Esper X Family – Chapter 366 – Do I Have to Be Scolded Too?

“I think I saw my father and uncle.”

Ye Yao looked uncertain.

Lu Yan’s expression remained calm, showing nothing unusual.

“Anything else?”

“Hmm, the scenes were very blurry, a bit hard to make out, like being in a dream.

I just felt that my uncle’s gaze was very fierce back then, and my father’s gaze was also very fierce, like they were going to hit me. It was a bit scary…”

Ye Yao scratched her head, her tone a little dejected, as if she couldn’t understand why such scenes would appear.

“Could it be that I did something wrong? But I’ve been so obedient…”

The atmosphere in the neighbouring room was very still.

Even the sound of heartbeats had vanished.

Fu Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead, his smile a bit strained.

“Lou Wei, is it too late for me to rush over and explain now?”

“…”

Lou Wei remained silent in response. Silence was the best answer.

The next moment, Ye Yao’s voice perked up again.

“Right, it must all be an illusion! Uncle said he was a logistics personnel, and Father is an ordinary person too. They shouldn’t have been there. Uncle wouldn’t lie to me.

Besides, Uncle dotes on me, and Father has never been fierce with me. How dare this nightmare slander Father and Uncle? It’s so mean!”

Fu Qi slapped his own face with one palm, his expression full of remorse.

He had dug a hole and jumped into it himself.

If he rushed over to explain now, he would probably end up dealing double the damage.

This hole was getting dug deeper and deeper, like creating a pile of spaghetti code.

One wrong step, and the whole system might crash.

Could Ye Yao really handle the truth right now?

Fortunately, they had taken a whole day to de-pressurize. Otherwise, the pressure might’ve peaked again.

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Lou Wei took a deep breath, trying his best to focus on the important matters.

“Ye Yao probably only remembers some vague images. She doesn’t even know if they actually happened.

Ye Tong’s consciousness was in control the whole time. We can conclude that for sure.”

Based on Ye Yao’s account, she only remembered things up until she met Ye Tong. Everything after that was blurry.

She probably didn’t even know about instantly killing the vengeful spirit or changing the world.

Ye Yao’s next words confirmed this.

“I remember a scary monster popping up back then. My sister must’ve used her power to deal with it. Too bad I didn’t get to see her display her awesome power, and I didn’t get to say much to her either.”

Lu Yan nodded, doing his best to maintain a calm facade.

One half of “Tong Yao” was giving her victory speech. He had to record this.

“But for my sister to defeat the enemy, she must’ve borrowed my power, right?

Could it be that some powerful force is sleeping inside me?

Otherwise, why would she need to enter my body, like we merged or something?”

Ye Yao started pondering one thing.

“Does this mean my ability might be more than just Sequence 036? Is there a chance to move up?”

Pressuring the eavesdropping adults was just for fun. She didn’t necessarily care about any reward.

But getting a higher sequence ranking was an absolute must!

How could she stand being pinned under that weakling Fang Tang?

If she couldn’t surpass the other weakling Xia Lian in one go, Ye Yao would really throw a fit.

Lu Yan could hear the anticipation in Ye Yao’s words, and the eavesdropping old-timers vaguely understood what she meant.

She probably equated the sequence numbers with a power ranking.

She usually cared a lot about that kind of stuff when gaming.

Lu Yan glanced at the content displayed on his tablet.

“Your ability does require a threat level reassessment. After this incident, your sequence number might see some adjustment. Just wait for the notification.”

“Okay~”

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The eavesdropping old timers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Forget everything else for now. If they could cheer Ye Yao up and distract her, that was a good outcome.

They could deal with the rest slowly.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, Ye Yao asked,

“By the way, did my sister stay behind?”

“No sign of her was found.”

“I see… I really wanted to talk with her more.”

Ye Yao sighed softly, but perked up again after a few seconds.

“It’s okay. At least we met! Next time, I’ll definitely get to say more!”

