Chapter 10: Second Brother Returns
“Colonel Shi, your package!” The gate guard finally received Colonel Shi’s package under everyone’s gaze and hurriedly contacted Colonel Shi to come sign for it.
Colonel Shi’s long-windedness was indeed well-deserved. In just twenty minutes, the gate guard felt his head buzzing.
Upon receiving the gate guard’s notification, Shi Anlei rushed downstairs like the wind to pick it up, full of anticipation in his heart.
“Where’s my package?”
Shi Anlei scanned the surroundings and spotted the package at the door at a glance. In a daze, he seemed to smell a floral fragrance.
Delivery company: (Nonsense, it’s all an illusion! Our package’s green plants box is an energy box that blocks all auras!)
Shi Anlei quickly signed for the delivery and happily hugged the package back to his office impatiently.
“Bang”
After Shi Anlei’s door closed tightly, a group of people came out behind and secretly pressed against Shi Anlei’s door, discussing carefully.
“What do you think is in that package? It’s got this guy so eager!”
“A gift from the person he’s secretly in love with?”
“Bullshit, our untouchable beauty wouldn’t send this guy a gift!”
“Exactly, Ailin recently went on a business trip to the n galaxy with their group. I heard she’s extremely busy, no time to send him a gift, not to mention Ailin hasn’t agreed to this ‘lunatic’s’ pursuit at all!”
“Yeah, so why is this guy treating a package so seriously?”
……
Shi Anlei inside had no idea his colleagues were gossiping outside his door discussing him, but even if he knew, it wouldn’t matter. These colleagues were all proper on the outside, but actually faking it!
Every time the diplomatic group stationed in the Empire sent gossip from the Empire, these people acted like they’d taken stimulants, eating melons more happily than anyone.
And every time someone returned from a business trip, they’d share the gossip they encountered with everyone—outrageously wild stuff.
Shi Anlei in the office carefully opened the package box, and a tender yellow, vibrant sunflower appeared before his eyes.
A fresh fragrance hit his nose, instantly soothing Shi Anlei’s previously irritable mood.
“So beautiful!” Shi Anlei carefully opened the entire package and gently placed the flower pot with the sunflower on the desk, examining every inch of the sunflower closely.
Excited and thrilled, Shi Anlei took photos of the sunflower from all angles and posted them to his social circle.
Mortals call me lunatic: Sunflower sent by younger sister, too beautiful! [Picture][Picture][Picture][Picture]……
Outside the door
Everyone saw the pictures posted by Shi Anlei, their eyes widening, then simultaneously pounding on the door frantically!
Hearing the frantic knocking, Shi Anlei snapped back to reality and secretly cursed. He had forgotten to block his colleagues just now!!!
Looking around, Shi Anlei calmly and carefully hid the sunflower in his wardrobe, carefully closed the door, then went to open the door.
“Engineer Shi, what are you doing?”
The crowd entered Shi Anlei’s office, their eyes sweeping like minesweepers searching for the target.
“Engineer Shi, that’s not cool of you. Where’s the sunflower?!”
“Yeah, where’s our sunflower! Hurry and bring it out for us to see. I haven’t seen one yet…”
……
In the end, after the Minister personally stepped in, Shi Anlei tearfully handed over the sunflower.
From then on, a blooming sunflower was heavily protected in the center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lobby.
And this sunflower became the symbol of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Whether Federation People or Empire People, anyone coming to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to admire this sunflower.
The Dean of the Botanical Research Institute even came personally wanting to take it away for research, but was refused by the Minister. Of course, that’s a later story.
“Engineer Shi, you have a package.” A sweet-looking little assistant carefully held a package and walked to Shi Anyu, who was buried in calculations.
“Put it aside first, thanks.”
Shi Anyu said without lifting his head, his hoarse voice indicating that its owner hadn’t had a sip of water in a long time.
The little assistant thoughtfully poured a glass of water. “Engineer Shi, drink some water and rest a bit. You haven’t rested for a week.”
Shi Anyu calmly continued calculating. “I’m fine. You can go out first.”
Hearing Engineer Shi’s words, the little assistant left helplessly.
As soon as the little assistant went out, she was surrounded by everyone asking, “How was it? Did Engineer Shi rest a bit?”
The little assistant shook her head in distress. “No, Engineer Shi told me to leave.”
Hearing this, everyone looked dejected. “What do we do? It’s been a week. Why is Engineer Shi pushing so hard this time? He wasn’t even this desperate during the last space-time jump combat aircraft research!”
“Yeah, but I heard Engineer Shi is pushing so hard this time to free up time to go home.”
“Go home? Hasn’t our Engineer Shi never taken leave to go home since joining our research institute?”
“Seems like it…”
“Did something big happen at Engineer Shi’s home?”
“Pah pah pah, can’t say nice things? You hoping for trouble at Engineer Shi’s home? Be careful if Engineer Shi hears, he’ll kill your next project!”
“Ahhh, no, I was wrong. Don’t let Engineer Shi know…”
……
In the office, Shi Anyu finally finished calculating the data. He lifted his sharply defined face, full of exhaustion, eyes bloodshot. A week without rest, sustained entirely by special grade nutrient solution.
Even so, his mental power had reached its limit. If he kept going, he would probably collapse.
Fortunately, the work at hand was done, and he could go home to see his younger sister…
Thinking of his younger sister he’d never met, Shi Anyu immediately perked up, packed his things, and headed home.
“Click.” The people outside were discussing Engineer Shi’s gossip when they heard Engineer Shi coming out of the office.
“Engineer Shi”
Everyone respectfully called out. Don’t let Engineer Shi’s young age fool you—his status in the research institute was very high. Their institute had no seniority titles, only strength spoke!
Whoever had the greatest ability had the say!
Shi Anyu had been at the weapon research institute for five years, rising from a little assistant when he first arrived to now being Engineer Shi who took on major projects—his capabilities were self-evident.
Though Shi Anyu was young, his abilities in weapon research and computation were even better than an intelligent robot.
“I’ve organized the data. Take it and do the experiment. Send me the results after.” Shi Anyu arranged cleanly and efficiently.
“If there are any issues in between, go to Professor Shire. If it can’t be solved, note it down. I’m taking three days off. I’ll handle it when I return.”
Then, Shi Anyu quickly left the research institute, leaving behind a busy crowd.
Shi Anyu forced himself to hold on and hurried home, only to find a protective shield activated. His heart skipped a beat, and he immediately entered authorization to deactivate the protective shield.
Shi Xiaoxiao received the message and immediately went out to greet him. “Young Master Anyu, you’re back.”
The moment Shi Anyu entered the protective shield, a fresh green plant aura hit him in the face.
