On how PhDs become human evil

"Very good. It seems your demeanor hasn't declined in the time we've been apart." Seemingly satisfied with Bai Jie's performance, Chen smiled and nodded. "So, what has Bishop Otto thought about what happened earlier?"

Otto shrugged and said, "You have already fully demonstrated your abilities to me, so I naturally have no reason to refuse. Dr. Fafnir, you will be in charge of taking care of Miss Chen during her stay at Schicksal headquarters. I look forward to your performance."

Bai Jie's mind went blank for a moment.

“Bishop Otto! I have served Destiny, I have shed blood for Destiny! You can’t just sell me out like this!”

Taking full responsibility for taking care of Chen? Does that mean Chen will be living at his house for a while? What a ridiculous joke! Living under the same roof as Chen could lead to someone's death! Bai Jie doesn't want to die young!

“Bishop, how about this? I’ve completely analyzed the power components of the Herrscher of Thunder. In two days at most, I can simulate a firearm equivalent to a full-force attack from the Herrscher of Thunder! I’ll hand over all ownership of this weapon to headquarters, along with the patent, as long as—”

"Bai Jie, are you really unwilling to live with me?"

Before Bai Jie could finish speaking, Chen placed his hand on the Chixiao sword at his waist with a displeased expression and asked in a cold tone.

This question immediately caused Bai Jie to perform a perfect 360-degree backflip on the moon and land on the spot!

"No! I'd love to!"

Seeing this scene, Otto felt that he knew too little about Bai Jie, while Hoshiguma looked nostalgic. Back in the Lungmen Guard Bureau, such scenes would play out every one or two days, which was a unique sight in the Guard Bureau.

P.S.: Update

P.S.: I'm so sorry, I went to Jiangyin to handle some insurance matters during the day, so I'm really apologetic for the late update.

P.S.: My ship sank. I tried everything but it still sank. WSM, NMDWSM?

Section 33, Question 10: What should I do if my boss wants to live with me? I need help urgently!

At Fafnir-Bai Jie's home, after respectfully pouring Chen a cup of coffee, Bai Jie sat down on the sofa opposite and asked, "Um...Commander Chen, what's wrong—"

"Just call me Chen. This isn't the Guard Bureau anymore, so we don't need to use those titles that differentiate between superiors and subordinates."

Slightly taken aback, Bai Jie remembered that Chen was not so easy to talk to before. Could it be that his personality had improved after not seeing him for a while?

"So Chen, how did you come to the Destiny Headquarters? Or rather, how did you come to this world?"

"To be honest, I'm not too sure about this either," Chen sighed after taking a sip of coffee. "Ever since you and Hoshiguma went to Rhodes Island, the pressure on the Guard Bureau has increased dramatically, especially in terms of document processing. Yesterday, as usual, I was processing documents until late at night. I was so tired that I fell asleep in the office, and when I woke up, I found myself here."

"Fortunately, not long after I arrived here, Bishop Otto found me and explained the situation of this world and you. But it's good that I have someone I know here, so I feel at ease."

Setting down his coffee cup, Chen looked at Cecilia, who was sitting next to Bai Jie, and greeted her politely with a nod: "Hello, Mrs. Shaniat, I am Chen, your son's former boss. I will be visiting you for a while, please forgive any rudeness."

“Chen? You only have a surname?” Cecilia asked.

"No, it's just that there are some reasons why I can't disclose them. If you'd like, you can just call me Chen, like your son does."

"Chen, judging from your name, you must be from China."

......

In the dining room, listening to the sounds coming from the living room, Kiana looked at Rita, who was busy in the kitchen, with a serious expression and said, "Rita, things are not good."

"What do you mean, Miss Kiana?"

“That suspicious woman named Chen!” Kiana said, “Although she said she was my brother’s former boss, we all know that my brother has never left the floating island since he was adopted, and his work department has always been the equipment department, which is full of men. How could he have a female boss?”

"Then there's your brother's attitude towards her. He's always been cold to outsiders, but he's so respectful, even fearful, in front of that woman. Rita, can you imagine your brother being subservient to someone else?"

"Finally, based on my observation, during those few minutes of conversation, the woman's gaze kept shifting towards my brother!"

"Based on the above conditions and my experience over the years, I can say with certainty—" Kiana paused, took a deep breath, and then whispered in Rita's ear, "That woman is a vixen!"

