Audley took Jiang Jianming's arm, and while leading him to the upper seat, he smiled and said, "That's great, I reserved a seat for you, I thought you wouldn't come just now."

Jiang Jianming looked around helplessly.Now he 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 fine to be commented on, but he was very embarrassed to mess up Audley's important banquet.

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

Audley insisted, "But you are a friend of Diana and me, if you are wronged in our house, wouldn't you be ashamed of yourself?"

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 honorable dining table is the seat of the owner, Audley, on the right is an empty seat for Diana, and on the opposite left there is another empty seat.

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

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

Just as Jiang Jianming sat down, he saw Audley pick up the knife and fork placed on the napkin very naturally, with the posture that he wanted to serve him personally.

This is going a little too far.

Jiang Jianming pressed Audley's wrist, shook his head and said in a low voice: "Don't do this, it's really not good. Did you just talk to someone in the middle?"

Audley: "It's okay, there is no one here who needs my attention except you and Diana."

Jiang Jianming frowned: "Lance."

Jiang Jianming emphasized his tone at first, and Audley immediately surrendered, with a gentle tone that seemed to be coaxing: "Don't be angry, don't be angry...then I won't accompany you, please feel free to chat with Diana in the back after eating,She misses you very much. I will also make time to find you as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Audley turned around to pick up a glass of wine from his seat, and gracefully returned to the side of the nobles who were halfway through the conversation.

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

It seems that as the most honorable old aristocrat, future heir candidate, young and promising patriarch... it is quite normal to entertain a commoner in such a humble manner.

Audley's attitude was so steady, the rest of the guests could only pretend that nothing happened no matter how much cold sweat broke out on their backs.The banquet quickly resumed its normal operation, but no one dared to disturb Jiang Jianming from enjoying his dinner.

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

Only Diana happily moved a chair over and sat down. Her whole body was like floating sweet bubbles, as if she wanted to roll in Jiang Jianming's arms immediately.

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

"Try that caramel canaret, it's very sweet, I'll get it for 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 alcohol, black tea? Coffee? Juice?"

"..." Jiang Jianming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wondered for a moment whether the pair of "brothers and sisters" had colluded with each other for a long time.

He persuaded Audley to leave, but he had no reason to drive Diana away, so he could only eat this overly delicious meal as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Jiang Jianming did not have political entertainment needs like the other guests present.After enjoying the free dinner, he went to say hello to Bemaner who was still flustered in the wind, and then left with Diana through the inner corridor.

As soon as the door was closed, the atmosphere suddenly changed.Diana and Jiang Jianming were the only two people in the wide and exquisitely 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? Well, come to my room first."

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

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

I saw that this is not a small study room, surrounded by built-in bookcases—or bookcase-like 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 known as "Cuscus Flower" and "Doll".

At a glance, the spines of those books are mostly titles related to keywords such as "consciousness", "spirit", "intelligence", and "soul".

"You have a lot more books."

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 will grow up."

Diana looked down.

Few people know that she likes to delve into these things, but she deliberately keeps people from knowing.She doesn't like to let her love become a tool and a breakthrough for others to try to curry favor with herself and her brother.

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

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

He lifted it up and smiled at Diana: "Can I take a look, Miss Scholar? Although I don't know how many pages I can see this time."

Jiang Jianming always believed that the acquaintance with Diana was half accidental.

That day, it was Lai An who brought him to the Lance family.The crown prince was talking with Lord Audley in the drawing room, and he was free to walk in the back garden of the Lance family at will.

On a pleasant spring morning, the flowers were in full bloom and the vines climbed up the white fence.Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and Jiang Jianming saw a stack of paper manuscripts being blown away on the refreshment table not far away, flying around.

Out of goodwill, Jiang Jianming stooped to pick up the dozen or so pieces of paper that had been blown away one by one.

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

The warm sun illuminated the printed characters, which read "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 characters, there were delicate handwriting on it, comments, deletions...

Obviously, this is an academic paper under refinement.

Signed is Diana Lance.

...

Half an hour later, the girl with long silver hair was out of breath and trot into the garden with her long skirt.

Poor Miss Diana was on the verge of crying, just because as soon as she heard that there was a distinguished visitor today, she was afraid of seeing strangers and immediately ran and hid in her study.

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

Bless the God of Crystal Particles, let her safely get back the manuscript she wrote after staying up all night for half a month.

The most important thing is, don't run into customers.

However, when Diana arrived in the garden, her vision went dark on the spot.

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

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

Guest, guest - saw her article!!

Miss Diana's cheeks blushed instantly, and she felt like a steamed crab.

She bit her lip and walked in front of the young man, twisting the corners of her skirt with her hands, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "Please don't...don't...look."

The black-haired boy raised his head, glanced at her, and apologized with eyebrows furrowed: "Sorry, I was rude, this topic is rare, and I can't help it at the moment."

