"No, Brother Kaiyan!" Leng Erya supported Li Kaiyan with heartache. Seeing the handprint on the man's handsome face, Leng Erya couldn't help but cry.

“It’s not Kaiyan’s fault, it was my own choice to go, you can’t hurt him.”

Li Kaiyan's lips, stained with blood, curled into a smile. Fortunately, all those words hadn't been spoken in vain; she really would help him.

Li Hongyao looked at Feng Jingming with a troubled expression, "Your Majesty, what do you think of this...?"

Feng Jingming: ...You old fox.

Feng Jingming coughed and said, "Li Kaiyan's abduction of women has had a very bad influence on everyone. If everyone follows his example, then everything will be in chaos."

Li Hongyao nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, you are right, but look at the current situation..."

Li Hongyao glanced meaningfully at Leng Erya, who was firmly protecting Li Kaiyan.

Feng Jingming also had a bit of a headache. Occasionally, a few unreasonable and willful women would pop up. Even though he had made arrangements for them, they would always be fooled by other people's sweet talk.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Leng Erya quickly said, "Please don't punish Brother Kaiyan, okay? I will be obedient from now on. He did it all for me."

Feng Jingming: "No, a country has its laws and a family has its rules. But for your sake, I'll punish him by banning him from attending matchmaking events for ten years."

If he can't participate for ten years, wouldn't everyone else be holding their grandchildren while his son won't even see a wife? That won't do. Li Hongyao was about to speak.

Li Kaiyan expressed his gratitude first, saying, "Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Majesty. I will certainly make amends for my sins and will not hesitate to die for the empire."

Seeing this, Li Hongyao didn't say anything more.

After bidding farewell to Feng Jingming, the father and son returned to the main residence of the Li family.

Li Hongyao quickly asked, "How's the matter going? Is there a result?"

Li Kaiyan nodded: "It's certain that Leng Erya hasn't lost her memory and is connected to the magical fruit, but she won't say anything more about the specifics."

Li Hongyao frowned slightly. "Tell me in detail what has happened during this period."

Li Kaiyan told Li Hongyao everything that had happened between him and Leng Erya.

Li Hongyao frowned more and more as he listened, and finally couldn't help but get angry. He slammed his hand on the table and said, "This is the good idea you told me about? Are you stupid? You've completely tied yourself to her now. Why didn't you discuss this with me first?"

"Huh? Isn't this a good thing?" Li Kaiyan was completely puzzled. "If she really is related to the magical fruit, wouldn't it be better for us to just take her down? Even if she isn't, a beautiful woman with perfect fertility is a win-win situation."

Li Hongyao glanced at him sideways and said, "You're still too young. Do you know that she accepts all advances from men? If she continues like this, her future partners will likely be of higher or lower status. It's hard to say whether you'll even have a place in that world. And even if you do, how can you guarantee that she'll completely trust you and tell you about the magical fruit?"

Li Kaiyan knew this, of course, but he was confident. "Of course I can, but seeing how she defended me today gives me that confidence."

Li Hongyao shook his head. "You think you're the only clever one? Anyone can do this. She's protecting you like this, and she'll protect others like this in the future. She's too promiscuous and not suitable to be a partner for the Li family."

Li Kaiyan scoffed at this, firmly believing that he was special and that he could definitely get the magical fruit out of her.

...

After Zhao Jianguo's background was revealed, everyone at the school sighed in amazement. No wonder this guy was so talented; his background was indeed extraordinary.

Zhao Wenrui probably didn't want to push her too far, so he didn't come looking for her again. He only issued a public announcement to the world that his second child had been found, namely Zhao Jianguo, who has a mental strength of 3S+.

The Zhao family's status did indeed rise considerably in a short time, and some family heads became more polite to him, after all, he was the only one with a 3S+ rating.

However, none of this affected Lu Manman. On the contrary, Zhao Bo stopped calling him "brother" like before.

I ran into Zhao Bo at the classroom door. Zhao Bo looked serious. “Brother Jianguo, I respect all your decisions and I apologize for the harm my family has caused you. If you need anything in the future, just let me know, and I will do anything to help you.”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Bo continued, "You... we can still be friends, right?"

Lu Manman sat down in her usual spot.

Zhao Bo was overjoyed and quickly sat down next to Lu Manman, his reserved seat.

Lu Manman wouldn't ask Zhao Bo to do anything in Zhao Jianguo's name, after all, she wasn't the real Zhao Jianguo and didn't have that right, but... "We've always been friends."

Although he knew he wouldn't forgive the Zhao family, Zhao Bo still couldn't hide his disappointment. He nodded emphatically and smiled, "Yes! We're friends."

Ye Xingfan and Xu Lingyuan arrived late, just as the class ended.

Xu Lingyuan then turned on his personal computer; a special reminder he had received during class had arrived.

Xu Lingyuan's eyes lit up when he saw it. "Good news, Leng Erya has been found."

"That's great!" Ye Xingfan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that we found her. Is she alright?"

Xu Lingyuan's expression suddenly became somewhat strange. "She's fine... but I've heard that her body is covered in marks from intimate encounters."

Ye Xingfan was furious upon hearing this. In interstellar space, in order to optimize their genes to the greatest extent, women are considered pure and innocent before the matchmaking banquet, and cannot be defiled by others. They can only proceed after finding a suitable man at the matchmaking banquet...

But now she has mysteriously disappeared, and...

"Was it that bastard who forced her?"

Xu Lingyuan shook his head. "She didn't force him. I heard she's still trying her best to protect him. And as far as I know, she has quite a few potential partners, at least this many."

Xu Lingyuan held up three fingers as he spoke.

Zhao Bo: "Only three, that's not many."

Xu Lingyuan rolled his eyes. "Thirty."

Hiss~

Everyone gasped, their gazes unanimously filled with sympathy for Ye Xingfan. It seems that the most known interstellar partners are only eleven.

Zhao Bo: "Oh my god! Ye Ye, you're in for a world of hurt. You'll have to compete with so many people for my affections. Just thinking about it is incredibly stressful."

Lu Manman: ...I have to say, she's amazing in this area!

"No, impossible..." Ye Xingfan firmly refused to believe it. "I'm going to find her personal computer right now and ask her myself."

"No need to look anymore." After a few operations on his personal computer, Zhao Bo said, "Here you go! I've sent it to you."

Ye Xingfan: ……

"How could you have it?" The interstellar woman's quantum computer is a very private entity. If Xu Lingyuan had it, he would find it understandable, but how could Zhao Bo have it?

Zhao Bo shrugged innocently. "Is it that difficult? Her personal computer account is now an open secret in high society."

Ye Xingfan: "Hmph! This is an insult to women, I..."

Xu Lingyuan interrupted, "Why don't you add it first and then we'll talk? There's a surprise in store."

What a surprise! Ye Xingfan put that aside for now and hurriedly entered her personal computer number. She saw a cute profile picture of herself pouting and acting adorable. Ye Xingfan was instantly charmed. She was so cute!

Then I opened the friend request page, and was immediately struck dumb.

Name, age, height, weight, bust, waist, hip measurements, photo, occupation, net worth, hobbies, family...

The dense, overwhelming amount of text dazzled Ye Xingfan. What was all this about? What was the purpose of all this detailed explanation?

Zhao Bo couldn't help but chuckle, "Ye Ye, what are you doing? Hurry up and fill it out."

Lu Manman also curiously peeked out to take a look, and wow~ good heavens, it shocked her for the entire day.