"Huh, brother, you're so shameless. But next time, please wash off the smell of the girl's perfume on your body first."
Ling rolled her eyes at Zhe speechlessly, her eyes quite skilled. Although she didn't get close to him to smell it, judging from his behavior, she should have guessed it pretty close.
"Since I've already waited for my brother to come back, I'll go back to my room first. There's the ramen I ordered in the kitchen. If it's cold, you can heat it up.
I've also put your clothes and towels in the bathroom. Remember to be quiet when you enter the room later, so as not to wake me up."
Ling said this as she was about to go upstairs, and Zhe felt warm in his heart when he heard her words. He then reached out and put his hand on her head and touched it gently.
"Well, thank you for waiting for me to come back. It's great to have you, Ling."
In Ling's opinion, Zhe's gentle smile that came from the heart was quite lethal, and the feeling of fatigue she had originally had disappeared at this moment.
It looks like tonight will be a sleepless night.
"Okay, okay, why are you suddenly saying such cheesy things? Morning, finish eating early, take a shower, and then go back to your room to sleep. I have a commission from Baiji Heavy Industry tomorrow, so I have to rest up well."
After saying this, Ling blushed and ran away, and Zhe obediently did as she was told, but only before entering the room.
As for what will happen after entering the room, it depends on what the other party does.
The next day, after resting up, Zhe got up early and received a message from Ben.
At the same time, we also learned about the news of the last pile driver. Because the other party was good at moving in various environments in the cave, he actually ran to the depths of the cave.
This is also the reason why Baizhi Heavy Industry is difficult to locate, but fortunately the approximate location has been found.
Like before, we asked Fairy to generate a route into the void. I have to say that with the advent of artificial intelligence, they no longer have to do many things themselves, which is indeed a lot more convenient.
After the route was determined, it was natural to ask Baizhi Heavy Industry to take Ies to the designated cave.
"Wow, long time no see, I missed you so much! How are you? Did you miss me, my dear little baby? Mumumumu!"
Current favorability target:
Name: Grace
Gender: Female
Charm value: 96 (P.S.: This charm value is determined by the author's own XP, so it may not be accurate.)
Characteristics: A caring older sister who likes machinery.
Hobbies: Mechanical engineering and anything mechanical related.
Current state: Excited, happy
Current favorability towards the owner: 100
Evaluation: If the master uses Bomb's body to attack, the target of this favorability will definitely not resist.
Inner thoughts: Hmm, Zhe is so cute like this, so cute! I wish he could stay like this forever, muahmuah!
"Uh, Grace, be careful. Brother Zhe is still in here. It's a bit inappropriate for you to do this."
Seeing Grace's enthusiastic behavior, Ben on the side also started to persuade her. Although the former was listening, it was obvious that he did not want to do it.
"Will it be like this? But Zhe didn't say anything. Don't worry, I will be careful, muah."
After arriving at the place, Zhe also found that this void was very special. It was much more desolate than the previous voids, and the ether concentration was much stronger, but the strange thing was that there were no ether corpses.
There are generally only two possibilities in this situation. One is that all the skeletons in the cave have gathered in a certain place, but there is no reason for them not to hear the noise caused by that.
Therefore, the only possibility is the second one, that there is a powerful skeleton entity in this void, occupying a large amount of etheric energy, just like the Dead Road Butcher before.
Fortunately, until everyone found the pile driver, they did not encounter any special danger. Only when the pile driver saw everyone, it ran away without saying a word.
After being blocked by the crowd, Pile Driver loudly announced his settings, or rather, his identity.
"I, the Enlightened Judge, have been ordered by my mentor to seal and protect this place."
This self-introduction was also speechlessly described by Kolleda as "Chuunibyou". But speaking of this, why didn't she have this kind of situation at her age?
Is it because it appeared too early that it is no longer there? Or is it because of the lack of fatherly love that the second-year syndrome does not exist?
