pjbooks Chapter 194 Su Wanqing appears again!
Chapter 194 Su Wanqing appears again!
The night was as dark as ink, and neon lights flowed through the city's veins.
Zhang Yan leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes, but his mind was racing.
The awakening of the ruins accelerated.
This is not good news.
According to previous predictions, there are still more than three years to go.
But now it seems that it may take less than three years.
Even shorter.
He needs to speed things up.
We must gather the four spirits of the Mo family as soon as possible.
We must build a sufficiently powerful legion.
Only then will they have the strength to fight when the Ruins truly descend.
Zhang Yan opened his eyes and looked at the street scene rushing past the window. The city's prosperity seemed like a candle flickering in the wind to him.
……
In the days that followed, Zhang Yan's life returned to a peculiar pattern.
He was like any other college student, going to school on time every day.
But the complex formulas and theories in the textbooks were like child's scribbles to him.
He even had the leisure to secretly design a new generation of weapon mounting systems for the "Wolf Gaze" robot on his laptop during class.
After class, he would go directly to Tianji Security Company.
There, he was no longer the student Zhang Yan, but the behind-the-scenes mastermind whom Qin Xiao both respected and feared.
He would inspect the automated production line on the third basement floor, checking the joint flexibility and sensor sensitivity of the ten newly manufactured "Wolf Look" robots.
He will assign new training tasks to Qin Xiao and the group of retired special forces soldiers, so that they can quickly become familiar with the mode of fighting in cooperation with robots.
He would return to the villa on time every evening.
All the coldness and scheming would melt away the moment he opened the door and saw Nie Qingcheng.
He will turn back into Zhang Yan, the one who would watch mindless idol dramas with Nie Qingcheng and make her a bowl of plain noodles.
Zhang Yan had become accustomed to this sense of disconnect.
That afternoon, the bell rang to signal the end of the last class, "Advanced Mathematics".
Zhang Yan closed his notebook and saved and encrypted a newly optimized drawing of the hydraulic system of the "Mountain Moving" engineering robot.
He packed his things, ready to leave as usual.
"Zhang Yan, classmate."
A clear and pleasant voice came from behind.
Zhang Yan paused for a moment. He didn't turn around, but he knew who it was.
Su Wanqing.
She was the undisputed beauty queen of Jiangzhou University, the girl who had expressed her affection for him when the semester started.
Since he explicitly rejected her last time, and after the farce involving Li Zifeng, she hadn't appeared in front of him for a long time.
Zhang Yan had almost forgotten that this person existed.
He turned around and looked at Su Wanqing in front of him.
She wore a pale yellow dress today, with her long hair flowing down her shoulders and delicate makeup on her face, making her look pure and charming.
The boys passing by couldn't help but cast admiring glances at her.
But Zhang Yan's eyes remained calm, without the slightest ripple.
"Is something the matter?" he asked.
Su Wanqing was taken aback by his cold tone, but she still managed a sweet smile.
"Um... I just wanted to invite you to dinner." Her voice was a little nervous, and her hands unconsciously gripped the hem of her skirt.
"Consider this... an apology for what happened with Li Zifeng before."
"That matter actually has something to do with me too, and I've been wanting to find an opportunity to apologize to you."
Zhang Yan frowned.
Li Zifeng.
A name he was about to throw into the dustbin of his memory.
If Su Wanqing hadn't brought it up, he wouldn't have even remembered that face twisted with jealousy.
"It's all in the past," Zhang Yan said. "No need to apologize."
He lifted his foot to leave.
"etc!"
Su Wanqing quickly stepped forward and blocked his way.
Her movements were somewhat hurried, completely lacking her usual reserve.
"It's just one meal, it'll be quick."
"After this meal, I promise I will never bother you again."
Her eyes held a hint of pleading, and even a touch of barely perceptible stubbornness.
Zhang Yan looked at her.
It's just a meal.
He figured he'd eat quickly, finish in half an hour, and then leave without being late for work.
That way, I won't have to keep running into her at school and being stared at like that all the time.
"Okay." He nodded.
Upon hearing this word, Su Wanqing's face instantly lit up with a delighted smile, like a child who had received candy.
"Great! Let's go then, I've already made reservations at the restaurant."
She seemed unusually excited and turned to walk towards the school gate.
Zhang Yan followed behind, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Her reaction seemed a little too enthusiastic.
The two walked out of the school gate one after the other.
A bright red Maserati sports car is parked quietly on the side of the road.
Zhang Yan watched as Su Wanqing skillfully opened the car door, got into the driver's seat, rolled down the window, and waved to him.
"Get in the car."
Zhang Yan stopped in his tracks.
He remembered clearly that Su Wanqing's family was not well-off; in fact, they were poor.
She relies mostly on scholarships and part-time jobs to cover her tuition and living expenses each year.
Even the cheapest model of this Maserati costs over a million.
A thought flashed through Zhang Yan's mind.
Did she hook up with a rich guy?
He shook his head, dismissing the idea.
This is none of his business.
He opened the passenger door and got in.
The interior of the car was luxuriously decorated, and the air was filled with the scent of expensive perfume.
"You don't seem surprised at all?" Su Wanqing asked casually as she started the car.
"Why are you surprised?" Zhang Yan asked rhetorically.
Su Wanqing was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.
"That's true."
The sports car emitted a deep roar and merged into the traffic.
The restaurant was a high-end French restaurant.
The environment is elegant, but the price is high.
Su Wanqing was unusually attentive.
She kept introducing the dishes on the menu to Zhang Yan, detailing the origin of each ingredient and the chef's cooking methods.
She kept trying to find various topics, from interesting anecdotes at school to the latest popular movies, in an attempt to liven up the atmosphere.
But Zhang Yan's response remained consistently bland.
"Um."
"good."
"I haven't seen it."
Su Wanqing's enthusiasm was like punching cotton, getting no response whatsoever.
But she seemed completely unconcerned, still smiling and talking to herself.
Zhang Yan absentmindedly cut his steak while mentally calculating the time.
He felt that Su Wanqing was acting very strangely today.
Her attentiveness carried a deliberate, unnatural attempt to please.
When she looked at me, there was always an indescribable...fiery look in her eyes.
That's not infatuation.
It's more like a hungry beast that has spotted its long-desired prey.
Just as Zhang Yan was deep in thought, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang in his mind.
【warn.】
[Abnormal energy fluctuations detected.]
Zhang Yan's movement of cutting the steak suddenly stopped.
He raised his head, his eyes instantly sharpening.