“Um, well…” Jiang Miao didn’t know how to start. Discussing the matter of having a child with a man she was meeting for the first time felt a bit awkward.
Yan He’s eyes flickered slightly, and he spoke, “I’ve read through your terms of cooperation, and I have no objections. Besides these, do you have any other requirements?”
Actually, she had known from their previous phone call that his voice was pleasant, but long-distance signal transmission across galaxies could cause some distortion. During the final call, Jiang Miao was nervous and didn’t pay much attention to the voice. Now, with Yan He sitting beside her and speaking up close, she was almost floored by his deep and clear voice!
While she hadn’t personally verified other aspects of him, a person combining good looks, physique, and a perfect voice had to have a high genetic score!
“No, no, I should be the one asking you.” Jiang Miao nervously said, “Those terms are my requirements. So, Major, do you have any requests?”
Yan He remained calm and said, “I only hope that this cooperation can proceed as quickly and smoothly as possible.”
Jiang Miao blinked.
As soon as possible? Is it that urgent?
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Like a woman in a merchant family who knows not the nation’s sorrow, singing songs of her backyard flowers across the river, Jiang Miao involuntarily recalled this line of poetry.
In fact, she knew that the Gita Republic had been at war all along. News occasionally reported on the situation at the front. However, this war had been going on for many years intermittently. It was said that there was a ceasefire for forty years before, and then somehow it resumed, and this time it had been more than sixty years.
But, as Yan He said, the Capital Star Cluster was prosperous, full of life and entertainment. People living here hardly felt the impact of the war. The news reports were like passing winds, leaving no trace.
“I thought,” Yan He continued, “that working in a place like Allison, you would have a better understanding of the front line.”
Jiang Miao’s forehead lightly perspired.
“No, even though we are in the defense industry, but… in the laboratory, we only focus on overcoming our own challenges,” Jiang Miao explained.
They were well aware that the projects in their hands would eventually become weapons or part of weapons, all with military value. However, most people were content knowing just that; as for the specific purpose of these weapons… most preferred not to dwell on it.
In their industry, overthinking was not a good idea.
Yan He nodded, indicating understanding.
He took a sip of black tea and set down the teacup. “So, for the next month, I’ll be bothering you.”
Although the conversation had only lasted for less than ten minutes, Jiang Miao’s mood had changed. She was much calmer now, no longer filled with impulsive enthusiasm.
She also set down her cup, stood up, and said, “Then please follow me, let’s take a look at the house first.”
Yan He followed Jiang Miao as she stood up, put on her hat, and led him on a tour of her house.
In the terms they both agreed upon, they negotiated to raise the child in Jiang Miao’s house. So, Jiang Miao showing Yan He around her house was, in essence, allowing him to “inspect” it.
Yan He was not polite either. He followed Jiang Miao, entering a room after her.
“This is a multifunctional room. I installed a simulated system with neural feedback, which can be used for watching TV and movies or playing games. In the future, it can also serve as the child’s playroom,” Jiang Miao explained.
Yan He glanced around and nodded.
“This is the fitness room.” Jiang Miao led Yan He into the second room.
This time, Yan He seemed more interested. He walked in and took a look. In addition to several pieces of fitness equipment, there was also a home-use swimming pool resembling a large bathtub.
Although the pool was small, the water circulated with controllable speed. When swimming inside, it gave the illusion of moving in place, but it served as an effective exercise.
Yan He’s gaze swept over the equipment, but he was soon drawn to the delicate instruments in the four corners of the room.
“Dr. Jiang is from a high-gravity planet?” he turned and asked.
When Yan He scrutinized the gravity field generator, Jiang Miao was already feeling uneasy. Unfortunately, good feelings often turned out to be illusions, and bad feelings tended to come true.
Most people wouldn’t casually recognize a gravity field generator. But Yan He recognized it without much effort.
Just great!
“Uh, well…” Jiang Miao made a nasal sound, and Yan He spoke.
He said, “What a coincidence, I was born on a high-gravity planet too.”
“Huh?” Jiang Miao was somewhat surprised and then breathed a sigh of relief. “Really? That’s so coincidental?”
Since Yan He entered, he had maintained a serious, almost cold expression. Now, a faint smile finally appeared at the corner of his lips.
“Women from high-gravity planets don’t like others to know they come from high-gravity planets, right?” he quirked his lips and asked.
“No choice,” Jiang Miao shrugged and complained, “When you guys go to standard gravity planets, girls say, ‘Strong and secure.’ For us, every guy says, ‘Jiang, you’re a good person.'”
