If Ye Xinning was a Transcendent, then she was undoubtedly smart, knowing to conceal her identity and hide the unique marks of a Transcendent.
As for Wang Zhaoyang…
It was bad enough that he posted recklessly online, but he was still so flamboyant in real life.
An Chen really didn't know what he was thinking.
After listening for a while and realizing that the guy was retelling yesterday's story, An Chen lost interest and returned to the classroom.
Today, most people learned their lesson and returned to the classroom before morning reading began, but there were still a few who hadn't learned their lesson and were dragged back by the Head Teacher, who was holding them by their ears.
An Chen always carried his phone with him, usually turned off, but today An Chen only set it to silent because he needed to contact Su Xiaojiu.
Although this violated school rules, well… if you don't get caught, it doesn't count as a violation!
Su Xiaojiu sent him a message once every hour, and An Chen didn't sleep at all this morning; he just quietly stared out the window.
The window faced the school gate, where he could see the internet cafe across from it.
Su Xiaojiu's message said that the two had been staying in the internet cafe, taking turns sleeping, with the one awake checking for information about their school or standing outside the internet cafe to observe the surroundings.
During class, the Head Teacher, for some reason, glanced at the two deskmates by the window and then froze.
Originally, he shouldn't have had to worry about either of them; one would sleep on the desk all morning, and the other would always be engrossed in self-study.
But today, the one who usually slept was staring out the window, not knowing what he was looking at, and the one who usually did practice problems was also looking up, not listening to the lecture, but just propping his chin and daydreaming.
The Head Teacher frowned but didn't know what to say.
He couldn't teach these two students; although he was the Head Teacher of a key class and had rich teaching experience, he was afraid that if he said too much to these two children, he would disrupt their learning rhythm and cause their grades to drop instead.
Therefore, he sighed and said nothing.
Soon it was time for school to end at noon, and An Chen and Ye Xinning both stood up at the same time, waiting for most people to rush out of the classroom before following at the very end.
Ye Xinning went to the cafeteria, while An Chen walked towards Class Nine.
Wang Zhaoyang and his friends chatted and laughed for a while, then walked out of the classroom.
"Brother Wang, are we going to climb over the wall and eat out again today?"
"The school cafeteria is too dark, expensive and not tasty, I'd rather go out and eat a bowl of fried noodles! I'm really craving that fried noodle!"
After bidding them farewell, Wang Zhaoyang walked down the teaching building and headed towards the side of the school.
An Chen's phone suddenly received a message.
"Just logged off. The skinny one is squatting at the entrance, and the strong one went out. I didn't know which one to follow, so I didn't keep up. He should have gone to the side of your school."
"Okay, wait for me to come out."
An Chen replied, immediately put away his phone, and walked out of the school gate as if nothing had happened.
The security guard also knew him, knowing that he was a day student, and let him out of the school gate without asking anything.
The skinny man across the gate glanced over here intentionally or unintentionally, then withdrew his gaze.
An Chen didn't rush to the side gate but walked into the convenience store next to the internet cafe.
"I'm here."
An Chen felt someone poke his back and knew it was Su Xiaojiu.
An Chen bought a bottle of mineral water and two lighters. When paying, he pretended that the network was very slow and the phone page couldn't jump, feigning inability to bring up the payment code.
In fact, his eyes were constantly fixed on the skinny man at the store entrance.
The skinny man's phone rang, but he didn't even look at it, directly walking quickly in the direction of his companion.
An Chen immediately paid and checked out, then walked out as if nothing had happened.
His first action wasn't to follow them, but to turn into the shadow of a nearby alley, allowing Su Xiaojiu to materialize, then turn around, quickly take off his school uniform, and take out a set of black casual clothes from his qiankun bag to put on.
Then, he didn't change his pants, because the pants he was wearing today were not school pants at all, but a pair of shorts similar in color to the school pants.
Nancheng No. 2 Middle School was not that strict about school uniforms.
He took out a mask and a baseball cap again and quickly put them on.
"I didn't look at you, have you finished?"
Su Xiaojiu asked, covering her eyes.
"All done, all done, but wait a moment first."
Su Xiaojiu changed into a different outfit today, wearing a light green T-shirt and ordinary shorts, with sneakers.
An Chen also handed her a mask, but there were no extra baseball caps.
These were all things he had prepared in his qiankun bag.
After returning, he had moved most of his belongings into it, not just money, but also miscellaneous items like clothes.
"Wear it."
Su Xiaojiu put on the mask, imitating An Chen, and An Chen helped her pull the edge of the mask to ensure it covered half her face.
"Follow me."
The two did not walk directly on the main road but circled through an alley, reaching the vicinity of another alley entrance, which was already a little distance from the school.
"Aren't we going to follow those bad guys?"
"They won't act on the main road in broad daylight. If they want to act, they will definitely find a place without surveillance… like here."
An Chen looked at the shop next door and the sign at the entrance that read "Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Fried Vermicelli," and continued:
"If I were a bandit, I would follow the target away from school until there was a suitable opportunity to act. If there's no opportunity, I can wait for the next one, no need to rush. Their target wants to eat fried noodles today, and I just happen to know the shop that person likes to go to."
This shop was in a small alley, and the number of diners at noon was actually not many. There was also a "For Transfer" sign hanging at the shop entrance, but for some reason, Wang Zhaoyang just loved this place and always came to eat, even saying that each time he ate was one less time.
If Wang Zhaoyang walked here, the culprits would have an opportunity to act either before or after eating.
Waiting here was definitely the right move.
An Chen led Su Xiaojiu into the shop, chose a table closest to the alley, ordered two bowls of fried noodles to go, paid with cash, but his eyes were fixed on the alley entrance.
"One bowl each, I might not have enough!"
Su Xiaojiu glanced at the fried noodle bowl on the next table and whispered to An Chen.
"Are you really here to eat?"
An Chen rolled his eyes at Su Xiaojiu and tapped her head with his knuckles.
He had just given her twelve large steamed buns this morning, and Su Xiaojiu hadn't Cultivated this morning, right? And she's hungry again already?
"Ordering food is just a cover. We'll talk about eating after we're done."
"Alright."
Su Xiaojiu pouted and sat down.
A figure suddenly flashed across the alley entrance. An Chen's eyes narrowed, and he clearly saw that it was the figure of the stronger man. He had actually passed the alley entrance before Wang Zhaoyang.
An Chen immediately realized why this was happening.
They were cross-tracking!
An Chen swallowed, and his vigilance immediately heightened.
These two people seemed to have some tricks up their sleeves!