Brainoid

For Qi Mi, the only recent change is that her family suddenly bought an SUV.

She hasn't used the brain-like body much recently, mainly because Ji Lian has "dropped the chain" - his grandpa and grandpa are in Beijing for fun and want to live in their house.

Finally, after the old man made all the arrangements, Ji Lian was let out to play. However, when he met Qi Mi, he did not feel at all that it was a burden for his grandma and grandpa to come to Beijing.

"My grandma's three-delicacy stew is delicious, let me tell you," he boasted about his grandma's cooking skills in front of Qi Mi, "and the sauce for the cold noodles she prepared is unmatched by those in ordinary restaurants... …”

Qi Mi felt particularly unconvinced, but her grandma really didn't have any special dishes, so she had to pretend to be envious and said: "Your grandma is so kind. My grandma used to be so busy at work that she didn't have time to cook. She had to take care of a big project. Circuit engineering, always working overtime.”

"Of course you can't compare with your grandma." Ji Lian said sincerely, "You come from a wealthy family, and you are among the top 5% of Chinese people."

"No... no." Qi Mi said with some embarrassment, "My grandma's generation is the middle class."

"So, your family is a nouveau riche?" Ji Lian asked in surprise.

Qi Mi reflexively felt that the word "nouveau riche" was unpleasant, but when she thought about it carefully, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. But she also had one more thing to say: "What happened to the nouveau riche?"

"It's okay. In today's money-worshiping society, being rich means..." He originally wanted to say "Dad," but considering the male chauvinism of the word, he changed to "Being rich means being awesome."

Qi Mi suddenly felt that her family was really powerful, but then she thought that she was still just a poor little girl without inheritance rights, as she thought, and bragging about her family's wealth was just an insult.

"Then what you have now... were all earned by your grandfather?" Ji Lian asked again.

"No, my grandpa just does ordinary work." Qi Mi replied.

Ji Lian couldn't help but frown after hearing this. It wasn't a family property inherited from her ancestors, nor was it earned by her grandparents. Could it be that her mother could not earn it alone? This is illogical. If her mother is so powerful, why should she worry about her stepfather coveting the family property?

But it’s hard to talk about this. Ji Lian secretly felt that if Qi Mi's mother was actually in power, it would be useless if she didn't cultivate her daughter as an heir. But those who have achieved a class leap within one generation, whether it is through shrewd operations after primitive accumulation, making money through speculation, or even getting rich by luck, are at least not people who can be easily fooled. The so-called "first generation" are people who have truly been in contact with all walks of life. Their profound understanding of society is certainly incomparable to those of ordinary second-generation young people. Maybe... Qi Mi is really not suitable to be the heir?

Ji Lian involuntarily touched his chin and looked at Qi Mi, staring at her until she felt a little scared: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay... I just ran away." Ji Lian looked away, thinking that he really couldn't see anything. But Ji Lian didn't think Qi Mi lacked ability. With her current IQ, Ji Lian felt that she would at least have no problem being a senior manager.

Qi Mi was stared at by him for a few seconds, and suddenly she remembered what her mother had once advised her not to fall in love prematurely. To be honest, Qi Mi doesn't have much interest in falling in love - that's something ordinary little girls do. They don't have any chance of inheriting one-third of the brain-like body company, so they don't need to think too much about themselves. s future.

As for Ji Lian, Qi Mi feels that it is necessary to maintain a good and reasonable relationship between them. After all, Ji Lian is her biggest helper at the moment, and she doesn't want any emotional entanglements to delay her and Ji Lian's normal "work."

"By the way, are you going to the brain-like body today?" Qi Mi took the initiative to change the subject.

"Well..." Ji Lian thought for a while and said, "My grandma and grandpa are at home, so I still can't take you to my house... But we can find a place to have a good chat, sort out the information we collected before, and make arrangements. The next thing a brainoid would do.”

Now that the weather is getting colder, it's really uncomfortable to sit outside and discuss things. Ji Lian's conclusion was to find a coffee shop to discuss - this "inspiration" came from the "entrepreneurship cafe" he saw on the Internet, that is, those who first started their business would discuss things in the coffee shop. Although he didn't know what the essential difference was between the coffee shop and other places, the last time he wanted to drink milk tea, he ordered takeout from this newly opened cafe and found that the coupons they gave were really affordable.

Ji Lian took Qi Mi to the newly opened cafe on his way home from school, and took the initiative to order two cups of milk tea. It was also when he ordered takeout milk tea that he discovered that because coffee in cafes uses milk and milk foam, and milk tea is made directly with milk, the taste is better than those "traditional" milk teas with non-dairy creamer added. For smoothness.

This is actually closer to the taste of Hong Kong-style stockings milk tea, but people of Ji Lian and Qi Mi's generation have most likely never drank real stockings milk tea.

Ji Lian just wanted to give Qi Mi something that he thought tasted delicious, but he didn't expect that this cup of milk tea made her think wrong. It’s no wonder, who would order milk tea in a cafe while having a conversation with his “work partner”? Qi Mi has always felt that drinks to accompany a formal conversation should be without sweetness. If you want to be more hard-core, you should even drink an Americano with ESPRESSO and water.

At home, Mr. Qi Zhiguang likes to pour some tea and coffee. In fact, I just played it casually, but Qi Mi had tasted the sour and medicinal taste of directly "extracted" ESPRESSO. So much so that she later felt that coffee was not delicious at all, and that office workers drank all kinds of coffee just to show off their own--which was not actually very high--X character.

And drinking milk tea in a cafe is not like just discussing things.

So after sitting down at the window seat, Qi Mi asked Ji Lian straight to the point: "What do you want to say to me?"

"Ah?" Ji Lian didn't quite understand.

"You just looked at me for a long time." Qi Mi reminded him. She calls herself a "woman with intuitive talents" who can subconsciously analyze other people's expressions and subtle movements, so she has a "reason" to suspect Ji Lian.

"Oh..." Ji Lian really felt a little guilty. After all, he promised to help Qi Mi win the inheritance, but he backed down after learning a little bit about the real situation of her family - even though he was just doing it in his heart. But thinking also exists, so beating is beating.

Seeing his embarrassed look, Qi Mi couldn't help but worry. It seems like he really has something for himself? That would be difficult...

However, the next second Ji Lian said sincerely: "I was just thinking that your mother made her fortune on her own, so she might not be fooled by appearances. You should always listen to your mother's opinions more..."