Pre-Collapse Civilization, My Wife is a Snake Oh Chapter 9

But that doesn't seem to have anything to do with me. After all, I'm only a part-timer. How could I possibly have regular work hours? So, I don't need perfect attendance anyway!

"Oh? Are you the newcomer the Doctor mentioned?"

At that moment, Ling Xi suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice from the sofa in the living room.

Ling Xi followed the sound and looked towards the sofa. He then saw a long-haired girl sitting on the sofa, with a special hairstyle and blue hair accessories on her head, as well as... blue eyes.

"You're... Cangxuan, right?"

The moment Ling Xi saw her, he recognized her. As a descendant of "Zu Chongzhi," he had once eagerly anticipated his ancestor being implemented on the ship. However, he waited and waited. After the fairy lady and the snake from the Pre-Collapse Civilization were implemented, and even the World Serpent executives boarded, there was still no news of his ancestor.

But fortunately, during the Yun Mo version, the little ancestor's puppet did appear. Well... her strength couldn't be called particularly strong, but she was very versatile. And at just two stars, all her core abilities were unlocked. She was definitely the top choice for elemental puppets for free-to-play players, bar none!

"Mhm, it seems Senior Sister Klein already told you about us."

Seeing that Ling Xi had directly called out her name, Cangxuan was a little surprised, but not entirely unexpected.

"What's going on, what's going on?"

At this moment, Danzhu also ran out from a laboratory. She saw Ling Xi and immediately asked curiously, "Hey? Are you... Ling Xi?"

"That's right, I am Ling Xi."

Ling Xi smiled at Danzhu. "Danzhu, Cangxuan, the two of you. Please take care of me in the future."

"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry. We'll definitely take care of you, and besides..."

Danzhu chuckled. "This way, I shouldn't be the youngest in the laboratory anymore. Ling Xi, you'll have to call me 'Senior Sister' from now on."

Ling Xi: "..." Looking at their ages, they don't seem older than me...

And these two are ordinary people, not like someone who can live for fifty-five thousand five hundred years, a divine land... approachable immortal. So, no matter how old these two look, their actual age is their actual age. There's no situation like the world's shortest person!

"Ling Xi, you don't need to pay attention to her,"

Cangxuan said calmly. "You can just call us by our names. In this laboratory, only Klein can be called 'Senior Sister.' We don't need to be so formal with each other."

"Okay, no problem."

Ling Xi immediately smiled and nodded slightly, then asked, "By the way, are the Doctor and Senior Sister Klein here?"

"Yes, they are, in Laboratory No. 3."

Cangxuan pointed to the third room, which was one of the laboratories Mobius often stayed in. But as soon as she finished speaking, Cangxuan quickly added, "However, I advise you not to go in there right now."

"Hm? Why?"

Ling Xi felt a slight confusion.

"Because when the Doctor is researching, she hates being interrupted the most,"

Danzhu immediately explained. "If the Doctor is in a good mood, it might be fine. But if she's in a bad mood, then whoever interrupts the Doctor's research... well, they might become the Doctor's experimental subject the next day."

Ling Xi: "..." Hey, hey, is it that exaggerated?

"Don't listen to Danzhu talking nonsense. The Doctor isn't as terrifying as the rumors say..."

At this moment, Cangxuan also spoke up, rubbing her forehead as she said, "However, even if the Doctor isn't that terrifying, one thing Danzhu said is correct: the Doctor really hates being interrupted during research."

"Mmm... I think I understand."

Ling Xi nodded in understanding. Research was Mobius's hobby. It was equivalent to someone who loved playing League of Legends suddenly being interrupted while playing. Anyone's mood would turn sour.

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Chapter 16: The Doctor Never Plays Favorites?

After listening to Danzhu and Cangxuan's explanation, Ling Xi pondered for a moment.

However, after hesitating for a while, Ling Xi still said, "Cangxuan, if... if the Doctor texted me to come find her, do you think I should go find her now?"

"Hm?"

Hearing Ling Xi's words, Cangxuan seemed to freeze for a moment and asked, "Did the Doctor really ask you to come?"

"Yeah!"

Ling Xi took out his phone, opened the chat interface, and smiled, "Here, you guys can see."

Earlier, after having lunch with Seele, Ling Xi received a message from Mobius, saying that she had a mission for him and asked him to come find her if he had time in the afternoon. He had planned to do so anyway, as he had no classes in the afternoon, so he came immediately.

As a result, he didn't meet Mobius but instead encountered Cangxuan and Danzhu, and was even "educated" by these two about the terrible consequences of interrupting Mobius's research!

Therefore, Ling Xi hesitated. Should he go find her as Mobius said, or... wait a while longer, and only go after Klein or Mobius came out?

"This..."

Cangxuan and Danzhu exchanged a glance. Finally, Cangxuan said, "We're not sure about this either, because under normal circumstances, the Doctor doesn't actively seek us out. It's no help, Senior Sister Klein can handle everything for the Doctor."

"How about we wait for a while? It's not even one o'clock in the afternoon yet."

Danzhu suggested waiting for a while. After all, she was well aware of Doctor Mobius's reputation. And although many of the things Mobius researched were incomprehensible, there were also many important studies. It would be too much of a shame to interrupt them rashly.

"If it's just waiting for a while, it's really fine..."

Cangxuan nodded thoughtfully, but then added, "But when the Doctor gets serious, she often spends several days without leaving the laboratory. So I don't know how long the Doctor will stay inside this time..."

"Uh..."

Dan Zhu also blinked in surprise, then looked at Ling Xi. "Why don't... you try?"

