Inside an underground man-made structure in Green Forest City's South District.
Night Owl approached the bed with a steaming bowl of food. A man lay on it, shivering uncontrollably.
"Master Gold, how are you feeling?"
Master Gold opened his eyes and looked at the food in Night Owl's hands.
"Still... still all right! Has Zhou Yuan... replied yet?"
Night Owl set the food on the table beside the bed.
"He has..."
"What did he say?" Master Gold's eyes brightened a little.
"Master Gold, Zhou said... he'll be here right away..."
"Here right away?" Master Gold's expression froze.
"In weather like this... how is he going to get here?"
Night Owl shook his head slightly.
"That's what puzzles me, too. He's in North City, and we're in South City. We're at opposite ends..."
"Honestly... I can't think of any way he could get here from North City. I just checked outside. The snow... is very deep."
Night Owl's feelings were complicated as he spoke.
Master Gold fell silent as well.
Of course they hoped Zhou Yuan meant what he said, but the reality was that, in weather like this, the chances of him reaching them were infinitesimally close to zero.
In other words, Zhou Yuan was most likely stringing them along.
Yet from what they knew of Zhou Yuan, he wasn't the kind of person to joke about something like this.
That very contradiction left the two of them wavering between hope and fear.
They wanted Zhou Yuan to come, but reason told them he wouldn't.
"Sigh... how are the boys doing? How much longer will our food and fuel last?"
"The food will last half a month at most. As for the fuel... three days at most..." Deep helplessness seeped into Night Owl's voice.
The biggest problem was that, in