"My name is Xia Chuan. I'm here to find my daughter."
The middle-aged man at the door spoke with an air of authority.
"Sir, you've got the wrong place. Your daughter isn't here. If you're looking for someone, go to the Esper Bureau," Zhou Fan said.
This wasn't a missing-persons office. Why would anyone come here looking for someone?
"My daughter's name is Xia Qingran. Is she here?" Xia Chuan said.
"Oh, you're here for my senior!" Zhou Fan finally caught on.
Xia Qingran's surname was Xia.
The man before him was also surnamed Xia.
That explained why someone had come looking for her so early in the morning.
"You're Zhou Fan?" Xia Chuan asked, looking at him.
"You know me?" Zhou Fan asked curiously.
This was his first time meeting Xia Chuan.
The man was the head of the Xia Family, one of the Imperial Capital's Four Great Families!
A sixth-tier powerhouse!
Someone that important had actually heard of him?
"Of course. I hear you're Xinghai University's most outstanding freshman this year, and you've joined Evening Bell. You defeated Dongfang Xuan of the Eastern Family recently and held your own against Dongfang Yue. They call you the most talented member of Xia Country's younger generation," Xia Chuan said.
"Not at all. I'm not actually that strong. They're just too weak," Zhou Fan said with a show of modesty.
Only then did Xia Qingran finally come out.
Her expression changed the moment she saw Xia Chuan. "What are you doing here?"
Her tone was cold, as though she were speaking to a complete stranger.
Xia Chuan didn't speak to her right away. His commanding gaze swept over her.
After a long moment, he finally said, "Has your ice spirit body gone out of control again?"
"That's none of your business,"