SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

Gu Cang immediately stopped smiling and looked at Lin Mu with curiosity, his tone filled with undisguised amazement: "Brother, can you tell me about it!"

"Where did you get those incredible dual-elemental abilities? Ice and fire! It's ridiculously powerful!"

Gu Cang's words instantly snapped Qinghe out of her daze.

He was so caught up in the joy of reuniting with Ting Shou that he completely forgot about Lin Mu's use of fire-based abilities in Black Iron Prison!

He suddenly looked at Lin Mu, his eyes filled with shock and admiration.

In his mind, Chief Ting was omnipotent; he could do anything that others couldn't!

Lin Mu paused, as if he had been thinking seriously for a moment, and then said solemnly, "After the final battle, when I woke up, I found that I had a second power in my body."

"To be honest, I'm still completely confused."

The air fell silent instantly...

Gu Cang raised an eyebrow, his tone tinged with speculation: "Could this be considered... a desperate gamble for survival?"

Qinghe shook his head, his tone incredibly firm: "I think it's perfectly reasonable for this situation to happen to Chief Ting."

Lin Mu and Gu Cang fell silent as they looked into Qing He's burning gaze.

Just then, a cell phone rang urgently.

Lin Mu picked up his phone, glanced at the screen, and pressed the answer button with some confusion: "Hello, Dad, what's up?"

"You're asking what's wrong?!"

Lin Ye roared immediately from the other end of the phone, his voice so loud it almost shattered the receiver, "You skipped class again, you brat!"

"Thank goodness your mom wasn't home, or you'd be dead meat!"

"Could you please not make the school call us again if we skip class next time?!"

Lin Mu's heart skipped a beat: Oh no, I forgot to ask for leave again.

He quickly explained with a smile, "I've been so tired from physical education classes lately, I overslept today."

"But don't worry, Dad, there will definitely not be a next time."

Just then, with a "click," the door was pushed open again.

Su Nianhe walked in, her high heels clicking crisply on the floor, the sound particularly noticeable in the quiet room.

She glanced around the room and said in a cold voice, "Lunch is ready. After you finish eating, take him away."

Lin Mu sighed inwardly. There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone before Lin Ye's stern voice came through: "You brat, remember to take precautions!"

"If you get along well, bring her home to meet us next time!"

"No, Dad, listen to me..." Before Lin Mu could finish speaking, the receiver went dead.

He put down his phone and looked at Su Nianhe with a helpless expression: "Could you please knock first next time?"

Su Nianhe replied matter-of-factly, "This is my territory, why should I knock?"

After she finished speaking, her beautiful eyes swept over Qinghe and Gu Cang, then she turned and left in her high heels, the sound of her heels gradually fading away at the end of the corridor.

The moment the door closed, Gu Cang took out a lighter and lit a cigarette with a "click".

Smoke billowed from his mouth, but the gossip gleam in his eyes burned even brighter: "Hey bro, what's up with this girl?"

"What's she doing here? Are you two really together?"

"This girl?" Qinghe looked up abruptly, her eyes wide with astonishment as she stared at Gu Cang. "Brother Gu, you... don't know who that woman was?"

Gu Cang was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at Lin Mu, his tone slightly probing:

"Qinghe knows her? Could it be...?"

"Stop making things up." Lin Mu interrupted him with a dark face, then turned to Qinghe and said seriously, "Let's send you back to Zhen'e Court first. Take good care of yourself during this time. Ning Mo and the others must be very worried about you."

Qinghe's eyes were filled with expectation: "Chief Ting...can I stay with you for a while?"

"I definitely won't cause any trouble! It's just a serious injury; I can still take care of myself!"

After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Mu nodded: "Okay, then call Ning Mo and tell him that you're recuperating at Gu Cang's tavern during this time, so he can rest assured."

"Okay! I'll start now!"

Qinghe instantly became excited and turned to Gu Cang: "Brother Gu, can I borrow your phone for a moment?"

A moment later, the engine of the black Maybach roared to life, and the car slowly drove away from the Bear in the City Restaurant, quickly disappearing at the end of the street.

On the fifth floor of the restaurant, in a luxurious room.

Su Nianhe stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the Maybach gradually disappear from her sight.

"Your strength hasn't fully recovered yet, and neither have mine. Wait a while... and then it will be time for you to repay this favor."

At this point, a smile suddenly appeared on her lips, and she murmured, "Of course, even without favors, you would definitely have gone with me. I feel like I'm still at a disadvantage."

She slowly turned around, her gaze falling on the map of the capital city hanging on the wall.

"Holy Capital, that abandoned ancient city in the southern district... what exactly is hidden there?" Her voice gradually lowered...

……

"Brother Gu, drive slowly and steadily," Qinghe said weakly, lying on the back seat.

Gu Cang chuckled softly, gripping the steering wheel, and glanced at the rearview mirror out of the corner of his eye: "Alright, then you have to tell me, who was that woman just now?"

"Why do you recognize everyone, but I've never seen them before?"

Qinghe paused, secretly glancing at Lin Mu in the passenger seat. Seeing that he didn't intend to speak, she said vaguely, "I only met her today... She saved me because of Chief Ting."

"Are you kidding me?" Gu Cang retorted.

"Don't believe me if you don't want to." Qinghe turned her face away, but her mind was in turmoil.

This is Chief Justice Ting's secret!

If the chief doesn't say, I certainly can't say...

But this is truly shockingly absurd, the relationship between the Chief of Court and the Red King...

Although Ting-soo clarified the relationship between the two.

But the way the Red King looked at the Chief of the Court, that indescribable ambiguity, something just felt off!

Gu Cang exhaled a puff of smoke, then changed the subject: "By the way, isn't today the weekend? Why are you still going to class?"

"I forgot about the extra physical training class." Lin Mu leaned back in his chair, a sigh of helplessness in his voice.

"etc!"

Qinghe suddenly looked up, wincing in pain from her wound. "Just now at the restaurant, I heard you on the phone saying you skipped class. What exactly happened?"

Gu Cang burst out laughing, but a puff of smoke went straight into his throat, causing him to cough and slap the steering wheel.

Lin Mu glanced at him indifferently, then turned to Qing He: "It's nothing, I'm a freshman at Jiang University now."

"On the day of the opening ceremony, Lü Ping was still lecturing to us on the podium."

"Huh?!" Qinghe's eyes widened instantly, and his voice changed tone. "Chief Ting, you...you must be joking?"

"You heard me right, it's absolutely true." Lin Mu smiled, feeling like he'd said that many times before.

Qinghe was stunned for a full half minute before he could process this explosive news, muttering to himself:

If you're a freshman, then what is the chief? A substitute freshman at the Awakener Academy?