Chapter 58

Bao Jing spoke coldly, his anger already at the brink of explosion, he gritted his teeth and asked: "What type of energy stone?"

Lin Zhi Jing's delicate brows furrowed, he raised a hand to rub his brow, his expression somewhat troubled, as if he had forgotten what the max energy stone was called.

Bao Jing felt he had seen through his intention, thinking: Even if he's doing scientific research, as a male, he's always so scheming.

He spoke with a mocking tone: "You wouldn't be saying you forgot what type of energy stone max uses, would you?"

Almost the moment he finished speaking, Lin Zhi Jing immediately replied: "Ah, I remember now, it seems to be called strange-element stone."

Bao Jing:......

Seeing Bao Jing's expression that words could hardly describe, Lin Zhi Jing feigned surprise: "Bao Jing, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Xi'an heard the sound and looked over; Bao Jing didn't even have time to retract his clenched-teeth expression before Ye Xi'an saw him looking at her, and he hastily adjusted, but this only made him look even stranger.

"Bao Jing, are you alright?"

Bao Jing shook his head: "I'm fine."

"It's good that you're fine, then quickly buy me a piece; it's not early, I also need to go back." Lin Zhi Jing's face bore a faint smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"How much? Where to buy?" Ye Xi'an felt a bit embarrassed; she knew nothing about this, and seeing the dim sky, midnight was approaching: "If you go to Huan Li to buy, you might have to leave again tomorrow."

She couldn't go in the dark to buy an energy stone for Lin Zhi Jing, fearing she might fall asleep and die on the road.

"It's fine, you can buy on Zhi Wang; if you order now, delivery should arrive within at most three hours." Lin Zhi Jing kindly made this feasible suggestion.

"Zhi Wang?" Ye Xi'an was dumbfounded again; the Original Owner's memory was a blank slate, she knew nothing, but Bao Jing timely explained: "It's a place within the smart brain where you can purchase items; just fill in your home address, and dedicated personnel will deliver to your doorstep."

Ye Xi'an understood—it's just online shopping. She tilted her head back slightly to ask Bao Jing some questions; at that moment, Bao Jing, because he was speaking with Ye Xi'an, bowed his waist and lowered his center of gravity, and her movement happened to rest her head on his shoulder.

Their gazes met unexpectedly, and both froze instantly.

From Ye Xi'an's current angle, she could only see Bao Jing's slender neck and sharp jawline; his sexy Adam's apple rolled up and down slightly, each protruding throat bone so alluring.

As Bao Jing looked at Ye Xi'an, her female skin, white to the point of translucence, emitted a soft glow; her round eyes were as clear as an animal's, and her silky violet hair lay defenselessly upon him, feeling smooth and cool.

They already had skin-to-skin contact; this sudden touch was like a fuse ignited by a flame, Bao Jing lowered his gaze, the desire in his eyes impossible to ignore.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Lin Zhi Jing snapped, his face dark; as they were talking, Ye Xi'an and Bao Jing locked eyes.

Lin Zhi Jing's voice pulled Ye Xi'an back to her thoughts; she quickly rose from Bao Jing's shoulder, apologetically looking at Lin Zhi Jing: "But we don't have a smart brain."

Lin Zhi Jing sighed; on this planet, there was absolutely no family more down-and-out than Ye Xi'an's: "That's fine, I have one."

Saying this, Lin Zhi Jing raised his hand, unlocking with a fingerprint on the back of his hand; the next second, a beam of scattered light shot from the back of his hand, forming in midair a translucent, glowing blue board.

He tapped the light board several times: "Come over and look with me."

Ye Xi'an nodded, just about to walk toward Lin Zhi Jing, when Bao Jing grabbed her.

"No need to look; we can't afford it."

Bao Jing's voice was tight; he was certain Lin Zhi Jing had done this on purpose, deliberately driving a vehicle that was almost out of energy, using an ultra-rare energy stone, to send them to the slums, then pretending it wasn't that he didn't want to leave, but that they couldn't afford to, so they'd stay.

This way, he could not only achieve his goal of staying to pursue Ye Xi'an, but also make her feel guilty toward him—truly a scheming male!

Upon hearing they couldn't afford it, Ye Xi'an immediately stopped and whispered: "Isn't the money from selling fruit enough?"

"Enough."

Ye Xi'an heard Bao Jing say "enough," and a smile instantly appeared on her face as she wanted to buy the strange-element stone, but then Bao Jing continued: "Only enough for a fraction."

After saying that, he gave Ye Xi'an a mischievous smile.

Ye Xi'an realized she had been tricked by Bao Jing; her happiness vanished, replaced by a resentful glare at him.

"Not going to look?" Lin Zhi Jing asked from over there.

"Maybe I should still take a look." Ye Xi'an thought: even if she couldn't buy it now, she needed to know how much more she lacked; she couldn't let Lin Zhi Jing be stuck here, or have him walk back.

But seeing the numbers on the screen, her mouth opened wide enough to swallow an egg; she trembled, counting from the last digit forward: "units, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions! Hundred millions?"

Does this planet even have a price bureau? Who could afford such a price?

Lin Zhi Jing looked at Ye Xi'an's cute expression and continued the act: "Just this one, you buy it; I'll leave right away after you buy it."

"Eh," Ye Xi'an felt a prickling on her back: "I guess I can't afford it."

Lin Zhi Jing wore a look of regret, his tone tinged with complaint: "Ah~ then what do we do? I won't end up homeless on the streets just because I sent you back."

"Don't worry, we'll find an aircraft to send you back." Bao Jing sneered; this little trick, he could settle in minutes.

Even if we looped Zhu Shen Xing twice, the aircraft's cost would be only around tens of millions.

"Aircraft?" Ye Xi'an now only cared about one question: "Do we have enough money?"

She currently knows nothing about this world's prices; she needs to ask.

"Rest assured, it's enough to send Doctor Lin back and forth several times; later we could even take an aircraft to visit Doctor Lin." Bao Jing said considerately, but Lin Zhi Jing clearly heard the provocation in his tone.

"Hmph, probably not." Lin Zhi Jing pushed up his silver-rimmed glasses: "You haven't forgotten what kind of place mine is, have you?"

"That place is the most remote military training base in the Free Zone, with signal jammers and supercannon installed within a hundred kilometers; any foreign vehicle entering first suffers system failure, then gets locked on and destroyed."

Lin Zhi Jing mocked Bao Jing's self-importance: "Otherwise, why do you think I'd take out the max to send you guys? Only the max can freely leave the training base."

A string of messages left Bao Jing speechless; he hadn't expected sending someone back to be so troublesome.

Ye Xi'an gazed up in despair, it seemed heaven wanted her dead; this strange-element stone was absolutely necessary to buy.

(End of chapter)