In short, everyone thought that the pile driver just had a problem like the previous two machines, so they didn't take it too seriously and decided to take it back by force.
After Ben hugged and restrained the pile driver who wanted to escape, Grace finally handed Zhe in her arms to Kollida beside her.
The latter seemed to be looking forward to it before taking it over.
Keleda's favorability increased by 10 points, and the current favorability is 60 points. The emotional value gained is 200 points, and the current emotional value is 14400 points.
"Okay, don't be afraid, leave it to me. I actually like children with rich imaginations, but let's talk about it when we get back."
As Grace spoke, she approached the pile driver with a villainous attitude, and the latter also broke out in strong resistance.
"No, wait, don't come over here!!!"
Chapter 67 A Story
Seeing Grace gradually approaching him, the pile driver became anxious like a child who was afraid of injections, and finally had no choice but to shout.
"Listen to me, everyone. I'm not lying. I heard the call from Master Hols! I can't let him down!"
Hearing this familiar name, the four people present at Baizhi Heavy Industry were all stunned.
The one with the biggest emotional fluctuations was naturally Kalida. Zhe felt the same way because he was almost strangled to death when he was held in the arms of the former.
"What's going on... Why did that guy's name appear?!"
Hols Belloberg, in Kelida's impression, she could hardly remember how long it had been since she last heard this name.
He is the former president of Baizhi Heavy Industry who was said to have absconded with the money, and he is also Kalida's father.
When she heard the name again, she couldn't help but recall her childhood, and the most impressive thing was probably when the other party introduced to her the prototype he had made.
But her final memory froze on the night he left home. Since then, Koleda has never seen her father again.
Sitting on the construction site, Koleda was lost in her memories, her eyes fixed on something in a daze. Ben, who was standing beside her, called her several times before she responded.
“…President, President?”
"Ah, Ben, you called me?"
"Yes, our commission has been completed, so Brother Zhe came to retrieve Bomb."
"Oh that's fine."
As she spoke, Koleda handed Ies in her arms to Ben. She had been absent-minded ever since she heard that name from the pile driver.
Seeing how Kalida was, Grace didn't think about taking Ies back. In fact, she had originally wanted to study him.
As for Zhe who had just arrived on the other side, he also happened to see this scene.
"Hello, Koletta."
"Zhe, although there were some minor incidents during the process, the three lost intelligent machines have now been found. With this, the commission can be considered fully completed. Thanks to Baizhi Heavy Industry, we were able to overcome this crisis. Thank you again for your help."
Judging from Kalida's behavior, it seems that the incident did not affect her mood. I wonder if she was deliberately acting like this in order not to make others worry.
"Don't be so polite. After all, we are already friends. If you have any problems in the future, you can always come to me."
"Well, speaking of this, Grace is currently inspecting those three machines. With her skills, she'll probably find the cause quickly... What's wrong? You seem to have something else to say."
Seeing that Zhe seemed to be hesitant to speak, Keleda asked him directly. When the latter saw that the person involved said so, he no longer concealed the truth.
"Yeah, it's just that Koleda's expression was strange just now. Is it related to the 'Holse' that the pile driver mentioned earlier?"
"Oh, no! It's already so late, President. If we don't arrange for the commission to be paid to Zhe-kun, there will be no way to transfer the money before tomorrow."
I can only say that Ben is indeed a warm-hearted person. Since the situation was not right, he immediately spoke up and tried to find an excuse for Koleda to avoid it.
"It's okay, there's no need to be like this, Ben. Even if you can't get the answer from us, you can find it by just looking it up online.
Besides, Zhe and the others are not only our benefactors, but also our trustworthy friends. There is nothing to avoid."
Then, Keleda sincerely revealed the truth to him, and Zhe just sat aside and listened quietly.
"In short, I no longer consider Hols Belloberg as my father. Now Baizhi Heavy Industry has also been separated from this irresponsible man... Ugh!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do this. But from what you've described, Keleda, he was a good father when you were little, wasn't he?"