Ling Xi: "..." Is your change of mind really that fast?

"There's another way."

Cang Xuan suddenly thought of something and said, "Milk tea."

"Milk tea?"

Ling Xi was clearly a bit confused!

"Yes, milk tea!"

Cang Xuan nodded very affirmatively. "Milk tea is the most wonderful thing in the world. Its sweet taste can dispel the gloom in one's heart and make one feel cheerful. Therefore, whenever I'm in a bad mood, all it takes is a cup of sweet milk tea to make me feel better."

"Wait..."

Ling Xi quickly interrupted Cang Xuan and asked, "So, what does this have to do with the current situation?"

"It does."

Cang Xuan said calmly, "The Doctor likes to drink milk tea, especially... pudding milk tea!"

"Mhm..."

Instantly, Ling Xi seemed to understand something and said, "Buy milk tea and then go see the Doctor. If the Doctor is in a bad mood, bribe them with milk tea. If the Doctor is in a good mood, use milk tea to improve the relationship, is that it!"

"GOOD-job!"

Cang Xuan decisively gave her approval!

"Turn left after you go out, the cafeteria is about two hundred meters away, and there's a place selling milk tea next to it," Dan Zhu reminded him.

"Thanks, both of you!"

Ling Xi thanked them and then decisively turned to go buy milk tea.

Following Dan Zhu's instructions, Ling Xi arrived at the base's cafeteria. Since it was open twenty-four hours, there were always people around. However, the dishes varied from different eras. Sometimes, late at night, only pre-packaged nutritional meals were available, the kind that just needed to be heated up!

Of course, he wasn't here to buy nutritional meals. His target was...

"I love you, you love me, Mixue..."

Ling Xi heard a familiar melody... Amazing!

Other advertisements boasted about centuries of heritage, unbroken lineage. But now... this was fifty thousand years of heritage! A hundred-year-old shop? Thousand-year heritage? What garbage!

Soon, Ling Xi returned, carrying five cups of milk tea...

"Cang Xuan, Dan Zhu, I forgot to ask what flavors you like earlier, so I bought one of each flavor. Pick whichever you like!"

Although he was going to buy milk tea for Mobius, Ling Xi wasn't so stingy as to only buy it for Mobius. Dan Zhu and Cang Xuan had helped him quite a bit just now, so treating them to a cup of milk tea as a reward wasn't excessive.

"Eh, we get some too? Then we won't be polite."

Seeing that Ling Xi had actually bought some for them, Dan Zhu and Cang Xuan were a little happy. Although milk tea wasn't expensive, the feeling of drinking it when it was bought for you was different from buying it yourself!

So, the two girls didn't hesitate and quickly crowded over to choose their favorite flavors. Well... of course, they absolutely couldn't touch the pudding milk tea, unless they wanted to experience what it felt like to be one of Doctor Mobius's experimental subjects.

With the milk tea in hand, both of them immediately inserted their straws and happily started drinking.

"Mmm, it really is this sweet taste I like."

After just one sip, Dan Zhu let out a sound of enjoyment. As expected, sugar could indeed bring pleasure.

"Mhm, mhm..."

Cang Xuan nodded in agreement.

"Um, do you two want to come in with me? I'm a little scared going alone..."

Glancing at Laboratory No. 3, Ling Xi turned his gaze back to Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu. Although these two girls had said Mobius liked milk tea, what if Mobius was really angry? At least they could share the burden together.

Cang Xuan: "..."

Dan Zhu: "..."

Suddenly, the milk tea in their hands didn't seem so appealing anymore...

"Cough, cough, of course, if you don't want to, it's fine."

Seeing a slight change in their eyes, Ling Xi quickly added.

"Never mind, let's go together."

In the end, it was Cang Xuan who said with a smile, "After all, you're new here. As seniors, it's only right that we take a little care of you. Besides... you have to believe in the charm of milk tea!"

"Then thank you. I'll treat you to a meal later."

Seeing Cang Xuan agree, Ling Xi smiled and walked towards Laboratory No. 3 with the milk tea.

Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu exchanged glances and quickly followed, holding their milk tea. Dan Zhu even ran to the very front.

"Doctor, Senior Sister Klein, are you there?"

After walking into the laboratory, Danzhu immediately called out to the two people inside.

"Danzhu."

Mobius, sitting on the observation chair, turned her head back with a hint of helplessness and said somewhat angrily, "Didn't I tell you not to... Oh, Ling Xi, you're here! Come here, come here quickly."

As she spoke, Mobius's face immediately broke into a smile, and she quickly got up to welcome Ling Xi.

"I'm sorry, Doctor. Did we interrupt your experiment?"

Ling Xi didn't quite understand Mobius's thoughts, but... apologizing first was always the safe bet!

"No, no."

Mobius quickly shook her head and said with a smile, "I wasn't actually conducting an experiment just now, it was just a small observation test. Even if it was interrupted, it wouldn't affect the results."

"Uh... really?"

Ling Xi didn't know what to say for a moment. Besides... didn't she just say five seconds ago that Danzhu interrupted her experiment?

Danzhu "???"

Wait, if it's not a problem, then why did you just say I interrupted your experiment, Doctor? And...

Isn't the Doctor never biased?

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"Doctor, I bought some milk tea when I came just now."

Seeing that Mobius didn't seem genuinely angry, Ling Xi took out the milk tea and said with a smile, "I heard you seem to like drinking it."

"Milk tea..."

Upon seeing the milk tea in Ling Xi's hand, Mobius's eyes lit up, and she smiled, "Thank you, Ling Xi, I like it very much."