Gu Xiao Tang and He You walked Master Xiao to the martial arts studio's entrance.
On the way, they ran into some students who were heading home as well.
The smiles on their faces turned to surprise as soon as they saw He You.
"A-A You?"
He You silently stared at them.
He didn't quite understand what their expressions meant.
The students immediately gave awkward, sheepish smiles.
"You..."
"Where's your quilt?"
Someone finally voiced the question on everyone's minds.
They'd gotten used to seeing someone wrapped in a quilt coming and going from the studio these past few days.
In such a short time, they'd all come to think of He You as the guy wrapped in a quilt.
So seeing him without one took them by surprise.
"It's in the lounge."
He You's blunt answer left everyone at a loss for words.
Gu Xiao Tang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"...No."
The students collected themselves and explained their question in more detail. "We wanted to ask why you're not wrapped in the quilt anymore."
"Haven't you been wrapped in it these past few days?"
No matter what they said, he'd refused to take it off.
He'd also said a lot of things that made no sense and were downright strange.
One of the students looked at Gu Xiao Tang. "Xiao Tang, do you know?"
"I'm not really sure."
Gu Xiao Tang played dumb.
"Isn't A You always hard to figure out?"
"Do you know why he wrapped himself in the quilt in the first place?"
Everyone fell silent.
They glanced at one another.
Well.
They really didn't know.
Though A You seemed to have told them plenty.
They understood what Gu Xiao Tang meant.
They hadn't known why He You had