After learning the truth that Xiao Wu was a soul beast.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were struck dumb, standing frozen in place with their little mouths slightly open and richly varied expressions.
There was shock, incomprehension, confusion...
Ning Rongrong was the first to snap out of it, her eyes instantly lighting up. "Holy crap, th-this is way too cool! It's my first time seeing a living transformed soul beast!"
She grabbed Xiao Wu by the shoulders and looked her up and down, clicking her tongue nonstop.
"Xiao Wu~ are those rabbit ears real?"
"You kept something like this from us? Didn't we agree we were besties?"
"Now I finally understand why you acted so strangely after meeting my Grandpa Bone that day!"
She grew even more excited. "If you'd told me sooner, I wouldn't have let you worry for those past few days!"
Listening to their conversation, Zhu Zhuqing fell into thought.
She knew that what Xiao Wu wanted most right now was their acceptance.
So did Ning Rongrong genuinely think this was cool, or was she simply wiser than she looked?
She stepped forward, pulled Ning Rongrong aside, then took Xiao Wu's slightly cool little hand with a sincere expression. "No matter who you are, you will always be my Third Junior Sister."
All at once, many things clicked into place for her.
No wonder Jiang Yunzhou had defended Xiao Wu in front of Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that day. Was he backing her up?
No wonder Xiao Wu had acted so unusually then and had not even dared show herself for several days.
She glanced at Jiang Yunzhou, thinking that their teacher had probably known Xiao Wu's identity all along.
Thinking back to when they had first met Xiao Wu, Jiang Yunzhou's amused smile... perhaps all