Compared to the futuristic banquet hall, the dark wooden walls and black carpet made the corridor Duan Hengye and the supporting male lead feel excessively oppressive. After the female lead followed the palace servants to change clothes, Duan Hengye quietly stood by the window and began to slowly organize the unfamiliar and complicated memories in his mind.
Duan Hengye was a person who was extremely focused once he did something. Seeing him stand there for a long time without saying anything, the neglected supporting male lead finally couldn't help but walk over to Duan Hengye's side and ask: "Professor Duan … why are you doing this today?" His tone carried a bit of an interrogative tone.
It was true that he had inherited over twenty years of memories, but in Duan Hengye's eyes, these memories were like scattered pieces of A4 paper. It wasn't easy to organize them at all. Now that the process of organizing the A4 paper was suddenly interrupted, Duan Hengye was slightly displeased. He furrowed his brows and asked the supporting male lead: "What's your name?" Even though he was very familiar with this little brother in front of him as a reader, in reality, this was the first time the two had met.
"My name is Xiao Weijian … The lady just now is called Shang Mengzhen. She's my girlfriend." After saying this, Xiao Weijian touched his nose a bit unnaturally.
"… …"
Keep making things up! Even though there were still dozens of chapters that hadn't been read, Duan Hengye at least knew that — — the novel had been serialized for almost two hundred chapters, and the female lead was still single. There was nothing to do with Xiao Weijian at all. However, Duan Hengye didn't expose the pitiful supporting male lead. He didn't continue the topic of identity and directly said: "Your girlfriend made Empress unhappy."
After hearing Duan Hangye's explanation, Xiao Weijian, who originally thought that the other party would have a good answer, had an ugly expression on his face again. He said in a low voice, "You listen to the Empress like this? As the director of the Imperial Mecha Research Institute, I've always thought that your current status was obtained through the results of your research. Professor Duan, your actions today are a stain on your reputation … and on all the years of hard work you've put into this research! "
Young man, what you said makes a lot of sense. If only the original owner of this body had such awareness … Duan Hengye silently ridiculed in his heart. However, in the face of Xiao Weijian's' interrogation ', he turned his head and narrowed his eyes slightly. He said in a cold and slightly disdainful voice, "Are you lecturing me?" In other words, Xiao Weijian was not qualified to do so.
Xiao Weijian couldn't help but shudder when he saw the look in Duan Qingye's eyes. It was also at this moment that he, who was blinded by anger, finally reacted. Although his father was a galactic tycoon, this man in front of him wasn't someone he could casually question.
When he saw Xiao Weijian's face suddenly turn pale, Duan Hengye took a small step towards him and said, "Your father is Xiao Chi, the manufacturer of the mecha B-05's light screen." Duan Hengye still didn't finish his sentence, but as soon as he said this, Xiao Weijian's aura completely fell. He understood what Duan Hengye meant.
After a while, as if waiting for Xiao Weijian to digest the previous sentence, Duan Hengye finally answered the first question: "If it's not me, then it's someone else."
If it's not me, then it's someone else?
As soon as he said this, the female lead had just finished changing her clothes and was walking into the living room with the robot.
As the female lead of a Mary Sue novel, Shang Mengzhen's appearance was flawless. Shang Mengzhen was now wearing a wine-red silk gown with a long trailing tail. It looked especially gorgeous under the light. Her long chestnut hair was tied up behind her head, making her look exceptionally noble.
From Duan Hengye's point of view, the female lead's appearance was extremely beautiful. Compared to the white gown from before, the wine-red gown clearly suited her better.
Xiao Weijian, who had been frightened by Duan Hengye's words, immediately walked out of his negative emotions when he saw Shang Mengzhen's current appearance. His eyes lit up as he said to the female lead: "Mengzhen, you look really good in this gown!"
Unlike the tycoon Xiao Weijian who didn't know much about fashion, the female lead who was in the fashion industry recognized the gown she was wearing. It was a gown from a well-known luxury brand in the Interstellar, "Retro Travel". Most of the time, it was only worn by royalty and the upper echelons of the Empire.
Seeing the female lead come out, Duan Hengye didn't have any special reaction.
Compared to the somewhat naive and sweet Xiao Weijian, Shang Mengzhen's thoughts were more meticulous. Although she hadn't completely walked out of the shame and anger of being humiliated in public, on the surface, she was already in a much better state. The female lead lightly sniffed and walked over to Duan Hengye. She nodded slightly and said: "Thank you, Professor Duan."
Duan Hengye might not have understood the meaning behind his words to Xiao Weijian, but Shang Mengzhen understood. Hengye wasn't wrong. She had indeed offended Empress. If Duan Hengye hadn't embarrassed her at the scene and satisfied Empress, then Empress would definitely have come to find trouble with her again. At that time, it wouldn't have been as simple as a glass of red wine.
