Under Old Jin's urging, Peony got out of the car first and put on her wide-brimmed hat once more. She raised her hand and fiddled with the back of her head a couple of times. Her high, knotted ponytail pierced through the top of her hat's buckle and swayed slightly. It was lustrous, bright, and beautiful, yet also appeared lively and dynamic.
Right now, Luo Nan could confirm that Peony's figure was quite tall. She had the absolute figure of a model. At first glance, she could compete with his older cousin, Mo Ya. In other words, they were more than 180 centimeters tall. This put a lot of pressure on the youth who was only about 170 centimeters tall.
Fortunately, he didn't have to reveal it now.
Ink jumped out from the side window, unfurled its wings, and with a slight turn, flew forward. Luo Nan saw that the elevator had stopped on the ground floor. He pressed a button with his interference force in passing, and the elevator lights lit up. The doors opened just as Peony arrived.
"Thank you, Mr. Ink." Peony smiled unhurriedly, but she thanked the wrong target. However, when she smiled, the silkworm under her eye sockets became even clearer, outlining the shape of a crescent moon. The bottom of her eyes seemed to be shrouded by a light mist, misty and indistinct, making her look even more charming.
Amidst her smile, Peony walked into the elevator and extended her hand to lightly brush her shoulder. "Aren't you going to take a break?"
Luo Nan didn't express his opinion. Ink made its own decision. Perhaps it felt that the elevator was too narrow and that it couldn't spread its wings, so it simply landed on Peony's left shoulder.
"Wow, it's heavy."
Be it from the perspective of species or the real world, Ink was indeed a big guy. At this moment, its two claws were hooked onto the shoulder of Peony's hunting clothes, and its wings were tucked in tightly. Otherwise, it would have forced Peony to tilt her head.
The elevator went up and soon reached the 50th floor. There was a receptionist at the exit. When she saw Peony, especially the enormous crow on her shoulder, she stared blankly for a moment before coming forward to greet her. "Hello, are you Lady Peony of the Hidden Indigo Firm?"
Peony grunted. Her attitude was still quite adequate.
When the receptionist's line of sight swept across Peony's pretty face, she was somewhat sluggish, but then her heart inexplicably chilled. He quickly attributed the reason to the crows.
Let's not talk about whether the crow that occupied the shoulder of the beauty was majestic or not. Its posture was habitually leaning forward. Its height seemed fine, but its tail feathers and head formed a slanted line. It looked like someone was leaning forward and staring at you. The more one looked at it, the stranger its pitch-black eyes were.
The receptionist couldn't help but take a step back. Realizing that she had lost her composure, she smiled awkwardly and took the opportunity to lean sideways. She gestured with her hand, "This way, please."
Peony nodded and walked into the small conference room ahead.
The room was about 40 square meters. The tables and chairs were arranged in an oval shape. The center was empty, and there was some equipment inside. At this time, the equipment was not turned on, but most of the chairs were already occupied. There were about twenty people.
The appointed time was 9: 30, and it was already 10: 32. They were two minutes late, but the meeting hadn't started yet. It seemed like they weren't the only ones who were late.
Seeing Peony come in with an enormous crow, everyone in the room turned their heads to size her up.
Peony maintained her polite and distant smile. She withstood the gazes of everyone and directly found a place to sit down. She also brought out a curious gaze and swept it over the faces of everyone in the room. Her body language was very relaxed.
Ink jumped down from her shoulder and stood on the table in front of her. Under Luo Nan's repeated warnings, Ink folded its wings and shut its mouth. It didn't utter a single sound, but its head twisted back and forth and its eyeballs followed suit.
The beauty and the crow shifted their gazes and switched their targets at the same time. One person and one bird were brazenly watching the other participants. In the end, it was these people, who held the advantage in numbers, who couldn't take it anymore. They diverted their gazes one after another.
Some of the people in the room had wanted to get closer to the beauty and greet her, but when they saw this situation, they dispelled these thoughts one after another. The atmosphere was bewildered and awkward.
And so, of the twenty or so people in the conference room, only Peony's expression didn't change from beginning to end.
Luo Nan couldn't help but admire her. He had Ink as a cover, and he was several dozen kilometers away. He had no misgivings. And Peony's performance was clearly experienced. She was calm and composed, unyielding, and imposing.
I wonder what kind of work she does in the Hidden Indigo Firm?
Luo Nan discovered that he had been so busy these past few days that he was dizzy. He knew very little about his future partner. Right when he was pondering whether or not he should find Zhang Yingying and ask her for some information, the door rang out again. Another person entered the room. After a brief pause, the person walked straight over.
The person simply pulled out a chair next to Peony. Only then did he bow and smile. "Can I sit here?"
"Feel free." Peony turned her face to the side and roughly sized up the person. She didn't refuse.
The person sat next to Peony. He was a young man wearing casual clothes. His semi-long curly hair was quite eye-catching. The ends of his hair hung down to his shoulders, and it was a bit fluffy. His complexion was extremely fair, and he wore an earring in the middle of his left ear.
Luo Nan was certain that this bro's stylist was absolutely amazing. Not only did he not look like a sissy, he even used his hairstyle to further embellish the lines of his slightly mixed-blood cheeks. This matched his healthy physique with wide shoulders and narrow waist. He had quite a manly air, and he had the style of an aristocrat from the old European royal families.
