"Considering your relationship with your sister, I guess she wouldn’t spend a whole night helping you draw this draft."
"..."
Marcus Shaw’s lips twitched slightly.
To be honest, even though Marcus was reluctant to believe it, he had to admit that Oliver Scott’s analysis wasn’t without reason.
The ancient chanism technique that Evelyn Easton once ntioned started circulating in his mind again... ancient, mysterious, yet advanced.
Nora Scott’s confidence clearly ca from her capabilities.
"Maybe."
Marcus responded perfunctorily and lowered his head to continue assembling the chanical box.
Oliver, who originally held great interest in Nora, was a bit disappointed when he saw that Marcus was uninterested and had no intention of discussing or revealing any information.
Having drawn the components many tis and assembled them in his mind repeatedly, Marcus’s operation was swift. In just a few minutes, he assembled all the parts into a complete and sealed chanical box.
After opening, restoring, and confirming there were no issues, he tossed the chanical box to Oliver.
"Back to you."
Oliver caught the chanical box, lowered his head to open it, and started to play with it enthusiastically.
Marcus, who had a bit of a cleanliness obsession, couldn’t stand the wood chips and ssy tools on the ground. Once the matter was resolved, he got up to start tidying up the floor.
After ensuring the chanical box was completely restored, Oliver was in a good mood. He stared at Marcus for a mont and suddenly asked, "Are you interested in cha?"
"What?"
"We’re planning to participate in a robot cha competition. It should be fun; are you interested?" Oliver asked, then continued self-introducing, "The competition is co-hosted by the East Science Association and Victor Technology. Have you heard of Victor Technology, the world-leading self-developing manufacturer in drone flight platforms and imaging systems?"
"Never heard of it, not interested."
Marcus replied without looking up.
Every action indicated he had absolutely no interest in this so-called "robot cha competition."
"..."
Oliver felt quite dejected, but only for a mont before he quickly made peace with it.
With Marcus’s temperant, joining the team likely wouldn’t be a good thing either.
Oliver helped tidy up the floor a bit, then patted the wood chips off his clothes, saying, "I’m heading out, say thanks to your sister for ."
Marcus didn’t even lift his eyelids, "Thank her yourself."
It was just a polite gesture, not expecting such a response, but Oliver, who was about to leave, stopped and ca back.
Taking a few steps toward Marcus, Oliver put one hand in his trouser pocket, hesitated for two seconds, then with a lift and drop of his eyelids, asked tentatively, "Could you give her number?"
Marcus was suddenly taken aback.
This person talked about "your sister" all day long, vaguely even had a hint of admiration in his tone...
Thinking of Nora’s universally appealing face, regardless of gender or age, and her bizarrely complex social relationships, alarms went off in Marcus’s mind.
The next second, Marcus straightened his face and said sternly, "No."
Oliver: "..." Oh.
Forgot you and your sister aren’t close.
*
That weekend, Nora was still out early and back late. Not to ntion Jack Carter and Pedro Langley, even Marcus Shaw, who lived under the sa roof, didn’t catch a glimpse of her.
The weekend flashed by, and Marcus settled his three als daily under Jack Carter’s care without having to worry himself.
Besides, Nora didn’t manage any of his affairs at all.
A few days later.
In the bitter cold of winter, the weather was still incredibly chilly. In sub-zero temperatures, the saliva of bickering aunties on the street probably froze into ice shards before reaching a face.
At the noisy subway entrance, Nora wrapped herself up tightly and slowly followed the crowd out.
As soon as she felt the cold wind, she received a call from Laura Collins.
"Have you arrived?"
Amidst the wind whistling by her ears, Nora looked up and gazed at the greyish sky through her sunglasses, saying, "Just got out of the subway station."
Going to a convention with such a large crowd, finding a parking spot was extrely challenging, so Nora preferred the simplicity and convenience of taking the subway.
Laura, long used to it, went straight to the point, "I’ll send you a location, and guide you in through the back door."
"Okay."
As soon as Nora hung up, she received the location sent by Laura. With a glance and the route morized, she put her phone back in her pocket.
It was too cold; she didn’t want to keep holding her phone to check.
...
This was a large cosplay event, jointly organized by CC Comics and Cool Ridge dia, nad the C&K Cosplay Expo.
CC Comics itself already had a large batch of popular IP comic works, and Cool Ridge dia had a specialized subculture channel, buying nurous ani rights dostically and internationally each quarter. They also signed up their own video creators to make subculture and derivative content, accumulating over the years, having no shortage of creators with millions of fans.
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