Chapter 217: Chapter 147: This Life is Getting More and More Sentence-Worthy

Chu Jiang fell silent for a moment, then quickly said, "I’m on duty, so I can’t take you home. Call that friend of yours back. I’ll escort you through the special access corridor."

Before Shu Yao could even shoot him a glance, Ke Dancheng had already dashed off to call Song Xiaoxing back.

Song Xiaoxing was still in a daze even after their Flying Machine had passed through the special access corridor.

「The Shu Residence.」

Shu Chao Yu was already waiting at the door. He’d received a message from Chu Jiang.

The Flying Machine landed, and the cabin door opened.

Before Shu Yao could even get out, she heard Shu Chao Yu ask:

"What’s going on?"

Instead of answering, Shu Yao asked a question of her own. "Yesterday, when you and Xiao Juzi went out, did anyone show interest in the Flying Machine?"

"Tons of people. Anyone who saw the Big Bumblebee asked me where I got its makeover." Shu Chao Yu glanced at the Big Bumblebee parked in the yard, his gaze lingering for a moment on Song Xiaoxing, who was darting around excitedly.

"Whose Flying Machine is this!? It’s awesome!!" The more Song Xiaoxing looked, the more he liked it, and he began circling the Big Bumblebee nonstop. "Where’d you buy this colored wrap? I need the link!"

Only when he got closer did he realize that the colorful sections he was seeing weren’t a wrap, but some kind of... stealth coating.

’Applying military-grade stealth coating to a civilian Flying Machine... What in the world?’

Staring intently at the Big Bumblebee, her thoughts in a whirl, Shu Yao asked, "Illegally modifying a Flying Machine... how serious is that charge?"

Shu Chao Yu opened his mouth to speak, but Ke Dancheng and Song Xiaoxing answered in unison:

"Minimum three years."

Their perfect unison made the two exchange a look.

"Part of Federation Law exists solely to protect the Austin family’s patents. This thing of yours..." He sized up the Big Bumblebee, his expression growing more and more peculiar. "This exterior coating is military-grade material, isn’t it?"

Shu Yao was slightly surprised. "How do you know?"

’Back then, even when the old headmaster of the Imperial University Military Academy, Si Jingping, and a certain Professor Gan were right there, they didn’t realize the military stealth coating she had sprayed on the Flying Machine.’

Song Xiaoxing said, "I’m a big fan of Kunlun. The Kunlun Battle Armor uses this exact type of coating. Federation Law stipulates that civilian Flying Machines are forbidden from using military-grade materials—not even for the paint.

"The way you’ve done this is way too conspicuous, almost like you were afraid people *wouldn’t* notice. Anyone who knows their stuff can spot it in a second."

Shu Yao facepalmed.

’Great. Just adding more years to my future sentence.’

"Sister Yao," Ke Dancheng said, "if the Zone One traffic police are coming for you because you illegally used military materials, can’t we just wash the coating off before they get here?"

The moment Ke Dancheng’s words faded, he saw Shu Yao’s expression turn grave.

Shu Chao Yu laughed carefreely. "I thought it was some huge deal. This is nothing."

Shu Yao put a hand to her forehead, forcing a wry laugh. "And what if the outer coating is just camouflage?"

"Whoa!" Song Xiaoxing was the first to realize. "Don’t tell me you modified the entire Flying Machine!"

"More... or less," Shu Yao said, her voice lacking energy.

Song Xiaoxing gasped. "If you get sent to an interstellar prison for this, you’ll be in for life!"

"N-no way..." Shu Chao Yu asked, stunned. "You modified the whole Flying Machine?"

’But aside from the exterior, the cockpit feels exactly the same as before.’

"It got blasted to smithereens!" Looking at her little uncle’s naive expression, Shu Yao said, a headache coming on, "You didn’t really think a few simple repairs would be enough to fix it, did you!?"

Song Xiaoxing was speechless. ’What in the world happened to this Big Bumblebee before? Sounds like there’s a story here!’

Shu Yao calmed down and thought it over. "The Austin family must be extremely confident in the firepower of their combat Mechas. What’s more, they can access the internal video of their attack on the Flying Machine.

"The entire tail section was blown clean through. The damage was devastating, and those bastards saw it happen. But now, the Flying Machine is perfectly intact. I’m guessing they already suspect I rebuilt it."

’And then the Austin family can justifiably use this charge to send her to an interstellar prison. What a brilliant scheme!’

Shu Chao Yu decided instantly. "Just haul it off and destroy it."

’Ke Dancheng initially thought about suggesting she just hide the Flying Machine in her storage space. But hiding it would be a transparent attempt at a cover-up. Not only would it fail to deter the people from the Zone One traffic police, it would probably make them even more suspicious.’

’Her little uncle’s idea to "destroy the evidence" wasn’t half bad.’

Shu Yao, however, disagreed.

"Do you have any idea how much effort I put into rebuilding it!?"

Shu Chao Yu said dismissively, "We’ll just buy a new one, and you can fix it up to look exactly the same. Problem solved."

"Where’s your gun?" Shu Yao had almost forgotten that her little uncle didn’t carry his weapon when he was off duty. So, she pulled a laser gun from her storage space.

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