Chapter 7
Two Wakeful Young Men (3)
The library zone H was already the most remote, quiet and hidden building in the Pear garden university. But behind this building, surrounded by the lakes and dense woods, there was also an extremely quiet small villa, if without the permit of the school authority and the master inside, perhaps nobody could see this small villa.
“Master, the coffee and your favorite roe cake are ready.” The dressed in steward uniform uncle Ken hunched his body forward slightly, said calmly to that sitting on the sofa young man, “But I still strongly suggest that you should adjust your rest time, although the people outside know faintly that you are in the university town, but it’s no need for hiding the identity and then always hide in the daytime and come out at night, this would be bad to the health.”
The leaning on the sofa young man put down the file in his hand, silenced for a moment. In front this steward Ken was one of the most trusted people in the family, he met with this steward not until after he finished the preparatory courses in the Capital University, had tried several times, then he knew that he could let him to give up master this address, so he gave up. But that hiding in the daytime and coming out at night was a thing he couldn’t help, Charlie Tai didn’t have any object that he was afraid of in the whole federation, he just had the habitual insomnia, this insomnia bad habit started when he was eleven years old, and always couldn’t find a way to cure it. Actually he knew it clearly, the insomnia was all because of the pressure, those infinite pressure, since he had the intelligence, began to surround him.
The face of the young man seemed a bit pale, he stood up from the sofa, said to steward Ken, “I have already got used to it.”
Steward Ken bowed respectfully and cautiously to that walking out of the villa, but he was thinking about the pale face of his master in his heart. Been getting along for several months, of cause he knew about the insomnia of his master, but he also couldn’t solve it, because they these most loyal servants of the Tai family all knew it clearly, their master would bear what kind of pressure in the future life. Every federal citizen knew about that there were seven big families in the federation, but they seemed to forget, actually very long time ago, there was only one name family stood proudly above all the people in the federation-- That was the Tai family.
Thirty seven Constitution Calendars ago, the last emperor majesty of the Tai family ended his own family’s rule with a smile, and then began to hide in the shadow of the history. No matter how the history was written, the federal citizens all thanked that distant Tai family, for the federation developed to the democracy and freedom this direction, made the biggest sacrifice and the most intelligent choice. But nobody knew, that once mastered the fortune and power of the whole human society Tai family, after countless years, what kind of power they still possessed in the dark. This thing even the other six families of the seven big families couldn’t know completely, just no any force ever dared to show the irreverence to the Tai family face to face.
As the seven generations of more than heir of the Tai family, the master was just a seventeen years old young man after all, could he bear such a big pressure? Steward Ken thought of the anticipation which madam had for the future development of the federation, couldn’t help to have some distressed feeling to that slightly pale face young man, but then he knew that he shouldn’t reveal this kind of too conversant feeling, because this was the disrespect to his master. He walked to the side of the sofa, began to clear up the files which his master had already finished reading today, and then put these paper files into the stove to burn, not leaving any trace.
The flame swallowed the information which Charlie Tai read earlier, on those white paper, recorded that the leader of the anti-government had already arrived the Capital District secretly by taking the private jet, began the journey to run for the federal senator, and not until the night after tomorrow, then the whole federation would know about this news. Also recorded on one white paper, the family background in the East Forest senator Palmer, in a small party for the close friends, expressed very cautiously, for the presidential campaign of next year, he had some thoughts.
Normally, the seventeen years old young men would just read the comic books or the novel books, only the heir of the Tai family would read the things like these, this kind of life, it’s hard to not have the insomnia.
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The lake side villa had a secret passage, directly lead to that named H1 mysterious area behind the library zone H of the Pear Garden. Charlie Tai silently stood in the corridor, after scanned by the light blue lights, entered into the alloy door, chose that room on the right habitually and pushed open the door.
This kept being looked for by all kinds forces, tried to get in touch with, called “Prince” heir of the mysterious Tai family didn’t need to worry anything about his security, because permission authority for this area only had steward Ken and him two people, even that principal didn’t have, there was no monitoring over here as well, those agents of the Secret Service also didn’t need to follow him to come in. Of course his identity didn’t need him to strive for becoming a successful mecha warrior or a mechanic, but he still came to H1 every night on time, conducted those boring trainings. That was because the previous generation master of the Tai family, his father, repeated somebody’s words more that once when he was still alive: Mecha this kind of thing, besides for the special military operation, basically was a kind of gaudy garbage. But… The process trying to control a huge machine with the human body, could sharpen one’s will and change one’s temperament.
