The two locked eyes and remained speechless for a long time.
"I really have to go."
Lü Siya said, "The accounts for the reconstruction of Nest City, along with the progress of the projects we invested in together, are all on the computer. You know the password, so take your time looking through them!"
After saying that, she threw open the office door and let the increasingly biting cold wind of early autumn sting her drowsy brain awake.
Taking a deep breath, she walked out without looking back.
"Wait—" Meng Chao called from behind her.
"Hm?" Lü Siya turned around.
"You forgot this." Meng Chao held out the Nutritional Oral Liquid.
"...Why, thank you so much!" Lü Siya said irritably.
She did not take the Nutritional Oral Liquid. Tossing her head, she continued on, only turning back again to beckon Meng Chao over when she was nearly at the stairwell.
"You're still training under the 'Martial God,' Lei Zongchao?" she asked abruptly after Meng Chao jogged over.
"Yeah. What about it?"
The Ancient Ruins were all top secret, and even the slightest detail could not be leaked lightly. But there was nothing to hide about training under the Martial God; his family and Lü Siya had known about it for a long time.
"Nothing. Being able to train under the Martial God is something countless Transcendents can only dream of. Of course there's nothing wrong with that."
After hesitating for a moment, Lü Siya could not help saying, "But train if you want to train. Just don't get too close to those people from the Martial God Hall, and don't go meddling in their affairs, understand?"
"I don't understand."
Meng Chao was completely baffled. "What's wrong with the Martial God Hall? Aren't they all poor kids like me from old