"You're not together?"
Li Yan blurted out.
Zhuge Yun immediately shot Li Yan a withering look.
"What kind of question is that..."
"We split up to look for the child."
Zhao Luzheng explained for Li Yan.
"When the agreed time came and only Third Brother hadn't returned, we all guessed that he might have found a lead on the child."
What happened afterward proved...
"Sure enough..."
"The police got a message from the helicopter saying they'd spotted a young man with a child."
"We pretty much knew it was Third Brother."
"Oh, oh."
Li Yan smiled sheepishly.
He'd asked a stupid question.
Of course they'd split up to look for someone. Who would stay together and search as a group?
That would mean they already knew where the person was.
"Ahem."
Li Yan cleared his throat a few times.
His gaze at Xiao Xiao returned to its earlier excitement.
"Master Xiao, you actually rode in a police helicopter?!"
His face showed how envious he was.
Ordinary people didn't get many chances to ride in a helicopter.
And getting to ride in a police helicopter was even rarer.
Zhang Bo:...
Zhuge Yun:...
Zhao Luzheng:...
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
How was he supposed to answer that?
Just say "yes"?
"Are you putting on an act here?"
Zhang Bo was a little exasperated.
"I'm just carrying on the emotion from before."
Li Yan grinned.
Zhang Bo: "...What?"
Zhuge Yun: "...Huh."
Zhao Luzheng: "...Oh."
"You're something else."
Zhuge Yun gave Li Yan a thumbs-up.
He'd never heard of someone carrying on an emotion like that before.
Did he mean he'd just taken a detour into an unrelated topic?
"Students, we're here."
The class monitor's clear voice rang out ahead.
The mountain was