Yu Yayin quickly chimed in, “Mm-hmm, I support little Ye Yao~”

Lu Yan put away his tablet.

“The questioning is over. You can choose to be discharged now, or you can rest here a while longer.”

He couldn’t drag this out too long, or it might make Ye Yao think it was a very serious matter.

The primary goal was to keep her from getting caught up in overthinking.

As for the rest… let things take their course.

After going through this incident, the old-timers’ pressure resistance had greatly increased.

Handling pressure was as easy as breathing.

Whose pressure could be greater than Lou Wei’s and Fu Qi’s?

There was so much to deal with now, they were busy to the point of almost forgetting to eat and sleep, so they actually felt less pressure.

After Lu Yan and Yu Yayin left.

Ye Yao and the others also prepared to handle the discharge paperwork.

In any case, they were going back to the dorm to slack off. There was no computer here, so she didn’t want to stay a second longer.

It was just a pity that no old-timers popped up for her to pressure.

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Putting pressure on the two junior staff wasn’t much fun, especially since they weren’t even family recognized by the system.

Lou Wei and Fu Qi hadn’t shown up either. Perhaps they weren’t ready to confess.

Could it be that the pressure was too much for them?

Ye Yao thought about it.

After experiencing such a huge event yesterday, they would probably need a while to recover.

She would give them some more time.

She could visit Fu Qi sometime to see how he was doing, and figure out their stance.

Thin streams flow forever ¹ 细水长流xìshuǐ-chángliú. An idiom that basically means “slow and steady wins”. , understand?

With Ye Yao gone, there was no need for Lou Wei and Fu Qi to stay in the neighbouring room either.

“Ye Yao’s side seems fine now. What about Ye Tong’s side?”

Fu Qi exhaled a heavy breath, having to focus on another heavy matter.

“According to reports from the intelligence department, Ye Tong went to see Xiao Jing yesterday. What did she talk to Xiao Jing about?”

Since they had obtained a lot of information from Tu Sheng yesterday, Lou Wei and Fu Qi had discussed power enhancement late into the night.

They hadn’t contacted Xiao Jing immediately.

If something truly important happened, Xiao Jing would’ve proactively reached out to them.

Now that Ye Yao’s situation was confirmed stable, it was a good time to contact her to report Ye Yao’s safety and ask about Ye Tong.

Fu Qi acted immediately.

The call connected quickly.

“Xiao Jing, Ye Yao’s woken up. She’s generally fine. You can rest assured.”

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

“…I understand. How are you and Lou Wei resting? Have you been under a lot of pressure lately?”

“Not bad. We rested all night, and with the good news from the Prophet, Lou Wei and I are in decent shape for now.”

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“I see…”

Fu Qi’s expression was slightly puzzled.

Why did he feel Xiao Jing’s tone was a bit off?

Logically speaking.

Shouldn’t she be super excited and happy to know that Ye Yao had woken up?

Well, never mind, he should ask about Ye Tong first.

“I’d like to ask about Ye Tong’s situation. I heard she came to see you yesterday.”

“Don’t ask about that for now. I need to tell you something.”

…

What followed was a good ten-plus minutes of one-sided tirade.

Fu Qi went from shock to embarrassment to silence, looking utterly pathetic, not at all like the director of the Countermeasures Bureau.

After a while.

He handed the phone to Lou Wei.

“It’s for you.”

Lou Wei looked expressionlessly at Fu Qi, then at the phone that was still showing “call in progress”.

“…”

Do I have to be scolded too?

Author Note

I didn’t cook yesterday and ate at a roadside stall. Since there were no leftovers for lunch, I just bought two steamed buns to make do.

Text: Take your hot and cold ² 忽冷忽热hūlěnghūrè. Literally means “suddenly cold, suddenly hot”, but can also mean drastic mood swings. technique

And put it in the hot pot tripe ³ Basically beef stomach. I don’t like it at all… .