Hearing the other party speak like this, Diana turned slightly pale.

She lowered her eyelashes, a look of disgust flashed in her eyes.

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

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

What she got was nothing but hypocritical flattery. In the eyes of everyone, she was just a dodder attached to her brother. Who would believe that a noble lady who is so charming and pampered would love those obscure academic knowledge?

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

Some people pretend to be amazed, pointing to an entry-level point of view and clapping their hands pretending to understand.

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

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

"What a coincidence, I'm also interested in this field. The Professor Qian you mentioned here, will he have a speech in Vassen Star City next month? Will you have the honor to attend with Miss Diana?"

Some people tried to establish a relationship with her, and they didn't even know that the "Professor Qian" quoted in her article had died of illness for eight years.

As for the professor who gave a speech in Vassen Star City, his topic seems to be - "Looking at the status of animal husbandry in the late ancient blue star era from the postpartum care of sows".

Behind his back, he laughed and said, what kind of academic research.

The whim of the squeamish Eldest Young Lady.

Thinking of those unbearable memories, Diana's little face became even uglier.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 looked away from him without hesitation.

"Is that Miss Diana? What you write is so profound that it's beyond my knowledge. I can't read it from the tenth page on."

The black-haired boy's voice was clear and steady. Although he said sorry, there was no fluctuation in his tone.He turned his gaze back to the manuscript, and turned a few pages with his fingers.

"What do you mean when you write here, 'The success of the projection of spiritual consciousness is only limited by the fit of its carrier base, not by the species itself that carries the base'?"

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

Diana froze completely.

"No...it's not. Ah, I can't say no..."

She was in a hurry and stammered to explain it with 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 Karen, he gave a lecture in Kaios last month, talking about the mind control system of mechs. He said that the biggest difficulty in realizing mind manipulation is not connecting the central nervous system of the brain with the machine armor.The operation of the A control system itself, but how to ensure the stability and non-harm between the two after connection.”

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

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

Diana stood there staring at him blankly.

Her eyes were sore, and suddenly tears kept falling down like beads with a broken thread.

It was the first time that someone not only saw the text written by her, but also understood the text written by her, instead of the signature of "Lance" under the text.

It was also the first time that someone was clearly talking to her, but they didn't look at her more, but set their eyes on the paper that condensed her painstaking efforts.

That day, Diana, who was out of control, held Jiang Jianming and cried for an entire hour.Jiang Jianming was completely confused, his head was getting dizzy from her, and he almost suspected that the girl would faint from crying.

Soon, Lai An and Audley also arrived.

Later, Jiang Jianming found out that some people advocated that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should marry the Lance family.

So, for such a long time just now, Audley and Lai An were sternly looking at each other in the reception room——

"I warn you, Diana is still young, even if you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't even try to touch my sister", "Then I also warn you, Diana Lance cannot be the Crown Princess, the Lance family had better not haveThe delusion of what should be"... repeating such a tug-of-war with no clear meaning.

But soon, Audley and Lai An could only look at Diana with complicated emotions, like a puppet cat with activated attributes, clinging to Jiang Jianming every day.

...

In the study, the conversation between Jiang Jianming and Diana lasted for nearly two hours.

Countless materials were moved out by Diana, and several smart brain display screens were lit up at the same time, piles of study rooms were all over the floor.

Finally, the two of them communicated very well.

Jiang Jianming raised his head and squeezed the center of his eyebrows, and smiled wryly: "I have a little headache, but I can barely...understand it."

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

There were three serious knocks on the door, and the voice belonged to the young Lance Patriarch at the banquet.

"Jiang, I've been waiting for a long time."

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

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

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

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

But now, an elegant silver-gray silk long dress is worn on the body of a handsome woman, with her slightly protruding breasts and red lips that have been redone with makeup, silently showing her true gender.

Audrey pursed her lips and smiled, walked up 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."

——That’s right, this is a secret that is rarely known even by the upper echelons of the empire.The young head of the Lance family is not Master Audley, but Miss Audley.

Audrey sat down beside Jiang Jianming calmly. She stroked her short hair and took off her silk gloves, revealing her smooth skin and slender wrists.

——And, it's not new humans, but crippled humans.

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

"Humans always have a self-righteous problem. When they see through a secret, they will subconsciously think that this is the truth, causing them to ignore the second secret."

Audrey once said, "When some people find out that I am actually a woman, they will think they have a handle on me and give up thinking about other details."

At this moment, Diana also took off her sister's white silk gloves of the same style, and pieces of small silver crystals were impressively condensed on her wrists.

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

No, aside from the ingenious blinding magic, this generation of bloodline continuators of the Lance family...

The handicapped human elder sister who supports the family with Wujing's fragile body, and the new human younger sister who quietly hides under the protection of her elder sister and is obsessed with academics.