collection of short stories

The next moment, the door opened.The moment Bai Juyi walked in, he felt very surprised.This is the first time he has entered Fay's office, and the room—well, it's far from what he imagined—is a mess, whether it's on the desk floor or in the cabinet, it's full of all kinds of things. Strange things, and more than 10% of them are weird things that you can't guess what they are even if you stare at them for [-] minutes.

But even if he felt surprised, Bai Juyi didn't show it on his face.

The man seemed to pay attention to his expression deliberately, and seemed very satisfied with his reaction. "It's like this. I want you and me to go to the Lanfeng Galaxy, which has newly joined the Cosmic Alliance, to develop business."

"How long do you need to go?"

"At least seven days, and at most 20 days can come back." Fay thought for a while, "Unless you and I accidentally died there... But this should not happen."

"Leave immediately?"

"Correct."

Bai Juyi nodded to show that he understood.Although it is not very clear why he brought a newcomer who has just been intern for five days, it is better not to say no casually when faced with the request from the boss.He estimated in his heart that the little robot at home would be fine for 30 days, and Ah Xiu would not starve to death...

The spaceship they took to travel to the Lanfeng galaxy was Fay's own. Since it represented the official void, it carried the alliance's unique logo fluctuations.Fay's Blue Magma is comfortable compared to most ships, and the journey will no doubt be very enjoyable.But when they finished the fourth transition and found that they deviated from the original track inexplicably, it was not so pleasant.

"What's going on here?" Fay stared at the four huge stars in front of him, and quickly switched the manual driving mode to skillfully stay away from the gravitational field that tended to be balanced between them.His hands were always steady, even in the face of emergencies, he did not panic at all.This made Bai Juyi very admired, and he began to wonder if his boss had been in the army before.

"Will the transition point be changed, or is there a record error?" Bai Juyi also became nervous unconsciously.

"Normally not." With that said, Fay began to confirm the specific location of the spaceship.After a while, the expression on his face changed, a little hesitant to speak.

"what happened?"

"It has indeed been tampered with." A strange voice sounded suddenly, and Fay almost jumped up on the spot.

The two of them turned their heads and found that the one floating near the hatch—well, the one who was talking just now—was an orange cat, and Bai Juyi opened his mouth uncontrollably.This guy is too familiar with himself.

"Ah...Ah Xiu?"

The cat said slowly: "Don't give me that inferior nutrient solution, I won't eat it."

"..." Damn it!How dare you choose this and that under the fence of others!The veins on the forehead were about to jump into the air, but Bai Juyi forgot that the most important thing to complain about was that it was speaking human words.

"Wait, wait, how do you know that the transition point has been tampered with?" Fay asked for advice humbly, not caring about its appearance at all.Perhaps in his eyes, this cat is no different from intelligent creatures in other galaxies.

"I have the impression that this place is the four sister stars of the South-Golova galaxy. As far as I know, there was no transition point in the vicinity. Compared with this, it is more important to find a way to go back safely." The cat paused, "Give me the authority of your spaceship, and I will take you back to the reverse jump." Noticing Fay's expression, the cat looked at him with a half-smile, "It must be operated manually. If someone dares to tamper with it, I'm afraid There will be backhands. Are you sure you can handle it with your level?"

So Fei Yi and Bai Juyi were defeated, defeated by a cat's paw.

"Huh—" Finally he let out a long breath. After the reverse transition was successful, Fay found another more distant and tortuous transition route to the Lanfeng Galaxy on the Alliance Star Network.Fortunately, there was no attack, and he began to contact the Alliance. According to Article 120 of the "Star Alliance Convention", he must report this matter to the Interstellar Transition Management Office.As for why the transition point was changed, it was a headache for the management office.

At this moment, Bai Juyi is trying to communicate more with Ouyang Xiu. "Who the hell are you? Why are you on Fay's spaceship? Why are you following me?"

"Following you?" The cat asked back in surprise, "Didn't you drag me away at the beginning?"

"..." Well, if you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case.

"Then are you a cat?"

"This body is actually a robot."

Bai Juyi was dumbfounded. Judging from his observation and understanding of this creature over the past few days, this creature really... may not even look like a robot at all. "So are you a soul or something... or a program?"

