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Chen Nuo turned to try to crawl away, but behind him, Niveer had already clung to his back, wrapping her arms around Chen Nuo's neck and whispering with a low giggle by his ear, "What are you hiding from?"
"Uh..."
"Back at EBC, I could tell you were quite interested in my body. Now that it's just the two of us here, you can do whatever you want to me..."
With that, the girl even stuck out her tongue and gently licked his earlobe.
Damn... this is lethal!
Chen Nuo took a deep breath, arched his back slightly, took hold of the girl's hands that were around his neck, gently peeled them off, and grasped one of her slender arms...
"We have plenty of time, we can take it slow... Ah!!"
On the ground, Chen Yanluo executed a perfect judo shoulder throw, tossing the little Hummingbird straight out!
Niveer's body flew out, slammed into the wall, then fell to the floor. She let out a few pained groans as she struggled to get up, angrily saying, "Are you crazy or something, man!"
Chen Nuo exhaled, stood up, took two steps back, and squinted at Niveer.
"You hurt me!"
"...Miss, if you say that out of context, you're going to get a 404," Chen Nuo sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
It's not that his body was tired; his heart was tired!
Seeing Niveer get up and start moving closer again, Chen Nuo immediately said in a low voice, "Stay where you are, don't move! I don't want to hurt you again."
"Is it my body? Or am I not enticing enough?" Niveer glared at Chen Nuo.
How could her body be bad?
This squatting female devil possessed one of those rare kinds of beauty that showcased the female form's curves almost to perfection: toned, voluptuous, yet without an ounce of excess fat.
That waist-to-hip ratio, TSK TSK TSK...
"Seriously, one after another. I'm not a piece of Tang Seng's Meat," sighed Chen Nuo. "You just stay there; it won't be good if you get hurt again."
Niveer glared at Chen Nuo with anger.
"First, tell me, what are you really trying to do?"
"Looking for you."
"What for?"
"Just looking for you!"
"What do you want with me! What's so fun about finding me?!" Chen Nuo became anxious.
Niveer fell silent, calmly looked at Chen Nuo for a while before slowly speaking, "My whole family is gone; it's just me left... If I don't find you, who else can I rely on in this world?"
"..."
"And also, Chen Nuo..." Niveer's eyes shifted. "Aren't you afraid I'll spill your secrets?
How did an ordinary high school boy from Huaxia manage to sneak off to Kathmandu alone and then head to the Everest base camp to specifically rescue me, someone you've never met or known in your life?
It's as if you knew in advance that I would run into trouble there!
It's as if you knew in advance about all the tragic things that happened to my family!
When I was searching for you, I already thoroughly investigated your entire background.
In the eighteen years before you met me, you've never left Huaxia!
How did you know everything about my background and then find me at the Everest base camp at the exact date and time, and save me?"
Chen Nuo squinted at the girl.
"I'm not interested in digging up your secrets. I've said before that I won't pry into your secrets..." Niveer's expression softened. "But do you think after going through an ordeal like that, I could just let go of those things as if they never happened, and then forget about you?"
Chen Nuo said, "...What do you want me to do?"
"???"
Niveer widened her eyes looking at Chen Nuo.
Then the girl's face showed a strange smile. She looked herself up and down, and spread her hands out. "What do I hope you'll do? Isn't it obvious enough? I want you to be my man!"
"...NO WAY!" Chen Nuo shook his head.
"Nothing is impossible!" Niveer shook her head. "Besides you, I don't care for anyone else! I don't trust anyone else! You saved me from that mountain peak, from the hands of death, so besides turning to you, I wouldn't turn to anyone else."
"No, I'm not interested in you."
"Liar!" Niveer scoffed. "I don't believe it!!"
"I'm already in love with someone."
"Then switch!"
"I can't."
"Why? Is she prettier than me? More interesting? Or does she have more money?"
"..." Chen Nuo's head throbbed with pain.
He looked at the fitness enthusiast in front of him, her face full of determination.
He sighed, feeling a bit frantic.
"Sis, if I told you I'm GAY, would you believe me? Can you please leave me alone?"
"NO WAY!" Niveer's face was resolute, her expression almost pious. "Even if you're gay! I swear I'll straighten you out!"
"I'm seriously..."
Seeing Chen Nuo's helpless and pained expression, Niveer's face softened once again.
