In a flash, it was midnight.
"Are you sure you don't want any late-night snacks?"
Huang Yan asked again.
Wang Tianwei and the other two shook their heads in unison.
"Those people were so reserved, chatting all night with just a glass of wine! We helped them eat everything they didn't touch!"
Jian Jingyu patted his stomach.
"I haven't even finished digesting yet!"
Wang Kaiyu stood between the two of them.
"...I drank a nutrient solution."
"Alright then, see you tomorrow."
The four naturally split into two groups, preparing to head home.
Before leaving, Wang Tianwei pulled out a small black box and spoke to Huang Yan mysteriously,
"Starting today, Sir Huang is an adult! This is an 'adult-only' premium item! I specially prepared it for you, no need to thank me too much!"
Jian Jingyu leaned in to add,
"I even have the full video! I'll show it to you when we get back, you'll never guess what it is! Hehehe, it's super thrilling!!"
...What a terrible conversation.
Wang Kaiyu really didn't want to let his mind wander to the gutter, especially since he and Jian Jingyu had hit it off so well today.
But looking at his sister's creepy smile, he felt a bit unsure...
"Oh right! These weren't cheap! Make sure you reimburse me later!"
For a moment, Huang Yan didn't know whether he should reach out and take the black box that seemed to emit a weird aura.
Thinking he was just being shy, Wang Tianwei simply shoved the box into his arms!
"Just take it! Why are you being so polite!"
Huang Yan was silent for a long time before deciding to put it into his spatial button first... He had experienced enough today and really didn't have the courage to open their long-awaited blockbuster right on the street.
Jian Jingyu threw an arm over his shoulder, pulling him along as they headed back.
"Let's go, let's go! Let's hurry back and watch it together! I'll explain it to you in detail!"
"...Does it have to be today?"
For the first time, a panicked and helpless expression appeared on Huang Yan's face.
"To be honest, I'm a bit tired..."
"You'll have plenty of energy after watching it! We're leaving now! Sister Zebra!"
"Bye-bye!"
It wasn't until he sat in the passenger seat of his younger brother's hovercar that Wang Kaiyu carefully chose his words,
"Um... that thing you gave Huang Yan at the end... what was it?"
Wang Tianwei proudly clasped her hands together.
"That's a mecha that Jian Jingyu and I built together! It took all my pocket money and almost a month of time!"
Wang Kaiyu finally let out a sigh of relief!!
"Phew... so it was a mecha!"
"Yeah! What else could it be!?"
"Nothing... sit tight, we're heading back!"
"Huang Yan didn't look too good at the end, I guess he really is tired. Let him just enjoy the surprise for now! I'll explain it to him personally tomorrow!"
"...Probably."
Huang Yan brought Jian Jingyu back to the old mansion and, under his constant urging, extremely reluctantly opened that small black box.
"This is..."
A spatial button?!?
He had given Wang Tianwei an identical spatial button before, which contained his A-rank mecha, for her to use to test data...
"Ta-da!! Your very own Super A-rank mecha!! Sister Zebra rushed to finish it right before your birthday!"
Jian Jingyu jumped onto the sofa and found the video stored in his optical computer.
"Come watch the video, I found time to edit this! We just finished the final safety tests today! You'll definitely cry when you see it!"
So this was what they were talking about earlier...
Wang Tianwei had built his mecha ahead of schedule? And it was a Super A-rank!?
Huang Yan sat down next to Jian Jingyu, gripping the spatial button.
"Today is my first day arriving at Taihe!"
In the video, Jian Jingyu was wearing the casual clothes he had on during his first day on Planet Tianshu. The location was the Taihe workshop, and behind him, Wang Tianwei was diligently working by the console.
"Sir Huang is about to celebrate his eighteenth birthday! We wanted to prepare a grand surprise gift for him!
I only arrived today, but Lyra sent the raw materials over in advance. So far, Sister Zebra has already gotten a lot done!"
In the video, Jian Jingyu stood up, adjusted the angle, and walked over to the console.
"It's currently 11 PM, and we've already tricked Sir Huang into going back!
We sneaked back here after dinner for some overtime! Tomorrow I'll drag Sir Huang around Planet Tianshu for the whole day. Sister Zebra, it's all up to you!"
Wang Tianwei was busy assembling the mecha. Hearing this, she paused, faced the camera, and raised a fist.
"I guarantee the mission will be accomplished!"
The video recording was fragmented, but it was enough to show how the two of them had been sneaking around to rush the progress.
Huang Yan had no idea that the parts and metal muscles he had helped test were actually meant for his new mecha!
At the end of the video, Wang Tianwei was at the Taihe testing ground, carrying a miniature anti-personnel missile and firing it at Jian Jingyu! She fell hard on her butt, while the mecha actually curled up into an egg!
The excited shouts of the two echoed from the screen.
"It worked! Sister Zebra! Less than 2% damage! You're amazing!!"
"Ah! Hahahahaha... That's so awesome!"
Seeing this, Huang Yan couldn't help but sit up straight.
2%!?
A miniature anti-personnel missile only caused 2% damage!?
Beside him, Jian Jingyu remembered this part and excitedly shook his shoulders!!
"Sir Huang! With defenses like this, you can just stand your ground and brawl with your enemies from now on!!!"
"It really is Super A-rank..."
Huang Yan looked at the spatial button in his hand.
If he remembered correctly, crafting a super-grade mecha was supposed to be extremely difficult, right!? Ensuring success every single time was even harder!
The price of Taihe's super-grade mechas was almost the same as the mid-tier models of the next rank up...
So how did it seem as easy as growing cabbages in Wang Tianwei's hands!?
The mecha in the video was a glossy black all over! It was marked with a few yellow stripes representing a Qilin.
It had bionic scale-like structures on its back, which were exactly what allowed it to curl up into a perfect sphere for defense!
"Sister Zebra said this is a pangolin-inspired structure. Not only can it remain stationary for defense, but it can also roll to counterattack or escape!
The cockpit has added maglev technology, and the back of the mecha has an entire exoskeleton made of Yuanshu alloy!
For enemies up close, just activating this gravity acceleration to crush them will cause severe damage..."
Jian Jingyu had thoroughly familiarized himself with Huang Yan's mecha during this time! He explained it effortlessly.
The more they talked, the more excited they got. Huang Yan simply couldn't wait until tomorrow for a test drive, so he went back to his room and found sportswear for himself and Jian Jingyu.
"Let's go do what adults should be doing!"
"When you put it that way... I'm not sleepy anymore!"
Sitting back in the hovercar, the two teenagers were in high spirits. Jian Jingyu fastened his seatbelt.
"If we run into the people who bullied Sister Zebra today in the arena! We'll just pilot your mecha and flatten them into pancakes!"
"Hmm?? Tell me more."
"You have no idea how out of line they were..."
Only then did Huang Yan hear about the terrible people and awful things they had encountered today.
"Send me a copy of the video too."
Huang Yan opened his optical computer, taking screenshots as he listened, and then typed something out and sent it.
By the time he finished all this, the two of them had arrived at the Taihe Technology building...
