The girl ———— Reisen Yutankain and joined the Technology Development Bureau a year after Ji Yuehua left.

Although very young in terms of age, if you go to school according to the normal procedure, you will die in the second year of high school, about the third year of high school, and she is a veritable underage girl. But, just as her father, Fengxian Yutankain, commented, this young girl has an unparalleled talent in matters related to scientific research.

At the age of fourteen, she passed the military department's suitability check and joined the Technology Development Bureau as a "stigmata bearer". Half a year later, she was able to handle almost all the day-to-day affairs of the Technology Development Bureau. As for the official position of deputy director of the Technology Development Bureau, it was a year ago.

To be sure, there are many people in the Technology Development Bureau who have more seniority than this girl, and there is no shortage of excellent people among them. However, Bayi Yonglin still chose this girl to be her deputy.

On the one hand, this is because she looks at this girl with a pleasing eye, and pays more attention to potential and learning attitude than her current ability———— simply put, she would rather take time out to mentor an enthusiastic apprentice than with a sense of "peer", although she may not be ambitious, but she may not necessarily get along with her polite scholar.

On the other hand, it was because the girl's more genuine personality reminded her of someone who used to be by her side like a personal butler———— yes, that is, a substitute in the general sense.

Even though she doesn't need to be supervised by others now, she can still maintain a regular life...... The girl forcefully reminded her to take a break from work to eat, and when she went to sleep, she inevitably remembered the memories of many years ago.

It's not a necessity, it's just a matter of habit.

Of course, even so, she still understands that these two people are completely different existences.

There is no substitute for someone in this world. If you say why, even if you have a very similar appearance and almost exactly the same voice, the "inside" of a person cannot be complicated.

Personal experiences, the environment in which we grew up, and our inner instincts ———— all the elements that make us different and unique in the world. Not to mention, this girl is just a little similar to "that person" in personality, and there is a difference of 108,000 miles in both appearance and gender.

Therefore, ———— the one who can feel the sense of disobedience most clearly is also Bayi Yonglin herself.

The teenager who had witnessed the whole process of growing up, who had broken into her life by a chance conversation, who had disturbed her ability to think for the first time, was no longer here. The girl who longed for her and stayed next to her as an apprentice was just an innocent victim she chose based on nostalgia and compromise.

The irony of all is that even better than anyone knows this...... She still couldn't let go.

For her, this girl is not only her excellent disciple and assistant, but also an important medium to evoke memories of her past, so that she can summon up her remaining energetic work in this extremely dull "world".

She couldn't imagine what the workplace would be like for her if the girl left.

———— I guess it would be hellish.

While realizing that the other person is an independent individual, and liking the other person's qualities, he feels guilty because he treats the other person as a substitute for the person he likes.

This kind of complex feelings, including dependence, have made it impossible for her to become strict with this girl in the real sense, and even take the initiative to comfort the other party when she is down. Then, perhaps for this reason, the girl, who had already held feelings similar to admiration for her, became even closer to her.

Aside from Ji Yuehua, the girl ——— Reisen Yutankain and was the only one allowed to enter her bedroom.

Perhaps, in the eyes of others, it must be puzzling why she loves this girl so much? But what they'll never know is...... What really needs the other party to exist is actually herself.

After all————— it is not the first time for her to entrust the position of deputy to the person she likes because of her personal feelings.

Now.

Although it was disturbed by someone to have a rare sweet dream, and it was immediately robbed by the other party after waking up, Bayi Yonglin was not angry because of this.

She just quietly adjusted her sitting position, and while rubbing her forehead, which was aching from excessive sleep, she spoke in a tone that was as unmotivated as ever.

“...... I don't deny that I did take a nap, but that shouldn't be a big deal, right? It's just half a day's work progress, and I only need an hour to make up for it. ”

"That's not the point. Ever since you returned from an impromptu meeting convened by the Marshal, you have been in a state of absent-mindedness. Did something happen there at that sea fortress?"

As she spoke, Reisen, who was standing in front of Yayi Yonglin, showed a worried expression.

If you have to say it for granted, this is also a matter of course.

Although Bayi Yonglin gives people a cold impression, she has a gentle side in private. For her, Bayi Yonglin is not only her boss, but also her teacher.

Even if she was just an unqualified disciple————— seeing the other party have an abnormality, of course she couldn't care at all.

It's been the fifth day since Bayi Yonglin returned from the sea fortress. Since then, she has been behaving strangely at work.

I don't know why, this genius boss first showed ten times more energy on the first day after he came back, and finished the whole four days or so of the transaction, and then in the next few days, he seemed to be absent-minded, as if he was thinking about the way things were, and spent most of the time sitting in front of the electronic operation panel in a daze.

Seeing that her boss's situation did not improve after four days, she finally had no way to sit idly by.

On the other hand.

Facing the disciple's concern, Bayi Yonglin raised her head and looked directly into the other party's eyes, and smiled casually————

"Nothing, just a little bit of drowning in the past. Compared to this, has the task I entrusted to you complete before?"

———— very naturally, he prevaricated with a smile, and then forcibly changed the subject.

This is definitely not a skillful diversion of the subject———— it is not the field that the genius named Eight Meaning Yonglin is good at———— the meaning of rejection hidden in the words is so obvious that it makes Reisen frown.

Nevertheless.

Because of the high status of Bayi Yonglin, in addition to being her top boss, she is also her instructor, since the other party obviously has no intention of confiding in her———— as a junior and disciple, she does not insist on the position of continuing to ask.