Chapter 194: Chapter 139: Are You a Mind Reader?

Even though Ke Dancheng’s account was unremarkable and his tone was flat, the others could still tell how thrilling and perilous the morning’s events had been!

You Dan astutely perceived a more terrifying crisis lurking behind the incident with the Austin family.

With a grim expression, he suddenly looked over at Shu Yao. "You could have taken this chance to utterly destroy the Austin family, couldn’t you!"

Shu Yao, who was busy repairing the Flying Machine, didn’t spare him a single glance. "Call you smart, and it’s true, you’ve got a quick mind. Call you a fool, and well, you certainly live up to the title."

"You!" Remembering the message from the Empress and Wen Youran, the enraged You Dan instantly deflated.

’Be nicer to Shu. You have to get along with Shu.’

Ke Dancheng pushed up his glasses and ventured, "The Austin family are the technological pioneers of the Interstellar Federation. In the field of technology, they hold what is virtually a dictatorial position. To try and topple an entity like that is almost impossible."

This was the main reason the members of the Austin family dared to throw their weight around in the Interstellar Federation.

Ke Dancheng rolled his wrist, glancing at You Dan with displeasure before twisting the knife. "If the Austin family were really so easy to topple, do you think your sister, after so many years in power, would let them walk all over her?"

You Dan scowled. "Walk all over who?! Say that again if you’ve got the guts!"

’He could let it slide when Shu Yao acted cocky.’

’But this four-eyed pipsqueak a head shorter than him was acting insolent right to his face. If he tolerated this, what would that make him?!’

You Dan snatched Ke Dancheng’s glasses right off his face.

Wen Miaomiao was captivated by Ke Dancheng’s newly unobscured face. "Ke, I never realized. You’re actually quite handsome without your glasses."

It was true; Ke Dancheng’s good looks had been sealed away by his black-framed glasses.

Without them, he looked less wooden. The sharp intelligence in his features was instantly revealed, and his scholarly aura filled his once-cynical eyes with a new radiance.

SLAP!

You Dan shoved the glasses back onto his face, his movements sharp with jealousy.

Ke Dancheng clutched his bruised nose, warning gravely, "You Dan, if you do that again, I’ll tell Wen Miaomiao who the girl you like is!"

"You dare!" You Dan’s face flushed red with humiliation and anger.

"Who is it? Who’s the girl Ah Dan likes?" Wen Miaomiao asked, her curiosity piqued.

Seeing her reaction, a flash of disappointment crossed You Dan’s eyes.

He blurted it out himself, "It’s a girl who’s completely oblivious when it comes to romance!"

"Heh..." Shu Yao laughed. "You’re two of a kind."

You Dan’s voice grew gruff. "What’s it to you!"

Noticing You Dan’s unusual attitude toward Shu Yao, Wen Miaomiao’s expression turned serious as she warned him, "Ah Dan, I’m telling you, you can’t like Yaoyao. She’s a married woman!"

"I..." ’How could I possibly like that monster of a woman!’

Shu Yao egged him on. "If you like her, just go for it! What kind of man are you, holding back so timidly?"

"You... It’s easy for you to say!" You Dan was getting peeved.

"Heh, that’s how I got my son," Shu Yao said with a smug grin.

You Dan was thoroughly provoked.

Wei Jin wailed, "I’m begging you, can we please stop with all the lovey-dovey talk? Have some consideration for your single teacher’s feelings!"

"Huh? Teacher Wei, you’re not married yet?" Wen Miaomiao said, surprised. "You don’t look that young... Do you have some kind of... sensitive condition? Why don’t you go to the Imperial Hospital and see my dad? I can get him to give you a discount."

Wei Jin, successfully crushed, lay on the ground and played dead.

"Wait a minute..." You Dan voiced his confusion. "In addition to choosing our own partners, the Federation has an automated matchmaking system. Men and women are mandatorily paired by the system once they reach a certain age. Teacher Wei, you should have hit that age a long time ago, right?"

"Why else do you think I joined the volunteer army? You really think I did it purely out of patriotism?" Wei Jin rolled his eyes.

After joining the volunteer army, you aren’t subject to the system’s interference. You have complete freedom to marry whomever you choose.

Shu Yao gave a command to the Light Brain connected to the Flying Machine’s internal operating system:

"Test."

The Flying Machine slowly powered on.

At the tail of the machine, the destroyed wiring sparked and crackled, but the single line Shu Yao had reconnected was functioning normally.

Shu Yao was satisfied. "Shutdown."

"That’s all it took?" Wei Jin hadn’t expected repairing a Flying Machine to be so simple.

"As long as it doesn’t short out."

’As long as it doesn’t short out...’ ’What a genius!’

As You Dan got closer, he was startled to find that Shu Yao wasn’t just repairing the Flying Machine.

"Making unauthorized modifications to a Flying Machine is illegal."

’Does that monster of a woman want to end up in an interstellar prison?!’

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