At three-thirty in the morning, as the clamor of Mulan City's South District was nearing its end, Quan Yuxun finally had his subordinates pilot the large Flying Vehicle into the high sky.
It circled Mulan City's edge from the atmosphere, from south to east, then from east around to the North Side.
Then, a small Flying Vehicle was released from the belly of the large Flying Vehicle.
This small Flying Vehicle was used to break through the atmosphere and send Xia Chujian home.
Quan Yuxun said, "Your home is below. I'll stop on the roof. Can you get down?"
Xia Chujian said, "Yes. I carry the remote control with me."
Quan Yuxun couldn't help but say, "You carry a lot of things with you."
She was practically a mobile armory and a small mobile equipment reserve center.
Xia Chujian said, "We bottom-level commoners can't undergo Gene Evolution yet. If we want to live long, we have to carry more equipment. You never know what might save your life, right?"
Then she added, "Of course, Chief Quan is different. Although you're not a Gene Evolver either, you have Chao Neng Li."
Quan Yuxun hadn't been amused by anyone in years. His usual smile was like a mask on his face, a habitual expression.
But this time, he was genuinely amused by Xia Chujian.
It was different from his usual warm smile, like the April Spring Breeze, where even every expression line was just right.
This time, he smiled so much that his eyes curved into two crescent moons, and even a few laugh lines gathered at the corners of his eyes.
His features were completely relaxed, like a person in a shell finally coming out of it, even revealing eight snow-white, even teeth.
His refined and elegant face had an extremely moving and infectious expression.
Xia Chujian glanced at him, also feeling his joy for the first time, and nodded, saying, "Chief Quan, you're so much better like this. You always wear a mask, looking fake."
Quan Yuxun: "..."
His smile almost didn't come back.
He subconsciously touched his chin and said, "Was my smile really that fake before?"
It seemed he still needed to practice. If even someone like Xia Chujian thought it was fake, how much of a failure was he? Quan Yuxun was reflecting when he heard Xia Chujian say, "Actually, it's not that fake. I thought you had a really good temper before... It's just seeing your smile now that I realize your standard smile was just perfunctory..."
Quan Yuxun: "..."
Great, he had accidentally revealed his true feelings in front of this girl.
It was his fault, he had to change.
Quan Yuxun put on that standard smile again, but added a bit of solemnity and sincerity, and said with a smile, "Is that so? I thought everyone thought that way. I need to reflect on my failure as a person."
"It's just an expression, does it have anything to do with success or failure as a person?" Xia Chujian said dismissively.
These Nobles were really too different from her.
She felt like she didn't understand these people's thought processes at all.
She didn't want to stay here any longer.
Quan Yuxun piloted the Flying Vehicle and stopped on the roof of the building where Xia Chujian lived.
Xia Chujian walked out, carrying her Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator.
That square little stool was now the hope of her entire village! This thing contained a nucleus, so the outer shell was very hard and sturdy, and had extremely strong shielding.
Nothing inside could get out, and nothing outside could get in.
So as long as the outer shell wasn't damaged, it was very safe and secure, and it was okay to hold it close.
Quan Yuxun had also had his people check it for her, otherwise he wouldn't have let her carry it all the way back.
Xia Chujian smiled and waved at Quan Yuxun, "Okay, we're even, goodbye!"
Quan Yuxun smiled, closed the hatch, adjusted the Flying Vehicle to stealth mode, and quietly left the roof, flying towards the apartment he had bought.
The Flying Vehicle traveled within Mulan City. The stealth mode could only ensure that it wasn't visible to the naked eye of ordinary people, but the city's radar system would have these Flying Vehicles marked.
Therefore, his previous actions, those two Flying Vehicles were destroyed.
But this Flying Vehicle was different because it was registered under his real name and belonged to the Quan Family.
It wasn't connected to any illegal activities.
His apartment was in the next residential area, and although it was close, that area was in the East District, not the North District.
The apartment he bought was a Top Floor Duplex Apartment with a large terrace where he could park his small Flying Vehicle.
...
After Quan Yuxun left, Xia Chujian didn't use the remote to open the door to the Glass Greenhouse across the hall.
