"Hey! Teacher, Teacher!"
"Why are you running so fast? And why didn't you come home at all last night?"
Early the next morning!
Li Shande woke up in the Shanglin Office archives and once again hurriedly ran outside!
Just as he emerged from the Shanglin Office and sprinted toward the imperial palace, he happened to run into Li Chengqian, who had come looking for him!
With Qing Mo, that immortal-like teacher, secretly helping him, Li Chengqian could know Li Shande's exact whereabouts anytime, anywhere, so long as he wished to!
"Oh! It's A-Gan!"
"A-Gan! What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
"Right! My Xiu'er, she...?"
Seeing that the person who had suddenly stopped him was Li Chengqian, Li Shande finally let out a breath of relief!
"I was planning to visit you this morning, Teacher, but I happened to run into Little Sister Xiu'er on her way to the academy alone!"
"She told me you hadn't returned home at all last night and that she didn't know what you had been busy with!"
"I guessed you would definitely be here at the Shanglin Office, Teacher, so after taking Little Sister Xiu'er to the academy, I came here to find you!"
Hearing that "Li Gan" had taken Xiu'er to the academy, Li Shande's tightly wound nerves finally eased a little!
"That's good, that's good!"
"Hey! Teacher! Where are you rushing off to in such a panic?"
Seeing Li Shande about to take off running again, Li Chengqian hurriedly reached out and pulled him back!
"I... I need to enter the palace urgently. There are some things I have to go in and ask about!"
"Then this student will accompany you?"
"What would you go for? You hold no official post and have no summons; you can't just enter