"You researched tirelessly, but the more you delved into it... the more helpless you felt. And yet, the breakthroughs you made despite that helplessness shocked countless peers... and even your teacher, a man considered a national treasure!"
"..." Guan Qianyu stroked the pages of the book, then suddenly broke into a brilliant smile. She looked at Chu Bamboo, clearly a bit troubled. "You've got to be kidding me. You know so much... even my own father doesn't know this much!"
"You really are something else..."
Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass rang out.
Chu Bamboo's hand shot out, and he deftly plucked something from the air beside Guan Qianyu's ear.
Guan Qianyu: "???"
Chu Bamboo casually tossed the flattened brass bullet onto the table, where it landed with a sharp CLANK. By the time Guan Qianyu realized what had happened, her expression had frozen. She began to wonder if she was hallucinating... or perhaps, dreaming?