Zhe withdrew his hand somewhat embarrassedly, but Keleda didn't care too much about it. She just wiped her lips with her hand with a slightly blushing face.
"So what? Even this doesn't change the fact that he's a bastard who abandoned me and Baizhi Heavy Industry..."
When Koleda said this, her tone was obviously not as firm. It seemed that Zhe's words made her recall the moments when she was with her father.
Keleda's favorability decreased by 3 points...
Koleda's favorability increased by 5 points...
Zhe watched the rise and fall of favorability and the income of emotional value, and could see that the other party was struggling internally at this moment.
"Perhaps it's due to some compelling reasons?"
"Huh, what could be the reason that would make him abandon even his own daughter?"
"Well, how about I tell you a story?"
"what?"
Ignoring Kelida's objection, Zhe started telling the story on his own.
The protagonists of the story are also a father and daughter, and the daughter has a bandage on her right eye for some reason.
This made Koleda look at herself subconsciously, but seeing that Zhe was still telling the story, she did not interrupt.
What followed was a peaceful and happy time spent together as father and daughter. When Kollida heard this, she felt disdainful but also a little envious. After all, when she was young, she was as happy as in the story.
But just when Koleda thought that the rest of the story would be about the same, Zhe's tone suddenly changed.
The sudden crisis in the story not only destroyed the cabin where the father and daughter lived together, but also caused the father to be seriously injured and lose an arm.
But the daughter had no memory of this, only the golden light from the pupil of her right eye shone through the bandage.
The sudden tragedy caught Kolleda off guard, but it wasn't over yet.
In that unexpected fire, my father passed away. He said he was going to fulfill a very important promise.
Although he left enough money for his daughter to live on, he never appeared in her sight again.
The daughter did not quite understand her father's behavior at this time. She began to get angry with her father and thought he was a bastard, but even so she still embarked on a journey to find her father.
He even searched the entire continent for this purpose, but still could not find any trace of his father.
At this time, the daughter did not know that her father had actually always been by her side, but she just didn't know it.
"So, why are you telling me all this? Are you trying to tell me that the bastard has his own difficulties just like the father in the story?"
Koleda's tone was a little angry. Although she didn't know the cause of the accident from the story, considering the cause and effect, she was afraid that the problem was with her daughter.
Otherwise, Zhe would not have deliberately described his daughter's golden pupils, which made Keleda think, could it be that Zhe wanted to say that it was her fault that her father left?
But it is obvious that Zhe did not mean this. After all, the content of the story and what happened to Kollida are two different situations, but the image of the father is similar in both cases.
Chapter 68 Prototype
"Heh, Zhe, how can you be sure that guy has his reasons? That guy...that bastard..."
How could he be as great as the father in the story...
At this point, Keleida couldn't help but recall the father who had always been by her side during her childhood. Was it really impossible? Perhaps she could do it too...
"No! Absolutely impossible. How could that scumbag have his own reasons as you said? Even if he did, what were they? How come I didn't see them in all these years? All I have left behind is a mess!"
Keleda's sudden outburst of emotion also scared Zhe, and Grace, who had been listening quietly at the side, couldn't help it at this moment.
"Wait a minute, Keleta, how can you say that about your father!"
Grace's tone was more serious than usual. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Zhe remained silent and chose to watch quietly from the side.
“It is true that a large sum of money was missing from the company’s accounts at the time, but no one could prove that it was Uncle Holmes who took the money.
The so-called investigation results and the claim of absconding with the money were all hasty speculations by the Public Security Bureau from the beginning to the end!
I can understand your pain of losing your father's company and the negative comments you've received from the Sheriff's Department, but you shouldn't have such a deep prejudice against Uncle Holmes!
You were too young when he disappeared, and the time you spent with him was limited. You don’t know how great Uncle Holmes was to all of us…”
"You should be the one who knows nothing!"
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