Alfonso’s expression froze, his eyes bordering on horror.
“……”
Sinai’s hand shook and her chopsticks nearly fell to the floor.
That one word caused all the emotions she had pent up for so long to explode, she simply couldn’t contain them.
She looked up and found the man’s gaze still falling on her.
His dark green eyes locked in on her with a supreme aggression that almost swallowed her up.
Seeing her look over, Norton lifted his chin, lazily, “Isn’t that right, cousin?”
Sinai stared at him for three seconds and slowly: “It’s not strange that cousins from quite a few countries on the seven continents and four oceans can get married.”
Alfonso thought about it for a moment.
He breathed a slow sigh of relief and relaxed his expression, “Mr. Lehngar is really funny.”
The meal distracted Sinai, it was all Alfonso talking eloquently and Norton occasionally responding to a few words.
Each sentence made her heart ripple and she couldn’t stop.
When she finally finished eating, Sinai stood up, not wanting to linger for another second: “I’m going out for some air.”
Alfonso beckoned the waiter to settle the bill and immediately followed him out: “Miss Sinai, let me take you back to the experimental base, I heard that your research has reached the most critical point in the past few days.”
Sinai was just about to speak when a voice sounded first.
“Such would not be a bother.” Norton grabbed her wrist and faded, “I’ll just see her off.”
Alfonso pursed his lips, “Okay, I’ll go back then.”
He had a feeling that this ‘cousin’ of Sinai’s was not right.
The way he looked at Sinai was not like he was looking at his cousin, but like a woman.
As a man who also had a crush on Sinai, he sensed the aggression that Norton exuded.
The sense of danger that occasionally radiated from the man made Alfonso almost gasp.
Alfonso didn’t have time to think too much about it and left after bidding goodbye towards Sinai.
“Can we not have these kind of jokes?” Sinai turned her head then, she calmed down and drew her hand back, “It’s boring and ridiculous.”
Perhaps to him it was just a casual tease.
But to her, it was that part of her heart that was buried in her true feelings.
Not to be able to make any jokes.
Norton looked paused, his voice husky, “What?”
“My a*sistant is a Norton graduate.” Sinai whispered, “I hear you’re going to be teaching school next March, and I only get March for rent.”
They were, by nature, not from the same world.
There wasn’t supposed to be any crossover.
Norton lowered his head to look at her, “So?”
“I’m going back to the lab site.” Sinai wrapped her coat tighter and averted her eyes, “You should go back early too, take care of yourself and don’t get sick again.”
She turned on her heel and left without a backward glance.
Norton’s hand stalled in the air, clearly not expecting Sinai’s sudden detachment.
So much so that he stood still and forgot to follow.
The man’s features were too good, his figure perfect.
The Westerners were so open that two women had already gone up to him to invite him for a drink, but there was no response.
After a long, long period of silence, it was a series of sharp phone rings that jerked him back from his thoughts.
Norton pulled out his phone, looked at it for a couple of seconds, and eventually picked it up.
“I said, what happened the other day?” Cesar questioned, “What do you mean you got married before me?”
Norton looked bemused, “Superficially.”
“Can you make that clear.” Cesar, however, was reluctant to guess and was curious, “I heard from the boss that you went to the alchemy world for a long time and I also remember you had a sister, was it her?”
“When will you bring her to show us? I’ll also be your gatekeeper, brother, what if you cheat someone else’s girl? Lol, I say, maybe it’s just wishful thinking on your part, does she like you?”
At these words, Norton laughed coldly, “Mind your own business.”
He didn’t give Cesar a chance to say anything else, hanging up and pulling it into the blacklist again.
Norton lowered his head and for the first time his thoughts were a little jumbled.
He was also thinking about what had gone wrong with his return this time.
He had always thought about a lot of things.
He hadn’t contacted Sinai in the past eight months, also because he didn’t really want her to know what kind of dark environment he was in.
The alchemical world was too dirty, more chaotic than the ancient martial world.
But after getting rid of Demon and some evil alchemists once and for all, his worries were gone.
When his feelings had changed, he had messed up too, wondering for a while if he was a pervert and had become an old beast.
So the last few days had been spent examining his feelings for Sinai.
Until finally he had determined that for the rest of his life, if there was going to be someone to spend it with him.
He could only accept that this person would be Sinai.
Neither of them spoke much, but staying together was not awkward.
Such a comfortable match, he had never felt before.
It was only the little girl’s mind that was very difficult to guess.
He wasn’t at all sure why she would suddenly ignore him.
They had gotten along like this before, and Sinai had never been this angry.
Norton had absolutely no intention of asking Cesar for advice or exploring anything.
As far as he was concerned, it was a complete accident that Cesar was able to have a girlfriend.
The likelihood of this accident was lower than a sow going to a tree.
**
Sinai returned to the Institute.
She was slumped over her desk, looking sickly.
She had to admit that Norton’s words had completely messed her up.
The old impudent had been a dog before, but now he was even more so.
Sinai had joined a small group.
In this group were Qin Lingyu, Yu Xuesheng, Ling Mianxi, Nie Yi, Xiu, Jiang Yan, Xiu Yu and so on.
The small group was not usually active, and only a few single dogs occasionally came out to bubble.
Xi’nai had also been diving in, never saying anything, just watching them chat.
After all, she was too busy, doing experiments every day.
Today, three messages popped up out of nowhere.
[Nishizawa]: This dog scum gave me the word the other day that he would get married before me, is he around the opposite sex? Married to who?
The first time I asked him who it was, he never said, do you think he’s a dog?
