"Are we really going over there?"
"Of course!"
"Then let's go already. It's been half the day. If we wait any longer, it'll be dark soon."
"Wait a little longer. And hey, you fatso, could you quit yapping? It's only noon. How's it nearly dark?"
"You said we'd go three days ago! You keep putting it off day after day. When are we actually going? This had nothing to do with me in the first place, so why should I spend every day hiding with you? Look at me! I've followed you so long I'm practically skin and bones!"
"I'm just checking whether that lunatic is around. We've been watching for a while, and we've confirmed she hasn't shown up here in two months. Hang on a bit longer. Once we get over there, we'll have all the food and drink we want. You'll be nice and plump again in no time."
"Then hurry up..."
In a little alley across from the entrance to the Burning Legion headquarters, Jiang Nan and Bai Xiao Jing—disguised as a big fat man and a little fat man—repeated the same conversation for the thirty-eighth time.
Bai Yang was thriving in Iron Blood City, while the two of them were too afraid that Princess Tianxin would discover them to show their faces. Their lives were miserable. They had realized two months ago that Princess Tianxin had left and hadn't returned, but they were afraid she might suddenly come back. They couldn't bring themselves to set foot in the Burning Legion headquarters and reunite with Bai Yang.
That day, they were still watching the Burning Legion headquarters, and still hadn't spotted Princess Tianxin. Perhaps he'd had enough of Bai Xiao Jing's nagging; Jiang Nan decided to go find Bai Yang and explain the situation.
After confirming