Chapter 282: Huff and Puff
By the time anyone tried to hold them accountable, the entire laboratory was long since empty.
These people had fled abroad a year ago.
At the time, the incident was deemed a disgrace.
Chloe Sinclair remembered media reports from that time stating the profits were as high as ten billion.
Because of this, many small and medium-sized laboratories had spent millions on equipment, and countless researchers, unable to bear the financial ruin, ended up jumping to their deaths.
[DING—]
[Congratulations, Host, for completing the research on high-temperature superconductors and controllable nuclear fusion. Reward: 6666 reputation value. Please check your account.]
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[DING—]
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully preventing Miller Laboratory from raking in ten billion. Special reward: 6666 reputation value. Please check your account.]
Just then, the System suddenly announced the mission completion notifications.
Eight, as the system’s butler, was somehow even more excited than Chloe Sinclair herself upon hearing the mission completion announcement.
Chloe Sinclair’s eyebrow twitched. "System, I want to redeem an item."
Eight’s celebratory dance came to a sudden halt. The light in its blue eyes dimmed, and in the next moment, they transformed into a single, large wavy line.
If Eight had a mouth, Chloe Sinclair was certain it would be pouting right now.
"You’re such a spendthrift! You’ve barely earned any reputation value, and you’re already planning to spend it."
Chloe Sinclair countered without hesitation, "But you just said it yourself—that I already have a lot of reputation value."
’I have quite a few fans abroad, too. My reputation value must have gone up again recently.’
"You must be the stingiest system in the world, bar none."
Eight felt terribly wronged hearing that.
But Chloe Sinclair’s growth had completely surpassed its expectations, so all it could do was protest in silence.
However, Chloe Sinclair had no intention of letting Eight off the hook.
She continued, "The protagonists in other novels get to redeem things with their reputation value, but you just keep forcing me to study. You owe me an explanation today."
Eight clutched its nonexistent heart, wanting to cry but having no tears. "You really can’t use it."
As for the reason why, Chloe Sinclair was already well aware.
But she had never called Eight out on it.
Eight was scared of Chloe Sinclair, so from then on, no matter what she asked, its big blue eyes would just turn black. It refused to speak again, no matter how she pestered it.
After exiting the System, Chloe Sinclair was just about to start reading when the doorbell rang.
Through the peephole, she saw Shawn Styles pacing back and forth outside.
Chloe Sinclair opened the door and invited Shawn Styles inside.
"Chloe, do you remember your promise to me?" Shawn Styles asked, getting straight to the point the moment he sat down.
Chloe Sinclair paused, a flicker of confusion in her eyes.
Across from her, Shawn Styles’s eyes showed clear disappointment.
’Master, where is your brain? How could you forget what you promised him?’
Inside the System, Eight, who had been playing dead, suddenly opened its blue eyes again.
Seeing that Chloe Sinclair still hadn’t caught on, it huffed and puffed as it mimed the act of running.
But Eight was simply too massive, and its joints made a CREAKING sound.
The sound was so loud it made Chloe Sinclair’s ears hurt.
But it was Eight’s reminder that finally jogged her memory.
"Sorry, my mind just went blank for a second."
An apologetic look filled Chloe Sinclair’s eyes.
Hearing this, Shawn Styles quickly waved his hands. "No, it’s okay."
Although he was a little disappointed that Chloe Sinclair had completely forgotten her promise, he also knew how busy she normally was.
’I should be glad she even remembers who I am.’