Luo Fei thought that he and Mo Han had just shared a very pleasant dinner. Mo Han not only accepted the tie he gave him but also mentioned he would wear it to an important occasion in a few days. Thinking about Mo Han wearing the tie he personally gifted filled Luo Fei’s heart with immense smugness. The feeling was akin to leaving a mark of his own on Mo Han.
With this thought, Luo Fei returned to his cabin wearing a perpetual gentle smile on his face. Emile, seeing his happy, dazed expression, felt utterly bewildered and couldn’t resist patting his shoulder. “What did you talk about with Mo Han? This happy?”
Luo Fei snapped back, feigning calm. “Just about, you know, life goals and stuff.”
Emile: “…”
So you ditched me to have dinner alone with Mo Han, just to chat about life goals?
Luo Fei’s brain must be broken.
It wasn’t just Emile who thought so; Luo Fei’s mecha, Chongming, agreed. It said with some worry, “Master, are you sure you want to date Mo Han?”
During dinner with Mo Han earlier, Chongming had been on high alert the whole time, its defense net raised to maximum level. Sitting across from them was a formidable hacker who might hack into its intelligent system at any moment and crash it. Chongming was truly scared, not daring to slack off for a second.
It actually didn’t quite approve of its master getting involved with this dangerous hacker. It didn’t want to spend every future day gripped by the fear of “Will I be hacked?” “Will my system crash?” If that happened, it would certainly become the most pitiful mecha in the whole Empire.
Chongming tried to persuade Luo Fei. “Master, right now you just like him a little. It’s not like you can’t live without him. Maybe you’ll meet someone better later on and change your mind. Shouldn’t you reconsider? Omegas are soft and gentle. What’s so great about a hard, tough Alpha anyway?”
Luo Fei stroked his chin, nodding in agreement. “You make a good point.”
Chongming’s hopes soared. “Has Master finally seen reason?”
Luo Fei smiled. “Other Alphas might not be so great, but Mo Han, in my heart, is the best.”
Chongming: “………………………”
They say falling in love lowers your IQ, that liking someone turns you into a fool. Right now, its master was the textbook definition of a love-drunk fool whose IQ had plummeted.
Chongming decided to abandon any hope of a cure. It would just have to go back to the Capital Star and ask Mr. Brian to reinforce its system, add a few more layers to its defense net.
KM Airlines’ new-generation intelligent spaceship had already conducted numerous private test voyages. Thus, the public trial voyage was also without incident. The ship arrived at Planet Ryan’s space station in the Cigar Galaxy on time, around 8 PM.
Mo Han had already arranged for media reporters to wait at the station to interview passengers who’d taken part in this free trial.
Almost all passengers gave the new-gen intelligent spaceship extremely high praise. Children excitedly proclaimed, “The games on the spaceship were all so fun!” Foodies reviewed, “The buffet restaurant had an abundant selection, and it was delicious!” A couple said, “We watched movies in the theater all afternoon, and when the movie ended, the ship had reached its destination. Time flew by.” Another beautiful woman noted, “I shopped in the boutique street all afternoon and bought lots of clothes I liked. I hope future spaceships can add some brand-name stores!”
Finally, a reporter asked, “If you were to take another interstellar trip, would you choose KM Airlines’ new-gen intelligent spaceship again?”
The passengers’ response was virtually unanimous. “Absolutely.”
After undergoing post-production editing, these interviews were quickly posted on major Imperial websites and public forums. Coupled with behind-the-scenes video clips filmed by passengers inside the ship, the topic “KM Airlines New Gen Intelligent Spaceship” rapidly seized the headlines of every major website. The overwhelming word-of-mouth and publicity attracted countless Imperials who had been sitting on the fence. KM Airlines’ official reservation channel was nearly crashed. Five minutes after the ticket purchase channel for the next voyage opened, tens of thousands of tickets were snapped up.
Back at his hotel, Luo Fei watched the news reports about the successful trial voyage, scrolling through webpages and praising, “Mo Han is so clever. This kind of word-of-mouth publicity is far more effective than TV ads, and it also saves a lot of promotional costs.”
Emile also agreed with this. “The previous negative publicity about KM Airlines has been suppressed by the PR department. Now it’s all positive reports. I guessed right—within a year, KM Airlines’ market value will have doubled.”
