At that moment, a thought involuntarily surfaced in Ye Chen's mind: Han Yue seemed to be speaking ironically.
Could this girl have secretly run off to find me again, like before? Ye Chen wondered. Recalling how Han Yue and Wang Dong'er had found him in the Star Dou Forest despite not knowing his location, he felt this was increasingly likely.
Thinking of this, Ye Chen kept a straight face while secretly sending a voice transmission to Wang Dong'er. "Dong'er, based on what you know, did Han Yue leave during the months I was away from the academy?"
With Ye Chen's Spiritual Power, Wang Dong'er could communicate with him through Spiritual Power. "Why are you asking that?"
Ye Chen's voice transmission had come rather suddenly. After a brief moment of dazed confusion, the little girl quickly reacted. Seeing that Ye Chen had not brought it up in front of everyone, she behaved naturally enough, at least without giving anything away.
"Don't worry. I just thought of something and wanted to confirm a few things," Ye Chen answered patiently.
Wang Dong'er pondered for a moment before speaking again. "Now that you mention it, I remember something. Some time ago, when I went to Sea God's Pavilion to attend Xuan Zi's class, I ran into Han Yue. We only passed each other, so I didn't know what she was doing there, but after that, I didn't see her in the dormitory or anywhere in the academy for at least a month."
"A month..." Ye Chen murmured unconsciously. He knew that Wang Dong'er's dormitory was right next to Han Yue's. If even she had not seen her, then there was at least an eighty percent chance that Han Yue had left the academy.
Moreover, Han Yue had gone to Sea God's Pavilion. Other than