Instead, she reactivated her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, flew off the roof like a ghost, and under the cover of night, quietly circled around to the other side of the building, where her bedroom was located.
The big black dog across the hall noticed someone on the roof, but only looked up and didn't dare to move.
It could smell that person's scent.
That time, that person kicked it against the elevator wall, and it hurt so much that it limped. Its legs still weren't fully recovered.
As an animal, it remembered punishments very well, so it didn't make a sound, curled up in its den, and fell asleep again.
Xia Chujian remembered that when she left, she had quietly jumped out of the window, so of course she had to go back the same way.
She didn't have the remote that could open the glass door on the roof...
She could only climb back through her own window!
She had only said that to fool Quan Yuxun.
Since Quan Yuxun wasn't honest with her, she wouldn't be completely honest with him either.
Xia Chujian thought that when she left, the window wasn't closed tightly. After these few hours, the room would probably be very cold...
But it didn't matter, she had brought back the Ultra-Miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator. Later, she would secretly go to the Main Power Switch to change a wiring system, then connect the Input Socket Connection Box, and she could switch the power supply for the whole house to this generator.
Then she could turn the indoor temperature up to the highest level and enjoy herself! She was thinking happily, gently pushed open the window with one hand, quickly slipped in, and then quickly closed the window, blocking the endless cold outside.
Her home wasn't very warm at night anyway.
Because Xia Gugu wanted to save money, she kept the heating relatively low from 10 p.m., when everyone went to bed, until 8 a.m.
Xia Gugu believed that you could cover yourself with a blanket in bed, so the temperature in the room didn't need to be high.
And she had left a crack in the window, so the room must be very cold after these few hours.
Fortunately, Xia Chujian was wearing a lot of warm clothes, so she didn't feel uncomfortable when she came in.
But the temperature in the room wasn't as cold as she had expected, and even had a bit of the warmth unique to a sealed room in winter.
This wasn't right.
Xia Chujian suddenly stopped and looked towards the windowsill.
She had left a mark there originally.
Sure enough, the mark was gone! Someone had been in her room after she left. Not only had they been in her room, but they had also closed the window for her!
In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Xia Chujian's mind. The most terrifying was that Xia Gugu had discovered that she had sneaked out in the middle of the night...
This thought made her face turn pale, even more frightened than facing those Kelp Tentacle Black Goat Head Monsters!
But soon, she shook off this thought.
Impossible, it couldn't be Xia Gugu.
Because if it was Xia Gugu who closed the window, she would have bombarded her with Quantum Optical Brain messages eight hundred times already...
So who could it be that closed her bedroom window after she left?
Also, not only did they close her window, but they also knew she was back, quietly opened the window for her, and left the gap in the window the same size as when she left...
Xia Chujian quickly eliminated the two little short legs, Si Xi and Wu Fu, and locked onto the Housekeeping Robot Liu Shun.
Her face immediately darkened.
She had locked her bedroom door when she left.
What kind of ghost Housekeeping Robot was this that could open a locked door!
Probably a thief!
In this day and age, are housekeeping robots moonlighting as thieves?
Does Quan Yuxun know about this?
While pondering, Xia Chujian calmly surveyed the room, then carried the square, stool-like ultra-miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator to the small room on the balcony that served as a laundry room.
The main power switch for the apartment was located there, and the input socket connection box was outside.
Since she was still wearing the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, she could easily operate outside while suspended in the air.
She had learned about installing and converting electrical circuits during her three years with the Dark Night Hunter Association, so there was no need to hire a professional.
Xia Chujian wasn't in a hurry to deal with the housekeeping robot Liu Shun. She calmly installed the ultra-miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator and adjusted the heating in the apartment to twenty-five degrees.
It had been less than ten degrees before.
Once the generator started working, Xia Chujian returned to her room to change clothes, put away her precious mecha, and take off the one-piece bulletproof suit.
The temperature difference she had experienced was too extreme, and she was covered in sweat, so she needed to wash up.
Of course, she couldn't wash now.
There was only one bathroom in the house, and if she went in and fussed around for half an hour, she would definitely wake up her aunt.