Yan He pressed down on the brim of his hat, hiding the smile.
The initially serious and tense atmosphere thawed, and the interaction between the two became much more relaxed.
Jiang Miao’s gaze lingered on his well-defined, slender fingers and the firm line of his jaw. She turned and headed outside, saying, “And there’s the bedroom…”
“This is my bedroom.” Jiang Miao pushed open the door.
Yan He hesitated for a moment. In theory, he shouldn’t casually enter Jiang Miao’s private bedroom.
Jiang Miao turned around and said, “Take a look, because I plan to have the child stay with me in this bedroom for the first three years.”
Most people with the means would have a separate room for the baby from the moment they were born. Although each room in Jiang Miao’s house now had a specific purpose, with over two hundred square meters to work with, even if she didn’t want to sacrifice the current use of the rooms, she could easily make adjustments.
Adding a partition, constructing a new room, and a bit of decoration—it’s something that could be done in just a couple of days, quite simple.
“Well, about raising a child, I’ve done some research,” Jiang Miao fabricated with an air of seriousness. “There is evidence suggesting that when a child lives closely with their parents during the early years and receives timely comfort when needed, their personality becomes more confident and resolute as they grow up. This theory is quite popular and widely accepted by the public in the Capital Star Cluster.”
This was purely nonsense.
People here don’t care about children at night!
When Jiang Miao was still a baby, she woke up crying a couple of times in the middle of the night, hoping to summon Zhang Ya or Mr. Coso. However, what came was a simulated mechanical hand.
In the pitch-black middle of the night, a large hand shoved a bottle into your mouth, and it patted and prodded you! Jiang Miao, being new to the world at that time, was not familiar with this kind of treatment and was scared into developing a psychological shadow!
She would never let her child undergo such treatment!
Jiang Miao fabricated a bunch of nonsense, using her status as a Ph.D. to endorse her own fabrication.
Her experiences in both worlds told her that those inclined toward physicality tended to unquestioningly follow things related to “science” and “theory” when encountering them.
Yan He belonged to the physicality group, while Jiang Miao was inclined toward intellect.
As expected, Yan He almost didn’t doubt at all and readily accepted Dr. Jiang’s unfounded claims.
“Okay, please take good care of this aspect. If there’s anything I’m doing wrong, feel free to correct me,” he said earnestly.
His serious attitude showed that he genuinely regarded childbirth as something to be treated with utmost care.
Jiang Miao felt like she had hit the jackpot this time!
From the initial contact to the present moment, she hadn’t seen any flaws in Yan He!
From innate physiological conditions to acquired values and character upbringing, there was not a single aspect that didn’t meet her expectations!
This month, no matter what, she must get him to sign the cooperation agreement!
No running away!
Yan He didn’t know why Dr. Jiang’s gaze suddenly became intense when she looked at him.
Although that look wasn’t like a woman looking at a man, more like looking at a bowl of delicious braised pork when hungry, it still felt awkward.
Yan He turned his head and asked, “What about my bedroom…?”
“Oh, right!” Jiang Miao perked up, “Over here, this is your bedroom! It has a separate bathroom with both a water shower and an ultrasonic bath. Take a look and let me know if there’s anything else you need. Don’t be shy.”
Yan He looked around and noticed that the color scheme and decoration style of the bedroom were quite different from Jiang Miao’s bedroom and the living room, clearly redecorated specifically for him.
“Thank you for the trouble,” he took off his hat and held it, expressing gratitude, “I really like this style.”
Oh, it’s been noticed.
At that time, Jiang Miao’s brain was overheated, thinking that she must accommodate the other party and get things done no matter what. Now, of course, she was still firmly fixated on Yan He, but she felt a bit embarrassed.
What Tanaka said was right; going too far would make things unnatural.
Jiang Miao blushed a bit, scratched her face, and asked, “So, would you like to take a rest now? Are you hungry? We can have a meal anytime if you’re hungry.”
Yan He checked the time on his wristband and said, “It’s still early. Can we do it in half an hour?”
“No problem,” Jiang Miao said, “Regarding meals, any dietary restrictions?”
“No restrictions, no allergies,” Yan He said, “Feel free with the menu. Basically, there’s nothing I can’t eat.”
It sounded a bit funny. Jiang Miao wanted to laugh, but she had the intuition that Yan He wasn’t joking. His words even carried a sense of seriousness.
Although this person exuded a serious and cold aura from head to toe, there always seemed to be another meaning in his words.
Jiang Miao resisted the urge to laugh.
Sansukini: He’s basically her ideal man.
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