The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

After finishing the last bite of her dessert, Rachel glanced at the wet wipes Li Zhen handed her, then quickly and discreetly lowered her head, a flash of magic light disappearing as she cleaned the oil stains from her lips.

Li Zhen, both amused and exasperated, took back the tissue and wagged her finger at Rachel.

"You can't let magic replace your actions in every aspect of your life."

Rachel quickly turned her head, then raised her hands towards Li Zhen.

See, nobody even noticed she used magic.

That's not what I meant.

Li Zhen felt a little helpless, so she simply wiped her hands with a wet tissue and then got up to pay the bill.

Unexpectedly, Cassandra and Zhou Zhanxie stood up at the same time, each using one hand to push Li Zhen, who had just squeezed half of her body out of the gap between the table and chair, back down.

"There's no reason to make guests who've come from afar pay the bill."

Zhou Zhanxie emphasized this earnestly.

Even Cassandra, who wasn't good with words, nodded in agreement.

Ah, this. Li Zhen really wanted to explain that paying the bill wasn't actually the customer's responsibility, but it was difficult to explain this to the two of them, so she could only nod slowly and sit back down.

Afterwards, Cassandra and Zhou Zhanxie had a small argument about who should pay the bill, and Zhou Zhanxie lost after Cassandra showed off her account balance.

Thanks to long-term training and development, Cassandra is now able to say one or two simple words.

The group watched as the seemingly thin and frail figure squeezed through the bustling crowd to the cashier, raised his wallet, pointed to the table where Li Zhen and the others had just eaten, and laboriously uttered two words.

"Check, please."

It's still Cantonese with a strong accent.

Wow.

Zhou Zhanxie casually toyed with the used fork on the table, looking towards the cashier with a complicated expression.

"I really didn't know there was a Chinese girl on the Teen Titans team? And how come she's so rich?"

"Her mother was born in China, and I suspect your official records do contain relevant information."

"Who?"

"Ms. Shiva." Zhou Zhanxie showed a knowing expression.

As one of the world's top assassins, no government in any country would be completely unaware of him.

"That's not surprising, that's not surprising."

However, Zhou Zhanxie did not show any extra expression because of Ms. Xiwa's reputation.

As an officially recognized Eastern Buddhist practitioner, she has considerable experience.

When Cassandra returned after paying the bill, the group had just stepped out of the tea restaurant when they were at an impasse again over where to stay for the night.

Zhou Zhanxie and Cassandra warmly invited Li Zhen and Rachel to stay in their house, while Rachel looked at Li Zhen with pleading eyes.

This seems like a difficult decision.

Rationally, Li Zhen felt they should follow Zhou Zhanxie's lead, because Constantine could jump out from some unknown corner at any time.

But Cassandra—even Rachel couldn't look directly into the little girl's big, watery eyes and say no.

"Wait? Cassandra, you own a house in Hong Kong?"

As soon as Li Zhen asked the question, she realized she had said something pointless. Even if Ms. Shiva herself didn't reside in Hong Kong often, it wouldn't be a problem for a world-class assassin to casually acquire properties for her own daughter.

After a long pause, Li Zhen finally changed her question.

He asked Cassandra if Ms. Shiva would come back to live there, or if she would simply stay at home.

This time, Cassandra shook her head firmly.

Oh, that's good.

If Ms. Shiva isn't here, then why is Cassandra coming back to visit relatives?

The thought flashed through her mind, and Li Zhen, who had no intention of exploring the team members' growth experiences, did not ask any further questions.

He gestured towards Rachel with his lip.

"How about we each go one?"

This can be considered a way to live up to the good intentions of both parties.

In any case, Li Zhen's current magic power is completely different from what it used to be. As long as it's not a dimensional distance, there is no essential difference between him and Rachel, no matter where they are on Earth.

If necessary, he could even create another spiritual entity to accompany Rachel. Rachel frowned for a moment, then readily agreed, took Cassandra's hand, and the two walked in another direction.

Zhou Zhanxie took out a key, put the key ring on his index finger, and twirled it twice.

"Come with me, it's nearby, no need to take a taxi."

Twenty minutes later, Li Zhen, who was following Zhou Zhanxie through various alleys, looked up at the high-rise buildings with their windows arranged in an exceptionally dense pattern and sighed with mixed feelings.

"So you live in a low-rent apartment?"

"This is called public housing."

Zhou Zhanxie corrected Li Zhen's statement, then raised his finger and pointed to a position around the twenty-fifth floor.

"The 27th floor."

Meanwhile, Rachel, who had taken a taxi with Cassandra to a manor villa, took out her phone and silently took a picture of Li Zhen and sent it to her.

Soon, Li Zhen's slightly sour tone echoed in Rachel's mind.

"You know I can now use my mental power to directly connect with your mind and see what you see, right?"

Rachel skipped across the manor, being greeted by the bouncy Cassandra, while covering her mouth and letting out a cryptic chuckle. "I know, I can even see you've climbed up to the seventeenth floor."

"...Anyway, we're here on vacation, so maybe we can try switching tomorrow, so Cassandra can also show some appreciation to her instructor."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Having already disguised himself in a completely different way, Li Zhen sighed inwardly, raised his head, and looked up at Zhou Zhanxie, who was also struggling to climb the stairs.

There is actually an elevator here, but we were just unlucky and it was under maintenance.

As for why he didn't just grab Zhou Zhanxie and fly up there...

The main problem is that the population density here is too high, and according to Zhou Zhanxie, the attitude towards "superpower holders" in China is different from that in the United States.

In addition, Li Zhen didn't really want to risk returning to her "hometown" and making a scene that everyone would know about.

Finally, considering Constantine's nose, which is more sensitive than a dog's, Li Zhen was very suspicious that if she left too many traces or scents in Hong Kong, that guy would sniff them out in advance.

In the stairwell, you can occasionally hear other residents complaining about elevator maintenance, mostly elderly people.

When they had climbed to about the 23rd floor, some of the neighbors who were going up and down the stairs recognized Zhou Zhanxie.

One of the elderly men who came out to take out the trash even greeted her directly. "Ah-Qi, finally dating?"

Zhou Zhanxie wore a rather awkward and embarrassed smile, characteristic of Eastern cultures.

"No, Uncle, I just brought a friend back to visit."

Fortunately, the neighbor didn't ask any more questions. She just exchanged a meaningful glance with Li Zhen and then hurriedly carried the trash downstairs.

It has to be said that even Li Zhen, who has experienced so many ups and downs, felt uncomfortable under that gaze.

Once the so-called third uncle had gone far away, Li Zhen quickly caught up with Zhou Zhanxie in a few steps.

"Hey! You're a girl?"

Zhou Zhanxie rolled his eyes at him.

"What? I just think it's too much trouble to explain to these uncles and aunts. They definitely won't understand our new gadgets."

Li Zhen's gaze swept over Zhou Zhanxie's curvaceous figure.

Immediately following, Rachel's light cough echoed in Li Zhen's mind.

However, Rachel soon expressed her doubts about Zhou's specific gender. She began to hint to Lee Jung-ji to find out.

"Don't drag me into this when you're talking about young people. Do you know I still can't figure out what you really are...?"

Zhou Zhanxie stopped and gave Li Zhen the middle finger, his eyes flashing a warning.

Li Zhen wiped her face, speechless.

"I'm an alien, and I'm being kidnapped by non-binary gender."

"alien?"

Zhou Zhanxie scoffed disdainfully.

"I've been observing you closely since you got off the plane. You clearly understand some Cantonese... I really don't know how Batman was fooled by you."