139: Blue fox

Wang Yupeng, the secretary talking to Hain alone, had followed Hain for many years and was very satisfied with this job.

With the young Emperor in control of the Empire, why would the young officials he valued worry about not having a better future?

Many envied his Wisdom Eye; he chose to follow Hain when Hain fought his way from Sea Soul Star to the Emperor Star alone. As Hain rose, his own status had also risen.

Kong Jiamu and the Lord were one civil and one military; the Emperor not only didn't mind their friendship, but in a way, he had even facilitated it.

This was a rare trust! It was also a massive Opportunity.

He really didn't want to see any strange changes when things were going so well.

So, he brought up his observations of Young Miss Pearl, intending to remind Hain that she was his friend's woman and that he should withdraw in time.

He hadn't expected it to backfire completely.

For the next few days, Hain was completely unsettled, unable to focus on burying himself in paperwork with them in the study.

Kong Jiamu had already been found, and the remaining affairs weren't that urgent, so he could completely let go.

Thus, for several consecutive days, his gaze fell almost constantly on Tu Nan, instead of maintaining his previous restraint and only ensuring Tu Nan was within his protection range.

The secretary, Mr. Wang Yupeng, only felt that he had been foolish; he shouldn't have broken that dangerous balance before Colonel Kong returned.

Sigh... he only hoped Lord Hain could continue to follow the gentleman's code.

Prudence, restraint, thoughtfulness... Tu Nan didn't know any of this; she was preoccupied with her own concerns and didn't feel Hain's gaze.

Lance brought her new pills again. It was only thanks to these that she could act like a normal person.

On the occasional two times she forgot to take her medicine before breakfast, she felt nauseous no matter what she ate.

"This is medicine I specially formulated for you. Go ahead and take it; there are no side effects at all." In the dining room, Lance tossed Tu Nan a new bottle of medicine.

This was an anti-nausea drug she had improved herself specifically for Tu Nan.

She was very interested in the Child Rank hypothesis Tu Nan had proposed. From a research perspective, Tu Nan was also a very important sample, and Lance strove to keep her unaffected by other factors.

At the same time, she also obtained thirty years of birth records from an inconspicuous planet before and after the implementation of the Foster Mother system.

Fortunately, that planet had an administrative officer who was keen on encouraging births.

He had reported the significantly increased birth rate at that time as a political achievement, making the report very detailed.

Tu Nan immediately replaced today's dose with the one Lance had just given her.

"Still one in the morning and one in the evening?" While asking, she swallowed the morning pill and only started breakfast a moment later.

All of this was seen by Hain.

It had been three days, and Tu Nan hadn't had those vomiting symptoms again, appearing completely normal, which made him wonder if that day had really just been a fluke.

Until today, when he saw Lance handing medicine to Tu Nan before the meal.

What medicine was it? Or rather, what was wrong with Tu Nan? But Tu Nan had been avoiding him more and more these past few days; Hain knew that was Tu Nan's silent rejection of him.

After breakfast, Lance left Tu Nan and went out alone.

She wasn't as pitiful as Tu Nan; forget just wandering around Xiuyin Star, if she wanted to, she could go for a stroll in outer space and come back anytime.

But today she really didn't need to go that far; she was just going to see if the perfume factory equipment line they had taken over had been refurbished according to her requirements.

Incidentally... to meet Green Fox.

"Mr. Lance, everything has been modified according to your instructions. Please check it, and if there's no problem, could you sign the order?"

Lance nodded and signed her name with a flourish on the order handed to her, and the other party's smile immediately became more sincere.

"Alright, I'll look around some more... Hmm, this person will accompany me." She randomly pointed at a thin technical worker wearing a baseball cap and walked away with a clicking of her heels.

"You didn't explain clearly. If I hadn't been sharp-eyed, I wouldn't have recognized you." Lance was not very satisfied; she glanced at the man and whistled.

"This outfit suits you quite well, old man."

The other party lazily pressed down the brim of his hat and accepted her compliment. "Enough, didn't the last job work out? Why did you insist I come? With both Kong Jiamu and Hain around, I don't want to be hanging around here."

"Oh, what are you afraid of? Wasn't the money you earned last time very satisfying?

I'm doing this because you said you wanted to save money, so I'm constantly creating income for you.

How about it? Are you interested in what I mentioned last time after all? You're going to retire anyway; wouldn't it be nice to take the money after finishing this job? Pearl's money is so easy to earn."

Lance chuckled, looking somewhat wretched.

Before the person across from her could react, a water vortex appeared directly beside the two of them, rapidly spinning into a hard, solid-like wall that kept shrinking and closing in on them.

Green Fox's eyes narrowed; he thought 'this is bad' and quickly pulled Lance into his arms.

Tentatively reaching out to touch the water wall, a layer of skin was immediately sliced off his hand, and blood seeped out.

The water wall gradually split into rings, like shutters, and the figure on the other side stood before them with a face as grim as water.

He looked Green Fox over carefully and nodded.

"A+." Only one sub-level away; no wonder Kong Jiamu couldn't sense him.

Hain turned to look at Lance, who was being protected by the man, and disgust appeared in his eyes.

"Pearl's friend... is this how you treat her?" Hain flicked his sleeve, extremely cold. "No wonder we couldn't find any clues; it turns out there's a mole."

His gaze turned cold.

"Walk on your own; I don't want to bring back a corpse directly. I'll give you a chance to personally apologize to Pearl."

The two of them had no way to escape and were forced to get into the car along the path Hain had set.

Lance had a massive headache; it was over, she had caused trouble for Tu Nan.

Had Tu Nan actually prepared to tell this man everything... she had underestimated Hain, thinking he would just stay by Tu Nan's side like a post.

Green Fox, Yi Xingye, was already killing her with his eyes.

Lance looked back innocently and mouthed to him: You—won't—die.

Only a cold sneer came in response.

Tu Nan hadn't caused any trouble this time, yet she still received a big gift.

Hain walked into the living room carrying the two people, glanced at the soldiers, and had them put military handcuffs on this A-rank dangerous person.

His baseball cap had been taken off, his medium-length hair was a mess, and his chin was covered in stubble; he looked decadent and tired, much like a wilderness cowboy.

Standing there, his whole being radiated a sense of gloom.

As for Lance, she was so weak she didn't need those; only one soldier was needed to watch her.

"Lance..." Tu Nan looked at this strange scene in shock.

She wanted to step forward but was stopped by Hain.

"Don't get close, stay here." Hain pulled over a chair for her and let Tu Nan sit down.

He was afraid Tu Nan couldn't handle the blow; she seemed to trust this Lance very much.

"Listen to me, the A-rank Kong Jiamu asked me to find, the one who attacked you." He motioned for Tu Nan to look at the stranger.

"It's this person."

"The point is... Lance planned all of this." Hain's hand pressed on Tu Nan's shoulder, trying to comfort her.

"They were even planning their next move when I caught them in the act."

Hain's anger radiated outward.

"Huh?"

Tu Nan looked at Lance, her head suddenly aching.