"Eating again?" Qin Xiao asked somewhat unexpectedly.
Zhao Ruling lowered his head and whispered, "My dad wants to meet you."
"oh?"
"ah!"
Haishan and Haiyue each let out strange screams and looked at Qin Xiao and Zhao Ruling with ambiguous eyes.
"What's going on? Is it time to meet the parents?" Haishan said with a smile.
The most irritating thing was Hu Yange. He pinched his chin and analyzed seriously: "Probably not. It will be very troublesome for the young lady to finalize her marriage."
Several people said something to each other, making Zhao Ruling even more embarrassed. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, it's not what you think."
What is unexpected is that Qin Xiao actually pretended to be disappointed and said sadly: "Ah, we are not talking about marriage? Then I won't go."
"ah?"
Zhao Ruling was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't help but stop waving his hands and looked at Qin Xiao with an expression of disbelief.
"I was just joking, look at your expressions?" Seeing everyone being frightened, Qin Xiao said with a smile.
Qin Xiao's little joke certainly eliminated Zhao Ruling's embarrassment, but what he didn't notice was the trace of loss flashing in Zhao Ruling's eyes.
After the joke, Qin Xiao said seriously: "I really want to meet your family."
"What?" Zhao Ruling was startled again, and then asked hurriedly: "Captain Qin, are you kidding this time?"
"Yes, I'm not kidding." Qin Xiao nodded seriously.
Finally, under the leadership of Zhao Ruling, everyone came to Zhao's house.
Although they had long known that the Zhao family was a wealthy family and the most financially powerful among the four major families, everyone could not help but marvel when they truly saw the size of the Zhao family.
The so-called Zhao Family actually doesn't feel like "home". It is a complex of three mechanical buildings.
At a glance, you can tell that these three mechanical buildings have good defensive capabilities. Once there is any trouble, the mechanical buildings can immediately become mechanical fortresses.
What shocked Qin Xiao was not the Zhao family's wealth, but the design of the defense systems of these three mechanical buildings.
As the saying goes, there is no one with false reputations. To be able to become one of the four major families on the planet Elam, the strength of the Zhao family cannot be underestimated.
Tonight's banquet was held in the main building in the middle. Zhao Ruling said it was just the most ordinary family banquet, but every food on the table was valuable.
This is the favorite energy package among Star Soldiers. As soon as everyone who had just completed a day of intense exams saw this good thing on the table, their eyes suddenly lit up.
Perhaps to allow everyone to relax enough, Zhao Ruling's father, Zhao Lin, did not show up immediately.
Under Zhao Ruling's greeting, everyone began to eat and drink without ceremony.
It wasn't until the energy set meal was wiped out and the dining table was filled with the delicacies of an ordinary banquet that Zhao Lin walked into the restaurant.
Huyange stood up first and said respectfully: "Master."
Zhao Lin looked at Huyange carefully, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad."
Huyange was neither humble nor arrogant, and returned the greeting with a smile.
Haishan and Haiyue were already so nervous that they were at a loss. This was the biggest big shot their siblings had ever seen in their lives. For a moment, they couldn't adjust their mentality.
Qin Xiao slapped Haishan on the back angrily and said, "Eat well, I don't need you to do anything."
Zhao Lin caught this detail. He looked at Qin Xiao with a smile and asked, "I've always been curious, how did you think of letting Qitong go back alive?"
Qin Xiao didn't expect Zhao Lin's opening remarks to be like this, but he quickly replied: "I don't have any special ideas. I just want to disgust them. Maybe it's just intuition."
"That's really a good intuition." Zhao Lin said with a smile.
Regarding Zhou Chen's plan to plot against Zhao Ruling, the most amazing operation was that at the end of the matter, the military directly captured Qi Tong alive.
But Qi Tong became crazy and stupid, his original value was completely lost, and all the Zhou family's original preparations became a complete joke.
Zhao Lin wanted to see Qin Xiao because of Qin Xiao's last act.
Now after actual contact, Zhao Lin can already tell that Qin Xiao's so-called "intuition" is not a complete lie, but it is more that Qin Xiao's ability to do things is indeed outstanding.
After the meal, Zhao Lin put down the tableware and asked straight to the point: "Are you interested in coming to my place to work?"
Upon hearing what his father said, Zhao Ruling was so nervous that he was speechless for a moment.
This was what she was most worried about. Based on her understanding of Qin Xiao, it was absolutely impossible for her to do anything for any family.
Sure enough, Qin Xiao decisively refused: "I have no plans to work outside at the moment. I just want to go to school."
"No conflict, you can go to school with peace of mind. I will be responsible for all the expenses during your studies, as long as..."
Before Zhao Lin could finish speaking, Zhao Ruling reminded him in a low voice: "Dad, Qin Xiao is a special admissions student of Polu Academy, and his fees have been waived for a long time."
"Only the regular fees are waived. We can still take care of other special expenses." Zhao Lin said confidently.
