Living Off a Woman the Hard Way

"Ms. Ruan Mei, calm down, calm down." Seeing Ruan Mei walk towards him with a sword, Bai Heng had a premonition that his life was over.

"Call me A Ruan." Ruan Mei corrected again:

"..." Stunned for a moment, Bai Heng quickly changed his words, "A Ruan, let's talk this over nicely. It's not good to resort to weapons when old friends reunite."

Ruan Mei looked at him, her calm face still carrying a gentle scholarly air:

"Oh, then explain."

Bai Heng took a deep breath and then gave his answer:

"I can't explain the specific reasons, but in a sense, my memories related to you have just been restored. It wasn't intentional to avoid you."

Ruan Mei looked at Bai Heng's delicate eyebrows and said:

"That reason passes."

She could capture Bai Heng's micro-expressions and confirm that this sentence was not a lie.

"But, I have another question I want to ask you." Ruan Mei gracefully held the sword as if it were a musical instrument, stood still, and then asked:

"What question?" Bai Heng asked:

"You just said that you think my personality has changed. Then tell me, do you like the me from 600 years ago, or the me now?" She said this casually, as if asking an insignificant question.

But Bai Heng knew that this was a death sentence.

If he said he liked A Ruan from 600 years ago, who was cold and indifferent, outwardly warm but inwardly cold, and only had indifference and incomprehension towards emotions, then that would mean he didn't like her now, who had lost some divinity and gained some humanity.

The opposite was also true.

He felt like either option would get him chopped in half.

At this moment, seeing Bai Heng thinking, Ruan Mei said:

"You have to consider this question carefully. If you answer well, there will be a 'reward'."

"I like both." Bai Heng decided to exploit a loophole, so he answered directly:

But just when he thought he was being seamless, he saw Ruan Mei blink slightly, then move closer to him, and at the same time, she opened her cherry lips slightly and said:

"Greedy bad children don't get 'rewards'."

Bai Heng was obviously dumbfounded.

He only had one thought in his mind:

Okay, okay, so that's how we're playing it.

There's no escaping it today.

"Don't hit..." But just as he was about to say his only request, "Don't hit the face," the words caught in his throat.

Because he heard a soft whisper close to his ear.

"Bad children don't get 'rewards', but today is an exception." The nameless sword in Ruan Mei's arms collapsed into a silver cube again. She stretched out her snow-white arms and gently hugged Bai Heng's neck, her soft and fragrant body buried in his arms.

After a long silence, she whispered:

"Long time no see, welcome back."

She said this lightly, but who knew the weight of 600 years that these words carried...

Bai Heng's eyelashes trembled slightly. He wanted to reach out and hug her waist, but his hands ultimately hovered in the air.

He maintained this state and murmured:

"Long time no see... I'm back."

[Herta] Space Station Main Control Section.

"Ms. Herta's account has been frozen. This is her bill from last month." Topaz waved her hand, and a digital display appeared behind her.

The payment amount for the account named Herta reached an astonishing height.

And standing next to Topaz were two people.

One was naturally the person being executed, the great Ms. Herta.

And the other was the station master of the "Herta" Space Station, Miss Asta.

This was a girl who still looked a bit young. Her blue eyes were clear and moving, and her shoulder-length pink hair was tied into a cute side ponytail, making her look even more clear and lovely.

Looking at the high column of frozen funds, the two girls opened their mouths wide at the same time.

Herta reacted quickly, turned around neatly, took small steps, and walked towards the other side of the control section, while leaving a sentence:

"A few small coins, I'll leave it to you."

"Eh?!" Asta stretched out her hand towards the direction Herta turned, but she didn't expect Herta to escape at an extremely exaggerated high-frequency pace.

Topaz had expected this situation, so she gave a polite smile:

"Miss Asta, what do you think?"

Asta sighed, with a helpless but resigned expression on her face, and took out a limited-edition Interastral Peace Corporation black card from her body, and said:

"Do it yourself."

Just then, two more people walked side-by-side into the space station's main control section.

Topaz caught sight of them. One was refined and gentle, with a balanced figure, while the other was tall and languid, like a mountain about to collapse. It was Ruan Mei and Bai Heng.

As they approached Topaz, she returned the black card used to pay Herta's bill to Asta and turned to the pair, saying:

"Ms. Ruan Mei, Bai Heng, what were the results of your discussion?"

"Ms. Ruan Mei is unilaterally willing to cooperate with us. As for Mr. Screwllum and Mr. Stephen, we still need to obtain their individual opinions," Bai Heng replied.

In front of outsiders, Bai Heng decided to address her as Ms. Ruan Mei.

Seeming somewhat concerned about the title, Ruan Mei gave Bai Heng another meaningful glance, but this time she didn't correct him. Instead, she fixed her calm gaze on Topaz, saying:

"Ms. Topaz, my cooperation is only with the Interastral Astronomical Society and will not involve any other business dealings with other departments of the Interastral Peace Corporation."

"Naturally," Topaz replied promptly.

Actually, Topaz was already delighted when she heard that Ruan Mei had agreed to cooperate with the Astronomical Society.

After all, they hadn't held out much hope for it in the first place.

Now that they had achieved success, the biggest contributor was Bai Heng.

Moreover, in her opinion, there seemed to be some kind of indescribable relationship between the two of them.

"However, I have one more request," Ruan Mei interrupted Topaz's thoughts.

"Um... Ms. Ruan Mei, what is your request?" Not expecting the sudden curveball, Topaz's expression became more serious.

"Regarding the work coordination, please do not have the Interastral Peace Corporation arrange anyone other than Bai Heng. Also, I would like Bai Heng to serve as my assistant and participate in my research."

Ruan Mei's request turned out to be so simple.

Asta, who had been listening from the side without saying a word, was also somewhat surprised.

It was because she hadn't expected that Genius Society's Ruan Mei would agree to cooperate with the Astronomical Society in order to request someone from the Interastral Peace Corporation.

Her gossipy heart was ignited.

Asta's azure eyes sparkled.

She began to guess at the relationship between the two. When she thought of that possibility, Asta covered her small mouth in surprise.

"Of course, no problem," Topaz immediately agreed, as if afraid that Ruan Mei would go back on her word.

Listening to their conversation, Bai Heng's expression was somewhat speechless.

So these two weren't considering his opinion at all.

He felt that even if Ruan Mei proposed that he become her live-in husband, Topaz would probably agree.

After all, it wasn't a bad thing.

But was he, Bai Heng, that kind of person?

Was he the kind of person who would succumb to beauty and immense wealth!

Well, the answer was yes.

But even if it was easy money, Bai Heng would take it the hard way... or at least put up a symbolic resistance.

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Kisses.