AGTCTCC Chapter 9
by VolareShen Gui, Xing Zi Mu, and Sang Quan Shi Li hadn’t left. Chu Qi was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. When he heard footsteps and looked up, the glasses chain gently swayed against his pale cheeks.
His gaze swept lightly over Xiang Li, who was coming downstairs, only for a moment before returning to the documents in his hand.
Shen Gui crooked his long legs, leaning casually on the leather sofa. Xing Zi Mu had unbuttoned the top two buttons of his military uniform. The two of them sat opposite Chu Qi, while Sang Quan Shi Li was changing the water for Little Potato.
Chu Qi gestured for Xiang Li to sit over and handed him a piece of paper.
Xiang Li took it; it was his file.
“?”
Shen Gui was as excited as a telemarketer.
“We have a plan.”
“A groundbreaking, exciting plan!”
“We’ve all seen your file, Xiang Li.” Shen Gui secretly gave Xiang Li a thumbs up.
“Are you interested in testing your potential?”
After hearing this, Xiang Li felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.
“He means, do you want to increase the intensity of your training?” Xing Zi Mu succinctly stated the core point.
“No, thanks.” Xiang Li refused without even thinking about it.
Chu Qi looked up.
“But it’s not like I can’t.” Xiang Li changed his tune with a numb face. To make the other party realize his value, he was going all out.
Chu Qi lowered his head again upon hearing this, only feeling that he didn’t need him to compromise like this for his sake.
Xing Zi Mu: “Now there are fewer and fewer people with strong Spiritual Power talents in the Empire, and the military expansion is becoming increasingly tight.”
“Source Stones are also being consumed every second, and resources are becoming increasingly scarce. Not to mention the Polluted Entities outside the barrier.”
Xing Zi Mu: “Once the Source Stones are exhausted, humans can only wait for death.”
“So we are now paying more and more attention to the development of human beings themselves, Spiritual Power, physique, mechs…”
“We actually need you quite a bit.”
“We’ve only known each other for two months, what if I don’t have much sense of responsibility…” Xiang Li was silent for two seconds before asking his doubts.
In his heart, he silently retorted: He was a “Polluted Entity”; would it be not so good to ask him.
Shen Gui said indifferently: “You saved Chu Qi, so our friendship can’t be calculated in such a simple way! Besides, it’s just that your talent is good, and we’re just handling official business.”
“That’s right.” Xing Zi Mu echoed, the pages of the book in his fingertips slightly creased from being held for too long.
“Don’t have any burdens.”
Sang Quan Shi Li suddenly interjected, tilting his head slightly after seeing their atmosphere.
“Are you done talking?”
Everyone’s eyes looked over, their eyes asking: Do you also have something to say?
Sang Quan Shi Li chuckled twice. His silver-gray eyes flashed with data stream-like blue light as he spoke, and he straightened up and cleared his throat.
“My technology also needs a disciple to come and learn neural interfaces from me for three months first—”
“Get in line.”
“We called dibs first!”
“……”
“Oh oh~ Bullying the few with the many, is it! Three against one, is it!” Sang Quan Shi Li choked.
In an instant, the atmosphere became lively.
Shen Gui suddenly thought of something, and suddenly smilingly leaned close to Xing Zi Mu, reaching out to wrap his arm around his waist, resting his head on Xing Zi Mu’s shoulder, using a disgusting tone.
“Tonight, I’ll sleep with Xing Zi, okay?”
Sang Quan Shi Li had no objection: “Sure, go ahead.”
“No.” Xing Zi Mu refused.
“There are four rooms in Chu Qi’s house: one for Chu Qi, one for Xiang Li, one for Sang Quan, and one for the two of us. Perfect! Xing Zi, don’t be too selfish.”
Shen Gui “earnestly” persuaded, with an expression of concern for Xing Zi Mu.
Xing Zi Mu refused: “You can sleep on the sofa.”
“I’m such a long person; you know I don’t sleep well, what if I fall off?”
Chu Qi packed up the materials on the table and asked Xiang Li.
“You should go and rest first.”
Xiang Li nodded and obediently went upstairs.
Xiang Li returned to his room and “thumped” himself down on the bed, burying his entire face in the quilt.
“……”
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
The person lying on the bed suddenly sat up.
He hasn’t packed his luggage yet.
Meanwhile, in the living room.
Shen Gui: “Chu Qi, you’re staying with him this month, are you sure you’ve chosen this C079 kid?”
Chu Qi’s gold-rimmed glasses reflected a cold light under the overhead light. His slender fingers stroked the edge of the paper, not even looking up when he heard the question.
“He has good talent and can be put on the list.”
Chu Qi said coldly: “I never mix personal feelings.”
Xing Zi Mu paused, suddenly wanting to ask what it was like when he did mix personal feelings, but he didn’t ask because Shen Gui next to him leaned over, ready to be a scoundrel.
Early the next morning, Chu Qi came to knock on Xiang Li’s door. When the door opened, Xiang Li had a faint dark circles under his eyes, his hair was messy, and the usual “Good morning, Officer Chu” was gone.
“Didn’t sleep well?”
“Mm,” Xiang Li started making up stories in a serious manner: “I practiced Spiritual Power secret manuals all night last night, being quite diligent.”
Chu Qi chuckled, and the two walked side by side.
“Then did you gain any insights? Let me sense them too.”
Xiang Li lifelessly raised his eyes, then listlessly lowered them again.
“Please have pity on me, Officer Chu.”