Imperial Capital Star. City Garden Villas.
Jingli was eating breakfast when she saw the door, which had been closed for many days, open, and she raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"So you're still alive?"
Despite Jing Li's sarcasm, Xu Yao remained unmoved. "Could you give me a smart device and proof of identity?"
"You don't have this?"
Jingli was even more surprised and couldn't help but scrutinize the man again. He had short black hair and was even more beautiful than a woman, but he didn't appear effeminate. Strangely, even with his outstanding face, he was difficult to notice if one wasn't paying attention.
He is a very peculiar person.
His junior sister was someone he picked up from who-knows-where.
Xu Yao said, "I seem to have forgotten to tell you that I am a card."
Jing Li paused, then looked at Xu Yao again, "You really didn't say that? Junior Sister can already make character cards?"
He was certain that the teacher didn't have this character card. So, Lian Han—she's probably only at 2S at most now.
"My master forbade me to say. Can you give me proof now?"
“Of course. Give me two days, and I’ll give you a flawless identity,” Jing Li smiled.
"Thank you," Xu Yao said, and then went back to his room.
Jing Li's smile faded, replaced by a hint of melancholy. His junior sister was truly lucky to the point of being enviable. Character cards—these were things his teacher had been unwilling to teach him before, so why was she willing to teach him?
That's probably fate.
But was Xu Yao's sudden request because his junior sister needed him to do something? Let him think about it. Pei Sumei was still causing trouble at the Mecha Academy; Anhe Lance was still in class, and supposedly had even received praise from Cui Zhi a few days ago; and it seemed nothing important had happened at the Ling family recently…
After reviewing the people and events surrounding Lian Han, Jing Li finally locked onto her target: the suspect who killed the Ice Clan visitor. Anhe Lance had been paying close attention to him lately, perhaps because Bing Mo had offended her before, but her desire to save the suspect didn't seem fake. His name seemed to be Jiang Chenrui?
What a coincidence, her name differs from Captain Jiang Chenxi's by only one character. Perhaps I could investigate their relationship and lend a hand. After all, with the teacher absent, it's his responsibility to care for his junior sister, even if she might not appreciate it.
...
On what seemed like an unknown number of days aboard someone else's warship, Lian Han remained holed up in his room, even having his meals delivered by robots. His behavior could only be described as completely obedient.
When Anming heard that Miss Ling hadn't come out for a day, he was worried that the child might become withdrawn. Just then, he saw Yi Jun and said, "Go and see that young lady. It would be best to take her out for a walk. It's not good for her to get bored."
Upon receiving such a mission, with his father and superior present, Yi Jun could only resign himself to knocking on the door next door—though he didn't think the person who had been kidnapped yet managed to put a tracking card on him and dared to beat up Han Ningshu would be bored out of his mind.
When Lian Han saw the newcomer, he frowned, his unwelcome expression practically written all over his face.
What are you busy with? Maybe I can help you.
"I want to connect to the internet, can you?"
He really couldn't do that. Yi Jun's lips twitched. "Why don't you choose another one?"
"If you can't, then don't bother me." Lian Han raised his hand to close the door.
"No way! I'm so bored, can't you talk to me?" Yi Jun stopped her in time and went into the room.
"Is there something you need?"
"No," Yi Jun said, discreetly surveying her room. Fortunately, there were no dangerous items.
"..." Lian Han raised an eyebrow at him. "If there's nothing else, go outside. Do you think I won't lay a hand on you?"
Yi Jun said with a regretful tone, "You're not as cute as you were a year ago. Back then, you were at least a pure and innocent girl."
"Is he a hypocrite?" Lian Han's lips twitched. "Your tastes are really peculiar."
What does it have to do with his preferences?
Seeing that she didn't seem to care about him and started fiddling with her smart device again, Yi Jun coughed lightly, "Aren't you going out for a walk? Aren't you curious about what our pirate starships look like?"
"No. Aren't all starships the same? Besides, it involves your classified information, would you let me see it?"
Why is this girl so difficult to deal with?
Yi Jun suddenly leaned closer, "Let me see what you're doing—mecha blueprints? What are you looking at for no reason?"
Lian Han looked at him coldly, "I am Lian Han, from Diluo Armor Academy."
The young man was astonished. So she was studying? This was a starship from across the heavens; nine out of ten people forcibly invited here didn't have a good ending, and she was actually learning something? This mindset—
"So, do you have something to say or not? If not, please turn right and leave. Don't bother seeing me out." Lian Han was a little annoyed. Her mentor, Cui Zhi, had assigned her the mecha design, but she encountered problems right from the start. The selection of materials for the mecha was giving her a headache, and to make matters worse, someone was causing trouble.
"Uh, it's nothing. It's just that while studying is important, it's essential to balance work and rest, and proper rest is very necessary..." Seeing the girl turn off her smart device and her beautiful eyes looking at him with a fierce look, Yi Jun chickened out. "We'll arrive at our destination tomorrow, I'll call you then."
Watching Yi Jun leave, Lian Han's furrowed brows gradually smoothed out. [Did he come for this?]
[He probably wants to see what you're doing?] Xing Yucheng guessed.
[Bored.] Lian Han groaned at the temples and looked at the blueprints projected by the AI.
She barely attended any classes before running off again, but she still diligently fulfilled her mentor's expectations and even studied on her own. The system's requirement for her to remain in the elite class for three years wasn't just empty talk.
[Let's talk about something interesting. Is Bingmo alive or dead?]
[According to Qianya, he's probably still alive. With Anhe and Xuyao around, there shouldn't be any problems.] If all else fails, we'll have to ask Lingxin for help.
[We'll be arriving at the Grand Camp of the Heavens tomorrow, so be careful.]
...
The Grand Headquarters of the Heavens—well, it can hardly be called a headquarters. At least, after Han disembarked from the starship, she would never have recognized it as a pirate base if someone hadn't pointed it out.
Have you ever seen pirates working hard for a living? Looking at the people tilling the land, Lian Han couldn't help but think that this was just an ordinary, underdeveloped planet.
With these questions in mind, she was led by Yi Jun and the man she had spoken to that day, whose name I think was Yi Wei, and they walked through a maze of turns into a passageway, while the people working around them ignored them.
As they descended step by step, Lian Han finally couldn't help but ask, "Is this your base? Won't this leak information?"
Yi Wei smiled and explained, "You're overthinking it, kid. Those people up there also belong to the heavens."
This made Lian Han even more confused. "I just observed them carefully, and they all seem to be ordinary people? Moreover, their strength is generally no higher than C-level."
"What's wrong with ordinary people? Do you look down on ordinary people? In the Federation, even on the capital planet, there are at least half of the ordinary people below grade C," Yi Jun retorted.
"No. What I mean is, this is not quite what I imagined."
“This does seem strange. But these are top secrets, and we can’t say. If the adults are willing to tell you, that would be best. Before that, you should go see him.” Yi Wei stopped in front of a passageway. “Xiao Jun will take you there. See you later.”
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