Restoration [Interstellar]

"Afraid?" Olier twitched the corners of his mouth, "Is it because you can't remember what was done to you and you are afraid, or because you can't remember what you have done to others, whether you succeeded or not, so you are afraid?"

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Mandel had a hurt expression on his face, but Olier did not ignore the panic flashing in his eyes, "What will I do? Even if I have to do something, I will For what reason? To target who?"

"For whom? Let me help you think about it." Olier suddenly laughed, "For example, someone I like?"

Mandel's eyes widened uncontrollably, and he forced a smile: "Someone my brother likes...does my brother have someone he likes? I don't even know..."

"I saw everything you did. I happened to catch you right away." Olier said softly, "Otherwise, who did you think took him away and knocked you unconscious on the ground?"

Olier decided to take the matter on his own back.Although the attack failed this time, it is difficult to guarantee whether Mandel will carry out the next one, making him think that this time he was defeated by himself. Although it cannot eliminate his hostility towards Xia Xi, it can at least make him feel scruples. Let him not dare to do whatever he wants.

The smile on Mandel's face gradually disappeared. He pursed his lips tightly, clenched his teeth tightly, and the muscles on his face moved slightly. He lowered his eyes to prevent Olier from seeing his eyes.

"Mandel, don't let me find out next time." Olier said, "In the eyes of my father, you are a precious all-gene Sids mermaid, so he pampered you and raised you like this You don't know the heights of the world. But in my eyes, you are nothing. If you let me know that you shot him, I will kill you. You know I can do it. Do you understand?"

"Destroy me, do you think father will let you go?" Mandel suddenly raised his head and stared at him with ferocious eyes.

Olier laughed contemptuously: "Do you think that father would destroy another tool he carefully cultivated for something that is no longer useful?"

"Don't do nonsensical things." He put down the last sentence, and ended the call neatly.

There was a knock on the door, and an assistant's voice came from outside the door: "Master Olier, the director asked all contestants to gather."

Olier opened the door. Not far ahead, Xia Xi and Xia Nan were walking forward side by side. He was holding a pet bag, and was talking to the pet sitting in the bag with his head down.

He wanted to go up and pat Xia Xi on the shoulder and walk with him.But in the end, he just followed behind him not far or near.

The director is making the final confirmation. All the contestants and their families are standing in the waiting area. After the director gives an order, they will stand in the rehearsed formation and prepare to go on stage.

Xia Xi kept clenching and releasing his fists, repeating this, to relax.Before the game, the three-dimensional projection area on the stage was advertising for Bofang, and the huge sound wave was transmitted to the backstage, shaking the ground slightly.He touched the tie, he had long been used to this meticulous attire, but today, he suddenly felt that the tie was a little tight on his neck, making him unable to breathe.

"It's rare to see you so nervous." Xia Nan held his cold hand tightly, "I always think you are not afraid of anything. Come, hug him, let Da Mao give you the strength to love!" He stuffed the pet bag into Shahi's arms.

Xia Xi hugged the pet bag with the other hand, and put her face close to a small gap where the zipper of the bag opened.Ludwig couldn't maintain the appearance of a cat, so he could only hide in the bag.Seeing Xia Xi approaching, he quickly moved his nose to the gap and touched Xia Xi's chin. Xia Xi's face smelled of cosmetics, and Ludwig didn't dare to stick out his tongue to lick it for fear of ruining his makeup.

"Good baby, thank you." Xia Xi kissed his nose, then raised her head and said to Xia Nan, "I'm not afraid of anything? It seems that I've pretended well, and I've left you with such an impression."

Xia Nan touched her nose, and suddenly said: "Xiao Xixi, do you still remember my favorite TV series "The Cute Princess" when I was a child?"

Xia Xi twitched the corner of her mouth: "Of course I remember. But to correct one thing, you didn't like it when you were young, but you still like it now."

"Let's leave it alone..." Xia Nan coughed awkwardly. He likes Tianlei's brainless Mary Su idol drama. After all, it's not something to show off. "In TV dramas, my favorite character is the chief butler of the palace. You know Why do I like him the most?"

"why?"

"Because he is very similar to you, Xiao Xixi." Xia Nan smiled, her brows crooked, "the same gentleness, the same consideration, and the same reliability. At that time, I thought, Xiao Xixi, you might go to As for being a housekeeper, if you are a housekeeper, you must be a very, very successful housekeeper."

Xia Xi tapped his shoulder lightly: "Thank you for having such confidence in me."

"I'm not trying to comfort you or encourage you, I'm just explaining a fact." Xia Nan said, "You may not know that you have a very special temperament that makes people believe, rely on, and convince. And you are indeed a person who is very caring and considerate of others."

"This is an essential requirement for a butler." Xia Xi said, "Every qualified butler in the department is like this. Look at the contestants around us, which one is not gentle and considerate, and makes people trust and depend?"

"It's different." Xia Nan shook her head, "You may not be able to perceive it anymore when you are in it. But in fact, the gentleness and consideration that you pretend to be through training are different from the natural delicacy and tolerance. At first glance You can be deceived, but after getting along for a long time, the sense of disobedience cannot be concealed by a superb disguise. No matter how perfect the service is, if there is no temperature, it will make people feel uncomfortable. This is why, in artificial Today, when intelligence and robots are so developed, the housekeeping service industry still exists."

Hearing this, Ludwig, who deeply agreed, immediately snorted to show his agreement.As the only crown prince of the empire, he is surrounded by 50 nannies and 200 servants, many of whom are senior nannies and housekeepers who have rich experience, have obtained various certificates, and graduated from famous colleges, but so many people can make him feel There are very few people who are comfortable, relaxed and warm, and Xia Xi is one of them.

