(First update)
"Brother."
The door of the luxurious carriage opened, and Xiao Wu poked her little head inside.
However, when she saw Yang Ming and Vice Dean Liu Erlong standing intimately close to each other inside the carriage, Xiao Wu's little mouth formed an O. Then, with lightning speed, she made to close the carriage door.
"Sorry to disturb you."
Awkward expressions flashed across Yang Ming and Liu Erlong's faces, and they spoke almost in unison:
"Xiao Wu, it's not what you think."
Xiao Wu looked at Yang Ming, then at Liu Erlong. Her big eyes were filled with question marks before she suddenly seemed to understand.
"I get it."
What exactly did you get?
Yang Ming felt that things had gotten serious. If Xiao Wu misunderstood his relationship with Liu Erlong, it would be awful if word got out. He immediately coughed and said:
"Xiao Wu, don't get the wrong idea. Vice Dean Liu and I were only discussing the Royal Knights outside."
As he spoke, Yang Ming frantically signaled Liu Erlong with his eyes.
Liu Erlong understood at once and said solemnly:
"Speaking of which, those five hundred Royal Knights outside truly deserve to be called Heaven Dou Empire's ace force. Although every one of them is a noble, comparable to imperial relatives, their formation remains orderly and their discipline exceptional. They have none of a noble's arrogance. That is truly rare. If not for their protection, the cities along our journey would not have received us with the highest standards, nor would we have encountered so little trouble."
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, knights were considered the lowest rank of nobility, but they were still nobles nonetheless.
It would have been better if Yang Ming and Liu Erlong had not explained themselves. Their explanation only made Xiao