Su Junyu arrived a little late. Before reaching the academy, he had first shared a meal with several Myriad Dharma Sect senior and junior brothers who had come with him, so he did not arrive until night.
The moment he pushed open the door to his room, he saw Xiang Qi inside. Su Junyu immediately took two expressionless steps back and checked the lock.
"As expected, it's broken. I was wondering what I seemed to have overlooked before pushing the door just now—turns out I forgot to unlock it and came straight in. What the hell are you trying to do? Do you know this is a violation of the rules?!"
Faced with Su Junyu's roar, Xiang Qi replied with a beaming smile, "We're brothers of one family. No need for ceremony."
"Like hell we are! My surname is Su and yours is Xiang. We're not family at all."
"You should be used to it by now—back when we were still at Leiyang Immortal Academy, I never knocked before entering your room."
Su Junyu pressed a hand to his forehead. "No wonder I skipped the step of unlocking the door and just pushed it open—my primal root consciousness has already assumed that locks are useless if I'm in the same area as you."
"Well said."
Su Junyu tossed over a box of pastries. "Here, local specialty. Lihang almond crisps."
Xiang Qi put away the pastries and reached for her storage pouch as well. "That's thoughtful. Desserts from your hometown are better than anything else..."
"Don't make it sound like my hometown produces nothing but pastries." Su Junyu said righteously, "And I won't accept candy produced by Burning Gold Valley's pill room."
Xiang Qi looked thoroughly bored. "Tch."
"With that stuff, you never know what the next piece will taste like."