Just like that, a week passed quietly.
On the morning of the eighth day.
Everything looked very peaceful, and on a snowy mountain not far from Skywater Academy.
Two figures still stood silently.
Gu Rong yawned, his tone full of helplessness. "It's already the eighth day, old bastard. That kid hasn't made a single move."
Chen Xin stood with his hands behind his back and said blandly, "No news is good news. It means Rongrong is doing well."
"That's true," Gu Rong said, rubbing his shoulder, "but are we really just going to wait here? Why not head back first? Rongrong is at Skywater Academy anyway. Nothing will happen to her."
Chen Xin stared toward Skywater Academy's main hall for a moment, deep in thought. Just as he was about to speak, his brows suddenly furrowed.
At the same time, Gu Rong sensed something as well and looked down the mountain.
At that moment, two figures were walking along the main road from Frozen Forest toward Skywater Academy.
The one in front was a girl with long dark green hair. She had a graceful figure and an unhurried stride.
Following behind her was a girl in white, her expression cold and aloof, her frame slender. She held a strange snow-white flower in her arms.
"That is..." Gu Rong narrowed his eyes. "Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan?"
Chen Xin nodded. "The one beside her should be Ye Lingling of the Nine Heart Begonia lineage."
"What are they doing at Skywater Academy?" Gu Rong asked in confusion. "Although Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Skywater Academy are both within the Heaven Dou Empire, they normally have no dealings with each other, do they?"
The two exchanged glances, both seeing the same confusion in the other's eyes.
Dugu Yan, a core student