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Flying a spaceship without a license: [It can’t be that Dr. Kong took this photo himself…]
Flying a spacecraft without a license: [Is there any expert who can confirm this? Why are you silent? Hello? ]
【“瓜田里猹” has left the group chat. 】
Bill Gewa: [Why did Brother Zhu quit? Aha, tell me where you got the photo from, where is the person? ? ]
Seeing the chaos in the group, Estelle's face immediately lit up, as if some indescribable little hobby of hers had been satisfied. She immediately rested her cheek on the curve of Kong's shoulder and began to giggle.
"With this, you don't even need to issue a rumor-refuting announcement to make the investment department completely lose interest in this group of people." Kong shrugged.
"Sora, you're so mean."
The young rich woman's face was covered in red by Kong's unexpected move. She was sure that if the people in the investment department contacted anyone in the group to retrieve the chat history, they would be completely anesthetized - just because of this photo and the subsequent discussion that had become a mess.
"You can create chaos in such a simple way. Hehe, with this skill, you will definitely be able to thrive in the corporate workplace."
"Let them guess anyway."
"Okay, let's not talk about the bad things for now. On behalf of all the employees of the space station, I would like to extend my greetings to everyone in the club ~ Happy New Era~" After saying that, Esta raised a toast to the envoys on behalf of her friends at the secondary table.
"Has everything been resolved?"
Heita also raised his glass and responded to the student's toast: "You seem to be in a much better mood - well done, Dr. Kong. And, Esta, your paper should be submitted. You have been given a week's grace period."
"Give me a few more days, Ms. Black Tower!"
Black Tower is talking about all sorts of things. The atmosphere destroyer's talent is really extraordinary.
"You have to hand it in after the transition. If it was in the Knowledge Society, you would have failed it by now, Estelle."
"This, isn't it because Ms. Haiya has enriched my understanding of the starry sky, and I want to write about it in my thesis—"
Estelle had no choice but to start making excuses.
But the fat snake didn't give her any face at all: "I think you don't need to take the words of a guy who has been studying the fake starry sky for hundreds of years so seriously, Miss Estelle."
“…Ugh, Sora, help me—”
Feeling the softness on his arm and Ester's desperate pleading, Kong simply pinched a tuft of pink hair on her forehead and said softly, "I'll make you some nourishing mixture to nourish your brain."
These two are despicable people in every sense of the word, even flirting is so despicable.
Eula secretly took out her cell phone and took a look at the group that Esta had forcibly pulled her into. She found that the heated discussions and doubts just now had all disappeared, and many members had voluntarily chosen to leave the group.
Sometimes Eula would find Sora's bad taste quite annoying, but it was undeniable that occasional bad taste during the journey could always relieve boredom.
For example, at this moment, although he and Ester took photos together to show their love, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she had a strange feeling of eagerness to try.
But before she could, Haiya took action first.
Quetzalcoatl: [Picture]
It was a photo of her and the webmaster. One could sense the joy in her expression without having to pay close attention to the words she uttered.
Under this series of bombardments, the group gradually quieted down, and it was quieter than the night in Syracuse, but hidden beneath the silence were countless violent mental breakdowns.
141. Family
"So this time we don't have to worry about the Eastern school's students coming to disgust you?"
Eula was struggling with the ice cream in front of her—wondering whether she should consume more calories just for a moment of coolness.
"Not entirely. The Fleming Department and the Oriental Department are more closely connected. It's hard to say whether there are any changes in the accounting department and the minting department. As long as their immediate family members don't appear in the team, it's good news... Although I can't contact my father for the time being, the magical object that protects his life is still in operation."
Esta had no hesitation at all and ate happily.
"Oh? Something like the 'life card'? That's good news indeed." Kong Qi said.
"I'm not quite sure what that is - is it a specialty of Xianzhou?"
Esta didn't pay much attention to the special nouns that Sora used from time to time.
"Through the process of elimination, I can probably understand what the investment department is here for... They are just here to 'steal business' while deepening cooperation. Phew, that's the best outcome."
"Ah? How can we deepen cooperation if we come to steal your business?"
Kong sat at the clerk's table and scratched his head. He had no awareness at all that he was a member of the "privileged class".
"As long as the Intellectual Order continues to cooperate with the company, it doesn't matter whether I am the agent or not."
The little rich woman said something very cruel: "Don't think that I am the apple of Fleming's eye and the student of Ms. Black Tower. The Stoneheart Ten are ruthless when it comes to investment and debt collection. Once they confirm that I don't have enough strength to support the expansion of the Navigator's Potion, they will kick me out without hesitation and use a large amount of advertising and promises of several times the profit to please you."
"Well, they can't give me a girlfriend named Fleming. That's a price only you can offer."
Sora tried to tease.
Then, seeing the serious look on the young rich woman's face, Kong was suddenly speechless: "...It can't be that they can really..."
"You underestimate the company's determination, Sora. I don't know what the giant companies you've encountered before are like - but the headquarters can really do something like dressing me up and handing me over to you. It's just that the means may not be as rough as you think, and they also need to issue an ultimatum to my parents, just like when they gave me to Ms. Black Tower."
"..."
The emptiness is just like constipation.
This is the direct bloodline of the great-grandchildren. If even this kind of bloodline can be given away, the company's determination is indeed terrifying - but the premise is that all this is beneficial to conservation, not for money.
