C9 Super Luxurious
The cubicles where Faang Xinghang and Old Li were located were a little further away from the others. This was to prevent their conversation from interfering with the others. The walls were all carved with ancient patterns, and the materials used were definitely not from this era. If not for the fact that he knew that Xiao Yun was a robot, Faang Xinghang would have even suspected that he had transmigrated to ancient times.
The cubicles were not like the reading hall, where there were eight chairs and a table. Instead, they were the type of short table that existed in ancient Qin and Han times. There were mats on both sides for people to sit on. In another corner, there was a small round table. There were two round grooves on the table, which were used to place tea cups and desserts.
Xiao Yun took out a crystal card and casually tapped it a few times. Then she bent down and said softly to the two of them, "Please take a seat. The desserts and tea will be served right away. I'll be going back. Call me if you need anything." Then she placed the crystal card on the short table.
Old Li nodded and acknowledged her. Faang Xinghang thanked her. Xiao Yun returned a word of thanks and turned around to return to her position at the cashier counter at the door.
Faang Xinghang stared at Xiao Yun's back until she disappeared behind the screen. He looked at Old Li and pondered on how to ask about the origins of this special robot without causing Old Li to be unhappy.
Old Li spoke first, "Please take a seat." After saying that, he sat on the main seat, using the kneeling method of the ancients in the movies.
Faang Xinghang had a carefree personality and did not learn Old Li's sitting method. Instead, he used a more comfortable sitting position.
Just as Faang Xinghang sat down, a service robot brought a tray over and slid into their cubicle. It placed their tea and snacks on the round table, then picked up the crystal card on the short table and waved it in front of his eyes. With a beep, he put the card back into the crystal card and bowed elegantly. The robotic voice said, "The tea and snacks you ordered have been served. Please enjoy." Then it turned around and slipped away.
This kind of service robot that looked like a magnetic doll was quite common. It was a service robot that could be bought on the market. It was delicate and pink, and it was very lovable. It was shaped like the tail of a fish, like a pet. It walked on a sliding wheel, and it was very stable.
What Faang Xinghang did not know was that this robot only looked like a robot on the surface, but in reality, it was very different.
Elder Li made a gesture to invite him to drink some tea.
Faang Xinghang picked up the teacup and took a small sip. "It smells really good. Could this be tea from the Mother Planet?"
Elder Li replied softly, "Hehe, no. I planted it myself."
Faang Xinghang said in surprise, "You can even plant tea? Oh, I'm so lucky." He took another sip and said, "It's almost no different from the tea from the Mother Planet. It's really rare."
Elder Li smiled and said, "Don't laugh at me."
Faang Xinghang said, "I wouldn't dare. Your hobby is all about taste. Just look at this book. You spent a lot of effort on it, right? Not to mention those ancient books, even collecting these ancient furniture is not something that an ordinary person can do. In the distant starry sky, entering this ancient book and listening to the soft music of the mountains and flowing water, it is as if we have traveled through time and returned to the ancient era of Earth. It can be said to be a special enjoyment and experience in life."
Old Li said, "Oh, Teacher Faang has been to Earth before?"
Faang Xinghang nodded and said, "I did wander around a few years ago. I did indeed come to Earth before. In Qufu, in the Forbidden City, and in the tomb of the Primarch, I wandered through the ancient buildings. It was as if I was wandering in the river of the Dragonstar's long history of civilization. I was lost in my thoughts and never forgot about it. I didn't want to experience the ancient charm and the essence of the Dragonstar's culture again in the Primarch Star, which is hundreds of light years away."
Old Li casually said, "You flatter me. It's just my personal hobby."
Old Li did not mention Bai Chengcheng, nor did he have any intention of becoming friends with him. The reason he had received Faang Xinghang was purely out of courtesy. As the teacher of his son, Faang Xinghang knew that he should take the opportunity to leave. However, Faang Xinghang was unwilling to do so. His professional habits made him want to probe the background of the Bai family.
The art of conversation was a compulsory course for special training. Even if Old Li would always ask questions and answer questions, he would never take the initiative to start a topic. Faang Xinghang had the ability to not let the conversation go cold. From the fact that Bai Chengcheng's surname was Bai and not Li, he could guess that Old Li truly loved Bai Yaojin and indirectly probe the background of the Bai couple.
Bai Chengcheng was in critical condition, but Old Li acted as if nothing had happened. It was obvious that Bai Yaojin's medical skills were extremely powerful. Such a strong person in the medical field was completely unknown. It was obviously abnormal. Old Li did not need to say anything. The ancient style and the priceless antiques in his words were definitely not something that an ordinary book shop owner could possess.
