Chu Nian nodded and said, "I'm going to complete my resignation procedures in a bit. I promised to make you the group admin's driver, and I'll remind the group admin again after I finish the procedures. He should issue the transfer order directly."

Martha was overjoyed upon hearing this: becoming the group leader's driver would mean her salary would increase several times over, not to mention the immense honor it would bring—far more enviable than being a member of the Galactic Team's guards.

Chu Nian had already discussed this matter with Lou Qianzong once, and Lou Qianzong agreed, saying that issuing a direct transfer order would appear more formal.

Unfortunately, Lou Qianzong couldn't issue a transfer order to Chu Nian, because Chu Nian didn't want to belong to either side anymore; she wanted to be a free person supported by her son.

Although such a life sounds wonderful, she still felt that Lou Qianzong's condition was not quite right today and was very worried about him.

She then asked Martha, "You said that the person he loved so much disappeared for a very long time, but he could never transfer his affections to someone else. What will happen in the end?"

Martha thought for a moment, then frowned with a hint of heartache and said, "Niannian, I think, if you wait for someone for too long, but still can't let go, and there's no hope for them to come back..."

“Yes, it’s very likely that the other person doesn’t actually love him at all, but loves someone else.” Chu Nian interjected, explaining the situation in more detail.

"Huh?" Martha's eyes reddened. "The group owner is such an outstanding person, how come the person he loves doesn't love him back?"

Chu Nian hummed in agreement, then said helplessly, "That's true."

Martha suddenly realized what was happening, covered her mouth as she gasped in surprise, and asked, "Niannian, you've been asking me all these questions today, is it because the group admin... he's having a mental breakdown?"

Chu Nian asked in a daze, "Can't you think straight?"

Martha nodded emphatically. "Yes, he's having second thoughts. Has he been locking himself in his room lately?"

Chu Nian nodded.

Martha: "Don't you talk to me much?"

Chu Nian nodded again.

Martha: "Is he eating and sleeping normally?"

Chu Nian thought about how this guy kept the light on in his room in the middle of the night, but immediately turned it off as soon as he heard her make a sound; he also had no energy to eat during the day, so she shook her head with a bitter and worried look: What's wrong with this guy?

Martha: "Was he like this before?"

Chu Nian quickly shook her head like a rattle drum.

Martha: "So you haven't talked to him again these past few days? Haven't you tried to talk to him and give him some advice?"

Chu Nian murmured, "I saw that he was always upset, and didn't want to see or talk to anyone, so I... I didn't bother him, afraid that it would make him even more upset!" Did she do something wrong? Her heart suddenly felt so guilty!

Martha: "It's over, it's over, he must be unable to get over this."

Chu Nian: "Would you be so suicidal?" That can't be right. You're already this old, how could you be so suicidal? If someone is so suicidal, how could they live to be hundreds of millions of years old?

Martha: "Of course he would. Everyone has moments of overthinking. Besides, he's been alone with his lover for so long; anyone would be a little distraught."

Yes, it's been too long. She couldn't even imagine how Lou Qianzong had managed to get through such a long time.

After Martha said that, Chu Nian couldn't finish her meal. She put down her chopsticks and said, "No, I'd better go back and see him. I won't be at ease until I see that he's alright."

“I’ll go with you,” Martha said.

Chu Nian: "No need, you eat quickly, then tidy up and go back to wait for the transfer order."

Martha hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll come with you to your dormitory building. I won't go upstairs." She knew very well that Lou Qianzong didn't like being disturbed.

Chu Nian thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright!"

A few minutes later, Chu Nian had returned to her dormitory. The food that Masha and the others had brought from the doorway had been moved to the dining room, but no one had touched it.

Chu Nian sighed. She hadn't come back for lunch these past few days, but she hadn't found any food or leftover lunchboxes. Now that she thought about it, Lou Qianzong probably threw them away secretly: he hadn't eaten at all!

She hadn't noticed this detail before, but now she was certain that Lou Qianzong was indeed just as Martha had said, unable to eat or sleep properly!

“Little Lin…” Chu Nian knocked on his bedroom door.

"Hmm?" Lou Qianzong's voice came from inside.

Chu Nian: "Why didn't you eat lunch?"

Lou Qianzong: "I...I'll eat in a bit. Have you gone to process your resignation?"

Chu Nian: Not yet.

Lou Qianzong: "Go quickly, and once you're done, head to the Imperial Concubine. As for that Martha, I've already had my secretary issue the transfer order, so you don't need to worry about it."

Chu Nian asked without any concern, "Are you alright?"

Lou Qianzong: "What could I possibly have to do? Go do your thing and stop dawdling with me. You're keeping me from sleeping!" He became extremely impatient as he spoke.

Chu Nian knew that if she kept asking, this guy would probably explode, so she had no choice but to go and complete the resignation procedures first, and talk about it again when she got to the Imperial Concubine.

Although she was just a lowly patrol team member, her resignation required the signatures of several superiors from the bottom up to be valid. However, her status as the group leader's girlfriend had already spread throughout the entire galaxy, so which leader dared to make things difficult for her? They all signed the papers without hesitation.

Then she went to Wang Xiao's office. Wang Xiao was the general in charge of them, so he was the last person to sign.

Chu Nian guessed that this cheap old father would definitely nag endlessly, but she still knocked on his office door.

Wang Xiao must have heard from his subordinates that she was going to resign, and he was sitting there sighing with deep sorrow!

Chu Nian walked over, saluted, and then placed the resignation letter on the desk in front of him.

Wang Xiao said, "I don't object to you dating the group leader, but you should also have your own career. It's not like you lack talent..."

"I've made up my mind," Chu Nian interrupted him. "Please sign here!"

Wang Xiao's eyes were red, and his brows were furrowed into a deep knot. He said, "You're so determined, it's as if you really want to leave here."

"Hehe, you noticed?!" Chu Nian thought to herself, standing there expressionless and straight.

Wang Xiao then said, "Why don't you reconsider? You don't necessarily have to resign!"

Chu Nian: "This is the group leader's will..." Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart, her face turned deathly pale, and her lips turned purple.

The excruciating pain nearly made her faint, and cold sweat poured down her forehead: this was a situation she had never experienced before.

A sharp pain shot through Chu Nian's heart... She immediately recalled the strange physical sensations she experienced each time she encountered Lou Qianzong, and was horrified: Could it be that Martha was right after all!