After the person sat down, he first introduced himself. "Hello. My surname is Long. I'm ranked seventh. My friends call me Long Seven. I just joined this group. I'll take the liberty to ask for your name. "
"You can just call me Peony."
"Peony?" Long Seven's gaze swept across Peony's cheeks. In the end, it landed on her wide-brimmed hat. "I'm guessing that you're a student of Acumen College."
Luo Nan was caught off guard. Only then did he discover that he had been overthinking things. From beginning to end, he had just been conversing with Peony.
Peony didn't have any ill feelings toward this handsome mixed-blood kid. A smile blossomed from the corner of her eyes. She asked very cooperatively, "What's the reason?"
"Please forgive me for speaking bluntly. As an amateur team formed from students, Jungle Owl has just entered the main WCG tournament. They've only participated in the Ten Days in the Wilderness event. Their results are even more lackluster. The majority of their peripheral products will only be digested within Acumen College …."
Only now did Luo Nan notice that the wide-brimmed hat Peony was wearing had a logo in the shape of a nightingale on the front. Presumably, this was the logo of the so-called Jungle Owl.
"It can't be that bad. Jungle Owl's Pipi is very good-looking. He has a lot of fangirls both inside and outside the school."
Peony's body leaned a bit more to the side. She propped an elbow on the table, and her fingertips pushed against the brim of the wide-brimmed hat. This careless action made the hat tilt a bit, but it gave her an even more carefree and casual air.
Long Seven didn't say anything, but the eyeballs of the other participants who were sneaking glances at them nearly popped out.
Next, Peony and Long Seven really did chat about topics related to e-sports. It was just that Long Seven was very familiar with the styles, members, and battle records of each team. Peony was more interested in the good-looking people of each team — regardless of gender.
"Ha, I really do care about good-looking people. Other people watch the live broadcast of fights, but I watch the highlights, interviews, and so on." Peony didn't hide her hobby at all. She giggled in extreme delight.
Long Seven was just about to speak when he suddenly froze. Peony propped up her chin with one hand and extended the other under his startled gaze. Her slender fingers lightly brushed past the locks of hair at the side of Long Seven's temples. It seemed to even touch his skin.
"Of course, you're not bad either."
The ambiguity level was off the charts!
The thrill level was off the charts!
The vast majority of people in the conference room were eavesdropping and peeking at the conversation between the handsome man and the beautiful woman. Some people were caught off guard by Peony's actions. They drew in a cold breath. There were also some people whose eyes lit up with raging flames.
The reason for this was that grass had grown in their hearts.
Long Seven instantly recovered from his astonishment. He instinctively reached out to grab Peony's probing fingers, but he was still half a step too late.
Peony's slender hand noiselessly pulled back, but her thumb and forefinger were pinching a dazzling silver earring. It was the one on Long Seven's ear.
Seeing the object on Peony's fingertips, Long Seven's complexion became grave for the first time since they met. "Miss Peony …"
"Just call me Peony."
Amidst this seemingly familiar conversation, Peony's posture didn't change. She merely pinched the earring and brought it closer to her eyes, sizing it up in detail. Later on, her fingers clearly exerted more force, but the earring that resembled a fine loop didn't react.
Long Seven's complexion was heavy. Just as he was about to say something, the beauty in front of him extended her slender hand again and delivered it to his eyes. "It's a pretty good earring. Is it platinum?"
Long Seven didn't answer Peony's question. In the first instant, he took back the earring and put it back on his ear. His taut face relaxed a little, but he could no longer return to his previous cheerful state. The atmosphere became increasingly strange.
Ink sensed the change in the atmosphere. It subconsciously flapped its wings and even dropped a feather.
Peony casually picked it up and giggled as she poked Ink's head. She minded her own business and played happily. It seemed that she didn't take Long Seven's change in attitude to heart in the slightest.
What a self-centered woman ….
Just as Luo Nan made his initial judgment, another person walked into the conference room. He stood directly at the front of the oval conference table and swept his gaze across the conference room. He nodded and said,
"Everyone's here. Let's start the meeting."
The last person to enter had an elderly appearance. He was at least seventy years old, but his posture was ramrod straight. His self-introduction was full of energy, and his voice was sonorous. "I am Wu Bin, the executive director of Trigate Corporation. I am also the person in charge of this project and the organizer of the team. I will be the one to coordinate the specific operations of the project for some time to come. There are two trustworthy professionals present here, and there are also the elites of the company. They all possess formidable strength. I believe that this' maintenance operation 'will certainly achieve satisfactory results …. "
Wu Bin's words were a bit bureaucratic, but this was in line with Trigate Corporation's judgment of having a military background.
Wu Bin's words were inflexible, but this didn't mean that his brain was rigid. Wu Bin knew very well that this was the first time the experts he had invited were meeting with the members of the team. They needed to have an intuitive understanding. He took advantage of this opportunity to point at the subordinate beside him. "We'll start with you. Make a self-introduction."
The subordinate suddenly stood up. He was just about to speak when Peony raised her hand from the middle of the conference table. Her fingertips were still holding the inky and translucent blue crow feather. "Director Wu, the Hidden Indigo Firm hopes that you can explain the personnel composition of the operation team first. According to the contract signed between the firm and your esteemed company, we should be the sole professional instructors and commanders. Two professionals. What do you mean by that? "
Her words silenced the pitiful subordinate. He could only look stupidly at Wu Bin.
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