The last few words were so small that they were almost inaudible. Lin Cuo deliberately did not answer the call immediately. In recent days, he has indeed significantly reduced his private communications with Nina.
On the one hand, I am really busy, and on the other hand, the reason is very simple.
As long as Nina receives his private messages, there will be a very troublesome fluctuation in research efficiency - first happy, then starting to think repeatedly about whether he is special, then thinking about Euphemia, C. C., Leila and Kallen, and finally getting himself into a dead end where all he really needs is my calculation results.
So Lin Cuo simply let her be quiet for a while, let the research continue, and let the expectations slowly ferment.
He didn't see anything wrong with this approach at all, but it was almost time.
"Big Sister Nina, actually I am contacting you today for one more thing."
She became visibly nervous.
"Is there something wrong with my paper?"
"No."
"Then, what is that?"
Lin Cuo sent the document that he had prepared, which was a formal invitation from Great Han National Scientific Research Appointment and Permanent Researcher Status.
Nina watched it for a long time.
"Permanent...Special Researcher?"
"Hmm."
"You mean... even if the exchange program ends, I can still stay here?"
"Of course."
"Then if the war ends in the future..."
Lin Cuo laughed softly.
"Big Sister Nina, do you want to ask, after the war is over, will I still need you?"
She didn't answer, and that was exactly the answer.
"Need."
Lin Cuo gave her no chance to escape.
"It's not just needed now. I hope you will officially join Great Han. There will be a lot of things to do after Firmament Project. The theory of Sakuradite High Energy is just the first step. You can keep doing it, and I will always need your research."
Nina's hand holding the terminal began to tremble slightly.
In her ears, this sentence almost changed into another meaning after going through some very dangerous translation.
You can also stay in the future.
I will need her in the future too.
We will work together again in the future.
She finally had a position that she would not automatically lose just because someone else was prettier, braver, or more sociable.
The system lights up.
[Key scientific research figures: Nina·Einstein.]
[Status: Tempted→Deeply attached.]
[Special Modification: People who are needed.]
[Sense of deservingness: low→begin to improve.]
[Resolution available: Goddess of Love.]
[High-Energy Strategic Research Project has met the character prerequisites.]
[The R&D countdown starts.]
[Key researcher status will dynamically affect progress.]
[Maintain high favorability: improve research stability.]
[Improve the sense of deservingness of key researchers: significantly reduce research fluctuations caused by self-denial.]
[Warning: Open conflict in multiple intimate relationships may cause emotional imbalance in the key researcher.]
[Suggestion: Avoid Shura Fields.]
Lin Cuo stared at the last sentence and fell into thinking. If we follow the ordinary girlfriend route, Shura field is almost inevitable.
Kallen is now one hundred, and Leila has political enemies and soul mates hanging around at the same time. Euphemia has always been a huge potential variable, so Lin Cuo quickly came up with a theory that is very consistent with his own.
Nina cannot be put into the category of girlfriend competition. We must continue to strengthen the route of a motherly and warm sister.
In this way, the definition of the problem has changed. It is not that he is actively pursuing multiple women.
Instead, Nina, as a mature and gentle older woman, takes care of a Regent who lacks maternal love but saves the world for maternal love and establishes Human Union.
As for why this kind of care makes Nina increasingly inseparable from her - that is obviously her psychological problem.
[It has been detected that players are using taxonomy to avoid Shura Field.]
[Theoretical self-consistency: extremely high.]
[Moral Relevance: The player does not care.]
"Very good."
Nina heard it.
"What's really good?"
"I just think it's really good to have Big Sister Nina here."
Her face turned red.
"You, you haven't been looking for me lately, I thought..."
"What do you think? You think I don't need you anymore?"
Lin Cuo's voice became softer.
"I haven't been looking for you recently because you are doing really important things. Every time I call you sister, your data for the next few hours will be obviously confused."
Nina raised his head suddenly.
"How do you know?!"
"Of course, I care about Big Sister Nina very much."
She should have been angry, but when she heard the last sentence, her momentum suddenly collapsed.
Lin Cuo continued to advance after seeing this.
"And I've been really tired lately."
Sure enough, Nina's expression changed immediately.
"Ah, what's wrong with you?!"
"Someone died in front of me just now."
Kallen heard this and slowly opened her eyes. She had already guessed what this bastard was going to do.
Lin Cuo's voice was so natural that he even covered his face to make himself look even more pitiful.
"Sometimes I wonder if I can do these tasks better if I just continue to become calmer. But when it really becomes like that, it seems a bit scary."
Nina has no ability to resist anymore.
"Lin Cuo..."
"So, Big Sister Nina."
It's here, Kallen's heart is ringing with alarm bells.
"Sometimes you really feel like that motherly warmth that I never really remember having."
Nina's eye circles turned red almost instantly, and Kallen's whole body went numb next to him.
She finally understood why C. C. had an expression that made her want to throw Lin Cuo out of the window every time she heard this phrase.
But the scariest thing is - this is not entirely a lie.
It's just that he arranged all the real things in an extremely immoral order, and the final effect was like a precision-guided weapon.
Kallen Cover your face.
It's over.
Just now, she felt on the battlefield that this bastard was really trustworthy when facing BETA at least.
In less than ten minutes, she was sitting by and watching him lie to her classmates.
No.
Nina is still her classmate.
"Sir Regent, please mute the communication. I have something to tell you."
Lin Cuo very carefully muted his side.
Kallen Take a deep breath.
"You scumbag."
"This is not a scumbag, this is relationship risk classification management."
"You obviously did it on purpose just now!"
"Which sentence is false?"
Kallen opened his mouth, but couldn't find it for a moment. This is the most annoying thing.
"Then you can't--"
"Kallen, you have forgiven me."
"When did I say that the fact that you lied to Nina was included in this?!"
"In principle, amnesty should cover all past acts."
"Stop talking to me about Great Han laws!"
Nina on the other side of the communication suddenly asked in a low voice, "Sir Regent? Why are you silent?"
Lin Cuo unmute instantly.
"Big Sister Nina, I just had line interference in the war zone."
Kallen was completely desperate. For the first time, she truly felt that if the so-called Shura field really appeared in the future, she would probably be here to help other women fight this bastard.