For the status incomparably noble Charlie Tai, he came to the H1 every night, there was one more reason, that was every time he had the sweat all over after worked hard in the laboratory room, he always would have a kind of carefree feeling. And had a cup of coffee, had a couple of snacks, then he could barely get into the poor-quality sleep.
The passage from the lake side villa to the H1 area and the passage from the library zone H were totally two inside out directions. Charlie Tai turned to the right, the came earlier Sheilor also turned to the right, these two people just went right into the opposite rooms exactly.
After a period of time, another room had the door opened, Sheilor walked out of the room, took a look blackly at that put on the thermostatic plate coffee in the lounge, the belly “Goo Goo” made a couple sounds out.
After Sheilor left, the H1 was still very quiet. After a period of time, the seemed more tired, but the face had some blush Charlie Tai walked out of the room, a drenched all in sweat clothes was put on his forearm. The face of the young man had the good features, although could be said that it’s a valiant look, but still was very impressive. Now he had a trace of satisfaction flashed on his face, today he finally passed the level III, although it took him the whole half a month, but that kind of sense of achievement seemed to be not less that any success he had in these years.
There was no monitoring over here, no family servants around, Charlie Tai was distracted for a moment, suddenly shouted at the empty building, seemed to release something out. But obviously he seldom did this kind of thing, the shout stopped abruptly, slightly had the embarrassment on the face, and then returned to the customary indifference and calm.
Charlie Tai walked into the lounge habitually, sat on the chair, reached out his right hand habitually, picked up the hot coffee cup, and put it to the mouth and had a drink.
There was nothing in the cup at all.
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Charlie Tai had his eye pupils contracted with a rush, then he felt that the weight of the cup was much lighter than it was usually. Took a look with the corners of his eyes, then he found out that the roe cakes on the plate also missed several pieces, there were some food residue left on the table. He stood up alertly, took a glance at the comprising everything in sight space of the H1 area with the fastest speed, put his finger on the beeper, once he p
ushed it down, steward Ken would immediately bring those agents of the Secret Service to rush to here to protest his safety.
But Charlie Tai didn’t push it down, because he noticed that a paper was put on the table by his side. Usually he would also leave some notes here to steward Ken, so he prepared a pen and a stack of white paper over here, but obviously today the handwriting on this paper was not his, and also not steward Ken’s. Charlie Tai frowned his eyebrows, picked up the thrown onto the ground clothes to wrap around his fingers, then picked up that piece of paper.
“I am very sorry, I am really too hungry after the practice, took your food without any asking, although I don’t know who you are, whether want to eat it, I am really very sorry. Oh, right, those cakes seem bad, it tastes funny. I will bring you some good things to eat tomorrow night, hope you don’t get angry.”
Charlie Tai put down the paper, suddenly turned around and walked to another room, pushed open the door of that room, he walked to the front of the terminal screen, found that there was bag of garbage hid behind the light screen, it seemed to be the fragments of the touch screen. He somewhat didn’t understand even more what happened indeed, he turned on the terminal screen curiously, wanted to see what on earth that guy came into here earlier did.
“Level VI? Eleven point seven seconds? It’s really and idiot!” Charlie Tai gave out the fair evaluation unceremoniously. According to the data input speed of the computer statistics, this man obviously was a newcomer, how would he think of to challenge the most difficult level VI unexpectedly? It looked like that this man really knew nothing.
Although Charlie Tai could insist over half a minute if he went to challenge the level VI, but he wouldn’t absolutely go to take the second attempt, because the test time of the level was twenty minutes long, and the speed would be faster and faster, if not for the top strong people of the federation or the empire, it’s impossible to pass it. No, even the strongest mecha warriors of the federation or the empire, were also impossible to pass the level VI. Charlie Tai turned off the terminal screen with the gloomy face, had the endless anger to that stupid intruder in his heart.
Drank his favorite Ghata coffee, ate his favorite Caspian roe cake, still said that his cake went bad unexpectedly… Charlie Tai walked back to the lounge in quick steps, silenced for a moment, and then left his reply on the bottom of the paper habitually.
“Read!”
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“Master, principal Nolan went to the Ministry of Education to attend a meeting, it seems like to prepare for the matters concerned about that the First Military Academy is ready to visit the Coastal university town. You bet that I will let him to explain about this.” Steward Ken lowered his head to cover his nervousness, once he thought of that master would stay in the H1 with an intruder alone for tens of minutes, he could help to have the fear after the event, “The laboratory report of that coffee cup and the roe cake was out, they don’t contain any poison, the pen and the paper also don’t have any problems.”
“Found the identity of that intruder yet?” In the afternoon sunlight, the just got out of the bed Charlie Tai seemed to have the better spirit that usual, he asked calmly as far as possible.