Defeating Magic Chapter 35: When We First Met, You Were Not so Flirtatious

Chapter 35: When We First Met, You Were Not so Flirtatious

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Mimosa

It turned out that Zhou Yan couldn’t be too polite to some of the indigenous people here. Zhou Yan persuaded Gabriel not to waste so much time. Luo Futu threatened him, and he gave in and sent someone to pick them up the next day to talk about cooperation. 

There was no need to sign a contract, because the only advantage over the highly developed civilized society was that the people here had high moral standards. No matter who the person was, what they said counted. At the beginning, when he went to sell the small things he made, he raised the issue of signing a contract with the shopkeeper and was almost thrown out, because here, questioning a person’s integrity was tantamount to an insult to the other party, so the verbal agreement was enough.

This was a bit like the state of the primitive society: they were very “stupid”, so there were no fancy words and they said what was the matter.

Social civilization was highly developed, bringing high-tech and economic development, but also created a lot of smart people, so they needed the law to protect the vested interests of the honest perspective of the people. However, it was different here, where the news was closed. People had a limited range of activities, and people in a small area knew each other. One breach of trust was enough to make the person completely dead socially. From then on, the circle in which this person lived could no longer accept him. He would have to leave his hometown for a new environment, so that there was time to wear down their stained reputation.

This was also the reason why Gabriel was so nervous when he heard Luo Futu say that he was going to make his deception public. Telling such a big lie in front of everyone, once the truth was revealed, not only would Gabriel himself be called a liar, his whole family would be labeled as liars.

Zhou Yan just came to find out this, and after a moment of confusion, he thought about it. Although his society had a high degree of civilization, the pace of life was very fast, and living in a place where no one knew anyone, even if there was deception, they could live another day in another city, and focus on their own life. There was no leisure to condemn anyone. For the moral aspects of the construction, there was more and more neglect.

In this respect, the development of civilization did not seem to have an entirely positive impact.

At least it could solve people’s basic food problem, and other moral problems were social problems on Dense Cloud Planet. Maybe after the social progress level was higher, people’s moral level would return to the present level. Therefore, according to the current moral level of society, Luo Futu was definitely an undesirable person as he was a liar and didn’t know how many truths there were in his mouth.

Zhou Yan did not know what drugs Luo Futu ate today, but Luo Futu had a strange look on his face the whole day. He kept looking at Zhou Yan, making his scalp go numb. The feeling was like a snake watching him for a long time, making the back of his neck become cold, and covering him with a cold sweat.

Zhou Yan thought this may be related to his practice of innate spells, and did not say much. However, this guy was not a little self-conscious and he did not remind him as he did not know restraint. From the beginning of his talk with Gabriel about the production of the mecha to the end, Luo Futu had been staring at him— staring at him enough to make him almost explode!

However, the good thing was that the negotiations turned out pretty well. Gabriel was a middle-aged boy, and although he was reluctant at first, after hearing about Zhou Yan’s “weapon”, he became very interested in the mecha and showed a vague expectation of its finished product.

No alpha could say no to a mecha.

Zhou Yan handed the plans to Gabriel and instructed him, “If you want to start making a mecha, make sure the craftsman asks me for details in person. We’ll try to make one first, and if we can get it started, then we’ll go from there.”

Gabriel nodded casually and handed the drawing to a man beside him. “In the future, you can contact Li Qing directly about production and funding, and come back to me when it’s done successfully.”

This kind of statement was too much like a hands-off boss, but it was quite consistent with his identity as a rich dude.

Li Qing was the person who was specifically responsible for the work related to the mining plant. He seemed to be a vassal of the Gabriel family, 20 to 30 years old, but very calm. After the people had finished talking, they were about to leave when a worker carrying a stone did not see them, and accidentally hit Gabriel. Li Qing hurriedly blocked it, but still did not protect Gabriel. The latter’s face was cold, and he directly kicked the worker to the ground. “Are you blind?”

Zhou Yan saw this scene, felt some discomfort and frowned, but the worker seemed to have long been used to Gabriel’s attitude. He hurried to get up and apologize before he then ran away. Zhou Yan did not want to talk much about Gabriel’s behavior. He was the boss here, this whole mine was run by their family, and some of these workers were even the servants of Gabriel’s family.

The ideology of this society had not had the concept of a landlord, and the sale of people was naturally the norm. Even if Zhou Yan was not used to seeing this, he could not talk much at this time.

“Marshal, are you all right?”

Gabriel glanced at Li Qing and snorted. “This time it’s fine, but next time it might not be. Can you pay attention? Don’t let those inferior people barge in and out when I’m talking to others about important matters.”

Li Qing hurriedly bowed his head and apologized, “Yes, I will pay attention next time.”

Gabriel gave Zhou Yan a look and said, “Then you can accompany them to stroll around here first. I’ll go back. Ah, by the way, our distinguished collaborators said they want to stay at the mining plant, you help them arrange their accommodation.” Gabriel said here and incredulously raised his eyebrows. “I can’t take this kind of suffering, just let me know if you have any news.”

Li Qing then nodded in response, saying that he would make all the arrangements.

Zhou Yan had long seen that Gabriel was really not a very hardy person as he hated this place and the unpleasant smell that emitted when many people lived together, and he also hated the workers’ dirty clothes. Gabriel wanted to be a hero, but he wanted to be the kind of hero who could be clean and comfortable. His concept of “hard work and endurance” was such a good virtue, not to mention the respect for ordinary people.