Rita's hand suddenly slipped, and the plate she was wiping halfway fell to the ground. Fortunately, Rita reacted quickly and caught it.

Slightly relieved, Rita asked, "Miss Kiana, what makes you so sure that Miss Chen is Lord Fafnir's woman? Besides, you just made that judgment based on your experience... Miss Kiana, you've probably never been in a relationship before, have you?"

"But I've read a lot of romance novels, and the plots are all like this!" Kiana said with a straight face, "A young master from a certain wealthy family is usually extremely aloof, but he is extremely gentle and indulgent towards a certain woman... In 80% of these plots, the two end up together!"

"But don't worry, Rita, even if some vixen appears, I'll still stand firmly by your side. You're my sister-in-law!"

After listening to Kiana's words, Rita silently finished wiping the dishes, then turned around and said in a gentle tone, "Miss Kiana, it seems necessary to do a thorough cleaning of your personal belongings. Even romance novels have appeared."

"Ugh... No, Rita! Those are my spiritual nourishment!"

"No, as a maid, I cannot tolerate any indecent things in Miss Kiana's personal belongings."

"Rita! Spare me!"

Just as Kiana was pleading with Rita to save her novel, Bai Jie suddenly walked in: "Kiana, be quiet for a bit, Mom is talking to Chen Jiang about something."

"By the way, Rita, please prepare meals for one more person in the future. If nothing unexpected happens, Chen will be staying here for a long time. Also, please prepare an extra blanket in my room."

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, Rita nodded, but as soon as the second part was spoken, Rita couldn't calm down and asked somewhat urgently, "Does this mean that Miss Chen will be staying in Lord Fafnir's room?"

"Well, although she used to find all sorts of excuses to stay with me, I didn't expect her to insist on doing it again. She's really causing me trouble—Rita? What's wrong?"

As Bai Jie spoke, he noticed that something was wrong with Rita. Normally, Rita would immediately do whatever he said, but now she was standing still, as if she had frozen in place.

(Could it be that he's exhausted?)

With this thought in mind, Bai Jie asked, "Rita, you didn't get enough rest again, did you?"

"No, Rita is fine. I'm so sorry to have worried Lord Fafnir. Three meals a day for four people and an extra blanket for Lord Fafnir's room, right? Rita will take care of it right away."

Watching Rita leave the kitchen with her maids, Bai Jie touched his hair, looking puzzled: "What's wrong with Rita? She seems strange."

"Brother, I really want to know if you've turned all your emotional intelligence into IQ, are you an idiot?" Kiana rolled her eyes at him. Generally speaking, anyone with normal emotional intelligence would understand what had just happened, but Bai Jie actually failed to grasp it! This is beyond just low emotional intelligence!

P.S.: Update

P.S.: My family dragged me out for barbecue, it was such a hassle! I'll see if I have time to update when I get back; if I do, I definitely will.

Section 34, paragraph 11: Chen: Shall we get our marriage certificate?

That night, in Bai Jie's room.

Looking at the neatly arranged furniture in the bedroom, Chen exclaimed in surprise, "This is really unexpected. I thought your bedroom would be a complete mess."

“It would be a complete mess without Rita,” Bai Jie laughed. “I’ve already had Rita prepare your bedding. Of course, I don’t mind if you prefer a bed, but I’m not planning on sleeping tonight anyway.”

"Planning to stay up all night again?"

"Well, because I took Kal'tsit's medicine, I'm full of energy and can't sleep."

Upon hearing Kal'tsit's name, Chen raised an eyebrow and grabbed Bai Jie's collar, demanding, "Did you take that woman's medicine again? She gave you truth serum back in Lungmen, haven't you learned your lesson yet?"

"No, no, no, this time it's real medicine. I have a problem with my leg."

Sitting on the bed, Bai Jie rolled up his pants, revealing his legs covered in patches of black ore.

Upon seeing this, Chen's eyes clearly showed shock. Coming from a prominent family, she was naturally familiar with this symptom.

"Oripathy... When did you become infected? And your condition is quite severe."

“I ran into a rather troublesome opponent, and then Talulah tricked me, which resulted in this situation. As a result, I now have trouble even walking and can only move around using this kind of external armor.” Bai Jie said as he removed the exoskeleton armor from his leg and placed it on the bedside table.

