Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"So, you're not denying that we spoil Xu Qi too much?"

Mobius's lips curled into a smile as she said, "That kid who never grows up, what would he do without us seniors to back him up?"

Upon hearing this, even Kevin, whose expression was as unyielding as an iceberg, actually showed a hint of a smile at that moment, which utterly stunned Su.

"Don't you think it's cool?"

Su tilted his head.

"Indeed... Cool."

The night was deep, and apart from the night shift inspection workers, there were basically no functional or technical personnel working overtime in the entire base at this hour.

But special circumstances couldn't be ruled out, and this was Mei's job.

Unlike Pardofelis, Mei went directly through the main entrance, wearing Xu Qi's work clothes... a bit large, but it didn't matter much.

The security guards didn't even dare to stop her, after all, such a beautiful female employee at the Metro Company... was quite rare.

Of course, even if they did stop her, it wouldn't matter. She had Xu Qi's work ID in her backpack, with the photo temporarily replaced by Vil-V. The security guards wouldn't say much after checking that.

The first step went smoothly, and next was...

"After entering the gate, keep walking straight in. The first staircase outside the factory building you see, go up it and you'll reach the roof of the main warehouse."

The main warehouse...

Having come to the Metro base for the first time, Mei curiously looked around. Separated by a wire fence, right next to the road Mei was walking on, were several parallel train tracks.

Mei even saw a train pass by.

"That's a train returning to the depot. Trains on the main line will gradually return to the base, waiting for the day shift inspectors to board and inspect them. That's the Metro Company's night shift, it's quite hard work."

Mei couldn't help but ask, "Did you have to do this too? Night shift inspection."

"Yeah, all new recruits go through this stage, but I moved up relatively quickly."

Hearing this, Mei suddenly felt a little heartache and shame.

Back then, she hadn't even noticed.

But speaking of which, this seemed to be the first time she had come to... Xu Qi's company.

She was a little curious...

21,Cheer up, you have to capture both Alysia and Mei!

Following the stairs all the way up, under the cover of night, Mei arrived at this place very smoothly.

This should actually be considered the roof of the maintenance warehouse, but the area it covered was so large that three buildings were simply erected on top to serve as a cafeteria and office space for functional departments.

And the records room was in the middle building.

Mei took a deep breath—indeed, as Xu Qi had said, no one at the company would be working overtime this late. The rooftop was pitch black, and in such an environment, only Mei was there...

"Have you arrived, Mei?"

Mei paused in her tracks, and a sense of strength welled up in her heart again—she didn't seem to be alone.

"I've arrived."

Entering the building, it was a structure with a hollow center, four stories in total.

At the same time as she stepped into the building, the sound of something landing suddenly came from beside her, but it was so light that Mei wouldn't have been able to distinguish it if it weren't for the silence all around.

She turned her head, and the night-vision suit made Pardofelis seem to blend into the night.

Seeing Mei, she greeted her with a playful hello.

"Yo! Mei!"

She had no idea how this girl had gotten in...

Was she scaling the walls? That's too exaggerated...

"The records room is on the third floor, Pardofelis, go straight upstairs to check. Mei, you stay on the first floor and keep watch for Pardofelis. If you see anyone coming, go directly to the third floor and meet up with Pardofelis."

"Understood."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mei got the answer to her previous question—how did Pardofelis get in?

She really did scale the walls to get in.

She couldn't see how the cat-like girl was moving at all. In Mei's eyes, she only felt a flash of a dark shadow, and then... she was gone.

She flew to the third floor at a speed beyond Mei's imagination.

And Pardofelis's senses, honed over years as a master thief, allowed her to quickly find the records room.

In short, in just a few moments, Mei heard the sound of the door opening in her earpiece.

"I'm in, Xu Qi boss."

Wait! Is the records room unlocked? Or... is it just that this girl is picking locks so fast that it gives me the illusion that the records room isn't locked?

Mei suddenly felt a bit emotional—are the people living in the Golden Courtyard all monsters?

So… staking out the area?

Ha… no way.

