Cyberpunk, but urban

Overwhelmed by the temptation of beer, Netzach didn't even bother to eat and rushed out of the restaurant.

After our warriors had completely left this floor, Roland, who was eating silently, suddenly raised his hand and said, "Hey, Netzach can drink a little, can I have some too?"

Hod put down his cutlery and swallowed the food in his mouth. "Mr. Roland, although it was really excessive when you helped Netzach steal wine, you didn't have to ask us for this matter during the meal."

"Ah... Oh, I just can't help it. It's really too hard for me to stop drinking."

Roland laughed out loud. The happy life like this was something that only appeared in his dreams. After a long time, he even felt a little silly.

As they ate and chatted around the table, Netzach slowly approached Angela's director's office. He was going to knock on the door first, but before his hand touched the door, the art-level designated librarian, who had been forced to quit drinking for two weeks, keenly noticed that the door of the director's office was not closed.

And from the crack of the open door came the voice of Angela talking to someone.

"What do you think will happen to the library in the future?"

Angela seemed to have an unusual level of trust in the person she was talking to. Netzach had never seen Angela communicate with anyone in such a relaxed state.

No, it seems there is still one...

He suddenly had an idea and thought of a person - Ye Lan. But Ye Lan was outside the library, so how did he chat with Angela?

Out of curiosity, Netzach quietly moved to the edge of the door and looked into the director's office. The answer was much simpler than he thought. Angela was holding a very old-fashioned dial phone in her hand.

In fact, Angela had tried to control the power of the library in the past to send the telephone signal out of the library and contact Ye Lan.

This old-fashioned dial phone was a tool-type abnormality that Ye Lan retrieved from a branch of a lobotomy company. With its help, Angela was able to bypass the observation of the spy and secretly talk to Ye Lan.

"What will happen to the library in the future... If you ask me, more and more powerful guests will enter the library."

Using the power of the library to enhance his hearing, Netzach vaguely heard Ye Lan say this to Angela on the phone.

He thought about it and decided not to disturb Angela and Ye Lan's call, and walked back to the restaurant alone. As for drinking... With such explosive news, Malkuth and the others would probably come to eavesdrop in a while, so naturally no one could control him.

Netzach had a lot of plans in his mind, but he completely forgot that Yesod might not join in the fun.

"I am looking forward to the day when more and more guests will become books in the library, and my book of truth will become more and more perfect."

"And then make Brother Roland tired to death."

Ye Lan complained about Angela, saying that our AI lady had never thought about this.

"So, I have to thank Roland and Angelica very much."

"Don't you want to thank me?" Ye Lan asked.

"Ye Lan, if you are willing to return to the library, I will thank you too."

Angela changed the subject and turned the topic to asking Ye Lan to return to the library.

The first sentence Malkuth and Hod, who were hiding outside and eavesdropping at the crack of the door, heard was Angela asking Ye Lan if she could go back to the library.

Chapter 207. Cake, it’s Bianyu’s cake!!!

"I'm contacting Ye Lan."

"It's Ye Lan."

Hod and Malkuth, who were hiding in the corridor outside the director's office and secretly observing Angela, were communicating secretly. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they couldn't imagine Angela hiding in the room alone to call Ye Lan.

"Is she asking Ye Lan if she can go back to the library?"

"Hehe, I never thought that Angela would be lonely."

Malkuth and Hod were quite surprised to hear Angela ask Ye Lan if he could return to the library to live permanently.

But if you ask them whether they want Ye Lan to come back, of course they do. Although they are always irritated by him when they meet, and often call him a bastard in anger, but with this best employee helping out in the library, no matter who it is, they will feel at ease.

But unfortunately, Ye Lan, who has his own plans in mind, cannot live in the library permanently for the time being.

Soon, Angela and the two girls hiding outside the door heard Ye Lan's slightly regretful voice: "I'm really sorry, I can't live in the library for the time being."

"Look, look, is there an expression on Angela's face?"

Hod poked Malkuth's shoulder hard, and the two of them immediately focused their eyes on Angela's face. At this moment, this AI, who never showed any expression in their opinion, actually showed an obvious expression of regret.

Malkuth, curled up under Hod, stroked his chin and commented: "Wow, it's like an abandoned kitten..."

At this time, Angela, who had reorganized her mood, started the next topic: "By the way, Ye Lan, is the Queen of Hate still with you now?"

"Well, it's here with me..." Ye Lan, who was standing outside the restaurant, leaned back, and the Queen of Hate, who was using the power of a human girl to compete with Luna for a piece of Basque cake, appeared in his sight.

