Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Prince Ruo was startled: "Hey, little brother, don't talk nonsense!"

Ran looked at Conan with a puzzled expression. When Ran looked over, Conan danced even more energetically.

"I heard what you just said, but I didn't quite understand it~"

"Who is this person?"

"Huh?" Isn't it Xiaolan who has a date with this peacock?

"Conan! Is what you said true?!" Sonoko suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey, Sonoko, let me explain—"

Huh? So it was Sonoko who had the appointment with him. That Sonoko, making friends everywhere, still has time to pester Ran for Chu Ming's contact information. Sigh.

Sonoko stormed over and slapped him across the face, her face full of anger as she prepared to leave.

"Brother Chu Ming!" She suddenly saw Chu Ming standing to the side and excitedly rushed over to him.

"Hey, hey—" Conan couldn't help but say, "Weren't you just angry?"

That's strange. If the peacock made an appointment with the garden, then who did Xiaolan make an appointment with?

"Why are you wearing a short skirt again? Didn't I tell you before that it's easy to catch a cold wearing this?"

Eri walked over slowly.

"Really, don't always treat me like a child, Mom~" Xiaolan said coquettishly.

Conan was shocked: "—Mom?????"

Is this Xiaolan's fierce and domineering mother?

Chu Ming struggled to pull his hand out, almost letting Sonoko tear open his wound: "This child, what are you yelling about? She's not your mother."

Conan couldn't help but glare at him again. What's wrong with calling him in advance? He'll do it anyway.

Seeing the meaning in Conan's eyes, Chu Ming rolled his eyes. "Really? I don't believe it."

Sonoko had other things to do afterward, so she confirmed with Chu Ming again that she would be free to accompany him to the offline magic gathering the next day, and then left.

Chu Ming followed Ran and Eri with Conan, listening to Eri talking to Ran about whether or not they should go back to live there.

Conan clung to Chu Ming's leg like a leg accessory, following closely behind him.

"What are you afraid of? Weren't you just being tough? You even called me 'Mom' right away," Chu Ming whispered to Conan.

Conan pursed his lips and remained silent, clearly too shocked to speak.

As they were talking, Eri suddenly turned around and glanced at Chu Ming, then said to Ran, "You should spend less time with that detective kid of yours. I think Chu Ming is a pretty good young man."

After saying that, he lifted his feet and left.

"Hey? Mom, don't talk nonsense!" Xiaolan chased after her.

Conan stared at Chu Ming with resentment, while Chu Ming looked completely innocent, asking what it had to do with him.

Conan turned his head and snorted, "Ran-neechan, wait for me!"

She stopped clinging to Chu Ming's leg and chased after him.

No matter how scary your mother-in-law is, is it scary to lose your wife?

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When Chu Ming got home, he checked his phone. Apart from one missed call from Xiao Lan, no one had contacted him.

He opened the dark web and glanced at his novel; the smooth internet speed even lagged slightly due to the flood of replies.

"The author has started a new story, I'm checking in, I love this speed."

"Wow, the author is really daring. Before it was just vodka, now he's messing with Gin and Bourbon? Tsk tsk, and there was Rye before too? Is he a member from China? It's time to go back and take a look."

"Author, don't let me find out who you are, you're finished. Even if it's Bozi, she would never, ever like any of that bullshit Maizi!"

"Hahahaha, Bozi, you're so funny, author."

"Why are you only talking about Bozi upstairs? There's another one too~"

"Excellent! This story is quite to my liking. Author, keep up the good work! Don't be afraid if someone is chasing you; our intelligence team can protect you."

"Did the person upstairs forget that your intelligence team has a victim? Are you planning to lure the author in and kill him?"

"Oh my god, how am I supposed to look these colleagues in the eye now...?"

"Have you noticed that because the author of the last book wasn't hunted down, he's become increasingly daring in his writing for this one? I think the author is definitely an organization leader, and secondly, he has grudges against most of the codenamed members. It's also possible that he's a codename that appeared in the organization before, after all, it's to cover his tracks..."

……

……

As Chu Ming scrolled through the comments, he wondered if he might be exposed. After a while, he found that things were going well for now, and he was still quite far from being exposed. However, it was time to incorporate himself into the novel.

However, to cover it up, how about... we make Vodka's identity seem a bit more prestigious this time?

Then, make yourself look worse for the minor misunderstandings you had with him, so that if things were to leak out, you could reasonably shift the blame to him.

Chapter 98 Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Amuro Namiko

"...

Kotoko Kurojin sat at the table drinking coffee when her maid, Ran Fujino, brought her a plate of pastries and said respectfully, "Miss, Mr. Uozuka invites you to afternoon tea."

"Oh? Sanfu is back in China?" Qinzi's beautiful eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stood up, her frostiness vanishing to reveal a radiant smile.

