Chapter 1246: Chapter 1246: The Business World

Principal Qu lowered his posture, clearly showing he wouldn’t argue with Hong Jiang, the barbarian, especially with others watching him like the host Yang Zhi, Niu Houdao, and others. Hence, Hong Jiang returned to his seat, picked up his teacup, and drank his tea.

The atmosphere revived.

Moreover, those who used the restroom as an excuse to leave returned and, following signals from the Military Academy’s Principal Yang Zhi, intentionally shuffled the seating arrangement to separate Hong Jiang and Qu Hongqiang.

With some distance in between them, one side intended to keep peace, and the other didn’t deliberately cause trouble again, allowing the tea room’s mood to gradually recover.

Representatives from various universities drank tea, sipped wine, watched students compete, and commented on their performances.

...

Everything seemed to return to its original track, with Principal Qu becoming increasingly silent, while Hong Jiang, as usual, was lively in the hustle and bustle of eating and drinking.

Niu Houdao elbowed Hong Jiang, lowered his voice, and asked, "Hey, Old Hong, why did you think about provoking Old Qu today?"

Hong Jiang paused slightly with his teacup, his smile remained, his face still showing that reckless look, saying, "I’ve been annoyed with him for a while."

Niu Houdao: "..."

You’re annoyed, so you provoke him?

Niu Houdao held back his breath and said, "I’ve been annoyed with you for a long time."

"That’s different," Hong Jiang replied.

Niu Houdao: "???

Hong Jiang said, "You absent-minded old man, you don’t have the ability to make me even take a glance or be on guard."

Niu Houdao: "..."

Niu Houdao angrily slapped the table, swearing, "If you don’t manage that mouth, you’ll die from it one day."

Hong Jiang didn’t mind at all, smilingly said, "Having a sharp tongue is a skill too. Unlike you, you can’t fight, can’t argue...can’t do anything."

Niu Houdao took several deep breaths, wanted to give up, but under Yang Zhi’s gaze, he had to continue enduring in silence and asked, "Do you really have the Heavenly Dog in your hands?"

The unspoken question between the two fell completely into Hong Jiang’s eyes. He pressed the rim of the tea to the corner of his lips, smiled, and said, "No need for eye signals with Old Yang, just ask. My greatest quality is honesty and enthusiasm."

Niu Houdao: "..."

Yang Zhi, several meters away, twitched his mouth.

Niu Houdao was quite annoyed, decided not to hide and asked, "Besides Heavenly Dog, what else do you have?"

Hong Jiang shook his head, said, "Nothing more."

Niu Houdao didn’t believe and looked at him with small eyes.

Hong Jiang shook his leg, but his face was serious, said, "The Heavenly Dog I have, I said it’s crippled, I’m not lying to you because someone took the most important gene chip from it."

Niu Houdao: "!!!"

Others who had been watching Hong Jiang closely all widened their eyes.

Instantly, everyone turned to Qu Hongqiang, who kept his eyes down.

Qu Hongqiang’s eyelids twitched, his mouth moved a bit, but ultimately he didn’t say anything, didn’t explain.

"Who took it?" Someone stood up suddenly and asked.

Hong Jiang shook his head, smiled, said, "Old Qu said he didn’t take it."

Principal Qu’s face darkened like a pot bottom again.

Disgusting, right?

Need your help to clarify? Busybody, no good intention.

Principal Qu kept his eyes down, shaking his head, "It wasn’t me."

He finished speaking, lowered his eyelids again, acting as if uninvolved.

Everyone stared at Hong Jiang.

Hong Jiang said, "What I have is just the shell of Heavenly Dog, the core chip is missing. Thanks to Dean Mu, Heavenly Dog was sent to the Alliance Research Institute, where they barely managed to make a substitute chip for it. However, a substitute is only a substitute, it only has the shell of Heavenly Dog, and it’s not the real Heavenly Dog."

Hmm?

With this, everyone felt like a loud rumble in their ears!

Heavenly Dog got a new chip?

Then—

Hong Jiang said, "So, it’s no longer a Biological Mecha."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Some thought simply, some thought complexly; Heavenly Dog is not a Biological Mecha because it lost its core gene chip. So, who took that thing?

Enemy country?

Interstellar pirates?

Star Beast?

...

What’s the purpose?

Niu Houdao frowned, asked, "Is Heavenly Dog in your hands? Take it out for everyone to see."

Hong Jiang shook his head, said, "With its reduced power, I have no use for it, so I’ve already given it to the students."

He used the term "students," seemingly to suggest it was given to more than one person.

Niu Houdao: "..."

Niu Houdao trembled with his hands, "You give such an important mech to students? To play house?"

Hong Jiang laughed, "What’s mine, I can give to whoever I want. Once given, it’s theirs; they can use it for house play, kicking balls, washing clothes, cooking, cleaning... whatever they want."

Niu Houdao took a deep breath, said, "You’re destroying historical artifacts!"

Hong Jiang turned his head, glanced at Niu Houdao, smiled, "Old Liu, don’t be so excited. This artifact has been appraised only to have ornamental value, no other utility, so it’s not valuable anymore."

A lady behind Niu Houdao said, "But it’s still an artifact. It’s the only Biological Mecha remnants."

Hong Jiang smiled, "Everyone, don’t be excited. The Alliance Research Institute can already mass-produce the same shell material as Heavenly Dog. If you truly love this kind of artifact, you can place an order at the Alliance Research Institute’s store on Star Network."

Everyone: "..."

Niu Houdao scratched his ears, thinking he misheard, "Are you joking?"

Hong Jiang replied, "Niu Houdao, do you want to order? Mention my name, and you’ll get a 10% discount."

Niu Houdao: "..."

Qu Hongqiang, who had remained silent, was now surprised and raised his head, looking genuinely astonished.

Others, watching the developments of this scene, seemed to suddenly have an epiphany!

Hong Jiang went through all this effort to sell Heavenly Dog imitations?

Wants to do business?

Hong Jiang smiled at everyone, said, "Actually, I really don’t intend to do business; I just wanted to repair the Heavenly Dog, but couldn’t, so I incidentally made some other products.

It turns out, these are quite popular, as my bunch of brats really love them."

Everyone fell silent, some who were more impatient had already logged into the official Star Network store of the Alliance Research Institute, finding that it was indeed true.

There really are imitations of Heavenly Dog available for purchase.

Looking at the price, it’s not cheap at all; the lowest priced one costs 100,000 credit points, while the highest goes up to 3 million. Additionally, note that the 100,000 one is just a model and cannot be used.

So, the entire tea room’s atmosphere, can’t quite be described with words.

Hong Jiang looked at everyone warmly, keeping on reminding, "Remember to mention my name; it’s really discounted."

Everyone: "..."