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Chapter 738: Chapter 631: If One Can Survive, One Must Still Earn Money

While Pei Sheng was having a great time playing in the Abyss, Heiyu District remained peaceful and tranquil, basking in the silent passage of time.

Xu Shuo looked at the documents with boredom, wondering if he’d watched too many scripts before, or spent too much time playing in other worlds, which made him feel somewhat neglectful of his work.

However, as long as the world hadn’t been destroyed, people still needed to use money to live on Earth.

So Xu Shuo was still quite motivated to make money.

What’s more important is,

the school season was approaching, which meant significant expenses were on the horizon, heralding another busy season.

Having chosen to stay in Yangcheng, Xu Xi wasn’t in a rush to prepare for university matters.

Moreover, after hearing which university Xu Xi was going to, Shao Dandan also applied to Yangcheng Normal University when submitting her preferences, and they even went out to visit their future university together before.

As for whether they should worry about not being admitted?

That wasn’t a concern, because Xu Xi was the top scorer of Yangcheng’s college entrance exam that year, and Normal University had already reserved a spot for her even before the results were announced.

As for Shao Dandan, she slept for two days out of the three days leading up to the exam, and crammed at the last minute.

There was no need to panic, even if she didn’t get in.

Heh, the Safety Bureau was quite accommodating.

The official organization was more than happy for her to stay in Yangcheng since it was the place with the most occurrences in the whole country, requiring some players to maintain order.

Although Shao Dandan wasn’t a battle-oriented player, she still had a few treasured items on her and was quite clever.

Yangcheng might be eventful and dangerous, but after all, it was her hometown.

So after some thought, Shao Dandan decided to stay in Yangcheng instead of running away, and chose to go to the same university as Xu Xi.

Just the other day, Yangcheng Normal University had personally called to discuss with them, indicating that they needed to go to the university to process their enrolment paperwork next week and officially start in September.

Now, they were only half a month away from the end of their summer vacation.

[“Why do I have to continue studying when I’m so awesome, and the world has become like this, wuwuwu…”]

Looking at the complaint message from across the way, Xu Xi thought for a moment and replied, [“If one can survive, of course one must continue to learn.”]

Shao Dandan: […]

She didn’t even know where to begin criticizing that sentence.

Moreover, Shao Dandan hadn’t told her parents about the Abyss, so it would be quite strange to suddenly say she was not going to university, and she might even get a serving of stir-fried bamboo shoots and pork.

Even as a Superpower User, she would still get hit, wuwuwu…

Xu Xi sat at her temporary work station reading a book, and when she saw an emoticon of a crying cat sent from across the way, a hint of amusement flashed in her eyes.

But the next moment, another message came from across the way.

Shao Dandan: [“Stop chatting, speak of the devil and the devil arrives, Yangcheng never has a dull moment.”]

Xu Xi looked puzzled, and just then, she sensed some activity in the office.

Looking up, she saw Xu Shuo walking out of the office with his mobile phone. Her heart tightened as she wondered if something had happened that required her brother’s intervention when—

The young man called out to everyone, “Director Pei is treating us all to afternoon tea. If you have anything particular you’d like to drink, each department should compile a request list for their manager.”

Upon hearing this, the departments in the studio were initially stunned, then suddenly erupted into cheers!

Although afternoon teas were common, sometimes they still filled the employees with excitement.

And if the boss was treating them rather than it coming from departmental team-building funds, it meant they could order something expensive and delicious!

In an instant, the work studio that had been busy and quiet moments before became lively, with everyone enthusiastically discussing what they wanted to drink, especially since it was almost time to finish work, and spirits weren’t as tense.

Xu Shuo curled up the corner of his mouth, turned around as he felt someone’s gaze, and looked back to see Xu Xi blinking expectantly at him.

“What is it?” he asked as he walked over.

“I’m starting school soon,” Xu Xi said after some thought.

“You don’t seem like someone who would worry about starting school. You don’t need to worry about other stuff either; the school isn’t far from home.” Xu Shuo lifted his hand to twist a strand of hair from her forehead, then patted her head.

Xu Xi’s chosen major was a bit tricky.

Her primary major was at Yangcheng Normal University’s East River campus, which was quite close to Mingzhu District; Mingzhu District, in turn, was near Heiyu District—in short, everything was near.

Regarding her minor, it was in University Town, which was a bit far away, but she didn’t plan to pursue her minor in the first year.

Xu Xi’s bold words were, “First, I’ll finish my major’s credits this year.”

Xu Shuo chuckled as he stroked her head, “There’s no need to rush like that. If it’s about computer skills, many people at the company are better than you. What could you possibly do if you joined?”

That was hardly polite!

Xu Xi frowned, “Since that’s the case, then I shall start with the law major. The company has never had its own legal department.”

Xu Shuo: “…As long as you’re happy.”

Xu Shuo had always suspected that she had ulterior motives for studying law.

But in reality, if the outsourced legal team couldn’t solve a problem, the Pei law team could also be borrowed for use.

However, since Xu Xi didn’t like the future plans he had prepared for her, Xu Shuo wasn’t going to insist. Let her study whatever she loves.

After all, she would still have to manage the store after graduating from college.

Actually, with Xu Shuo’s current income, he honestly wasn’t short of money in a moderately prosperous stage of life.

But Xu Shuo wanted more.

What’s strange is, if the Safety Bureau wanted to know about Themis, why didn’t Captain Zheng just bribe him with money?

Could it be that he looked unapproachable?

Or is it because military people tend to be more upright and incorruptible?

Xu Shuo didn’t figure it out right away and decided not to dwell on it. He returned to his office, swiveled in his chair, and took a break.

His phone screen.

It was Pei Sheng texting that he wanted to treat everyone to drinks.

This guy knew it wasn’t good to skip work suddenly. He texted that the date was over. Seeing it was still early, he decided to return to the office to check in and, by the way, treat everyone to afternoon tea.

Actually, when Pei Sheng asked about the car accident at noon, Xu Shuo had guessed something.

The target of Angela was indeed him.

She was using Pei Sheng to gather intelligence.

As for why the date stopped midway (why the investigation was cut short), Xu Shuo found it quite strange, but of course, what he wanted to know more was just how much information Pei Sheng had let slip.

No need to have faith in Pei Sheng’s discretion. In the face of absolute beauty, that kid’s intelligence was enslaved by lust.

Luckily,

Xu Shuo had been warned by Pei Hong, so he never let Pei Sheng get close to the core secrets of project planning. As for the projects Pei Sheng was in charge of himself, they could fall apart for all he cared.

It was a lesson.

Worst comes to worst, just go up to the roof to cool off.

…

Around four-thirty in the afternoon.

The studio’s afternoon tea had been delivered.

And after cruising around Shixia District in his luxury car and dropping Angela home, Pei Sheng took a detour to the office building across the street and eagerly headed for the studio.

Upon entering, he indeed received everyone’s cheering and gratitude, which made Pei Sheng feel quite pleased with himself.

No one would blame him for skipping work now!

However, when he ran to Xu Shuo’s office, he found nobody there. Pei Sheng looked left and right in confusion until he grabbed a passing Li Ziwen and asked.

“Where’s Shuo?”

It wasn’t time to get off work yet, right?

Li Ziwen looked at him with a complex expression, “On the ninth floor of the office building. He said to go find him when you get back.”

Pei Sheng was stunned, “…”

This newly built office building didn’t have many floors; it was only nine stories tall.

But the ninth floor was still over ten meters high…

Falling from there could kill a person!!

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