Chapter 72 Old Friends (2)

Audley grabbed Jiang Jianming's arm, led him to the seat above, and said with a smile, "That's great, I reserved a seat for you. I thought you weren't coming."

Jiang Jianming looked around helplessly. This really became the focus of the audience, he whispered: "It's too exaggerated, you don't have to take care of me like this."

He knew that his clothes were inappropriate today, and it was nothing to be talked about, but he messed up Audley's important banquet, which was very embarrassing.

"Sorry, I know you don't like this kind of situation."

Audley insisted, "But you are a friend of mine and Diana. Wouldn't you be embarrassing yourself if you were wronged in our family?"

In the blink of an eye, the black-haired youth had been pushed to the innermost part of the hall by the young rulers of the Lance family.

On the front of this most prestigious table is the seat of the owner, Audley, on the right is an empty seat for Diana, and there is an empty seat on the opposite left.

Now, Audley pulled out the chair for him, silently saying please sit with his sincere eyes.

"Have you not eaten dinner yet? At least sit down and eat something first. You are not in good health, so you can't be sloppy... Come."

Jiang Jianming sat down when he saw Audley pick up the knife and fork placed on the napkin very naturally, as if he wanted to prepare vegetables for him himself.

This is a bit over the top.

Jiang Jianming held Audley's wrist, shook his head and whispered, "Don't be like this, it's really not good. Did you talk to someone halfway just now?"

Audley: "It doesn't matter, there is no one here who needs my attention except you and Diana."

Jiang Jianming frowned: "Lance."

Jiang Jianming intensified his tone at first, and Audley immediately surrendered, with a tone so gentle as to coax others: "Don't be angry, don't be angry... Then I won't accompany you, please feel free. After eating, go to the back and chat with Diana, She misses you so much. I'll make time for you as soon as possible."

Having said that, Audley turned to his seat to pick up a glass of wine, and gracefully returned to the side of the nobles who had just talked halfway.

As if nothing had happened... no, as if nothing "abnormal" had happened.

It seems that as the most honored old nobleman, a candidate for the future crown prince, a young and promising family owner... It is normal to treat a commoner in such a low voice.

Audley's attitude was so calm, no matter how much cold sweat broke out on the back of the rest of the guests, they could only pretend that nothing happened. The banquet soon resumed its normal operation, but no one dared to disturb Jiang Jianming to enjoy his dinner.

"Jing... Jiang, can I sit next to you?"

Only Diana happily moved a chair over and sat down. She felt like bubbles were floating all over her body, as if she could not wait to roll in Jiang Jianming's arms immediately.

"The temperature outside is very low today. Are you cold? Have some pumpkin porridge to warm your stomach, please. I'll serve you a bowl."

"Try that caramel Canale, it's very sweet, I'll bring it to you."

"By the way, what kind of wine does Jiang like to drink? I'll ask Horn to open a good bottle for you... If you don't drink, black tea? Coffee? Juice?"

"..." Jiang Jianming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wondered whether the "brother and sister" had colluded long ago.

He persuaded Audley to leave, but there was no reason to drive Diana away, so he had to eat this too delicious meal as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Jiang Jianming did not have political entertainment needs like the rest of the guests present. After enjoying the free dinner, he went to say hello to Berman, who was still messy in the wind, and left the corridor of the inner door with Diana.

As soon as the door closed, the atmosphere suddenly changed. There were only Diana and Jiang Jianming in the spacious and well-decorated corridor, and there were two long shadows under the wall lamp.

"Diana, wait a moment." Jiang Jianming stopped in the corridor and said to her, "Actually, this time, I'm not here to find your brother, but to you."

Diana was surprised: "Me?"

Jiang Jianming nodded: "Yes, Diana, I want to know something about human consciousness and memory, and I need your knowledge."

Diana: "Really, I can help you? Then first... um, come to my house first."

The two came to Diana's study, and the girl opened the door with both hands.

The luxury houses of the Lance family are all designed in retro style, and the sense of technology is very light. The two thick doors were manually pushed open, and the scene inside came into view.

I saw that this was not a small study, with built-in bookcases on all sides—or bookcase-style walls.

Various collections of books, printed documents, chip boxes, brain racks... The walls are filled to the brim, making it hard to believe that this is the study of a young noble lady called "Dodder" and "Doll".

At a glance, most of those book spines are titled with keywords such as "consciousness", "spirit", "intelligence", and "soul".

"You have a lot more books in your collection."

Jiang Jianming sighed with emotion: "Are you really not considering entering the Black Shark Base?"

Diana tugged at her sleeves and whispered embarrassingly, "I...I still can't bear to part with my brother."

