Seele immediately felt that the ticket was no longer appealing. Three thousand yuan—if she were careful, that would cover two months of living expenses. And it was all for a two-hour concert?
Though she really did like Eden and wanted to see Eden's concert in person...
This price was simply impossible to accept!
So Seele silently handed the ticket back to Ling Xi and said gloomily, "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do that day, so... I might not be able to go."
Ling Xi: "..." Hey, hey, hey, wasn't that lie a little too clumsy?
"Just take it..."
Ling Xi stuffed the ticket back into Seele's hand, then held her hand in his to make sure she kept it. Smiling, he said, "I bought it for you in the first place. If you don't go, then what am I going for?"
"But... it's so expensive..."
Seele still felt that the price was outrageous...
"Expensive...?"
Ling Xi thought for a moment, then smiled. "Then... as compensation, how about you come shopping in the city with me the day after tomorrow?"
"A... date?"
That was the first word that came to Seele's mind.
"If you think it is, then it is..."
Ling Xi tightened his grip on Seele's hand and smiled. "Anyway, I've already given you the ticket, so don't forget when the time comes."
"Mm... okay."
Seele's face flushed again, and she silently lowered her head.
Shopping together, strolling around, and then watching a concert... wasn't that a date?
But she realized that she didn't seem to want to refuse either... Well, it was definitely because of the concert. Yes, definitely!
"Oh, right, Seele!"
Suddenly, Ling Xi seemed to remember something. "When we go to the concert, besides the two of us, I have another friend coming too."
Seele: "???" Wasn't it a date? What did he mean by bringing a friend along?
"Don't worry, it's a male friend!"
Afraid Seele might misunderstand, Ling Xi quickly explained with a smile, "He did me a favor, and he likes Eden too, so I bought him a ticket as well. When we go shopping, it'll just be the two of us. He'll only join us at the concert."
"Hmph, what does that have to do with me?"
Realizing what she had misunderstood, Seele's face reddened, but she still snorted proudly. "Forget a male friend. Even if you brought a female friend, I wouldn't say anything. We're not in any kind of relationship anyway."
Ling Xi: "..."
Naturally, Ling Xi did not explain further. He merely smiled at Seele and said, "Seele, it's already noon. Let's go have lunch first. My treat."
Now that they had finished discussing the important matter, Ling Xi returned to reality. Seele had come here to buy lunch, after all, and he happened to be hungry too.
"Forget it. You're already treating me to a concert. How could I let you treat me to lunch too...?"
Seele shook her head and refused. "I'll treat you to lunch. You can treat me when we go on our da—cough, cough, when we go shopping!"
"Oh, right. You should hold onto this."
As she spoke, Seele handed the ticket back to Ling Xi again.
"Huh... Seele?"
Seeing Seele return the ticket again, Ling Xi looked rather surprised. What did she mean this time?
"I didn't say I wasn't going. It's just..."
Seele said gloomily, "I'm afraid I'll lose it if I keep it."
A ticket worth three thousand yuan was something she truly did not dare carry around. It would be incredibly awkward if she lost it.
Ling Xi: "..."
Ling Xi did not say anything more and silently put the ticket away.
"Um... Ling Xi, give me your phone!"
Suddenly, Seele held out her hand toward Ling Xi.
"What do you want to do?"
Though Ling Xi was curious, he did not hesitate. He unlocked his phone and handed it to Seele.
After taking it, Seele quickly entered a string of numbers, then returned the phone to Ling Xi. With shyness mixed with a hint of pride, she snorted, "We're friends now. Don't misunderstand, I don't want to add you or anything. It's just... we'll need it the day after tomorrow!"
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Ling Xi merely smiled. This Seele was quite cute too.
Klein Was Brimming with Confidence!
"Strange. The ability can't be copied or transferred at all..."
In the laboratory, Mobius was still studying the Superpower Cells Ling Xi had provided. Yet she discovered that Ling Xi's ability truly could not be replicated or cultivated. Even if the Superpower Cells were successfully implanted into another animal, the cells would not die—instead, they would directly kill the host...
Of course, the largest hosts used in the experiments so far had only been white mice.
But this gave Mobius a terrible headache. The research seemed to have hit a standstill again...
"So scientific methods can't replicate the ability. Then..."
Mobius stroked her chin and said thoughtfully, "Could this ability be passed down to the next generation?"
Since she could not cultivate the cells, Mobius intended to look for another direction.
For example... genetic inheritance.
"Doctor, are you beginning the next stage of research?"
Klein, who was sitting to the side making observations and records, spoke up. Mobius had been talking to herself, but she had said it out loud after all.
"There's no helping it. We've been studying somatic cells for days and performed so many experiments, but the progress is still exactly the same as before."
Mobius spread her hands helplessly and smiled. "So I suspect that Ling Xi's genes may have been tampered with. Or rather... during evolution, they may have developed a built-in self-protection program."
"Once they leave the owner's body, they can neither replicate nor proliferate. That is... self-protection!"
"Is that so..."
Klein did not refute her. She merely pondered Mobius's words.
