Kiana immediately lost her composure and began to panic.
Hide!
She had to hide!
But where should she hide?
There were only a few rustling trees around, definitely not enough to conceal her.
In her panic, Kiana noticed the off-road vehicle in front of her again.
Gritting her teeth, she immediately opened the trunk and rolled inside along with the basket.
Then she quietly slammed it shut.
The off-road vehicle's trunk was spacious, with nothing else inside. It had more than enough room for one Kiana.
Not only that, she even felt like she could take a nap in there.
Suddenly, Kiana seemed to remember something.
—Wait, why am I hiding from Assistant Teacher?
—It's not like I did anything bad!
Just then, she heard a burst of conversation.
"We're done for, we won't make it in time!"
"I told you, your time was completely wrong! It's already past six."
"How was I supposed to know? There's no internet in the lab, so the time zone on it didn't update successfully. How is that my fault?"
"Quit talking and get in the car!"
Inside the trunk, Kiana pricked up her ears and listened carefully to their conversation.
—Won't make it? Time?
What did that mean?
She frowned. She recognized the male voice as Assistant Teacher's, but she did not know the other female voice.
Was Assistant Teacher in a hurry?
"Get in the car. Stop talking!"
Ren Yu expressionlessly opened both doors. He first led Sie to the front passenger seat and got her settled, then returned to the driver's seat and plopped down.
"Oh... oh!?"
Perhaps intimidated by his presence, or perhaps because time was truly urgent, Tesla did not argue further. She walked over to the front passenger seat and was just about to sit down.
"Wait." Ren Yu glanced at her, pointed behind him with his thumb, then added, "Sit in the back."
"Huh? Why?!" Tesla flared up at once.
This was her car. Not only was she, the owner, being driven away, she had to sit in the back too?
Was there any justice left?
"Hurry up, or there won't be enough time!"
"You... you!"
Tesla stomped her foot. She had never seen anyone so shameless!
"If we wait any longer, it'll be too late. Don't blame me if we miss the ship." Ren Yu urged again, even pressing the horn and making it blare, "Beep beep beep!"
"Fine, I'll sit down. I'll sit in the back, okay?!"
Tesla forced out the words through gritted teeth, abruptly yanked open the rear door, and climbed in.
Then she slammed it shut again with a bang.
The force was so great that the entire car shook.
At that moment, Ren Yu's reminder came from the front again:
"Put on your seat belt."
Tesla sat in the back seat with her arms crossed and one leg over the other. She said disdainfully, "Hmph! I don't need you to remind me. I already put it on."
Ren Yu withdrew his arm after fastening Sie's seat belt in the passenger seat, speechless inside.
I wasn't telling you to put one on. Why are you so angry?
Since Sie could only touch other physical objects after touching him, Ren Yu had no choice but to bring her into the car this way.
Aside from that, she had another trait: after making contact with a physical object once, she could maintain contact with it for a long time as long as she did not leave.
Thankfully, that was why Ren Yu chose to bring her along. Otherwise, he would have had Sie head back on her own long ago.
Taking a deep breath, Ren Yu followed the driving methods his instructor had taught him from memory. Just as he was about to insert the key, he realized the car had never been turned off.
But time was tight, so he did not bother dwelling on it.
Clutch, gear, release the handbrake...
He slammed the accelerator to the floor!
Vroooom...
The front-mounted Anti-Entropy engine let out a beast-like roar.
In an instant, the vehicle shuddered and shot forward like a wild horse breaking free of its reins.
Bang!
"Ow!"
A scream and a crash rang out at the same time.
"Ren Yu, do you even know how to drive?!" Tesla shouted as she rubbed her head.
This guy was definitely a beginner!
She had never seen anyone drive like that!
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