Jiang Jianming patted her on the head: "Your brother spoils you too much, but little princess, you always have to grow up."

Diana bowed her head.

Few people know that she likes to delve into these things, and she deliberately does not let people know. She doesn't like to let her love become a tool and a breakthrough for others to try to flatter herself and her brother.

Even when she was studying in the Third Academy of Kaios, the School of Engineering and Intelligence Research, she would deliberately press the score in the exam and try to reduce her sense of existence.

Jiang Jianming sat down on a chair in the study, and picked up a stack of paper full of words on the table.

He raised it and smiled at Diana: "Can I have a look, Miss Scholar? Although I don't know which page I can see this time."

Jiang Jianming always thought that meeting Diana was half accidental.

That day, it was Lance's house that Ryan brought him. The Crown Prince was speaking with His Excellency Audley in the parlour, and he was freed to take a walk in the back garden of Lance's house.

On a pleasant spring morning, the flowers are in full bloom, and the creeping grass climbs the white fence. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and Jiang Jianming saw a stack of paper documents being blown away and flying everywhere on the refreshment table not far away.

In good faith, Jiang Jianming bent over the dozen or so sheets of paper that had been blown around and picked them up one by one.

He originally wanted to put it back on the table and pick up a small stone to hold it down, but he was suddenly attracted by the title on the first page—

The warm sun illuminates the printed font, which reads "On the Feasibility of the Application of Spiritual Consciousness Projection Technology in the Field of Holographic Perception".

Jiang Jianming couldn't help flipping through it twice. In addition to the printed fonts, there were also delicate handwriting on it, comments, deletions...

Obviously, this is an academic paper in the process of being refined.

Signed by Diana Lance.

...

Half an hour later, the girl with long silver hair was panting and trotted into the garden with her long skirt in hand.

Poor Miss Diana was about to cry, because when she heard that there was a distinguished guest visiting today, she immediately ran and hid in her study because she was afraid of seeing strangers.

But she... the article she revised halfway... was left in the garden carelessly by her!

The god of crystal particles bless her, let her take back the manuscript that stayed up late and wrote for half a month safely.

The most important thing is to never run into a guest.

However, when Diana arrived at the garden, her eyes were darkened on the spot.

I saw a black-haired boy dressed as a military cadet standing in front of the small rattan table beside the fence with flowers and plants.

The sunlight outlined the outline of the bridge of his nose, he half lowered his head, and what he was holding in his hand was the manuscript of her dissertation.

Guest, guest - saw her article! !

Miss Diana blushed instantly, feeling like a steamed crab.

She bit her lip and walked in front of the boy, her hands twisting the corners of her skirt, and her voice was like a mosquito: "Please don't...don't...look."

The black-haired boy raised his head, glanced at her, and raised his eyebrows in apology: "I'm sorry, I'm rude, this topic is rare, and I can't help it for a while."

Hearing the other party speak like this, Diana's face paled slightly.

She lowered her eyelashes, a glimmer of disgust flashing in her eyes.

... This is a familiar opening statement, and she can guess that the next sentence must be flattering.

That's why she doesn't like to reveal her hobbies to outsiders.

What she got was only hypocritical flattery. In everyone's eyes, she was just relying on her brother's dodder. Who would believe that a pampered noble lady would love those obscure academic knowledge?

"Miss Diana is really a genius, she knows such profound knowledge!"

Some people pretend to be amazed, and point to an entry-level point of view without knowing it.

"As expected of the little princess of the Lance family, oh, the last time I saw this word was at an academic meeting of a group of gray-haired old men. Our young lady is young..."

Some people touted it vigorously, although the word was made up by her now, and it was written clearly in the small print of the annotation.

"It's a coincidence, I'm also interested in this field. Professor Qian you mentioned here, will he have a speech in Wasson Star City next month? Would you be lucky enough to go with Miss Diana?"

Some people tried to have a relationship with her, not even knowing that the "Professor Qian" quoted in her article had died of illness for eight years.

As for the professor who gave a speech in Wasson Star City, his topic seemed to be-“Looking at the state of animal husbandry in the later period of the ancient Lanxing era from the postpartum care of sows”.

Secretly, he said with a smile, what academic research.

The squeamish lady is just on a whim.

Thinking of those unbearable memories, Diana's little face was even more ugly. She raised her eyes angrily, waiting for what the boy in front of her would say.

But he was stunned to find that the other party took his eyes away from him without any reluctance.

"Isn't it Miss Diana? What you've written is so esoteric, it's beyond my knowledge, and I can't read it since page ten."

The black-haired boy's voice was clear and steady. Although he said sorry, there was no tone fluctuation. He cast his eyes back on the manuscript again, and his fingers actually turned a few pages.

