Her voice was not a whisper.
When she said the last sentence, it was clear that she had deliberately raised the tone of her voice.
People pa*sing by outside the office couldn’t help but stop and look over.
Sinai’s presence in the whole experimental base was very high, but also very weak.
The reason is that she only has eyes for her work, at most she goes to the cafeteria, and on weekends when she is on vacation she doesn’t go out shopping and clubbing.
When people came to see her, they had to come to the office on the ground floor.
Anne had been with Celie for a long time and was very uncomfortable with Sinai’s pretentious attitude.
She was only twenty-seven, but her habits were even more regimented than those of a sixty-year-old researcher.
Who was she doing it for?
“Anne!” Charlotte’s expression went cold for a moment, “What are you babbling about again? What, you’re not capable of making people like you, so you speculate so maliciously about others?”
She was learning a lot of new things by Sinai’s side and was truly admiring Sinai’s bounty of learning.
Charlotte could be sure that Sinai knew more than a professor in the mechanical department at Norton.
“I’m not talking to you.” Anne sneered, “You could have asked your teacher, I saw her laughing after she said yes to Alfonso’s invitation to a date and then went to the supermarket for dinner with another man.”
“What do you have to say about that? Is this all a lie? There’s probably more than two men, right?”
She hadn’t believed that Sinai was so young to be able to complete important experiments on her own.
Now there was solid evidence.
Charlotte was furious: “Anne, you-”
Before she could finish her words, Sinai moved.
“Swish!”
In less than two seconds, there was a cold metal object against the center of her forehead.
Anne’s body tensed up suddenly, cold sweat rising in an instant, and her body shook.
Having also studied mechanics, of course she knew what Sinai had pulled out.
Anne’s eyes were wide with disbelief.
In such an important place as the experimental base, Sinai had the audacity to carry a gun with her.
Moreover, it was so open and honest.
Crazy?
Sinai’s voice was flat, and he even smiled, “What did I say? Help you see blood?”
Looking at Sinai, who was holding the gun calmly, the people around were shocked.
Charlotte was also startled and rushed forward, “Teacher, calm down, calm down, it’s not worth it.”
It was forbidden to bring any weapons to the experimental base because of the high value of Helvin and some of the other old researchers.
Even with the dual backing of the Laurent family and the venus group, there were still people internationally who wanted their lives, even if it meant death.
Those who carry guns, in serious cases, can even be sent to international prisons by ibi.
“Come on, you hit me here, huh?” Annie thought of that too, after her shock, and laughed, “Do you dare to shoot? If you dare, just drive faster, huh?!”
Sinai’s eyelashes dropped, her expression indifferent.
“Who are you trying to scare with just a fake gun?” Anne spoke sarcastically, “Or are you being a thief and trying to-”
Her words cut off instantly.
“Pop!”
Cutting off her voice was the sound of the trigger being pulled.
Annie let out a heart-rending scream.
Her legs went limp and she flopped to the floor, her face pale and bloodless on her lips.
There was an unpleasant smell spilling out and everyone around her couldn’t help but take a step back with a look of disgust.
Anne was outright terrified to the point of incontinence.
Sinai withdrew his gun, still bland: “You can try that next time.”
“……”
There was silence all around.
Anne looked up warily and met Sinai’s ice-blue eyes, as if she could still feel the burning sensation that had just pa*sed through her in a flash.
It wasn’t a fake gun, it was definitely real!
Sinai really dared to kill her!
Finally unable to contain her fear, Anne screamed some more and ran out on her hands and knees, almost rolling.
Sinai dialed the contact details of the cleaning team, “Um, I need to clean up on my end, please do so as soon as possible, yes, please.”
“Yes, it’s someone who brought the dog in and defecated at will.”
She finished and placed the silver pistol next to her computer.
There was another “pop” that sent a shiver down the spine of the onlookers.
Sinai herself had already begun another round of work, as calmly as if she had just had a cup of tea.
“Sinai-sensei.” Charlotte reluctantly came back to her senses, “Don’t take what Annie said to heart, she’s just a mouthy person, two years into the base and still only an a*sistant, I don’t know what the arrogance is all day long.”
“Well, I know.” Sinai pondered for a moment, “You know her?”
“Sort of know her.” Charlotte said, “Our school weeds out quite a few cadets every year, and as soon as they don’t meet the annual a*sessment, they’re demoted, down to a D grade, and they’re automatically dismissed.”
“She didn’t even pa*s the entrance test and she brags every day that she went through Norton University.”
Charlotte scoffed.
If she’d really gotten into Norton, Anne would have had her memories of Norton erased and sent back home, given her standard.
It was then that Sinai realised that someone’s name really did come with the territory for her.
Stunned, she averted her gaze, “When does your headmaster’s cla*s start?”
“It’s only December.” Charlotte counted on her fingers, “Second term is March and he only leads one cla*s a week.”
