At the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Leng Yulai waited quietly with her older sister, eagerly anticipating the arrival of the person she had been longing to see.
Pulled along by her younger sister, Leng Yaozhu looked at Leng Yulai with some impatience. "Come on, little sis, can't you calm down a bit?"
The girl had been so excited last night that she hadn't slept at all, yet she was still full of energy today. It was quite remarkable.
"Big sis, you don't understand!" Leng Yulai had been about to say more. She was in a state of excitement, but then she seemed to sense a familiar presence. She immediately turned around and looked—and sure enough, there was the good friend she had been longing to see, Lin Jiahao.
"Jiahao, it's been ages!"
Seeing Leng Yulai run toward him, Lin Nuo thought of his conversation with Lin Xiu earlier. Knowing it had only been two weeks, he said, "No, has it really only been two weeks?"
"Aw, don't worry about it." Leng Yulai came up to Lin Nuo and examined him closely. To her surprise, she realized he had grown taller. "Jiahao, you've gotten taller?"
Last time he'd visited, Jiahao hadn't seemed much taller than her. Now he was so much taller—almost half a head.
In the end, Leng Yulai couldn't suppress her doubts. She unconsciously edged half a step forward, lightly resting her fingertips against her chin as her gaze swept over Lin Nuo like a Soul Tool scanner, scrutinizing him from head to toe.
She was going to take a good look and see whether this guy really was Lin Xiu's deliberate fake.
Noticing the scrutiny in Leng Yulai's eyes and recalling what she had just said, Lin Nuo realized the girl was starting to suspect him.
Without the slightest