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Dwarf In The Future - Chapter 44.3

Published at 12th of July 2023 11:30:18 AM


Chapter 44.3

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The secondary mutated red tin ore was of great importance. Chu Rong suspended the training, called Master Ren over by communicator, and asked him to bring a batch of mineral processing equipment and testing equipment.

After getting the news, Master Ren immediately stopped what he was doing and rushed over as quickly as possible. After that, Chu Huai and Gu Yan’an, who had also gone through the leave procedures, also rushed over to Chu Rong’s house.

Everyone gathered in the training room where the magic circle was drawn, staring at it with excited gaze. Their eyes were bright as if they were watching a miracle happening in real-time.

“The test results are out,” Master Ren announced, a list held in his hand. He looked at the data on it with an enthusiastic expression, matching the tone of his voice, “All the parameters have much higher value than normal mutated red tin ores. I have to say, the difference is big enough to list this material as a new, separate category of mineral!” 

There was a gleam of joy on everyone’s faces. Chu Huai couldn’t help but reach out and patted Qiao Zhiya on the shoulder, boasting, “Good job! Thank you for your hard work!”

Qiao Zhiya was praised one too many times today, the flush on his face was a permanent fixture at this point. He quickly waved his hands and said some humble things before hiding behind Chu Rong, deciding to be a non-existent bystander lest his body would be engulfed in too much blush.

Seeing this, Chu Huai smiled. His sharp eyes caught Chu Rong’s protective gesture, a flash of understanding sparked inside his eyes. He exchanged glances with Gu Yan’an, not teasing Qiao Zhiya anymore.

Before dinner, they tried to process a big batch of unprocessed ores, and the result proved that the array can indeed, mass-produced this. It was a downright miracle. 

Then after that, Qiao Zhiya finished washing up and went back to his room to log on to the Internet while everyone moved to the training room. The room now looked completely different, as it was changed to accommodate the need for extra secrecy. A group of people sat down on the ground, surrounding the innovative process happening inside the array. 

Master Ren wanted to get such a combined magic circle in his personal laboratory for detailed research.

Chu Rong didn’t want Qiao Zhiya to spend any more energy drawing such a formation, so he directly vetoed it. Instead, he suggested that Master Ren brought a set of equipment over and conduct research at this house instead. 

Both of them insisted on their own opinions. In the end, Chu Huai chose Chu Rong’s suggestion in consideration of confidentiality, and said that he would issue rewards and mineral processing commissions to Qiao Zhiya in accordance with the standards for new scientific patents. In the end, everyone agreed on this decision. 

Chu Rong was very satisfied with this, and asked them not to disturb Qiao Zhiya excessively with this matter. After leaving them the processed batches of ores, he dragged Chu Yan, who was eavesdropping, to continue the tortu– the training. 

“Erzi is really…” Chu Huai shook his head in amusement and fondness. He glanced at the strange array pattern and the processed ore inside, and smiled again. He bid farewell to Master Ren, then took Gu Yan’an back home to rest. 

So after Qiao Zhiya finished his online class and went offline, he saw his bank account got flooded with a huge amount of money. 

“The Chu family bought that array from you, and you are responsible for the follow-up maintenance. The Chu family will continue to pay you a share of the profits for the mineral processing,” Chu Rong put down his photon computer and lay down beside the youth. He faced the youth in this side-by-side position, then reached out to straighten up Qiao Zhiya’s helmet-mused hair. 

Chu Rong continued to look deeply at Qiao Zhiya. Then, he decided to indulge himself this time. 

He leaned in closer, and kissed the corner of Qiao Zhiya’s half-lidded eyes, then whispered, “Qiao, keep this in mind. I keep you here because I want to, and you don’t need to do anything in return. So take it easy with your work and study sometimes. Go to sleep now. Good night.” 

After speaking, he touched the youth’s face again, hugged him tight, patted his back, and closed his eyes before he fell asleep.

Qiao Zhiya was completely limp and speechless as all of this happened. He was staring into nothingness before his face, ears, chest, shoulder all flushed red in embarrassment. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to wiggle out and bury himself into the quilt, but he couldn’t escape Chu Rong’s tight embrace, so he could only burrow deeper instead. 

‘A-ah… he kissed my eyes… a-and.. Chu Rong’s address towards me… ahhhhhhhhhhh—’

Qiao Zhiya’s ears were fluttering madly. He curled up in a fetal position and covered his out-of-control face. 

