Xu Yi was startled, turned around, and saw Akali who didn't know what appeared outside the door. She was leaning against the door, looking at him and Evita, with an expression on her face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.
"Akali, what are you talking about!" After scolding Akali, Evita quickly came to the window and pulled all the curtains back up.
Looking at Evita, whose whole face was flushed and moist under the sunlight outside, Xu Yi smiled slightly, thinking that Evita's face was indeed thin enough.
Turning to look at Akali again, Xu Yi glanced at her neck. Xu Yi found a necklace around her neck somewhat unexpectedly.
Although this necklace looks quite exquisite, it is obviously much worse than the one that President Lanke gave to Akali at the previous banquet.
Xu Yi pointed at Akali's neck and asked in confusion: "If you like to wear necklaces, why don't you wear the one that President Lanke gave you? Isn't it more suitable for you than this one?"
"President Lanke..." The expression on Akali's face changed unnaturally, and then she flashed an imperceptible bitter smile, turned around and stomped down the stairs.
Xu Yi was even more puzzled. He just asked about the necklace. Why did Akali react so strangely.
"What happened to her these days?" Xu Yi asked Evita in shock.
Evita shook her head in confusion: "It's nothing. President, it turns out you didn't give her that necklace?"
"Me?" Xu Yi also shook his head. "That necklace was given to her by President Lanke of the Salanke Chamber of Commerce. It has nothing to do with me."
"It turns out to be from the Salanke Chamber of Commerce, no wonder it's beautiful." Evita nodded lightly, glanced at Xu Yi, and then laughed again. "President, President Lanke must have given Akali that necklace because of you, so it is not wrong to say that you gave it to her."
"No, no, no, you can't say that." Xu Yi waved his hands repeatedly. "President Lanke gave it to her and I gave it to her directly, the meanings are completely different. This can't be nonsense."
"Yes, Mr. Chairman, you are not my boyfriend, and you have not agreed to my request to marry you, so of course this necklace cannot be regarded as a gift from you." Akali's voice sounded faintly at the door again. sounded.
Xu Yi turned around and found that Akali came up this time with an extra box in her hand. It was the box used to hold the necklace when President Lanke gave it to Akali that day.
Seeing Xu Yi's eyes sweeping over, Akali took two steps and handed the box in her hand to Xu Yi.
"President, please return this necklace to President Lanke for me. Just say that I am not qualified to wear it."
Xu Yi frowned and did not reach out to take the box. Instead, he looked at Akali seriously and found that although she looked calm on the surface, she could tell from the constant beating of the corners of her eyebrows and the constant opening and closing of her nose. It can be seen that she must be very uneasy inside.
Xu Yi cast a searching look at Evita, who shook her head slightly.
After thinking about it, Xu Yi said tentatively: "Akali, this is a gift from President Lanke to you. If you give it back to him, it would be very rude to him, and I'm afraid he will misunderstand your love for him." If you have any opinions, let me see..."
"I don't care! I'm not qualified to carry it anyway!" Akali interrupted Xu Yi loudly.
Xu Yi didn't expect Akali's reaction to be so intense. He couldn't help but stayed for a while, and then looked at Akali's expression for a while, then sighed in his heart and reached out to take the box.
"Well, since you insist not to take it, I'll accept it. But it's not okay to give it back to President Lanke. We can't let him misunderstand it."
"You don't have to pay it back to President Lanke, I don't want it anyway!" Akali said firmly.
Xu Yi looked at Akali with a stubborn look on her face and couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that whether on earth or on this continent, these little girls who are not yet twenty years old are indeed the most troubled. Let people guess.
He originally wanted to discuss the combination of fluorescent grass and lightning magic circle with Evita, and have a meal or something, but the current atmosphere is obviously not suitable for him to stay.
After thinking about it, Xu Yi briefly explained his thoughts to Evita and asked Evita to conduct further research on fluorescent grass. It would be best to ensure that the fluorescent grass continuously and stably emits light, and then can change the light. The intensity can even be adjusted at will.
Evita responded one by one.
During the process of Xu Yi's explanation, Akali just stood aside expressionlessly and did not speak. The atmosphere in the room was extremely awkward.
After finally explaining his thoughts clearly, Xu Yi immediately said goodbye to the two of them.
Before leaving, Xu Yi glanced at Akali, paused, and couldn't help but said: "Akali, if you have any ideas, you can tell me directly. We have been together for a few months, and you should know that I Of course, if you feel uncomfortable talking to me, you still have two good friends, Evita and Steele, so you can tell them. In short... you and Evita leave. I came to Bangta City to work in our Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. I don’t want you to have a bad life here, understand?”
Akali bit her lip and still didn't speak.
Xu Yi sighed, winked at Evita, and pointed at Akali.
Evita nodded slightly, signaling that Xu Yi was relieved.
