Hey... Yang Jialing stared at her, then protested, "We didn't."
"What did we do that would make someone report us?" Yang Jialing was still hung up on the subject, but Yu Yuer decided to move on.
She looked at Lu Xiaoxiao.
"All right."
"Let's go to the bookstore early tomorrow."
"What time does that bookstore open?"
"Nine?"
"If we see Sister Dongfang..."
"We need to leave enough time for Master Xiao to get there and for us to talk with Sister Dongfang."
"Click." The lights in the dorm went out. Lu Xiaoxiao lay in bed, feeling inexplicably unsettled.
She was looking forward to tomorrow... but she was also a little worried. What if all their effort came to nothing? What would she do then?
...What could she do? Lu Xiaoxiao smiled bitterly. She could only accept it... With both anticipation and anxiety about tomorrow on her mind, Lu Xiaoxiao slowly drifted off to sleep.
...The next morning, Lu Xiaoxiao woke up early. When something was weighing on your mind, you often didn't sleep long. To her surprise, Yu Yuer and Yang Jialing had gotten up almost at the same time.
"Did I wake you?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked, a little chagrined. She'd already tried to move as quietly as possible, but it was hard to completely silence the sound of going up and down the stairs.
"No." Yu Yuer looked wide awake.
"I just happened to wake up around then."
"Me too." Yang Jialing smiled.
"Maybe we've both been thinking about today."
"So we slept more lightly."
"Looks like we're all in the same boat." Yu Yuer raised an eyebrow.
"Comrades!" Yu Yuer raised her fist.
"Here's hoping we pull it off today!"
"Pfft." Lu Xiaoxiao laughed.
"What was that?" Yang Jialing played along, raising her