noffsinger Chapter 489 Hu Jingjing, Another Candidate
Chapter 489 Hu Jingjing, Another Candidate
The next day, nine o'clock.
The teleportation room became lively.
Number One received a message from inside the room that someone had arrived, and then went to tell Lu Youyou.
At this moment, Lu Youyou was sleeping soundly.
Perhaps due to the change in environment, Lu Youyou stayed up for a long time last night before falling asleep, and has only slept for less than five hours so far.
When she was woken up, her heart was pounding wildly, and she felt like she was about to die suddenly.
The clear voice of Number One rang in Lu Youyou's ears, making it impossible for her to understand its meaning.
Robot Number One was the most considerate. With stiff but quick movements, it poured Lu Youyou a cup of strong, 15x concentrated coffee and brought it to her bedside.
Lu Youyou rubbed her face vigorously, picked up her coffee, and gulped it down.
Her rusty brain started working again, and she remembered on her own without being reminded by Number One.
At nine o'clock today, the chieftains of several planets are coming to Wangxing to see her.
I looked up and saw it was 9:10.
Lu Youyou sprang to her feet with a quick movement and hurriedly tidied herself up.
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Outside, more than a dozen clan leaders were welcomed into the reception room by the welcoming robots and served with good food and drink.
From the moment the clan leaders sat down, their faces were tense and devoid of smiles.
The food on the table was completely untouched.
Time passes quickly.
The clan leaders were checking the time on their watches more and more frequently.
Finally, one of the clan leaders couldn't hold back any longer.
"What does she mean by this? I've heard that humans have a custom of making a big splash when a new official takes office, is she applying this to us?"
After one person complained, everyone else chimed in with their own complaints.
"That's the worst thing about humans. They always want to teach others a lesson. Even the former leader wasn't this arrogant on his first day in office."
"I told you we couldn't choose humans to be the adults of the universe. Look, all of humanity's tricks and schemes are out in the open!"
"Actually, I think Hu Jingjing from the Butterfly Family is quite good. She can give birth to several children at once, so there's no need to worry about the lineage dying out. I don't know why the previous leader didn't use her."
"Isn't it because he dislikes Hu Jingjing for having given birth? Or maybe it's because Hu Jingjing has her own biological parents, and he wants to find a powerless orphan to be his daughter and inherit the family business."
"Where did you get this information? As far as I know, the former leader and Hu Jingjing had a good relationship. I even heard that the leader intended to make Hu Jingjing the new leader. But then, for some reason, they created a survival world and started selecting humans."
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Everyone was talking at once, having a great time.
They didn't notice the hidden cameras in the robot's eyes.
It transmits the audio to the No. 1 robot chip, which then plays it for Lu Youyou.
Hearing everyone's dislike for her and their affection for Hu Jingjing, Lu Youyou looked serious.
"Is Hu Jingjing from the Butterfly Family? Are there any members of the Butterfly Family here?"
Number One stiffly shook his steel head.
No, the Butterfly Clan had a good relationship with the former master, but ever since the former master established the desolate planet as a trial world, the Butterfly Clan has stopped contacting him.
After hearing this, Lu Youyou didn't say anything, and was thinking about something in her mind.
She quickly tidied herself up and went to the reception room.
When the clan leaders, who had been chatting animatedly behind Lu Youyou's back, saw her, they all fell silent, like chickens with their necks choked.
Lu Youyou had no choice but to greet them first.
"Clan leaders, is there something you wish to say to me today?"
The old clan leaders looked at each other, but none of them spoke first.
Then an old man with ram horns on his head stepped forward and spoke in a low but fluent voice.
"Sir, I have something to say that I don't know if I should say it."
Lu Youyou crossed her arms and casually said, "If you don't know whether you should say it or not, then don't say it, lest you make me angry."
The goat chieftain hesitated, looked around but no one spoke up for him, chuckled awkwardly twice, and then spoke.
"Is that so, sir? Tomorrow is the one-month celebration for Hu Jingjing's fourth child. Everyone has received an invitation. I wonder if you have received one?"
Lu Youyou smiled: "Do I look like I've received this?"
The goat chieftain scratched his horns and, forcing himself to continue, continued speaking.
"The former leader once said that the Hu family was the family he trusted the most, and even the smallest happy event was worth celebrating personally, not to mention that Hu Jingjing gave birth to four children and all of them survived."
Lu Youyou understood what he meant; he wanted her to go and congratulate Hu Jingjing.
But the Hu family didn't send her an invitation, so why should she go there and invite them to her place?
Besides, from the footage Number One just showed her, Lu Youyou knew that Hu Jingjing was once one of the candidates for the position of adult.
Isn't that your competitor?
If she goes there, she shouldn't upset Hu Jingjing to the point of causing her any harm.
That would make the conflict even bigger.
She was determined not to go, and her refusal was unambiguous.
"That was a rule set by the previous leader. Now I am the manager of the universe. Since the Hu family didn't send me an invitation, I naturally don't need to go."
The goat chief hesitated, "But..."
He stopped mid-sentence, looked up at Lu Youyou, and seemed to be waiting for her to ask him a question.
Lu Youyou, however, did not comply with his wishes and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed.
The atmosphere cooled down.
The goat chieftain knew that Lu Youyou was difficult to talk to, so he tried to save face for himself.
“But now people of all races are watching you. If you overturn the previous leader’s rules as soon as you take office, there will definitely be people who will not accept you.”
Lu Youyou cut to the chase, saying bluntly, "Like you guys? You won't accept me as long as I don't go see Hu Jingjing?"
"No no no no!"
The other clan leaders couldn't stand it any longer and waved their hands in denial, speaking up for themselves.
"We just couldn't stand seeing our lord sitting in an empty seat, and we wanted to see what he thought. If it could help move things forward, that would be great."
"Yes, to put it bluntly, even though we are devoted to you, there are so many planets in the universe. If there is anyone who is not loyal to you, the entire management system will collapse."
"We also don't want to see the universe, which has worked so hard to maintain a good order, fall apart because of you, so we want to push things forward."
If you have the ability, everyone will respect you. If you don't, stepping down and letting Hu Jingjing maintain stability in the universe is a good thing.
"Anyway, we all have one point: anyone can be the leader, as long as it can stabilize the universe. It could be you, it could be Hu Jingjing, or it could be someone else."