Song He covered his face. "Quit saying 'holy crap' over and over. She's a leader at the Brain Institute—my own teacher!"
"Huh?" Xie Yuanxun was dumbfounded.
"Really. She just finished talking with me here." Song He shook his head with a laugh. "She's the one who'll be grading the Hive acceptance this afternoon. Teacher You Deyi is coming too, but he isn't a judge. He's here specifically to present you with your award."
Xie Yuanxun eyed him suspiciously for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "All right, all right, you almost fooled me. The Oscars should give you a Little Golden Man!"
"Really!" Song He insisted. "I'm not fooling you!"
Xie Yuanxun kept laughing, clearly unconvinced. "The Brain Institute has a beautiful female teacher like that? How come I've never heard of her? Are you picking on me because I'm cooped up at the Rocket Institute working every day and never walk around campus? Why would a teacher from the Brain Institute come to inspect the Hive?"
As he spoke, Xie Yuanxun sat down and opened his boxed meal. When he looked up, he saw something, and his eyes suddenly froze.
"No way. You're serious?" Xie Yuanxun was shocked.
Song He was curious. He followed Xie Yuanxun's gaze and saw his own Enamel Mug, with an extremely faint lipstick mark along its rim.
"My teacher is the founder of Brain-Mimicking Programming, and the Hive is a weapon equipped with Brain-Mimicking Programming. It's perfectly normal for her to inspect it." Song He rotated the Enamel Mug, then picked it up and drank some water. "She also asked me to pass a message to you."
"What?" Xie Yuanxun looked blank.
Song He gave him a rough explanation of the Unmanned Legion. By the time Xie Yuanxun finished listening, his excitement was visibly mounting.