Xue Wu asked, "Liu Yu, Little Bo, have you taken all the luggage you need to bring back from the dorm?"
Shen Liuyu nodded. "Yes, it's all in my storage device."
Gu Qingbo also said softly, "I've got mine too."
"Good." Xue Wu narrowed her eyes as she looked into the academy. "This place will be cleared out for a few months. When we come back, it'll be special training."
Shui Yue'er looked around, then suddenly pointed. "The class monitor is here! Look! He really is carrying a child!"
Everyone turned to look.
At the other end of the stone path, Wu Changkong walked over with an exquisitely cute little girl in his arms.
Xue Wu's eyes went wide. "Good heavens, he really is holding a baby."
Shen Liuyu swallowed. "Did the class monitor... pick her up somewhere? Or did we miss some huge news?"
Shui Bing'er stood where she was, momentarily unsure what to ask.
She looked at Wu Changkong, then at the child in his arms, countless thoughts flashing through her mind.
When Wu Changkong came closer, Shui Bing'er hurried forward and asked, "Changkong, this child is...?"
"Her name is Wu Changbing."
"Wu Changbing? Your little sister?"
"I don't have a little sister. She's the Ice Jade Scorpion egg we brought back from the Far North. She's hatched now."
"A little girl hatched from an egg?"
Shui Yue'er said aggrievedly, "I told you I saw the class monitor carrying a child in the carriage earlier, but none of you believed me!"
For once, Xue Wu did not bicker with her. She hurried over for a closer look. "This is that egg? Shouldn't a soul beast egg hatch into a scorpion? How did it hatch into a child? That's way too strange."
"I don't know either." Wu Changkong shook