"Doctor, Ling Xi, you finally came out."
As the door to Laboratory Three opened, Klein immediately saw the two of them emerge and hurried over to meet them.
"Klein, have you finished revising the documents I asked you to revise?"
Mobius smiled at Klein. This assistant had ruined her good plans twice already. Hopefully... there would not be a third time.
"They're finished, Doctor."
Klein immediately handed the documents to Mobius. Although... she had not changed much, the Doctor had asked for revisions. If she did not alter a single word, it would have been far too obvious.
"Let me see..."
Mobius took the documents and glanced through them. Then she nodded in satisfaction and smiled. "Mm, well done, Klein. If there are any more issues next time, I'll come find you to help revise them again."
"Um... understood, Doctor."
Klein was helpless, but she could only accept it. After all, the other woman was the Doctor.
"Hey, Doctor, that's too much."
Seeing Mobius bully Klein again, Ling Xi really could not stand it anymore. Such a good assistant—hardworking, tireless, and highly efficient—and instead of humoring her, Mobius kept picking on her. If Klein disappeared one day, then what would Mobius do?
"Hmph, none of your business!"
Mobius pursed her lips, but she did not refute Ling Xi. Taking the documents, she returned to her laboratory.
Ling Xi: "..."
"Thank you, Ling Xi."
Only after Mobius had left did Klein smile and thank Ling Xi. Although she knew the Doctor had been joking with her, she was still quite happy that Ling Xi had spoken up for her.
"You're welcome, Senior Sister."
Ling Xi smiled at Klein as well and said helplessly, "After all, in our laboratory, Senior Sister Klein, you're the one working the hardest. Pretty much all the work that should belong to the Doctor's assistant ends up being done by you!"
"It's fine. As long as I can help the Doctor, I'm already satisfied."
Klein smiled. "The Doctor is busy with her research, so I can only help her handle these miscellaneous tasks within my abilities. Someone else could do them too."
Ling Xi: "..." No, someone else definitely could not. At the very least... it would take five people.
But Ling Xi could not do much about that. After all, Senior Sister Klein's work was simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals like him!
Still, there were some things within his ability that he could do, such as...
"Senior Sister, do you want milk tea? I'll go buy some for you."
Ling Xi smiled and asked Klein whether she wanted milk tea. He also finally understood why Danzhu was the laboratory's milk tea errand runner. It was because she was the weakest one there, so she could only be responsible for buying milk tea. And now...
Wait, something seemed wrong. Why had he been the one buying milk tea so often lately?
Oh no, had he become the errand runner!?
"Uh... no need."
Klein opened her mouth as if she wanted to agree, but then she hesitated. She felt that it might inconvenience Ling Xi.
"Heh..."
Yet when Ling Xi saw Klein's expression, how could he not understand? He immediately smiled. "Senior Sister, wait for me. I'll be right back."
With that, Ling Xi went straight out to buy milk tea. So be it if he was an errand runner. At least... buying milk tea really was the easiest job.
"Uh... Ling Xi, wait..."
Klein seemed to want to say something else, but Ling Xi had already left...
"Mm..."
In the end, Klein could only silently sigh, scratch her hair, and smile helplessly. "Honestly... always sticking his nose in."
Still, Klein was quite happy inside. Mm... she was definitely happy because she would get to drink milk tea!
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Fairy Miss Can Flirt Too!
After leaving the laboratory, Ling Xi quickly arrived at the familiar milk tea shop, preparing to buy several cups to take back. Although he had just said he was buying one for Klein, buying only for her might make her feel awkward, so...
He might as well buy a few more and deliver them to Cangxuan and the others. That way, he could openly say that he had only bought Klein's milk tea while he was at it.
"Hi, Ling Xi. Guess who I am?"
Suddenly, Ling Xi felt his eyes being covered again, followed by a familiar voice beside his ear...
Ling Xi: "..."
"Do I even need to guess? Elysia!"
Ling Xi gently held Elysia's wrist and moved her hand away from his eyes. He turned back and looked at her speechlessly. Why did she always like covering other people's eyes? Who had taught her that trick?
"Hehe, so smart. You guessed right immediately."
Elysia let go of Ling Xi, then leaned closer with a curious expression. "Oh, are you buying milk tea? Is it for Klein, or for your Doctor?"
"Of course everyone gets some. Everyone likes drinking it, after all."
Ling Xi smiled faintly, then asked Elysia, "Elysia, would you like a cup too? My treat."
"Really? Then I won't hold back!"
Hearing that Ling Xi was treating her, Elysia immediately agreed happily. She smiled. "You're the first boy to treat me to milk tea, you know. I'll remember it well!"
"Quit it..."
Ling Xi rolled his eyes at Elysia and laughed irritably. "How could someone as cute and beautiful as you possibly have nobody treat you? Do you think I'd believe that?"
"It's true!"
Elysia put on an angry expression, then suddenly smiled again. "Because... I never accepted when other boys offered. I... only accepted from you, so... you're the first boy to treat me to milk tea, aren't you?"
Ling Xi: "..." Your tricks are so deep, I can't even see the city through them.
"Hehe, all right, all right. I was just joking."
Elysia stopped teasing him and smiled. "By the way, it seems your Doctor's laboratory is about to have some of its funding cut. It seems to be because of the Honkai incident you caused that day."
"Seems so..."
Ling Xi nodded without denying it and smiled. "But I don't know the exact situation either. If you want to know, you'll have to ask Klein or my Doctor."
