Ten-odd minutes passed just like that.
Lin Tianyang, who had just gone out to the balcony for a smoke, strolled back.
Seeing how well the two were getting along, he teased them with a smile. "What are you two so happy talking about? Is this the start of an office romance?"
Seeing him approach, Jiang Wanqiao immediately shut her mouth and stopped talking about Magical Girls.
Exposing her anime-fan identity to Gu Qing alone was enough.
She couldn't let anyone else find out.
Otherwise, there would be no place left for her in the Night Court.
That was what Jiang Wanqiao thought.
Gu Qing smiled at Lin Tianyang. "Stop teasing her, Brother Yang. She's a girl, and she embarrasses easily."
"All right, all right. I won't tease her anymore. I'll just tease you instead."
Lin Tianyang was all smiles.
Feeling it was about time, Gu Qing said to Lin Tianyang, "Brother Yang, it's pretty late. How about taking me back to school now?"
Lin Tianyang glanced at his phone. "It really is pretty late. Let's go, then. I'll take you back now."
Gu Qing waved goodbye to Jiang Wanqiao.
Then he left the office with Lin Tianyang.
He got on Lin Tianyang's motorcycle for the ride back to Haicheng University.
Meanwhile.
Deep beneath Haicheng University.
The masked man who had previously tried to abduct Gu Qing to use as a guinea pig appeared in the cavern, his expression cautious.
After checking the activity inside the cavern and making sure the place hadn't been exposed, he headed straight into its depths and beckoned to the Man-Faced Rat lying on a stone platform.
"Xiao Qing, come here. I have some bad news for you."
Hearing him, the Man-Faced Rat dragged her enormous body off the stone platform and quickly crawled over,