After the communication was cut off, Su Yu sighed and leaned back in her seat, staring blankly out the window, her emotions complicated.
She was still quite resistant to this matter in her heart.
Since childhood, not to mention living with a friend, she had never even lived with her own mother for long.
Her family members had all left her.
A solitary life had lasted for twenty years.
The feelings of sadness and loneliness had long been replaced by numbness.
She thought she had already adapted to everything and didn’t need others’ sympathy or companionship.
If her life suddenly had a person she would see every day, she didn’t know if she could adapt, and she was even more afraid that her unintentional habits might cause dislike or disgust…
All these unknowns made Su Yu feel fearful.
Lin Mo was her first and best friend.
Although the way they met wasn’t perfect, he had indeed helped her a lot.
All her current achievements were inseparable from Lin Mo’s help.
She was very afraid that some careless actions might displease him.
Although the probability of this happening was low, once the distance closed, they would know more about each other, and certain details would be magnified infinitely.
Small things could become big through projection.
She felt she lacked the ability to adjust, so she was very anxious.
“Huh…”
“…”
Su Yu closed her eyes and remained silent for a long time, until the car’s autonomous driving triggered an automatic report of the destination mileage.
Only then did her thoughts return.
“Forget it, let it be…”
What use was a headache?
She couldn’t refuse cohabitation.
At most, she could verbally object.
At worst, after getting closer, she’d just be a bit more careful with her words and actions…
The girl sighed and closed her eyes again.
—
Back at her rental house, Su Yu looked around the room that had accompanied her for several months.
She suppressed the reluctance in her heart, found a large leather bag, and started packing.
Because she lived alone, her life was simple, so she didn’t have many personal belongings.
She grabbed a few changes of clothes and a laptop, stuffed them in, zipped the bag, and her luggage was ready.
Lin Mo would prepare bedding and such.
As for pots and pans… since she wasn’t going to live there permanently and might come back later, she might as well leave them there.
After all, she had already paid the rent through next year.
After checking the water and electricity, she gently closed the door, locked it, picked up her bag, and went downstairs, bidding farewell to her first nest since transmigrating.
‘Goodbye, my pigsty.’
Su Yu naturally self-deprecated in her heart, feeling no impropriety.
She just picked up her bag, got into the car, and drove off towards the end of the street, kicking up dust.
The dazzling lights outside gradually brightened.
The sky was darkening.
She looked at the splendor outside the window but felt discomfort, so she turned her head away, replaced by fatigue.
Gradually, drowsiness set in.
—
When she opened her eyes again, the car was still running, but the sky outside was completely dark.
Nothing was clear, except she could faintly see a huge black silhouette at the horizon, not knowing what it was.
At that moment, the lights inside the car turned on.
The warm yellow light, like the sun, seemed to have warmth, giving her a sense of security.
She saw that the car’s communication system was online, and soon Lin Mo’s voice came through with a greeting.
“You’re awake? Did you sleep well on the way?”
Su Yu yawned, stretched a little, and said lazily, “Never better.”
“That’s good. That’s undoubtedly a huge recognition of my invention. Estimating the time, you should be arriving soon. By the way, what would you like for dinner tonight? I’m about to prepare dinner.”
“Dinner?”
Su Yu was stunned.
She had originally thought Lin Mo was just an ordinary otaku scientist, but she didn’t expect he had this special skill too—he could cook?
That didn’t seem like a skill a scientist should have.
“I didn’t expect you could cook… No need to go to so much trouble. Just cook me some noodles. Since I just moved in today, it doesn’t need to be so lavish.”
Although Lin Mo said that, Su Yu still didn’t want to trouble him with dinner.
She felt a bit embarrassed.
“Noodles?”
Lin Mo’s voice clearly carried a hint of confusion and hesitation.
“There are no noodles… This was an emergency move, and I didn’t stock up on supplies. I only have some seafood left. How about making do? Lobster and abalone can fill you up just fine.”
“…”
Su Yu was silent.
Were high-end ingredients like lobster and abalone just ordinary food that could fill the stomach in Lin Mo’s eyes?
She now had a new understanding of this young master from some unknown conglomerate.
“Do whatever you want… I’ll eat anything. I’m not picky.”
“Alright then. I’ll be waiting here. Should be soon… Oh, I’ve already entered your identity into the system. The procedures are the same as the City Base. Follow the prompts and don’t get lost.”
Lin Mo nagged like an elder, which made Su Yu a bit impatient.
“Mm-hmm, I know. I’m not a child. How could I get lost?”
The girl was a little unconvinced.
Even if he was smart, did he have to doubt her intelligence all the time?
—
“…”
“Lin Mo, are you there?”
“I’m lost…”
Half an hour later, facing countless identical corridors, Su Yu finally broke down and called Lin Mo.
But just as she spoke, the door on her right automatically rose, and Lin Mo’s exasperated voice came from the bracelet:
“Come in through this door… Geez, I told you to follow the prompts. Why didn’t you listen?”
“I… I did follow the prompts…”
Su Yu was a bit aggrieved.
She hung her head and walked in.
Clearly, the base system had just told her to go through the left door, but she had gotten lost inside.
“Didn’t the system prompt you to go left? But why did you go right?”
Lin Mo’s puzzled voice came again.
The girl’s footsteps paused, and she froze in place.
‘Could it be that I can’t tell left from right?’
She felt like crying but had no tears.
Thinking carefully, her sense of direction was indeed very poor.
But this was too embarrassing.
If she admitted it herself, wouldn’t it confirm her low intelligence persona?
Seeing that Su Yu didn’t respond for a long time, Lin Mo didn’t bother to dig deeper.
“Where you just went is the Core Equipment Depot. There are many security mechanisms. Don’t go there again without my permission.”
“Now, walk along this path. Remember it in your mind. Don’t make the same mistake next time.”
“I’ll be waiting for you in the Core Area.”
Although he was still nagging as usual, Su Yu had no temper this time.
She only replied weakly:
“Got it.”