The two remaining n stood where they were. "Should we report this to Minister Mo?"
"Definitely. She specifically asked us to keep an eye on Miss Jiang before she left. Sothing this vicious happened, so we absolutely have to inform her. Besides, this involves the nobles. If we want a thorough investigation, we’ll certainly need Minister Mo’s help."
At the ntion of the nobles, the other middle-aged soldier sighed. "If I hadn’t been injured back then, I never would have wanted to retire from the corps."
"Serving as a local garrison... there’s just too much darkness, too many regrets."
The other man patted his shoulder. "Don’t dwell on it. We still have a long life ahead of us. We can hope for a better future."
"Yeah."
As they spoke, he sent a private ssage about the day’s events to Mo Chengyu’s terminal.
anwhile, the research institute had developed a prototype. Mo Chengyu, more invested than anyone, went straight into the simulation environnt to begin testing data.
The simulation environnt was completely secure, and her terminal was locked away in a private storage box. It BEEPED twice upon receiving the ssage, but there was no reply.
"Minister Mo must be busy. She hasn’t gotten back to us yet."
"Well, let’s head back and try to match these Genes to a rcenary first. I can’t imagine what kind of grudge would drive soone to hire an assassin to destroy a young girl’s Spirit Sea. It’s just plain vicious."
Their voices gradually faded on the wind.
Inside the courtyard house, Jiang Qiuqiu was still wearing the Spirit Recovery Helt.
The helt had significantly reduced the pain. Although she still felt a little dizzy after taking it off, it wasn’t unbearable.
Jiang Qiuqiu couldn’t go to the hospital today.
She opened her terminal and went to Federation Livestream, where her upcoming stream was already featured on the hopage.
If she went to the hospital now, she would have to cancel the stream.
Jiang Qiuqiu took a deep breath. ’I should be able to make it through this stream. I’ll go to the hospital after.’
Having settled on a plan, Jiang Qiuqiu took off the helt and began her prep work.
She checked the cara bot, then the scanner’s power level. She opened a pack of flint and placed it under the grill, then took out the oysters—delivered fresh on ice just today—from the temperature-controlled container.
With a little ti left before the stream, Jiang Qiuqiu picked up a knife and quickly shucked the stack of oysters to one side, leaving just a few unopened ones for a demonstration later.
The ti slowly ticked over to 4:55. ii sent a ssage to confirm the start ti, and Jiang Qiuqiu replied with an "ok."
At that mont, her fan circle was buzzing with excitent.
[The happiest ti of the day is finally here! I’m so excited!]
[I’m so happy we get to eat delicious food earlier today! But it makes sad that the wait for the next stream will be even longer~ I wish it was a little earlier every day!]
[Dream on.]
A smile touched Jiang Qiuqiu’s slightly pale face. She gave a light cough, pressed her temples, and started the day’s livestream.
Jiang Qiuqiu had just changed into a long-sleeved jacket to hide her injury.
She began with her usual opening line, "Welco, everyone, to my food livestream. I’m Jiang Jiujiu, and today is a special day. We’re going to be trying a brand-new type of dish—"
"I’m sure you’re all looking forward to it, so let’s follow the cara and take a look at today’s star of the show!"
At Jiang Qiuqiu’s gesture, the cara bot panned over to the oysters on the cutting board.
The interstellar era oysters were as large as two of Jiang Qiuqiu’s fists put together. They looked just like the oysters of old—bumpy, uneven, grayish, and rather ugly.
Ugly things are always a little hard to accept.
And—
[?]
[Whoa, what are we supposed to be eating today? Looks like us old folks are out of luck.]
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