Sinai was silent for a moment.
Three months to go.
She couldn’t afford to hide if he didn’t leave?
She could just stay in the office for three months and not leave.
Charlotte was curious: “Teacher, do you want to sit in? I think you could apply for a professorship at our school.”
“No.” Sinai paused, the dark green eyes swept through his mind and his face was instantly expressionless, “I don’t want to work for a capitalist who only sucks blood.”
Charlotte: “????”
Their headmaster, a blood-sucking capitalist?
The two were chatting when suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded.
In a matter of seconds, the inspectors surrounded Sinai’s office.
Sinai looked up, his eyes narrowed.
Anne was dishevelled and unchanged, her body still shaking.
“She’s carrying a gun!” Annie pointed at Sinai, “She doesn’t even have a permit to carry a gun! Nor is she a member of the Inspectorate! I suspect she’s an undercover agent sent by another force with the aim of a*sa*sinating the Professor and the others!”
Her teeth were chattering as she spoke.
Sinai was far too skilled with the gun.
Where did she get these skills if she hadn’t been specially trained?
The inspector captain stepped forward and gestured for his team to pick up the silver pistol on the table, “Is it convenient for us to check?”
It was a polite supplication, but it was clearly a strong request.
Sinai nodded, “Be my guest.”
Charlotte had tensed up.
She had studied mechanics and was able to distinguish between a real gun and a fake one.
This silver pistol could not even be fake just by the texture.
Annie gritted her teeth and looked at Sinai with a fierce gaze, as if to say – “You’re finished.”
Sinai yawned and slowly and methodically took out the coffee pot and began to make coffee.
Several of the inspectors admired her mentality.
Ten minutes later, the inspectors finished their inspection and handed over the results.
“Miss Annie, this is an imitation gun, it has no lethality.” The inspector captain frowned and looked at Annie with a few cold looks, “Our time is precious, please don’t report false information because of personal grudges.”
Charlotte froze.
Fake guns?
“Then it’s a real gun!” Anne broke down a little, “It’s a real gun, Captain, you believe me!”
Sinai blinked, took a sip of coffee and smiled, “On your way, be safe.”
“Captain, look, she even threatened me!” Anne broke down even more, “You have to protect me, you have to protect me!”
“Ma’am, you’re not in the best of spirits.” The inspector captain frowned even more, “If it’s because of the stress caused by the experiment, I suggest you go to the counselling room.”
Annie finally broke down completely, “I told you, she tried to kill me, why don’t you believe me?!”
The inspector captain shook his head, “Miss Sinai, excuse me.”
He had two of his team members take Anne out and close the door behind them.
Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and waited for the inspection team to leave before she turned her head, “Teacher, is it really a toy gun?”
“It’s okay to play with it, but usually, I use it for protection.” Sinai raised her hand once more and pointed it casually at a discarded metal box.
The trigger was pulled and a laser shot out.
The iron box was instantly melted.
In a second’s time, not even ashes were left.
Charlotte: “……”
Crap?
And this is called not even a little bit of killing power?
How did the inspectors check it?
“Charlotte, help me pa*s this letter to the a-team over there.” Sinai said, “Inside are two tickets to the tech show, the date is December 29th, ask Mr. Alfonso if he has time to go see it.”
Hearing this, Charlotte was excited, “Yes, I’m on my way, is there anything else you’d like to bring?”
Sinai nodded, “Nothing else.”
She asked Alfonso out, partly to try it out still, and partly to return the favour he had done her the last time he had invited her to dinner and a concert.
**
The a-team side.
Only when Charlotte had finished delivering the letter and left did one of the youths clap his hands, “Group leader, awesome, really awesome, I didn’t expect that.”
“It’s too early to say you caught up.” Alfonso shook his head, “She treats me no differently to anyone else.”
“But she did at least say yes to your invitation.” The youth said, “And invites you back now, surely treating you differently than the others.”
“The last date was quite pleasant.” Alfonso thought about it, “Except her cousin was very strict and actually required her to be home by eight o’clock, and I had other activities scheduled for later originally.”
“Cousin?” The youth was also quite puzzled, “What about the rest of her family? Why is it still the cousin’s turn to control her?”
Alfonso still shook his head as he sighed, “Nothing was asked.”
The surname Lehngar didn’t even exist on o continent.
Where the hell did Sinai come from?
“Let’s not talk about that.” The youth smiled, “Just yesterday, I heard from Professor Helvin’s side that the first researcher is back as well, and that the project is expected to be able to succeed in five years at the shortest.”
Every experiment has a first researcher’s word.
The people in the group were also quite curious as to who this first researcher, who had been scheduled a long time ago, really was.
“Where is it?” Alfonso was also interested, “Didn’t ask?”