For the first time, after everyone had been calling him “Qiao” affectionately for so long, the White-Haired Monster finally used that nickname.

He didn’t expect that the taste was so different.

It was so… gentle.

He kinda likes it. 

Chu Rong, who had his eyes closed, noticed the youth’s wiggling movements. He frowned in his sleep, and hugged Qiao Zhiya even tighter. 

Qiao Zhiya had no choice but to smush his face into Chu Rong’s chest, lulled to sleep as he listened to the older man’s steady breaths. 

Qiao Zhiya suddenly became busy. After finding out that Master Ren had moved his laboratory here, he consciously ran to help him after training. There, he helped Master Ren to study the method of combining the magic circle with spiritual power or other types of power native to the Federation. He also utilized this chance to ask Master Ren various questions regarding mecha manufacturing when he’s available. 

There was enough time in the holidays. The bearded teacher took the initiative to change the class time to the afternoon, and the two-hour class was extended into four hours. So Qiao Zhiya’s holidays also began to get even more enriched, and he was as busy as a small spinning top every day.

Driven by his zealousness, Chu Yan’s attitude towards training was no longer so resistant. He became more active and diligent.

The main house was shrouded in a positive atmosphere, and time passed in the blink of an eye. Half a month later, the vote on the theme of the end-of-year celebration on the Internet finally came to a close, and the result was as expected. The theme of “Exoplanet Natives’ Life” won, which meant that Chu Huai’s proposal, the “Exoplanet Natives’ Patents Protection”, successfully became the government’s focus for the next year. 

After the theme was finalized, preparations for the celebration were officially put on the agenda – leading to the end of Chu Rong and Chu Huai’s holiday. 

On the last day of Chu Rong’s holiday, before going to bed, Qiao Zhiya arched into Chu Rong’s arms, hugged his waist and did not speak or sleep.

“What’s wrong?” Chu Rong frowned, rubbed his bangs, and continued, “Don’t mess around, go to sleep.”

Qiao Zhiya was whining as his face was against Chu Rong’s chest. He was very sullen-sounding. “I don’t want to stay in the main house alone. I want to go home with you.”

‘Ah, it turns out to be this.’ 

Chu Rong laughed angrily, pinched his ears, and said, “This is why you are staring at me with half-lidded eyes? You’re sleepy already. Calm down and think for a moment. My vacation is used up, so that means I will just go to work every day. I will still go back home to rest.” 

Qiao Zhiya felt elated. He raised his head and asked him, “Really? Are you still coming back every day?”

Chu Rong simply covered his eyes with his hand, and ordered, “Sleep.”

Since Chu Rong didn’t refute, that must mean a “yes”. Qiao Zhiya was finally relieved. He happily let out a soft whine, then yawned. He fell asleep not long after, looking very peaceful. 

After making sure that he was asleep, Chu Rong let go of his arms a little. He stared at the Bald Chicken’s stupidly-lovely sleeping face for a long time… then kissed his forehead. 

Another week passed in a blink of an eye, and the celebration was efficiently prepared with the cooperation of various ministries. The Four Great Families and Presidential Palace would take lead in experiencing the celebration the moment the festival would begin. 

“Travel to the newly discovered primitive planet for a week? And live broadcast it to the whole Federation?” Chu Yan read it out loud. He choked on pure air, and his eyes bulged in pure shock. He coughed several times before continuing, “Why the hell should it be broadcasted live? Who came up with this bad idea? The Xiang family and the Ning family actually agreed on this??”

Gu Yan’an took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, and replied with a helpless tone, “They probably didn’t expect your Dage’s proposal to come true, making the Xiang family so angry that they took the initiative for this format. The Ning family also love this kind of attention, so they didn’t object either. Both the President and the Wei family support the Xiang family, so the matter of live broadcasting has been settled like this.”

It took Chu Yan a while to accept the live broadcast, and he said firmly, “There is a conspiracy! There must be something wrong with the proposal of the Xiang family. I don’t believe that the ‘proposing this purely out of anger’ motive! Although this is a chance for gaining public’s recognition and approval, with this kind of show, it’s really weird! Why would they broadcast the young masters and ladies’ hardship and clownery while they tried to live on a primitive planet? There’s no way they wanted to be seen as a joke!” 

