Chapter 443: Chapter 442: Ruthless Mr. Shao Chapter 443: Chapter 442: Ruthless Mr. Shao Ding-a-ling~
The hurried ring of the telephone shattered the tranquility of Bin City University’s biological research lab.

Li Song, his hair a shaggy nest, clambered out from amongst the various experimental equipment and picked up the phone with a hint of impatience, “Speak up if you’ve got something.”

There was a two-second pause on the other end of the line: “Professor, that… that…”

Click!

Li Song abruptly hung up and continued with his experiment.

Ding-a-ling~
The phone rang again, and Li Song, slightly irritated, tugged at his hair.

This time, before he could even speak, the voice on the other end rattled on, “The pet creature brought by the person Professor Chen Yixin referred here to borrow the Contract Array was too large and cracked the lab floor’s glass!”

Li Song, holding the phone, was taken aback, and with a rub of his temples, said helplessly, “Slow down.”

Tong Lili repeated what she had just said, and Li Song immediately tensed up, “My little darlings are okay, right?”

“It’s just the floor glass that’s cracked, the mutant creatures inside the research institute are unaffected.”

“That’s good, that’s good.”

Li Song heaved a sigh of relief, but after hanging up, he just couldn’t find his way back to the state of work he’d been in before.

Actually, regarding Chen Yixin, who was a leading figure among the middle-aged and young researchers in the country’s field of mutant creature studies, Li Song, also middle-aged, felt somewhat unconvinced.

He believed that Chen Yixin’s success was because she worked at the Imperial Research Institute, and if he had the same resources, Li Song felt confident he would not be outshone by her.

Due to this strange competitive mindset, after losing his work focus, Li Song grew curious about the person Chen Yixin had referred and wanted to see what sort of person could impress her.

He stood up, went to his desk, and turned on the computer, with the screen displaying scenes from inside the research institute.

For better observation of the mutant creatures bred inside the institute, Li Song had installed high-definition cameras in every ecological box. This way, no matter what symptoms the mutant creatures exhibited, he could receive feedback instantaneously.

After a quick scan, not seeing the person’s figure, he guessed they must have entered the Contract Room.

Li Song pulled up the hallway video feed and dragged the timeline back a bit, when a dark-colored mutant creature suddenly appeared on the screen.

His pupils contracted, and he couldn’t help blurting out, “Dinosaurs?”

It resembled a lizard but stood upright and had thick hind legs, clear characteristics of dinosaurs, and they belonged to one of the most ferocious types within the dinosaur family, the tyrannosaurids.

Li Song’s expression changed rapidly, and if he recalled correctly, research on ancient organism revival should have hit a bottleneck, so how could a dinosaur suddenly appear?

He was eager to rush out for a closer study, but a shred of pride kept him from conceding to someone else’s research achievement.

With that thought, Li Song picked up the phone and dialed a number, “Lili, has the student Professor Chen referred left yet?”

…

Inside the Contract Room, the tumultuous flow of energy gradually dissipated.

Shao Zifeng opened his eyes, standing within the Array. He clenched his hands a few times, feeling the changes in himself following the contract.

Communicating with Yaya’s mental body, specks of gray and white elemental particles emerged on his palms.

Indeed, the contract with Yaya had also triggered a ‘Bonding Reaction’. And since Yaya was a close-combat type mutant creature, this ‘Bonding Reaction’ primarily boosted his physical strength, as he felt every muscle in his body trembling.

A moment later, Shao Zifeng dismissed the elemental particles entangling his hands.

When he stepped out of the Contract Room, he found Tong Lili still standing at the door.

Seeing Shao Zifeng emerge, Tong Lili greeted him with a light smile, “Congratulations on the successful contract, Mr. Shao.”

“Thank you, and… um,” Shao Zifeng hesitated for a moment, “I’m really sorry about the earlier incident. If there’s any compensation needed…”

“No need, no need at all,” Tong Lili quickly waved her hand.

“The institute covers all damages, so you needn’t worry about such trifles.”

Hearing this, Shao Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief.

True to a top fifty national university, they handled things on a grand scale. Who knows how much this special glass, capable of withstanding two tons, costs–what a blunder it would have been if he couldn’t afford to pay for it.

After achieving the purpose of his visit, Shao Zifeng didn’t plan to stay any longer, “If there’s nothing else, then I’ll be going, let me know whenever you’re free.”

“There is something!”

Tong Lili interrupted him, a hesitant expression appearing on her delicate face.

When communicating with the opposite sex, such a hesitant expression is more likely to provoke the other party’s imagination, thus seizing the initiative in the conversation.

After all, you were the one who asked the question, it’s hard for you to directly refuse the request you made, isn’t it?

Unfortunately…

Heh.

Women.

These entry-level green tea tactics are completely useless against him, Shao Zifeng.

He had even encountered higher-level tactics on the proverbial green tea ball field.

Feeling the trouble coming his way, Shao Zifeng really wanted to turn around and leave at this moment.

But after all, he who accepts a favor is short-handed, plus Yaya had broken someone else’s glass, so it wouldn’t reflect well on Shao Zifeng if he just left like this, would it?

Thinking this, he patiently asked, “Is there something else I can help you with?”

Tong Lili’s mouth curved slightly, this time she was sure of it.

“That, Shao is a member of the school team, right?”

Tong Lili looked at Shao Zifeng, her big eyes blinking innocuously.

Shao Zifeng was slightly startled: “Yes.”

“Oh, Shao must be a main player then!” Tong Lili’s tone was filled with just the right amount of admiration, which might easily make an ordinary boy swell with pride, bragging and boasting loudly.

Seeing that Shao Zifeng merely smiled and didn’t respond, Tong Lili had no choice but to continue, “It just so happens that our school’s second team is practicing for a match, and if possible, could Shao please give them some guidance?”

After speaking, she looked at Shao Zifeng with an expectant face.

There’s a problem.

Shao Zifeng narrowed his eyes, keenly sensing the trickery.

Before entering the Contract Room, Tong Lili had dealt with people in a perfectly comfortable manner. But after coming out of the Contract Room, she started to flatter him with not-so-skilled conversational tactics.

If it was because she found him handsome and wanted to know him better, she wouldn’t have made such a request.

After all, the school team’s training has nothing to do with your research institute.

Shao Zifeng’s gaze shifted and, seeing the surveillance cameras lined up in the hallway, he began to make some guesses.

Faced with an expectant Tong Lili, Shao Zifeng’s mouth held a sly smile.

“No need, I don’t have the time, excuse me.”

With that, he turned and left.

What a joke, it sounds nice asking for guidance.

If he really naively went, wouldn’t that be the same as challenging them? Winning wouldn’t look good because it might offend everyone, and losing would shame his own school.

No matter how you think about it, it’s not worth it.

He’s not stupid.

A man has to be ruthless to be unfettered.

Seeing Shao Zifeng leave swiftly and decisively, Tong Lili was somewhat dumbfounded.

The flirting manuals didn’t teach this.

Ptui, ptui!

Tong Lili shook her head, discarding the thought.

She quickly dialed Li Song’s number, frowning and said, “Professor, he didn’t agree.”