It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

The day passed quickly.

night.

Li Cheng skillfully reached Newton's door, intending to finish what he hadn't done that morning, only to find that the door was locked from the inside. He was greatly surprised—this had never happened before, not even before the two had been intimate; Newton had never locked the door so cautiously.

He knocked on the door in confusion, but only received Newton's reply: "I don't want to hear a story today."

Li Cheng was a little puzzled, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After replying "I know," he went back to his room to sleep, treating it as a way to maintain his health.

Chapter 347 Catch Adulterers in the Act

After establishing the work-point system and settling the residents' lives within his territory, Li Cheng began to formulate a development plan for the entire year ahead.

Frankly speaking, although Newton's territory was quite large for his peerage, it would be an extremely long process to fully develop the technology of the First Industrial Revolution using only this land.

But Li Cheng doesn't need to master the entire technology tree; what he needs now is just a very small branch within the flourishing modern science.

gun.

According to incomplete statistics, since the dawn of humanity, the number of people who have died from gunfire is greater than the number of people who have died from cold weapons.

The first true flintlock musket was invented in France in the early 17th century, though the exact inventor and year are unknown. However, the most popular theory is that it was invented in 1620 by Maja Le Bouguiès, a Normandy artist, gunsmith, luthier, and inventor.

It wasn't until the early 19th century, with the invention of the detonator (percussion gun), that the flintlock musket completely disappeared from the historical stage.

A detonator gun requires components such as detonators and smokeless gunpowder.

Nobel paid a bloody price to discover that mercuric fulminate could be used to detonate nitroglycerin adsorbed by diatomaceous earth. He then put the mercuric fulminate into a small tube and eventually made a detonator.

However, Li Cheng knew the recipe directly, greatly saving the cost of trial and error.

Detonators are only one part; as for the other parts that are impossible to skip, we can only force them to be achieved through some means.

The greatest significance of machines lies in their ability to scale up and standardize.

Lowering costs and increasing production are the foundations for inventions to emerge.

Li Cheng can rely on his cheat-like knowledge to forcibly climb a distorted technology tree and create products that do not belong to the current level of industrial technology.

For example, even without a blast furnace, hand-forged steel can still cut iron like mud; without chemical fertilizers, one can sail to islands to collect bird guano. It's simply a matter of cost versus efficiency, but even with low efficiency, several thousand pieces are still more than enough.

It's like playing a game, following a walkthrough to complete a parkour adventure, then turning around with a +10 endgame gear to crush the early-game bosses.

Far away.

That's why Li Cheng has been very busy these past few days, working from the moment he opens his eyes.

After knocking on Newton's door several times and being turned away with various excuses, he gradually became too lazy to knock anymore.

After all, being busy from morning till night is quite tiring. He probably won't have the time to try other Parisian specialties on his little one until this busy period is over. Unfortunately, Lavoisier is a native Parisian, and there are some of his specialties that are not suitable for little girls that no one wants to wear.

This can be seen.

The 996 work schedule is definitely a significant factor affecting the birth rate.

......

One week and six days.

night.

On the soft, large bed, only Miss Newton, with two pointed horns on her head, lay there, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Suddenly, she blinked, turned her head to look at the time, and realized that it was already nine o'clock at night, which was usually the time when everyone went back to their rooms to rest, but Li Cheng still hadn't come to find her.

She was clearly no longer angry with Li Cheng.

Moreover, the door wasn't locked, and she even went so far as to change into that shameless nightgown.

But it's been a full six days.

Li Chengzhen never knocked on her door once, without even asking her anything.

Thinking of this, the little girl hugged her knees tightly with both hands, curled up uncomfortably into a golden ball in the quilt, hugging herself, with only her unhappy little face sticking out from under the quilt.

That idiot, how dare he not come to coax me?

If you don't want to come, then you don't have to come.

Hmph, I'm more comfortable sleeping in the big bed by myself, I don't have to fight with others for the blanket.

Despite thinking this, the little girl, feeling upset and unhappy, first rolled around on the bed like a hamster twice, then turned into a caterpillar and twisted from side to side for half an hour, but still couldn't fall asleep.

I feel so lonely.

Li Cheng really stopped coming to see her.

No one tells her stories anymore, no one holds her to sleep, and no one does anything embarrassing for her anymore.

Feeling increasingly frustrated, Newton sat up in bed and began to consider how to find a suitable reason to approach Li Cheng.

“Just say you can’t sleep, wake him up, and ask him to tell me a story.”

"As a reward, I'll reluctantly allow him to hold me while I sleep... a light kiss is fine, but if it's just a touch, I'll pretend I didn't notice."

