Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback by her reply. "Why does it feel like... she's a little afraid of me continuing?"
Fu Ji chuckled. "This woman may have guessed that you and Bai Zhenzhen are taking the Foundation Establishment Exam."
"After all, the times you left the city several times wouldn't be hard to investigate."
"And Yun Ni, as an inspector passed down through generations, knowing the timing of the Foundation Establishment Exam would be perfectly normal."
Zhang Yu's gaze shifted slightly as he listened to Fu Ji's analysis, and a great many thoughts sprang to mind at once.
Early the next morning, with the documentation issued by the Patrol Team and a personal call from Yun Ni, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen finally obtained approved leave from the school and boarded a train bound for Immortal Capital City.
Seeing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's train was about to depart, Si Zhouyu called again. "Hello? What exactly is going on now? Are we still following them or not?"
After a long while, a voice came through the phone. "Come back. No need to follow them."
Si Zhouyu frowned. "What did you say? A whole group of us has spent so long trailing these two students, and now you're saying we don't need to follow them?"
"They must be leaving the city for some important operation this time!"
"Why aren't we following them?"
The other party said coldly, "These are orders from the company leadership."
"When you understand an order, you carry it out. When you don't understand it, you still carry it out."
"Return immediately."
Si Zhouyu took a deep breath and watched the slowly departing train. Only after a long time did she shake her head and leave the station.
Meanwhile, aboard the train, after Zhang Yu and