The morning's activities went fairly smoothly. Ronan grew tired from all the somersaulting and left Xie Junping to keep playing king of the kids while he and Dean Wan Ta went to the reception room for a chat. Old Hand had been invited too, but the old man declined on the grounds that he did not work overtime on weekends, continuing to tinker with the newly fitted prosthetic limb alongside Bo Luo.
The Hengduan Seven Divisions had relocated wholesale to Xia City, settling in Linqiang District and even building a processing center. Working with the Xia City Branch, they specialized in Inner World-related business. They could not promise anything else, but making a living was no problem. As for Old Hand, his body had already been worn down during his early years in the Wilderness and Ban City. Coming to Xia City had fulfilled one of his wishes, and he had largely stepped away from the processing center, serving only as a liaison.
In fact, Wu Jun had been spending increasingly long periods at the Relay Station. Since her communication with Ronan and Dean Wan Ta was going smoothly, she no longer needed him to relay messages between them. He was effectively retired now, wandering around the city every day and spending more time at the Welfare Institute than at the processing center.
The reception room door stood open. From time to time, children dashed past outside, frantically playing and burning off their energy during the last bit of time before lunch and naptime.
Ronan did not get to the point right away. He merely smiled. "Bo Luo slept here last night?"
Dean Wan Ta nodded. "Yes. He came looking for playmates. Wei Wu even made him cry last night, and Haruya had a hard time soothing him. That was