“Your suggestion is excellent, and the higher-ups value it highly, but there hasn’t been a suitable person to take over this project,” Lu Jin’an nodded.

At this moment, Wen Yifan's eyes lit up, but he quickly added, "But my current qualifications are not suitable for doing this kind of scientific research."

Lu Jin'an neither confirmed nor denied this, only saying indifferently, "We should at least apply and give it a try."

Wen Yifan nodded and said nothing more.

Gu Zhilin naturally knew that Lu Jin'an's knowledge of Wen Yifan's affairs was definitely because of him.

I feel grateful to him.

But this made him think of the confession he made earlier that day, and Gu Zhilin was somewhat troubled.

Just then, I received a message from Wen Yili, who said he had time to meet today.

"Wen Yili is free today too, let's go to the Combat Academy together in a bit." Gu Zhilin was in a good mood after seeing the message and invited Wen Yifan and the others.

Seeing his excited expression, Lu Jin'an felt a pang of sadness, but she didn't say anything.

Wen Yifan, however, asked with some concern, "Can we go into the Combat Academy?"

"What are you worried about? Isn't Lu Jin'an here?" Shen Guannan finally found an opportunity to speak, and said somewhat smugly, "As long as Lu Jin'an wants to, he can naturally take us there."

His smug expression seemed to be talking about himself.

Lu Jin'an resisted the urge to roll her eyes: "Did I say I was going to take you?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Guannan was stunned. "You're taking them but not me? Are you still my brother?"

"When did I become your brother?" Lu Jin'an didn't give him any face at all, and even vented his frustration on Shen Guannan.

Shen Guannan panicked a little; he had wanted to go with Wen Yifan.

If this person doesn't take me along, then I'll miss this hard-won chance to be with Wen Yifan.

Without even thinking, he looked directly at Gu Zhilin: "Gu Zhilin, put in a good word for me! Am I still your friend?"

Gu Zhilin was speechless. Why was he pulling at himself like this?

But seeing his anxious and pitiful appearance, Gu Zhilin could only tug at Lu Jin'an's sleeve.

Lu Jin'an felt him tugging at her clothes and naturally knew what he meant.

But she deliberately looked at him with feigned confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Could we bring Mr. Shen along?"

Lu Jin'an smiled and said in a good mood, "Since you've asked, of course I can."

Lu Jin'an used to say these kinds of things often, and even when they first met, he said even more ambiguous things.

Lu Jin'an may not have had any other intentions at the time.

But now Gu Zhilin understood what he meant, and immediately felt his ears burning and his cheeks burning as well.

He quickly composed himself and suppressed his burning cheeks.

Shen Guannan was happy to receive the answer and did not notice Gu Zhilin's expression.

Wen Yifan noticed his difference, and he could clearly sense that the atmosphere between Gu Zhilin and Lu Jin'an was a bit off.

Recalling Lu Jin'an's reaction when Gu Zhilin spoke last time, Wen Yifan realized that something must have happened between the two of them.

Looking at the two standing together, Gu Zhilin lowered his head awkwardly, while Lu Jin'an looked at him with doting eyes.

Wen Yifan suddenly felt sorry for her younger brother.

Having decided to go to S University, the group didn't delay and immediately boarded the flying car to head to S University.

Originally, Wen Yifan planned that the group could all ride together in Lu Jin'an's flying car and get there in one go.

However, Shen Guannan insisted on driving a flying car to take Wen Yifan with him.

"Why?" Wen Yifan frowned.

"Because if they come out of S University and go straight back to the military region, then we won't be able to get back by flying car, right?" Shen Guannan said logically.

"Then I can ride with them now!" Wen Yifan hadn't seen Gu Zhilin in a long time and wanted to sit with him.

But Shen Guannan dragged him onto his flying car and forced him to get on: "Because I'm too bored by myself, I need someone to keep me company."

Watching Shen Guannan pull the person into the flying car, Lu Jin'an suddenly felt that bringing Shen Guannan along was actually a good choice.

It was already quite late when the group arrived at S University, but Lu Jin'an still decided to take them to see Wen Yili first.

Wen Yili also took half an hour off to meet with them.

When I saw Wen Yili again, he looked taller and more energetic in his military uniform.

His hair was cut short, and his face was clean and neat, somewhere between a teenager and a mature man.

It looks exceptionally pleasing to the eye.

"Xiao Li, you look great right now." Wen Yifan noticed that her younger brother's eyes were already a little red.

He never imagined that his once frail younger brother would be able to enter the combat academy, and that he would look so healthy and energetic now.

Wen Yili smiled and nodded: "Brother, my grades have always been among the best since the start of the semester."

Wen Yifan smiled even more happily upon hearing this.

"Brother Zhilin, it's been a long time." After greeting Wen Yifan, Wen Yili's eyes fell on Gu Zhilin.

The first time he saw Gu Zhilin in military uniform, the boy next door looked so handsome.

Gu Zhilin nodded: "Long time no see, you've become more and more handsome."

Upon hearing this, Wen Yili blushed, a rare expression of shyness appearing on his face.

Lu Jin'an, who was standing to the side, felt a pang of jealousy.

"I've heard about your achievements. Your teachers at the college also admire you, saying you're a rare talent, especially since your mental strength has improved so quickly."

Wen Yili looked at Lu Jin'an in surprise: "General Lu knows?"

Lu Jin'an nodded: "The military and the academy will keep in frequent contact. If there are outstanding talents, they will be reported to the military in advance. You also have two other students whose mental strength is improving rapidly. Although they have just enrolled, both the academy and the military are paying attention to them."

Speaking of this, Wen Yili frowned: "General Lu, there's something I don't know how to say?"

This was the first time Wen Yili had spoken to Lu Jin'an so solemnly, which surprised everyone.

Even Lu Jin'an herself was surprised, after all, this child had regarded her as a rival in love from the very beginning.

"What's up?"

“Many students in our cohort have seen rapid improvement in their mental strength.” He hesitated for a moment before saying, “I know that my rapid improvement is due to the method that Brother Zhilin taught me.”

"But... in the past few days, several classmates have improved their mental strength even faster than me. I'm not jealous of them, but judging from their usual training habits, their improvement speed shouldn't be so fast."

Lu Jin'an narrowed his eyes upon hearing this: "Approximately how much?"

“I know of five or six, but there should be more. My roommate said there are at least a dozen. Their improvement rate is astonishing. Even the teachers were surprised.”

"How long has this rapid improvement been going on? Why hasn't the academy reported it?" Lu Jin'an's expression became even more serious upon hearing the numbers.

He knew very well that Wen Yili's improvement speed was already heaven-defying, yet he was even faster than him, and in such large numbers, which was definitely not normal.