Esper X Family – Chapter 492 – Fu Qi: Differential Treatment? (40/40)

This family dinner went fairly smoothly.

At the very least, after that “open and honest” exchange, the sense of distance among the family members had lessened considerably.

Ye Yao even went so far as to ask Lou Wei what it felt like to go head-to-head with the interstellar stray dog.

Of course, Lou Wei elaborated in detail on his thought process during the battle.

Ye Yao was completely dumbfounded on the spot.

What’s this Dayun Truck rambling on about?

Did it really take that much effort to fight an interstellar stray dog?

Wouldn’t a casual kick have been enough to kill it?

She couldn’t understand.

Clearly, she was still the one with the real skills.

Xiao Jing watched this scene unfold and felt deeply comforted.

Lou Wei was finally showing some signs of being a real father.

Even if he might still get beaten up by Ye Ge a few more times down the road.

Regardless, this was still a normal father-daughter relationship.

This kind of healthy, harmonious family atmosphere was the best.

As the family dinner drew to a close, Lou Wei added one final piece of information about the Countermeasures Bureau’s compensation.

They were granting unlimited authority, essentially making her the planetary leader of Bluestar.

It wouldn’t matter even if she turned into a Homelander.

This was true, unfettered freedom to do whatever she wanted.

Although Ye Yao could already achieve the same thing by relying on Ye Ge, the Countermeasures Bureau’s gesture still demonstrated their full sincerity.

Regardless, they wanted to make it official first.

If they were going to go all in, then they would go all the way in. This was all for the sake of saving the world!

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By that point, the Countermeasures Bureau might just gain Ye Yao’s cooperation and find a way to break the deadlock.

Before the end of the world arrived, there was still hope.

“Unlimited authority? Not really interested…”

What use would Ye Yao have for such a thing?

After ascending to godhood, her perspective had grown far too broad. She was practically marinated in divinity.

Naturally, she felt that things like authority and wealth held little value.

She would rather focus her attention on the more interesting parallel world instead.

“It’s fine if you’re not interested. This was just a gesture from the Countermeasures Bureau anyway. You don’t need to react in any particular way.

You can just live your life however you want. If anything feels off with your body in the future, just tell us directly, and we’ll figure it out together.

The Countermeasures Bureau is willing to accept whatever conditions you have.”

Lou Wei spoke a long string of words. It seemed like he had also transformed from divine trash into a human.

So that’s it.

Ye Yao nodded thoughtfully.

“In other words… Uncle’s Countermeasures Bureau has become my Countermeasures Bureau?”

“…You could put it that way.”

Lou Wei nodded.

Fu Qi? Director of the Countermeasures Bureau? Never heard of him.

The only person the Countermeasures Bureau truly needed to pledge allegiance to was Ye Yao.

Fu Qi was just a wage slave working for Ye Yao.

“Would Uncle have any objections?” Ye Yao blinked.

“He has no objections.”

Now that the safety of the world was tied to Ye Yao.

Fu Qi would only take the initiative to handle the dirty and exhausting work.

After all, even with this kind of decision made, the country would still develop as it needed to, and the times would still progress as they should.

Given Ye Yao’s personality, there was no way she would bring disaster to the nation and its people.

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For her, this so-called unlimited authority would be nothing more than a decoration.

Ye Yao nodded thoughtfully.

“It’s good that Uncle has no objections. Speaking of which, I really do want to have a word with him too.

He’s also gone too far, just like Father. I need to properly correct his mistakes.”

Lou Wei naturally had no issue with that.

Heavenly justice moves in cycles. Who has ever escaped the eyes of the heavens?

If Fu Qi thought he could dodge this calamity, he was overthinking it.

Just thinking that Fu Qi would also have to endure the kind of torment he had just gone through brought a sense of balance to Lou Wei’s heart.

They were brothers in difficulty, and neither should laugh at the other.

Perhaps he had committed more offenses, but Fu Qi had been involved in some of them too, hadn’t he?

