Chapter 137: Main Story 11 Interlude! [Void Heavens, Lone Moon]
After formalizing his relationship with Seele, Su Mu's life didn't undergo any massive changes. He remained as busy as usual, occasionally attending meetings and spending his free time scouting for potential studios to further expand miHoYo's scale.
Seele had been hovering around Su Mu lately at Elysia's request—a fact everyone in the office was aware of. Therefore, the miHoYo employees didn't suspect anything was amiss. Currently, this underground romance was known only to Seele and Su Mu.
Su Mu was someone who could adjust his mindset quickly. While the romance with Seele had caught him off guard, he rapidly adapted and returned to his daily work and life routine. However, since he was no longer single, he began to pay attention to certain boundaries.
For instance, when a tipsy Big Sister Himeko found she could no longer open Su Mu's door, she discovered he had changed the locks, causing her to huff in indignation.
"What if I die alone in my house! You heartless little brat, is it really that hard to look after your drunk sister?!"
Su Mu rolled his eyes. "You know it's dangerous to be drunk; wouldn't drinking less solve the problem?"
With that, he closed the door, leaving behind a pensive Himeko.
"This kid... suddenly changing the locks? Hmm... could he be dating?" Himeko's expression turned quite subtle. "Bronya? Kiana? No, no, an idiot like Kiana is impossible... so it has to be Bronya, right? But then again, with so many beautiful girls at miHoYo, any of them is a possibility."
Himeko stretched her full body. "Well then~ I don't want to be a third wheel to the youngsters~ Guess I'll go home~" Himeko wasn't a killjoy; she knew naturally not to cause trouble for Su Mu at a time like this.
Although neither Su Mu nor Seele had said anything—and theoretically, no one in the studio should have known—miHoYo was never short of women with terrifying intuition. Elysia was the woman among women, possessing the intuition among intuitions.
Lately, Seele had been following Su Mu around as planned. Initially, there seemed to be nothing wrong... but Elysia had inadvertently spotted Seele buying three small cakes at the bakery downstairs. One for herself, one for Bronya... so who was the third for? Obviously for Su Mu.
Of course, if it were just a simple treat between friends, Elysia could accept that explanation. But... why did Su Mu order a "Super Elastic Q-Texture Soft & Sweet Taro Ball Boba Milk Tea Couple Cup"?!
Did he order it just to save money? Could he drink that much milk tea by himself? The standard for a Couple Cup was two straws; after close inspection, Elysia discovered that both sides had clearly been used! What did that represent? What did that mean?!
Upon discovering this, Elysia suppressed her internal excitement and rushed to perform the next step of verification! After extracting saliva DNA, one sample was Su Mu's, and the other was Seele's! In other words, Su Mu and Seele had shared a couple's milk tea!!
This discovery made Elysia let out a sharp, internal scream in the lab! In her excitement, she couldn't help but pounce on the lab-coat-wearing Mobius, rubbing and clinging to her! Mobius nearly stuffed a fist into Elysia's mouth. "Get out if you're going to keep being noisy!" She looked completely disgusted. You pink-haired woman, stay away from me! I'm going to die from your heat!!
Elysia, having borrowed Mobius's lab to analyze the DNA, reached a direct conclusion: under her efforts, Seele and Su Mu were actually together! Although she didn't know why they hadn't gone public... it was an underground romance! She immediately called an emergency meeting to inform Pardo Felis and Carole!
"So.... Sister Ellie, where on earth did you get Su Mu and Seele's saliva..." Pardo looked at Elysia with an expression reserved for witnessing a miracle. "You didn't go through Brother Su Mu's trash can, did you?"
Elysia coughed awkwardly. "Ahem! It was a necessary part of the investigation! Tell me, was my method effective or not? Didn't I gather useful intel?!"
Pardo looked speechless. "Sister Ellie, you're just like a pervert..." The image of Elysia sneakily running to Su Mu's office to rummage through the trash and then looking at a couple's cup with sparkling eyes was too much for Pardo to handle.
That scene is too much to look at. You're the brand ambassador for Honkai 3rd; wouldn't the fallout be terrible if people found out you were doing such sneaky things? Seriously, Sister Ellie, you're working too hard for gossip! If you put this much effort into anything else, you'd be a grandmaster in that field...
"Anyway, it's ninety percent true. But for safety's sake, we need to observe for a while." Elysia coughed, speaking as the group leader regarding their next moves. "For now, don't breathe a word of this. If I'm not mistaken, Seele and Su Mu haven't announced it because they're afraid Bronya's heart would break."
Carole looked at Elysia, genuinely shocked. "Ellie, you actually have some principles this time."
"Ellie's motto is to maintain the office environment as much as possible while gossiping occasionally. That satisfies me. I don't want to see sisters breaking apart either! We can't build our happiness on Su Mu's pain!"
Looking at the solemn Elysia, Carole's inner voice grumbled: Haven't you caused Su Mu enough trouble? It's a miracle he isn't in pain already...