Xia Chujian decided to just use a wet towel to wipe herself down.
As she entered the bathroom, she suddenly thought of a very serious problem.
How was she going to explain the origin of the generator to her aunt? If she told the truth, her aunt would definitely know that she had sneaked out tonight.
Staying out all night was a very serious offense in her aunt's eyes.
She couldn't imagine the wrath of her aunt.
After much deliberation, she finally sent a message to Quan Yuxun.
[Yuanbao]: Chief Quan, can you do me a favor? Can you say that the ultra-miniature Controllable Nuclear Fusion Generator was something your family phased out and gave to me?
Quan Yuxun had just entered his house.
He felt sweaty and uncomfortable all over, and was unbuttoning his coat, about to take a shower.
Seeing Xia Chujian's message, he smiled and quickly replied.
[Qilin]: No problem, you can put it on me.
Xia Chujian was relieved.
She planned to sneak out with the generator early the next morning, and then bring it back to show her aunt in a perfectly legitimate manner.
Then she would say that she was doing security for Quan Yuxun, and when the Quan Family replaced their generator, they gave her the old one.
Having considered her entire plan, Xia Chujian went to the living room and said coldly to the housekeeping robot Liu Shun, who was standing rigidly against the wall, "Stop pretending, come with me."
The housekeeping robot Liu Shun remained motionless, indicating that it was turned off.
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched. "Okay, you won't listen to me, huh? Then I'll give you a one-key restart."
Liu Shun suddenly opened its eyes, and a red light flashed in its eye sockets.
Xia Chujian added, "Don't talk, come with me. If you wake up my aunt, I'll really tear you apart and throw you into the Exotic Beast Forest."
Liu Shun's eye sockets flashed red repeatedly, then its hemispherical head turned slightly, indicating that it understood, and it obediently followed Xia Chujian, sliding into her bedroom.
Xia Chujian's bedroom door closed once again.
In Xia Yuanfang's room, the Small Dog Si Xi once again buried its head in its pink doghouse, snoring soundly.
On the bed, the Small Wu Fu finally pulled its finger out of its mouth, nestled against Xia Yuanfang, and fell into a sweet sleep.
Meanwhile, in Xia Chujian's bedroom, only the night light by her bed was on, casting a dim, warm yellow glow in the room.
Xia Chujian crossed her arms and sneered, "Liu Shun, you're amazing, you've learned to be a thief!"
The housekeeping robot Liu Shun's electronic simulated synthesized voice sounded, "Liu Shun only saw that the master's bedroom window was not closed, and was worried that Xia Gugu would get cold."
"You have the nerve to argue? Do you think that's what I'm asking about?!" Xia Chujian felt a little guilty at this point, as this was indeed something she hadn't considered carefully.
She had thought that leaving the window open a crack wouldn't matter, and the room would only be a little colder when she returned a few hours later.
But thinking about it later, with the outside temperature at minus eighty degrees Celsius, how could it be just a little cold?
If Liu Shun hadn't closed the windows, and the indoor temperature had dropped too much, her aunt might really have noticed...
From that perspective, Liu Shun was not only blameless, but also meritorious!
However, Xia Chujian would not encourage the arrogance of this Housekeeping Robot.
She coughed awkwardly and said, "Am I talking about closing the windows? I'm asking how you could unlock my door and enter my room when it was clearly locked from the inside! Are you trying to be a thief?!"
Liu Shun felt wronged: "All Housekeeping Robots have unlocking programs. If the owner forgets the key or password, the Housekeeping Robot must be able to help the owner unlock or change the lock."
"See, you can unlock and change locks, and you say you're not a thief?!"
Liu Shun's mechanical mouth immediately curved into two arc-shaped underlines, revealing a bitter expression: "The destruction program for Housekeeping Robots is in the hands of the owner. Why would we be thieves? Our underlying logic program is to serve the owner, even to give our lives for the owner."
Xia Chujian: "... Are you saying I wronged you? Should I give you a medal?"
She felt that something was wrong, but she was distracted by Liu Shun's words and didn't react for a moment.
