"Director, Di—Director."
Yulan raised her head in a daze, clearly failing to connect this suddenly appearing stranger to anyone in her memories.
She heard the male who had just wanted to add her contact information address this man, his face betraying very obvious anxiety.
Clearly, this abruptly appearing man was extremely illustrious and noble in both status and position.
Yulan's gaze swept steadily over the man's cold and exquisitely handsome face, and she soon belatedly remembered his identity.
This person was none other than one of the original owner's seven fiancés, the Director of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Shen Zhuoran.
Just as Yulan had walked into the convenience store, Shen Zhuoran had been standing in front of the second-floor floor-to-ceiling window, watching the entire scene.
He had watched the little female quietly and effortlessly lure all the single males of the Academy of Sciences to the spot.
Fishing didn't even happen that fast.
Right now, his expression was extremely grim, especially upon catching the subtle, faint sweetness lingering in the air, along with the faint gazes looking toward Yulan from not far away.
His expression instantly grew even colder.
"What are you doing here?"
"This is not a place you should be."
Shen Zhuoran reproached her unceremoniously.
Yulan was holding the bottled water in the palm of her hand. Having passed through the cold wind of the convenience store, the heat on her face baked by the sun had gradually dissipated.
Her small face transformed once more from the flushed look of a tender peach into something fair and delicate. Her dark hair and snowy skin matched, with algae-like, dense black locks draped casually over her shoulders. Her long, upturned black eyelashes fluttered like little fans, her nose bridge was straight and smooth, and her lips were rosy.
She looked just like a delicate little doll carved out of snow.
Faced with Shen Zhuoran's expulsion, a trace of a shy blush flashed across Yulan's face.
However, knowing she was in the wrong, she did not talk back with a bad temper.
She nodded. "Alright then, I'm leaving right now."
She turned to look at the male who had just kindly paid for her, hesitating whether she should still add his contact information.
She couldn't just take advantage of people for nothing, could she?
This hesitation, in Shen Zhuoran's eyes, immediately turned into Yulan's reluctance to leave.
His expression grew cold.
"Yulan, there has to be a limit to chasing someone."
"Do you want me to call security to escort you out?"
"The Imperial Academy of Sciences is a restricted area; unauthorized personnel are not permitted."
Driving her away one time after another.
Even a clay figurine possessed a bit of temper, and so did Yulan.
She wrinkled her nose at Shen Zhuoran. "I know how to leave by myself."
"I don't need you to chase me."
With this agitation, the subtle sweetness in the air seemed to boil over in an instant.
It surged overwhelmingly straight toward Shen Zhuoran.
Enveloping him tightly.
So fragrant, so fragrant, so fragrant.
It was truly so fragrant.
Shen Zhuoran felt as though he had instantly plunged into the sweetest, most intoxicating flower pistil, tightly wrapped by the overwhelming fragrance.
His heart thumped heavily, and his surging blood pumped toward his limbs with every beat.
His forehead began to grow burning hot, as if something was about to burst forth in an instant.
Yulan had already brushed past Shen Zhuoran, preparing to head out.
As for the male who had kindly helped her, she could only wait for another time when Shen Zhuoran was away to sneak back and return the money.
The exact moment they brushed past each other, Yulan's snowy, delicate hand hanging at her side was suddenly grabbed by the man's burning, searing, vein-bulging big hand.
"Did you spray perfume?"
Shen Zhuoran forced these words out from between his teeth.
High-ranking females naturally carried a unique fragrance to attract males, and powerful ones could even lure males into rutting on the spot.
However, Yulan possessed no healing power, and she had a previous record of administering an inducer to Suxing Ye.
Shen Zhuoran could not help but suspect what on earth this fragrance that stirred such agitation within him actually was.
What a baffling question.
Yulan looked at Shen Zhuoran strangely, a trace of disgust flashing through her clear, black-and-white eyes.
"You're hurting me."
As she spoke, Yulan raised her hand and slapped the man's large hand.
"I didn't spray any perfume at all, stop slandering people."
Yulan was aware that a faint fragrance would occasionally emanate from her body.
Yet she truly could find no way to resolve this issue.
Could it be that Shen Zhuoran found the scent on her too strong and deliberately pointed it out to humiliate her?
Abominable! This man looked like a human being, so why were his actions and style so vile?
First chasing her away, and now exposing her shortcomings.
In a fit of anger, Yulan directly raised her foot and stomped on Shen Zhuoran's shoe.
"Bad guy."
Having stomped on him, she feared retaliation, so she immediately turned and ran off quickly.
Her slender, pretty figure retreating into the distance made all the males in the convenience store unable to help their hearts from softening.
"What a truly cute and gorgeous female."
"Yeah, yeah, she's so cute even when she's angry."
"Unlike other females who just raise their hands and slap you across the face. Still, if she were willing to hit me, I'd like it too."
"She smells so, so good. I wonder if there will be a chance to meet such a gorgeous female again next time."
"Sigh, as expected of our cold and merciless Director. He can harden his heart to drive away such a gorgeous and cute female."
You had to know that encountering a female this gorgeous and with such a good temper was a one-in-ten-thousand probability.
It was very likely you would never meet another like her in a lifetime.
Besides, she hadn't done anything wrong; she had merely mistaken the Academy of Sciences' internal convenience store for a public one and came in to buy a bottle of water.
Yet the Director had chased her away so fiercely.
Facing Shen Zhuoran's oppressive gaze, the group of males dared to feel angry but didn't dare to speak.
With Yulan's departure, the convenience store, which had just been crammed with males, instantly became empty, its floor shining bright enough to mirror a face.
Shen Zhuoran let out a cold snort.
A bunch of fools.
Who knew if Yulan had sprayed an inducer designed to lure males into rutting on her body and deliberately appeared here.
After smelling that fragrance, Shen Zhuoran was almost certain that Yulan had come specifically for him.
She had deliberately shown up here to cause a commotion and attract his appearance.
He didn't like this kind of calculating and wild female at all.
*
Braving the scorching sun, Yulan hurried back to the hovercar and returned to the villa where she lived.
As soon as she got home, she couldn't wait to lie down on the sofa, pulling out her phone to start researching what the Academy of Sciences actually did and what its departments were.
Before transmigrating, she had also worked in a scientific research institute, but she specialized specifically in reagent research.
If Yulan wanted to find a job, it would be best for her to continue in her old line of work.
If the Academy of Sciences focused on researching high-end, cutting-edge interstellar equipment of the future, then she definitely wouldn't fit and would have to switch tracks to find another job.
Fortunately, this world was relatively lenient toward females.
She had heard that celebrity females could earn millions a day.
With her mind racing with all sorts of messy thoughts, Yulan logged into the official website of the Academy of Sciences.
She quickly spotted an open position.
R&D Assistant, 30,000 Star Coins a month.
Limited to females, no healing power required, no educational requirements.
Yulan's eyes lit up.
Heavens, wasn't this her dream job tailor-made for her?
It practically spelled out that as long as you were a female, you'd be accepted.
Yulan immediately switched to the resume-filling page, ready to fill it out, when her brow furrowed tightly.
Only then did she realize she had practically nothing to fill in for her credentials.
Crying / (ㄒoㄒ) / ~~
In the end, she could only select "female" under the gender field and click send.
Then she held her breath, waiting for the boss's reply.