However, no matter how excellent Faang Xinghang's language skills were, what he got from Old Lee was always information that the Security Bureau could find. Bai Yaojin was born in a large family, but the place of birth was not on this planet.
The large family here was not a large family, but the Population Development Bureau. The more developed the technology and economy, the lower the birth rate of the population. As for the reason, we don't care about it, but it's a fact.
The expansion of the human territory was rapid, but the population was getting smaller and smaller. It was clearly not in line with the needs of social development. Therefore, the country encouraged and rewarded birth, while at the same time, it called for the citizens to donate their reproductive cells, just like the blood donation in the past. Then the Population Development Bureau used the donated reproductive cells to build a reproductive cell bank, and they used the method of raising a large number of people with test tubes. In any case, the current generation of people could not rely on the wombs of humans to breed. The population that was cultivated by the Population Development Bureau, who did not know who their parents were, was called the large family population.
Old Lee was born in a traditional family, which was a family formed by a normal marriage between parents. His father was an ancient culture professor at the Yan Emperor University, and it was certain that he had nothing to do with the Lee family, which Faang Xinghang suspected to be from a large family.
In passing, other than the two aforementioned families, there was also a type of family called the new family. Those who were unwilling to get married and wanted to have children could use their own reproductive cells to let the Population Development Bureau cultivate their descendants. This kind of single parent family (not caused by a divorce) was called the new family.
The old couple looked very ordinary. What was slightly out of the ordinary was that Old Li was already seventy years old this year. Bai Yaojin was even older. According to the household register in the Security Bureau, she was seventy-three years old. This was probably one of the reasons why Bai Chengcheng called his mother a demon.
It was normal for someone to have a child in his fifties. After all, the average lifespan of humans had already increased to 150 years old.
Everything was so normal and flawless. However, the more normal it seemed, the more abnormal it was. Just based on the price of this pot of tea in front of him, it was worth 1,000 star dollars, which was also 2,000 Hua dollars. The principal of Zramshire High was considered to be a high salary. His monthly salary was only 20,000 Hua dollars, which was only enough to buy ten pots of tea.
In other words, Bai Chengcheng was completely qualified to live a life like a rich second generation. However, his clothes were always provided by the school for free. The school also made it clear that in order to prevent students from competing against each other, the school had to wear the school uniform. However, it was not the same outside the school. Did the Bai family lack this bit of money? Looking at their fixed assets, they indeed did not lack this bit of money. However, where did their income come from?
After the topic was finished, Faang Xinghang was left with nothing. Old Li did not have any intention of leaving him to eat, and he also rejected Faang Xinghang's invitation to treat. No matter how thick Faang Xinghang's skin was, he could not just stay and not leave, right? With a feeling of failure, he bid farewell.
Before leaving, he hoped to see Bai Chengcheng again and see if there was anything he could help with. Old Li politely said that there was no need. He said that Bai Chengcheng should be sleeping in the recovery pod now.
Was there a family nursing home? Of course there was. It was a necessity for families with better conditions to store their patients in the nursing home so that they would be able to be treated in case they were hospitalized due to a sudden illness or serious injury. However, the real treatment would still require a doctor. Old Li had already said that his wife was a good doctor, so what else could Faang Xinghang say?
Anyway, it just so happened that the semester would end soon and the holidays would begin. Bai Chengcheng's treatment would not delay the progress of his studies. He could just wait for the start of the next semester to go back to school. Faang Xinghang had no other choice but to leave the Wenxuan Pavilion.
Faang Xinghang was not the only one feeling depressed. The parents of Bai Yaojin and Lu Youzhi, who were about a hundred kilometers away from the Lu Family Farm in Zramshire, were in a quiet room together with the rest of the people in the farm.
Bai Yaojin did not put on airs, but she changed her usual cheeky and smiling expression. She made a solemn request to her father and mother: Lu Youzhi would be Bai Chengcheng's best friend for the rest of his life. She promised that if anything happened to the two of them, Lu Youzhi would not die after Bai Chengcheng.
For this reason, Bai Yaojin had given Lu Youzhi and the Lu Family a reward of one-tenth of the shares of the Stellar Bank.
Was one-tenth of the shares too little? Not only was it not little, but it was even a little too much. Just the dividends alone were enough to let the Lu Family live a life of luxury in Dragonstar. If it was made public, the Lu Family would definitely become the guest of honor of the country's political and business giants. Could it be made public? Of course not, unless the Lu Family had the ability to guarantee their own safety. It was a crime to have treasures in your possession.
