Chapter 266: 209. A teacher taught out of

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Countdown 00:12:00.

Only a little over an hour left until the return.

This time travel was supposed to be just seven days, yet it seemed extraordinarily long.

In a private room, Li Tongyun and Nan Gengchen were sprightly leaning against the glass window, listening to the gamblers and spectators in the venue cheer and roar.

Li Yinuo, bored out of her mind, sat on the red velvet sofa, flipping through messages on her phone while saying, “I only brought you guys here to take a casual look and enjoy the nightlife of City 18, but how did you suddenly get hooked?”

“The boxing match seems more exciting,” Nan Gengchen explained casually.

Tonight, such a big incident had occurred at Prison 18, Li Yinuo hadn’t planned on watching the boxing match at all, but Nan Gengchen and Li Tongyun both clamored to see it.

Li Yinuo thought to herself, if it’s watching the match, it’s watching the match, a hobby she had fostered herself, so she had to accompany them through gritted teeth.

However, she always felt something was off but couldn’t pinpoint what exactly it was.

But Li Yinuo had no time to think further as she continued to browse the messages on her phone: After the destruction of Prison 18, the consortium appeared calm, but in reality, a storm was already brewing within.

The big house of the Li family, in their struggle for the Taboo, had transferred Du Hao, a B-Class expert, to Prison 18, where he was buried underground along with Chen Yu and Xie Yinggeng from the Chen family’s third branch.

At this time, the second-generation core members of the Li Clan in City 18 had all gone to the old Li family home, watching as the big house got a tongue-lashing from the old man who had withdrawn from the world.

Li Yinuo felt some schadenfreude; although she was the oldest daughter of the third generation, she was born of the second branch and had always been at odds with the big house.

In recent years, as the health of the old man declined, the big house had become ever more assertive, acting as if the position of Family Head was already theirs, arrogant and overbearing.

Li Yinuo, being a core third-generation member of the consortium, of course knew that Uncle Li Dong was not dead and had already made a secret deal with Qing’s Family.

By now, some must be wondering what exactly the deal between Uncle Li Dong and Qing’s Family entailed.

There were speculations within the Li clan that it involved Uncle Li Dong obtaining ACE-002 for Qing Xun, and the condition exchanged was for Qing’s Family to help save Cheng Xiao.

This deal made sense.

But for some reason, Li Yinuo suddenly felt that the deal might not be that simple, because only a few like her knew that the next Knight Leader’s surname was also Qing!

She felt that this was no coincidence.

Li Yinuo kept the secret about Qing Chen to herself, not even telling Nan Gengchen. She felt that if Uncle Li was willing to share that with her, she couldn’t let him down.

The beautiful warrior glanced at Nan Gengchen’s back with a hint of apology in her eyes.

They had always said that if they loved each other, there should be no secrets, yet she hadn’t managed to be completely open.

Thinking of this, Li Yinuo wanted to make it up to Nan Gengchen. That’s right, the hacker should be arriving in City 18 in the next day or two.

But what she didn’t anticipate was that she was now surrounded by Qing Chen’s undercover agents.

Even Qing Chen himself hadn’t expected it.

At this moment, Li Tongyun and Nan Gengchen were each looking in the direction they were most interested in, occasionally scanning the crowd, both quietly searching for something.

The next moment, almost simultaneously, they spotted Qing Chen in the stands.

In the stands, the young man was still in his white tracksuit.

In fact, Qing Chen in a white tracksuit was quite conspicuous, especially when all the other gamblers were cursing angrily, and he stood there calmly, which made him stand out in the crowd.

Suddenly, Nan Gengchen realized that Li Tongyun’s gaze was also fixed intently on Qing Chen, and he felt something was amiss.

Nan Gengchen asked nonchalantly, “Xiao Tongyun, do you know Qing Xiaotu?”

Li Tongyun lifted her head and smiled sweetly, “No, I don’t.”

“Then why are you staring at him?” Nan Gengchen asked quietly.

“Chasing stars, don’t you think Brother Xiaotu is handsome?” Li Tongyun said with a cheery smile, “I’m his fan!”

Nan Gengchen thought to himself, just a little girl chasing stars, something people from the Outer World are very familiar with!

He had thought Li Tongyun might be a Time Traveler too, but it seemed he was mistaken!

Then, Li Tongyun surprisingly asked back, “I noticed you’re staring at Brother Xiaotu too, why is Brother Xiao Nan watching him?”

Nan Gengchen answered composedly, “I’m also his fan, I chase stars too.”

“I see,” the two of them exchanged a smile.

Nan Gengchen observed covertly, following the method Qing Chen had taught, to see if Li Tongyun would look down at her arm.

They were about to return, and a typical Time Traveler would not be able to resist looking down, right?

But after glancing sideways for a while, he didn’t notice Li Tongyun looking down.

Could it really be his own overthinking? He had never heard of such a young Time Traveler before.

Meanwhile, Li Tongyun was also silently observing, and then realized Nan Gengchen hadn’t looked down at his arm either!

The same thought popped into both of their minds: Could they have been wrong?

When they turned their gaze back to Qing Chen, they saw that several female spectators had already crowded around the young man in white, each holding a marker, asking Qing Chen to sign on themselves.

