Chapter 7

In the teacher's room, Lin An did not fall asleep. For her, rest was insignificant.

She was just wondering why she agreed to Gu Yuan's request.

It was because she saw Gu Yuan's tears in her eyes that she softened her heart and agreed to her request. As expected, after staying here for a long time, even she became weak.

Thinking of this, Lin An's eyes instantly turned cold, and he looked out the window expressionlessly, completely suppressing the slight hesitation he had just felt.

At exactly seven o'clock, the sound of a door opening came from next door. Lin An tilted his head slightly, his eyes penetrating the wall as he watched the girl enter the kitchen, open the refrigerator, and take out bread and eggs.

Lin An opened the door, walked silently to the kitchen door, and looked at Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan turned to see her and said in a gentle voice, "Good morning."

Lin An's steps slowed down slightly. Just one night seemed to have turned Gu Yuan into a different person.

Her voice was so gentle and unfamiliar, not like the Gu Yuan she knew at school.

The voice sounded very much like that of his predecessor. Lin An realized that he also felt emotions of regret and sorrow in his heart regarding his predecessor's departure.

But she seemed to have forgotten what the death of her predecessor meant to Gu Yuan.

Looking at Gu Yuan at this moment, she seemed to feel the kind of pain that was enough to change a person's temperament drastically.

Lin An: "I'll be out later."

Gu Yuan stopped what he was doing and asked, "Didn't you promise me that you would teach me?"

"Fei Fei will teach you first."

Hearing her words, Gu Yuan felt relieved and pointed to the bread bag: "I made bread and fried eggs, would you like some together?"

Lin An shook his head: "No, thank you."

After Lin An left, Gu Yuan carefully and neatly put the bread and fried eggs on the plate. She sat back at the dining table alone, chewing in small bites. Her eyes fell on the chili sauce on the table, and she raised her hand to silently wipe away her tears.

As soon as Lin An closed the door, Feifei appeared beside her.

Feifei lowered her voice and asked, "Why did you agree to Gu Yuan?"

Lin An didn't stop: "You can't stop her."

Feifei frowned unconvincedly, "Her current strength is not as strong as mine."

Lin An tilted his head: "But don't you forget who her mother is?"

Feifei: "But what if she really gets to that point and finds out it was you who did it, and then she turns the blame on you, what are you going to do?"

Lin An said coldly: "That's my concern, not yours."

Feifei saw that she looked unhappy and lowered her head: "I'm sorry, sir, I overstepped the bounds."

"Don't do it again."

Feifei felt cold all over and nodded.

"Go teach her."

Feifei turned and left, walking towards the residential building they had just been to. Lin An walked out of the residential complex and stopped at the outer wall of the complex.

She looked at the power flowing in her palm, raised her hand, and a transparent barrier slowly unfolded.

Silver-white runes wandered around the lowest edge of the barrier, and the barrier rose like a dome, covering the entire community.

The people in the community were completely unaware and continued pushing their strollers through the surface of the barrier as usual.

Finally, she looked at the building where Gu Yuan lived, turned around and disappeared.

At the same time, the shadow of the sycamore tree outside the community wall suddenly distorted.

A suppressed growl was heard from the shadows, and the leaves on the ground were blown away by the invisible air flow. The scarlet vertical pupils in the dark flickered, as if whimpering with regret for missing the opportunity.

There was a knock on the door. Gu Yuan put down the cup in his hand, stood up and opened the door. Seeing that it was Feifei, he smiled and said, "Good morning, do you want to eat something?

When Feifei heard the tone of her voice, she also paused. As the first person sent by the Patrol Department, she had been looking at Gu Yuan longer than Lin An.

The girl who opened the door lost her usual liveliness, and her eyes were filled with tenderness. Feifei couldn't help but be stunned: "Gu Yuan?"

Gu Yuan: "It's me, what's wrong?"

Feifei concealed the complicated look in her eyes, said "nothing", and walked in.

Gu Yuan waited for her to enter, then closed the door and asked softly, "Would you like some water or tea?"

"You don't have to entertain me."

"Then let's get started."

Feifei nodded and looked at Gu Yuan, "Can you sense the power in your body?"

Gu Yuan shook his head.

"Actually, I want to advise you not to be so eager for quick success. What I'm teaching you now is forcibly drawing power from your body. Every breakthrough will be excruciatingly painful. Have you really thought it through?"

“I’ve thought it through a long time ago.”

Feifei sighed, and a faint blue light emerged from her hand, covering the entire floor, then climbed up along the corners of the wall, dyeing the entire room blue.

She raised her hands and formed a seal, and a magic circle formed in the center of the living room. "Come in."

The moment Gu Yuan stepped into the center of the magic circle and sat down cross-legged, golden light wrapped around her.

"I'll ask you again, have you really thought it through?"

"No matter how many times you ask me, I will always give you the same answer."

As she finished speaking, the magic runes on the floor began to move and glowed brightly.

At the same time, pain exploded from Gu Yuan's body, like millions of ants crawling inside and gnawing at his internal organs.

Her face suddenly turned pale, and cold sweat instantly soaked her clothes. She gritted her teeth and held on, but her body still fell heavily to the ground.

Feifei immediately raised her hand, and the runes flowing on the floor stopped, and the light dimmed.

Gu Yuan spat out a mouthful of blood, and his sweaty hair stuck to his pale face.

Feifei stood aside: "Stop?"

She shook her head stubbornly: "No... continue."

Feifei's expression changed slightly, but she still activated the magic circle and the runes resumed flowing.

The severe pain came to Gu Yuan again, this time it was like countless silver needles piercing every inch of Gu Yuan's skin and reaching his bone marrow.

She almost lost all sense of her body in an instant, leaving only overwhelming pain.

All of this fell into Lin An's eyes. Feifei's barrier was like nothing in front of her, and her spiritual sense could easily penetrate the barrier.

Watching Gu Yuan trying again and again, struggling painfully in the magic circle but still gritting his teeth and persevering.

"Humans..." Lin An's hand swept across the air, "Do humans really have such tenacious vitality?"

Ji He approached with the file in his arms and asked, "What did you just say?"

Lin An turned around and said calmly, "Nothing."

Ji He: "The mission is completed, won't you come back?"

"You've caused me trouble. I can't leave for the time being."

Ji He shook his head helplessly: "There's nothing we can do. None of us can beat that guy."

Lin An said coldly: "But you should know that she is my teacher."

"I know."

Ji He: "Are you feeling sorry for her? She was the one who broke the rules first, and you are just correcting her mistake according to the rules."

Lin An turned his head away and looked into the distance, saying, "I promised her that I would protect her child until the child is able to protect himself."

"You must remember your responsibilities."

Lin An turned and left, saying as he walked, "Don't worry, if she endangers other living beings, I will take action."

Ji He looked at Lin An's receding back and sighed. Humans indeed have a disturbing and bewitching charm. Even the usually cold judge has some humanity in him.