Rewards from Third Middle School (33)

"Regarding those outside the city, I'm not sure about Iron Hand, but Huo Qing's aunt, who acted as the middleman, is quite secure and hasn't faced any impact."

The moment he spoke, he demonstrated his familiarity with Huo Qing and An Jing's acquaintances. If An Jing hadn't known that a high-level official like Director Chen could review any citizen's information with just a thought, he would have assumed the man had done extensive homework to learn about him: "Nian Quan is well-protected at school, but strangely enough, there really are people trying to abduct him. Many schools have faced similar attacks; a mysterious force seems intent on kidnapping the geniuses from these academies."

"As for Huo Qing, he is now also a student at Third Middle School."

When he reached this point, Director Chen's expression became somewhat subtle: "I don't know if it was luck or if he had foreseen it, but during the time the attacks began, he happened to be at the Heavenly Supervision Bureau... registering and paying the fees to cancel the bounty on Steel Skeleton?"

At this mention, Director Chen showed a look of surprise, which proved he was indeed accessing the data on the fly: "Oh, so Steel Skeleton is an elder of Huo Qing's; they are all one of our own. Fine, I will instruct Jingqin to further improve his treatment."

"You don't seem worried about the chaos in the city, Director."

Hearing that his friends were safe, An Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also curious about Director Chen's composed attitude.

"Nothing major will happen anyway."

Director Chen had clearly seen his fair share of storms, and he said calmly: "Although the city is indeed somewhat empty, Mengshan and Fuyang are both here. With two Purple Mansion Masters holding the