Yue Hengyi was distracted by the voice beside him, then looked at the two people next to him. The moment he saw Sayaka, Yue Hengyi blurted out, "Sister Qin?... No, you're not her!"
The instant he saw Sayaka, Yue Hengyi mistook her for Qin Kewei because she looked so much alike. Her eyebrows, her nose, even her cherry lips were identical. Only after a closer look at her attire did Yue Hengyi remember that he was in Japan, and Qin Kewei was in China. The person before him was not her!
Shen Feng, hiding by the stairwell, saw this and rejoiced inwardly, thinking, "As expected of the person I personally selected. Even Yue Hengyi almost mistook her. It seems my plan is a success!"
Afterward, Yue Hengyi heard the beautiful woman beside him introduce herself and immediately realized that she was a local and specifically assigned to take care of him. He intended to refuse, but upon seeing Sayaka's face, Yue Hengyi inexplicably agreed.
Yue Hengyi looked Sayaka up and down. His gaze did not linger too long on Sayaka's upper body, but when he saw her exposed thighs, he couldn't help but swallow and say, "Then I'll trouble you. I'll need your care during this time."
Shen Feng heard Yue Hengyi's change of tone and secretly chuckled, thinking, "Yue Hengyi, Yue Hengyi, I'll see how you maintain that aloof demeanor in front of me from now on. So you're not some so-called gentleman either. You could restrain yourself before, but only because you hadn't met someone you truly liked!"
Then, Sayaka began her work. When Yue Hengyi wanted tea, she would immediately brew it. When he wanted snacks, she would promptly bring them over. When she had nothing to do, Sayaka would sit on the sofa and wait silently, wearing her signature smile, seemingly without any complaints about taking care of him.
Now, Yue Hengyi couldn't concentrate on his book. His eyes kept drifting towards Sayaka. Men always liked looking at beautiful women; it hadn't changed since they were children. And Sayaka looked so much like Qin Kewei, which made Yue Hengyi even more captivated, especially by the backless sweater Sayaka wore, exposing her entire fair and smooth back to the air, which naturally drew more attention.
As a result, Yue Hengyi's teacup would quickly become empty because a stolen glance would leave him parched, prompting him to drink water. A fire seemed to be stirring in his lower abdomen, and drinking water could suppress this urge.
Sayaka was forced to do things she didn't want to do. Although she still had a gentle smile on her face, it was merely a pretense. She couldn't face a man she had just met for long, so she preferred to turn her back to him. However, this had the opposite effect. Sayaka noticed that the man on the sofa frequently stole glances at her.
Shen Feng thought about it. Staying at home would make him like a third wheel. It was better to stay away and leave them some space. After much consideration, Shen Feng found an excuse: "Little Yue, I'm taking Lanzi to the laboratory. Don't wander around the house!"
With that, Shen Feng took Lanzi and left, leaving Yue Hengyi alone with a beautiful woman. As for the servants in the villa, they acted as if they saw nothing, never speaking, as if they were mute.
Yue Hengyi still made no move. Although he held a book in his hand, his mind was no longer on it. He hadn't turned a page for a long time, clearly not focused on the book but on the beauty sitting beside him.
In Yue Hengyi's eyes, he suddenly realized how beautiful the woman before him was. Although she wasn't elaborately dressed, she was perfect, exuding a mature aura. Combined with her subtly revealed good figure, it was hard to look away.
Shen Feng had already taken Lanzi to the research institute. In reality, this was just an excuse Shen Feng made. He wasn't going to the institute to check on research progress; it was all to create an opportunity for Yue Hengyi.
While in the car, Lanzi couldn't help but ask, "Lord Shen Fuyao, do all you men like mature women? You were staring at Sayaka for a couple of extra glances just now."
Shen Feng quickly shook his head and said, "To each their own. Staring for a couple of extra glances doesn't mean I like her, but I can be sure that Yi Hengyue definitely likes this type of person. He lived in school until he was seventeen and never experienced the outside world. He didn't receive much love from his family, so he wants to find someone who can fill that void, and this kind of love naturally comes from mature women. It's a certain complex. Before, he liked a beautiful woman in China in her thirties, probably for the same reason, a psychological effect!"
After Shen Feng finished speaking, Lanzi gradually understood. So that's how it was. A good impression could add points for a man, meaning they would pay more attention to the type of women they liked. That was probably the meaning of it.
"Lord Shen Fuyao, do you prefer older or younger women?" Lanzi suddenly asked, a sly smile on her face.
Shen Feng vaguely replied, "I like women around my age. Let's not talk about this. We seem to be arriving at the institute!"
Next, Shen Feng and Lanzi entered the institute. He had nothing else to do, so he wandered through various laboratories. Unknowingly, he arrived at the physics department and found people researching single-person flying devices. These were fuel-powered and could already fly in the sky, but the duration was limited.
Manufacturing flying devices wasn't difficult; they had been researched in the last century. But the real difficulty was the sustained flight time. After all, for a flying device to fly, its weight needed to be reduced. The lighter the object, the easier it was to fly. However, to fly continuously, one had to carry enough fuel. But carrying too much fuel would increase the weight, creating a contradiction. Therefore, although flying devices had existed for a long time, they couldn't be truly applied.
