"I said it’s not suitable, and it’s really not!"
...
"Xichuan Province, huh..."
Chu River hesitantly called Chang Geng: "Do you like spicy rabbit heads?"
Chang Geng chuckled lightly: "Little He, you really don’t have to be so indirect—this ti at the Xichuan Province Technology Expo, the Tianfeng Research Institute will also send a new intern team over. Are you going with the team, staying with the Zhou family, or going there to have fun on your own?"
He knew Chu River’s character well, and even provided options accordingly—
"If you want comfort, stick with the Zhou family. If you’re bored, go with the Tianfeng Research Institute team and give them so pointers. If you just want to enjoy yourself, go there alone."
Alright, she just said one sentence, and Chang Geng had already considered everything.
Chu River thought sourly: Clearly, with my 3S spiritual power running at full steam, while the other side is restrained... but why am I still no match for him at all?
Could it be... just as the spiritual power research report said, spiritual power really doesn’t equate to intelligence?
...
Being crushed had beco a habit.
Chu River sighed but accepted the suggestion without any grudges, though she couldn’t help but ask:
"So when are you going to recruit people to start the plot?"
Chang Geng slightly furrowed his brows.
"I’m waiting for the right opportunity—at least, whether Zhu Lie cos to plead with or for so other reason, there needs to be a cause to naturally propel the story forward."
Otherwise, with his understanding of the world’s core, randomly bringing soone in wouldn’t contribute to the storyline at all.
But he also had new questions—
From his interactions with Zhu Lie, it’s clear that the other party is quite conscious. If he was bewitched by Qin Manman due to plot forces, then what about Chang Geng?
Clearly, in the original storyline of the novel, he wasn’t affected at the outset, and could even be considered the most determined in the story, repeatedly criticizing Qin Manman, building up animosity so that Qin Manman no longer looked at him with affection, leaving room for others.
He was quite a qualified supporting antagonist who could drive the plot.
And besides her academic qualifications, Qin Manman didn’t et Tianfeng Research Institute’s recruitnt standards, so why did he decide to keep her in his institute?
Zhu Lie, as an investor, didn’t actually have the authority to decide.
Unless there was so irresistible factor...
He furrowed his brows and pondered.
Unfortunately, the original story was all about Qin Manman’s glorious coback, and the various setbacks of her past life...
The author explained her staying in the institute was because of Qin Manman’s excellence.
With his mory, he analyzed every word of the plot in his mind ticulously but could still reach no conclusion.
He could only give up.
...
"Oh, Little He."
Since he couldn’t reach a conclusion, he decided to go with the flow; there was another matter that needed Little He’s attention now.
"Your Rescue Dragonfly has been noticed by officials, and cooperation will be your stepping stone to join my team."
"However, I noticed you’ve been quite lazy, using a lot of spiritual power to change the core, and even adjusted the lenses... it’s not conducive to current mass production, so take ti to make adjustnts."
"I’ll send soone to deliver your three dragonflies."
Chu River looked dispirited:
"You don’t understand the woes of us poor people. It’s hard to find raw materials, and you have to wait at least three years for special parts—even with shortcuts, it’s a minimum of 6 months, there’s just no ti!"
She beca more and more justified as she spoke: "Anyway, it’s just to overshadow Qin Manman’s halo, and efficiency is the main goal."
"Don’t ss around."
Chang Geng laughed lightly and educated her:
"You didn’t even put effort into finding an excuse—so things could have been done in a more complicated way without using spiritual power. This isn’t so significant leap of achievent anyway, it’s not worth being careless with —didn’t I catch you myself when you stole the prototype from the museum?"
Chu River turned green in the face.
"It’s not rare stuff; you can easily assemble it from junkyards. I was just lazing and finding a complete one—how could that be stealing?"
That argunt was a stretch. You could assemble it from junkyards, but with so many junkyards in the galaxy, assembling a perfect one would take a lot of effort.
It was like rummaging through the world’s trash heaps for a first-generation rice cooker.
Anyway, to Chu River, a small museum in a district of Central City seed sinful not to take from—
Doing modifications isn’t stealing, right?
This outdated tech isn’t even looked at by anyone.
—Except for during early education phases, where they constantly use them as references for howork...
She beca increasingly justified.
"Besides, I hadn’t even gone to military school yet then! Why catch ? I wasn’t even your Defender."
This ti, even steady Chang Geng couldn’t help but laugh directly.
The gentle breeze, the moon shining bright.
"Silly Little He, when you installed military-grade chips in my ho robot, I couldn’t take you away imdiately from the battlefield, so I kept an eye on you, didn’t I?"
Chu River: ...
She gritted her teeth hatefully: "If I hadn’t been in a hurry at that ti..."
"Are you talking about that illegal Sky Falcon modification contest?"
Chang Geng asked nonchalantly.
Chu River: ...
Damn contest!
Stupid contest!
If it weren’t for the Sky Falcon modifications, would she have had to steal from the museum?
It was all because the first-generation Rescue Dragonfly had the parts she needed for the modifications—it was all about saving money.
In life, you can’t survive without money.
If she weren’t in such a rush to catch the contest, unable to afford the expedited repair fees, would she have risked it and put in a military-grade chip?!
She thought, since household robots were sent to her shabby little repair station, there must be no one at ho who knew this stuff, any chip should be fine as long as it didn’t affect usage.
But little did she know, the reason they sent it wasn’t a lack of knowledge but rather because the battle situation was busy, and the personnel was nurous, so they didn’t have the ti...
One misstep!
Thinking back, it was shaful.
She could only hum and cut off the topic.
"Alright, alright, I’ll adjust it, I’ll start adjusting on the road—rember to help get a leave of absence, school just started..."
As she said that, a smile tugged at her lips again.
—Classes, no matter when, are always boring.
She affird confidently.
"Don’t worry, I’ll leave as soon as I get the dragonflies, and won’t ss around on the road! Once I’m there, if there’s a chance, I’ll find so trouble for that child of destiny..."
Chang Geng also stopped smiling and nodded gently.
"Alright then, go and have fun."
...
As the video was about to cut off, Chu River, looking at his familiar gaze, couldn’t help but say one more thing.
"Chang Geng, actually... even now on Mountain and Sea Star, we rarely get to et, just like back on Third Guard Satellite."
"Whether you’re here or not, after reading the story, I can finish the mission perfectly."
"But I don’t know why, when you’re in this world, I feel so reassured."
"And in the future, wherever I go in the universe, as long as I know you’re waiting for , I’ll always feel very secure."
It was rare for her to say sothing so cheesy, and she felt her ears start to heat up after she said it.
Chang Geng fell silent.
A mont later, he also looked at Chu River intently.
"Little He, when I captured your magnetic field in the Spirit Star Sea and confird that the spiritual body belonged to my Defender, you have no idea how reassured I felt."
"I ca here not because you need , but because I refuse to let go of our separation."
—Not in a manner of death.
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