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After dinner, the family sat on the sofa, watching TV.

Yan Daguo specifically switched to the Tianmeng District education channel for his son.

The time had come for the preliminary warming-up stage of college entrance examination applications, and education channels like this one featured introductions to various colleges, as well as experience and policy explanations for application submissions.

Although the couple themselves couldn't make much sense of it, they thought their son might find it useful to refer to.

Yan Daguo didn't say much, just stared blankly at the introductions to various colleges that seemed very foreign to him, occasionally offering his son completely clueless suggestions.

Yan Junze was watching absentmindedly when, about half an hour later, he spoke up, "Dad, Mom, I need to discuss something with you."

"Hmm, what is it?" Yan Daguo picked up the remote and turned down the volume a bit.

Li Man closed the browser on her phone, placed it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and focused on her son.

Yan Junze cleared his throat, about to speak, when suddenly there was a polite knock at the door.

This knock sounded very courteous, three times in succession, with each knock well-timed and rhythmically spaced, giving the impression that opening the door was a skilled task that required special training.

All three people in the room were astonished.

The distant relatives lived in the countryside and rarely came to visit, especially at night.

Li Man got ready to answer the door, but Yan Junze beat her to it.

However, just as he was about to get up, Ke'er, who had been lying on his back, suddenly slipped off and scurried into the bathroom, almost crawling on hands and knees.

Yan Junze was taken aback, his first instinct was, could it be the Resentful Granny?

But the Resentful Granny wasn't that polite, right? He had never heard of anyone knocking so courteously when coming for revenge.

Moreover, it had been only two days since the Resentful Granny devoured a ghost. According to the Spacetime Atlas, she shouldn't manifest until after 72 hours.

Still, as he opened the door, Yan Junze felt on guard.

Unexpectedly, a woman stood outside, about one meter seventy tall, with shoulder-length hair, wearing a white long-sleeve T-shirt with a pink Peppa Pig printed on the front, and casual jeans with a rip at the knee, along with a pair of plain white sneakers. In her hand, she carried a portable travel bag.

This woman looked to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, but Yan Junze's first impression was… she must have the wrong door.

Although Yan Junze had no memory of his predecessor, his subconscious was certain that this woman was not one of his relatives.

"Are you… Yan Junze?" the woman asked first.

Yan Junze, taken aback, nodded, "Yes, that's me. May I ask who you are…"

"I'm a three-star Exorcist from the Tianmeng Exorcist squad, Zhang Xiaomo." The woman revealed a shallow smile, "After Huang Chen reported to us, I was dispatched from above to temporarily protect you... um, for a week."

"You're an Exorcist?" Yan Junze opened the door wider, stepped back, and looked at the young girl in front of him with some surprise.

"Nobody said you had to dress like an Exorcist to be called one," Zhang Xiaomo said with a smile.

By this time, Yan Daguo and Li Man, hearing the commotion, had already come to the living room door, moments from staring at Zhang Xiaomo, with even Li Man's eyes flashing a few times.

"Young lady, who are you looking for?" Li Man asked.

"Mom, this is the tutor I hired," Yan Junze spoke up first.

Zhang Xiaomo was taken aback for a moment but then nodded with composure.

"Home tutoring?" The couple was surprised.

"Yeah." Yan Junze said, "I feel like there's still a lot lacking in my math, physics, and chemistry, and I'm worried about losing points on the college entrance exam. Didn't I make some money from shooting that video last time? So, I've temporarily hired Teacher Zhang to give me a crash course for a few days."

Zhang Xiaomo smiled without saying a word.

"Okay, if our son can find his own inadequacies, we can't be of much help either." Yan Daguo said with a smile, "How do you plan to review? Tutoring for two hours every night?"

"Not exactly." Zhang Xiaomo shook her head, "It's like this, because I am... an online tutor, just arrived from out of town, and I temporarily have nowhere to stay in Shuntian City. So, I'm planning to find a quiet place to tutor Yan Junze exclusively for a week, during which he won't go to school or come home."

"What?" The couple was stunned.

Yan Junze hurriedly said, "Dad, Mom, you can rest assured, I have no problem with other subjects, I'm now focused on my weak points. I searched online for a long time, and Teacher Zhang has a very good reputation. As long as I review thoroughly this time, it's possible to score high. I feel... Tianmeng Science University is already waving at me!"

"Teacher Zhang, please... please come in! Sorry for making you stand outside for so long." Yan Daguo finally reacted and invited Zhang Xiaomo into the house.

Li Man pulled Yan Junze aside and asked softly, "This... home tutoring seems quite expensive!"

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"Not expensive, not expensive at all, I have money, Mom, you don't have to worry." Yan Junze gestured dismissively.

Li Man didn't say anything else, turned around, and brought Zhang Xiaomo a pair of clean female slippers, while Yan Daguo took Zhang Xiaomo's travel bag.

Zhang Xiaomo changed out of her pure white sneakers, squatted down, and meticulously placed her shoes neatly before she got up and walked into the living room.

Yan Daguo said, "I'll put your travel bag in the bedroom. So, you and Ze's mom can sleep in the master bedroom, and Ze and I..."

"No need." Zhang Xiaomo shook her head, interrupting him, "I'll just make do on the sofa in the living room for tonight."

"You sleep in my room tonight, I'll sleep in the living room," Yan Junze offered.

The couple didn't say anything more. Yan Daguo took Zhang Xiaomo's travel bag to Yan Junze's bedroom, and when he came back, Li Man had already poured a cup of hot tea for Zhang Xiaomo.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Yan Junze used the excuse that Zhang Xiaomo needed to understand his academic foundation, and the two went into the small bedroom.

After they left, Li Man said to Yan Daguo, "Don't let our son get deceived by someone. There are many scam home tutors online now."

Yan Daguo shook his head, "Our son has grown up, and his studies aren't bad. Whether this tutor is competent or not, he knows better than us, don't worry!"

Inside the bedroom.

"Home tutoring? You really came up with a good one." Zhang Xiaomo laughed.

Yan Junze shrugged, "Had to. I can't let Mom and Dad worry. By the way, you said we shouldn't go to school or come home for these seven days, so where should we go?"

"I only provide protection, you need to arrange the rest," Zhang Xiaomo said as she opened her travel bag and began to unpack her belongings.

Yan Junze thought for a moment, then made a phone call to Zhou Dali.

A moment later, Zhou Dali returned the call.

After a brief conversation and hanging up, Yan Junze said to Zhang Xiaomo, "A classmate of mine has a relative who runs a real estate agency, he's agreed to provide us with a temporary rental for the next few days, but it's in the suburbs."

"The suburbs are just fine," Zhang Xiaomo said, "Although Granny Ren is only targeting you, we should try not to involve people close to you. Family and classmates are both off-limits."n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om