Shen Feng watched someone flying in the sky on a skateboard-like flying device and couldn't help but show envy. He wished he could test one too.
However, at this moment, Shen Feng suddenly remembered something important. Now that he had found the research institute, couldn't they manufacture a paraglider? With a paraglider in hand, wouldn't he be able to fly anytime?
"Lanzi, quickly find some researchers and have them make a paraglider for me, the bigger the better, capable of carrying five hundred kilograms! It would be even better if it could be folded!" Shen Feng said urgently.
Shen Feng suddenly marveled at his own mind. At this moment, a ready-made means of transportation was right before his eyes, and he only just remembered the paraglider. With a paraglider, he could cross the ocean and go to China in a few days.
Lanzi quickly contacted the scientists at the research institute. When the scientists heard Shen Feng's request, they readily agreed because the craftsmanship of paragliders was already mature. So much so that every year people held paragliding competitions abroad, with everyone making their own paragliders to fly. There were even pedal-powered paragliders, with a propeller installed in the front, and pedaling the propeller furiously to gain forward momentum. However, such designs would exhaust a person to death.
"No problem, it will only take a week to successfully build one, and a foldable one is also fine," a researcher assured him.
Shen Feng could only sigh that his plan to come to the research institute was not wrong. Hadn't he already found a way to go home? Whether by water or land, it couldn't compare to flying in the sky, as one didn't need to worry about ground obstacles when flying.
Shen Feng continued to wander around the research institute. When he walked into a laboratory, he saw a group of scientists in white coats excitedly discussing something. This scene made Shen Feng very curious. What were these people discussing?
"Lanzi, what are they talking about?" Shen Feng asked the girl beside him.
Lanzi thought for a moment and replied, "It seems they are talking about some world-shattering discovery that will change the entire Earth. I don't think we need to pay attention. After all, scientists are always saying they have world-changing inventions, but in reality, the world hasn't changed that much."
However, such a statement piqued Shen Feng's curiosity even further. He walked forward and asked, "What did you discover? What kind of discovery can change this Earth?"
The researchers looked at Lanzi on the side and patiently explained, "We recently discovered in the seawater that there is a mutated blue-green algae that is rapidly multiplying. If this continues, all the oceans on Earth will be occupied by this blue-green algae."
Lanzi quickly translated the researchers' words and informed Shen Feng of their important discovery.
Upon hearing this answer, Shen Feng shrugged and said, "I thought it was something amazing. Isn't it just a bunch of algae? Can that affect the entire Earth?"
Shen Feng also knew about blue-green algae. It was introduced in high school textbooks. It wasn't even a eukaryotic organism, just a prokaryotic one. How could such small algae affect the entire Earth?
However, the researchers immediately began to criticize Shen Feng's indifferent attitude: "Sir, please think carefully. Is blue-green algae really not important at all? Where does the oxygen on Earth come from?"
Shen Feng shrugged and said, "I know that. Plants perform photosynthesis, absorb carbon dioxide, and produce oxygen. Even junior high students know that. Do you need to test me?"
"Incorrect! Eighty percent of the Earth's oxygen comes from the ocean, from the blue-green algae in the ocean! If it were only the oxygen produced by surface plants, it would be impossible to compare with blue-green algae. From this perspective, the ocean is the origin of life, and it has never changed!" An old man pointed at Shen Feng's nose and said. Clearly, he was very dissatisfied with Shen Feng's amateur comments.
Hearing this explanation, Shen Feng realized his mistake. So eighty percent of the oxygen came from the ocean. He had always thought oxygen came from forests. Now it seemed he had been misled by textbooks for so many years.
However, having said that, although Shen Feng was wrong, he was unwilling to admit defeat and continued to say, "What's the use of you telling me this? Why has the blue-green algae in the ocean mutated? Did I do it? Speaking of which, you've been discharging nuclear wastewater all along. Perhaps it's the radioactive elements you discharged into the sea that caused the blue-green algae to mutate!"
"You, you, you, what evidence do you have?" The old professor became anxious upon hearing Shen Feng's counterattack, and his tone became somewhat weak.
Shen Feng pressed his advantage, continuing to point at the old professor's nose and say, "What evidence is needed? Only you dare to openly discharge nuclear wastewater globally. And now, the blue-green algae has mutated, it must be your fault. What, do you want to deny it? Or do you want to apologize?"
The old professor was pushed to his limit and couldn't stand such slander. He directly shouted, "It's impossible for nuclear wastewater to cause the mutation of blue-green algae. North America dropped more than sixty nuclear bombs on the Marshall Islands before, and radioactive elements have long entered the sea. If they were to mutate, they would have mutated long ago!"
"Oh, so you really intentionally discharged nuclear wastewater, then?" Shen Feng steered the topic back to the nuclear wastewater.
"Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. You're an outsider, and it's impossible to explain it to you!" The old professor flicked his sleeve and turned to leave, too lazy to bother with Shen Feng.