A Teacher's Gift

"Fate truly is wondrous."

Chu Yang could not help but sigh inwardly.

"One more thing—without my supervision, Fors would probably stay home and loaf around for an entire month."

Miss Xiu knew her best friend's habits all too well. Without someone urging her on, she simply would not do anything proper.

Just as Chu Yang was about to respond with a smile, Manhattan lightly tapped the table, drawing both their attention.

"When I said you should stay elsewhere, I meant the two of you should go together."

Manhattan's gaze settled on Chu Yang.

"I have to leave too?"

"But they have not even investigated her yet."

"Besides, I have barely left any trace in this matter."

Chu Yang could not help frowning.

If they could not thoroughly investigate everything related to Miss Xiu, they would never be able to find the slightest clue about him.

"Chu Yang, you're getting hung up on the wrong thing. Who doesn't know that you created that famous budget meal deal at a certain coffeehouse?"

"Who doesn't know that you and Miss Xiu often meet at that coffeehouse?"

The more Manhattan spoke, the more helpless he sounded.

Chu Yang fell silent at once, filled with resignation.

"Teacher, if the two of us leave like this, won't they investigate you next?"

His social circle had been very simple lately. Aside from Miss Xiu, there was only Ms. Triss from the Public Security Bureau. Surely the other side would not dare go knocking on her door.

That left only Manhattan.

"One of you is Sequence Nine, and the other is Sequence Eight. In the Beyonder world, neither of you stands out much."

"But I am different. My publicly known strength reached Sequence Seven years ago, and now I have long possessed the combat strength of Sequence Six."