Zhang Peng Strikes, the Hongchen Siblings Are Abducted

By the time the Hongchen siblings left the Black Dragon Merchant Association, the sky outside had already darkened. The Soul Tool streetlights were all lit, and vendors and night markets of every size had opened up along the streets.

Meng Hongchen still held the jasmine milk green tea she had bought from the merchant association's tea shop. As she walked, she looked over the shopping list in her hand. Seeing the day's abundant haul, the corners of her lips curled upward slightly.

As usual, Xiao Hongchen followed beside her like a laborer. He looked up at the moonlight and could not help letting out a sigh.

"Shopping, afternoon tea, desserts, then dinner. Good grief, I actually wasted my day off on this sort of thing."

"Did you eat any less than I did?" Meng Hongchen shot him an annoyed glance. This guy always loved ruining the mood when other people were happiest.

Meng Hongchen could not be bothered to respond to him anymore. She merely glanced at the time on the clock tower. It really was getting late.

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry back. If we're any later, the academy will inspect the dorms. If the academy finds out we spent the night out and tells Grandpa, we probably won't escape another scolding." Before the end of every weekly day off, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy conducted surprise dorm inspections to see which students had not returned.

The Black Dragon Merchant Association was located in Mingdu's busiest commercial district, quite a distance from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. If they wanted to make it back before the dorm inspection, they would have to pick up the pace.

The first half of the route was still fairly bustling, with all manner of stalls and roadside shops. But