My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 62 - 56: Fighting Back

"Is it really that casual?"

Chen Lusi was taken aback by Si Yujie’s words, then turned to her curiously and asked, "Isn’t this an ancient object? Why can I keep it?"

"This is an ancient object, but it’s not an antique... it’s not meant to be displayed for people to see, nor is it for collection. It’s meant to be used."

Si Yujie looked at Chen Lusi’s face and explained, "It’s like the gourd you’ve been using; if you put it in storage, what’s the point? The ancient objects your team acquires should rightly belong to you. At least in the third squad, it’s distributed this way, and Xia Yue doesn’t insist otherwise.

Of course, these assets still belong to the entire Celestial Strategy Mansion in name... Additionally, since you’re using them, you’ll need to test their specific functions yourselves.

If you don’t need them, I can allocate them to other teams as needed, or you can assign a specific team, and they will be responsible for testing the object’s specific functions."

"I see..."

Chen Lusi understood, then thought of something, looked at the rough white hemp rope, and asked, "But does testing it ourselves mean... we can’t directly know what this thing does? We have to spend time figuring it out ourselves?"

"Yes."

Si Yujie nodded: "You can also commission Kunlun to test it, but if others test it, they might overlook some details, such as inconspicuous side effects and the object’s potential higher limits.

After all, you are the ones experiencing it firsthand, and you’ll be the ones ultimately using the ancient objects. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Don’t worry about encountering danger during testing. Ever since we implemented this custom, every squad is accompanied by designated safety personnel when testing. For the third squad, that’s me."

After saying that.

She pointed to herself.

"Got it."

Chen Lusi nodded lightly, then looked at Wu You to ask for his opinion.

"It’s your call."

Wu You thought about it and replied, "If you feel it’s necessary, keep it. If you’re still unsure, test it, determine its effect, and then decide... We’ve trained for a while, and we have time."

Chen Lusi looked at Xia Panqiu.

Xia Panqiu replied, "I trust your judgment."

"Let’s do that for now then."

Chen Lusi thought for a moment, then handed the rough white hemp rope back to Si Yujie: "Please keep it for now. We’ll decide after testing it tomorrow."

"Alright."

Si Yujie had no objections, took the rope, and continued, "Then there’s nothing else for now. Head back and rest well... you’ve worked hard."

"Let’s wrap up!"

Upon hearing this, Wu You was the first to react.

He smiled happily, leaned over to Chen Lusi, hooked his arm around his neck, and gently shook him: "Lusi... work time is over, and it’s only afternoon. What are you planning to do? Want to relax with me?"

"Where to?"

Chen Lusi turned to look at him and asked.

"Where the grown-ups usually go..."

"In that case, never mind."

Chen Lusi immediately interrupted Wu You, saying, "I don’t want desire to overcome my will."

"White silk! There’s white silk!"

"Huh?... You have that hobby too?"

"....."

Standing aside, Si Yujie watched the amused Chen Lusi and a frustrated Wu You, smiling.

Even beyond combat strength, she rather liked this newcomer.

Why... perhaps it’s just a gut feeling?

"Wu You, don’t lead people astray."

Si Yujie thought of this and interrupted Wu You: "And discussing this topic in front of two women, are you not concerned that your mind-reading abilities aren’t making you more disliked?"

"For heaven’s sake, mind-reading?"

Wu You immediately got anxious hearing this: "I can’t read minds! I’ve said it so many times!"

Chen Lusi was even more curious, looking at Wu You and asked, "Didn’t you say you could before?"

"..."

Wu You glanced back at Chen Lusi, stayed silent for a moment, and then, while leading him outside by the neck, earnestly said, "... Lusi, has anyone ever told you that your personality is quite nasty too?"

"...I’ve been told that before."

"Then why don’t you change your bad habits?"

"Well, if I told you smoking is harmful to your health... would you quit smoking?"

"..."

