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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

nQin Ran looked at Cheng Juan in surprise.

nShe didn’t expect Cheng Juan to hand her the laptop right away.

nQian Dui was a serious and cold person. Even after Hao Dui said so many words to him, he didn’t utter a reply.

nHao Dui learned of how cold the people in this team were in the past few days.

nQian Dui didn’t even care about him despite his persistence in the past few days. He finally appeared today, perhaps because Master Juan was here.

nHao Dui was about to ask the technical personnel some questions. However, he saw Cheng Juan handing over the laptop to Qin Ran and frowned. “Master Juan, why are you giving the laptop to her? Don’t hold up the programmer’s work.”

nHe then looked unhappily at Qin Ran.

nAs if asking, why wasn’t she leaving yet?

nLu Zhaoying didn’t react in time. He tilted his head and seemed to also be deep in thought about Cheng Juan’s intentions.

nQin Ran looked at the laptop in Cheng Juan’s hands and took it from him. Before she turned around, the technical personnel hurriedly stood up and made way for her.

nQin Ran sat down and started to concentrate on her work.

nShe pursed her lips as her slender fingers tapped away on the keyboard. Lines and lines of code that only programmers understood appeared on the screen.

n“Locate it,” Qin Ran said nonchalantly.

nThe atmosphere around her changed once she started concentrating.

nThe technical staff who was very cold to Hao Dui heard her and took out a cell phone from his pocket. He flipped it open and clicked on a switch on the left side. It then immediately turned into a mini-computer.

n“Locating.” The technical staff sat by her side and opened up the map.

nFollowing Qin Ran’s instruction, he found an address in the north part of the city.

nEveryone saw how the technical personnel went through a ton of code and information during his testing.

nAnd still ended up with nothing.

nNot even 10 minutes had passed?

nAnd she got the location?

n… What the heck? Who was she?!

nHao Dui’s jaw dropped. He went from puzzled to surprised to numb. He thought he was hallucinating.

nQian Dui brought a cup of tea and placed it beside Qin Ran’s right hand. “This is green tea. I only used seven tea leaves, it’s not too strong.”

nHe then turned towards Hao Dui. “I’ve sent people to the abandoned factory in the North.”

nHao Dui was completely speechless now.

nLu Zhaoying recovered from the initial surprise. However, he couldn’t stop himself from looking at Qin Ran again and again.

n“Master Juan, you knew this all along?” Lu Zhaoying finally found his voice again.

nClenching his fist and placing it by his lips, Cheng Juan coughed lightly. “I had prior suspicion but only came to a conclusion now.”

nCheng Juan felt there was something wrong when traces of Qin Ran were found in 712. He then found out more from the morse codes.

nHe confirmed his suspicions when Qian Dui suddenly appeared.

n“Qian Dui shouldn’t have heard of me before. From what you guys have told me, he didn’t appear even after Hao Dui visited him so many times. That meant that he didn’t want to be involved.”

nLu Zhaoying was puzzled. “But that’s just a guess?”

n“After Qian Dui came, his eyes kept shifting to her. This was his subconscious at play. From his microexpressions, he holds her in high regard.”

n“712?” Lu Zhaoying was more puzzled. “That was three years ago, how old was she?”

nCheng Juan didn’t reply.

n“Heck… You guys are all crazy good at this…”

nAfter a long while, Lu Zhaoying finally snapped back to his senses. He wiped his face and said emotionlessly.

nBoth the technical personnel and Qian Dui, who were very cold to Hao Dui, centered around Qin Ran.

nLu Zhaoying didn’t want to interrupt but didn’t dare to talk to Cheng Juan as well. He could only pat Hao Dui on the shoulder. “Actually, Qian Dui isn’t so cold. Look at how enthusiastic he is to Qin Ran. Bringing tea and water, treating her like his dad!”

nHao Dui was speechless.

n“Say something!” Lu Zhaoying shook his shoulders.

nHe was choking in the silence. He would explode if no one talked to him.

nHao Dui still remained silent.

nWhat the heck was there to say?!

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nCheng Mu’s address was out. Hao Dui looked at Qin Ran deeply and proceeded with Lu Zhaoying to save Cheng Mu.

nQin Ran was surrounded by the people in the station.

nCheng Juan stood at one side and saw how the technical personnel was looking at Qin Ran with admiration. The crowd around her was asking all sorts of questions, trapping her in.

nLu Zhaoying and Hao Dui had left.

nCheng Juan tapped on his phone with his fingers and squinted at them.

nThose surrounding Qin Ran heard a soft voice, “Don’t you have exam papers to finish?”

nQin Ran felt a slight headache from the noise surrounding her.

nShe couldn’t think clearly.

nCheng Juan’s soft voice felt gentle to her ears.

nShe identified it easily.

nQin Ran’s mind seemed to have found an answer as she rushed out from the crowd around her.

nShe then said towards the crowd behind her, “That’s right, I still have exam papers to finish. The teacher is waiting to check it.”

nQin Ran heaved a sigh of relief and said softly, “Let’s go back.”

nCheng Juan looked down at her. Seeing her relaxed expression, he chuckled lightly.

n“Alright, let’s go back.”

nActing as if nothing had happened, he turned around and exited the doors nonchalantly. However, he intentionally slowed down.

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nBy the time Cheng Mu was rescued by Hao Dui and the others, it was already two hours later at 5 pm.

nAs Hao Dui and Lu Zhaoying had to proceed for handover, Cheng Mu didn’t return with Lu Zhaoying. Instead, he took Qian Dui’s car back to the school doctor’s office.

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nAfter arriving at the school doctor’s office, he saw Hao Dui and Lu Zhaoying coming after recording the data.

n“I thought I wouldn’t see y’all for a couple more days,” Cheng Mu said emotionally after seeing them. “How did Qian Dui agree to help? And how did y’all find me? I asked Qian Dui, but he didn’t reply at all. He’s such a cold person…”

nCheng Mu wanted to continue.

nBut then, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Qin Ran getting a cup of water from the kitchen. He stopped and didn’t continue in front of her.

nQin Ran took a sip of water and glared at him. She wasn’t bothered as she sat back on her chair and continued doing her practice papers casually, with one hand supporting her chin.

nCheng Mu glared at her and frowned. Looking at Hao Dui and Lu Zhaoying, he said softly, “Let’s talk outside…”

nBefore he could finish, Hao Dui cut him off emotionlessly. “There’s no need for that.”

n“What?”

n“We don’t have to talk outside or avoid her,” Hao Dui said while staring at Qin Ran. “She saved your life.”

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