Ning Rongrong was about to argue when she met Huo Wu's half-smiling gaze.
That look clearly said: This is my chance to be alone with Ye Xiao. Don't come meddling, little girl.
Even if you were going to marry Ye Xiao someday, that still wouldn't do.
Right now, he was mine.
Ning Rongrong understood the look and felt even more wronged.
But she was in the wrong after all. Huo Wu had known Ye Xiao longer, and they were closer. She had no grounds to insist on coming along.
In the end, she could only glare fiercely at Huo Wu before looking pitifully at Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao wisely chose to remain silent.
"All right, we're leaving." Huo Wu withdrew her hand in satisfaction and turned to Ye Xiao. "Ye Xiao, let's go."
"Be careful on the road," Ye Lingling said softly.
"Go early and come back early." Dugu Yan yawned, her tone lazy as an imperceptible hint of amusement flashed through her eyes.
She was having a great time watching the show.
Ye Xiao nodded, then turned with Huo Wu and set foot on the western official road.
Behind them, the faint sound of Ning Rongrong stomping her feet drifted over.
Skywater City was not far from Heaven Dou City.
The two traveled west along the official road, passing through several bustling towns along the way. By the afternoon of the second day, they could see Skywater City's gates.
The city's overall color palette leaned toward cool tones.
It was not the coldness of desolation and indifference, but rather the clear, elegant chill of fresh snow covering tiled roofs.
The city walls were built from bluish-gray stone bricks. The gate tower's eaves rose high, with bronze bells hanging from their corners that chimed in the wind.
The moat