"Yes. Human genes are very complicated, after all."
Mobius sighed softly, then recited, "From the first spark of life beneath the water, to the giant beasts of the Stone Age, to humanity's first upright steps..."
Klein: "..."
"Doctor, get to the point!"
Klein suddenly felt a pain in her liver and decisively told Mobius to get to the point.
"Hehe..."
Mobius smiled and said, "So, Klein, I think we need to take some of Ling Xi's appreciating cells. Maybe... this ability can be inherited."
"After all, human bodies are not fundamentally different from other organisms. So even if Ling Xi's genetic self-protection program is powerful, it can't possibly refuse to give anything to the next generation, right?"
Klein: "..."
Klein silently turned her head away, having absolutely no intention of answering Mobius. She simply continued with her recording work.
"Klein..."
Mobius moved in front of Klein with a smile, took away her notebook and pen with both hands, and asked, "What do you think about what I just said?"
Klein: "..."
"If Doctor wants it, Doctor should go to Ling Xi, not me."
Klein looked extremely wary. First, she was female. Second, she did not have Superpower Cells. So why was Mobius pestering her instead of Ling Xi?
Besides, Mobius's expression right now looked exactly like when she had tricked Klein into recruiting Ling Xi before...
"No, no, Klein. I don't want to force Ling Xi."
Mobius shook her head and said gloomily, "That bad woman came by last night, and she wanted to poach Ling Xi too."
Mobius sighed. "Ling Xi still trusts me enough, so she didn't succeed. But if I force Ling Xi to do something he doesn't like, he'll probably become wary of me."
"So... I don't want that."
Klein: "..." So what did that have to do with her?
"Doctor... there's something I think I should tell you."
After hesitating for a while, Klein seemed to have something she wanted to say.
"Mm, Klein, what is it?"
Mobius looked curiously at her assistant.
"Doctor, you should trust Ling Xi more."
Klein quietly replied, "Doctor's questioning of Ling Xi this morning would make him feel that Doctor doesn't trust him."
"Mm... it's not that I don't trust him. I just don't trust that bad woman."
Mobius argued, "I trust Ling Xi, but I obviously couldn't believe everything that girl told me yesterday, so I asked Ling Xi about it."
"Doctor, Ling Xi..."
Klein hesitated, but ultimately decided to help Doctor out. After what happened today, Ling Xi might not invite Doctor again—or might not dare to.
So at a time like this, she needed to make Doctor take the initiative.
"What about him?"
Seeing Klein's hesitant expression, Mobius pressed curiously. In her memory, Klein rarely showed such an expression.
"Doctor,"
Klein said quietly, "Ling Xi asked me last night to help him buy two concert tickets. Eden's solo concert, premium seats."
"Oh... does he like Eden's concerts?"
Mobius looked thoughtful, though she was not particularly surprised. Putting aside anything else, Eden herself was enough to attract plenty of admirers.
"Doctor, that's not the point."
Klein shook her head helplessly, sounding exasperated. "Why would Ling Xi buy two tickets? Obviously because he planned to invite someone to go with him."
"According to the information I investigated, Ling Xi clearly intended to invite Doctor."
"Huh? Invite me?"
Mobius immediately looked rather surprised.
"Mm..."
Klein nodded quietly. "Otherwise, Ling Xi could have simply bought one ticket. Why spend extra money on two? Premium-seat tickets cost a full three thousand yuan each."
"Ugh..."
Mobius suddenly felt... conflicted. "But... I don't have much time, and I'm not interested in concerts either."
"Doctor..."
Klein rubbed her forehead helplessly. "The concert isn't the point. Who you go with is the point. Doesn't Doctor understand?"
Klein put it tactfully. "Doesn't Doctor care a great deal about Ling Xi? So going to a concert together might make your relationship closer."
"Then Ling Xi naturally wouldn't become more wary of Doctor. Wouldn't that achieve Doctor's goal too?"
"But... would Ling Xi really invite me?"
Mobius still felt that something was off.
"Doctor should ask Ling Xi that question."
Klein continued, "But... Doctor should arrange the work for the day after tomorrow in advance. The concert starts at eight and ends at ten. Taking preparation and entry time into account, Doctor will need to leave at seven."
"Mm..."
Mobius thought silently for a moment, then finally nodded. "All right. If he really invites me then, I'll go. Anyway... I can treat it as a chance to relax."
"Don't worry, Doctor. He definitely will!"
Klein smiled confidently, looking completely assured. Based on her investigation of Ling Xi, he had practically no friends.
Though he knew quite a few girls, they were mostly classmates, and their relationships only extended as far as acquaintances.
So for Ling Xi, the only women he was relatively familiar with were those in the laboratory.
Klein herself definitely would not go, and Ling Xi certainly was not inviting her. Danzhu and Cangxuan came as a pair, but Ling Xi was only inviting one girl, so they could be ruled out as well.
So...
Who else could Ling Xi invite besides Doctor?
Snake Says: Where's My Ticket?
"I never expected Kevin to have a ticket..."
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