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nZi Yi recounted what Dongfang Yao said to her earlier and added, “What’s with that Dongfang Yao? She’s weird.”

nLu Jingye tightened his grip and stroked her hand with his thumb. “The Dongfang family has some disagreements with your family. However, Dongfang Yao’s sister, Dongfang Xi is my classmate. We have met several times while studying and that person…”

nWithout waiting for Lu Jingye to finish his sentence, she said, “Could it be that she has a crush on you?”

nZi Yi found that thought plausible. “It’s only possible for her to have done this after hearing some rumors about the both of us, if she likes you.”

nLu Jingye pulled her into his embrace. “I’ve never once given her any hope or illusion.”

nZi Yi believed this without a doubt. After all, her man was an old-fashioned person.

nAt the thought of this, she could not help but lowly chuckle.

nJust then, the elevator stopped on the eighth floor.

nThe door slowly opened and when those outside the elevator saw Zi Yi and Lu Jingye, all of them were momentarily stunned.

nZi Yi did not come out of Lu Jingye’s embrace as she asked Dou Xiaoyong who was standing outside, “Second Uncle, are you coming in?”

nLu Jingye greeted him politely. “Professor Dou.”

nAfter that, he released his grip on Zi Yi.

nDou Xiaoyong entered the elevator with a complicated expression. He stood closer to the door and did not utter a single word.

nZi Yi glanced at his back, then turned to look up at Lu Jingye, and stretched out her hands to tug his hands placed at his sides.

nJust then, Dou Xiaoyong suddenly coughed.

nZi Yi turned her attention to him, only to discover he was not looking in their direction at all.

nHowever, the corner of her lips curled up as she discovered Dou Xiaoyong looking at them through the reflection of the door.

nLu Jingye had also glanced at Dou Xiaoyong who stood there motionless. He then looked down and saw the young lady’s deliberate small actions. In the end, he directly grabbed her hand.

nDou Xiaoyong’s expression darkened.

nJust as he was about to preach, the elevator suddenly stopped.

nZi Yi asked, “What’s going on?”

nLu Jingye tightened his grip and said, “The elevator is probably out of order.”

nDou Xiaoyong quickly pressed the emergency button, then the other floors, only to end up saying, “Protect your head. It’s likely that this elevator will fall.”

nAfter that, he took out his phone and swiftly tapped on it.

nZi Yi released Lu Jingye’s hand, walked to the buttons, and took a look. “Why’s there a need to protect our heads? These types of malfunctions are easy to resolve as it is just hardware issues that require fixing.”

nDou Xiaoyong looked at Zi Yi and asked with a dark expression, “How are we supposed to fix it when we’re stuck inside?”

n“It’s fixable even if we’re inside.”

nShe then took out a circular ball and a mechanical spider crawled out and landed on the buttons. She swiftly tapped on her phone and informed the mechanical robot of the place that needed to be repaired.

nDou Xiaoyong was about to speak, but after he heard what Zi Yi said to the mechanical robot, he was shocked.

nThe spider drilled a hole in the control panel and went in. Following that were sounds of crackling.

nIn less than a minute, the elevator returned to normal.

nZi Yi put away the mechanical robot, went back to Lu Jingye’s side, and grabbed his hand.

nLu Jingye unconsciously smiled and held her hand properly

nDou Xiaoyong turned around and looked at her with a shocked gaze. “You…”

nDing!

nThe elevator arrived on the first floor.

nThe moment the doors opened, they saw the manager and several staff members looking at the trio in shock.

nAnd so, Dou Xiaoyong could only take back what he wanted to say and looked at the crowd outside with a stern face.

nThe expression of the manager changed at the sight of them. “Professor Dou! Second Young Master Lu! You…”

nDou Xiaoyong spoke with a stern face. “How is it that a big hotel like this doesn’t undergo frequent maintenance of its elevator? If it were someone else inside here today, perhaps an accident might have happened!”

nWhat he said was the truth. Without Zi Yi’s mechanical spider, they would not have come out so easily.

n“You’re right. I’ll immediately get the maintenance personnel to check this elevator right away.” The manager honestly wanted to explain that it was an accident. However, he would certainly get criticized if he were to brush it off as an accident in front of a Professor of the mechanical field. Thus, the manager wisely chose to shut up.

nDou Xiaoyong no longer had the mood to say anything else and only asked, “What happened to the network signal in your hotel?”

nCold sweat emerged on the manager’s forehead as he quickly explained. “Apologies, our technicians are currently looking for the reason. Right now, the whole building is affected and it’s likely that a hacker has broken in.”

nZi Yi finally recalled that she had forgotten to remove the network disrupter.

nShe silently took out her phone and quickly tapped on it.

nJust then, she sensed a gaze from the side and she subconsciously looked over, only to meet with Lu Jingye’s clear gaze.

nShe smiled at him and calmly put away her phone.

nAt that moment, the manager’s phone rang.

nAfter answering the call, the manager hastily informed Dou Xiaoyong. “Professor Dou, the network has recovered.”

nDou Xiaoyong nodded and looked at Zi Yi. “Let’s have a chat.”

nZi Yi thought for a moment and nodded.

nLu Jingye said, “We can head to the cafe.”

nThere was a cafe on the first floor of this hotel.

nDou Xiaoyong nodded, and took the lead to walk over.

nZi Yi glanced at Lu Jingye, and he thought for a moment before he said, “I shall not be going with you.”

nHe was not worried that Dou Xiaoyong would make this difficult for her. What he had to do right now was to take care of any problems that could arise due to today’s incident.

nZi Yi thought that he was busy and nodded. “I’ll call you tonight.”

n“Okay.”

nAfter Lu Jingye left, Zi Yi and Dou Xiaoyong headed towards the cafe together.

nBefore that, Dou Xiaoyong had deliberately glanced at Lu Jingye’s leaving back view. However, he did not make a single comment.

nAfter entering the cafe, Dou Xiaoyong said, “Order whatever you like.”

nZi Yi did not try to be polite and directly ordered the coffee she liked and waited for Dou Xiaoyong to raise his questions.

nLooking at the girl sitting opposite him, Dou Xiaoyong felt that there was a feeling of unfamiliarity. The girl before him was completely different to the unlikable girl from his memories.

nAfter the coffee was served, he asked, “Who gave you the mechanical spider you took out earlier?”

nZi Yi stirred the cup and said, “I made it myself for fun.”

nDou Xiaoyong’s expression stiffened. “Answer seriously.”

n“I am being serious here.”

nShe then took out the ball from her pocket and swiftly dismantled it and explained its production process.

nDou Xiaoyong’s expression became less serious as time passed. In the end, he revealed excitement.

nAfter Zi Yi had finished dismantling, she pushed the parts to him and said, “You can take a look.”

nDou Xiaoyong took all the parts and carefully studied each and every one of them. The moment he started, he was astounded by his discovery. The stern expression disappeared from his face, and there was only excitement remaining. “Where did you obtain the materials for these parts? To think it’s the most advanced XX material. Also, how did you know that these parts can be combined to create such a sophisticated detector?”

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