"Right, so it was just a boring power game full of backstabbing!"
Hearing that, Li Si immediately understood what was going on and lost interest.
He had noticed earlier that the curly-haired man named Brock had reacted strangely when he saw him. It was obvious that Brock recognized him.
And his acting had been pretty awful.
Judging by the two security guards' reactions alone, everyone else in the lab was probably already used to Brock trading favors for sex. After all, if both parties were willing, there wasn't much anyone could say.
If Brock had just panicked after being caught in the act, Li Si might have believed him. But that exaggerated expression of shock and anger was clearly fake.
Brock had probably made a scene and called for security just to make things unpleasant for him. After all, his ID card listed "Power Armor" before "Deputy Project Supervisor."
Anyone would be annoyed if a position they considered theirs was given to some newcomer who had been parachuted in.
"Then what's her story?"
Li Si glanced again at the petite, baby-faced girl.
The girl Brock had called Luna was short and youthful-looking, but wore a pair of huge, thick-rimmed glasses that seemed wildly out of place. With lenses that thick, she must have been severely nearsighted.
Her skin tone and features suggested she was East Asian, yet she had an English name. Maybe she was adapting to her surroundings—or maybe she was mixed-race.
One thing was strange, though. A moment ago, she'd looked shaken, with tear tracks on her face. Now, Li Si couldn't quite describe her expression. Was it... delight?
"She's the intern the company assigned to be your assistant yesterday. Uh, she must've been made permanent before she arrived."
The white security guard answered without thinking, then seemed