As for the evening reception, aside from Mobius, there were six other people, all representatives of various investors. Their purpose was clear as well: spending money to buy technology—or rather... spending money to buy technology Mobius had yet to invent.
Since Mobius was a scholar in genetic engineering and the person who understood genes best in the world, many wealthy people, especially elderly ones, had their eyes on her. After all...
For people of their status, nothing mattered more than their lifespan.
Thus, the main purpose of this reception was to hope Mobius could develop the relevant technology as soon as possible.
Aside from that, there were pharmaceutical companies. After all, nothing made more money than a monopoly.
Naturally, Mobius readily agreed to these people's requests. Although the Flame-Chasing Moths were not short on funds, and the budget allocated to her was not small, it was truly insufficient for her research costs.
Therefore, accepting investments from various parties to keep the laboratory running was also a common practice. After all, everyone got what they needed!
So, even though Mobius did not like this kind of reception, even though she felt coming here was a waste of time, and the place was filled with hypocrisy, with drinking at the end—none of it was something she liked.
Still, for the investments, she could only attend. After all, she did not want to keep making Klein and the others eat pickled vegetables with her.
During the drinking afterward, Ling Xi helped block some of the drinks for her, but Mobius's tolerance was truly terrible. After just two glasses, she was already feeling dizzy...
"Hmph, I could obviously still drink. I didn't need you to block drinks for me..."
After Ling Xi helped Mobius into the car, she was still haughtily insisting that she could drink more. That demeanor, that expression—it was exactly the same as when he had first met her.
"Ah..."
After placing Mobius in the back seat, Ling Xi sighed as well. Drunk Mobius... was way too difficult to deal with.
Forget it. After settling Mobius properly, Ling Xi prepared to drive back. He knew how to drive, at least, and this was downtown, not too far from the laboratory.
"Where are the keys?"
Ling Xi suddenly remembered the keys. They should be on Mobius, and...
Ling Xi silently looked at Mobius, then discovered that she had hung the car keys around her neck. At that moment, the string attached to the keys had already sunk into Mobius's cleavage...
Although Ling Xi wanted to let her take them out herself, looking at Mobius unconscious like this...
Ling Xi: "..."
"Phew..."
Thus, Ling Xi could only reach over, grab the string, and gently pull upward, preparing to pull out the keys!
"Hm?"
However, after pulling less than an inch, Ling Xi felt resistance. The keys... seemed to be stuck between something soft.
Ling Xi: "..."
Looking at his Doctor's sinful curves, Ling Xi felt that he was being tested. A... supreme test!
But there was no helping it. He needed the keys to drive, so...
"Sorry, Doctor..."
Ling Xi quietly apologized, then reached toward that sinful place...
"Phew..."
A minute later, after Ling Xi's arduous and unyielding struggle (two hundred words omitted here), he finally managed to get the keys. That had been too difficult...
Smelling the sweet fragrance on the car keys, Ling Xi did not dare take another whiff. He hurriedly inserted them into the car, started it, shifted gears, and stepped on the accelerator in one smooth motion...
Fortunately, cars in the Pre-Collapse Civilization were not too different from the ones he had driven, and this one was automatic. So even though it was Ling Xi's first time driving Mobius's car, he felt no discomfort. Instead, it was incredibly smooth, almost without resistance. With a light press on the accelerator, the car shot forward.
This car definitely was not cheap. Generally speaking, the more expensive a car was, the more comfortable it was to drive.
Finally, they could go back...
Drunk Snake Doesn't Listen to Reason!
Driving Mobius's car, Ling Xi headed straight for the laboratory. It was only a fifteen-minute drive from here, and if traffic cooperated, he could arrive in ten.
"Brrr..."
Yet just a few hundred meters after setting off, Ling Xi discovered that the car had stopped.
Ling Xi: "???" I didn't hit the brakes?
Ling Xi hurriedly shifted gears again and stepped on the accelerator.
However, the car still did not move an inch.
He checked the fuel gauge. It was practically full, so there was only one possibility!
Ling Xi: "..." Are you kidding me?
Ling Xi instantly felt like he was breaking down. This was really a case of coincidence opening the door for coincidence—coincidence had come home.
Why... had there been no problem on the way here, only for it to break down when they were heading back?
Fine, he took back what he had said earlier. This car was complete garbage!
Ling Xi unfastened his seatbelt and looked at Mobius in the back. She was still sound asleep and completely unconscious. In other words... no matter what he did to Mobius now, she would not wake up. And in that case, he naturally had to...
Carry her on his back, of course!
Mobius definitely could not walk back in this state, and he did not know how to repair cars. Damn it...
"Ah... This is too hard for me."
In the end, Ling Xi silently got out of the car.
"Aslaug!"
Ling Xi directly activated the power of his Stigmata, then stood behind the car and gave it a push, shoving it straight into a roadside parking space!
Then he opened the rear door and wrapped both arms around Mobius's waist, pulling her outside.
"Once we're back, I'm definitely making you give me a raise..."
After grumbling, Ling Xi still helped Mobius sit up, placing her at the edge of the back seat. Then he turned his back to her and steadily lifted her onto it. There was no helping it—since she could not wake up, he could only carry her back. He could not just leave her here.
