Action Plans! Ling Shuang's Reward!

"Xia Lan?"

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang froze. Neither had expected to run into the two of them here.

"Teacher Ling, Jingming! I thought you looked familiar from across the street. I didn't expect it really was you."

Xia Lan and Elena ran over from the other side of the street. Xia Lan looked delighted.

But she was also puzzled. Why was Teacher Ling at Rhine Commercial Street with Jingming?

"Oh, it's you, Xia Lan."

Ling Shuang looked a little uncomfortable and explained without thinking:

"Jingming and I are going back to Great Xia in a couple of days for the Director Conference, so we came to buy a few things to take with us."

"The Director Conference? I see." Xia Lan nodded in understanding.

As a member of Thunder Martial Hall's Elite Training Camp, she knew about the hall's annual meeting.

Judging by the strength Xu Jingming had shown that morning, he was certainly qualified to attend.

"By the way, Jingming, now that the villa's been destroyed, where are you staying tonight?" Xia Lan asked him.

"I'm staying at Teacher Ling's—"

Xu Jingming answered instinctively, but before he could finish, Ling Shuang cut in:

"I booked him a hotel room. I can book one for you too, Xia Lan, if you'd like."

"No need. I'm planning to train at the Martial Hall Building all night." Xia Lan shook her head.

"Training through the night? That works." Ling Shuang nodded approvingly, then smiled.

"You two carry on shopping. Jingming and I will head back after we buy a few more things.

"He's going back to his hotel. I have another villa here in Melbourne."

Why had she gone out of her way to say where each of them was going?

Xia Lan was puzzled, but she smiled and said, "All