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The new puppies needed to be quarantined for a while after being brought home.

With the two puppies kept apart, they wouldn't get into a fight.

Shi Wen wasn't too worried about that.

It was just that with new members joining the household, Black Kid was terribly jealous and needed plenty of soothing.

Shi Wen took Black Kid in and out with him, opened snacks to feed it, kept petting and feeding it, and showered it with praise.

Black Kid's tail gradually rose, and it happily followed Shi Wen around again.

After placating Black Kid, Shi Wen cut pasture grass for the seventy-eight quarantined sheep, then waited until the cattle, sheep, and geese on the pasture had returned to their pens. Only then did he have time to go inside and use the test strips sent by the Anomaly Management Bureau.

In the director's office of the J Province Anomaly Management Office in N City, Zhu Ji was working with office software.

He was focused on his work.

A faint notification sounded from the internal office system on his computer screen. He clicked it with the mouse, and a starred document automatically floated to the top.

He opened it and found that it was a set of personal test data.

Data?

Zhu Ji instinctively checked the system time—the data had been sent at 6:53 p.m.

This was real-time data.

He looked at the main text.

The owner of the data was named Shi Wen.

The two lines of bold data:

Divinity: 538

Abilities: 364

These numbers actually weren't very high. Their owner hadn't even reached the intermediate level.

However, Zhu Ji clearly remembered that a little over a month ago, the numbers had been more than half as low!

He looked further down and found that the table indeed included data from May 6.

Back then, Shi Wen's Divinity had only been 222, and his Abilities had only been 150!

How had they shot up so quickly?!

Zhu Ji sprang from his chair as if his backside were on fire, bending over to stare at the data on the large screen.

After checking again, he was sure he hadn't read it wrong.

No wonder his subordinates had urgently sent the data to him!

In more than a hundred years of work, this was the first time he had ever seen something like this!

This kid had terrifying potential!

Without a second thought, he called Yan Kexing. "Old Yan, something huge has happened! That beginner Ability user you recommended to me has terrifying talent!"

Yan Kexing said, "And?"

"And?!" Zhu Ji bent over the data. "You're not surprised at all? Do you know something I don't?!"

"He's my friend. Did you forget?" Yan Kexing paused. "I told you he was excellent and hardworking."

"That's all you have to say? Say something from a more professional perspective! What's the use of just praising him? He can't hear you right now!"

"I'm biased. I can't be professional."

Zhu Ji: "???"

Zhu Ji said, "You're what?!"

Zhu Ji took down the phone he had been holding between his shoulder and ear and checked the caller ID.

He suspected he had dialed the wrong number and reached someone else.

Otherwise, how could he possibly hear Yan Kexing say the words "I'm biased"?

Shi Wen's sheep were nearly done with quarantine.

He tentatively released the newly purchased flock and mixed them with the previous sheep, turning them out onto a pasture farther from the house.

The three-thousand-acre ranch was actually enormous. If he relied on his legs alone, Shi Wen felt he would work himself to death.

Now, he rode a motorcycle when herding the sheep. He drove them out in the morning and brought them back when the sun went down.

The sheep moved slowly, and Shi Wen couldn't rush them. He could only take it slow.

This task alone took more than an hour.

Shi Wen didn't know that while he was herding the sheep out to pasture, Zhu Ji had already been waiting at the entrance with his assistant for a while.

Zhu Ji fanned himself with his hand and muttered as he looked into the distance, "Didn't the divination say Shi Wen was home and that we'd successfully find him?"

His assistant said, "Maybe he'll be back shortly. Would you like to wait in the car while I call and ask?"

Zhu Ji looked up at the blazing sun. "Let's both get in the car and wait. I'll call."

The assistant quickly logged into the internal system and found the phone number Shi Wen had left behind.

Zhu Ji dialed the number.

Shi Wen kept his phone on him. Feeling it vibrate, he took it out and saw an unfamiliar number from N City. Slightly surprised, he answered, "Hello?"

It connected! Zhu Ji perked up and adjusted his voice before introducing himself. "Hello, I'm Zhu Ji, director of the Provincial Anomaly Management Office."

Shi Wen hadn't expected a leader to be calling. After taking a moment to process it, he said, "Director Zhu? What can I do for you?"

Zhu Ji said, "Ahem. We received your test data yesterday and wanted to pay you a visit to obtain more detailed information. Are you home?"

Shi Wen said, "I am. When will you be coming over?"

"We're already at your front gate." Zhu Ji sat in the car and looked ahead. "If you're busy, we can arrange a time and come back another day."

"I'm free. Please wait a moment. I'll be right there." Before hanging up, Shi Wen added, "Give me five minutes."

Shi Wen rode his motorcycle toward the ranch entrance and indeed arrived within five minutes.

Zhu Ji and his assistant were waiting at the gate.

Shi Wen parked the motorcycle by the roadside and lowered his head to undo the latch for them. "Sorry, I'm a little late."

"Not at all. We were the ones who came without notice. That was rather rude of us."

Without blinking, Zhu Ji stared at Shi Wen, a string of exclamations floating through his mind.

Shi Wen wore a simple T-shirt and jeans, his bone structure exceptionally handsome. When he lowered his head slightly and his long eyelashes veiled eyes touched with gray-blue, it was as though even the wind had softened.

Zhu Ji stared blankly, Yan Kexing's words—"I'm biased"—echoing in his mind.

Damn, this handsome kid looked a hundred times better in person than in photos. Who wouldn't be biased?! Even I'm starting to feel biased!

Shi Wen opened the wooden gate and smiled brightly. "All right, come in. Sorry to have kept you waiting."