"Anyway, our future policy is simple: First, find out exactly how far Seele and Su Mu have progressed. Second, do our best to push Bronya and Su Mu's relationship! If my guess is correct, Seele probably has plans to set up Su Mu and Bronya too!"
Carole's eyes widened. "Eh? You figured that out, Elysia?"
Elysia patted her chest. "It's not hard to see. Given Su Mu's personality, the fact that he hasn't announced his relationship with Seele is suspicious in itself! It must be Seele's request!"
Carole couldn't help but feel a surge of respect for the Pink Elf. To think this far ahead—she truly was the famous Detective Ellie!
The plan to "conquer" Bronya for Su Mu was proceeding in full swing. The Elysia trio, pushing the plan from the shadows, and the Seele-Black Seele duo, were both starting to vaguely sense each other's presence during the process.
"It seems there are others in this company like us, Seele." "But who could it be? Why do they want to set up Brother Su Mu and Sister Bronya too?" "I don't know, but with others helping, our work will be twice as effective."
Seele and Black Seele conversed internally while passing by Carole's workstation. Watching Seele leave on her monitor, Carole let out a sigh of relief. "I thought she noticed me.... It seems Elysia was right; Seele really is setting up Director Su and Bronya."
Recently, Bronya had frequently needed to go to Su Mu's office for various reasons. Given Elysia's connections in the company, everyone liked her, so making small arrangements to give Bronya and Su Mu some alone time was no problem at all.
"Elysia reporting. I've lured Rita away; Su Mu and Bronya should be the only ones in the office now." "Carole here. I just saw Miss Firefly heading to the office, but Seele stopped her to ask some questions." "Good, maintain surveillance. Create as much time as possible for them." "Roger!"
The Elysia trio reported in real-time via their headsets.
"Wait, there's a situation!" "Member Carole, what happened?" "Someone is here looking for Director Su!" "Can't you turn them away?" "I can't.... because..."
Carole looked at the grey-haired girl before her. Dressed in casual clothes and radiating boundless energy, she was incredibly enthusiastic and instantly familiar—
"You're Bronya's junior, Carole, right? Hello, hello! I'm Senti! I love the movements you design! Especially the Old Timer's Azure Empyrea—that Five Elements sequence is way too cool!"
"Haha.... thanks?" Carole considered herself an extrovert, but the girl before her clearly had a higher level of "Social Ace" energy. She felt this girl could go toe-to-toe with Elysia.
"I'm here to find Su Mu! Is he in the office?" "Do you have business with Director Su?" "Ah, this whole thing is Su Mu's fault.... Now the whole internet thinks Senti and Su Mu are blood brothers and dearest friends..."
"??" Carole heard both Elysia and Pardo gasp through her headset; they were clearly startled by that statement too.
"Not bad.... Su Mu's ability to attract trouble is quite impressive," Elysia's voice rang through the headset.
"The fans in my stream are demanding I bring Su Mu on air. I already bragged about it, so I have no choice..." Senti began venting her grievances to Carole, explaining how Su Mu's plot backstabbed her during the Chapter 11 stream, making her look like his accomplice in "laying the bait."
With the Chapter 11 Interlude, [Void Heavens, Lone Moon], about to be updated in the second half of the version, Senti had no choice but to come to miHoYo to ask Su Mu to stream with her.
"I see.... crisis averted." "Scared me, I thought Brother Su Mu was out attracting more 'trouble' again..." "Kid, don't leave us hanging like that; we thought it was something serious..." The sounds of Elysia and Pardo sighing in relief came through the headset.
"Director Su... he's a bit busy right now. Do you mind waiting?" "Really? That's fine. Carole, can you give me a tour of your company!" "? Sure...."
To prevent Su Mu and Bronya's hard-won alone time from being interrupted, Carole had to take Senti on a tour of miHoYo.
About half an hour later, Bronya emerged from Su Mu's office holding files. Although the progress was unknown... it was undoubtedly a good start. Carole stopped the tour and led Senti directly into the office. After all, the kid had a loose tongue; who knew what startling things she might say?
Su Mu expressed some surprise at Senti's arrival. After hearing her request, he readily agreed. Senti had indeed been through a lot lately; Su Mu had seen the rumors online claiming she was his accomplice—or even Su Mu himself! After all, the Su Mu who had appeared on stream had a flat chest too! Senti was also flat!
Pfft. Honestly, Su Mu had really struggled not to laugh when he heard that. Not very damaging, but highly insulting!!
Su Mu suggested: "Should we invite someone else? It might be awkward with just the two of us talking."
Senti nodded, agreeing with him. "You're right. The Old Timer has zero entertainment value for a stream, so we should definitely invite someone else." She thought for a moment, then had an idea. "The latest plot is about Kiana, right? Why don't we invite Kiana to join us?"
Su Mu froze, then wore a very strange expression.
Invite Kiana? To stream [Void Heavens, Lone Moon]? With a Fu Hua sitting right next to her?
Are you absolutely sure about that?
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