"You're back?" Chu Yu, still with his usual nonchalant air, greeted Xu An without even lifting his eyelids.
This caught Xu An off guard, "Were you waiting for me here specifically?"
Chu Yu chuckled, though his smile was so faint it was barely perceptible.
"If not you, who else would I be waiting for? Qin Chuan?"
Xu An found himself speechless for the first time.
Feeling a bit exasperated, she ignored Chu Yu and walked straight ahead.
Seeing Xu An's attitude, Chu Yu dropped his playful demeanor and turned serious.
"Weren't you guys looking for me? Now that I'm right in front of you, why don't you just ask me directly? Why bother investigating indirectly?"
As he spoke, Xu An paused.
She turned around and looked at Chu Yu. On his usually unnoticeable face was a smile of someone in control.
No matter how she compared them, Xu An had to admit that this person was the same Chu Yu from the southern base.
However, the Chu Yu from the southern base was much more dazzling.
She couldn't help but quietly mutter, "Are you sure you're not twins? Is the one downstairs your younger brother or older brother?"
Xu An almost said "southern base" but then remembered that this was the Lighthouse, filled with surveillance equipment. She was afraid that saying the wrong thing would bring trouble to Chu Yu.
She dared not mention those words.
Chu Yu, however, smiled dismissively, his expression utterly provoking.
"I'm quite sure I'm an only child, the real deal."
Xu An suddenly felt that the little bit of mystery surrounding him had been replaced by his flippancy.
She had thought Chu Yu was some hidden powerhouse before, but now he seemed like nothing!
"You knew I was looking for you?" Now that she knew who Chu Yu was, Xu An no longer stood on ceremony and asked directly.
"You suspect that I was behind翁全's assassination attempt on Qin Chuan."
Xu An was not surprised that Chu Yu knew about this.
After all, knowing Chu Yu's identity, it was natural to immediately suspect him in such a situation, so it wasn't strange.
"Weren't you the one?" Xu An's tone carried a hint of mockery.
At this moment, she didn't know that Qin Chuan had already reached a conclusion regarding the matter, relying solely on her own speculation.
However, seeing Chu Yu's calm expression now made Xu An's suspicions lessen somewhat.
"Of course, it wasn't me."
Chu Yu argued his case, "What benefit would I gain from doing this? I'm not someone who acts without a motive. This is clearly a setup by someone behind the scenes, but it's probably not aimed at me. It's intended to make you suspect each other, leading to chaos in the Lighthouse."
As they spoke, they reached the elevator lobby. They exchanged a look and both fell silent, ceasing their discussion on the topic.
After a long period of exploration.
Xu An had gained a complete understanding of where the surveillance equipment was located in this building.
Among these, the surveillance equipment in the elevators was the most densely packed.
When they reached their floor, Xu An looked at Chu Yu.
"Your place or mine?"
Chu Yu understood the implication of Xu An's words, "Isn't your mother home?"
Xu An glanced at him curiously, wondering how Chu Yu knew she didn't live alone.
She then remembered they were neighbors, and it was inevitable they might run into each other.
"My mother went to visit relatives in another district and won't be back anytime soon."
The residences in the Light Screen were also divided by districts, and the district where Xu An lived was not particularly high-class; it could at best be considered well-off.
Xu Yan had not been idle during her more than a year in the Lighthouse. Relying on her past experience running a company and the initial favor from cooking for others, she had gotten to know many people within the Light Screen.
Sometimes, even Xu An had to admire her mother's social skills.
It was precisely because of Xu Yan's social skills that she obtained a lot of information about internal resource exchanges on the Lighthouse. By leveraging this information, they continuously resold the resources they had.
It could be said that without Xu An's spatial abilities now, it wouldn't be impossible for her and her mother to survive on the Lighthouse.
Xu Yan even excitedly said that once they had initial capital, she wanted to reopen her previous company.
Another point was that because the building structure of the Lighthouse was multi-dimensional, sometimes the distance between two areas was so great that a single day was not enough for a round trip.
This was something Xu An had heard from her mother.
Otherwise, as a homebody, she would either stay at home or go out on missions, and she had never truly explored the Lighthouse.
Hearing Xu An say her mother wasn't home, Chu Yu felt a moment of awkwardness, feeling that given their current relationship, saying such a thing carried a strange ambiguity.
Xu An, on the other hand, looked completely at ease.
She didn't think in terms of a romantic relationship at all.
This made Chu Yu's thoughts feel a bit… unsavory.
"Then let's go to your place. My place is empty."
Seeing Xu An's suspicious gaze after he spoke, Chu Yu knew she didn't believe him.
He then pushed open the door to his room.
Xu An, full of curiosity, walked into the room under Chu Yu's casual gaze.
The furnishings inside were just as Chu Yu had described.
Indeed, it was destitute.
At Xu An's home, to avoid attracting covetous glances, the living room was kept as simple and unpretentious as possible.
But even so, it was complete in its own way.
Chu Yu's place was the exact opposite.
When he said there was nothing, he meant it literally; there was absolutely nothing, not an exaggeration.
With curiosity, and with Chu Yu's permission, Xu An entered Chu Yu's bedroom.
Inside, apart from a bed and a quilt, there was nothing else. It was more outrageous than a show apartment.
"You live here?" Xu An's voice was full of surprise.
Chu Yu nodded helplessly, "But I'm usually busy outside, so I rarely come home. This is just a place for me to sleep temporarily."
"Then what about your meals?"
"I eat out. The relief station has simple nutritional meals, very cheap. It only costs two trade points for lunch."
"......"
Xu An was speechless.
"You live in such expensive housing, yet you can't afford to eat?"
This time, Chu Yu retorted righteously, "I didn't rent this place; it's for missions... It was rented for me by people above. Where would I get the money?"
Xu An clearly heard two faint characters in Chu Yu's pause, but she couldn't quite make out what he had said. However, looking at Chu Yu's deliberate concealment in his gaze and tone.
For some reason, Xu An instinctively felt that the two hidden characters were related to her.
But no matter how Xu An pressed him later, Chu Yu played dumb, insisting he hadn't said anything.