Upon hearing this, the scientists' expressions changed, and the way they looked at her changed as well.

Before, they looked at her with admiration and expectation, but after that one sentence, their eyes were filled with surprise and disdain.

"Let's go." Mu Qingyun grabbed Su Qiluo's hand and shook it slightly. She didn't care what these people thought of her.

"By the way, remember this: don't spread rumors about me outside, or I'll have to have my father come and explain to you personally."

Her cold gaze swept across the group's faces, and she didn't miss the sudden change in their expressions.

This group included people from the Empire and military academies. The Empire's people were naturally well-known, but the military academy students were also somewhat wary of Mu Jingfeng.

"Let's go." Su Qiluo was very happy with this result.

With great power comes great responsibility, but this responsibility is voluntarily borne, not something they are obligated to do.

No one has the right to stand on the moral high ground to criticize or coerce them.

They drove Mu Qingyun away. The place was not far from the military academy, and they were driving fast. They arrived at the military academy around dawn.

Upon entering the military academy, Mu Qingyun went straight back to her room and collapsed, catching up on sleep while also repairing the energy she had lost.

She was awakened early the next morning by a knock on the door.

After quickly tidying up, I went to open the door. Su Qiluo was standing there. He pointed downstairs and said, "Kazeel is here to see you. He wants to talk to you about something."

Kazel?

She narrowed her eyes. Kazel could only have come to see her because of one thing. It seemed that the refined item had been repaired.

"Okay," she replied, and followed Su Qiluo downstairs.

Kazel glanced at her, then at Kazel walking beside her, a cold glint flashing across his eyes.

“We can set off now.” Kazel looked up and met her gaze, his eyes filled with an air of unwavering confidence.

It seems they've already captured Mu Xueyao.

Turning to look at Su Qiluo, she smiled and said, "I'm going out with him to take care of some things. I'll probably be back around noon. Have dinner ready and wait for me, okay?"

"Okay." Su Qiluo was completely unguarded with her and wouldn't pry into her affairs. He would definitely tell her whatever she wanted to say.

She reached out and hugged her lover again, then simply smoothed her shoulder-length hair. "Let's go."

Kazel responded and walked outside with her.

...

"You've already caught Mu Xueyao?"

In the car, Mu Qingyun leaned back in the back seat and asked casually.

"Almost, but it's okay. I've already asked someone to take care of it. You just need to prepare your Samadhi Fire." Kazel looked up at Mu Qingyun sitting in the back through the rearview mirror, feeling both happy and expectant, but also a little worried.

Gripping the steering wheel tightly, he hesitated for a moment before tentatively asking, "What do you think of me?"

"What do you mean, 'how about'?" Mu Qingyun answered him almost instantly. "I already have a boyfriend. You're not still thinking about that kind of thing, are you?"

"No, what are you thinking? I just wanted to ask your opinion of me as a person. It has nothing to do with anything else, I just want to get a fair assessment." He smiled, activated the autopilot mode on the car, freed his hands, and leaned back in his seat as naturally as possible.

Mu Qingyun gazed at the scenery outside the car window, remaining silent for a long time. Kazel thought she wouldn't answer his question and was about to get up to disengage the autopilot when Mu Qingyun's voice suddenly rang out—

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but I feel like you're hiding a lot of secrets and things in your heart. You're very mysterious, but also damn charming. You're very good at flirting and teasing people. You look like a promiscuous scumbag."

Kazel: ...

Is this a compliment? That sounds strange, it doesn't seem like it. Hmm, I'll listen a little longer.

"You're a very nice person. We were complete strangers before, but you helped me. You're smart and capable. Being your enemy would be a real headache, but being your friend is quite nice."

Mu Qingyun turned her head and glanced at Kazel, who was completely blocked by the seat. "Luckily we are friends, otherwise it would be quite dangerous to be with you."

"You really consider me a friend?" Kazel also turned to look out the window. He really wanted to see Mu Qingyun's expression through the rearview mirror to make sure she was telling the truth, but he didn't have the courage to observe her right now.

"We've been friends since the first round, otherwise I wouldn't be traveling with you alone today." I had to bring Su Qiluo along.

She silently added the second half of the sentence in her mind.

Kazel lowered his eyes, concealing the fleeting pain in them. He didn't want to speak anymore, but thinking of his plan, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and chat with her for a few more minutes.

When they arrived at the destination, Kazel led her inside.

"Watch out, there's a hole here!" Kazel quickly reached out and grabbed her arm as she got out of the car, helping her steady herself.

"It's nothing." She calmly withdrew her arm, but her heart inexplicably began to pound.

Calming herself down, she turned and glanced at Kazel.

"What's wrong?" Kazel noticed her gaze and turned to look at her in confusion.

"...It's nothing." Suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, she lowered her eyes. She must have been too busy lately to have this reaction.

Kazel had no reason to harm her.

Looking up, he saw a courtyard house in front of him, simply furnished. Kazel looked at the room in the middle for a while before saying, "Go and rest in the room next door. There's a machine there that will give you instructions."

Once the screen above displays the start, simply transmit the Samadhi Fire through the machine's channels.

“Okay.” Mu Qingyun walked into the room that Kazel had mentioned. In the middle of the room, there was indeed a small screen and an instrument, and below the instrument was a ventilation pipe.

Seeing Mu Qingyun go inside, Kazel stepped forward and tapped a few times on the screen outside the room.

After doing all this, he took out the tape recorder he had placed in the car, edited it, and as if he had made up his mind, returned to the car.

...

Su Qiluo took the meat out of the refrigerator to thaw, and then quickly rinsed the pot with water.

Just as I was about to prepare some ingredients, my phone rang.

The call connected, and a buzzing sound of electricity came from the other end.

Who is it?

“It’s me, Kazel.”

The static disappeared, and Kazel's voice clearly reached his ears.

"What's up?"

"There's been a bit of a problem, I might not be able to get back for lunch today. Why don't you come over, General, and have lunch together?"

He heard not only Kazel's voice on the other end of the phone, but upon closer listening, he could also hear Mu Qingyun's voice.

He vaguely heard words like "danger" and "boyfriend".