She said very sincerely, "Little Lin, you'll understand some things when you grow up."

Chen Zhao turned his head away and chuckled again.

Lou Qianzong immediately exploded: "What do you mean by that? You're saying I haven't grown up yet? You weren't even born when I was splitting the heavens and earth!"

Chu Nian said, "Okay, okay, what I mean is, you...you..." She was very helpless and embarrassed, and only said, "Can you try to understand it carefully?" After saying that, she left, intending to call a taxi, as they also needed to take a taxi home.

Lou Qianzong asked Chen Zhao in confusion, "Chen Zhao, what exactly did she mean by that?"

"You're too naive," Chen Zhao said helplessly, perhaps because he had always protected him too well. However, he liked Lou Qianzong very much and didn't want him to become like himself and Nian Nian.

Lou Qianzong thought for a moment before he began to understand: "So, you two foxes, why did you believe that those girls wouldn't tell anyone about what happened tonight?"

Chu Nian: "They're afraid of having their tongues pulled out."

Chen Zhao: "We don't erase their memories because we don't want them to cause trouble for Niannian in the future."

Lou Qianzong: "So, you know that Yi Nian was surrounded by those girls on the playground? Do you know everything about her?"

Chu Nian turned around and glared at him helplessly: Why is this guy being so sour again?

She finally flagged down a taxi and was about to get in when she suddenly heard Chen Zhao say, "Wait a minute. The school..."

Chu Nian's expression changed. After hearing Chen Zhao's words, she instinctively released her spiritual power to investigate the school a few hundred meters away, only to find that there were people in the school again.

"What is Cheng Kejia doing at school at this time?" she asked, both surprised and somewhat resentful.

Chen Zhao looked at Chu Nian and said, "Miss Cheng may be here to see you, we..."

Chu Nian made a quick decision, producing a paper doll and quietly sending it into the school, where she stuck it to Cheng Kejia.

Lou Qianzong was somewhat taken aback when he saw the paper figure: This thing looks familiar, it seems... He gave Chu Nian a strange look.

Under the influence of the magic, Cheng Kejia wandered around and ended up outside the school, but she still thought she was heading towards the teaching building. After she had vaguely walked several hundred meters away from the school, she suddenly felt a tight grip on her hand. Startled, she almost screamed. When she turned around and saw that it was Chu Nian, she felt relieved.

Chu Nian quickly pulled her to a very inconspicuous corner and asked, "What are you doing at school at this hour?"

Cheng Kejia's eyes reddened, and she said, "I came to find you, to... to apologize to you. I'm sorry, I didn't know Ai Wen would do this to you... I... I really didn't expect him to do this. I really can't understand, he's clearly a gentle and kind person, how could he... actually let..."

The woman's words were somewhat incoherent, probably because her emotions were too complicated.

Chu Nian was very surprised and asked curiously, "Ai Wen would tell you about the bad things he did?"

Cheng Kejia said, "Of course he won't tell me, but I can try to get information out of his subordinates!" As she said this, she shook Chu Nian's arm, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Ai Wen had done such a thing to you before. I thought it was because you couldn't get Ai Wen's love that you hurt him."

Chu Nian frankly admitted, "He's a scumbag."

Cheng Kejia asked in confusion, "By the way, I see no one in the school anymore. Didn't you have evening self-study? Why did you leave school so early?" She was fooled by Chu Nian's illusion and didn't see the students in the school who were having class after Chu Nian turned beans into soldiers. She didn't even notice that the classroom lights were on.

Suddenly, a beam of light flashed in the air as they were speaking.

Chu Nian's heart skipped a beat. The ship had arrived. Hopefully, the second-year high school group leader would be helpful!

She quickly pulled Cheng Kejia away and into a coffee shop two streets away, where Chen Zhao and Lou Qianzong were already waiting.

Chu Nian pulled Cheng Kejia to sit opposite them.

Cheng Kejia felt that the two extremely handsome men sitting opposite her had a bit too strong an aura, making her feel immense pressure and creating an awkward atmosphere.

"Let's order drinks!" Chu Nian said to her.

Cheng Kejia said, "I mainly came here to apologize to you, but now I... I just want to... leave first." She glanced timidly at the two people opposite her.

Chu Nian coughed lightly and said, "Ignore them."

"No, no, no, I'd better go home. My family is waiting for me for dinner." Cheng Kejia said, forcing a smile, then got up and left quickly.

Chu Nian said helplessly to the two of them, "Why are you both making such a long face?"

Lou Qianzong also looked helpless and said, "What time is it? You still have the mood to drag her here. You should have just taken her home after you left the school!"

Chu Nian switched to telepathy: "Did you also notice that the Lake Star people's spaceship has arrived?"

Lou Qianzong: "You bet, does your trick even work?"

Chu Nian: "We'll have to see to know!"

Lou Qianzong thought for a moment, then said, "Hey, I was wondering if the beans you used were... you know, the kind that can make people lose their reproductive ability after three generations?"

Chu Nian: "What nonsense are you talking about? Those are all top-quality magic beans."

As if he had just thought of something, Chen Zhao asked, "The kind of demonic bean that can be countered by Taoist magic?"

Chu Nian nodded.

Chen Zhao pondered for a moment.

Lou Qianzong was somewhat disappointed: "You mean, the Lake Star people, by using your 'soldiers,' can really stop being afraid of electricity? And they can keep reproducing?"

Chu Nian: "Existence is its own justification. There's no need to make someone childless!"

Lou Qianzong said angrily, "Do you know how many people those Lake Star people have harmed? The entire human race on Earth is in danger of being wiped out by them."

Chu Nian pondered after hearing this: if her thinking was correct, Lou Qianzong must be from the future. Therefore, what he said might represent the true future of Earthlings: that Earthlings might be wiped out by the Lake aliens.

She was also helpless about this situation. She could only take care of the present moment, and she really couldn't worry too much about the future.

Chen Zhao said, "It seems there's no other way now. We can't let thousands of teachers and students from Jueming High School be taken away by the Lek aliens. If they succeed once, they'll want more."

Lou Qianzong: "But if those magic beans grow and sprout on Planet Lake, and they see the benefits of magic beans, who knows if they won't want more magic beans? They will come back to Earth for that reason."

Chen Zhao was probably also at his wits' end, his brows furrowed in worry. He sighed and said, "But we really can't control too much about the future. Besides, what Earthlings should be thinking about now is improving their overall combat power, and ideally, developing weapons or energy sources to counter aliens as soon as possible."