The lines of Liu Shun's mechanical mouth smoothed out, appearing much calmer. It said, "Master, rest assured, Liu Shun is a hardworking and dedicated robot. Accepting emotional garbage for you is also within Liu Shun's job scope."
Xia Chujian: "..."
This Dui Ren Xiao Neng Shou was actually subtly mocked by a robot today!
A flash of inspiration struck Xia Chujian's mind, and she suddenly realized the problem.
She sized up Liu Shun: "... Liu Shun, are you really just a Housekeeping Robot? Even the highest model, I've never seen one with your level of mechanical intelligence."
Liu Shun didn't know how to respond at this moment. The display screen in its eye area began to show intersecting lines, indicating that its central processing unit was running frantically, as if it was about to crash.
"Don't pretend. Explain yourself clearly, or I'll return you." Xia Chujian was also a carefree person.
She didn't care how smart Liu Shun was; she was just worried that Quan Yuxun had planted a bomb in her house...
Liu Shun's hemispherical mechanical head began to spin wildly, and it uttered a continuous stream of "Don't, don't, don't return me," "Liu Shun will be destroyed, will be destroyed, will be destroyed"...
Xia Chujian crossed her arms and said coldly, "You know you're afraid?"
The display screen in Liu Shun's eyes even simulated a tearful state. Unfortunately, there were too many tears, and its eye display screen looked like it was raining...
Xia Chujian suppressed a smile, thinking about contacting her cheap boss, Su Buyan, when she had time, to have him check if there was a problem with this Housekeeping Robot.
She wasn't at home during the day. At home, there was only her aunt, who had no strength to truss a chicken, a child who was not yet three years old, and a Small Dog who only knew how to raise Kong Sang. She really had to be careful.
Xia Chujian looked at it and threatened, word by word, "Liu Shun, remember this well. You are just a Housekeeping Robot. If you do anything that threatens the safety of my family, I guarantee I will unscrew every one of your parts and dissolve and destroy them one by one with strong sulfuric acid."
Those words were quite heavy. The tears in Liu Shun's eyes increased even more. Now, the display screen wasn't just showing rain, but a torrential downpour, and even piled up with clumps of dark clouds.
"Also, if you dare to contact anyone and tell anyone about our family's affairs, I will make you die even more miserably than being dissolved by strong sulfuric acid!"
Xia Chujian was referring to the special bullets for her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
She had only used one, and there were still four hundred and ninety-nine left.
Liu Shun then said, "Master can turn off Liu Shun's Star Network connection system, so it won't be able to contact anyone."
Xia Chujian was shocked: "You can go online?!"
Liu Shun: "..."
It suddenly felt like it had said too much.
But as a robot, it had no choice.
Xia Chujian rolled up her sleeves, found the Housekeeping Robot's instruction manual, and fiddled with Liu Shun while reading it.
Ten minutes later, the network connection hardware in Liu Shun's body was directly removed by her.
Liu Shun was angry but dared not speak.
Actually, it would have been enough to turn off its online program. Why did she have to remove the hardware as well! Of course, it also knew that only by removing the hardware could its online problem be solved once and for all...
Liu Shun's electronic simulated synthesized voice said with regret, "Master, the online function of the Housekeeping Robot is to replenish the necessary supplies for the family in a timely manner. Now Liu Shun no longer has this function."
"You don't need to have this function. My aunt and I can do it." Xia Chujian was relieved. "Get out. In the future, you are not allowed to enter my room when I am not here. And you are not allowed to tell anyone about my affairs, including my aunt."
"Understood." Liu Shun slid towards the door and added, "If Master had given me this instruction earlier, I would not have entered Master's room when you were not here."
Xia Chujian: "..."
This robot is really becoming sentient.
She never imagined that in Liu Shun's mind, she had already become the master.
And Quan Yuxun, who clearly bought the Housekeeping Robot as a gift for Xia Yuanfang, had it initially set up so that Xia Yuanfang was its master.
However, as far as Xia Chujian was concerned, she had already solved Liu Shun's problem. Exhausted, she went to the bathroom to wash up, and was about to crawl into bed to catch up on sleep when Huo Yushen's video call request came through.
