Wang Jiao said, "I didn't come that early either. Maybe six or seven minutes before you."
The two of them walked and chatted toward the teachers' office.
As soon as they arrived at the office, Su Yue heard some of her colleagues talking about yesterday's thunderstorm.
Everyone sat together, chattering over one another as they discussed it, traces of lingering fear still showing on their faces.
Wang Jiao went to her desk, pulled out her chair, and sat down. Then she said to Su Yue beside her, "That thunder yesterday was terrifying. Our whole residential compound lost power because of it."
Su Yue put down her bag and picked up the water cup on the desk. As she walked toward the water dispenser, she said,
"The compound where I live lost power too, and it wasn't repaired until this morning..."
A look of astonishment appeared on Wang Jiao's face. Her eyes widened, and when Su Yue returned with her water, she said,
"After the power goes out, can't the electricians fix it pretty quickly? Why did you have to wait until the next morning?"
Su Yue shook her head. "I'm not sure about the details. Anyway, that's just how things turned out at our compound."
Wang Jiao looked at Su Yue sympathetically. "Losing power is really miserable nowadays. You must have been terribly bored last night."
At those words, memories of the previous night at Lin Li's house immediately surfaced in Su Yue's mind. A faint smile appeared on her face, and she shook her head. "I wasn't bored last night."
In the unknown Ruins Space, a figure suddenly appeared on a flat grassland.
The moment Lin Li arrived in the Ruins Space, he instinctively looked up at the sky. At a glance, he saw nine suns of varying