Seeing Cheng Kejia's barely concealed sadness, Chu Nian asked, "Him, I mean your friend, is he different from before?" Cheng Kejia had just said that apart from Ai Wen, the others were "weirdos."

Cheng Kejia suddenly said, "I found out that the lab is hiring, and I've already passed the interview."

Chu Nian murmured in surprise, "Are you crazy!"

Cheng Kejia: "It's so good to meet you before I go in. Ai Wen has already gone in, and you... I mean, after I go in, I will try to send you some information that I can't disclose. I hope you can think about your own situation and find a way to make this information public."

Chu Nian said quietly, "I won't make it public."

Cheng Kejia was taken aback.

Chu Nian continued, "And I also suggest you don't go to that place." Someone will handle things there, but it's definitely not Cheng Kejia: This woman is too audacious.

She suddenly asked curiously, "Is that friend you just mentioned someone you're very close to?"

Cheng Kejia pursed her lips, then suddenly cried out, "He's actually my younger brother, Cheng Kemian. We lost all contact with him when he was fifteen..."

Chu Nian exclaimed in shock, "You just told me he was a doctor." In the original plot, it seems that Cheng Kejia had a genius younger brother who disappeared at a young age.

Cheng Kejia: "That's right, he finished his doctorate at the age of fifteen. He should have had a bright future, but he was tricked into entering that laboratory. At first, he thought he was going to do research, but he didn't expect to find out that he himself was the research subject."

Chu Nian: "There are many people with high IQs, so why is that laboratory specifically studying him?"

Cheng Kejia cried bitterly, saying, "I don't know either! He... actually, during that chance encounter, he didn't dare to greet me at all, pretending not to know me. Later, he secretly contacted me and told me about some things in the lab."

He said that Ai Wen had already handed you over to that lab, and they would be contacting you soon. Also, my brother… after a series of research experiments, his senses were much stronger than ordinary people; he could even perform slight telekinesis. But… he also has a tumor in his brain and may only have six months to live.

Do you understand what I'm telling you? They will find people with relatively strong brain development to conduct experiments on, and further develop the brains of these test subjects to see if they can develop special abilities.

But these kinds of experiments can make people sick. My brother isn't the first case; countless people have died in those experiments.

She rattled off a whole bunch of things in one breath, probably because she really wanted Chu Nian to join her and work together.

Chu Nian said with a hint of helplessness, "Cheng Kejia, your name sounds like it's related to Cheng Kemian. After you're recruited, you might be treated as a research subject. You still have the nerve to think about sending messages out? Don't be silly. Haven't you thought about why your brother was tricked into going in there for so long, and only now can he contact you?"

Cheng Kejia: "It really didn't work before. But my brother has been secretly trying to find a way to disable their surveillance devices, and now he's finally found one. Once I'm inside, I can contact you this way, and then..."

Chu Nian interrupted her: "You just said that Ai Wen has already handed me over to them, and they will come looking for me soon."

Cheng Kejia: "Chen Zhao won't let you get arrested. Even if they wanted to arrest you, it wouldn't work."

Chu Nian rolled her eyes: What you're saying... one minute you're saying they're coming to arrest me, the next minute you're saying it's no use even if they want to arrest me, you're saying both sides of the story!

Chen Zhao's voice came through her phone: "Take Miss Cheng home. I've already asked Geng Qiu to give you leave. You don't need to go to evening self-study."

Cheng Kejia looked at Chu Nianhe and the phone hanging around her neck in shock.

Chu Nian smiled, her eyes narrowing, and said, "Sorry, I just called Chen Zhao and forgot to hang up."

Cheng Kejia: If you forget to hang up, why do you keep the phone on speakerphone? You're clearly making sure Chen Zhao can hear our conversation clearly.

As Chu Nian and Cheng Kejia stepped out of the school gate, a minivan pulled up in front of them. Geng Qiu's car, which was supposed to pick them up, had also arrived, but it was a step later than the minivan.

Several burly men suddenly jumped out of the van and tried to tie up Chu Nian and Cheng Kejia.

It seems that Chen Zhao wasn't the only one who overheard Chu and Cheng's conversation; others probably were too. It's likely that Cheng Kejia was already being watched by the lab when she applied for the job, and under 24-hour surveillance at that.

Chu Nian tossed out several marbles, knocking down the burly man at the front.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Geng Qiu turned the steering wheel and drove the car directly into the remaining burly men.

Cheng Kejia was stunned to see the several burly men lying on the ground, all with bruises between their eyebrows. She said incredulously, "Nian... Nian, you know the Finger Flicking Divine Skill!"

Geng Qiu's car had already forced back the other burly men, and he shouted to Chu Nian, "Get in the car!"

Chu Nian pulled Cheng Kejia to his car, opened the door, and shoved Cheng Kejia inside first.

The burly men who had been forced back by the car surrounded her again, but Chu Nian raised her hand. The men, fearing more marbles would fly towards them, quickly ducked back, but no marbles flew at them. Chu Nian was already in the car: she didn't have any more marbles left!

Geng Qiu drove the car at top speed, the wheels screeching as it sped off. But the van also sped off, chasing after Geng Qiu's car like a shadow.

Chu Nian quickly scanned Cheng Kejia inside and out with her mental power, reminding her, "Your phone, backpack, and shoes have all been fitted with tracking and eavesdropping devices."

Cheng Kejia hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then...then I'll look for it..."

"What are you looking for? Just throw them all away!" Chu Nian interrupted her helplessly.

"Oh." Cheng Kejia had clearly never encountered this situation before and was a little flustered, but she was still obedient and quickly threw her phone, bag, and shoes out of the car window.

The van finally stopped chasing after them.

Geng Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The driver in that car seems to be one of Young Master Chen's cousins, named Chen Han."

The Chen family is large and powerful, and has stood strong in S country for thousands of years. With many branches, anyone who can be said to be Chen Zhao's cousin must have blood ties with this branch within three generations.

Chen Zhao has dozens of such cousins. Those whom Geng Qiu could recognize at a glance are probably either closely related to the current president or relatively close to Chen Zhao's branch of the family.

"Why did they arrest you?" Geng Qiu asked. He guessed that Chen Zhao hadn't had a chance to tell him about the lab yet.

Chu Nian: "We'll talk about it when we get back."