In the stands, a woman deliberately thrust out her chest, telling Qing Chen anywhere was good to sign.

As she spoke, she purposely leaned in, trying to plant a kiss on Qing Chen’s face.

The next second, they saw Qing Chen firmly pinch the woman’s cheeks with his fingers, holding her face still as if with iron pincers, and then signed his name “Xiaotu” on her forehead.

Nan Gengchen gasped.

He watched as the woman’s lips were pinched into a fish-mouth shape, feeling that Brother Chen’s signing gave off the feeling of an execution…

Return countdown 00:00:00.

Reset to zero.

The world plunged into darkness.

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Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief after the world returned to brightness.

In the boxing gym, he appeared casual, but his eyes were searching the crowd, trying to analyze how many people were secretly observing him.

As a result, while he was trying to identify the different forces, he unexpectedly found that there were thousands of people stealthily sizing him up!

Many of the audience members had recognized him as a Tiger Grade Boxer, and female fans were even coming up one by one asking for autographs.

This turn of events caught Qing Chen somewhat off guard.

He went to the restroom to wash his face with cold water, wanting to cool his brain and sort out the events surrounding this time travel.

However, just then, there was a knocking at the door.

Qing Chen went to open the door and saw a young girl, carrying a backpack, standing quietly outside.

“Are you leaving?” Qing Chen asked.

She explained with a smile, “Something came up, and I have to go to the south. Seems like after the time-travel event, things have gotten much busier than before.”

“Hmm,” Qing Chen said, “I wish you all the best.”

“Why didn’t you try to keep me?” she asked, tilting her head slightly.

“Our relationship isn’t that close that either of us needs to retain the other,” Qing Chen said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

“By the way, Uncle wasn’t surprised by my Spade identity. Did you figure it out?” she asked.

“Hmm.”

“When did you find out?” she continued.

“What do you think?”

“Alright then,” she said, smiling, “I’ll be back soon if nothing unexpected happens. Wait for me at home, okay?”

“Don’t deliberately say things like that again,” Qing Chen said with a laugh.

At that moment, she handed a key to Qing Chen, “I’m leaving my house key with you; from now on, you’re like a co-owner of the place.”

Qing Chen raised an eyebrow, “Hey, I told you not to say things like that.”

She burst into laughter, “Where’s your mind going? I mean, you can go get the letter the Devil’s Stamp holder left for you under my pillow!”

After saying this, she walked away with her backpack, waving at Qing Chen without turning around, “For someone super smart, you’re quite innocent. Now I know your weakness!”

The next moment, her figure soared into the night sky.

Qing Chen looked at the empty doorway, suddenly pondering that she might not return anytime soon. It wasn’t that she had lied to him; she had talked about going south, but she flew northward…

No matter, the Earth is round; the girl will eventually reach the place she wants to go.

As Qing Chen returned to the room and just turned on the faucet, there was a knock at the door again.

Resigned, he went to open the door, only to find Li Tongyun standing there obediently.

“Xiao Tongyun, what brings you here?” Qing Chen was surprised.

XiaoTongyun put her index finger to her lips cutely, “Shh! My grandparents are still at our house, I sneaked out while they were asleep.”

With that, the young girl squeezed her way inside.

She sat on the leather sofa, swinging her legs back and forth, “Brother Qing Chen, I saw you at Begonia Boxing Gym. Yino and I were there the night of your ranking fight. I noticed she seemed to know you.”

“Hmm,” Qing Chen nodded, “I traveled with her to Taboo Land No. 002 before.”

XiaoTongyun’s eyes lit up, “Is Taboo Land fun? Can you take me with you next time?”

“It’s not fun, it’s very dangerous,” Qing Chen replied, “Just stay put in City No. 18 and don’t wander off.”

The young girl said, “Okay then, Yino also mentioned taking me for training, but I’m a bit worried about ending up with a physique like hers, so I haven’t agreed yet.”

No sooner had she finished speaking when there came another knock at the door!

“Strange,” said Qing Chen, “Is everyone coming to meet me tonight?”

Outside, Nan Gengchen’s voice came in a low tone, “Brother Chen, open up, it’s me!”

Instantly, Li Tongyun’s expression turned odd.

As Qing Chen opened the door, Nan Gengchen came in, carrying bags of things.

However, when he saw the young girl on the sofa, his entire form suddenly paused, as if contemplating turning around and fleeing.

Qing Chen looked suspiciously at him, then back at the girl on the sofa.

At this moment, both Li Tongyun and Nan Gengchen fell into silence, staring at each other.

Li Tongyun addressed Nan Gengchen, “Xiao Nan, didn’t you say you didn’t know Brother Qing Chen and only pretended to be his fan?”

Nan Gengchen touched his nose, “You can’t talk, when I asked you, you also said you didn’t know him, just a fan as well!”

Qing Chen asked calmly, “So, you two are coming to my house for a fan meet-up in the middle of the night?”

Li Tongyun: “…”

Nan Gengchen: “…”

At this point, both of them had the same thought: no wonder neither bowed to look at the countdown as the time of return neared; it turns out they had been trained by the same master, Qing Chen!

Qing Chen suddenly felt, somewhat reluctantly, that the Time Travelers’ group centering around him had just been forced into existence…

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