"Xing, no one followed you here, right?"
Tiandao took two bottles of Deep Blue Metropolis's signature soda, Blue Mountain City, from the refrigerator beside the living room.
He casually tossed one of them to Chen Xing, who was sitting on the sofa some distance away.
Chen Xing caught the soda and twisted off the cap with a pop.
After taking two gulps and wiping her mouth, she said, "Tiandao, don't treat me like an idiot. Back at the base, my theory scores were second only to yours and Caroline's. I was more than a dozen places ahead of that fool Liuli."
"True enough."
Tiandao walked behind the sofa, placing both hands on its backrest as his fingertips lightly tapped the fabric.
"Though it's a little troublesome that you caught me, if it's only you, it won't have much of an impact on me."
"One could even say that with you around, some things that originally required careful planning have become much simpler."
With that, Tiandao took a sip of his Blue Mountain City and smiled. "You already know your younger brother Chen Kong is here, don't you?"
Chen Xing nodded.
"Mm. I found out years ago. I noticed very early on that something had gone wrong with his Quantum Leap, causing him to deviate from its predetermined route."
"But in those first few years, us Starborn had to keep ourselves hidden and couldn't show up in the Federation whenever we pleased, so I never went looking for him."
"Not until four years ago, when General President Enit announced the fall of Ember Base and Doctor Dragon's death, did those people withdraw their Wanted Orders against us."
Chen Xing paused, her brows slightly furrowed. "There's just one thing I'm curious about."
Before Chen Xing could finish, Tiandao smiled and continued for