Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO

Chapter 1080: Chapter 756: Grand Finale [27]—You Think You Deserve It?

This is the long-term work location.

According to preliminary estimates, even if all the work progresses smoothly, investigating the entire Mechanism City will take one to three years.

——Simply because Mechanical Techniques is extremely obscure.

Besides, Nora Scott only agreed to participate in the initial phase as external support but will not become the main person in charge of the entire project.

Therefore, due to the massive workload, the stay is also long-term with large tents set up for camping. Each main working tent can accommodate 20 to 30 people.

However, when it comes to the tents for living, there’s a bit of nuance.

The tents in April Thomason’s camp can accommodate about ten people per tent, or even more. They are used to collective living and have no objections.

But, over here, tents of the same size house only 3 to 4 people, divided by status, and some even house only one person.

The disparity is significant.

On the way to the tents, April Thomason cursed all the way about "extravagance," "waste," and "pretentiousness," completely unaware that she also included the special treatment given to Nora Scott and Pedro Langley.

"Here it is."

April Thomason jerked her chin forward, pointing at the large domed tent ahead, clicked her tongue, and then strode towards the tent entrance.

Someone was standing guard outside, wearing a uniform, but upon seeing April Thomason, they instinctively lowered their heads.

There was no intention to stop them.

Arriving at the tent, April Thomason lifted her hand to raise the curtain.

She just peeked inside—

"Who let you in? Get out!" a furious shout instantly came from inside.

Ha!

The people weren’t even visible yet, suddenly being yelled at like that, this irritable temper of April Thomason was immediately displeased on the spot.

She pulled a wicked smile at the corner of her mouth, tugged at her sleeve, and instead of obediently stepping back, she lifted her leg and boldly stepped inside.

Utterly arrogant.

Nora Scott and Pedro Langley exchanged a glance and swiftly followed April Thomason’s steps.

—lest April, in a moment of carelessness, beats up everyone inside.

The tent was filled with casually dressed "experts," and not a single person in uniform was in sight. There were about a dozen people, with ages ranging from their twenties to fifties, a very wide span, but every single one of them had one common trait—

A faux haughty demeanor.

"Didn’t you hear me tell you to get out?"

"We’re working!"

"The guards outside, are they all dead?!"

...

They harshly scolded April Thomason.

At this point, April Thomason, annoyed, furrowed her brows, reached at her waist, and then raised her hand.

"Snap!"

"Boom!"

With the whooshing sound of the whip, it struck a nearby chair. After the loud sound, the chair instantly splintered as if it were a prop from a movie, shattering at the touch.

——But, that was indeed a solid wooden chair.

One whip silenced them all.

The crowd couldn’t suppress a chill.

"Stop wasting words. When did you have the final say here?" April Thomason proclaimed brazenly, her tone dripping with rogue flavor, without any intention of "speaking nicely."

Usually, those in uniform treat this group involved in academia with respect.

They had grown used to it.

Now, they didn’t even look people in the eye.

Moreover, April Thomason was now free, without any official rank, merely there for the fun, and that level of status didn’t even matter to people.

Only their camp took her seriously.

So, no one expected she would suddenly act out, entering and immediately resorting to such a hardline method.

"Or do you have the say?" a young man retorted sarcastically, lifted his proud chin, and clearly didn’t take April Thomason seriously.

"Yo."

Suddenly, a voice from behind April grabbed everyone’s attention.

"..."

Everyone looked up, suddenly seeing the national sensation Nora Scott and the man behind her—immediately startled, instinctively fell silent.

No matter if she had never come over, Nora Scott’s name resounded like thunder.

If she were plain-looking, they might not even recognize her at first glance, but she was stunningly beautiful, making it hard not to recognize her.

——Just the mere titles, each taking a hundred words to describe, were enough to make them wary.

Nora Scott stepped in, lazily scanning the now deflated crowd, smirking coldly, asking, "So, does the project already have someone in charge?"

"..."

No one dared to respond to her for a while.

April Thomason clicked her tongue, looking down on this group of "bully the weak, fear the strong" types.

But it didn’t take long for a tall, attractive woman to step out from the group, her strong presence amplified by slight makeup, making it overwhelmingly intense—some would instinctively avert their gaze when in eye contact with her.

——She didn’t seem at all like someone involved in academia.

"Hello, Miss Scott." The woman skipped over April Thomason, heading straight towards Nora Scott, stopping before her and extending her hand, "I am an external technical advisor, Rita."

She spoke and acted appropriately.

But,

Her attitude was anything but that.

Overbearing, arrogant, with the intent to thoroughly overshadow Nora Scott.

Nora Scott scoffed, tilting her gaze slightly upward, calmly meeting the woman’s highly intimidating gaze.

She asked slowly, word by word, "Just an external hire, you think you’re worthy to shake hands with me?"