Squatting down to look at Bai Jie's leg, which was already half stained black, Chen suddenly reached out and touched it. The hard, mineral-like texture traveled through her fingers to her heart.

"Does it hurt?"

"Originium sickness doesn't have a pain issue, right? By the way... I saw it."

"Huh?" Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then she realized what Bai Jie was talking about.

The current situation is that Bai Jie is sitting on the bed while she is squatting on the floor. From her perspective, her chest is in line with Bai Jie's line of sight. In addition, she just took a shower and felt hot, so she didn't button up all the buttons. The rest is self-explanatory.

Bai Jie felt he was courting death. He had already been scolded by Chen for just glancing at those white legs, and now he had seen the magnificent Northern Hemisphere. He would surely be killed by Chi Xiao!

Unexpectedly, Chen simply buttoned up the top of his shirt, then stood up and sat down next to him, saying, "If it's this little bit, I'll let you see it. Didn't you see me accidentally expose myself a lot when we lived together before?"

With a wry smile, Bai Jie said, "And then every time you chased me from my home to the Guard Bureau with the Crimson Sky weapon... Please don't mention such embarrassing things, okay?"

"Thanks to this, your physical strength has also improved, and the results are quite good, aren't they?"

"No, no, no, generally speaking, women are the ones who lose out. Being taken advantage of by men when you're single is a matter of innocence."

"Anyway, it's you who we see, not anyone else." Chen said indifferently.

Seeing her expression, Bai Jie could only sigh helplessly. Just as he was about to say something more, Chen spoke up—

"Speaking of which, I heard you were pursuing Exusiai from Penguin Logistics, right? Did you succeed?"

When this matter was mentioned, Bai Jie slumped down like a wilted eggplant, his complexion turning ashen.

"Exusiai, our relationship is alright, more than friends but not quite lovers. The main problem is that Texas is always by her side, which ruined my carefully planned 'Two-Person Heartbeat Battle'."

"Two-person space heartbeat battle... I really can't believe you came up with such a name." Chen was speechless. Bai Jie's low emotional intelligence was obvious when he came up with a battle with such a name. "But it's good, at least you're still alone."

"Huh? Chen, what did you say?"

"Nothing!" Shaking his head, Chen reached for the light switch on the bedside table. "It's late, let's go to sleep."

"That's why I said I could stay up for seven days straight without feeling tired because of Kal'tsit's medicine. You go to sleep first, I'll read."

As Bai Jie spoke, the armor on his arm transformed into a mechanical arm, which took a book from the bookshelf next to him. Just as he was about to open it, Chen's hand reached in and pulled the book away, saying, "Reading at night is bad for your eyes."

"No... I'm wide awake right now and can't sleep at all."

"Then chat with me for a while."

After turning off the lights, in the room illuminated only by moonlight, Chen, wearing pink pajamas, arched her legs, propped her chin on one hand, and turned her head to look at Bai Jie sitting next to her.

"Tell me more about your experiences after leaving Lungmen. Although you and Hoshiguma occasionally send me letters, I still want to hear it from you in person. —Why are you silent?"

Scratching his cheek, Bai Jie looked away somewhat embarrassedly: "It's nothing, I just think you look quite good in private if you're not so cold...like this."

"...Am I good-looking?" Chen suddenly pressed. "Hey, Bai Jie, what kind of person am I in your eyes?"

Upon hearing this question, Bai Jie paused for a moment, then thought carefully before speaking: "You're a person who excels in both literary and martial arts, meticulous in your work, never lenient towards those who break the laws of Longmen, and strict with everyone... That's basically it. But in private, I think you're a very good person, someone I admire."

Upon hearing the first half of Bai Jie's words, Chen's face had already hardened, but the last sentence instantly dissipated the coldness and displeasure, replaced by a rising tide of doubt.

"You admire me a lot? Why?"

“Oh right, I only told Hoshiguma about this—I was supposed to work as Wei Yanwu’s secretary, but I asked to be transferred to the Guard Bureau.” Bai Jie’s tone revealed nostalgia. “During my time as your secretary, I had close contact with you a few times and saw you in battle. To be honest, I was deeply attracted to you. Sometimes I even had fantasies like ‘If only I could be with you,’ which made the people in the Guard Bureau laugh at me quite a bit.”