"Maybe I'll tell you one day." The cat raised its paw and pressed against the bulkhead, before flying away.When passing by Bai Juyi's side, it raised its furry paws and hooked his chin.

Bai Juyi stayed where he was, with a thoughtful expression on his face.The focus of his thinking is not what Ouyang Xiu is, but, is he... being molested by a cat?

The rest of the work went well.When Fay arrived in the Lanfeng galaxy, he immediately took Bai Juyi to start a local investigation.The customs, products, types, quality, and quantity that can be traded are all things they need to consider.

Although the technology here is not yet developed enough, the advantage is that the products are very "original".On many developed planets, products from these places are in high demand.With such a business prospect, once a stable trade chain is formed, it is believed that this place will become an interstellar stronghold for exporting a large amount of goods.

Fay took a fancy to this, drafted an investigation report and quickly rushed out a feasibility report, and began to negotiate directly with the local ruler after obtaining the permission of the headquarters.After the two parties reached a preliminary consensus, they signed two more short-term business contracts. These matters took more than ten days, and Fay's mission came to an end here.The next step is to go back to the headquarters and send a special team over to deal with related matters.

During this period of time, Bai Juyi always carried Ouyang Xiu on his shoulders, running around with his boss.But I don't know why, recently cats seldom talk anymore, and spend most of their time sleeping.Later, Bai Juyi even wondered if it was a dream, and now this cat, no matter how you look at it, is just a cat.Of course, I didn't want to cut it open to see if there was a bunch of machinery and equipment inside.

After returning to Planet Skian on the Blue Magma, Fay gave Bai Juyi the first bonus.Looking at the rising Star Alliance points in his account, Bai Juyi specially bought some delicious canned food.Axiu must have made a contribution to successfully reaching the Lanfeng galaxy this time, so he decided to reward the cat.

When Bai Juyi returned to his hut, Ouyang Xiu was still sleeping on his stomach in the bedroom.He looked at it and went to prepare food.But this time, the aroma of the can did not wake up the creature.Bai Juyi sat beside the cat, put the canned food by its mouth, and slowly pursed his lips.

He could tell that the cat was no longer breathing.

In the past, when he looked at it, he could always see its belly rising and falling.This is not a program that a robot needs to do, so Bai Juyi never suspected that this is a fake cat.

It started a few days ago, and I fell asleep every now and then as if I had died.So what the hell is going on now?is he still thereDid you go back or...

Bai Juyi sat motionless.He didn't know what he was looking forward to, and he didn't know what to expect.After a long time, he slowly picked up the cat and put it on his shoulders, letting it stay there obediently as before.He wanted to do something, but couldn't do anything.The news and advertisements on the Star Alliance network can no longer attract my attention, I am a little hungry but I don’t want to eat anything, I want to contact my boss but I don’t know how to talk about it.

When it was time to rest, he still sat there in a daze.

The electronic lock at the door suddenly made the sound of a series of buttons being pressed.Bai Juyi raised his head, someone tried to use a 28-digit secondary password to get in?That ghost can't even remember the owner of the house, okay?

He wasn't sure if he should do something, who knew who was outside, but then he thought again, the robbers must not bother to rob such a poor apartment complex.Deep down in his heart, he vaguely hoped that the one who would open the door would be the guy who was supposed to be here but wasn't there.

There was a soft sound of the machine, and the door opened.A handsome black-haired man stood outside the door, his gray-blue eyes were a little shrewd and arrogant.

The moment the man appeared, Bai Juyi seemed to be able to imagine what his tone would be when he spoke.

The man raised his chin and looked at Bai Juyi, with a smug smile on his lips.

"Hey, it can be said that we met for the first time," he greeted, "or... Hey, I don't like canned fish very much either." He walked in briskly and sat next to Bai Juyi, took the cat off his shoulder and put it down He moved to the side, and then stretched out his hand to lift Bai Juyi's chin very naturally, "It's not important to introduce yourself, you can call me Ouyang Xiu."

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"Lifetime Soul"

Trembling, it buried itself down a little.Hiding among a large group of friends at the moment, the sea urchins in the basin were almost crying.Why was he accidentally caught by someone!Although there is a rule that after the founding of the country, it is not allowed to become a spirit, but it is not its fault that it is born with wisdom!If you say you can't become a master, you can't become a master, so why!you are better than heaven