Chapter 127 : Chapter 127
127. Chocolate-Flavored Chocolate
“Sigh~”
For some reason, Yi Ning suddenly recalled the old Lu Zheng.
Cold, serious, the type to send her crashing into a rooftop without hesitation.
She glanced again at the current Lu Zheng lying on the floor.
Shameless, skin thick as a wall, and most importantly—lowly.
How could a person change so much in just a few days?
Hands on her hips, Yi Ning let out a helpless sigh as she began considering Lu Zheng’s proposal in light of the current situation.
“Humm~”
Yi Ning stroked her chin, and after a brief two-second analysis, she realized—
There was absolutely no need to agree to Lu Zheng’s request.
Even if she gave him nothing, he would still cooperate obediently.
That was the kind of person he was.
But, leaving it at that would always leave her feeling like she owed him something, dampening the satisfaction she got from bullying him.
“Humm~”
Yi Ning fell into thought once more.
Refusing his request wouldn’t be an issue. But accepting it didn’t seem like a problem either.
If anything, agreeing might even force her to achieve one of her current goals:
Wearing a cute skirt.
She had thought of doing so many times before, but every time her overwhelming shame would cause her to give up halfway.
If she could use Lu Zheng’s presence this time to force herself into wearing a skirt, it would make it much easier for her in future attempts.
At the very least, it would reduce the shame she felt.
That would not be a bad thing for her.
Besides, her body’s resistance to shame was unreasonably low.
She had already had several instances where an overload of shame caused her to lose control of her body.
If she were an ordinary girl, this problem would just be a cute trait, something that could even boost her likeability through the contrast.
The problem was, she was also an evil scientist.
A pure villain character.
Villains could not afford to have a “lose control for 30 seconds due to embarrassment” type of idiotic trait.
It was extremely dangerous.
Currently, she was safe and comfortable here in Hero Association territory with Lu Zheng, with no fear of threats suddenly appearing. But she couldn’t stay here forever; eventually, she would have to return to Evil Council territory.
And that place was absolute chaos and evil—a true city of crime.
The name alone told you it wasn’t safe.
Yi Ning did not want to lose control of her body in a crisis and get captured, then turned into a hot weapon.
Using this as a way to increase her shame resistance was a good idea.
However...
At this point, Yi Ning covertly glanced at Lu Zheng, still lying on the ground waiting for her answer.
That guy was resting his exposed hand on his Pixel Mask helmet.
From her experience, under that helmet was definitely a smug face.
Just accepting his request so easily would leave a bad taste in her mouth!
Every time she imagined Lu Zheng’s smug face under that helmet, an indescribable frustration bubbled up in her chest.
Again, why could Lu Zheng so easily enjoy these benefits from her?
She wanted to be able to get skinship with girls too!
So unfair!
Frustration rising, Yi Ning kicked Lu Zheng sharply, immediately losing interest in granting him any rewards.
“Making requests? Screw that! Shameless scum, deserves punishment!”
Let that guy get ahead of himself!
She wanted to see Lu Zheng’s sorrowful face upon realizing he wouldn’t get any benefits, and etch that image deep into her memory!
Unfortunately for Yi Ning, her scheme did not succeed.
Lu Zheng showed no extreme reaction. He merely shrugged, indicating he understood.
He knew his request was rather lowly and that being rejected or punished was completely normal.
But really, what man could easily refuse such a beautiful reward?
“Let’s get started.”
“Time’s tight.”
Lu Zheng pointed at Yi Ning’s phone, urging her on.
He worried that if this dragged on, he wouldn’t be able to suppress his sadness.
Seeing Lu Zheng showing no emotional fluctuations from having his “reward” revoked left Yi Ning feeling even more unwilling to accept it.
Seriously, why could this guy remain so unruffled?
Wasn’t this composure supposed to belong to her, the supreme evil genius?
A mere Lu Zheng should be showing her a pitiful, sorrowful expression!
But seeing the time on her phone already past 4:30 PM, her hatred of overtime made Yi Ning decide to put aside these petty concerns.
Avoiding overtime was more important!
“...Fine~”
Yi Ning turned around, walked up to her evil invention for the day, and pointed her thumb at it, giving Lu Zheng a listless, perfunctory introduction.
“SD-192, Super Invincible Turn Your Cooking Into Dark Cuisine Machine. I’ve already introduced this to you before, and you can pretty much guess what it does from the name.”
There was zero enthusiasm in that introduction!
Compared to her previous excitement, it was like she was a different person!
The Super Invincible Turn Your Cooking Into Dark Cuisine Machine, as today’s evil invention, felt utterly insulted.
Sadly, it was just a machine, incapable of protest.
Perhaps sensing its gloomy aura, Yi Ning shrugged and decided to add a bit more responsible explanation.
“It can turn chocolate-flavored chocolate into shit-flavored chocolate, but it can’t turn shit-flavored shit into chocolate-flavored shit.”
“Because normally, I don’t think anyone would consider shit as ‘cooking’.”
Yi Ning walked up to the machine, adjusted a few settings, confirmed it was in a ready-to-trigger state, and returned to stand in front of Lu Zheng.
Half-assing the presentation was one thing, but she would still complete the essential tasks.
She squatted in front of Lu Zheng and lowered her head, entering the second phase:
Explaining the inspiration for today’s invention.
“No PPT, just deal with it.”
It was clear that Yi Ning had been fully absorbed in tinkering with the apology gift Lu Zheng brought her, so much so that she hadn’t even prepared her beloved PPT.
“In short, I accidentally drank a cup of coffee yesterday that could only be described as dark cuisine, so I made this machine. To let the whole world feel the pain I felt at that time!”
Coffee?
Lu Zheng, who had also suffered from that pain, instantly recalled the coffee Yi Ning had brought him during the mock trial.
The cup and the coffee had both been cold.
With water droplets clinging to the cup, it was clear it had just been taken from the fridge.
Since it was so shockingly awful, Lu Zheng had quietly dumped all the coffee out when he slammed the cup on the table earlier.
He raised his hand.
“I feel it’s necessary for me to chime in here.”