Lunch was hot pot.
Ye Lingling kept blushing, but several times she stole glances at Wu Xing, seemingly without meaning to.
Clearly, the results of Dugu Yan's earlier advice were written all over her face.
After a lively hot pot meal, the three set off for Heaven Dou City.
When they reached the city gates, three familiar figures were already waiting there.
"Brother Wu Xing, why did you take so long to get here?"
Xiao Wu pouted. She'd been looking forward to seeing him all morning, but hadn't expected to wait until the afternoon.
"Something held me up."
Wu Xing gave a casual explanation.
He couldn't exactly say that he'd worked the fields too hard last night and Dugu Yan hadn't woken up until noon.
Ning Rongrong glanced at Dugu Yan and immediately understood.
"Brother Wu Xing, I'd say you had too much fun after chatting last night, so you slept in."
Wu Xing's mouth twitched. He shot Little Witch an exasperated look. If she already knew, why ask?
"Some people don't even get the chance to have fun."
How could Dugu Yan let Ning Rongrong tease her without a retort? She raised her eyes and fired back.
"That's enough. Let's go in and finish the task."
Seeing the two about to start fighting over him again, Wu Xing hurriedly intervened.
He wondered if they were simply born to clash. Every time they met, they bickered.
"Have you told them you're withdrawing?"
As they entered Heaven Dou City, Wu Xing looked at the three girls.
"We haven't told Flender or Yu Xiaogang. We only submitted our applications to Vice Dean Erlong," Ning Rongrong replied.
She'd done it that way because she was worried Flender and Yu Xiaogang would pull some dirty tricks.
After all, there wasn't a single person at