She slowly walked up to Chen Nuo, opened her arms, and embraced him... This time, apart from the hug, she made no further moves, so Chen Nuo hesitated for a moment and did not throw her out.
Hummingbird held on tight, shedding the deliberately seductive look and tone she had put on earlier.
The girl's voice was soft and tender, carrying a hint of desolation and helplessness.
"I... Besides you, I don't know who else in this world I could turn to.
Chen Nuo...
You saved me from the hands of death.
My family is no longer here...
In this world, the only person on my mind, the only one I want to be close to, is just you.
I once said I wouldn't come looking for you.
But, Chen Nuo...
I'm very lonely, really very lonely.
To me, it feels like in the whole world, you're the only person left."
As the girl said these words, her chin rested on Chen Nuo's shoulder, and as she spoke, she started to sob softly.
Chen Nuo... his heart softened.
Sigh!
It was the same helplessness as when Li Yingwan came from South Korea, that same sense of inevitability.
He couldn't just... bury her, right?
This was, after all, Hummingbird.
She was the girl he personally saved in his past life, the one who was crazily crying with a dog leash around her neck.
She was the Hummingbird who had cut her own golden hair short, who had entrusted her life to him and followed him through thick and thin.
"I really do have someone I like," Chen Nuo sighed.
Seeing that Hummingbird was about to say something, Chen Nuo glared. "If you say 'switch' again, I'll throw you out, okay?"
"Then..." Hummingbird looked pitifully thoughtful. "Then you can't drive me away."
"..."
"Would you let me stay by your side, please?"
"..." Chen Nuo lowered his head to think for a moment, then frowned. "Just stay by my side?"
"I finally found you. Do you think I would leave if you chased me away now, knowing my personality?" Niveer shook her head. "Although we haven't known each other for long, I always feel like you understand me very well! You even know what kind of chocolate I like."
"...Just stay by my side?" Chen Nuo pulled Niveer back a step, looking into her eyes. "And do nothing else?"
"...For now, that's fine."
"You're not allowed to pry into my secrets! You're not allowed to reveal my secrets! You're not allowed to disturb my life!"
"Okay!" Hummingbird's eyes revealed a hint of amusement. "Then will you be my man?"
"Then you should leave."
Hummingbird gritted her teeth. "Fine, I won't force you! But... but you can't deliberately avoid me."
"You are not allowed to do anything out of line... like the way you pounced on me today. That can't happen again."
"Okay!" Hummingbird nodded very readily.
But in her heart, she added: As long as I don't do it in front of others.
Chen Nuo squinted his eyes at the girl.
She... wouldn't drug me, would she?
Damn, this woman is crazy; who knows what she's capable of.
"You are not allowed to do anything excessive or improper," Chen Nuo sighed.
"Agreed."
"Great! I swear to God, I will never do anything excessive or improper to you.
You let me stay by your side; I guarantee all my words and actions will absolutely conform to the standards of a lady!"
Chen Nuo frowned and looked at Hummingbird but saw no flaw.
The girl's tone was sincere, and her words were resolute.
Chen Nuo relaxed a bit for the moment.
Although he was annoyed right now, he had to stabilize this girl first—he couldn't push her.
This person is crazy.
"What's the deal with that board member?"
"I found you, and then I invested three million British Pounds in this education company," Niveer said with an indifferent tone.
As if she had spent three hundred pounds, not three million.
Three million British Pounds, that's over thirty million Huaxia Currency.
Thirty million Huaxia Currency in 2001.
You could have been a major shareholder of Tencent with that.
Chen Nuo sighed.
This girl inherited the Devonshire family fortune and is a standard little rich lady now.
"I heard the board member was a fifty-year-old woman."
"That's Auntie Gima, the maid who has taken care of me since I was little," Niveer shook her head. "For investments like this, in order to gain the trust of the partners, you always need a mature adult to represent you."
"Man, I really don't see what's so great about me; I'm not a prince."
"What's a prince anyway, William? He would still have to call me 'auntie.' He's just a kid who follows me around."
"..."
Okay okay, you're awesome. Your Devonshire family are the old nobility of Britain.
But...
"Don't use the term 'auntie,' it gives me a headache."
When Chen Nuo returned to the hotel lobby, General Manager Zhang of the education company, Xiao Chen, and the others, plus three classmates were all waiting anxiously.
