Xue Wu yawned. "Maybe the little couple found room checks too annoying and just stayed at a hotel outside. You can stand here all you want, but they're not going to fly back."
"No way! Teacher Ling Shuang said we had to return to the academy at night. They wouldn't really not come back, would they?"
Xue Wu wore a wicked grin. "Who knows? What's the relationship between the class monitor and Bing'er? If a young couple gets tired from playing outside and finds somewhere to rest for the night, isn't that perfectly normal? If it were me, getting scolded by Teacher Ling Shuang would be worth it."
"Watch what you say. Little Bo is still here," Shen Liuyu reminded her.
Gu Qingbo sat at the edge of the bed, her face already red as she whispered, "They should come back... right?"
"Tsk, tsk. The only question is whether they'll return to the dormitory, or hold hands and head to some little inn in the city."
Yu Hairou guessed, "Then do you think they might've already checked into some hotel and gotten all lovey-dovey...?"
Before she could finish, footsteps suddenly sounded from the stairway.
Everyone turned their heads at once and saw Wu Changkong and Shui Bing'er coming upstairs, one after the other.
For a moment, Yu Hairou's voice cut off abruptly.
Shui Bing'er swept her gaze over the group crowded in the room, then looked at Shui Yue'er's expression and frowned. "Why aren't you sleeping? What are you all huddled together for?"
Xue Wu reacted first and laughed it off. "Waiting for you. We were betting on whether you'd come back tonight. Looks like I lost." As she spoke, she winked at Shui Yue'er.
Shui Yue'er glared at her, then pouted and said coquettishly, "Sis, why did you get