So as an assistant, not only was he responsible for assisting at Mobius's laboratory, he also had to take care of her daily life and even carry her home when she was drunk. This was not an assistant's job. He was a nanny!
Fortunately, Mobius was not very heavy. Though her chest was enormous, she probably weighed only forty-seven or forty-eight kilograms. Besides, this was downtown. He just needed to find a spot and hail a taxi home.
Still, to hail a taxi, he had to walk forward for a while, since parking was not allowed here.
Thus, carrying Mobius on his back, Ling Xi planned to call a taxi at the entrance to the street.
"Mm... Where is this..."
In her daze, Mobius felt the ground swaying. Yet... she could smell Ling Xi's scent.
When she opened her eyes, Mobius discovered that she was lying on Ling Xi's back, and Ling Xi was carrying her.
"Eh..."
A faint smile appeared on Mobius's face. She neither made a fuss nor complained, simply lying quietly on Ling Xi's back because... it was quite interesting.
Klein had always carried her before, and she had felt rather embarrassed about it. But Ling Xi...
She was not going to be polite with him. He was a boy, after all. If he could not even carry her, that would be too embarrassing.
Thus, Mobius lay on Ling Xi's back with complete peace of mind, narrowing her eyes as she watched the city's nightscape. It felt like...
It had been a long time since she had relaxed like this.
"Doctor, are you awake?"
Suddenly, Ling Xi seemed to sense something and hurriedly turned his head to ask.
"Mmm... No. You heard wrong..."
Mobius replied faintly...
Ling Xi: "..."
However, Ling Xi had no intention of putting Mobius down. He merely turned back and said, "Doctor, our car broke down, so I'm planning to take a taxi from up ahead."
"No..."
Mobius directly wrapped her arms around Ling Xi's neck and huffed, "I don't want to take a taxi back. I want... you to carry me back."
Ling Xi: "..."
A dark line immediately appeared across Ling Xi's forehead. He said resentfully, "Doctor, the laboratory is three kilometers from here. It will take at least half an hour to walk back!"
"I don't care, I don't care! I want you to carry me back!"
Of course, drunk Mobius could not possibly be reasonable. Hugging Ling Xi tightly, she drunkenly huffed, "If you don't carry me, I'll dock your pay. Hmph hmph, I'll deduct a whole year's salary!"
"Doctor, you can't be unreasonable like this."
Ling Xi truly felt like crying without tears. Wasn't his Doctor a reasonable person? Why had she changed so much after getting drunk?
"Hmph, hurry up and walk. If you don't, I'll deduct another year. Then..."
Mobius lightly tugged at Ling Xi's ear and grinned wickedly. "You'll owe me a year's salary instead, hehe..."
Ling Xi: "..." Even the Rothschilds would weep at this, and Jews would fall silent...
But Ling Xi understood now. Reasoning with drunk Mobius was impossible. No, it should be said that reasoning with any drunk person was not very possible.
"Ling Xi."
Lying on Ling Xi's back, Mobius said with a cheerful smile, "If you carry me back, I'll... give you a reward. I guarantee it'll be a reward you like."
"At your command, Doctor..."
There was no helping it. Since he wanted to cling to Mobius's thigh, then... carrying her it was. It would only take half an hour anyway, and Mobius really was light.
"Hehe, that's more like it..."
Only then did Mobius nod in satisfaction. Then she rested her head against his back, looking utterly content.
Ling Xi accepted it as well, and... he did not seem to be losing out either!
With Mobius's broad chest pressed against his back, he could clearly feel the two forces of "taiji." After all... the Doctor's figure was truly amazing, her face was perfect, and she was a world-renowned scholar too. This...
Looks, figure, wealth, knowledge—this was absolutely the treatment only a protagonist could have! Even if she was not the protagonist, she had to be the female lead!
In short, although Ling Xi had been half-forced by the Doctor to carry her, he did not seem angry at all. Instead, he was even a little happy!
Carrying a beautiful older woman, watching the city's nightscape, feeling the soft warmth against his back—he was not losing out here!
Besides, this Doctor had flirted with him today. He... could count this as earning it back now, right? The only pity was that he could only feel her curves with his back, rather than warming them with his hands.
It would be nice if he could marry her and bring her home...
That thought suddenly popped into Ling Xi's mind...
Uh, of course, he could only think about it. Making it happen was absolutely impossible. As he had said before, Doctor Mobius had everything. Why would she ever take a liking to him? And...
Though saying this might be somewhat presumptuous, Mobius was probably six or seven years older than him. Not that he thought there was anything wrong with that...
"Ling Xi..."
Suddenly, Mobius called out to him.
Ling Xi: "..." Um... Doctor Mobius doesn't have the ability to hear thoughts like in certain novels, right? Um... She definitely doesn't, right!?
"What is it, Doctor..."
Ling Xi answered cautiously.
"Hehe, it's nothing. I just wanted to ask, what do you..."
Mobius smiled faintly. "Think of me?"
Ling Xi: "???"
Is the Snake Really Drunk?
"Huh?"
Hearing Mobius's question, Ling Xi was instantly dumbfounded.
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