Zhou Yan stared at Gabriel leaving. Li Qing also did not stay here too long, and only said to Zhou Yan that if he were to encounter problems, he could always contact him before he went to prepare the arrangements for accommodation.

“What are you staring at him for? Could it be that you are considering whether this guy is suitable or not?”

Luo Futu’s voice sounded from behind, and Zhou Yan looked at him inexplicably. “What do you mean by suitable or not? We’ve already reached an agreement, so it’s a little too late to say anything about suitability.”

Luo Futu grunted expressionlessly and didn’t answer. Zhou Yan felt that he was a little bit strange and asked, “What do you want? Just say something. You said I stared at Gabriel, you have been staring at me since the beginning, but what are you staring at?”

“I’m not staring at you, I’m staring at Gabriel.”

Zhou Yan wondered, “What are you staring at him for?”

Gabriel had some problems, such as being a bit irritable, not knowing how to respect people, and Zhou Yan saw him whip a worker when he first arrived…. However, these were the problems that arise in the context of the times; wanting to change him could not be done overnight.

However, Luo Futu obviously didn’t think that deeply,and he narrowed his eyes. “Because he’s an alpha, how do I know you won’t include him as an alternate character for your estrus period?”

“…. What’s going on in your head all day?”

“This is what you said to me personally. You can’t meet this Gabriel alone in the future, because maybe I will feel a crisis and cause an explosion to take him out directly.”

Zhou Yan stared at him and raised his eyebrows high. ‘Well, now he was a little sorry that he said that kind of thing to him last night, not to mention that there was nothing wrong with the bastard at all when it came to treating him as optional.’

“Don’t worry about it, I’m not interested in kids. And can you not put your mind on those things? Is this the time to think about such things? We don’t have much time left. I asked Li Qing to read the government announcement. According to their current statistics, Lurians are appearing in multiple places, the closest one to us is less than ten kilometers away. And the Lurian at Falling Snow Cliff is not even counted by them, know what this means? It means that there must have been an omission in the middle of the calculation…. If these monsters appear before our mecha is successfully made, the consequences will be serious.”

Luo Futu took a few steps closer to Zhou Yan and stared at him with a smile. “To be honest, I really like your righteous look; every time you talk to me like this, my brain goes out of control.”

Zhou Yan looked at him expressionlessly, wanting to beat Luo Futu up. Although he did not say anything offensive to him, this person was really too perverted. He stared at himself like this, then there was a feeling as if he was being violated with his sight.

‘…. When they first met, was Luo Futu so…. So perverted?’

They stared at each other for a long time, and finally Zhou Yan couldn’t stand it and pushed him away before he strided forward. “I don’t care about you, I have to go to the craftsman to discuss the next work plan, don’t delay the progress.”

Luo Futu saw him walking away and immediately followed him. “Are you really going to live in the mine?”

Zhou Yan looked back at him and seemed to sigh. “It’s convenient for me to stay here to keep an eye on the schedule…. If you’re not used to it, you can go back to the hotel. I’ll be fine here alone.”

After all, Luo Futu used to be a high priest of something, so maybe he was always clothed and fed, and was more privileged than Gabriel. Let him follow and suffer at the construction site? Zhou Yan also could not bear it.

“You think too little of me.”

Zhou Yan hesitated and finally said what he really wanted to say, “Well, actually I want you to go back to live, you…. Living here will disturb my work, and during the mecha production, I need to concentrate 100%. I don’t have time to play with you, so for the sake of the schedule, you’d better go back to the hotel…. Of course, as a collaborator, you have the right to know, and I will have someone inform you of any progress.”

‘Especially when he stares at himself…. He always stares at himself!’

Zhou Yan finished and sighed helplessly. “This is just a stop-gap measure, think about it.”

Luo Futu stared at him and said quietly, “How is that possible? What if you see a few more options for yourself one night, I will be very sad.”

Zhou Yan could not help but twitch the corners of his mouth— he now really regretted talking to Luo Futu about that matter. ‘Would he not just get over it?’

Zhou Yan turned around and walked away, but suddenly stopped after a few steps and looked back at him. “You said you knew the skills of snakes, right?”

Luo Futu raised his eyebrows. “What?”

“Then even if you cover your eyes, you can still see things, right? Snakes rely on infrared light to find their prey, eyes are not necessary for them.” Zhou Yan handed Luo Futu a black gauze tape, about three fingers wide, and then indicated to him, “You can live with me if you want, but you have to use this to blindfold your eyes during your stay in the mine.”

Luo Futu looked at him with some surprise, and his glazed eyes seemed to be complaining silently, ‘How dare you call me a pervert, aren’t you more perverted yourself?’

Zhou Yan couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. “I don’t mean anything else, I just don’t want to be stared at by you with those kinds of eyes.”

‘That would really disturb his work, damn it…. If his sight’s presence wasn’t so strong, he wouldn’t have come up with such a bad idea.’

Luo Futu looked at him for a long time and hummed low before he laughed twice. He finally took the black tie from Zhou Yan’s hand and tied it around his eyes.

“Is it okay?”

“….”

‘This was not your problem, it’s Luo Futu’s problem! Why does he look so mad after wearing this black veil!’

Luo Futu didn’t get a reply, so he couldn’t help but ask again, “What?”

“…. No, nothing, it’s fine.”

There was nothing wrong with it, except that it looked a little perverted.