Nie Yun instantly realized why Catherine had been able to open his bedroom door without his permission.
It was partly his own fault. He had been so absorbed in the experiment that his awareness of his surroundings had dropped to a minimum, leaving him oblivious to Catherine's approach.
Fortunately, Nie Yun had switched to a fully manual experimental mode, so his room still looked relatively normal. Apart from a few oddly shaped glass vessels and the suspicious green liquid in his hand, nothing was out of place.
"Don't you know it's rude to barge into someone else's bedroom without knocking?" Nie Yun turned around, looking displeased, then set the test tube on a nearby table with feigned nonchalance.
"No, that's not... I was going to ring the doorbell, but the access control system automatically recognized the authorization you gave me..." His displeased tone left Catherine at a loss, and she sounded rather aggrieved.
"Uh... all right." Nie Yun rubbed his forehead. This really was his own fault. "What did you want to see me about?"
At that, Catherine gave him a deeply resentful look.
Just yesterday, she had been a diligent little spy who loved her job and looked forward to a promotion and a raise. But this morning, the man standing before her had dropped a bombshell on her.
Her identity... had been exposed!
Fine, so she had been exposed. Although she had absolutely no idea how it had happened, Catherine accepted the reality without blaming anyone else. She had been outclassed in her own field.
Perhaps unable to contain her sorrow, Catherine had poured out her tragic fate to the only person she could confide in...
Yet not only had the man before her shown no sympathy, he had inexplicably asked, "Why not eat an unpleasant fate?" Then,