Xu Yi waved his hand, rejected Evita's move to send him off, and left directly.
Hearing the sound of Xu Yi walking down the stairs, and then hearing the sound of Xu Yi closing the door on the first floor, Akali's expression suddenly collapsed. Two lines of tears rolled down from her eyes, and then she swooped down and lay directly on Ai's body. Vita was on the bed, whimpering and banging the bed hard.
Evita sighed and shook her head, walked to the bed and sat down, reached out and patted Akali on the back, and said softly: "Okay, you know it's impossible, why do you have to hit it yourself?"
After a while, Akali slowly stopped sobbing, and suddenly rubbed her head on the quilt a few times randomly, then turned her head and looked at Evita sideways, her expression still a little stubborn.
“How do you know it’s impossible if you don’t try?”
Evita smiled bitterly and said: "But now that you have tried it, do you think it is possible?"
Akali immediately grimaced again: "It seems impossible... Hey, Evita, do you think I'm much worse than Steele?"
Evita stared at Akali for a while, and nodded with a serious expression: "It's indeed a lot worse. At least Steele will never cry like you when nothing happens. Besides... you have to admit, Steele is better than You are much prettier."
"Hmph! Beauty is not the only one." Akali muttered. "Besides, according to my observation, the president doesn't seem to be very special to her."
Evita couldn't help but hit Akali on the forehead: "Are you an idiot? Steele is prettier than you, has a better personality than you, and has spent much longer with the president than you, so... If the president doesn't have any thoughts about her, then why do you think the president will have any thoughts about you?"
"Maybe the president likes my type?" Steele said unconvincingly, rolled his eyes, and suddenly asked mysteriously: "Evita, you said that the president is 27 years old this year. He's married, but he's not married yet, and we haven't seen him have any close relationship with any girl. Even for a beauty like Steele, he doesn't have any special expression. Could it be that he... likes men? "
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"A sneeze—"
Xu Yi sneezed heavily, couldn't help pinching his nose, and then looked up at the sky.
One of the reasons why he went to the research institute was to have dinner. It was already quite late when he went there, and he had been away for a while now, and it was already starting to get a little dark.
It is now early November, and the climate in Sainz Continent has entered winter.
Because it is located in the southwest of the central part of the continent, the winter in the Lampali Kingdom is not as cold as in the north, but once night falls on the streets of Bangta City, you will still feel the cold.
Xu Yi arranged his clothes and wrapped himself more tightly.
"By the way, I almost forgot. Vivian probably doesn't have any winter clothes yet. It seems I have to find some time to buy her some. But I'm not familiar with girls' clothes, so I'd better ask Steele and the others for help. ." Thinking of this, Xu Yi naturally thought of Akali.
Touching the box in his arms, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Because when he was on Earth, he was obsessed with mechanical research all day long and had no time or energy to interact with girls. After coming to this world, he has been busy getting familiar with this world and trying to survive in this world in the past few years, and even more It was impossible to have any in-depth interactions with girls in this world, so he couldn't understand why Akali had such a strange reaction.
But he understood very well that when a girl of Akali's age was at her most difficult to understand, it was not unusual for him not to be able to figure it out.
He was not prepared to guess it, because compared to the thoughts of the little girls, there were too many things that he needed to consider now.
Whether it is the research and development of new magic machines or the steps to create an industrial system, it requires a huge amount of his time and energy.
In addition, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is also facing crises brought about by rapid development. Even Xu Yi's personal magic strength, which was least valued before, has to be improved. Both of these also require Xu Yi to invest time and energy. .
Many times, Xu Yi even wishes to break himself into several parts, each focusing on one aspect, so that these aspects can be better developed.
But the fact is that this is of course impossible to do, and in many of these aspects, no one can replace Xu Yi, so he can only concentrate his energy and time as much as possible, not daring to have even a little more of waste.
Fortunately, Xu Yi is a workaholic on earth. As long as he is interested in mechanical research work, he will only become more and more enthusiastic.
"Actually, after all, it's still an old problem. Talents are rare." Xu Yi tapped his forehead, thinking that this problem was really unsolvable.
The understanding of magic on the continent of Sainz is still limited to destruction and killing. Although there are practical applications of magic such as magic crystal lamps, they are only a very rare accident and have not been popularized at all.
If Xu Yi wants to create a complete industrial system according to his own ideas on Sainz Continent, he can only change the thoughts and understanding of people on Sainz Continent little by little through practical magic machines.
The good news is that, at least in Bangta City, people already have a relatively sufficient understanding of magic machines.
"It would be nice to have more magicians who know how to apply magic. It would be best if all the magicians in the continent come to study magic applications, so I don't have to work so hard. It's a pity... Huh?"
Xu Yi's eyes suddenly fell to the roadside.
Two familiar figures came into view and walked into a small restaurant on the roadside.