Chapter 240

Only Lycaon hadn't realized the severity of the situation and couldn't help but ask: "Lina, you... don't tell me you've taken a fancy to this kid too?"

Lina wore a smile, her gaze sweeping over the three of them before finally stopping on Lycaon, her smile growing even wider.

She retorted firmly: "Is there a problem with that! Hmm?!"

Lycaon's expression lost control, a rare occurrence, as he shouted in astonishment: "No! You're serious?!"

Ye Qingfeng wasn't calm either, looking at Lina with a deep sense of surprise.

Why did she go straight for the direct approach? And in front of so many people?!

Miss Lina, when did you become so bold!

Lina looked no different from usual, but her heart wasn't as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Ahhh! What to do!

She accidentally blurted out her inner thoughts!

It's all Lycaon's fault! Besides...

Who told little Qingfeng's sleeping face to be so different from his usual self.

Cute, cute, cute!

"Lina, do you know how old this guy is?" Lycaon pointed at Ye Qingfeng, disregarding his image, "Only 19! And you?! You're already..."

The smile on Lina's face instantly froze, and she hurriedly interrupted: "Lycaon!"

Jokes are jokes, but if he brought up her age, she wouldn't let him off!

Lycaon didn't know what to say for a moment, while Lina stared at him silently, as if guarding against him suddenly speaking again.

"Ahem!"

Ye Qingfeng noticed the atmosphere was a bit off. He looked at Kelin and Watching Ailian, and seeing they had no intention of stepping in, he bit the bullet and said:

"Um, shouldn't our top priority be fixing the circuit problem so we can continue moving forward? Can we put this matter aside for now?"

"A reasonable point. If possible, after this commission is over, Master Qingfeng, would you mind staying as a guest?"

Lycaon returned to his usual elegant self, bowing slightly, but his words carried a hint of threat.

He had originally intended to have a good talk with Ye Qingfeng, not for any other reason, but because when he went out just now, besides contacting the Rope Master, he had also called the Mayor.

When he inadvertently mentioned Ye Qingfeng, the Mayor on the other end of the line was silent for a long while, and the answer given was to ask him to have a chat after this commission.

Lycaon could take this opportunity to ask in detail about the things between him, Watching Ailian, and Lina before Ye Qingfeng spoke with the Mayor.

But fortunately... Kelin hadn't completely gone astray!

Lycaon stared straight at Ye Qingfeng, exuding a subtle pressure; no matter what, he had to complete the Mayor's task.

Although the Mayor said to ask Ye Qingfeng to talk, if he didn't know what was good for him, giving him a small lesson wouldn't be a problem.

What's more, Ye Qingfeng could easily block Watching Ailian's blade, so he definitely didn't think he was weak.

The key was what kind of answer he would give.

"Sure."

Ye Qingfeng pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The feeling of Lycaon wanting to talk to him was like the superior of Zhu Yuan and Senior Qing Yi suddenly saying they wanted to have a chat with him.

The common point was that it was purposeful, and secondly, there was a high probability there was no hostility toward him, or at least not until the talk was over.

However, after observing for this period, Lycaon's strength could be said to be very excellent; Ethereals below the Notorious level basically posed no threat to him.

He estimated his combat power was about the same as Watching Ailian's and Senior Qing Yi's.

This was already the limit of what a normal person could achieve.

(I originally wanted to enable the settings for the next book here, regarding the detailed settings of Ethereals, but I decided against it. I'll just explain the combat power settings in the Zenless Zone Zero plot simply.

The confirmed information is that there are ten levels of Ethereals, but there is no detailed explanation of who is at what level. In addition, the combat power levels of Agents are not detailed either, so I can only rate them based on their performance in the plot.

Private settings, but with some basis.

So far, the known Notorious Ethereals are level four, and most Agents cannot reach the level of fighting a level four Ethereal one-on-one. Although Lycaon doesn't reach level four, he is at the upper level of level three.

I'll explain more detailed settings in the next book.)

"Master Qingfeng, I..."

Lina turned to look at Ye Qingfeng, but halfway through her sentence, she swallowed it back.

She didn't know what to say to Ye Qingfeng at this moment, so she pursed her lips and fell into silence.

Ye Qingfeng saw Lina's dilemma and took the initiative to say: "Lina, after this commission is over, let's find time to have a good talk, how about that?"

As he spoke, he even winked.

"No problem, I will visit with food I made myself when the time comes!"

Lina pulled up her skirt and bowed slightly.

Master Qingfeng is truly understanding! This time, she would use 100% of her effort, hoping to hear his personal praise.

"Um, I'm looking forward to Lina's home-cooked meal, but there's no need to rush; I'll contact you in advance when the time comes."

Ye Qingfeng's expression stiffened, and he squeezed out a forced smile.

Using the fastest thinking speed of his life, he came up with a way that wouldn't hurt Lina's heart while also avoiding having to eat the food.

With this excuse, he could invite Lina out to eat or something, perfectly solving the problem of her cooking, which was a health-draining solution.

After all, after eating Lina's cooking that one time, Ye Qingfeng developed a psychological problem where he couldn't help but feel nauseous whenever he saw raw fish.

If he ate it again, he was afraid he'd have to say goodbye to New Eridu...

"Ahem! I have already explained the reason to the Rope Master," Lycaon interrupted, "Next, we will split into two teams. One team will stay in the central control room to operate, and the other team will head to the power room to start the backup Ether generator!"

While Lycaon was speaking, Ye Qingfeng restarted the Eous switch, and Ling quickly connected and occupied its body.

"In the central control room, complex operations on the building's circuits are required; it seems only Lycaon can handle it,"

Lina looked at Ye Qingfeng's actions, and only after Eous's eyes became clear did she speak slowly, "As for the generator side, the main work is moving the generator and Ether raw materials."

Mmhmm! Miss Lina's explanation is very detailed!

"If it's physical labor like moving things, Kelin can help!" Kelin said first.

Yay! Little Kelin is truly an angel!

"Circuit operation or moving things, pick one; one will tire the brain, the other will tire the body," Watching Ailian paused, "Tsk! So hard to choose! I'll go with the power room."

Watching Ailian didn't forget to add, "After all, being in a group with Kelin means I don't have to worry about my posture."

It appeared... that was something Watching Ailian would say...

Ye Qingfeng seriously suspected that Watching Ailian actually wanted to say: If I'm in a group with Kelin, I can slack off.

Of course, with Watching Ailian's personality of hating trouble, posture was indeed a bit too much to ask of her; it might also be to avoid Lycaon.

(The author is the type of player who relies on "feel." Take Honor of Kings for example: when the feel is good, I get gold medals and MVPs every game; when the feel is bad, I'm a pure deadweight. Writing is the same situation.

When I was halfway through writing this chapter, I suddenly got the feel. Amazing.)