"My parents and Ms. Black Tower are both my shields, but in the end they can't protect me from everything... The concept of putting interests first and using interests to maintain and protect something is itself a distortion of faith. Ah, you must not tell this to outsiders, I am a die-hard fan of the Amber King!"
As she said this, Esta stuck out her tongue cutely, as if she was afraid that Sora would become worried as well.
"I understand, Esta. I will handle it more seriously this time... I will go with you to greet those company visitors."
Sora nodded.
"Eh? Sora, don't you understand the situation?"
A question mark popped up above Estelle's head when she heard this: "You're going to greet the investment department? They should flatter you, right?"
"No, I plan to raise your importance to them a little bit more. It's my investment in you. It shows that I value you more. It's just to accompany you to relax."
Kong shook his head: "This is not an act that makes me lose face. I will praise you and make them give up the idea of changing the matchmaker."
"...Topa is a beauty, right?"
Although the rich young lady was so happy that her eyes were almost sparkling with stars, she still expressed her worry, even if this worry was pretended.
"I can still tell the difference between a debt collector and a direct 'princess'. Esta, you don't have to compare prices like a commodity every time. Just trust your own charm now."
"Uh-huh."
She leaned on Kong happily. At this moment, neither Eula's dissatisfied gaze nor Heita's "F*ck you, get back and write your thesis" look could shake her in the slightest.
So this is what her mother said, the feeling of giving everything to her father... Although it was only for a short period of time, she seemed to understand that some things could override conflicts of interest.
"Stationmaster Ester, do you need any help? The Black Tower?"
Noticing that Sora was paying a lot of attention to the young webmaster, ScrewGum also decided to get involved.
"She is a wise and peaceful person. If she needs help but can't tell me, please tell me and I will do my best."
"Don't worry, Screw Gum. Look, isn't there someone who has already shared her burden? Things are not that bad."
Heita muttered again: "But if this continues, we can't stop it completely..."
"You seem to mind."
"How could I not mind? Not only was my student snatched away, but my intended partner is also being snatched away by my student - can you understand this confusing logic, Screw Gum? Even if your mechanical head expands twice as much, you still can't understand it!"
……
After straightening his clothes, Kong looked more like the owner of the space station than Esta or Heita, and stood at the front of the welcoming team.
I don’t know if it’s because all the members of the Single Push Association have broken up, which makes them a little confused in real life, or it may be because of the notoriety of “Demanding Topaz”. Compared with Screw Gumm, these uninvited guys make the staff feel scared.
But there was a genius willing to step forward to calm the situation, and the pressure was put on him - after all, the visitor was not a department head, not at the level of P47, but a "minion" of P45 and a "traitor" who provided intelligence.
"...Ah, he is my cousin after all."
In the spiritual public channel established by Kong, the moment Estelle saw the shiny leather shoes step out of the shuttle, she immediately understood.
"My uncle still won't give up. But I'm curious about how he convinced Topa to cause trouble for me."
"You mean the white-haired girl?"
"Yes, she is one of the ten people in Shixin. She is considered to be one of the strategic investment department with a clear bottom line. However, because of her bottom line, she is a big trouble. We must be careful not to let her take advantage of us."
"Ah, this is Dr. Kong! It's such an honor to have you personally attend this cross-era celebration!"
It is indeed a "big" trouble.
The female executive named Topa walked quickly towards Sora, and with an enthusiasm that seemed to want to knock him to death, she leaned forward.
The buttons on her chest were about to burst out - as if they had been carefully measured, to a delicate degree that would highlight her figure and attract other people's attention, but would not appear rude.
142. "Sisters on the surface" and "Brothers on the surface"
There was no clichéd "I've heard a lot about you". Topa first emphasized that the cross-century celebration was the main activity of this trip, rather than debt collection or asset evaluation and inspection work. Then, on behalf of the entire company in a general sense, he expressed his greetings to Sora.
He is indeed a standard executive with maxed out social points.
Sora retracted his somewhat rude gaze - to be more precise, if the other person was deliberately showing off their figure to win his favor, it would be really rude for him not to look at the buttons on their chest.
Even though it was a bit out of place and he seemed a bit stupid, Kong still reached out his hand and shook hands with the other person. After all, his main target was not Topah, but the "young man" behind her who looked around but was shocked when he saw him and seemed to be hesitant.
"Is this Paimon, who is known as the 'Golden Will and Silver Wings' together with Dr. Sora? So cute, he is much cuter in person than in the profile!"
"What a cool title! Why didn't anyone in the association give us such a cool title before?"
After hearing the carefully designed flattery, Paimon was so happy that he stamped his feet.
But Kong pouted his lips - this title was definitely suspected of riding on the popularity:
"...Ms. Topa, you seem to be very familiar with me and Paimon?"
Kong wasn't just asking Topa this question, he was also indirectly asking Ester's cousin who seemed to be a little timid for some reason.
"The announcement of Master Boshi inviting you to join the club is known to the whole region. Moreover... the news that came first was not about you, but about your great invention."
The girl with short white hair and a streak of red highlights on her forehead tried her best to make her relationship-building behavior seem less abrupt, vaguely hoping that Sora would ignore the "outsider" for the time being.
"Thanks to your generosity, I now have the potential for psychic powers, a power that countless people dream of. The price of the elixir is so fair that I can't help but worry that you are at a disadvantage."
A halo of psychic energy flashed in Topa's blue eyes. As one of the ten Stonehearts, she was also one of the first users of the company's mixture, so naturally she had a lot of respect for Kong's invention.