Falina knew her student's temperament well. Shali was surely thinking about how to put on a sincere apology and win forgiveness.
Though it was somewhat like mending the pen after the sheep had escaped, Shali had been in the wrong after all, and she ought to apologize.
Yet Falina waited for quite a while and never saw Shali's performance. When she turned back, she found Shali holding her forehead with her head lowered, looking utterly pathetic, as though saying, "I don't exist."
Falina frowned, unable to understand what Shali was doing. Someone who had always feared neither heaven nor earth, whose mouth had never had a filter, was actually chickening out?
If Shali did not apologize, Falina would lose face as her mentor. With no other choice, Falina cursed under her breath and took the initiative to ask, "Speak. What exactly happened?"
"N-Nothing. Just some small matter. I borrowed Gulu's road for a bit."
"A small matter? What small matter?"
Before Shali could speak, Fingernail Granny, seated opposite her, smiled and said, "Don't be so harsh on the child. It really was just a small matter. Don't make things difficult for her."
Falina had been on the energy-sealed second floor and had not sensed what was happening outside, but Fingernail Granny knew perfectly well what had happened on the neighboring street. To Fingernail Granny, it truly was no great matter.
Seeing Shali's hesitant expression, Falina understood that she must have caused trouble again.
It would indeed be rather embarrassing to bring up this sort of trouble in front of outsiders. Falina could only whisper to Shali, "I'll settle accounts with you later."
Then, treating Shali as though she did not exist, Falina apologized to Angel and Fingernail Granny.
Naturally, Fingernail Granny did not care.
Angel gave Shali a deep look,