Si Yujie watched the three slowly leave the company, listening to their conversation, and couldn’t help but smile again, then stretched lazily.

...Hopefully, this newcomer will stay with the third squad in the end.

...

Downstairs.

Wu You drove off, cursing under his breath.

In the end, Chen Lusi didn’t go to the usual adult places with him.

He watched Wu You leave, smiled lightly, then turned back to Xia Panqiu and asked, "Are you also heading back?"

"Yes."

Xia Panqiu nodded, then quickened her pace slightly, coming to stand beside Chen Lusi.

With a definite response, Chen Lusi walked shoulder to shoulder with her towards Qinyuan and Mansion.

This time, the two walked together.

Xia Panqiu didn’t keep her head down but instead kept looking up at Chen Lusi’s side profile.

"What’s up?" Chen Lusi noticed her gaze and asked.

"I thought you’d go along."

Xia Panqiu brushed her short, elegant hair and then whispered, "Especially since Wu You even mentioned white silk."

"Didn’t I explain before?"

Chen Lusi said somewhat helplessly, "I just blurted it out; I don’t really have that big of a preference."

"Really?" Xia Panqiu tilted her head, looking at Chen Lusi, seemingly doubting him.

"Really."

Chen Lusi nodded, "Of course, I won’t rule out that I might have joked around enough to label you as ’suitable for white silk’... After all, habitual thinking can be quite hard to change sometimes."

"I see..."

Xia Panqiu pressed her soft red lips together, then looked ahead, and whispered, "Actually, you’re the first person to say I’m suitable for wearing stockings... It’s not surprising, but in reality, people rarely try white ones, right? Usually, it’s black. Why do you think I suit white rather than black?"

Chen Lusi thought for a while and replied, "It’s probably because of your aura... you’re quite petite."

"First impression?"

Xia Panqiu responded instinctively, "It’s like seeing you with long hair and an Authority ability that turns into a blade, I just pour all my resentment onto you... Ah, wait, that was at best an offense on your part, while mine was pure malice."

"..."

Chen Lusi turned his head to look at Xia Panqiu.

"Didn’t you tell me not to become weird?"

Xia Panqiu noticed Chen Lusi’s gaze, met his eyes for a moment, then lowered her gaze: "So I wanted to give it a try..."

Seeing that Xia Panqiu wasn’t turning from one extreme to another, Chen Lusi smiled and looked forward again: "That’s good."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xia Panqiu once again looked at Chen Lusi’s distinct profile.

As they talked, they had already reached Qinyuan and Mansion and arrived at the elevator.

The distance, after all, was not far.

Chen Lusi was the first to step into the elevator cabin and pressed the floor of Lin Ying’s rented apartment.

Xia Panqiu followed closely and pressed the floor she was heading to.

The elevator slowly ascended.

Soon.

Chen Lusi reached his floor.

He looked at the open elevator door, thought for a moment, and then turned to say goodbye: "See you tomorrow."

"... See you tomorrow."

Xia Panqiu came back to her senses, looked at him, and lightly nodded.

Chen Lusi walked outwards.

But just as he was about to step out of the elevator, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

Then.

He felt his ponytail being gently tugged.

Chen Lusi tilted his head back, then turned around, looked at Xia Panqiu retracting her hand, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Payback."

Xia Panqiu slightly lowered her head, looking down at her toes, her lovely face flushed red.

"..."

Chen Lusi was stunned for a moment before realizing she was avenging him for ruffling her hair not too long ago...

He shook his head and continued walking out.

Truly grudging, huh.

"Also..."

Inside the elevator, Xia Panqiu took a deep breath, suddenly raised her head, and called out to Chen Lusi again.

Chen Lusi, slightly puzzled, turned around.

The elevator door slowly closed.

Xia Panqiu looked at Chen Lusi, and at the last moment before the elevator door closed, she softly said, "Also... you’re different from everyone else."