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Their day at the Giant Panda Base came to an end, but none of them had had enough. They unanimously agreed to come back tomorrow and found a nearby hotel to stay in.

The three girls shared a room, while the four boys booked two rooms: Sang Fang shared with Ji Qi, and Lu Mingqian shared with Meng Jiu'an.

After a happy, busy day, the seven of them were too excited to sleep and shared the photos they had taken at the Giant Panda Base in their group chat.

The three girls pushed the two beds in their room together to make one big bed.

Shen Baili slept in the middle, with Qiao Yi and Zhu Zhitao on either side. After washing up, they lay in bed chatting about their trip that day, how they had felt seeing the giant pandas, and all sorts of other topics...

As they chatted, Shen Baili, who lay between them, fell silent.

Qiao Yi and Zhu Zhitao stopped talking and looked at Shen Baili at the same time. Her eyes were closed, and she had drifted peacefully off to sleep.

Qiao Yi mimed sleeping, silently bidding Zhu Zhitao good night.

"Good night." Zhu Zhitao pulled the covers over Shen Baili. The air conditioning was on, and the temperature was comfortable, but she still needed to keep her stomach warm.

Qiao Yi gently rolled over and switched off the main light, leaving only the dim bedside lamp on in case anyone got up during the night.

The room fell quiet.

Shen Baili had a dream. She dreamed of a large turtle in the dim light.

She was puzzled, but as her view drew closer, she realized it wasn't a turtle at all.

It was clearly a little girl carrying a backpack. The backpack was