Besides, Duan Hengye had even specially brought her here to change her clothes … Although she had some fame in the circle, she still couldn't compare to the director of the research institute. To be honest, Shang Mengzhen couldn't think of any reason why she would be used and fawned over by Duan Hengye.
"It's fine," Duan Hengye glanced at her and said indifferently: "Let's go back." When he walked to the female lead's side, Duan Hengye suddenly stopped and took off the black gem brooch on his chest and placed it in his hand. As the spouse of the marshal, Duan Hengye would receive a large sum of money every year. In addition to custom-made clothes, the staff of the House of the Marshal would also order matching accessories. This brooch was one of them.
The female lead stared blankly at Duan Hengye's palm. After a while, she carefully asked: "Professor Duan … This is?" Duan Hengye nodded and said: "For you."
This time, Shang Mengzhen was completely stunned.
On the way back to the banquet hall, Shang Mengzhen was a little absent-minded. From time to time, she would lower her head and look at the black brooch on her dress. Then, she would reveal a thoughtful expression. After a while, the female lead turned her head and whispered to Xiao Weijian: "… What kind of person do you think Professor Duan is?" Without waiting for Duan Hengye's reply, the female lead muttered again: "I really don't understand why he would help me." It was obvious that she believed Duan Hengye's explanation.
Shang Mengzhen thought that her voice was already very soft. Little did she know, whether it was Duan Hengye, who was born into an ancient martial arts family in her past life, or the original host, who had undergone professional undercover training, their hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people. Everything she said was heard by Duan Hengye.
Duan Hengye, who was walking in front, couldn't help but feel a little guilty. At first, he was secretly happy that he had redeemed his image in front of the female lead. Then, he silently added in his heart: "That's because you're the female lead …"
After hearing the female lead's words, Xiao Weijian thought for a while before he finally understood the point of Duan Hengye's whitewashing. After thinking for a while, he said: "Professor Duan never accepts interviews. Actually, we don't know him at all. Think about it, he's the spouse of the marshal. How could he be a bad person … "It wasn't hard to hear his deep admiration for the marshal from his tone.
However, after hearing Xiao Weijian's words, Duan Hengye's head suddenly started buzzing.
"Think about it, he's the spouse of the marshal. How could he be a bad person …
He's the spouse of the marshal. How could he be a bad person … "
What a coincidence. Duan Hengye really was a bad person.
Thinking about it carefully, the marshal had probably walked out of the mecha crisis by now, right? Duan Hangye pondered as he walked. Compared to the immature Female Lead in the first forty chapters, the Marshal, who knew his "true colors" after experiencing the great calamity of life and death, wasn't easy to fool at all! Duan Hengye, who possessed the memories of the original 'Duan Hengye', knew that the original 'Duan Hengye' had tampered with the mecha's weapon system and made it look like an accident. In reality, the original 'Duan Hengye' had planned to bury Meng Jinhuai in space.
But who would have thought that Meng Jinhuai would accidentally awaken an unprecedented SSS-level spiritual power while fighting against the mecha with the malfunctioning weapon system … Even in the book "Toppling Stars", it was written that under the halo of the Empire's marshal, Meng Jinhuai was also a system architecture genius. Not long after the incident, he used the optical computer program he had written to lock onto the mastermind, Duan Hengye.
When the author first wrote this chapter, it was no wonder that the readers were shocked. After all, even in Duan Hengye's eyes, this was a plot and opportunity that only the male lead would have.
She remembered that in the comments section of "Toppling Stars", there were dozens of comments along the lines of "Huhuhu, great author, please let the marshal be the male lead ~". However, to the readers' disappointment, in the words of the 100th chapter, the author "Every Day Is So Tired" very clearly told everyone that as an author with extremely high moral values, she had no intention of letting Meng Jinhuai be the male lead. Because of this, she received a lot of negative reviews for several days … This was enough to show how popular Meng Jinhuai was.
In this book, Meng Jinhuai was the person who should not be provoked even more than the female lead. But the original owner not only provoked him, but also pushed him to his death … Duan Hengye's footsteps suddenly became heavy.
The battlefield on the edge of the Empire's planet and the palace were like two completely different worlds. No matter how big of a crisis Meng Jinhuai had just encountered, the palace banquet hall was still filled with singing and dancing. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the military did not inform the public of the marshal's situation. Therefore, in the entire galaxy, other than Meng Jinhuai's trusted aides and the royal family who were waiting for news of his death, Duan Hengye was probably the only person who knew what was happening on the edge of the planet.
The moment Duan Hengye stepped into the hall, a panic-stricken valet appeared out of nowhere. He quickly walked over and whispered to Duan Hengye, "Professor Duan, His Majesty the Emperor is looking for you in the study." Well, it seemed that the news of the marshal's survival had already reached the capital planet of the Empire.
Duan Hangye nodded, then left the Female Lead behind and followed the valet to another corridor as if he was heroically dying for a cause.
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