Another Fated Heroine Appears

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After downing a glass of red wine, Su Bai narrowed his eyes slightly and watched the black rose before him, bristling with thorns, leisurely walk away with her proud, elegant figure...

A profound glint flashed through his eyes, and a bewitching smile curled at his lips. Everything was under control. Just as Su Bai rested for a moment and prepared to leave—

"Brother Su, why didn't you tell me you were here?! I just happened to have something important to discuss with you!" Suddenly, a gratingly obnoxious voice rang out. Turning around, he saw Zhang Tianci running over excitedly, practically wagging his tail.

With a leap, he crashed down onto the sofa in front of Su Bai. Waving a hand grandly, he said excitedly, "Someone, bring out all the red wine I've been saving! We're not leaving until we're drunk today!"

Looking at the eager little villain before him, Su Bai's eyelid twitched uncontrollably. He believed this guy really intended to drink him under the table.

"Hold on. No rush. Tell me what this important matter is first!" Thinking this, Su Bai immediately waved a hand and directly interrupted his little villain lackey's self-indulgent revelry.

At the same time, his gaze flicked aside as he began considering how to make an excuse to slip away.

"Oh! Right, right, the important matter. I almost forgot to tell you." Zhang Tianci, who had been rubbing his hands excitedly in preparation for a wild drinking session, slapped his forehead and came back to his senses. His expression turned serious as he sprang up and moved close to Su Bai.

His mysterious manner piqued Su Bai's curiosity. Damn, it really did seem to be something important.

"Speak!"

His expression hardened as he waited for the news, though his hands unconsciously began cracking their knuckles. If this brat dared to mess with him—

Awei's Eighteen Styles was no joke!

Zhang Tianci immediately gave an awkward smile and hurriedly backed away, waving his hands as he spoke. "Do you know Xiao Hai? Xiao Fan's cousin!"

"His dad, Xiao Zhenyang, seems to have had his power taken away by Xiao Fan. Unwilling to accept it, he came to me and asked me to act as a middleman to contact you, Brother Su. He wants us to join forces and bring down Xiao Fan. Then his dad can take the top position, and our three families can work together to make money!"

Hearing this, Su Bai's brow rose slightly, surprise flashing through his eyes. Naturally, he knew about the internal conflict within the Xiao Household.

He just never expected things to have reached this point. They were already seeking outside help. This was simply heaven helping him!

If he had an extra informant and another pair of eyes within Xiao Group, everything would become much easier!

"What's in it for me?" Su Bai raised his brow slightly and asked solemnly. Cooperation was fine, but without benefits, why should he agree?!

Just like before, with Zhang Yanran.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Tianci slapped his thigh and immediately gave Su Bai a thumbs-up. He continued excitedly, "That's exactly what I said! So this guy immediately offered me an important piece of information."

Huh?

This little villain actually brought his brain today?! Could it be that after Xiao Fan, the broken-engagement protagonist, had been suppressed by him again and again, his Protagonist Halo had weakened, and even these brainless minor villains were getting their intelligence back?!

A trace of surprise flashed through Su Bai's eyes. After silently roasting him for a moment, he heard Zhang Tianci continue excitedly, "Xiao Hai said Xiao Fan has recently been trying every possible way to poach a genius researcher from my company. I heard she's a woman?"

"If he succeeds, mass production of new-energy vehicles will be just around the corner!"

What the hell?

Was that true?!

In an instant, Su Bai's eyelid twitched wildly, and his heart jolted. A whole string of webnovel plot developments immediately formed in his mind...

Xiao Fan would gain the help of a female research bigshot. Not only would he make breakthroughs in new-energy research, but he would also win the beauty's heart. Killing two birds with one stone.

And why did she have to be a beauty? Did they expect the protagonist to be given an ugly woman?!

Damn it!

This was too damn shameless!

The Protagonist Halo simply had no logic. It had just given him money, and now it was sending him talent too. Most importantly, it was the kind of beauty who could warm his bed.

Did villains deserve to be exploited like this? This was utterly intolerable!

"Let's go!"

With that thought, Su Bai abruptly stood up and slapped the sofa heavily. His stern expression gave Zhang Tianci such a fright that he looked up blankly.

Wait, bro!

Where were they going? Hadn't they agreed to drink until they dropped?!

Looking at his foolish little villain lackey staring up at him, Su Bai's mouth twitched. Damn, his intelligence had already been returned. He immediately reminded him coldly, "A beautiful talent from your company is about to be poached. Are you really going to let her follow Xiao Fan?"

"Wouldn't that mean Xiao Fan gets to shit all over your head and throw his weight around?"

Hearing that, Zhang Tianci instantly came to his senses. He slapped his thigh, shot to his feet, and cried out, "That's right! Xiao Fan is courting death!"

After saying that, he was filled with righteous indignation, eager to rush straight to Xiao Group and beat up Xiao Fan, that gay pedophile.

But in the next instant, he noticed Su Bai had sat back down. He froze there in confusion, scratched the back of his head, and asked dazedly, "Brother Su, we're not going?"

Go?

Go where? Could a useless rich second-generation kid like you even get into the company?!

Su Bai rolled his eyes hard, then instructed him gravely, "Go get the list of research personnel first. Once we confirm who it is, we can protect her from Xiao Fan's clutches!"

Right!

Hearing this, Zhang Tianci nodded frantically before running off to find the information. Dozens of minutes later, the little villain returned with a bright smile on his face. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he said hurriedly, "Quick!"

"Brother Su, this is the list of the company's core technical personnel. I dug it out of my sister's study. Let's look through it, then get that bastard Xiao Hai to confirm it!"

You dug it out of her study?

You really were a filial son, huh!

Su Bai's mouth twitched. He could already imagine Zhang Yanran beating up this little villain when she got back. Fortunately, the kid was tough enough to take it.

He immediately took the documents and flipped through the profile photos one by one.

Male, pass!

Menopausal women, no. Average-looking ones, no. Unclassifiable top-tier versions, no. Just then, a long-absent system notification suddenly sounded...

[ Ding! The host has discovered a fated heroine. Attribute panel activated. ]

Su Bai's rapidly flipping hand abruptly stopped. He was stunned. This fucking worked too? Other people identify women by scent, but you pick heroines from photos, System?! Not bad!

Focusing his gaze, he saw that the photograph before him showed a delicate, scholarly face. The gold-rimmed black-framed glasses gave her a particularly tantalizing contrast!

Thinking this, Su Bai immediately looked toward the faint blue virtual panel before him.

[Fated Heroine]

Name: Gu Lanyue

Age: 25

Height: 171 cm

Weight: 52 kg

Intelligence: 148 (High intelligence. The second choice for passing on your genes.)

Hobbies: Mahjong (What can dispel sorrow? Only mahjong!)

Strength: None (Go on, use your Awei's Eighteen Styles to conquer her.)

Special Physiques: Twice the result with half the effort (half the energy, double the gains); Flash of insight (in the unseen order of things, there is always an answer)

Identity: Core researcher at a company under the Zhang Household, PhD in physics, dual doctorate in chemistry and chemical engineering, lithium battery materials scientist...

With a single glance, Su Bai was utterly shocked. With that intelligence and that background, wasn't she practically a humanoid cheat code? If the protagonist got her, wouldn't he take off immediately?!

No, this young master had to secure a talent like this!