Though he said he was heading to the Thunder Pool Experiment Field to study, Ronan's first stop after leaving Ha City was home in Xia City.
He had been away since late June, three whole weeks without setting foot through the door. He had even sent Raven wandering the Wilderness with a smooth-talking man at her side. Lady Luo Shuqing was already quite dissatisfied with Ronan.
At least, that was how she had been during their remote calls.
No matter what, Ronan had to go back and make his position clear.
Perhaps Ms. Luo Shuqing wanted precisely that attitude from him. He arrived home around dinnertime and, incidentally, dragged Raven back from the Wilderness. The moment the two of them appeared, his aunt's smile became impossible to suppress.
Though the warmth of her expression was mainly directed at Raven, at least Ronan did not receive any cold looks.
Still, Ronan's carefully timed arrival did not help him get dinner.
He had simply come at the wrong time.
Uncle Mo Haihang was working overtime at the bureau. The disorderly flow of Deep Blue World information had kept Xia City society in constant turmoil these past few days. A core administrative department like the SCA was precisely where it needed to be useful.
As for Mo Ya, she had an evening guest performance. And then there was Mo Peng, that social hound, who had seized the weekend to go wild. He had called earlier to say he would be eating out tonight.
At a time like this, he could still have the mood to play around.
But that also proved that, at least on Xia City's side, the social order shaken by the impact of Deep Blue World information remained within controllable limits.
Of Xia City's billions in the general public, half