In the end, what he got was still Qin Xiao's clean rejection.
Zhao Lin was not angry because of Qin Xiao's successive rejections. Instead, he calmly continued to talk about home affairs.
While they were talking, Zhao Lin's housekeeper sent in four cards. After taking them, Zhao Lin stood up and personally placed the cards in front of Qin Xiao and others.
"This is a gift for your matriculation. It helps you celebrate in advance." Zhao Lin said after putting down the card.
Qin Xiao picked up the card and found that it was a prepaid card. There was no amount stated on the card, but it was clearly stated that this card could be used to create a second-level quality mechanical light armor.
In addition to light armor, you can also build a set of weapons and equipment, and there is also no limit on the amount.
The actual value of such a card is at least hundreds of thousands of star diamonds. If you really let go of your hands and hands to create it, it is not impossible to spend millions of star diamonds.
And Zhao Lin actually gave out four of these cards.
He didn't take much care of Qin Xiao alone, but sent cards to the Haishan brothers and sisters as well as Huyange equally.
After seeing the contents of the card clearly, Haishan and Haiyue became more nervous and subconsciously refused.
Huyange stood up directly and said clearly: "Master, this gift is too heavy."
Seeing the dissatisfaction of several people, Qin Xiao quickly stood up and helped them pack the cards.
"This is the concern of the elders for our juniors. It would be rude to refuse. Please put your things away quickly."
After helping them put the cards away, Qin Xiao turned to look at Zhao Lin and said, "Thank you very much, Boss Zhao."
Zhao Lin didn't seem to expect Qin Xiao to receive it so happily at first, but when he saw the thing being delivered, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Qin Xiao, this thing is too valuable..." Haishan said still a little worried.
Qin Xiao glared at him angrily and said in a deep voice: "Stop talking nonsense and put it away!"
Zhao Lin handled this matter so that Qin Xiao felt very comfortable. Although the other party claimed to give him a congratulatory gift, in fact, what he really gave was a thank-you gift.
What he wanted to thank was of course Zhao Ruling's "foolishness" not long ago.
It is indeed a good solution to replace the thank you gift with a congratulatory gift and remove the matter lightly.
Qin Xiao has never been rewarded for his merits, but this time he did something, so naturally he would not refuse the benefits he deserved.
Especially since the day of the death duel with Zhou Sheng is coming soon, his mechanical light armor and weapons must be re-equipped as soon as possible. This "congratulatory gift" from Zhao Lin is really a timely gift.
Boss Zhao is a kind person.
After having a full meal and getting a lot of benefits, Qin Xiao was finally completely satisfied with tonight's family banquet.
Before leaving, Qin Xiao suddenly took out a chip from his body, handed it to Zhao Lin and said, "Boss Zhao, I also have a gadget for you, just think of it as a return gift."
Zhao Lin looked at the chip and recognized it at a glance as a star diamond charging card.
The star diamond charging card is theoretically a kind of mechanical equipment, and its function is to store and release the star energy in the star diamond.
Star Diamond Charging Cards are the most common thing on Elam. Not only Star Warriors need to use Star Diamond Charging Cards during their training and combat, but they are also used by ordinary people in their daily transactions.
However, as a kind of mechanical equipment, the Star Diamond Charging Card also has performance differences.
In terms of performance, star energy charging cards are divided into low-end and high-end.
Basically, the ones circulating on the market are low-end charging cards. The characteristics of this type of charging cards are that they have a larger star energy capacity, but the release speed is relatively slow.
This characteristic of low-level charging cards determines that it can only be used as a trading currency, or for low-level star warriors to practice.
If a star warrior with a cultivation level above Broken Star Realm uses a low-level star diamond charging card to practice, the star energy supply speed of the charging card will be completely insufficient.
At this time, you need to use a high-level star diamond charging card.
The star energy release speed of high-level star diamond charging cards is much faster than that of low-level star diamond charging cards, and it can be used by star warriors at all stages of training.
But more importantly, high-level star diamond charging cards can be used as energy sources for star energy weapons and even mechas.
To be more precise, after humans enter the age of mechanical civilization, the only "energy" that can be used is the high-level star diamond charging card.
Without high-level star diamond charging cards, all star energy weapons would become scrap metal, and those mechas with super combat power would only become "metal mountains".
It is precisely because of this that people's pursuit of technological iterations of high-end star diamond charging cards has never stopped.
If the star pattern is the flower of civilization that has blossomed since the development of human civilization, then the high-level star diamond charging card is the root of civilization.
At present, the technology of the high-end star diamond charging card used by the Star Empire is the most advanced in the nearby star field, but even so, it still cannot meet the high energy consumption needs of powerful star warriors and legions.
When Zhao Lin took the star diamond charging card handed over by Qin Xiao, he didn't pay much attention at first.
But after the person left, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and finally took out the star diamond charging card.
"Is there something weird here?"
Zhao Lin stared at the charging card for a while and decided to test his guess.
