C.C. said, "So Rulu, what are you planning to do about this mess? You attempted to assassinate Prince Suwen twice and killed General Feihujun. The Sanctuary will not let this go easily."

Rulu replied, "It's simple. Since this situation arose because of me and Prince Suwen, it should end with us. As long as I can eliminate Prince Suwen, this uproar can be quelled, and the Sanctuary will retreat. They know the consequences of pushing me too hard."

"But Prince Suwen will definitely be more cautious than before. It won't be easy for you to kill him now."

"Although this task is difficult, it's not impossible. To kill him, I can't be rash; I must wait for the right moment. I won't make the same mistake I did today," Rulu said thoughtfully, his expression darkening.

Nana saw the ominous look on Rulu's face and felt a surge of fear. She grabbed Rulu's hand and asked, "Rulu, are you really planning to do this? Are you going to continue trying to assassinate Prince Suwen?"

Rulu tightened his grip on Nana's hand and said firmly, "If I don't do this, we won't have a future. I hope you can support my decision, Nana."

Nana was taken aback. After staring at Rulu's face for a while, she shook her head and said, "No, I can't support you. But if you really must do this, I won't oppose you. It's getting late; I'm going to rest."

After saying this, Nana stood up, her expression melancholic, and returned to her room.

"Fortunately, I managed to get past Nana's concerns. If she had strongly opposed me, all my plans would have been impossible to execute." Rulu sighed, his tense spirit relaxing. But as he relaxed, he suddenly felt dizzy, and a sharp pain shot through his head. He clutched his head with both hands and collapsed onto the sofa, curling up and groaning.

Seeing Rulu like this, C.C. couldn't help but complain, "Look at you; you've overused your Spiritual-power again. I told you not to misuse that power, but you just wouldn't listen."

Rulu gritted his teeth and said, "If I hadn't used this power, I wouldn't have survived until now. Besides, I still have you, C.C., by my side."

"You're really stubborn. Come on, lie down. I'll help you with your mental recovery." C.C. sighed, sitting beside Rulu and patting her thigh.

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"Um, sorry for the trouble..." Rulu said, feeling a bit awkward as he laid his head on C.C.’s thigh.

C.C. placed her palms on Rulu's temples, looking down at his face as she began the mental recovery. Rulu immediately felt the sharp pain in his head slowly fade away, and the soothing sensation made him unconsciously close his eyes, a blissful smile appearing on his face.

"Hey, Rulu, what would you do if one day I left you, and you no longer had me by your side?" C.C. asked thoughtfully while performing the recovery.

"Then I wouldn't let you leave me; that would solve everything," Rulu mumbled with his eyes closed.

"But what if, for some reason, I had to leave you?" C.C. asked again.

"There's no such reason. Even if there were, I would find a way to eliminate it."

"You think it’s that easy? I’m afraid it won’t be." C.C. sighed lightly. Rulu sensed something strange in her tone and opened his eyes to look at C.C. above him, noticing a hint of loneliness and sadness in her expression.

"C.C., what are you trying to say? Do you want to leave me?" Rulu asked, sensing something.

"No," C.C. denied.

"Really?" Rulu grasped C.C.'s hand and pressed for an answer.

C.C. chuckled lightly, patting Rulu's face, "Silly, why would I lie to you? Don't forget, you still owe me something. If I left you now, wouldn't I be at a loss? I wouldn't do something so foolish."

"That's good to hear." Rulu felt relieved and closed his eyes again. C.C. continued the mental recovery, and perhaps he was really too tired, as Rulu lost consciousness midway through the process. He turned on his side, buried his face in C.C.’s body, wrapped his arms around her, and drifted into a dream.

C.C. gazed at Rulu sleeping on her, reaching out to stroke his head softly, saying, "Don't worry, I won't leave you until you complete that task for me. But I won’t be able to accompany you on the road ahead; you'll have to rely on yourself."

The next morning, after Rulu woke up, he stayed at home without going out. He kept an eye on the outside world through television broadcasts and other channels. What puzzled him was that the Sanctuary had not announced General Feihujun's death, nor had they launched a widespread search for the assassin as they had before. The city of Lanhai was calm that day, passing without incident.

The next morning, Rulu received an email from Shari. After reading the email, he informed Nana and C.C. that he needed to go out and would not be back for lunch, returning only in the evening.

This naturally raised Nana's concerns. Rulu explained to her that he wasn't going out for anything dangerous but was going to his old school to meet his former friend, Shari.

Nana had also attended that school, and Shari was one of her old friends. Upon hearing that Rulu was just going to meet Shari, Nana felt relieved and told Rulu to return early and to be safe, without saying anything more.

Rulu then left home and didn't return until the evening. For the next three days, he left early every morning to go to his old school and returned home very late.