Chapter 125
Si Chen isn’t used to closeness.
He knows how to face enemies but because he lacked education on interpersonal relations while growing up, he doesn’t know how to express intimacy.
Therefore, Si Chen was silent during the entire car ride.
A 150 million credit car simply drives differently. On the same big road, it drove arrogantly over the other vehicles. The surrounding cars took a detour when they saw it.
If the director of the diplomatic office had known that Song Bai was going to hijack his car, he would have driven a more expensive one.
In was the evening rush hour and the roads in Jiangchuan were very congested; and yet Song Bai drove the car to the parking lot on the roof of the community unimpeded.
Si Chen hadn’t bought a parking space and the parking fee was 150 credits per hour. This car is an extended model and takes up three parking spaces.
“5400…,” Si Chen murmured.
Song Bai took off his sunglasses. “What?”
Si Chen: “The parking fee for 12 hours.”
It wasn’t that he was being miserly, only that this habit of calculating costs was as instinctive to him as breathing.
Song Bai: “It’s fine. I’ll issue an invoice later and send it to the Director of the Diplomatic Office for reimbursement.”
Si Chen was surprised to know that there was such an option. Si Chen felt that he had learned something again.
He took the elevator down and arrived at the door of his apartment. There were several express packages piled up in front of his door.
Si Chen opened the door and moved everything inside.
Because of the in-home cleaning robot, even though Si Chen has been away all this time, the house was still clean.
The only problem was this apartment only had one bedroom. Si Chen had converted the extra room into a study room, containing a safe and his many textbooks, enough to take up an entire wall.
Ever since the Eternal Life Abyss came of age, this Abyss has become much livelier and it enjoyed exploring its surroundings.
As soon as Si Chen arrived home, the Eternal Life Abyss came out through the seam on his back.
Si Yuan first rubbed itself again the legs of the table, then climb to the ceiling and licked it, leaving its scent.
Adult Eternal Life Abysses live alone and are very territorial.
Song Bai sniffed it and found that he didn’t like Si Yuan’s sweet orange-scented pheromone.
He sat on the sofa. Si Yuan’s entire body was laid out on the ground as it carefully rubbed the legs of the sofa with its scent glands.
Song Bai may be more powerful than it but this is its home with its mother!
Its mom is stupid. He doesn’t know how to do anything and doesn’t eat enough. The only thing it can do is mark its territory!
The moment Song Bai lowered his head, the Eternal Life Abyss couldn’t help trembling and it dejectedly retracted its tentacles.
Forget it. It’s just a sofa. Generosity is a virtue.
Song Bai sneered like an old man. “Tsk.”
In the bedroom, Si Chen made the bed.
He took out a set of pajamas, placed them by the bedside and exited the room. “Teacher, you can sleep in the bedroom tonight. I’ll sleep in the living room.”
Song Bai propped his chin on his hand. His upturned phoenix eyes looked very sexy. “Aren’t you going to sleep with Teacher?”
Song Bai’s sense of morality was completely like Schrödinger’s cat, in a superimposed state of being both dead and alive.
Si Chen had no doubt that if he really slept with Song Bai, he would be well into his second pregnancy by the time he graduates with his master’s degree.
But perhaps it was because Song Bai knew that Si Chen was completely sane and lucid that he kept teasing him.
Si Chen picked the Eternal Life Abyss off the ground and took a step back. “Teacher, I respect you like I respect my great-grandfather.”
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Song Bai’s smile froze.
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Dear Si Chen:
I originally wanted to surprise you and hand these to you in person. It’s a pity that you’re not currently in Jiangchuan and cannot be contacted. I had to leave your things in the storage cabinet by your door. In the equipment box are the employment rewards that were negotiated before as well as some gifts I present to you as my friend.
Next year, I will take the graduate admissions exam of Beicheng University. Because I was seriously injured in the Space Fold before, I urgently need to hibernate. I may be temporarily out of contact for a while but do not worry about me. If you need help, you can contact ****.
Looking forward to meeting you next time.
Chen Zhizhou.
Chen Zhizhou’s private seal was put in place of a signature.
Si Chen didn’t know what had been sprayed on the letter paper but it smelled refreshing.
Si Chen couldn’t help but sniff it more.
Song Bai stretched out a hand and clamped the letter between two fingers. He said slowly, “Who sent this? It was sprayed with Ginger Bug Juice.”
