao. The way you ntioned human language and native tongue—"
"There's a universal language and I transmit it—your mind and that of the child can comprehend it. It takes a while to get used to it, you should pop open a dictionary soti. There's a ton of languages from different planets and realms, so I wonder when interstellar craft becos available."
Li Yang considered his words and parked his car. "I know a man currently researching into it—I suppose I could allocate so into his company."
"Or you find a willing non-earth visitor to bring you a new one and then… argh, I shouldn't be telling this to you." The Panda, Bao, grumbled underneath its breath.
"It's not too hard to pick apart minor details," the CEO headed back to his office. "LSO for example—"
[ Observer 'The One Who Slaughters' Demands The End Of Comrcial! ]
The notification appeared, and Li Yang paused. He had almost forgotten that he had so backlog of notifications from last night, and so proceeded to check them briefly—and collected an addition of 246 Charm Points. He wondered why they were sotis stingy and otherwise gallant. If he could figure out the right buttons…
[ Total Current Charm Points: 9467 ]
He sighed slightly at the amount—estimating the costs for finishing the entire Qi Condensation Stage would no doubt cost more than what the Heavens offered for him to strip before. The idea of it still made him balk… but now he was usually resigned to whatever it was they decided to give him.
If there was anything he had been eyeing more than Main Quests or Side Quests—both of which seed to be locked and inaccessible to him—the Achievents Page was where he had the chance to accumulate points that did not necessarily force him to woo won. So were related to strength, asserting one's dominance, and then there was sothing more entrepreneurial.
"Welco back, boss."
"Bossman!"
Ying Yue He greeted him by standing up and bowing slightly, whereas Taiga barely lifted herself from the couch. He nodded. "Thank you, Miss He. Has anything happened while I was out?"
"Nothing demanding your imdiate attention, boss."
"Thank you." he said. "I'll be leaving at 5pm today and I would like to urge you to do the sa. How was your visit to Shen Society?"
"Ah, I received a cultivation thod from them after testing my roots affinity. It seems like there are two paths of cultivation, body and spirit?" Ying Yue He scratched her cheek. "Since it seed like I was capable of cultivating my body without any need for thod, they gave one for spiritual cultivation instead? I don't get it that much, but I am studying the manual."
"Taiga would have shared her cultivation thod—but she's mixed roots and primarily earth, water and wood. Now Taiga's thod wouldn't have worked for her. And I have near pure roots." she said and puffed her chest.
"I see that's good." He checked his secretary's status screen.
[ Cultivation thods ]
[ Blossoming Vine Scripture (Mortal) ]
Power: Extrely Weak
Comprehension: Beginner ( 3/32)
Stage: Qi Condensation (0/9)
The CEO compared his cultivation thod to hers.
[ Harem Cultivation (Mortal) ]
Power: Extrely Weak-Divine Grade
Comprehension: Beginner (17/32)
Stage: Qi Condensation (3/9)
Compared to hers that were classified by the System as 'extrely weak' with no reason, his own thod in particular could ascend to 'divine grade' in terms of power… possibly because of the System itself. He didn't quite know how to feel about it and asked, "How good is her cultivation thod?"
"We had to get one from the market to find a compatible cultivation thod, your secretary could have gone with sothing like Earth Splitting Manual or Azure Water thod… but Blossoming Vine Scripture takes a little of all three elents."
"Thank you for the explanation, Miss Taiga." he glanced at his secretary. "Will you be visiting them after work?"
Ying Yue He blinked. "A-ah… I suppose I could. Better to have soone help step by step in understanding the manual and getting the hang of it."
"You don't have to force yourself to attend today if you're still in a state of shock," he said, taking note of her perplexed tone. "I would join you, but I need to et up with a supplier of the Heavenly Jade Pavilion. I'll be there next ti."
"Tomorrow?" Taiga asked. "That's a weekend, maybe Taiga can do a combined training session with you and Miss He."
He glanced at his watch and shook his head, "Thank you for the offer, but Miss He and I already have plans set for tomorrow. Speaking of which, have you prepared the tickets? I only managed to check on it now."
[ You Have Gained 250 Charm Points ]
"—ah, there's definitely not a problem, Mister Li. I'll bring them tomorrow, shall we et tomorrow at the zoo?" Ying Yue He perked up imdiately.
This was probably the largest amount of points he earned from her. "I'll pick you up at your apartnt at seven, if that's alright with you?" He hoped it wasn't too early, but he had plans to have lunch with her and perhaps a walk in the afternoon? Or sothing else. Did his secretary also like visiting boutiques? His brother was taking his 'Mistress' out, and he didn't exactly have much of a comparison besides that. Either way, they still had to attend the concert that Director Wang's grandson gave them as well.
In so way, he felt obliged that he needed to treat her after everything that happened for the past week.
"Thank you, it's a good ti since the zoo opens at seven-thirty in the morning—hopefully not a lot of people will be there since it's early."
"You two are going to the zoo?" Taiga said at last.
"It's a facility where animals are housed within enclosures…" Li Yang explained. When he picked his bodyguard based on certain attributes, he didn't expect it would be a tigress spirit. What were her ideas on sothing like this? He planned for her to follow in secret.
His secretary spoke up, "Boss, I don't think she'd be exactly comfortable going there?"
"Let Taiga speak up before you make a conclusion like that."
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