Luo Fei thought for a moment, then decided to send Mo Han a message. To avoid annoying him with too-frequent video calls, he only sent a text this time. “I saw the news online about the trial voyage. Reviews are very high. The trial was a huge success, and the promotional effect is excellent. Congratulations.”
Mo Han replied with just two words. “Thank you.”
“Are you planning to stay on Planet Ryan for a few days?”
“No.”
“The snow scenery on Planet Ryan is very beautiful right now. There’s heavy snow forecast for the next few days. Aren’t you staying to see it?”
“I’ll be traveling back with KM Airlines’ management tomorrow. I can only relax completely once the spaceship arrives home safely.”
Luo Fei felt a pang of disappointment, but he couldn’t easily disturb his work. He could only say, “Then we’ll come see it together sometime in the future.”
Mo Han thought to himself, amused: First Prince, I don’t have the time to go sightseeing with you. I still have to go back and prepare your birthday present.
His father had assigned him the task of preparing the princes’ birthday gifts. Mo Han had been undecided about what to give. However, after having dinner with Luo Fei today, inspiration struck. Luo Fei had been full of praise for the bionic robots and had a highly positive view of the intelligent spaceship. Since Fengyang Group specialized in smart products, why not gift the two princes some distinctive smart products?
Recently, the subsidiary Fengyang Games was developing a kind of holographic gaming pod. It could connect all of a person’s senses to the game, truly experiencing the game world. Mo Han had previously tried it several times—visual, auditory, tactile, even pain senses were linked into the data center via special fibers. It was as real as if the whole person had transmigrated into the game world; getting hit by a small game monster genuinely hurt. The two princes were currently eighteen, just at the playful age. Sending intelligent gaming pods seemed like a good choice?
To be safe, Mo Han had Noah check the gift registries from the past few years of the princes’ birthdays. He discovered that gifts for Luo Fei had ranged across all categories: clothing, food, housing, transportation. His Majesty Xize was magnanimous and had always promoted frugality. Thus, princes didn’t receive overly expensive gifts for their birthdays. Items of exorbitant value like jewels were nowhere to be seen. Practical gifts were more common. In that case, gifting holographic gaming pods wouldn’t seem shabby. Gaming pods were quite expensive, and being a new-gen product developed by Fengyang Group itself, it would at least be presentable.
Having made his decision, Mo Han immediately opened his optical computer and sent an email to the subsidiary. “Notify the production department to immediately manufacture two units of the latest model holographic gaming pods. Make them in rare exterior colors not commercially available. Use laser engraving to inscribe: ‘Happy 18th Birthday to His Imperial Highness, the First Prince Luo Fei / Second Prince Luo Ning’. Complete within one week. Have the product manager personally supervise. This is a birthday gift for the two princes. There can be no errors.”
The recipient immediately replied, “Understood, Young Master Mo. Expedited production has been arranged. It will definitely be completed on time.”
Mo Han nodded, satisfied, closed his optical computer, leaned back in his hotel lounge chair, and narrowed his eyes slightly. “The holographic gaming pod can connect to many games. One of them is a role-playing game where you can disguise yourself as all sorts of characters. The First Prince loves acting so much… he should like it, right?”
Noah griped, “Master, stop teasing the First Prince. I think he’s quite innocent and holds no malice toward you. First, you pretended to be the disabled, mentally ill Mo Lin at home to trick him. Then later, even though you clearly saw through his identity, you’re still playing along. And now, you’re going to wear the tie he gave you to attend his birthday banquet… You’re really too mischievous!”
Mo Han lightly curved his lips upward. “He brought this on himself. If it weren’t for him accessing Mo Lin’s files for genetic matching, and the First Prince personally coming to investigate Mo Lin, I wouldn’t have needed to spend this much time and energy playing along with his act.”
Mo Han paused, looking at the date displayed on the screen before him.
Today was December 26th. Two weeks remained until the First Prince’s birthday.
This game of mutual pretense with the First Prince… it would soon be over.
As soon as he appeared at the birthday banquet, the First Prince would no longer be able to continue his act. He should minimize contact with him thereafter, lest he uncover something more.
