The night passed without another word.
At dawn, a pale light had just appeared on the horizon, though the sky was still dim.
Bai Wanwan, who had not slept all night, quietly opened her eyes and turned to look at Qian Renxue beside her.
Only to meet Qian Renxue's gaze.
"You're awake?"
A pleasant voice sounded beside her ear.
"Yes, I'm awake."
"You're up early too, sis."
Bai Wanwan discreetly looked away and stretched with feigned laziness, as though she had slept wonderfully last night.
"Yes, I just woke up too."
Qian Renxue sat up in bed, likewise averting her gaze.
Although they were talking, they looked in different directions, as though something there had caught their attention.
"How are things with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
"What did you go off to do yesterday, sis?"
They asked their questions in unison, tacitly avoiding any mention of last night, as though nothing had happened at all.
"Should I go first?"
"Should I go first?"
After they spoke in unison again, silence fell over the room.
"You go first?"
"You go first?"
They looked at each other, only to hastily avert their eyes the instant their gazes met.
"Ahem."
"Sis, let me go first."
Bai Wanwan cleared her throat softly and gave Qian Renxue a detailed account of what had happened at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect yesterday.
"That's what happened."
"Based on the information I gathered yesterday, we can more or less conclude that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect won't readily step in to help Xue Qinghe."
"Although Ning Fengzhi is Xue Qinghe's teacher, he doesn't particularly want to meddle in the imperial family's internal affairs, especially when it comes to the throne."
Bai Wanwan's expression was earnest.
"Yes, that does sound like Ning Fengzhi."
"The Seven