Only Klein Can Be Trusted!

Ling Xi: "..."

Ling Xi did not say much. He silently walked toward Mobius...

"Ehehe!"

As a result, Mobius toppled right out of her chair and threw herself into Ling Xi's arms.

"Doctor, be careful..."

Ling Xi hurriedly caught Mobius, feeling rather speechless. She was already an adult—why was she still acting like a child?

Still, it was fortunate that his Doctor's shock-absorption system was powerful enough. Otherwise, what had come flying at him would have been the legendary steel plate shield bash.

"Hehe, what's there to be afraid of? Even if I fall, I won't land on my face!"

Mobius looked at Ling Xi with a faint smile, not forgetting to show off her assets.

Ling Xi: "..." Damn it, did having built-in shock absorbers mean she could do whatever she wanted?

Still, Ling Xi did not dare entertain any thoughts right now. The scene of nearly suffocating earlier was still vivid in his mind.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Mobius seemed to catch a scent!

"Sniff... sniff..."

She directly grabbed Ling Xi by the shoulders and sniffed him hard. Mm... that was right, this was... her scent!

Mobius's gaze immediately turned cold, though her smile remained in place. She gently raised her head to look at Ling Xi and asked in an incomparably tender voice, "Ling Xi, when you went out just now, did you do anything naughty behind my back?"

"Huh?"

Ling Xi froze for a moment, then suddenly realized something. He hurriedly said, "Doctor, listen to me. When I went out to buy milk tea just now, Elysia suddenly came over to say hello, but... she was only saying hello. Nothing happened."

Clearly, Ling Xi realized that when Elysia had leaned close earlier, she had left her scent on him. So...

They said snakes hunted by scent.

"Is that so?"

Mobius gently held Ling Xi's head, then stuck out her tongue and licked his face. Smiling, she said, "That's the scent of a lie."

Ling Xi: "..." It seemed snakes really did use their tongues to detect scents.

"Um, Doctor, I really..."

Ling Xi still wanted to explain that there really was nothing between him and Elysia, but...

When he saw Mobius pick up a pink strand of hair from his shoulder...

Ling Xi: "..."

"Hehe..."

Mobius smilingly picked up an unknown instrument and said, "Ling Xi, do you know? Laboratory mice have strict rules and restrictions when it comes to reproduction. And disobedient little mice... can you guess what I do to them?"

"It's a misunderstanding... Doctor, this really is a misunderstanding."

Ling Xi immediately felt a huge word—DANGER—hanging over his head. Damn it, Elysia, you set me up!

"Achoo..."

At that moment, a pink-haired girl drinking milk tea sneezed...

"Sigh..."

In the laboratory hall, Ling Xi sat beside Klein and sighed helplessly.

"It's okay, Ling Xi. The Doctor must have kicked you out so she could conduct her research more effectively."

Klein was still comforting Ling Xi. Earlier, she had seen the laboratory door suddenly open, followed by Ling Xi being thrown out. Clearly, the two of them must have had an argument.

"Hopefully."

Ling Xi did not know whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to cry because this was truly an undeserved disaster. Elysia had completely set him up. As for why he wanted to laugh...

Mobius had not actually done anything to him. She had merely punished him by forbidding him from entering her laboratory again today or touching her.

Honestly, the punishment was not severe. But he had made Mobius angry. They had only confirmed their relationship yesterday, and he had already made her angry today. All he could say was... truly worthy of me!

"Klein, let me help you deal with the documents."

After spacing out for a while, Ling Xi felt he had nothing to do, so he decided to help Klein out a little.

"Uh..."

Honestly, Klein's first instinct was to refuse, because she truly did not believe Ling Xi could handle them properly. There was an eighty percent chance she would have to redo everything after he finished. After all, only she understood many of the Doctor's research projects and the Doctor's habits when reviewing documents.

So asking someone else to help with her work was basically the same as increasing her own workload.

But Klein found it hard to refuse, since Ling Xi genuinely meant to help her...

"All right. Then I'll... teach you how to do it."

In the end, Klein chose to agree. She would let Ling Xi try first, then correct his mistakes right in front of him. That way, in a few days... Ling Xi would probably gain some self-awareness and quietly bow out.

"Come, sit beside me. I'll teach you how to handle these documents..."

Klein patted the sofa beside her, motioning for Ling Xi to sit down. Holding a document in her left hand and operating the mouse and keyboard with her right, she said, "First, we need to fill in and calculate the Doctor's experimental data..."

Ling Xi then sat beside Klein and earnestly began learning how to handle Mobius's documents. Since he had already decided to be with Mobius, he would definitely need to help the Doctor handle these things in the future, so...

He might as well start learning now. Otherwise, when his wife was working in the future, he would not be able to help at all. That would be far too awkward.

But because Klein's computer was a laptop, the screen was rather small. Combined with the glare, Ling Xi could not see very clearly from where he was sitting.

"Sit closer."

Klein silently moved the computer a little toward Ling Xi and motioned for him to come closer. "It's fine if we're squeezed together. You need to see the screen clearly!"

"Uh... okay!"

Since Klein had put it that way, Ling Xi moved closer and began handling Mobius's work documents together with her...

Only Klein Was Worth Trusting!

