When Wen Lu walked up to Zhuge Peng, she raised her hand and gently pushed him, reminding him in a light tone, "Stay away from her, she's afraid of you..."

After saying that, Wen Lu took her phone and left the classroom. Zhuge Peng stood there, glanced at Dong Zhimeng with an embarrassed expression, and then returned to his seat. He didn't dare to bother Dong Zhimeng any further.

After Zhuge Peng left, Dong Zhimeng visibly breathed a sigh of relief. She picked up the test paper beside her and began to work on the questions.

When she finally started studying seriously, she realized she had missed too many important points.

Just then, Qian Lailai came to Dong Zhimeng's side, placed her old notebook on Dong Zhimeng's desk, and whispered "Good luck" to Dong Zhimeng.

Wen Lu answered Xiao Qi's call in the hallway, but the voice on the other end was Gu Yao's. Gu Yao spoke to Wen Lu with a somewhat excited tone.

"Hey, young lady, are you also named Wen Lu? You share the same name as my friend! Isn't that a wonderful coincidence? Do you have time tomorrow? If it's convenient for you, I can treat you to a meal, how about it?"

After learning Wen Lu's name from Xiao Qi, Gu Yao was in a state of frenzied excitement, as if she had found a new emotional support.

Ever since learning that Phantom had died in the explosion, she had been distracted every day. After dealing with the Shadow Alliance's affairs, she would go out to do missions, thinking that this would help her forget about Phantom's accident.

But whenever the night was quiet, she felt an intense longing for Phantom and regretted not insisting on going with her that day.

She kept asking herself if things would have turned out differently if he had gone.

But ever since she met Wen Lu, she felt like she had found her heartbeat again. The feeling of being by Wen Lu's side made her feel very different.

The feeling was magical, so magical that she almost forgot about Phantom's death, as if this Wen Lu was Phantom herself, making her want to get closer to her.

Hearing Gu Yao's excited tone, Wen Lu felt cruel. She could have told Gu Yao her true identity, but Gu Yao chose to hide it for her own purposes. Gu Yao wanted to change her identity to make it easier to investigate her parents.

In that instant, Wen Lu was in a daze; she didn't know if her decision was right or wrong...

“Okay, pick me up at Harbin No. 1 High School at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. I’ll go out to eat with you, and I’ll go with you to do whatever you want.”

Wen Lu felt that doing this was a way of making amends to Gu Yao. Since Gu Yao liked being with her, she would change her identity and be friends with her. She just hoped that when Gu Yao found out her true identity in the end, she wouldn't be angry that she had kept it from her.

She truly had her own unavoidable difficulties.

When Gu Yao heard that Wen Lu had accepted her invitation, she screamed with excitement. She knew that Wen Lu would definitely agree to her request. She could handle someone as difficult as Mei Ying, so she had a lot of confidence in Wen Lu.

Having received a response from Wen Lu, Gu Yao reluctantly hung up the phone. She returned the phone to Xiao Qi and then spoke in a particularly cheerful tone.

"Don't worry, leave your affairs to your sister. I will find out as quickly as possible who wants to harm you. Also, haven't you always wanted to know the truth about your parents' death? I will help you find out that too. Study hard and don't let Wen Lu down."

Since Wen Lu agreed to have dinner with her, Gu Yao was in a great mood. She even found the troublesome Xiao Qi much more agreeable. Suddenly, she felt that helping Wen Lu take care of a child wasn't such a troublesome thing after all, and it was still acceptable.

"You're from the Shadow Alliance? I know you; I've studied the Shadow Alliance's information."

Xiao Qi looked at Gu Yao and spoke with certainty. When he wanted to avenge his parents, he had carefully studied the Shadow Alliance's information. The only person in the Shadow Alliance whose true identity had been exposed was Gu Yao, and the person he admired most was Gu Yao.

He thought Gu Yao was very impressive, revealing her true face in front of her enemy, something even the leader of the Shadow Alliance wouldn't dare to do.

Meeting Xiao Qi's bright, admiring eyes, Gu Yao raised an eyebrow, smiled gently, and then flicked Xiao Qi's forehead with her hand.

"You're so young, why aren't you studying properly? What are you doing researching the Shadow Alliance? Is the Shadow Alliance something a little kid like you can research? Just focus on your studies, get into university, and leave your parents' affairs to me. I promise I'll give you an explanation."

Gu Yao couldn't stand Xiao Qi's adoring eyes. She felt that the worst decision she had made was to reveal her appearance in the Shadow Alliance's information. It was too embarrassing to encounter a little fanboy like this.

"I also want to join the Shadow Alliance..."

Gu Yao, who had just turned around to leave, almost stumbled when she heard this. She never expected Xiao Qi to have such a thought. She turned around, frowned, and asked again in disbelief.

"What did you just say? Say it again, what did you say you were going to do?"

“I said I wanted to join the Shadow Alliance, and I wanted to become a member of the Shadow Alliance.”

Xiao Qi looked at Wen Lu with a determined gaze and spoke earnestly. He had finally met his idol, so of course he couldn't miss the opportunity to fight alongside him.

Looking at Xiao Qi's fair and delicate appearance, she walked up to him, raised her hand and gently patted his shoulder, feeling how frail Xiao Qi's body was.

"Kid, I'm not trying to discourage you, but even the janitors in our base are better than you. You might think you're pretty good, but you don't know what kind of life-or-death training those people in the Shadow Alliance have gone through to stay. So, don't be so naive. Just focus on your studies. That kind of life isn't for you."

Gu Yao swallowed the harsh words that were about to come out of her mouth. She felt that she should be kinder to avoid Xiao Qi complaining about her and upsetting Wen Lu. If Wen Lu refused to have dinner with her, it would be troublesome.

She's become frighteningly obsessive now. It seems that as long as she can see Wen Lu, she can change her volatile temper. Even if she has harsh words on the tip of her tongue, she can swallow them back. Once she has fulfilled her little wishes, she can then teach these overconfident people a lesson.

"You should rest well today. I'll get your schoolbag for you tomorrow. Bye!"

The thought of spending time with Wen Lu tomorrow made Gu Yao feel much better. She wanted to share this joy with Qi Nian, but she was afraid that Qi Nian would scold her for being mentally unstable, so she simply suppressed the urge to share and enjoyed the happiness of being with Wen Lu all by herself.