"Mmm..."
Elysia narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled. "Forget it. I'm not interested in your laboratory's funding. I'm... more interested in you."
Ling Xi: "..."
Still, Ling Xi had known Elysia for some time now, so he had developed some resistance to certain things she said. In short, he should believe his Doctor's words and not Elysia's.
"Come on, don't be so cold. Mobius probably said bad things about me in front of you."
Elysia still looked at Ling Xi with a smile. "After all, we're colleagues at the same research institute, and colleagues should communicate more often. Besides, you just don't understand me yet. If you truly got to know me, then..."
Elysia said cheerfully, "You'd definitely discover that I'm a kind and lovable girl, the sort most suitable to marry and bring home."
Ling Xi: "..."
If she meant her appearance, then she really was lovable. But as for her personality...
Mm, he could only say that he had no comment.
"Ling Xi, do you know about the Mu Continent symposium?"
Seeing that Ling Xi would not take the bait, Elysia changed the topic again. No one could kill a conversation in front of her. No one!
"Of course I know."
Ling Xi nodded and smiled. "I'm the Doctor's assistant, after all. How could I not know about something like that?"
"Then who is Mobius planning to take with her? Klein? Or... you?"
Elysia asked again!
"You already guessed it, Elysia."
Ling Xi continued acting as a heartless nodding machine and smiled. "The Doctor really is planning to take me this time, although there are many things I don't understand."
"Oh? She's taking you?"
Hearing that, Elysia's eyes changed slightly.
At symposiums of this level, the people everyone brought along were usually their best assistants or students they valued highly. After all, at a conference full of big shots like this, even if one could not understand anything, simply showing one's face was valuable.
And showing one's face among so many big shots was practically an announcement to everyone that this was the person they valued most. That would be enormously beneficial to that person's future career.
Elysia had originally thought Mobius would take Klein again. After all, that was what Mobius had always done when attending conferences. Yet she had never expected that this time, Mobius would break the pattern and bring Ling Xi, who could not even be considered an outsider to the field.
In that instant, Elysia suddenly realized that she did not seem to understand Mobius as well as she thought.
So...
"Ling Xi..."
Elysia suddenly hugged Ling Xi lightly from behind, rubbed her face against his ear, and smiled wickedly. "Ling Xi, how about considering what I told you last time? If... you're willing to come to my side, not only will the treatment be better, but I can also..."
Elysia blew softly into Ling Xi's ear and whispered with a smile, "Give you an opportunity..."
Ling Xi: "..."
In an instant, Ling Xi felt his entire body go numb. What the hell... were the Flame-Chasing Moths of the Pre-Collapse Civilization all this good at flirting? Mobius alone was one thing, but now Elysia was doing this too. Seriously...
And Elysia actually possessed combat strength no weaker than the Doctor's. All he could say was that she truly deserved to be one of the Thirteen Flame-Chasing Moths. Every one of them was so powerful!
But sorry, Fairy Miss, you came too late, because...
He already belonged to the Doctor. His heart would not betray the Doctor, because the Doctor was his wife—his closest and dearest beloved. If she wanted him to betray the Doctor, no way!
"Elysia, the milk tea is ready!"
Ling Xi decisively slipped out of Elysia's embrace and handed her the milk tea. "I won't chat with you much this time. Everyone is still waiting for me to bring their milk tea back. We'll talk next time. Bye-bye!"
With that, Ling Xi fled right under Elysia's resentful gaze. No, no. If he stayed any longer, he was afraid he really would fall.
"Mmm, Ling Xi... hehe..."
Elysia smiled helplessly, then leisurely left with her milk tea. There would be plenty of opportunities anyway.
Originally, her interest in Ling Xi had not been that great. At most, she had been interested in his abilities. But now... since he was someone Mobius valued so highly, how could she not join in the fun?
After all, the more challenging something was, the more she liked doing it. And if one day Mobius suddenly discovered that Elysia had taken something that belonged to her, then... Mobius's expression would definitely be very amusing, hehehe.
Thinking of that, a gradually sly smile appeared on Elysia's face.
Do You Smell Like Elysia?
"Senior Sister, your milk tea!"
After shaking off Elysia, Ling Xi returned straight to the laboratory. There was no helping it—the outside world was simply too dangerous. Only his wife's laboratory could give him even a hint of security.
"Mm... thank you, Ling Xi."
Looking at the milk tea Ling Xi had bought for her, Klein accepted it helplessly. It had already been bought, so she could not exactly refuse it again. After all, it was also Ling Xi's kindness.
"You're welcome. Buying one cup is buying, and buying several cups is buying."
Ling Xi smiled at Klein and said, "Senior Sister, take your time drinking it. I'll go deliver milk tea to the Doctor and the others first."
"Mm, go ahead. Don't worry about me."
Klein nodded and began drinking quietly. This... really could be called the happiest moment of the day.
Afterward, Ling Xi first delivered milk tea to Cangxuan, Danzhu, and the others before finally arriving at Mobius's Laboratory Three.
"Doctor, I just bought milk tea. Do you want to take a break first?"
As soon as he entered the laboratory, Ling Xi saw Mobius sitting in her usual spot, fiddling with all kinds of instruments.
"Milk tea? Haaah..."
Mobius stretched lazily, looking completely languid as she smiled. "Fine, taking a break would be nice."
As she spoke, Mobius placed both hands on the table and gave herself a light push, spinning once in her ergonomic chair until she faced Ling Xi. Then she crooked a finger at him...
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