She turned to Fujino Ran and said, "Ranko, could you help me prepare the dress I'll wear this afternoon? Things haven't been peaceful at our family's brewery lately. Many people have been sneaking in to steal the secret formula, and I need to rely on the power of the hottest days of summer."

"Good lady."

Akai Mugiko works both the morning and afternoon shifts, and her eyes would occasionally glance upstairs, but she could never see the beautiful figure that had haunted her dreams.

He turned to his colleague and asked, "Didn't we hear that the young lady was coming back from abroad today to inspect the winery? Why haven't we seen her?"

His colleague looked at him with a knowing smile: "What, are you tempted? Well, she's the first heir to BLACK, the largest brewery in Japan. If I had your connections, I'd want to go for her too. But I saw her all dressed up at noon; I heard she went out to see her childhood sweetheart. You won't have a chance."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm already married." Akai Mugiko said with a straight face.

"Tch, what are you pretending for?" My colleague rolled his eyes and walked away.

Akai Mugiko frowned. Childhood sweetheart? He'd never heard of that before. He took out his phone and sent a text message to his subordinate.

Yes, Akai Mugi is not his real name. His real name is Akai Rye, and he is a researcher at the U.S. Federal Alcohol Manufacturing Plant. Because he coveted the core formula of BLACK Distillery, he tried every means to infiltrate BLACK.

However, BLACK Brewery doesn't usually hire new people, and just when he was at his wit's end, he saw Namiko Amuro.

He had read about Namiko Amuro in the database. Her family owns a relatively well-known brewery in Japan, which has been competing with BLACK Brewery for years.

So he adopted the alias Akai Mugiko and deliberately arranged a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scheme. He noticed that Amuro Namiko sometimes felt inferior because of her mixed heritage, so he deliberately used himself as bait to set a honey trap, gradually luring Amuro Namiko into falling for him. In the end, he used his marriage to Amuro Namiko as a stepping stone to obtain Japanese citizenship.

Now that he has infiltrated BLACK, Amuro Namiko is no longer of any use to him. He didn't drink much last night, but after seeing Kotoko, he realized that his chance to get close to her had come. He deliberately spilled a lot of alcohol on himself, pretended to be drunk, and hugged Kotoko as if he were seeing his first love.

Qinzi didn't want to argue with a drunkard, and after trying to pry him apart but failing, she decided to take him home.

Sure enough, Bozi thought he was drunk and started questioning him that night, and he said hurtful things, as if he were speaking the truth while drunk.

He estimated that Bozi would divorce him soon. At that time, he would use the excuse of not being able to forget his first love to pursue Qinzi. Once he had Qinzi, the core formula would be easy to obtain. In addition, Qinzi would eventually become the heir of BLACK, so he would have both love and money.

While Akai was congratulating himself on his brilliant decision, Namiko also entered her family's brewery.

"Miss Bozi, how is the plan going?"

"The plan has changed. Akai Mugiko wants to defect. He may have fallen for BLACK's heiress. I don't think I can win him over. He's very likely to switch sides with BLACK. Luckily, I haven't had time to tell him the whole plan yet. I originally wanted to use the child as a bond to completely tie him down, but it's a pity."

Namiko Amuro slammed her hand on the table in frustration.

"You're pregnant? Then..."

"It's fake. How could I possibly be pregnant with his child?" Namiko Amuro said with a look of disdain.

"That's good, Miss Bozi. So what should we do now?"

"I found out some information that should have a slight impact on BLACK's stock price."

"what news?"

"Everyone thought BLACK only had one heir, the young lady Kotoko Kurojin who had been studying in the United States. But actually, the old factory owner had another illegitimate daughter—Ryoko Wakita, who took her mother's surname. She's been living a nomadic life all these years. What do you think she would do if she knew that she was also a legitimate heir to BLACK...?"

A sinister smile crept across Namiko Amuro's lips.

"Wow, that's brilliant, Miss Bozi! This way, BLACK will soon fall into infighting. We just need to wait for them to fight amongst themselves, and then we can fish in troubled waters!"

Namiko Amuro stood up: "Hmph, the core formula will eventually be mine! Damn Akai Mugiko, you just wait!"

......"

When Chu Ming writes about such melodramatic plots, his thoughts flow like a spring, and he types away on the keyboard with a strange smile.

Hmph, Amuro Tooru, your status as the female lead is completely gone. You're just a cannon fodder supporting character now!

cannon fodder!

You're going to lead your men to ambush me!

Chapter 99 The Magic Master

"Brother Chu Ming, can you do magic tricks? Do you want me to teach you?"

Although the car was repaired, Chu Ming didn't drive. Instead, he squeezed into the car that Kogoro Mouri had rented and went there together.