Before Mo Yi could say anything, she jumped up and slapped him on the shoulder with a loud smack.
Mo Yi: "..."
What an enthusiastic team leader...
"I heard from Mei and the others that you went home to visit family again. I didn't expect it would take this long before we met again..."
"Oh, right, Teacher Himeko said it was time for us to form a team. How about it? Interested in joining my side? We happen to be short one person, so we can make a four-person squad."
"I've even thought of a name: the 'Haruhi Suzumiya Team That Makes the World More Lively.' What do you think? Isn't that interesting?"
Mo Yi: "..."
Such a bizarre team name was wrong no matter how he looked at it. Under normal circumstances, Mo Yi would not have minded chatting nonsense with this cheerful girl for a while, but finding out about Ji Anya and the others was more important right now. Since she had just mentioned Mei and the others, it seemed the worst had not happened. Otherwise, she would not be wearing such a relaxed expression.
"If I dared join your team, Kiana would tear down my house—"
After tactfully declining, Mo Yi continued.
"By the way, I just got home and found that everyone was gone. Do you know anything?"
"Uh... you don't know?"
Haruhi Suzumiya asked in surprise.
"Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Theresa... I mean, classmate Theresa, accepted a practical assignment from the academy yesterday. They took leave and left last night."
"You didn't have some kind of falling-out with them, did you?"
At that, Haruhi Suzumiya flashed Mo Yi an intrigued, mischievous grin and whispered, "That would explain it. The people in class were still wondering whether you'd choose Kiana or Mei, but then a new