Chapter 9: Anomalies Discovered
Sitting in Li Liandong’s aircraft, Nan Yu suddenly remembered that the aircraft he had arrived in with Bai Zhouyun belonged to the Nan family.
He simply opened his AI and tapped a few times.
After Li Liandong’s aircraft departed, the Nan family aircraft parked nearby also lifted off and began to navigate automatically back to the Nan family home.
Everything belonging to the Nan family, especially items for Nan Yu’s use, was of the highest quality.
Bai Zhouyun and the others could only watch helplessly as the aircraft left.
Bai Zhouyun was so angry his fists were clenched tight. He truly hadn’t expected Nan Yu to go this far—even controlling the aircraft to return home automatically without leaving it for him.
Although the Bai family didn’t lack aircraft, he hadn’t brought one today. But it was fine; Yun Feijiao and Yun Feiyu were still here.
“Where is your aircraft? I’ll just ride back with you later.”
In Bai Zhouyun’s view, it was only natural for people living on the Capital Star to own an aircraft. However, Yun Feijiao and Yun Feiyu looked a bit embarrassed. “Well… we didn’t take an aircraft here today.”
Bai Zhouyun looked at them in surprise. “Then how did you get here?”
“Well… isn’t there a free shuttle bus? We didn’t plan to come here today; we were shopping in the city and saw the bus was about to leave. We thought we’d come here for a bit of fun before heading back, so we didn’t bring an aircraft.”
Only then did Bai Zhouyun suddenly remember that the Yun family didn’t seem very wealthy. They might have an aircraft, but their elders were likely using it. The two brothers were probably too embarrassed to admit they didn’t have their own, hence the excuse.
“Forget it. I’ll notify the butler and have them pick me up. You guys can come with me then.”
Yun Feiyu’s face immediately lit up with joy. “Really, Zhouyun? You’re so kind! I knew you were the best!”
Yun Feijiao stood to the side, watching the two interact with a smug feeling in his heart.
Hmph! So what if he’s the Nan family’s treasure? So what if he’s the strongest Middle-Level Jingshenli Zhe? He still can’t hold onto his fiancé’s heart, can he?
His brother was doing a great job. Even if he couldn’t marry Bai Zhouyun, as long as he held onto the man’s heart, the Yun family would surely benefit in the future.
When Nan Yu arrived home, he saw Nan Zhen standing right at the entrance.
“Second Brother? Why are you at the door?”
Nan Zhen also found it strange. Their family aircraft had flown back by itself, and Nan Yu was sitting in…
“Dean Li?!”
Li Liandong nodded with a serious face. “I have delivered Student Nan Yu home. I have other things to attend to, so I will take my leave.”
Nan Zhen replied, “Understood, Dean!”
Only after confirming Nan Yu was safe did Li Liandong turn to leave, his aircraft quickly vanishing from their sight.
Only then did Nan Zhen have the mind to ask, “What happened?”
Nan Yu let out a cold snort. “Nothing!”
Nan Zhen wanted to press for more, but Nan Yu sighed. “Second Brother, I’m a bit tired. I want to go to my room and rest.”
Nan Zhen immediately forgot about his questions. “Then go rest quickly. Get some good sleep and don’t overexert yourself.”
Seeing his brother’s empty hands, Nan Zhen guessed there had been no harvest. Since he didn’t return with Bai Zhouyun but with Dean Li instead, something else had likely happened—perhaps a fight with Bai Zhouyun.
“That damn bastard! How dare he make Xiao Yu angry. Does Bai Zhouyun have a death wish?!”
Nan Zhen watched Nan Yu return to his room before heading back to his own lab. “Hmph! That Bai Zhouyun… just wait until I catch you at school…”
Nan Zhen didn’t know yet that the family aircraft had returned, meaning Bai Zhouyun was still stranded at the edge of the Heiye Senlin with no way back…
Though, even if he knew, he would likely just sneer and say it was well-deserved.
After returning to his room, Nan Yu couldn’t wait to take the Nianshen Cao out of his space button and place it on the table before him.
He looked at the familiar plant with a heart full of joy. “Yes, it’s you…”
“I’m so sorry for giving you away in my last life. I promise that this time, even if I die, I won’t let you go. From now on, you will only belong to me.”
While saying such things to a plant felt a bit strange, Nan Yu was too happy to care.
In any case, with the Nianshen Cao by his side, Nan Yu would surely become a High-Level Jingshenli Zhe within the next two or three years. When that time came… he could finally break free from that unfaithful waste, Bai Zhouyun.
Not only was he unfaithful, but he was also a lazy, useless piece of trash who didn’t know how to work hard. He would go on to betray his publicly married partner and flagrantly stay with a mistress, feeling pride rather than shame.
In the end, he would even team up with Yun Feiyu to kill Nan Yu.
Not only did they kill him, they also turned a High-Level mental power user into an object of public scorn before he died a gruesome death. Naturally, no one in the Nan family had a good ending either.
Nan Yu recalled the events of his previous life with irony. Once Bai Zhouyun became strong and had enough backing, he targeted the two brothers simply because they hadn’t been friendly to him in the past.
In the end, it could be said that the two brothers died even more miserably than Nan Yu did.
This was one of the things Nan Yu found hardest to accept—that his family died tragic deaths because of his own blindness… The entire Nan family was destroyed because of his existence.
At the time, he even thought that the Nan family might have been better off if he had never been born.
Both of his brothers were very powerful ability users; each of them could have easily married a Middle-Level Jingshenli Zhe.
The three brothers had lost their mother when they were very young. He was still small and didn’t remember much, so his father and his two brothers—three grown men—had worked hard to raise him…
Every time he thought of this, Nan Yu couldn’t help but want to cry.
But now was not the time for tears.
Nan Yu looked firmly at the delicate Nianshen Cao on the table.
Although the plant looked ordinary, if he kept it with him all the time, someone observant would eventually notice something was wrong.
Plus, the rumors about Nianshen Cao…
In his previous life, he had been very careful. He never took the plant to school, leaving it at home instead.
Fortunately, he was a commuter and didn’t live at the school, so he could return every day to spend time with it.
But according to what he knew, the best effect came from keeping the Nianshen Cao with him twenty-four hours a day. He needed to use his own mental power to nourish the plant from time to time, and in turn, the plant would nourish his mental power.
Every time he funneled mental power into the plant, the Nianshen Cao would absorb a portion, but it would return the rest to him. Although the quantity decreased, the mental power returned was extremely pure.
Over time, his mental power would become increasingly refined. Combined with his experience from his past life, he could indeed become a High-Level Jingshenli Zhe very quickly.
Nan Yu wanted to find a way to spend more time with the Nianshen Cao.
Translator’s Note: Nan Yu! Nan Yu~ The guilt he feels for his family’s fate in the first timeline is so heartbreaking. “Space button” is another common sci-fi term for a portable storage dimension. Also, the “bastard” Nan Zhen uses is biesun (鼈孫), which literally means “grandson of a soft-shell turtle”—a very common and slightly old-fashioned insult. Catch you in the next one!
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