"Cough, senior, let's go."
Ruan Nuan jogged after Xiao Xiao.
Yu Yanyan smiled and shook her head before following.
Xiao Xiao stopped.
Had Yu Yanyan not tugged at Ruan Nuan, who had been following behind while "looking around," Ruan Nuan would have crashed straight into him.
A little startled, Ruan Nuan rolled her eyes irritably. "What are you doing, all of a sudden—"
Her voice abruptly cut off.
Because—
"Ch-Chen Xi?!"
Looking at the familiar figure not far away, Ruan Nuan's mouth fell open in astonishment.
That was Chen Xi, right?
They had really found her?!
This was real, right?
She reached out and pinched her own cheek, blinking once, then again.
It all felt unbelievable.
Hearing Ruan Nuan's startled cry, Yu Yanyan followed the girl's gaze.
Before them was a lake.
It was quite large.
It happened to be class time, so there was hardly anyone nearby.
Thus, the figure sitting quietly on a rock stood out particularly clearly.
"Chen Xi!"
Ruan Nuan first strode forward, then simply broke into a run. "We finally found you!"
"Ah, are you this girl's friend?"
A strange female voice suddenly rang out.
"That's wonderful. Hurry and take her back!"
Ruan Nuan jumped and immediately looked toward the voice.
A figure emerged from behind the rock.
It was a girl around her age, her face filled with delight, as though she was very happy to see her arrive.
"Who are you?"
She couldn't help asking.
"Chen Ying."
Xiao Xiao walked over to Ruan Nuan and came face-to-face with the girl who had emerged from behind the rock.
Yu Yanyan followed behind Xiao Xiao.
A faint smile showed on her face at having found Chen Xi as they had hoped.
"Master Xiao?"
Chen Ying unconsciously called him by the name