I know that he has a sister who is also an alchemist, she should be good looking, do you guys think I should go to the alchemy world and poke around?
Three messages, all at once, blew up all the people who were diving.
[Xiu]: …… Why do you want to hurt me?
[JiangYan]: +1
[Xiu Yu]: +10086
[Qin LingYu]: woooooooooooo, I don’t want to be in the same boat as you single dogs, but why don’t I have a girl?!
[Qin Ling Yu]: Chariot is also ending his single life for so long? And progressing straight to marriage? So fast?
The fact is, he’s always been fast, after all, he’s a chariot.
I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to have a group wedding together.
I don’t think so. A collective wedding? The first thing you need to do is to get married. I would advise you to be a human being.
The actual fact is that you’ve got a lot of people who are not only in the market, but also in the marketplace. The actual fact is that you’ll be able to get a lot more than just a couple of days. The actual fact is that you’ll be able to get a lot more than just a few of these.
[Jiang Yan]: ……
[Lingmianxi]: @Xinai, little aunt, you know him best, did he give you any inside information? [Let me see].
The third sentence from Xizhe was a heartbeat away.
She looked at the word “sister” in a daze, and an inexplicable sourness and powerlessness came over her.
Only after a dozen seconds did she have the strength to tap down two words.
No.]
[Ling Mianxi]: That’s strange, even little aunt doesn’t know, he’s hiding it too well, I’ll go ask Ying in secret.
The group in the back was talking about something else, but Xina didn’t bother to look.
She closed the small group and turned on the no-disturb mode.
She was just about to exit the chat software when another message popped up.
[Norton]: Why are you angry? Back for dinner tonight? Sweet and sour ribs for dinner?
His tone was much softer than usual.
Sinai lowered her eyebrows and smiled.
Sure enough, he only saw her as a junior to be cared for and loved.
She really shouldn’t have any extra feelings for him.
[I’m not angry, I just don’t want you to joke around anymore, I won’t be going back for a while, and you shouldn’t come looking for me, the experiment is important.]
Sinai finished her reply and logged out of her account straight away.
She set her phone aside and leaned back in her seat, tilting her head slightly.
Maybe this way, tears wouldn’t fall so easily.
He was getting married.
That was good.
That way, she would be able to die completely and forget about him.
Sinai looked at her mobile phone for a long time, called Charlotte and asked her to help her buy a new one.
Since she had decided to break it off, she would do so completely.
She wanted to remove all traces of Norton in her life, all of them.
After replacing her phone, without the app’s mandatory reminders, Sinai felt she was much more relaxed, and her strength to experiment had returned.
What’s so great about men, she’d rather spend the rest of her life cuddled up to machinery.
It was the machinery that wouldn’t bully her or make her angry, and could cheer her up when it mattered.
She could also make a robot to keep her company if she got bored.
At five o’clock in the afternoon, the office door was once again pushed open.
“Miss Sinai.” Charlotte panted, excited, “Our device pa*sed the test!”
Sinai’s expression flinched and he immediately stood up, “Come on, let’s go check it out now.”
The fact that this part of the device had pa*sed the test meant that in less than three years, the core power unit of the Cosmic Carrier would be equipped.
As long as the right shell material could be found, it could rush out of the universe in minutes.
Even Sinai did not expect the experiment to progress so smoothly.
She followed Charlotte to the tenth basement level, which was the testing centre and covered an extremely large area.
When Sinai arrived, there were already quite a few researchers gathered around.
When she saw her coming, one researcher came forward and shook her hand, “Miss Sinai, thanks to you, this experiment is progressing so quickly.”
“You’re welcome.” Sinai nodded slightly, “This is the result of everyone working together.”
She took the protective suit Charlotte handed her and put it on, “Let’s go inside.”
As a scientific researcher, caution was paramount.
The device she had designed, she naturally had to check it out, not to make any mistakes.
The gathered researchers split into two groups, Charlotte and the other group were in charge of monitoring, while Sinai herself went into the testing room.
“Nice, very nice.” Someone marvelled, “Miss Sinai’s ideas and designs are ahead of their time.”
The group proceeded towards the inside, eventually coming to the core.
Sinai bent down and tuned in a few numbers before nodding slowly, “It’s indeed ready, within three years we’ll be able to break out of the universe we’re in.”
Very, very early on, scientists had determined the existence of parallel universes, only that they had not been able to observe them yet because of insufficient technology.
The researchers also did not even think that they would be able to not only break out of the galaxy, but also to visit another universe in their lifetime.
At the thought of this, the crowd became excited.
“Yes! Great!” An old man high-fived and burst into tears, “Our experimental project is finally going to be a success too!”
In the past two years, they had been questioned by the outside world no less.
And they finally had the chance to tell everyone that the Cosmic Carrier Experiment Project wasn’t a fake!
“Hmm.” Sinai nodded, “Let’s go out and plan the next step.”
The researchers followed behind her.
After walking a few steps, a young researcher suddenly spoke, “You guys, did you hear the sound of electricity?”
The words made everyone stop.
Without the sound of footsteps, the room was silent, but the sound of electric sparks became clear.
“Stab, stab-”
A sound that shook the eardrums.
Sinai’s expression changed: “Quick! Turn off all the power and go!”
However, it was already too late.
“Drip, drip, drip -”
The alarm in the detection room sounded, followed by an electronic mechanical sound.
“Alarm! Alarm! Unknown element leaked!”
“Alert! Warning! Unknown element will cause an explosion! Estimated area of explosion, one kilometre radius! All personnel are asked to leave immediately! Leave now!”
“Countdown, 60, 59, 58 ……”