Back then, he had always talked about sharing the burden. Now, he could honestly accept the pressure coming from Ye Yao.

After dinner, dusk was approaching.

At this hour, Mo Qiuli would be returning soon, so it wasn’t really appropriate to meet with Fu Qi and Chen Wan Ting anymore.

She would go and torment Fu Qi tomorrow instead!

And so, Ye Yao spent another night surfing the web in her dorm room.

The online world remained as lively as ever, providing her with plenty of entertainment.

In the midst of this very comfortable development, Ye Yao welcomed the third day since the interstellar stray dog’s sudden death.

There was no doubt that she was going to visit her uncle’s house again.

Today, only she and Luo Jianhua went out.

Mo Qiuli had once again transformed into a construction magical girl, contributing to the city’s development.

Wu Mi and Fang Tang still hadn’t returned. They were still team-building with Sequence Zero.

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So, only the two of them set off.

But before departing, Ye Yao contacted Fu Qi.

“Uncle, I’m coming over to your place. Just like before, that should be fine, right?”

“Of-Of course it’s fine.”

In reality, Fu Qi was already drenched in cold sweat when he learned that Ye Yao was coming to see him.

This wasn’t the Ye Yao who knew nothing. This was the Ye Yao who knew everything!

This visit wasn’t just a simple trip. It was a thorough settling of accounts!

Yesterday, when he had asked Lou Wei how it went, Lou Wei hadn’t given a straight answer. He had simply replied flatly, “Wait for notification.”

What was that supposed to mean?

Although the Countermeasures Bureau was going all in on Ye Yao, even to the point of willing to give up the position of bureau director itself, there was no way Ye Yao would care about something like that!

He was still the bureau director!

Was this how Lou Wei spoke to the director?

Fu Qi had the guts to be angry and the guts to speak up… until he received the message that Ye Yao was coming.

Hiss– It looked like his time might be up.

Ye Yao took a car to the headquarters’ residential area, just as usual.

Plenty of people still glanced her way along the road, but no one came over to bother her.

It was clear that they had already been warned.

A thick barrier now separated people from one another.

Not that Ye Yao really minded.

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A moment later.

“I’m here. I’d never have guessed that my uncle, who kept saying he was just a logistics worker, is actually the director of the Countermeasures Bureau. I was really shocked back then.”

When Ye Yao walked through the door and said this, Fu Qi almost lost his composure.

No wind-up at all?

Tormenting the moment she entered the door? Isn’t this too shady?

Then, Ye Yao looked at Chen Wan Ting, who had come forward to greet her, and quickly delivered her verdict.

“Hmm, Auntie, you lied to me too, but it must’ve been because Uncle forced you. I forgive you, Auntie. But not Uncle yet.”

“Thank you, Little Yao. There’s nothing I can do. I really was pushed into this.”

Chen Wan Ting was clearly a bit startled, but then she quickly relaxed.

Where’s the pressure?

When she had first taken on the task of playing the role of “auntie”, she thought that she would have to endure immense stress. However, there had been no such thing.

Now that Ye Yao knew the truth, Chen Wan Ting’s identity as “auntie” had taken on a layer of falseness.

She had thought that she would finally face huge psychological pressure.

Yet, Ye Yao had undone all the preparations she made in advance with just one sentence.

Wasn’t Ye Yao truly a little angel?

Even after knowing the cruel truth, she was still willing to treat her, this fake auntie, gently.

She really had no choice but to continue doting on her now.

Only one person sucked in a breath.

Fu Qi stared dumbfounded as Chen Wan Ting effortlessly won over Ye Yao, almost unable to process it.

Is the differential treatment really this blatant?

Author Note

I did it! I finished 40 chapters in less than a month, that’s amazing! I’ve really transformed into a dragon! But after finishing, I’m really exhausted. Anyway, I’m back to the two-chapter-per-day mode, I need to take a good break first!

Text: It’s all your fault for being too strong while I’m getting weaker and weaker