Evening.
Bai Lan saw Ma Xiaotao off.
When they reached the door, Ma Xiaotao suddenly stopped.
She turned to look at him.
"Junior Bai Lan."
"Hmm?"
Ma Xiaotao hesitated, then asked:
"Can I come again tomorrow?"
Bai Lan smiled.
"You're welcome anytime."
Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up.
"Great! See you tomorrow!"
She turned and left.
After a few steps, she suddenly looked back again.
She waved at Bai Lan.
Bai Lan waved back.
Ma Xiaotao smiled, then turned and ran off.
Her fiery red figure stood out beneath the sunset.
Inside.
Yinye walked over to Bai Lan.
"Master."
Bai Lan looked at her.
Yinye smiled.
"That girl really likes you, Master."
Bai Lan was taken aback.
"You're reading too much into it."
Ice Empress nodded beside them.
"I think so too."
Bai Lan: "..."
He looked at the two of them, feeling a little helpless.
"What's gotten into you two today?"
Yinye and Ice Empress exchanged a glance.
Then they both smiled.
"Nothing."
Bai Lan shook his head and walked back to the bed.
"Time for bed."
Yinye and Ice Empress followed.
Moonlight spilled in.
The room grew quiet again.
Far away.
Several upperclassmen gathered together, whispering.
"Did you see that? Senior Ma came out of that kid's room..."
"And waved goodbye..."
"She was smiling so sweetly..."
"Who exactly is that kid?"
No one could answer.
But there was one thing they all knew—
From that day on, Bai Lan's name would spread throughout the Outer Courtyard.
Someone who could earn such treatment from Ma Xiaotao was definitely no ordinary person.
The morning sunlight streamed through the window and fell across Bai Lan's face.
He opened his eyes and sat up.
A new day had begun.
Yinye and Ice Empress had already woken up on either side