Chapter 25
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Chapter 25
After finishing lunch, the two of them went to Pet Warehouse.
Fu Yue hadn’t seen Slime in a long time. When the door of the Pet Warehouse opened, she excitedly ran in, pressed her face against the glass, and started shouting inside, "I’ve come to see you!"
"It can’t hear." Arnold turned around at this moment.
Fu Yue disagreed with the boss, staring at the slime in front and said, "Look, General!"
The slime happily shook its red body and suddenly pounced towards Fu Yue. But hindered by the obstacle in front, it could only beat itself against the glass door.
Seeing this scene, Arnold silently looked away.
"It knows we are approaching!" Fu Yue affectionately touched the slime.
Arnold explained, "It can only sense you through the glass."
"Can I go in to see it today?" This small wish should be allowed, right?
Fu Yue looked hopefully at Arnold.
"No." Arnold decisively rejected Fu Yue’s request, "It’s very dangerous."
How come? Did the boss’s eyes get covered up? The slime in front of him is so cute!
Fu Yue had no choice but to educate her boss again about the pet he had been raising for years.
"It’s okay, General. It turns red when it’s happy!" Fu Yue meant that it’s getting along well now, so please, Boss Adal, open the door!
Despite the pet’s request, Arnold’s face remained expressionless, but his hands behind his back trembled slightly.
Red, it’s red again… Arnold couldn’t figure out why he kept coming back to this topic today.
Glancing at Fu Yue, she started playing a game with the creature inside to prove her point. Pat here, pat there, skillfully inviting it to chase after her.
It truly enjoyed playing this game tirelessly.
If Arnold’s brain had a screen at that moment, everyone would probably see earthquakes and floods happening inside.
The Empire’s general, he is the top of the power in the Kurds Empire!
It’s not something that can be ordered around! And being commanded like this is humiliating, I won’t give in!
Arnold strongly felt the urge to "stop", but Fu Yue didn’t notice and summoned 1086 from the chip.
Quickly analyzing the situation through surveillance, 1086 made a suggestion.
[After assessment, there is frequent and intimate communication between Fu Yue and your outward mind. The system suggests trying direct contact with Fu Yue.]
"Do you understand what direct contact means?"
[There are specific documents in the system for reference.]
"So I reject it."
[However, there has been a long period of red displays in the outward mind recently, the system is 99.76% confident…]
"Quiet."
Red, it’s red again.
Arnold now really hates this color. He clenched his fists as he looked at this disgusting blob in front of him.
The color of his pupils gradually started to change.
Little did Arnold know, he was having a fierce internal struggle with himself behind Fu Yue. She had started off just demonstrating a bit, but now she was getting a bit too into this long-lost game.
But as they played more, something felt off.
Why was the slime suddenly turning red and purple even though they were having fun playing with it? This had never happened before.
Oh no, why are you letting us down at this crucial moment, dear?
Her wish to train the slime was all riding on today.
Even though the slime in front of her was still obediently following her commands, the changing colors were an undeniable fact.
No, she needed to say something to fix things.
Turning her head, Fu Yue looked into Arnold’s red eyes and said, "General, actually…" Before she could finish, Arnold immediately cut her off, saying, "Don’t turn back."
Due to the boss’s very serious and cold voice, Fu Yue subconsciously turned back to face forward.
But not long after, she understood.
Was the boss doing something sneaky behind her back, afraid of being caught? And since Fu Yue turned back, the slime no longer changed colors like before and happily returned to its red joyful state.
Fu Yue really didn’t expect this.
Although Arnold always had strange behaviors, most of the time he did things properly. But today, he was cheating behind the scenes. This really changed Fu Yue’s opinion of him.
She really couldn’t understand why anyone wouldn’t like such a cute slime.
She tried to walk back to the boss, luckily this time Arnold didn’t say anything to stop her.
His eyes were still looking straight ahead, but his hand had grabbed the edge of Arnold’s coat and pulled him closer to the glass.
Once you feel how nice slime is, you probably won’t say no!
Fu Yue grabbed the boss’s wrist, pulled upwards, but nothing happened.
She tried hard to pull upwards with all her might, but still nothing happened.
Looking up, Arnold seemed a little confused. Then he quickly grabbed Fu Yue’s wrist back.
Okay.
Fu Yue had no choice but to force a smile and used her other hand to directly lift Arnold up, saying, "General, you can also give it a try."
When Arnold touched the slime, the once bouncing slime suddenly caused a violent shaking in the entire room.
The next second, on the other side of the glass, a red slime that looked exactly like Arnold appeared. It even mimicked his movements, creating a 3D mirror-like effect.
How amazing!
How did the boss do that? She wants to learn too!
Before Fu Yue could give a heartfelt compliment, she saw Arnold suddenly recoil his hand as if shocked and offended.
He left the pet area without even looking back.
"Is there an emergency?" Fu Yue watched the hurried figure disappear.
"It seems like there have been a lot of emergencies lately… Looks like I’ll have to stay outside today," Fu Yue glanced back and tapped the glass with her finger, causing the slime to roundly jump up and reach where she had just touched.
Arnold hurried back to the office area and had already set up the projection device.
"How does the resistance function of the empathy device work?" He cut straight to the chase as usual.
Carter looked through the research materials and explained, "It directly connects to our emotional area. If someone other than ourselves tries to approach it, it will directly affect that person."
Then Carter, with a nostalgic tone, mentioned the experiment, "I was the test subject at that time, I got close to your emitter. Without making contact, the shock broke a whole wall." Carter smiled as if it was a very pleasant thing.
"How did you feel at that time?"
Arnold also recalled, "It felt strange, as if there was an unsettling sensation that something was about to be touched, uncomfortable."
"We’ve been classmates for so long, your evaluation is too harsh!" Carter exaggeratedly exclaimed.
After calming down, Carter added, "But Fu Yue might be different, I strongly suggest that she also try the contact experiment."
"…I disagree."
"Hahaha, I see you’re afraid of your true feelings being revealed!" Carter proudly said, "Admit it, Arnold, you already have at least a strong liking for Fu Yue."
While speaking, Carter also tapped on the screen playing the interaction between Fu Yue and the slime, indicating it as solid evidence.
Irritated, Arnold stared at the screen, then noticed some unread information on the edge of his monitor. He took out the one he was interested in and displayed it on the public screen.
"This is a pet-themed party, I will bring my own pet to attend."
After speaking, he immediately hung up the call.
Suddenly being hung up, Carter didn’t have any thoughts. After all, Arnold’s recent emotions were indeed unstable.
Then he immediately received an additional order for eye drops from Arnold.
When Carter saw it, he burst into tears of laughter.
It was clear as day that Arnold, who always advocated for beauty with no accomplishments, was simply wasting money. The only reason he would order eye drops was because his self-proclaimed "little pet" and "insignificant Blue Star people" admired his eyes.
If he didn’t have work on hand right now, he would definitely go to that party to take a look.
It would probably only take two more things for Arnold to admit that he liked Fu Yue. Then he could witness his comical pursuit of his wife in a happy-go-lucky straight man style, hahahaha!