"Okay, that's settled."

After finalizing the action plan, Miss Newton didn't even change out of her fully buffed cosplay outfit. She simply slipped on a pair of bear slippers and headed excitedly towards Li Cheng's room. To an unsuspecting person, her attire looked exactly like a loli succubus, sexually frustrated in the middle of the night, going out to secretly seduce a man.

It can't be said that the motives were impure; it's just that they went into the CT room with their casts on—to find out everything.

However, just as Miss Succubus happily dashed to the CT room door, intending to knock on the door and ask Dr. Li to give her a CT scan, inject some contrast agent, and then do an enhanced scan...

"Brother, it's getting late. Why don't you rest for the night?"

Newton: ?!

Miss Succubus immediately recognized Louise's voice. She paused, her outstretched hand, which was about to knock, slowly stopping in mid-air.

She said that Li Cheng, that pervert who plays the piano 24/7, hadn't contacted her these past few days because he was secretly doing bad things with this awful little girl every night!

What a scumbag!

A hint of displeasure gradually appeared on Miss Newton's face, but she did not rush to push the door open. Instead, she pricked up her ears and began to eavesdrop, planning to break in when the two started the CT scan.

She understood the principle of catching adulterers in the act.

The conversation inside continued, and somehow it shifted to her.

"Is it because Newton hasn't spoken to her brother these past few days that he brought Louise home?"

"It shouldn't be. I think maybe I went too far in bullying her."

"Why is my brother bullying Sister Newton? Sister Newton looks so pitiful."

"Well, this teasing is something that both people are willing to do, it's a reasonable kind of teasing, and many couples who like each other tease each other. It's just that I went a little too far this time, which is why Sister Newton got angry."

"Will you bully Louise in the future, brother? Louise promises to be a good girl and accept the bullying, and she won't be angry with you, brother."

"...Let's leave this topic here. It's late, so I'll take you back to your room to rest. I should rest too, and we can talk about the rest tomorrow."

So far.

The two stopped talking abruptly, accompanied by the sound of chair legs scraping against the floor as they got up, as if they were about to leave.

Chapter 348 Getting up early is important

Newton had only been eavesdropping for a short while when he found himself in danger of being exposed.

hide?

It's too late. If she tries to hide in a nearby room, it will take longer than it would take for the two of them to get out of the house, and it will also make a lot of noise.

Pretending to be a newcomer?

The problem was that she was still wearing a very revealing Parisian fashion outfit and really didn't want to be seen by anyone other than Dr. Li.

Hiding won't work, and pretending to have just arrived won't work either.

For a moment, Newton, who was somewhat frozen, stood there, tense like a robot, waiting for the program in his brain to arrive at the optimal solution.

Just then.

"Can Louise sleep with her brother tonight?"

The sound of conversation inside the room resumed.

Although the content was very troubling to Newton, she chose to take a step back and hurriedly fled back to her room rather than risk being exposed.

......

The next day, at six o'clock in the morning.

Newton woke up early in her room and immediately jumped out of bed. Without even bothering to tidy herself up, she hurriedly ran towards Li Cheng's room wearing a simple white nightgown, her long, shimmering blonde hair flowing freely, and her large, bright blue eyes wide open.

She wants to catch them in the act!

Push open the door.

Li Cheng had just woken up and was reading a book while leaning against the bed.

"what happened?"

He looked at Newton, who was up early, with a surprised expression, somewhat puzzled.

Newton ignored him, instead scanning the room and running to the bedside to check carefully. Only after confirming that there wasn't an extra annoying little red girl did he breathe a sigh of relief, proudly raising his chin and saying, "It's nothing, just calling you to get up early and not sleep in."

"When have I ever slept in late? You're the one who often sleeps until almost noon."

Li Cheng closed the book and casually muttered a complaint.

Newton blushed instantly and said, embarrassed and annoyed, "That's all your fault! I usually get up at nine o'clock at the latest."

Pervert! Beast!

I stay up so late every night, and I'm so sore in the morning that I can't get up, but Li Cheng can get up the next day as if nothing happened. It's so unfair.

"You must have had a good night's sleep these past few days without me bothering you, right?"

As Li Cheng said this, he got up and sat on the edge of the bed. Then he reached out and gently put his arm around the slender waist of the little girl who was also sitting on the edge of the bed, and pulled her into his arms.

It's still early.

And waking up is precisely when men are at their most energetic, so Newton wouldn't refuse such an offer.

"Of course, no one fought with me for the blanket, and I slept very comfortably by myself."

Newton then comfortably rested his little head against Li Cheng's chest, but his mouth remained stubborn.