"You may not believe it, but that girl is now trying to steal the cake from my little girl. But why did you suddenly think of her? Do you need me to send the Queen of Hate back?"

"No, I just wanted to confirm whether there would be any problems for the Queen of Hatred to live with you as an Abnormality. Since she is fine, there is no need to send her back."

Then, under the eavesdropping of the two girls outside the door, Angela chatted with Ye Lan for quite a long time. Although the topics they talked about were not very meaningful, Malkuth and Hod could see a warm smile on Angela's face.

"Should we retreat? Angela sounds like she's about to hang up."

"Oh, let's watch for a while longer. She won't notice us..."

Although Hod felt an unclear sense of crisis, when she shared this feeling with Malkuth, Malkuth, who wanted to observe it more, completely ignored it as an illusion.

As for whether it is an illusion...

If it was really an illusion, the two of them would not have been teleported to the chairs in the director's office by Angela with just a snap of her fingers.

"Um...Angela?"

Malkuth scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly and spoke to Angela weakly.

"How long have you two been eavesdropping?"

"Well, well... let's start from when you said you wanted Ye Lan to come back and live here permanently."

Being stared at by Angela, Hod felt a chill on her back. She pursed her lips and finally told Angela the truth.

As soon as these words came out, even Angela took a deep breath. Although there was nothing shameful in the topics she and Ye Lan talked about, for some reason, Angela had the urge to silence Hod and Malkuth.

After calming down for quite a while, Angela finally suppressed the impulse that seemed inexplicable to her and spoke: "Hey, don't do this kind of thing again in the future."

Angela snapped her fingers and left the curator's office alone.

"Malkuth, did you see clearly...Angela, was she blushing just now?"

Hod was surprised and said to Malkuth, she was about to stand up from the chair and pull Malkuth to explain in detail. But when she stood up, she fell to the ground with the chair, lying on the ground like a snail carrying a chair on its back.

"Angela glued both of us to the chairs?!"

Seeing Hod's miserable state, Malkuth also tried to lift her body. Unfortunately, like Hod, she was also firmly bound to the chair by Angela using the power of the library. Any movement would cause the chair to move with her.

Hod, who was lying on the ground with his back to the chair, chuckled and said to Malkuth, who was still sitting there without moving, "I thought she was not going to argue with us about this matter... She's really cute."

After hearing Hod's description of Angela, Malkuth, who could only sit in one position, pouted a little unhappily and said to her: "What kind of attitude is that... Don't forget that she took away the Seed of Light that we have been fighting for all our lives."

Hod moved a few times and turned himself around. He looked up at Malkuth and said, "Hmm? But I really can't hate Angela with all my heart. And, Malkuth, you are the same."

"Don't call me Makuku like Ye Lan did... Really, you guys are bullying me one by one."

"Who said that? If Ye Lan were here, he would definitely bully both of us equally."

The more Malkuth listened, the more she felt that Hod's words were a little weird. She savored the meaning of these words, and after a while, she asked Hod uncertainly: "Hod... why do I feel like you are expecting Ye Lan to bully you?"

"Eh?! Is it that obvious?"

"..."

Malkuth closed her mouth. She began to suspect that her beloved designated librarian for the literature department, everyone's little angel Hod, had been played badly by Ye Lan without knowing when.

"Makuku? Why aren't you talking?"

Why don't you say anything? Don't you know it yourself? Hod, you said such things as if nothing happened, what should I say!

Malkuth felt as if a storm surged in her heart, but on the surface she had to pretend that nothing had happened: "Ahaha, I just suddenly thought of something."

"What's the matter? We are in this state now and can only chat. Tell me now!"

Chapter 208: I Want to Sleep Right Away, But I Have to Write a Book

Let us shift our focus away from Malkuth, who is desperately thinking of what topic to use to fill the hole in his lie, and return it to our protagonist Ye Lan.

After hanging up the phone, he returned to the office's integrated kitchen and dining room. On the outside of the brick-lined half-wall that served as a partition was the dining table where everyone in the office had their meals. Several employees from the Front Lobe Company branch, who were now the closers of the Weird Office, were cleaning up their dinner.

These people were certainly not all the finishing touches of Yixiang Agency. Because of Ye Lan's joke in the morning, this group of former employees really dispersed and ran to the surrounding back alleys and nests to promote Yixiang Agency.

The remaining ones were actually luckier and were drawn to Lane 12 during the draw.