As soon as Chen Nuo came over, General Manager Zhang immediately stood up to greet him. "How did it go?"
Chen Nuo shook his head. "I don't know."
Chen Nuo walked back to the class monitor and the other two students. The monitor hurried over. "Chen Nuo, how was your interview?"
"Uh..."
"Was it the same as us? I just went down to ask Du Xiaoyan and the others. They also went in for the interview, didn't see anyone, just followed the instructions, recorded a video in front of a camera, and came out."
Chen Nuo nodded. "Yeah, it was the same for me."
At that moment, Xiao Chen, the staff member, took a call to the side. When he came back, his face looked very odd.
Xiao Chen whispered something to General Manager Zhang. Then Zhang frowned and looked at the four students, his gaze finally resting on Chen Nuo.
"The decision has been made. Congratulations, both of you young men have been selected.
We hope that you will work hard to complete the upcoming reception tasks.
Oh right. Later, provide your bank account details to Little Chen for your salary."
Upon hearing these words, Du Xiaoyan and the other girl immediately looked disappointed.
The class monitor's face lit up with joy, and he vigorously pumped his fist. "YAY!!"
A monthly allowance of just over two thousand Huaxia Currency was higher than his parents' salaries.
Afterward, General Manager Zhang had the driver take the four students back to school.
On the way, the class monitor was clearly very excited, endlessly chattering away. The two girls seemed a bit downhearted.
Zhang, however, did offer them a few consoling words, encouraging them to put more effort into other reception tasks.
After returning to the school, it was already past dinnertime, but General Manager Zhang still took them to have a meal at the school's international division restaurant.
The international division hadn't officially started operations, and the restaurant was only in its trial opening phase, but the conditions were obviously very good.
A big meal provided a bit of comfort to the two disheartened female students.
Undoubtedly, of the two receptionist positions, Chen Nuo had secured one. The other, for the class monitor, was naturally also arranged by Chen Nuo through Niveer.
The choice was simple.
First, eliminate the girl who was a stranger... Clearly a cushy job; of course, it was better kept for his own people.
Between the class monitor and Du Xiaoyan, it was a choice between the two. Chen Nuo chose the obliging class monitor.
The guy was a bit of a simpleton, easy to fool, and should be an excellent tool.
In Jiacang Brain Science Hospital, in the psychiatric ward.
In an isolation ward, He Rong lay on the bed with a vacant look in her eyes, restrained by belts around her body and legs.
Outside the window, Lu Xixi and Yu Naitang stood side by side.
Lu Xixi frowned as she looked through the window at He Rong lying on the bed.
"Teacher, is this the disciple you mentioned, the one you're planning to take on? She looks a bit old," Yu Naitang frowned.
Lu Xixi was also somewhat puzzled. "Maybe the age is wrong? An old friend told me that while visiting Jinling, he came upon a girl who seemed very talented.
I thought she'd be younger, but I didn't expect her to be this old."
"Never mind her age, but why is she mad?"
Lu Xixi shook her head. "I don't know. I heard she was brought in yesterday after the onset of her illness."
The two were speaking in English, which the two nurses from the hospital accompanying them didn't understand.
One of the nurses frowned and said, "Are you really the patient's relatives? Her primary doctor has finished work for the day. If you want to know about the condition, you can come back tomorrow."
"Can I go in and see her?" asked Lu Xixi.
"No! The patient is in an acute phase, exhibiting violent tendencies and posing a risk to others. According to regulations, direct contact is not allowed," the nurse said firmly, shaking her head.
"Alright then," Lu Xixi sighed.
The Star Sky Empress quietly placed her hand on the glass, slowly releasing a strand of spiritual power.
A few seconds later, a look of surprise flashed in Lu Xixi's eyes, which she then concealed.
This woman... why was her Consciousness Space shattered by someone!
It was as if she had been through a Spiritual Storm that completely destroyed her normal consciousness!
And what's left behind...
Is the trace of telekinesis from Chen Nuo!
[Notice, there's only one update today, no second chapter.
I have to attend a political consultative conference today... okay, you might not believe me if I say it.
I'm not just a member of the political consultative committee; I'm also a standing committee member... COUGH COUGH.
This chapter was still written early in the morning.
Please forgive me, folks, that's all for today.]