Ginger Bug is a special species of the Chaos Civilization. Although they are living creatures, they are not very aggressive. Because it cannot defeat other high-dimensional creatures, it can only eat plants. Ginger Bug Juice can be obtained by grinding these bugs. Its juice has a special smell that is difficult for ordinary animals to detect. It is only effective on Eternal Life Abysses, having a slight hallucinogenic and stimulating effect.
Ginger Bug Juice is to the Eternal Life Abyss as catnip is to cats. In the early years, it was used to capture juvenile Eternal Life Abysses. In recent year, it has all but disappeared.
Song Bai was quite old and has occasionally smelled Abyss Field Mint. It’s very refreshing indeed.
Song Bai finished reading the letter. “This kid from the Chen Family…”
He drawled, ” soft on the outside but tough on the inside, heavy-minded. He has a total of 11 biological siblings, both older and younger. Ji Chuyao is still the better choice.”
After all, Ji Chuyao is Ji Sicheng’s only son.
Si Chen: “…”
You are so considerate, Teacher.
Si Chen took the letter back and prepared to go to the study to open the remaining packages.
He’s 23 years old, not 13. He needed a little privacy of his own.
Song Bai didn’t force his presence.
The first thing Si Chen opened was the cooler.
The box was only the size of a jewelry box, with the Serpent Staff Gene logo printed on it.
On the logo, a small red energy stone was embedded in place of the snake’s eye.
High-purity energy stones are much more expensive than colored gems. But because of the strong radiation, they are rarely used as accessories for ordinary people.
A blast of cold air hit his face.
Inside was a small and delicate syringe and three tubes of dark red injection fluid. 1 ml per tube.
Injectable agents tend to be better, but they also increase a gene’s instability.
There was a note at the bottom of the box. “Research has shown that this gene medicine can greatly improve the body’s combat effectiveness and restore energy in the short term; however, it will cause a period of weakness and may lead to an increase in the degree of mutation. Please take with caution.”
The cooler was exquisitely made. So long as the power source is not damaged, its contents can be kept fresh for a hundred years without any problem.
The equipment box also had the Serpent Staff Gene logo. Si Chen’s name and employee number were also engraved on it.
The equipment box was made from the same material as the storage box for high-dimensional creatures. Si Chen opened it and saw that two sides of the box was covered with pure black Star Sand.
Star Sand is a very light material and feels like sea salt to the touch. It is not an inorganic substance but is the corpse of some kind of high-dimensional creature, with the property of “compressing space”.
In other words, this small box, which was only the size of an A4 paper, was a space bag.
This box came with chain straps so that it could be carried on your back or over your shoulder. As a storage box, it was indeed better than his pockets, which he’d been using before. Moreover, it used both facial recognition and fingerprint to unlock. Relatively speaking, it was very safe and secure.
Forcibly opening it would activate the self-destruct program of the equipment box.
“I saw you carrying everything on your back in the Space Fold before. It must have been quite tiring. This equipment box should come in handy. It can hold about 1.2 cubic meters of stuff. Note: Cannot contain live animals.”
Si Chen put the cooler inside. The metal box seemed to sink, swallowed up by the Star Sand.
He put his whole arm in and felt the metal box in the sand.
He put Administrator Y’s key into the equipment box.
Si Chen finally let out a long sigh.
He didn’t know when this key would be used but his instincts told him he should hide it.
Maybe next time he could ask Turing what this key was; if this so-called “maze” referred to the maze where White Dress was imprisoned.
The rest of the packages were normal, with no surprises.
To Si Chen’s surprise, Song Ziyu also sent something.
It was a box of tin cans, 18 cans in total.
Si Chen took one out and looked at it. There was a label on it: “Experimental samples; Can be fed to the Eternal Life Abyss.”
When he opened the door, Song Bai was lying on the sofa, playing with the Eternal Life Abyss.
Chen Zhizhou’s scheming had awakened Song Bai.
He remembered that he too had a bottle of Ginger Bug Juice, one that he had on his person.
Song Bai sprayed it liberally on his clothes. After a while, Si Chen’s Eternal Life Abyss came over in a daze.
In Song Bai’s hands, Si Yuan was kneaded like dough, gathered into a ball and then rolled into dumpling skin. It didn’t know how to resist.
Si Chen was nothing if not a loving mother. He immediately snatched the Eternal Life Abyss back. “Don’t play with it.”
Song Bai didn’t snatch it back but asked instead, “Si Chen. Do you have food? Teacher is so hungry.”
The Eternal Life Abyss also cried out, dazed, “Chirp chirp! Hungry!”
