Although she got 3 Candy Beans on credit, Ji You was not happy. Why? It goes without saying—it was because of the debt. Three Candy Beans, each costing 50,000 credit points, totaling 150,000 credit points.
Thinking about this huge number, Ji You felt like a massive mountain was pressing down on her heart, heavy, naturally preventing her from feeling happy. However, she knew that being able to get three Candy Beans at this price was already a huge bargain. If it weren’t for Teacher Mu Jianling taking care of her, such a good deal would definitely not have been possible. Of course, Ji You couldn’t think of defaulting now.
As for repaying the debt?
The only thing Ji You could think of was crafting Soul Devices.
However, even though Ji You had a few successful experiences before, she still couldn’t guarantee her success rate.
Of course, even knowing the low success rate, Ji You was still willing to try more. However, her daily classes were very tight, the learning tasks burdensome, and she also had to participate in the Network Competition every night, so recently she pushed back the crafting of Soul Devices. It wasn’t that she’d forgotten, but because she knew there were priorities. Before, she had enough money, and her school expenses could be covered by points, so she wasn’t in a rush to craft Soul Devices and instead focused all her energy on improving her personal strength...
Now, Teacher Mu Jianling only gave a month’s grace period, so crafting Soul Devices must be moved up on the agenda.
After dinner, Ji You immediately returned to the dorm.
Nights on Lanyue Star arrived quickly. It was just seven o’clock, and a thin layer of fog-like darkness had already enveloped the outdoors. Ji You glanced out the window before returning to her workshop, finished the coursework from the Material Department, handled her homework, and was about to enter the Star Network to compete—
A notification sound made Ji You stop her actions. She glanced casually, and a starlight suddenly brightened in her dark pupils...
The message was from Senior Shi Ya.
Ji You held her face and opened the message from Senior Shi Ya:
Senior Shi Ya: [Back to school after a month.]
After reading, Ji You smiled so broadly that her eyes squinted shut. The message from Senior Shi Ya obviously wasn’t sent spontaneously; Ji You had previously boldly asked Senior Shi Ya about her approximate return date to school. After asking, she waited for a few days without any response and thought she wouldn’t receive a reply, but unexpectedly...
It would take so long to see Senior Shi Ya again, Ji You was a bit disappointed. But after thinking about it, it was just a month, very soon, and she quickly cheered up, hurriedly asking: [Senior, can you give me an address? I have handcrafted a small gift and plan to send it to you.]
In the enclosed experiment lab, Shi Ya immediately opened the message upon hearing the notification.
Shi Ya frowned, replied with two words: [No need.]
Just about to click send, somehow, Shi Ya’s finger just couldn’t press down, as if an invisible wall was blocking her hand from falling...
Was it handcrafted by that girl?
Shi Ya’s fingers stiffened for a while, and as if possessed, she replied with one word: [Okay.]
This "okay", once sent, seemed magically aided and was delivered before Shi Ya could react.
Shi Ya was momentarily stunned, staring at the recall button, hesitating for a while—
Ji You’s message came immediately: [Senior, the address the address the address... Hurry up~~~]
Shi Ya, looking at Ji You’s message, her tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
Every time she encountered this girl radiating light, her normally stern heart would unconsciously soften a bit.
Shi Ya no longer hesitated and immediately sent the current receiving address.
Just after sending it, the laboratory door was pushed open, and the person who entered wore a silver-white protective suit that was form fitting and sleek, outlining the graceful curves of the person...
The person who came in was a beautiful young woman, with stunning blue eyes, golden hair cascading like a waterfall, and skin white as porcelain...
Shi Ya stopped what she was doing and slightly furrowed her brows.
The beautiful woman, seeing the expression on Shi Ya’s face, was not annoyed but instead smiled and said, "Assistant Shi, Professor McKin instructed me to take over your work."
Shi Ya sat stiffly, unflinching, and coldly said, "The professor did not notify me."
The beautiful woman’s mouth twisted into a smirk, raising her eyebrows, "Are you questioning me, or are you questioning the professor’s decision? This is about the progress of laboratory work; why would I lie?"
Shi Ya, hearing this, her expression slightly changed, only coldly said, "I don’t care about the rest; I only recognize the official notification of job transition or a personal notification from the professor."
The beautiful woman’s brow briefly showed a hint of irritation, but it quickly disappeared as she suppressed her displeasure and said with a smile, "Well then, why don’t we contact the professor right now?"
Shi Ya neither agreed nor disagreed.
The beautiful woman did not delay and immediately dialed Professor McKin, the head of the laboratory.
The holographic video connected quickly.
The face of Professor McKin, who looked to be in his fifties, appeared; he was wearing a lab coat and was deeply engrossed in comparing several sets of data. Upon seeing the beautiful woman’s face, his originally tense expression relaxed a bit and asked, "Dear Dina, what is it at this time? I am very busy now, I haven’t..."
Dina, the beautiful woman, quickly interjected, "Professor McKin, it is today you instructed me to take over Assistant Shi’s work, but she seems to disagree..."
"Oh—" Professor McKin suddenly realized, he put down the material in his hand, turning towards Shi Ya with a face that became extremely serious, and said, "Assistant Shi, I am very sorry, it was indeed my decision to let Dina take over your work, but I was busy today and forgot to notify you. Let’s do this, now you hand over the work to Dina and clearly explain the precautions."
Shi Ya’s face was composed, saying, "Professor, this is too abrupt."
Professor McKin said, "Indeed, it is a bit sudden, and this change is not what I wished for either, but for the better advancement of our experiments, I had to make this decision, I believe you can understand, Assistant Shi?"
Shi Ya remained silent, not making a sound.
Professor McKin sighed slightly, "Your ideas and creativity are very good, and they have offered a new direction for our laboratory’s new Mecha research, which is very important, and this is something that everyone in the laboratory must acknowledge. Thus, I will provide you with a substantial reward, but, your spiritual power is too low, and limited by this, further research, you also know you cannot continue with your work... I am sorry, for the overall benefit of the laboratory, I must let someone with higher spiritual power and capacity take over."
Shi Ya remained silent.