"What do you mean by what you wrote here, 'the success of spiritual consciousness projection is only limited by the fit of its carrier substrate, not by the species itself that carries the substrate'?"

"Does it mean that it is possible for a creature's consciousness to transfer to another creature of a different species than its own?"

Diana was completely stunned.

"No... No. Ah, I can't say no..."

She was in a hurry and stammered to explain it in a series of esoteric academic terms in her mind, but because she was too nervous, she didn't know what she was talking about in the end.

The black-haired boy chuckled helplessly: "I still don't understand, forget it, I'm too stupid."

"Do you know Professor Cullen, last month he gave a lecture at Kaios about the mind manipulation system of mecha. He said that the biggest difficulty in realizing mind manipulation is not to connect the central nervous system of the brain with the machine The operation itself of the A control system is how to ensure the stability of the two and not harm each other after they are connected."

He turned the paper manuscript in his hand two more pages and pointed to a certain line: "It's a bit similar to the fourth point you talked about here, but you discuss it from a different angle..."

"I couldn't finish the lecture at that time for some reason. If you don't mind, I would like to hear your opinion. Do you think the mental manipulation of mechas may be put into practical use in the military within ten years?"

Diana stood there staring blankly at him.

Her eyes were sore, and suddenly the tears kept falling like beads with broken strings.

It was the first time that someone not only saw the text she wrote, but also understood the text she wrote, not the signature of "Lance" under the text.

It was also the first time that someone was clearly talking to her, but instead of looking at her, their eyes fell on the paper with her hard work.

That day, Diana, who was out of control, hugged Jiang Jianming and cried for a whole hour. Jiang Jianming was completely at a loss, and her head was so big that she almost suspected that the girl would faint from crying.

Soon, Ryan and Audley arrived.

Only later did Jiang Jianming know that it turned out that some people advocated for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to marry the Lance family.

So, after all that time, Audley and Ryan were stern to each other in the reception room—

"I warn you, Diana is still young, even if you are the Crown Prince, don't want to touch my sister." "Then I also warn you, Diana Lance can't be a princess, and the Lance family had better not have any trouble. Delusions as they should be"... Repeating such a tug-of-war and meaningless tug-of-war.

But soon, Audley and Ryan could only watch Diana with mixed feelings, like a ragdoll cat with activated attributes, sticking to Jiang Jianming every day.

...

In the study, Jiang Jianming's conversation with Diana lasted for nearly two hours.

Countless materials were moved out by Diana, several Smart Brain displays were lit up at the same time, and the pile of study was all over the floor.

Finally, the two of them communicated with each other.

Jiang Jianming raised his head, pinched his eyebrows, and smiled bitterly: "It's a bit of a headache, but barely... I understand."

Footsteps came from the corridor outside and stopped outside the door of the study.

The knock on the door was three rigorous, and the voice belonged to the young Lance Patriarch at the banquet.

"Ginger, it's been a long wait."

Diana turned her head and said happily, "Brother, come in quickly."

The door opened, and a silver-gray figure entered.

Jiang Jianming looked back and smiled: "Huh? Why did you change your clothes?"

——The person who came in was indeed the person in charge of the Lance family.

Today, however, an elegant silver-gray silk dress is worn on the body of the handsome woman, her slightly raised breasts and red lips that have been repainted, silently showing her true gender.

Audrey pursed her lips and smiled. She walked to Jiang Jianming with her long dress in her arms, and deliberately raised her skirt.

"Of course it's because I want to see my best friend with his true face."

——Yes, this is a secret that the upper class of the Empire rarely knows. The young head of the Lance family is not Master Audley, but Miss Audley.

Audrey sat down next to Jiang Jianming, she stroked her short hair and took off her silk gloves, revealing her smooth skin and slender wrists.

——And, not new humans, but disabled humans.

Jiang Jianming couldn't help but smile, saying that he missed the trick of wearing gloves to cover his wrists, which he still learned from Audrey.

"Humans always have the problem of self-righteousness. When they see through a secret, they will subconsciously think that this is the truth, which leads to ignoring the second secret."

Audrey once said, "When some people find out that I'm actually a woman, they think they've got my hands on me and give up thinking about other details."

At this moment, Diana also took off the white silk gloves of the same style as her sister, and a piece of silver small spar was condensed on her wrist.

The "brother and sister" of the Lance family, the new human elite brother and the weak and cowardly human sister?

No, remove the ingenious blindfold magic, this generation of Lance's bloodline continuation...

It is the disabled human sister who supports the family with Wu Jing's fragile body, and the new human sister who quietly hides under the protection of her sister and is obsessed with academics.