"Ji Jue—"
Lou Feng forced the words out from between his teeth. "If you're fine, I'll go to Yacheng today and take you down with me!!!"
"Weren't you the one who complained first?!"
Ji Jue was stunned. He had already gotten enough amusement from the receiver, so he stopped teasing him. "Do me a favor and help me contact your old—"
"In your dreams!"
Lou Feng flew into a rage and rejected him outright before he could finish. "Impossible. I knew you still had designs on my aunt... Wait, what the hell did you say?!"
"I said..."
Ji Jue sighed helplessly, drew a deep breath, and nearly shouted, "Help me contact your teacher!!!"
Another awkward, deathly silence followed.
Only after Lou Feng had killed off his embarrassing former self and pretended nothing had happened did he speak again, his voice still trembling. "What do you need my teacher for?"
"I need a signature."
"A signature for wha—"
Lou Feng trailed off halfway through.
It was as though he had suddenly remembered something.
A long silence filled the call.
Whether from shock or envy, he finally asked, "So soon?"
"I'd like to ask that too, but I really don't have the nerve." Ji Jue shrugged. "I can only ask you for help."
"Got it."
Lou Feng did not dwell on it any further. He merely said, "I'll talk to my teacher. Send me the address in a moment. It'll be delivered to you today."
The call ended.
The beeping tone came through, and Ji Jue took a long time to react.
Today?
Considering the distance between Tide City and Yacheng, along with how difficult travel through the wilderness was these days, they would probably have to specially send someone on an Airship departing and arriving the same day...
After all, it