Working? Not a Chance~

It was really irritating...

The first thing Lin Nai said when he saw Ruan Mei was actually, "Ruan Mei! You! Are my god!!"

As for that...

Ruan Mei had been bewildered at first.

Fortunately, Lin Nai returned to normal afterward, and the two of them got along quite well.

Tsk!

She had never heard Lin Nai say something like that to her!

Just thinking about it made Herta irritated.

Because of that one sentence from Lin Nai, for a while, she had basically faced Ruan Mei with a sullen expression.

Thinking back on it now, Herta didn't feel particularly happy about it.

So, still wearing that sour look, she spoke expressionlessly and in an even tone.

With the air of someone handling official business:

"All right, get out now. I'm going to study the Simulated Universe next, and you're kind of in the way here."

Since there had been no progress on Lin Nai's side, she might as well focus her attention on another project.

Lin Nai: ???

How should he put it? Herta's tone and movements right now made her look exactly like someone who turned cold after getting what she wanted.

She kicked him out right after the examination.

She was just too heartless!

Even though he had gone through this scene who knew how many times over the past few years.

Lin Nai voiced his condemnation of Herta every single time.

But it was completely useless.

Even under Lin Nai's latest protest.

The final result was still, without any suspense, that Herta kicked him out of her office.

Damn it!

A boss like this deserved to be thoroughly rebelled against by her subordinate!

After grumbling to himself for a bit, Lin Nai left.

Chapter 3: Working? Not a Chance~

Passing through the Core Passage.

Before a massive holographic screen, a pink-haired girl was methodically directing the Space Station's work.

She was Asta, the stationmaster of the Herta Space Station, a young lady born into a prestigious family.

She possessed unimaginable accomplishments in the field of astronomy.

She could do the work of dozens of people alone, and commanding and maintaining the entire Space Station was no challenge for her.

Come to think of it.

Even the entire Herta Space Station had been funded and built by Asta's family.

Hmm...

Back when he played through the story.

Arlan had also said that Asta's family was connected to the Interastral Peace Corporation and incredibly wealthy, so it was understandable to interpret it as Asta funding its construction.

So, for now, he would assume it was Asta's family?

He would leave that question aside for the moment.

In any case, one thing was certain: Asta was a rich woman!

The genuine kind who would have to inherit the family business if she didn't work hard.

How nice.

Whenever he saw Asta, Lin Nai instinctively wanted to say:

"I'm Heart of the Sea's Peppy!"

Fortunately, he had never actually shouted it out. Otherwise, Lin Nai felt he could have run away from home.

Asta might not know who Heart of the Sea was.

But what Peppy was...

Haha.

If he said it out loud, he would die from embarrassment on the spot.

"Asta!"

"Hm? Lin Nai!" Asta's eyes lit up. "You came out of Madam Herta's office?"

"Yeah. Herta... threw me out after she was done using me."

Lin Nai sighed and complained to Asta about Herta's heartlessness.

With her hands behind her back, Asta smiled sweetly. "Don't look like that. Madam Herta still cares about you a lot."

After all, not just anyone had the chance to see Herta's real appearance every so often.

And he even had opportunities to attend gatherings with several members of the Genius Society.

Thinking of that, Asta felt a little jealous.

Madam Herta might seem neither warm nor cold toward Lin Nai on the surface, but she actually cared about him quite a bit.

Otherwise, she would not have placed a puppet in his room when he was still young.

When Asta had first arrived at the Space Station, there hadn't even been a Madam Herta puppet in her room!

Of course, there still wasn't one now.

What a pity.

Every time she saw the puppet in that room, she wanted it so badly!

"You say that, but she throws people out after finishing her research. She doesn't even say thank you?!"

"Madam Herta just isn't that sort of person. You can't exactly expect her to say something like, 'Arigato, Lin Nai-san,' can you?"

"Whoa, why does that sound like some Edo Star dialect?"

"Does it? Maybe it's because I've been watching dramas in that style lately?"

Asta reached out and did whatever she pleased to Lin Nai's face.

Sometimes, she even envied this guy.

His face was unbelievably soft.

Once she got her hands on it, she almost didn't want to let go.

Even though he didn't use skincare products, either.

After noticing Asta's actions becoming increasingly excessive, Lin Nai swatted away the hands that had been freely kneading his face.

Asta sheepishly stuck out her tongue.

She couldn't resist.

"Oh, right, Lin Nai. Someone from the Interastral Peace Corporation asked me to ask you whether you had any plans to go to work."

"The person asking was Topaz, right?"

The last time she had come to the Herta Space Station to collect a debt from Herta, she had asked him too.

He had just turned her down.

Incidentally, Asta had been the one who paid Herta's bill.

Rich women really were great~

Come to think of it, did Herta get his allowance from Asta too?

How strange.

But surely not?

Herta wasn't poor, either.

What's more, if she got it from Asta, Herta would probably just have Asta give it to him directly, right?

He was getting sidetracked.

Lin Nai came back to himself and helplessly shook his head. "Isn't she in the Strategic Investment Department? I don't know anything about that stuff."

He didn't have an eye for investments.

It wasn't like he could just stand there, use Domain Expansion, and pull off Idle Death Gamble, right?

Forget it.

It was like how, in his previous life, he had thought he could use twenty yuan to win 37 million just like Chan Kai.

He had been incredibly bold when paying.

Then he scratched it.

Well, not a single one had hit.

Thus.

He, Lin, had decided that gambling and drugs were his mortal enemies!

What about porn?

Lin Nai: The Yellow Heaven is above!

6.

"To be precise, they were asking whether you had any plans to work for the Special Debt Collection Group."

Hearing that, Lin Nai raised an eyebrow instead.

So, was that woman planning to make him a thug, then ruthlessly exploit him using her advantage as his superior?

Whoa.

What a vicious woman!

Topaz: Achoo!

"What do you think, Lin Nai?" Seeing Lin Nai lost in thought, Asta spoke up and pulled his attention back.

Lin Nai decisively refused.

"No way. I don't want to be a Primogem, or the Traveler next door will pull me."

Besides, aside from a few exceptions, everyone in the corporation was troublesome.

Their way of doing things was, too.

People like Topaz were still a minority.