"Hmph, that guy should be reflecting properly by now..."

Inside the laboratory, Mobius wore a faint smile as she hummed softly. She felt that Ling Xi should be reflecting by now. She had not said anything before, but now that he had agreed to be with her, he was still fooling around with other girls—especially... that sly fox she hated most.

So, it was absolutely necessary to make that guy reflect properly.

"Mu Continent Symposium..."

At that moment, Mobius was drafting her speech. Such an important symposium could not rely entirely on improvisation; she still needed to prepare a script, though she had never liked reading from one.

However, she also needed to consider the matter of the Honkai outbreak in Changkong City. Of course, making it public was absolutely impossible. If Ling Xi's two assumptions were correct, revealing it would only cause greater losses and more deaths.

From a moral standpoint, human lives could not be measured with numbers, so sacrificing Changkong City in exchange for smaller losses was naturally not morally acceptable either.

But what else could she do? Even if she knew about this, there was still nothing she could do. The only thing she could probably do was reduce humanity's losses a little. At the very least... the people at the Changkong City research institute could evacuate.

But how could she reasonably withdraw them without arousing suspicion while keeping this matter secret? That would require some thought as well.

Forget it. She could deal with that later. Right now, she should first prepare for the Mu Continent symposium. When it came to Honkai, those old men always wanted to cut her genetic engineering budget and invest more funding into technology. She did not oppose technological advancement, but...

Was humanity's own strength really going to be abandoned?

So, her objective this time was simple. Aside from academic exchange, she needed to persuade the higher-ups of the Flame-Chasing Moths—at least some of them—to let her continue her Honkai experiments. Otherwise, when stronger Honkai emerged, humanity might not be able to withstand it at all.

"Mmm..."

An hour later, Mobius had redrafted her speech. She stretched and yawned at the same time...

Subconsciously, she wanted something to drink, only to discover that her coffee had long since run out, and the milk tea Ling Xi had brought earlier was already nearly gone as well.

"It's been an hour. That guy should have reflected properly by now..."

Mobius rested her chin on one hand, feeling that Ling Xi should have reflected enough. After this minor punishment and warning, he should not contact Elysia again in the future.

"Mm, I'll go check on him."

Mobius silently rose from the sofa, preparing to go find Ling Xi. An hour of reflection should have been enough. After all, she did not truly want to be angry, much less break up with Ling Xi.

Thus, the automatic door to Laboratory Three opened once more, and Mobius stepped out. She had just wanted to see whether Ling Xi was sitting on the sofa reflecting when...

"Ling Xi, you can't calculate the result directly here. You need to add this condition first before calculating..."

"Oh, oh, got it, Senior."

"And here, this document is relatively simple. Try doing it on your own first."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

"It's fine. Take it slowly. Ask me if there's anything you don't understand."

"Mm, thank you, Senior."

On the sofa in the lounge, Ling Xi and Klein sat together discussing work.

Because the screen was too small, the two were practically leaning against each other. And because Ling Xi was not particularly skilled at this kind of work, Klein had to occasionally place her hand over his hand on the mouse and teach him how to operate it.

After all, the various experimental data analyses Mobius conducted were truly not something ordinary people knew how to handle.

Mobius: "(▼皿▼#)"

"Ling Xi, Klein..."

Mobius suddenly appeared behind them. Looking at the two very pleasantly, she smiled and asked, "What are you two talking about? You seem so happy."

"Eh? Doctor!"

Hearing Mobius's voice, both of them immediately turned to look at her.

"Doctor."

Klein calmly replied, "Ling Xi wanted to help you handle some work, so he asked me to teach him how to do it."

"Hm? Is that so?"

Mobius seemed somewhat suspicious as she smilingly asked, "Then why are you sitting together? And so close at that?"

"Because a laptop screen can only be viewed properly from the front. Looking from the side is very difficult."

Klein remained as calm as ever.

"Oh... is that so, Ling Xi?"

Mobius silently looked at Ling Xi again. Her mood... did not seem very good.

"Uh... that's exactly it, Doctor."

Seeing Mobius's expression, Ling Xi felt a little intimidated. He figured Mobius was probably still angry about what had happened earlier.

Mobius: "..."

"Hehe..."

Although Mobius felt there seemed to be something strange between Ling Xi and Klein, based on her understanding of Klein, the girl was not the type to lie, much less lie to her. So...

She had probably really misunderstood. After all, their personalities made it unlikely that they would have much in common. But...

"Klein, I've conducted some additional experiments recently, so..."

Mobius smilingly said to Klein, "Your workload is going to increase a little more."

"Uh..."

Klein actually wanted to refuse, because the Doctor had given her far too much work. But she had no choice. This was her Doctor's work, after all.

"Understood, Doctor."

In the end, Klein could only nod and agree. Work was something she had long since stopped thinking of as too much.

However, Klein quietly glanced at Ling Xi. If she truly could not finish everything by then, she could let Ling Xi help out. Although Ling Xi was only a beginner right now, he was at least more reliable than Danzhu.

"Then, Klein, I'll leave this to you."

As she spoke, Mobius handed Klein the speech she had drafted earlier. "Before we leave, don't forget to get it ready for me."

"Don't worry, Doctor. I'll have it ready."