After dinner, it was time for them to go home from work after finishing the day. Those who planned to live in the office dormitory went to the living room in groups of three or five to have fun, while the rest who wanted to find a house in the back alley left and went back to their own rented houses.

Not long after, when Ye Lan returned to the dining table to continue eating, he found that Luna and a few other girls were the only ones left in the restaurant to accompany him.

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Ye Lan said to Luna and the others: "If you have anything you want to do, go ahead and do it. You don't have to stay here to eat with me."

But soon, the girls all shook their heads. Then, the little girl said to Ye Lan on their behalf: "We want to go out and buy some things, but it's too dangerous if you don't accompany us at this time, Ye Lan."

"Hmm? With the Queen of Hate accompanying you, what do you have to be afraid of?" Ye Lan was a little confused and asked back.

"The Queen of Hatred..." Luna turned her head to look at the other side of the dining table. Ye Lan followed Luna's line of sight and soon found the Queen of Hatred sleeping soundly there.

"...Well, this abnormal girl has been acting more and more like an ordinary girl. If Angela knew about this, she would probably question my ability to raise a child."

The Queen of Hate was unreliable, so Ye Lan had to come in person. After finishing the remaining food, Ye Lan asked Luna and the others, "So what are you planning to buy?"

Little Luna didn't say anything. Instead, Yuli, who was sitting next to her, answered for her: "Uh...clothes, yes, clothes."

"Oh, then wait until I finish cleaning up the dishes and then we'll set off."

Ye Lan didn't think much about it and wanted to take his plate to the kitchen to wash it. But when he put his hand on the edge of the plate, what he touched was not the cold touch of the ceramic plate, but the warm and delicate touch of a human hand.

"Well, um...please let me clean it up."

Looking up at the voice, it was Irene. The maid from the office spoke softly, trying to help Ye Lan clean up the dishes he had used.

"Hey, Irene, you don't have to be so scared of me."

Ye Lan sighed and handed the tableware to Irene. The maid rushed into the kitchen with the cups, plates and bowls, as if Ye Lan, the owner of the office, was some scary monster.

"Ye Lan, you scared her too much at that time."

Luna stood on the chair, patted Ye Lan's shoulder like a little adult, and sighed in a condescending manner.

"What kind of virtue are you..."

After a slap on the head, Ye Lan sent the girls to prepare to go out. He waited at the door for more than half an hour before Luna took Yuli and Irene, who were planning to put on some makeup, out of the office.

"Forget it. I feel like it's inappropriate for me to say anything at this time."

Ye Lan sighed, closed his mouth under Luna's gaze who was ready to cover his mouth at any time, and obediently followed the girls to the clothing store they were going to.

With Luna picking topics to talk about, the three of them kept talking all the way. However, Ye Lan naturally couldn't join in their conversation.

He was happy to be free, and followed slowly, still thinking about Angela's phone call. Her humanization process was much faster than the original work, which could be seen from the tone and topic of the phone call.

This also leads to a problem that Ye Lan is not sure whether it will happen or not. In the original work, will the battle to liberate each floor of Angela's library due to her emotional fluctuations be brought forward?

"This is really terrible... I should find some time to go back and check the situation."

Just as he was thinking about this, Ye Lan, who was following Luna and the others with his head down, saw Luna stop.

"Are we there yet?" He came out of his thoughts and raised his head. "Isn't this... this fucking lingerie store?!"

"Hehehe...if I told you it was a lingerie store, Ye Lan, you definitely wouldn't come with us."

Luna chuckled, her face full of pride that her plan had succeeded.

"You stinky girl."

So, Luna, who dared to jump in Ye Lan's face, was hit on the head again by Ye Lan.

"Okay, okay, Ye Lan, you don't have to accompany us into the store. Luna, I specially chose a lingerie store in the mall. Ye Lan, you can go shopping in the mall by yourself first, and we will call you later."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ye Lan... the two of us really can't beat Luna-chan."

After Luna finished speaking while patting Ye Lan's thigh, Yuli quietly apologized to Ye Lan.

Although his actual age is not much older than Yuli, Ye Lan believes that he can still treat Yuli as an elder thanks to his two lifetimes as a human and the time he has accumulated in the cerebral lobe circulation.

He rubbed Yuli's hair as if he was rubbing Luna's little head, and then said to her: "Okay, I'm not angry. You guys can go shopping slowly. I'll go around the mall like Luna said."

After saying that, Ye Lan waved his hand and walked away from the door of the lingerie store, heading towards the escalator of the mall.

When he walked up the escalator several floors up to the first floor, a clear roar suddenly came from outside the shopping mall.