Youxi pulled Sophia towards the place they had agreed to meet Andy.
Unexpectedly, they encountered a brown-haired man with a slicked-back hairstyle, biting a vibrant red rose, who, along with his two cronies, blocked their path.
“Sophia!”
The slick-haired man raised his bushy eyebrows and loudly proclaimed,
“Be my girlfriend!”
Sophia frowned, recalling information about this person.
He seemed to be the scumbag who toyed with girls’ emotions in the “emotional entanglement case” she had helped solve last time.
The slick-haired man’s subsequent words indeed confirmed her memory.
“Did you expose me because you like me?”
The slick-haired man confidently took the rose out of his mouth and extended it to her,
“Your status is not as high as mine, and perhaps my family won’t agree to our wedding, but there’s definitely no problem with you being my mistress.”
Sophia looked at the bitten rose, her mouth twitching, feeling inexplicably disgusted.
This person… he probably came to provoke and disgust her.
“Get lost!”
She snapped, pulling Youxi, and walked around the three men.
The slick-haired man did not continue to block them, but his gaze still brazenly swept over the two women:
“Sophia! I am a Baron, a true nobleman!
“And my father is an Earl of the Empire. At the same time, he is also the person in charge of the railway transportation department for New Continent’s Six to Nine Districts. The future of New Continent will be covered in railways and filled with steam-powered four-wheeled vehicles!
“Therefore, I will have you, and I will also let you witness my ‘sincerity’!”
Sophia paused, feeling a wave of nausea, and suppressed the urge to hit him and cause trouble, quickening her pace.
She didn't notice that her good sister, Yuquan Youxi, beside her, had an intimidatingly cold look in her eyes at that moment.
A wisp of shadowy figure silently drifted away.
The two walked in silence for about half an hour, finally seeing two familiar figures under a certain tree.
“Andy! Molly!”
Sophia involuntarily smiled again.
Just as she was about to go greet them, she didn’t expect that Youxi, beside her, would run over even faster.
Immediately after, to her astonished gaze, she eagerly wrapped her arms around Andy’s neck and stood on her tiptoes.
Sophia’s small mouth slightly parted, and she quickly glanced around.
She only slowly relaxed after realizing there were no outsiders.
And Molly, beside Li Andy, her eyes subtly shifting, silently observed and recorded.
It was only when Youxi narrowed her eyes and “casually” glanced over that she slightly lowered her head, as if showing weakness and submission.
A long time passed.
“Phew…”
Li Andy finally caught his breath. As he regulated his breathing, he asked:
“Did you use your ability?”
“Yes, Sophia and I just eavesdropped on two people talking…”
Youxi’s cheeks were flushed as she informed her brother about Eric and Irene’s situation.
Li Andy raised his eyebrows after hearing it.
To encounter them so quickly, it really is a coincidence…
But for that level of ability usage, is it enough to not be able to control her craving?
He looked at his sister, who was once again clinging to him. Her warm smile was truly flawless.
It was only later, when the four of them were enjoying lunch under the tree and heard a warning from a passing Mechanical Mentor, that Li Andy realized something.
“Someone almost got killed by a sudden falling branch just now. The rainy season just passed, so be careful eating here!”
“Almost killed by a branch?”
Sophia mumbled, chewing her food,
“Who’s that unlucky?”
Li Andy looked at Youxi.
The latter clearly knew he had noticed and lowered her head slightly, as if she had done something wrong, gently pursing her lips, not daring to speak.
Li Andy calmly took a bite of food and said faintly:
“When I clean up trash, I usually do it very thoroughly, without getting my clothes dirty, and certainly without affecting my mood afterward.”
“Huh? Andy, what nonsense are you talking about?”
Sophia frowned, feeling that this guy was inexplicable. Could it be that he was thinking of shameful, mischievous ways again?
Li Andy shrugged, and Youxi, with a smile, helped him change the subject:
“Brother, eat this.”
Molly watched the three, the phantom gears in her eyes subtly moving, silently recording and learning…
Due to concerns about eavesdroppers, their casual chat did not delve too much into the mysterious side.
Even if they did, the wording was vague, and outsiders who didn't understand wouldn't comprehend much.
Li Andy was somewhat surprised now.
According to the information provided by Youxi and Sophia, the incident of Professor Youge falling from the building was not widely disseminated among the faculty and students.
The academy’s handling was very swift; the bloodstain in front of the tower had already been cleaned up.
Everyone in the academy's upper echelons seemed to tacitly want to cover something up.
“Then, Brother Andy, how do you plan to observe ‘that person’?”
Molly, who had been silently listening, suddenly asked.
The other two girls also looked over in unison.
Although they didn't explicitly say it, everyone knew that “that person” referred to Eric, the Eric who inherited Professor Youge's memories.
Li Andy placed two smooth stones into Molly’s hand:
“Molly, when you attend the memorial service later, give these two Protection Stones to those two key individuals.”
“Protection Stones?”
Sophia blinked. She clearly saw that Li Andy had just picked up these two stones from the ground.
Li Andy’s mouth curved into a smile. A gray feather pen in his pocket was subtly trembling.
These two pebbles had already been anchored.
He planned to test the ability of the Witness's Pen.