The students of Class One were still craning their necks, waiting for their homeroom teacher to help them reclaim their dignity.
Yet they saw Ye Yingluo's expression suddenly turn gentle and amiable.
Even her voice softened considerably.
"You must be Lin An, right?"
"I'd long heard that your looks were unmatched in the world. Now that I've seen you in person, the rumors were indeed true."
She smiled warmly and naturally.
As though the person who had sternly questioned him just moments ago had not been her at all.
What else could she do?
She was just an ordinary academy teacher.
Before someone who would incur a 350,000 fine merely for getting close, she did not even have the right to be angry.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, she stepped aside to clear the way.
Lin An gave her a strange look.
With how quickly she changed her face, it would be a waste if she did not become an actress.
But he said nothing more.
The radiation concentration in this damned place was far too high. His body was already frail—what if something really went wrong?
He turned and headed out of the factory grounds.
Shadow Brake followed closely behind him.
The umbrella remained steadily held over his head.
Ye Yingluo watched Lin An's back vanish into the far end of the rain curtain.
The smile on her face shattered bit by bit.
That night from several days ago involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
That call had indeed gone through.
The person on the other end had said many things.
How dark the Federation's skies were, how rotten the old order was, and how the dawn of a new world was about to arrive.
In a moment of excitement, she had thought she had found a way out.
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