In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

However, Lu Mingfei ultimately decided to give up.

—Well, mainly because there are some inconvenient hints in it.

Just like many Chinese folk songs have tunes that gradually descend into vulgarity and past events, this blues also contains many lyrics that are inappropriate for children to hear—even the song he's listening to now, the beginning is alright, but in the middle it's "I hold you in my arms," ​​"Only you can make me burn like fire"...

"So we still need to change it, to a song that at least won't have this kind of implication... um..."

A Russian song was playing in my ears.

...Okay, unlike the red-robed acolyte, she could quickly learn a language by downloading data from the internet, but Lu Mingfei couldn't, so he still needed to read the lyrics to understand the lyrics of the music.

Take this song for example. It's full of emotion, has a clear rhythm, and is very easy to learn. The content is positive and the lyrics are also very meaningful. Lu Mingfei even had a plan for how to make the red-robed monk create the picture projected on the big screen.

"This song is called... The Battle Will Continue? Hmm, let's change the name. This name is fine in the military camp, but not for the students." Lu Mingfei tapped the table. "Then let's take a section from the lyrics and call it..."

"Lenin is so young".

……

A week after being handed over to Lu Mingfei by the devil's subordinates (or, according to them, the "nanny group" prepared for Lu Mingfei), Lu Mingfei finally met the "last one" among them:

"Hello."

Su Enxi, or as Jiude Mai's nickname suggests, "Potato Chip Girl," was sitting upright and reserved, giving Lu Mingfei a fawning smile.

As someone capable of engaging in business battles with cyborgs, she is surprisingly young, with a Mori Girl-style face and long, naturally flowing chestnut-colored hair, and she wears no makeup.

Rather than being a "black gold swan" on Wall Street who has been immersed in the financial field for many years, she is more like a young woman who has just graduated from business school.

In a daze, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt like he was some kind of HR person who got the job through connections, and was now trying to make things difficult for Su Enxi, who came to apply for a job, hoping to keep her salary very low in order to "generate profits" for the company...

"Uh, hello, hello." Pushing aside the random thoughts in his head, Lu Mingfei extended his hand to her—

Su Enxi looked at the hand extended in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed her cheek against his fingers.

"What are you doing, sister?" Lu Mingfei grabbed her cheek and pulled her up. "When I extended my hand, wasn't it to shake hands? What do you mean by bringing your face closer?"

Su Enxi did not resist his actions at all, but she couldn't help but feel more relaxed.

God knows how much pressure she felt when Lu Mingfei looked at her with that serious expression.

Even though she was taller than Lu Mingfei when she was sitting in a chair, the sheer presence he exuded when he walked into the room almost drove her crazy.

No, to be precise, it wasn't driven mad, because she clearly "knew" that she always had a way to escape this oppression:

Kneel down immediately, kiss every inch of the ground he has trodden, and offer him your loyalty—

Every drop of blood and every inch of muscle in her body roared at her soul, demanding that she do this.

Even deep down, she understood that only by doing this could she achieve 'liberation'...

"Just who is this new boss?"

Su Enxi felt the force tearing at her cheeks and dared not resist at all.

Even resistance, in his eyes, might be tantamount to 'betrayal'—the mere existence of hers exudes such oppressive power; if she dared to resist, she herself couldn't even imagine the majesty she would feel.

"...Never mind." Realizing that Su Enxi didn't even dare to resist when her face was being pulled, Lu Mingfei relaxed.

—In fact, he had a worry from the moment he walked in:

What if Su Enxi doesn't obey him? You know, she's been following that devil for a long time. What if they've developed a deep bond, to the point that she chooses to obey orders but not procure them, or just goes through the motions without doing any work?

Although there was a red-robed attendant, she wasn't actually a specialist in the financial field. If it weren't for her advanced network capabilities and world-leading computing power, they might have been the ones to suffer a defeat in that previous financial clash.

But since Su Enxi has chosen to back down—although the way she backed down was strange, by not stopping Lu Mingfei from pinching her cheek—then things are easier to handle:

"You were in charge of money before, and your role here remains the same—you'll still be managing the money." Lu Mingfei pulled a small notebook from his pocket. It was given to him by the red-robed attendant before she arrived, containing records of the accounts and login methods she used when she was causing trouble overseas.

"Also, I heard from Mai Shutoku that you actually started 'monitoring' me several months ago?"

After receiving the notebook, Su Enxi relaxed for a moment, but then, upon hearing Lu Mingfei's question, she instinctively tensed up again.

"Yes. I've bribed some local gangs to keep an eye on you and give me regular reports... You mean, withdraw these people?"

"No, that's not what I'm asking about." Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment before asking:

"If back then, without Hong... well, without her standing up for me, and if I hadn't chosen to resist, what would you have done?"

"...My former boss told me not to interfere in your life," Su Enxi gritted her teeth, "but if you choose to run away from home...I think I'll help you."

Don't interfere in my life... which means I won't help either.

Lu Mingfei looked at her face and suddenly sighed.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, the heavy pressure threatening to make it drip water. Su Enxi struggled to control her body, preventing herself from collapsing to her knees, but her darting eyes betrayed her fear—

"Never mind, I don't really have any objections." Lu Mingfei reached out and cupped her face. "There's a saying that goes, 'Heaven helps those who help themselves.' If I didn't even have the courage to rebel against my family back then, even if you were willing to lend a hand, I probably wouldn't have been able to completely escape their shadow..."

"But, starting today, in the days to come..."

At this point, Lu Mingfei paused, his voice low and deep: "You will help me, won't you?"

Su Enxi didn't speak, but the hand supporting her cheek could be felt as if she was nodding.

"...Well then, your first task." Lu Mingfei naturally reached out and straightened her collar. "Let's solve your housing problem first. After all, we'll probably be living here for a long time until I finish my nine years of compulsory education."