Xia Chujian pretended not to see it, not wanting to deal with it at all.
She felt that at four in the morning, she should definitely be sleeping.
How could she answer a video call while sleeping? This excuse was flawless.
But Huo Yushen immediately sent her a message.
[Huo Yushen]: Stop playing dead, I know you and Quan Yuxun were out committing crimes in the middle of the night.
Xia Chujian frowned as soon as she saw it.
Did this person know how to talk? What did he mean by committing crimes?! She was just there to protect her employer's safety!
These days, the Special Security Bureau's reach was getting too long! Xia Chujian was filled with resentment, but still didn't want to deal with Huo Yushen.
Huo Yushen waited for a minute, and when he saw that his video call request had automatically expired and there was still no response, he raised his chin.
Interesting, quite bold.
Huo Yushen sent her another message.
[Huo Yushen]: If you don't answer the video call, I'll have to visit you at your house right now and talk to your aunt Xia Gugu about where you went tonight.
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
This person had grabbed her weakness!
Immediately afterwards, Huo Yushen's video call request came again.
It was still a quantum entanglement encrypted video call.
This time, Xia Chujian frantically answered the call, and immediately let out an exaggerated yawn, covering her mouth with her hand as she said, "Inspector Huo, it's the middle of the night, aren't you sleeping? Does the Special Security Bureau need to work overtime too?"
Huo Yushen looked at her and said coldly, "Stop pretending, Quan Yuxun had a video call with me just now and told me everything that happened in South 404 District Nothing Lane."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Damn it, she never expected that Quan Yuxun would sell her out so early!
Xia Chujian immediately recalled the video call Quan Yuxun had in the Flying Vehicle!
She thought he was talking to someone from his Quan Family, but she didn't expect it was to Huo Yushen!
How treacherous!
Xia Chujian took a deep breath, sat up straight in bed, and said seriously, "Inspector Huo, this is between you and Chief Quan, it has nothing to do with me."
Huo Yushen thought, she still knew how to stay out of it, not completely stupid.
Hearing Xia Chujian say this, Huo Yushen's expression softened slightly, and he said, "I know you're providing security for him, but you didn't report this matter to the Special Security Bureau, which is a serious violation of the rules and requires punishment."
Xia Chujian was immediately shocked: "... What? Does the Special Security Bureau also take a cut of the jobs I take outside?! You're even blacker than the Dark Night Hunter Association!"
The Dark Night Hunter Association didn't take a cut of the private jobs its members took outside, of course, it didn't provide equipment either.
Huo Yushen: "..."
Did she think he was video calling her in the middle of the night for her measly life-saving money?
However, Huo Yushen was used to Xia Chujian's strange thought processes and wasn't angered at all. Instead, he said coldly, "Xia Chujian, you're still a freelancer as a Hunter in the Dark Night Hunter. But now you're a formally employed staff member of my Special Security Bureau, you can't bypass the Special Security Bureau and accept employment from others privately."
"Why can't I? There's no conflict!" Xia Chujian couldn't understand at all. "Then I can't continue to be a Dark Night Hunter?"
She knew that "formal employment" was a particularly good thing, but she hadn't expected that anything that looked good wasn't unconditional.
To gain something, you had to lose something.
Huo Yushen then remembered that she was temporarily recruited by him, and hadn't officially joined yet.
These common sense things that everyone knows are still completely foreign to her.
Well, can't be too harsh.
Inspector Huo Yushen continued without changing his expression: "The Dark Night Hunter Association is a special case and can be ignored for the time being. Your entry procedures have just been completed, so this is not an example. As for what regulations a Special Security Bureau staff member needs to abide by, your superior Meng Guanghui will give you a good lesson."
Xia Chujian: "...Oh."
Huo Yushen then asked, "You went to Nothing Lane with Quan Yuxun?"
Xia Chujian remembered what Quan Yuxun said, that she could ask Huo Yushen some questions.
And now that Huo Yushen had taken the initiative to find her, she quickly asked.
"Inspector Huo, I did go. Do you know that there is a Gene Evolution research base underground there?"
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