“I wouldn’t dare ask about such a confidential matter.” The youth shook his head, “We’ll just have to wait until the project is over and the list of researchers is announced.”
**
It was half past five when Sinai finished her round of work.
She stretched out and was about to ask Charlotte to finish her meal when a message came in first.
[Old Shameless]: I’ll be waiting for you outside.
Sinai stared at the message.
What was he doing at the experimental base?
Why did she get the impression that he was very idle?
At that moment, another message came through.
[Old Shameless]: I’ll wait for you for three minutes, if you don’t come, I’ll go in.
Sinai: “……”
She took off her research suit tunic, packed up her things and left the office.
It was December and the temperature outside was already in the single digits.
The leaves on the maple trees had not yet fallen, but the ground was already covered in a withered yellow.
At this time of year, there were quite a few people entering and leaving the experimental base.
She caught a glimpse of him.
The man wore a black leather jacket and had a cigar between his fingers.
Sinai knew he didn’t smoke, but would always light one up now and then.
There was no telling what the habit was.
Norton saw her too, he put out his cigarette and waved towards her, “Come here.”
Sinai sighed and walked over anyway, “What are you doing here?”
“Dinner.” Norton wrapped his arms around him, “Pick you up on the way home.”
“I only go back to the cottage on weekends.” Sinai yawned, “Dinner is fine, going back isn’t necessary.”
Norton didn’t say anything, and suddenly smiled, looking lazy, “Well done, cousin.”
Sinai: “?”
He leaned down and patted her head in a gentle motion, “Remember, from now on, don’t be soft on anyone who bullies you.”
To be soft on your enemies was to be cruel to yourself.
He understood this very well.
The child he had watched for more than half a year could never be bullied by others.
He wouldn’t be like other elders who had to make their own children put up with them.
Sinai froze, “You’re at the door?”
“Well, came down to look for you and just happened to run into the inspector team.” Norton was sorry, “I didn’t expect my cousin to have to settle it herself without my cousin’s presence.”
He straightened up, “So I’m going to pick you up every day and take you home.”
Sinai: “……”
The stunt really was too much to pa*s up.
She wrapped her coat tighter and walked beside him.
Norton faded: “Besides, winter is here and the nights are long and the days are short, so I suggest you go back to the cottage every day.”
“It’s too far from the base.” Sinai thought nothing of it and refused outright, “I’ll be delayed on the way.”
“Far?” Norton lifted his eyes, “Isn’t this with your dear cousin, driving you?”
“……”
Sinai’s fists hardened.
But when did he learn to drive?
She remembered that old timers didn’t even touch those.
“And-” he paused and spoke again, “I need you to teach me to shoot, and you only have time in the evenings, so you’re going back to the cottage at night.”
At those words Sinai hesitated, “You need someone to teach you to shoot? I can have my escort teach you.”
“I’ll cook and I’ll do the dishes.”
“Fine.”
Norton’s expression was pleasant, “Deal.”
When Sinai came back to her senses, “……”
Why had she agreed to this old shameless man?
Upon returning to the cottage, she realised that the table was ready for dinner.
The dinner was sumptuous and had everything.
Sinai had to admit that she had once again succumbed to his cooking skills.
It was clear that he could learn even something as difficult as cooking and wouldn’t shoot?
Sinai clutched the bowl, “Are you feeding me fat on purpose?”
“Think too much, you’re a cat cat and I’ll cook for you too.”
“……”
Sinai’s fist hardened.
But for the sake of the colourful and delicious dinner, she didn’t bother with him in the end.
He was clearly the only one who would bully her now.
After dinner, Sinai nestled into the sofa to watch TV.
Norton was still in the kitchen.
Like a wife waiting for her husband to cook.
Sinai was slightly startled and immediately took out her phone to distract herself.
What was she thinking all day long.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that her father was cooking for his daughter.
[Charlotte]: Teacher, why are you just leaving, I’m still waiting for you [crying]
Sinai returned a cracked expression.
[I was taken back by the elders of the family, he told me to go home early.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re doing.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into, and what if your elders want to go with you on your date?
Sinai glanced at the slender figure in the kitchen.
It was quite a big feudal elder.
She clicked on the dialog box with Norton, pondering whether to change another note for him.
The old shamelessly feudal grand master?
At that moment, Norton came out with a tray of fruit, speaking as he did so, “By the way, on Christmas Day-”
His words lurched.
Sinai immediately exited the WeChat interface.
But it was too late, he was already standing behind her and saw the dialog box.
After a few seconds of silence, Norton slowly pulled the phone out of her hand.
Sinai had tightened her grip with it, but she was no match for the Sage’s chariot.
The phone reached Norton’s hand.
This time he clearly saw Sinai’s note to her.
“Old Shameless?” Norton walked up to her and bent down, his gaze level with hers, he smiled but his vision was dangerous, “Explain why you called me names?”