Li Chuan pulled open the door and saw a petite figure standing outside in the snow.
She looked slightly out of breath, as though she had run all the way here.
It was Xiao Nianxue, who had returned after leaving.
Li Chuan asked in surprise,
"Junior Sister Xiao, why have you come to see me so late? Is there something in your martial arts practice that you don't understand?"
Xiao Nianxue adjusted her breathing and said embarrassedly,
"Senior Brother Li said he wanted to eat the Jade-Skin Tangyuan from Listening Wind Tower, and it made me crave some too."
"On my way back just now, I happened to pass by Listening Wind Tower."
"Thinking of all the care Senior Brother Li has shown me, I wanted to buy a portion and bring it back."
"However..." A dejected look appeared on Xiao Nianxue's face. "When I went there, they told me too many people had come to buy them, and they had already sold out."
Warmth rose in Li Chuan's heart.
He had merely mentioned it casually, yet Xiao Nianxue had taken it to heart.
This breathless state of hers was likely from running back and forth as well.
Li Chuan smiled gently.
"It is enough that you had the thought. The tangyuan are not important."
Though he said that, he still felt somewhat regretful at missing out on the Jade-Skin Tangyuan that everyone praised so highly.
Had he known, he would have asked someone to bring back a portion...
Forget it. He could eat them next year.
It was not as though there would only ever be this one Lantern Festival.
At that thought, Li Chuan suddenly realized something.
By this day next year, he likely would no longer be in Sanyuan Prefecture.
The Vajra Sect selection was only half