Yue Qingqing, although willing to help Lu Zhu, knew that it was necessary to be cautious; she still asked Lu Zhu to make a promise.
"You can’t tell anyone else about what you’ve seen today."
"What?" Lu Zhu didn’t react at first but, seeing the serious look on Yue Qingqing’s face, nodded in agreement, "Okay, I won’t talk."
Ever since she became aware of the existence of the Supernatural Management Bureau, Yue Qingqing worried less about the risk of leaks, and Lu Zhu was not the kind to gossip unnecessarily.
But Grandma had said that one should always keep an ace up their sleeve, no matter how trustworthy the person.
Lu Zhu stared into Yue Qingqing’s face and slowly said, "Okay, I swear I won’t tell anyone."
No sooner had the words left her mouth than Lu Zhu found she could move again.
This made her entire education collapse in an instant.
"How did you do that?"
Yue Qingqing pondered for a while, "If I were to explain it from a scientific perspective, you could say I controlled the magnetic field of your body."
Ever since starting school, Yue Qingqing increasingly realized that science was omnipotent.
Often, the things people didn’t understand were simply because technology hadn’t yet unraveled them.
For instance, the conservation of energy principle had given Yue Qingqing much inspiration.
Cultivators could move mountains and fill seas simply by manipulating spiritual energy.
And that spiritual energy was absorbed from the air.
This made Yue Qingqing think of a cultivator’s body as a machine akin to a steam engine.
It was merely converting one form of energy into another, releasing a great deal of kinetic energy in the process.
So, when Yue Qingqing explained it to Lu Zhu, she tried to describe it from a scientific standpoint as much as possible.
However, Lu Zhu’s expression was quite peculiar.
Her eyebrows furrowed together, creased into a "川" shape in the middle.
"You could at least come up with a more plausible explanation if you’re going to lie. You could’ve just said you know how to perform sorcery or something."
This whole thing was unscientific!
Yue Qingqing thought for a moment, "Performing sorcery might be a different kind of magnetic field; not the same faction as mine..."
Keep spouting nonsense, just keep it up.
Yue Qingqing exclaimed, "Let’s focus on the serious stuff; don’t act rashly, there are always more solutions than problems."
Lu Zhu huffed lightly, the pent-up anger inside her dissipating somewhat.
She too had felt like she was pushed to the brink, and now that the moment had passed, she also felt she had been impulsive.
"What should we do?" For the first time, Lu Zhu showed a hint of seeking help.
Right then, Yue Qingqing’s pager beeped, and she glanced at it.
"Who?" The usually reticent Lu Zhu was now like a curious baby, eager to throw a barrage of questions.
"Have you found a witness? Or the hit-and-run vehicle? When did you start looking, and why didn’t you tell me?"
"Shh..." Yue Qingqing pressed her index finger to her lips, "No witnesses, and no clues found."
Lu Zhu stopped talking and silently followed Yue Qingqing all the way to the school gate.
The sweet potato vendor Uncle Li, seeing Lu Zhu, seemed somewhat excited, "I saw the newspapers, I believe you didn’t hit anyone, that’s what I told the police too."
Lu Zhu didn’t expect such a response and said softly, "Thank you."
As they were talking, a gorgeous woman walked towards them, casually chewing bubble gum.
Yue Qingqing immediately approached her, "I didn’t expect Chief Chu Bai would send you over."
Chu Bai raised her eyebrows nonchalantly at first, then her face suddenly burst into an enthusiastic smile.
"Yeah, it’s been a long time since we last met, you’ve grown up a lot."
Lu Zhu, watching from the side, felt bewildered by the rapid change in her expressions.
Yue Qingqing, however, was used to it.
The three of them went to a secluded place, and Yue Qingqing asked Lu Zhu to recount the incident.
A smirk crept across Chu Bai’s face as she blew a bubble.
"It’s simple, I have two methods."