Song Bai unexpectedly hadn’t brought his own rations.
His family’s little rice bucket already eats a lot. He didn’t expect for Song Bai’s arrival to pile on frost onto the snow of this not-quite-so-prosperous family’s finances.
Si Chen moved the canned food sent by Song Ziyu to the dining table. “Eat this.”
Song Bai opened it and took a look, lost in thought: “Are you going to let Teacher eat raw meat?”
Si Chen: “It’s the only thing I have.”
Song Bai leaned back. “I want to eat dumplings.”
Si Chen took a deep breath.
Forget it, I can’t beat him.
Si Chen turned on his phone and placed an order for dumpling wrappers and seasonings. Si Yuan had already pried open a can by itself and began to purr while holding a bowl.
Because Si Chen had paid generously for the errand, the drone delivered the food very quickly.
Si Chen had never made dumplings before, but he learned quickly. After watching a few videos, he already knew, more or less, how to make them.
Use a cleaver to mince the meat finely; add salt, soy sauce, chopped green onion, minced ginger and garlic water; finally add a bit of sesame oil, and the filling is ready.
The meat in the can was so colorful; he couldn’t tell what sort of creature it came from. After being minced and mixed together, it became a gray-black meat paste but it smelled pretty good. The mystery meat was many times tougher than ordinary meat, so Si Chen still had to use the short knife Song Bai had given him.
As for shaping the dumplings, all you need is hands.
After about an hour’s work in the kitchen, he finally had 40 dumplings.
Si Chen liked dumplings too. So the dumplings were all cooked together in the pot and then placed on a plate.
Song Bai tasted a couple of them, a very satisfied expression on his face. “Not bad, better than the ones made by the cafeteria’s Master Ji.”
By now, Master Ji was spending 30 million credit for the canteen every month.
When Si Chen too comes to study at Baidi University, this amount would probably skyrocket to 50 million.
Si Chen: “As long as you like it.”
At this moment, his cell phone rang.
Si Chen took a look and saw that the caller was surprisingly Ji Chuyao.
He put down his chopsticks, picked up his phone and walked into the study, closing the door.
With Song Bai’s hearing, a door wouldn’t be enough to stop him.
Song Bai heard Si Chen’s voice.
“En?”
“I’m in Jiangchuan.”
“Teacher is at my place right now.”
“Alright.”
Song Bai sat at the dining table, his eyebrows raised slightly.
After a while, Si Chen came out of the room.
He had already put on his coat.
“Teacher, I have something to do. I’m going out. I’ll be back soon.”
The Eternal Life Abyss had just finished eating and was clinging to Song Bai’s coat. Before it could finish digesting its food, it was picked up by Si Chen.
Its entire body was soaked with Ginger Bug Juice, and it crawled back into Si Chen’s body in a daze.
Song Bai said slowly, “Alright, be on your way and come back soon. You’re not allowed to stay out overnight.”
Si Chen gave a perfunctory “en” and closed the door.
The employee apartment Serpent Staff Gene provided him was on the 67th floor. There were 3 staircases and 5 households on each floor. Since it was no longer rush hour, Si Chen was the only one in the elevator.
Ji Chuyao had just called and said that he was flying back to Jiangchuan with the Machine Core’s support team. He was soon going to be downstairs of Si Chen’s apartment complex.
It was June and temperature could go as high as 46℃. But the air conditioner in the elevator was fully functioning.
Si Chen wasn’t usually afraid of heat and since his evolution, he hasn’t been afraid at all.
And yet, he could feel his body was starting to heat up.
Si Chen didn’t know was passing on to him through their connection the effects of the Ginger Bug Juice.
All he knew was that when he stepped out of the elevator, he was still conscious but his hands and feet had begun to feel weak, as if he were walking on clouds.
Si Chen’s face darkened.
Fuck. Did Song Bai poison him?
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Little Ji: Thank you for the gift of nature.
Song Bai is the worst grandpa 😰
Cute little Si Chen’s baby
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Song Bai, this is why you were great-grandpa-zoned 😔
Thank you for the update!!!
He’s really acting like a grandfather lmao. So judgey of these young folk who aren’t at all suitable for his Si Chen, including Si Yuan hahahahahahaha
Si Chen is now high on alien catnip lmao
I choked on my water when I read “Teacher, I respect you like my great-grandfather.” 😂 Also, is Si Chen going to be all over Ji Chuyao?
Jesus Song Bai, you are so shameless