Isn’t this throwing the face of the Presidential Palace and the Four Great Families to the ground? If some joke happens during the live broadcast and the majesty of the Presidential Palace and the Four Great Families is demolished, wouldn’t the loss outweigh the gain?

In short, it’s impossible there’s nothing hidden inside this move. 

“I don’t know if there is a conspiracy,” Gu Yan’an was amused by his reaction. But she frowned after laughing, and said, “But this event does have some restrictions…. That can mitigate the possible embarrassing situation.” 

An ominous premonition rose in Chu Yan’s heart. “What are the restrictions?”

Gu Yanan glanced at him and replied, “This one-week trip only allowed the juniors to participate.  The age limit is under 22 years old, so even if it is embarrassing, it can be excused by the age of the participants. With proper PR guidance, it can be used to win the hearts of the citizens – especially if they wound up liking the heir. If the juniors behave well, it can be used as a signal that the family has good education. In short, the performance of the juniors of each family will directly affect the success of each family’s recruitment of talents next year.” 

“…” 

Chu Yan wanted to scold the Xiang family for being shameless again!

As for which of the five families was the most pretentious, if the Xiang family dared to be the second, no one could take the first place! And as for which family has the junior with the worst image, although he didn’t want to admit it, Chu Yan was definitely ranked first with his stinky, hot-headed, confrontational reputation! 

And because of this damned age limit, the President’s family didn’t have to send out anyone at all! Even if they must, they could only send the President’s wife’s natal family, and the embarrassment from that couldn’t be thrown against the President! 

The Wei family and the Xiang family were in a collusion, so they definitely would take care of each other. The Ning family had a good tutor, and the children they taught are relatively low-key and stable. The current heir of the family, Ning Kongran, was known for his mild and good temperament. 

After all the calculations, he was the only one who could screw up in the live broadcast!

Without the live broadcast, he could still watch the liveliness of the other delicate young masters and ladies. With the live broadcast, they all would be watched as entertainment. There was no worse situation than this!

This was fucking directed at the Chu family!! 

Moreover, he was the only junior in the Chu family, in contrast to several from the other families. He would be singled out in a heartbeat. 

Chu Yan’s expression was distorted, as if he was swallowing a sour lemon whole. Gu Yan’an kinda wanted to laugh at the silliness, but she understood Chu Yan’s distress. She patted him in comfort, then glanced at the worried-looking Qiao Zhiya. She then added, “Not only that, your Dage also said that the Xiang family planned to let Qiao participate in this event, and the reason was quite logical. They said that since the goal is to experience the life of an Exoplanet Native, it’s only natural to bring them along. Since Qiao was affiliated with us, and he’s the one whose patent was questioned last time, he was the one most suitable to go.” 

There’s still something about Qiao?

Chu Yan couldn’t help but slap the table and got up, and was so angry that he wanted to run away and scream. “Despicable, despicable and despicable! The Xiang family is a bunch of shameless and despicable pieces of shits! Qiao doesn’t even have spiritual power, and there are many unknown dangers on the primitive planet. Xiang family is just so fucking nasty with their own insecurities!!” 

Qiao Zhiya was also stunned. He didn’t expect that he would be involved in this event. Seeing Chu Yan so angry, he thought about it and got up to comfort his friend, “Don’t be angry, Xiao Yan. It’s good to go together, so I don’t have to worry about you without being able to help. We can go together and be each other’s support.” 

“It’s not about that, but…” Chu Yan wanted to explain but couldn’t find the perfect words to do so. After getting frustrated, he messed up his hair in anxiety, and looked at Gu Yan’an instead. “Has this matter been settled? Is there any way to change it?” 

“No, the list of participants for the event has been finalized.”

Chu Rong suddenly came over with a cold face, with a serious and terrifying expression. He directly ordered the head butler, who was waiting on the side, “Go and prepare some things that can support them to live on a primitive planet. Apart from you two, I will also be going as a supervisor of the Chu family. We’re leaving in three days.” 

Gu Yan’an was taken aback. She frowned as she asked, “Three days? Why the rush?” 

I just realized: with the amount of mentions of “QZY smushing his face on CR’s chest”, this means that CR has massive tiddies. Probably hard enough because he’s muscular, but soft and bouncy enough to make QZY constantly have his face on it. QZY is truly #lifegoals.

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