Night.
In the courtyard, Sister Xiaodao used a bamboo sword to poke Little Rascal into running all over the place.
"I'm done, I'm done."
Little Rascal looked at the red marks all over his hands and legs, utterly at a loss for tears. "Even if I trained for another ten years, I still wouldn't be Sister Xiaodao's match."
"I really am done."
Sister Xiaodao poked him on the butt with the wooden sword. "If you're done, go read. Don't forget what you promised Mister Luo."
"Study, right? I remember." Little Rascal rubbed his butt. "But it's been almost half a year. Maybe Mister Luo has forgotten about us."
He had been an orphan since childhood and was especially insecure. Thinking about how Luo Yan had not come for half a year, he could not help feeling dejected.
Smack.
Sister Xiaodao tapped him on the head with the wooden sword. "Nonsense. If Mister Luo didn't care about us, would he have sent Sister Yang Tao here?"
"Mister Luo must just be too busy to come."
"Go read. Read all the texts in Unit Two of the third-grade textbook for me. I'll quiz you later."
Little Rascal answered and rubbed his butt as he walked into the house.
At that moment, the courtyard gate creaked open. Sister Xiaodao turned around and saw Yang Tao, her hood lowered, walking into the courtyard.
"Sister Xiao Tao, you're back."
Sister Xiaodao dropped the wooden sword and ran over, affectionately wrapping her arm around Yang Tao's. "How did it go? Was the negotiation smooth?"
Yang Tao sighed. "Not exactly, but we got through this hurdle. For now, Blizzard Base doesn't have to join Jinyang Group."
Sister Xiaodao blinked. "That's a good thing, isn't it? If we joined Jinyang Group, we wouldn't know whether we'd still be