Su Qiao clicked her tongue. "You really think I can't do anything?"
He kept going on about those love guides by her ear every day—her ears were practically growing calluses, for crying out loud.
At the very center of the Capital Star, inside a large Research Lab gleaming with a cold metallic sheen, a slender figure in a white lab coat was hugging an Optical Computer and sprawled across the metal table he usually used for research, chatting excitedly.
The Research Lab was huge, but apart from him, there were only various machines running nonstop. There wasn't anyone else around.
The only living being in there was staring fervently at the virtual screen in front of him. On it was a somewhat crude diagram.
"So it can be done this way?"
Chi Jingyue's heart was pounding.
His slow brain finally caught up at this moment. He could completely video-chat with the other party.
When Su Qiao received his video-call request, she raised her brows and opened it directly.
This was the first time the two of them had met.
When Su Qiao saw his handsome yet unusually pale face, she wasn't particularly surprised.
After all, this man practically never went outside and stayed in his Research Lab every day. It would have been strange if he weren't pale.
When Chi Jingyue saw Su Qiao on the screen, he was unusually stunned for a moment.
He had always thought the other party was an older man, but he hadn't expected...
She was a young girl who looked considerably younger than him.
Su Qiao immediately noticed the astonishment in his eyes.
"What? You doubt me?"
"No... no, I just... I think..."
Chi Jingyue hadn't been nervous at first, but under Su Qiao's gaze and questioning, he instinctively began to panic.
This was