Even if Lu Youzhi's parents did not have much experience, they still knew about the three mysterious tycoons who had transcended the country and dominated the entire world. Some people said that the bosses of Star Source Bank, God’s Eye, and the Second World were either aliens or gods.
But now, a real boss of Star Source Bank had suddenly appeared in front of them, scaring Lu's father and mother so much that they were shivering. It was not that they were afraid of Bai Yaojin. Bai Yaojin was not acquainted with her today. Although she was crazily like a child, she was definitely a kind person. What Lu's father and mother were afraid of was the huge amount of wealth.
The ancestors of the Lu family were an officer of the Dragonstar Expeditionary Forces. More than five hundred years ago, after the Dragonstar developed the Primarch Star, the ancestors of the Lu family were rewarded with five hundred square kilometers of land. At that time, the land of the Primarch Star, which was far away, was not worth much.
As time passed, the border of the Dragonstar had become the mainland, and the price of land had increased by dozens of times. However, because of the bad management of their ancestors, they had to rely on selling their ancestral properties to maintain their living expenses. It was also because their brothers and sisters had split their family property, so they only had a dozen square kilometers of farmland left, and they became a small middle-class family. They could not be considered rich, but they could still live without worry.
Such an ordinary family suddenly became rich, so their mentality naturally became imbalanced. Not to mention such a huge amount of wealth, even if they won a lottery, their hearts would still beat faster, and then they would worry. Yes, worry. Worry was a dream. Worry was not real. Worried that others would know about it and cause danger. Worried that their interpersonal relationships would change.
After a moment of hesitation, they were worried about how to spend the money. It was natural to be worried about spending money. It was difficult to live a life without spending money. If they wanted to show off, they were worried that others would suspect their origins of their wealth. They were also worried that their wealth would be exposed and they would be coveted by unscrupulous people. Therefore, the winner of the lottery did not only change their material life, but also their mental life. However, not many people changed their lives in the positive direction. Many people who won the lottery ruined their lives instead.
Father and Mother Lu felt even more stressed at this moment. They were definitely shocked, but there was no surprise. Their minds were filled with fear, and they were at a loss. If it wasn't for Bai Yaojin's special ability to calm them down, the two of them might have died from a stroke or a heart attack. Even if they did not have these diseases, they would have died.
Bai Yaojin handed a cup of water to the owner of the house like a master. She patted the back of their hands a few times to calm them down. "Let's discuss this first. I'll go to the Fan family."
Bai Yaojin stood up and left.
Father Lu suddenly shouted from behind, "Why did you choose my family? With such conditions, you can recruit a large number of experts to be Orange's bodyguard."
Bai Yaojin turned around and smiled. "There are two reasons. First, he doesn't need a bodyguard. What he needs is a true friend who grows up with him. Second, you are a traditional family. I like the sense of responsibility and love of traditional families. I don't want to force Lu Youzhi and Fan Ming to do anything, but I hope that you can use positive energy to influence Lu Youzhi and Fan Ming, so that they can maintain a trace of their original hearts and innocence in the cruel society."
Mr. Fan's father was an employee of the government, and his mother was a doctor. The conversation between Bai Yaojin and her parents was almost exactly the same as the conversation between the Lu family and Bai Chengcheng. After that, she went back to the Wenxuan Pavilion to wait for the two parents' decision. It was not that she had no way to make Fan and Lu become Bai Chengcheng's loyal followers or even die warriors. She would definitely use some methods to ensure that Lu and Fan would not betray Bai Chengcheng, but she still asked for a heart that was without shame.
"Luxurious! This is the real luxurious!" Mr. Fan's father might be the first person to recover from the work environment and the life experience of the four of them. At this moment, the two families were communicating on the Sky Vision. "What luxury car, luxury villa, and luxury ship are worth a fart? They spent a huge amount of money just to keep the good in their son's heart. It's amazing!"
Mrs. Lu said, "Old Fan, stop lamenting. The problem now is what to do? My heart is pounding. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep for a few days."
Mr. Fan's father said, "Sister Hu, what do you mean what to do? Accept it. We must accept it."
Mrs. Lu said, "I don't deserve it. I'm afraid."
Mrs. Fan interrupted, "Just do what that person said. What's there to be afraid of? The key is that since that person revealed his identity, do we dare to not accept it?"