Now that we're here, how can I not check out where Xu Qi works?

Mei remembers it being—the technical office on the first floor.

In front of a computer, Vil-V had already successfully hacked into the building's internal surveillance cameras. She naturally put the monitoring screen on Mei's side.

Then, they saw the girl sneaking into a room that looked like some kind of office.

Uh… isn't that Xu Qi's technical room?

And like Vil-V, Xu Qi naturally saw this scene on his computer as well.

He raised an eyebrow and scratched his head.

Mei's idea isn't bad, but… you don't have a key?

At this moment, in front of the technical office door, Mei obviously realized this problem—she twisted the doorknob… and couldn't push it open.

"Pardofelis, are you there? Can you help me open the door?"

There was no reply, but a few seconds later, a shadow suddenly appeared beside Mei. She took out a wire and fiddled with the lock a few times.

The lock opened…

"Hehe! I'm leaving now, Sister Mei."

Coming and going in a hurry…

Mei scratched her head—so amazing…

"Um, Miss Mei, I think you should know that everyone in our communications room can hear this, right?"

Mei's lips curled up. Although she knew Xu Qi wasn't nearby, she couldn't help but tilt her head and say, "What? Is there something you can't let people see in your office? Let me think… a love letter to a little girl in the same office?"

"Even if I had something like that, I wouldn't put it in the office…"

"So you really do have one?" Mei's tone suddenly became dangerous.

"Spare me, Mei, just go in, I won't say anything."

"Hmph~~"

It was like she had achieved a complete victory in a lovers' quarrel. Her triumphant smile also contained a hint of sweetness. After all, if Xu Qi didn't let her win, how could she ever win an argument against him?

In the communication channel, almost everyone who heard this conversation couldn't help but get goosebumps.

Pardofelis, who was still searching for information, shivered—so that's what the boss is like…

Inside the van, Yae couldn't help but look back at Xu Qi.

"Hmm?" Xu Qi took off his communication headset and asked, "What's wrong? Yae?"

Instinct told him that Mei shouldn't hear this conversation.

Sure enough, Yae also took off her headset and said, "What about Alysia?"

"Don't suddenly say things I don't understand!"

Xu Qi, who wasn't usually so easily flustered, found himself in a rare state of headache when faced with topics related to these two.

Yae smiled knowingly.

"Then you have to work harder, after all, they are both very excellent girls."

"Enough, Sister Yae… are you trying to make me a scumbag on purpose?"

"That's still better than being a heartless man."

"Hahahaha!"

Vil-V, who had been listening to the conversation, finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xu Qi slumped weakly in the back of his chair and rubbed his forehead—"You two are women, can your views be a little more normal…"

On the other side, after walking into the technical office, Mei easily identified which desk was Xu Qi's with just one glance.

After all… it was too easy to identify…

On the desk, a MG Alahato model kit and a figure of a character named Keqing were placed next to the computer. Probably no one but Xu Qi would do that.

Mei could only say to this situation… OMG! Anime!

Shaking her head, she threw the abstract thought that Xu Qi had tainted out of her mind.

To be honest, Xu Qi's desk—was much tidier than she imagined.

Temporary files and special reports were categorized and stacked in different places, while tools such as measuring tapes and utility knives were placed where he could easily reach them.

Very Xu Qi-like.

In the middle, he had specially cleared out a space for computer work.

Just by looking at the desk, you could tell that this person was organized and meticulous.

So this is where Xu Qi... usually works.

My curiosity is definitely satisfied...

Upstairs, in the records room.

Pardofelis had a flashlight in her mouth while flipping through various documents with her hands.

Ten years ago... ten years ago...

Pardofelis's eyes lit up. She found a technical report with the title: "Investigation Report on the Mainline Brake Failure of Train 956."

Author: Xia Ya.

But that wasn't the main point, because when she flipped to this technical report, Pardofelis also saw a... letter hidden inside?

Why would there be a letter here?

Out of feline curiosity, Pardofelis opened it.

"This!... This is!..."

22,Slowly Unveiling the Misty Veil