"Hey~" It's not an easy task to get the approval of the crown prince and to be appointed as the chief servant. Stupid servant, you have to have some confidence in yourself!

Xia Nan looked into Xia Xi's eyes seriously, and Xia Xi felt that a firm force seemed to flow into his heart, which immediately calmed his nervous mood.He lowered his head, Da Mao's big blue eyes were looking at him with concern through the narrow gap, he could see that Da Mao was exhausted, but he still managed to stay awake.

"Hey~" Ludwig snorted softly.It is not an easy task to get the approval of the Crown Prince and to confer the title of Chief Attendant. Stupid servant, you have to have some confidence in yourself!

"Thank you Da Mao." He kissed Ludwig's nose again, and then hugged Xia Nan's back tightly, "I will behave well."

The advertising sound at the front desk was replaced with the theme song of the competition. The director called all the contestants to line up in formation and drove the relatives of the contestants out of the waiting area.Xia Xi took one last look at Xia Nan, and walked onto the stage amidst the exciting music.

In the VIP area of ​​the auditorium, Wen Zheng sat on a large sofa, and the small round table next to him was filled with exquisite snacks and drinks. A bouquet of flowers bloomed enchantingly in a vase, exuding a pleasant aroma.

Wen Zheng picked up the teacup and drank the red tea.On the stage, the host was enthusiastically introducing each contestant, and everyone stepped forward one by one, introducing themselves to the audience with the most elegant gestures.

Soon it was Shahi's turn.His handsome and youthful appearance, decent, elegant yet energetic manner, and concise and humorous conversation won him a lot of applause and cheers.There are many young spectators present, and they may not understand some professional things in the competition, but everyone has a love for beauty, and they can tell which player is better-looking at a glance.

"It's a talent that Mr. Wen is looking for." A somewhat chubby middle-aged man approached Wen Zheng and said flatteringly, "It must be this young man who went to the school to replace the housekeeper. Mr. Wen is really nice." eyesight."

Wen Zheng put down the teacup and said unhurriedly, "Ah, have the rumors spread like this?"

"Eh? Didn't you personally select that young man at the school and give him the qualification for an interview?"

Wen Zheng smiled slightly: "When the Federal Military University needs to recruit a new butler, it's just a practice that the Affiliated College of the Comprehensive University has an interview spot. As the chief butler, you have to check which student can get this spot. As for whether he can pass smoothly and become a member of us, it is not up to me."

"You are the main interviewer, and he is your favorite..."

"There are [-] interviewers in total, so we need everyone's opinions." Wen Zheng said, "Besides, I didn't like him either, and this kid is still far behind. It's just that if you have to give a spot, look and see, the newcomer In the middle, he is barely qualified."

"But..." The man wanted to say something else.But Wen Zheng had already raised a finger to signal him to keep quiet.

After an afternoon of fierce competition, Xia Xi finally ranked third, and together with a 30-year-old housekeeper, won the silver medal and received a bonus of 30.And Olier only took the bronze medal.

In fact, for newcomers like them.It is already very difficult to enter the finals, and Xia Xi never thought that he would win the silver award.However, the content of this year's competition lacked a lot of quick answers and more scenario simulations, from how to take care of a [-]-year-old baby without letting the baby affect the employer's life, to how to deal with the confession of the employer's daughter who has just entered puberty, and how to deal with it The employer's framing and humiliation, how to adjust the conflict between family and work, and so on.

The scenario simulation becomes more and more difficult towards the end. It is not a black and white multiple choice question at all, and involves various considerations.For example, in the scenario simulation about how to deal with the confession of the employer's daughter, when Xia Xi tentatively said the words of rejection, the employer's daughter was very emotional, Xia Xi immediately decided to accept it, and spent a lot of effort coaxing her to go back to the room to rest, And decided to have a good discussion with her employer about her education.The other contestant chose to firmly refuse, and the employer's daughter immediately had a fierce quarrel with him, and then committed suicide in the room, which means that he failed completely in this scenario simulation.

Xia Xi also didn't quite understand her unexpectedly good grades.However, after doing so many scenario simulations, he vaguely felt that perhaps the theme of this competition was not about experience and skills, but at a deeper level, the core of the butler profession.

He remembered what an old professor who was about to retire said at the opening ceremony when he came to report to the affiliated college on the first day: "You must remember that in the future, when you face your employers, what you will do is not to bow down and flatter you , nor is it to deal with it. You are not inferior slaves. Your job is to help others in their lives. And helping is love."

At that time, the students were secretly complaining about this sentence: As a second-class citizen, how to love a superior first-class citizen.

But now he seems to understand a little bit.What the professor said is not to ask them to love first-class citizens, or to love a specific group of people, but to have love, love themselves, and love the feeling of caring and helping others.

It's just that he has never actually met the Cortese people. Facing the data simulated by the computer, he can treat them like Xia Nan.But when he really met the Cortese people, could he still maintain this mood?

Xia Nan originally wanted to take Xia Xi to have a big meal to celebrate, but Ludwig, who had been hungry all day, could not eat in public after only having breakfast.They can only order a big meal in the restaurant and let the restaurant deliver it to their home.

The two returned home talking and laughing. As soon as they entered the house, a courier delivered it to their door.But it was not the meal they ordered in the restaurant, but a huge box. The box stood taller than a person, and the width was just enough to squeeze through the door frame.

"What did you buy?" Xia Xi asked Xia Nan while unpacking the box.

"No." Xia Nan said doubtfully, "I wouldn't buy such a big item."

Just as he was talking, the box was opened.Xia Xi and Xia Nan stretched their heads to look, they were shocked and turned pale with fright.

Inside the box lies a brand new operating compartment!