"Besides, this outcome wasn't caused by us, so there's no reason for us to clean up the mess."

Jiang Chuan's words were exceptionally cold, and he swept his gaze over with a chilling look.

“As I said, you are now a group, and Lu Nan’s ability is somewhat special. If you can persuade him to step out of his shadow and truly accept you, he will become your strongest support.”

Why do you say that?

Yun glanced at Jiang Chuan with a half-smile, "You can go and fight him and see why."

Jiang Chuan turned his face away, "He's too weak. I have no interest in weaklings."

"Go ahead and give it a try. I believe you won't be disappointed." Yun dismissed the others, keeping only Lin Xi.

"Is there anything else you want to talk to me about in private?" Lin Xi thought for a long time, and could only think of Yun and her sparring in the simulated battlefield. "If you want to finish that fight, I think it's no longer necessary. If you don't suppress your ability level, I'm no match for you at all."

Yun felt somewhat helpless when he thought about it. He never expected that even with his rich combat experience, he still couldn't gain an advantage against a level 4 newbie.

"That's not it."

Lin Xi asked in confusion, "Not this? Then what else do you need me for? Do you have an extra task for me?"

Yun seemed somewhat intrigued. "An extra task? I guess so."

Lin Xi waited for him to continue, but Yun didn't finish his sentence. Instead, he looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze.

Lin Xi lowered her eyes, looking somewhat puzzled.

Did he figure something out?

But now, judging from my appearance alone, I am almost as close as a normal person.

For a moment, she clenched her fists nervously.

Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Yun finally spoke slowly, "You look a bit like Lu Nan's sister."

"What?"

Lin Xi was a little confused.

“Lu Nan’s sister is about the same height and build as you, and if you look closely, you even have somewhat similar facial features.” Yun’s gaze remained fixed on her.

Lin Xi came to her senses; she thought...

"What's wrong?" Yun noticed her absent-mindedness.

Lin Xi shook her head. "Go on."

“Lu Nan should have noticed you the moment he saw you, so perhaps you have noticed that his attitude towards you is different from his attitude towards others.”

“I didn’t have much contact with him at all. What you’re saying is different. I don’t have any experience with him.”

Yun smiled indifferently, "With just Jiang Chuan and the others, Lu Nan's attitude will not waver at all. You are the key."

Lin Xi had a bad feeling. "What do you mean?"

Yun comforted him, "I'm not asking you to pretend to be his sister; that's too stupid."

Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Yun would ask her to help deceive people, which would have put her in a difficult position.

"What don't you want me to do?"

"You should talk to Lu Nan more."

Lin Xi frowned. "I'm not familiar with him, so what's there to talk about? Besides, he doesn't seem like the type to talk to people."

Yun walked up to her and said, "He might not respond when others talk to him, but he might not respond to you."

"Why? Just because I look like his sister?"

Yun didn't answer directly, "Celine, I heard that when you first arrived, you were looking for someone?"

Lin Xi's heart tightened.

"The person you're looking for is named Lin Wang, right?"

"When I first heard the news, I didn't think much of it. But after thinking about it carefully, I realized that both of your names have the same character '林' (Lin) in their pronunciation: Celine Celine, which sounds like '琳席' (Linxi) when reversed."

"We share the same surname. Isn't that a coincidence? Celine, should I be called Celine or Linxi?"

He smiled faintly and looked at her with eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Lin Xi didn't care that her identity had been exposed; this fake name was just something she had casually chosen for the other person she was using.

Lin Xi turned around and admitted, "That's right, Celine is just an alias. Actually, my surname is Lin and my name is Lin Xi, the Xi of hope. The Lin Wang I'm looking for is my older brother."

Yun repeated the two words over and over, "Hope?"

"Since you already know, I'd like to ask you something too, Yun-ge. They say you joined the Wind Eagle Gang a long time ago. Have you ever heard of that name?" Lin Xi looked at Yun cautiously, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Yun shook his head. "I don't know everyone in the Wind Eagle Group."

Hearing this answer, she was somewhat disappointed. After composing herself, Lin Xi continued to ask, "Have you ever met the owner of those four gem badges?"

"You're not trying to tell me that you want to upgrade your badge to a gem badge because of your brother, are you?" Yun raised an eyebrow.

Lin Xi did not answer, but her silence answered everything for her.

"The identities of the owners of the gem badges are kept strictly confidential, so naturally I don't know them either."

This news was undoubtedly good news for Lin Xi.

At least this gave Lin Xi a glimmer of hope.

Perhaps Lin Wang is here; perhaps he really is one of the owners of the gem badge.

"Lin Xi, I think Lu Nan's feelings right now are very similar to your brother's."

"My brother won't be worried. Next time we meet, he'll probably laugh at me for being stupid, for looking for him for so long." Lin Xi muttered to herself. "Besides, my brother isn't as useless as him."

Yun couldn't help but chuckle, then turned and sat back in his office chair. "The way you siblings get along is quite interesting."

"It's alright, anyway, the next time I see him, I'm definitely going to beat him up first."

"Do you need me to change your name?"

"There's no need for that now. We'll see how things go. If I absolutely have to be honest, I'd prefer to say it myself."

Looking at the girl in front of him, who had once fought him to a standstill and exuded fierceness, Yun felt for the first time that she was still a little sister who was not yet an adult.

"The focus today is not on your brother. I will keep an eye out for news about him, but as a member of the Silver Badge Elite Squad, you should do your job."

"For example, helping you lobby Lu Nan?"

"He's your teammate now. It's more accurate to say he's helping yourselves than helping us. Of course, if Lu Nan is willing to train hard, he will undoubtedly be another powerful general for the Wind Eagles."

Lin Xi became increasingly curious about where he got such an exaggerated conclusion. "May I ask, what is Lu Nan's special ability?"

Yun said with a mysterious expression, "If you're interested, as I said, you can go and fight him."

Hearing this, Lin Xi shrugged. "Forget it, his special abilities have nothing to do with me. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't."

...

The other three were searching the world for Lu Nan, while Chen Jin and Cheng Sheng were running around like headless flies.

Jiang Chuan was blocking the entrance of a milk tea shop.

The people inside were intimidated by Jiang Chuan's cold and imposing aura and immediately rushed out of the store and scattered in all directions.

Lu Nan sat in the corner, holding a straw and stirring the fruit-flavored popping boba in his milk tea cup.