Naming Technique of the Night

After traversing the unpaved road that no one cared to fix between Cities 18 and 1, the fleet's speed picked up once again.

At noon, the Autumn Hunting Team pulled over and took a brief break for maintenance.

The Servants brought out those thermo-heating lunchboxes Qing Chen had seen before, along with something similar to an induction cooker, to cook and stir-fry food without the need for a fire.

It seemed that the Autumn Hunting Fleet must have a more advanced power source than the wilderness folk to accomplish wireless charging.

Indeed, Qin Cheng and his people used a wireless charging energy source discarded from the "Venus Star 3" lead-bismuth alloy reactor from the 'Mountain' main battle tanks. The children of conglomerates naturally possessed more powerful equipment.

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Qin Cheng and his companions could only gnaw on dry protein bars, while the Autumn Hunting Team had already started cooking.

Just then, the Jindai Family's fleet, which had been following slowly, didn't stop and suddenly accelerated while the Autumn Hunting Team was eating, seemingly trying to leave Li Yinuo behind.

Li Yinuo looked indifferently at the other party's taillights but did not immediately tell everyone to get back on their vehicles to chase after them, "Give them a bit of time and see how far they can run."

Qing Chen and Uncle Li Dong stood side by side, watching the drama unfold. Their target this time wasn't the Jindai Family, so they didn't care if the Jindai Family got away.

What surprised them instead was that the Time Traveler, "Li Chengxi," who had been taken onto Li Yinuo's vehicle before, was now obediently following behind Nan Gengchen.

Wherever Nan Gengchen went, he followed.

Whenever Nan Gengchen wanted to sit, he helped by padding the ground.

"I kind of can't understand this anymore," Uncle Li Dong exclaimed in amazement.

"Uh," Qing Chen thought for a moment, "Teacher, I'm also a bit confused…"

It was one thing for Li Yinuo to disregard the identity of the Time Traveler, but how had she turned Li Chengxi into Nan Gengchen's little sidekick?

Qing Chen had previously asked Nan Gengchen: Does Li Yinuo know about your Time Traveler identity?

Nan Gengchen had answered: She does not.

At that time, Qing Chen didn't think much about it and believed him!

But now, considering Nan Gengchen's typical behavior, Qing Chen suspected that Li Yinuo might already know Nan Gengchen's secret…

Other than this, Nan Gengchen was indeed more reliable than others and also values righteousness.

But regarding the concealment of identity, the strange maneuvers were truly an eyesore.

Qing Chen whispered hesitantly, "Teacher, I suspect that Li Yinuo already knows that Nan Gengchen is a Time Traveler and that's why she's collecting other Time Travelers—to build some influence for Nan Gengchen in the Outer World. She keeps the discovered Time Travelers under control and then has those people serve Nan Gengchen in the Outer World."

This was the most plausible speculation, otherwise there was no explanation for Li Yinuo's current behavior.

"Makes some sense," Uncle Li Dong, somewhat bemused, added, "This young lady truly loves your classmate…"

The Master and Apprentice duo originally thought that after being forced to follow the Autumn Hunting Fleet, life in the wilderness would become quite dull.

However, since the arrival of the two time travelers, they felt like two onlookers with a burning desire for gossip in their hearts.

Suddenly, life seemed to have more to look forward to.

The two turned their gaze to Zhou Xuan, only to find that while the servants were cooking, he was diligently preparing the ingredients, cutting meat, and picking vegetables.

He didn't touch the tech gadgets at all, lest he reveal his ineptitude.

"Look, Teacher, the other servants haven't noticed that he can't use those electronic gadgets," Qing Chen chuckled, "and they think he's especially hardworking."

"Hmm, he's also quite sly. He cuts meat while sneaking lessons on how to use electronic devices," Uncle Li Dong found it amusing as well.

Not far away, Qin Yiyi felt somewhat puzzled. It seemed to her that since this morning, this master-apprentice duo had become a bit strange, always whispering together, and whenever she approached, they would stop talking...

She was annoyed.

"Oh, Teacher," Qing Chen spoke while chewing on a protein bar, "Zhou Xuan's eyes keep darting towards Nan Gengchen and Li Yinuo."

"Does he know Nan Gengchen?" Uncle Li Dong also let his thoughts wander, "Could he have also discovered Nan Gengchen's identity as a Time Traveler?"

"Probably not," Qing Chen shook his head, "Think about it. We are very far from City 18, and the corresponding crossing point should be some small city in the south of the Outer World. It's unlikely that Zhou Xuan would know Nan Gengchen."

That afternoon, the Time Traveler sitting inside the wagon repeatedly tried to steer the conversation towards Li Yinuo, but he hesitated to reveal his intentions, so he failed.

Qing Chen held back his laughter, curious to see what the other party intended to do.

Eventually, Uncle Li Dong simply decided to facilitate his attempt. He discussed with Qin Cheng, and they swapped a tight-lipped middle-aged servant into the wagon, moving Xiao Yiyi's brother back into the wagon bed.

Of course, riding in the wagon was more comfortable than the wagon bed, and the middle-aged servant was quite thankful.

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Soon after, Uncle Li Dong took the opportunity to ask the gossip-loving servant, "Tell us in detail about Miss Yinuo and that pretty boy, will you?"

The talkative, gossip-loving servant glanced around and, finding no one watching from the wagon bed, began to chatter ceaselessly, "You don't know, the Li family arranged several matches for Miss Yinuo, but she never agreed. Everyone used to think she liked girls, but then she suddenly started seeing this pretty boy..."

That afternoon, everyone was basically talking about the Li family's gossip: Miss Yinuo's best friend was a young girl from the direct line of the Li family named Li Tongyun; Miss Yinuo liked the pretty boy, but that had only started with Nan Gengchen and she hadn't liked anyone else before; the Li Family Head was quite fond of Miss Yinuo and Miss Tongyun…

Zhou Xuan, hearing all this, his eyes twinkled like someone who had been delivered a pillow while dozing off, and he occasionally looked at Uncle Li Dong with a hint of gratitude.

Of course, he was confident Uncle Li Dong hadn't noticed any of this…

Zhou Xuan maintained his composure really well, showing no signs of abnormality that night, much to the disappointment of Qing Chen and Uncle Li Dong.

However, the next afternoon, Zhou Xuan walked towards Li Yinuo carrying freshly cooked food.

As he reached the robust girl and set down the plate, he deliberately lifted his hand to brush back his half-long bangs, revealing his handsome face.

As they ate, Qing Chen and Uncle Li Dong couldn't help but spit out their food in synchrony: "Pfft!"

Then they hurriedly pretended as if nothing had happened.

While others may not have noticed anything unusual, the attentively watching master-apprentice duo knew all too well what Zhou Xuan intended to do.

The master and apprentice had never imagined that upon learning of Li Yinuo's preference for pretty boys, the other party would straightforwardly choose this seductive approach to make an opening move!

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