Nora looked a little awkward. "We didn't know where to find her. She didn't say where she was going, either. She just told us to do as we liked and wait for you at the Town Office."
Come to think of it, Akes had also been gone all night. Judging by the group behind Herman, she must have spent the past day and night with him.
Akes turned to Cyril. She knew how sharp he was. "What do you think?"
Cyril shook his head. He could guess that Ye Chuqi was doing something in secret, but judging by her expression, he didn't think it was anything serious. "She knows what she's doing better than we do." Ye Chuqi might be young, but she always acted with a plan and was sometimes more clearheaded than the rest of them. "I think we can wait a little longer."
Ye Chuqi often seemed rather casual and never volunteered to get involved. But whenever something was her responsibility, she finished it faster and better than anyone else. And when she couldn't bear to stand by, she would lend them a hand.
It gave Cyril the strange feeling that Ye Chuqi stayed out of things purely to give them a chance to learn. She was several years younger than they were, yet she was so composed and experienced that he sometimes felt as if he were facing an academy teacher.
Just then, Ye Chuqi's familiar voice drifted from the courtyard gate, carrying an unfamiliar languor. "I thought I'd made it back early enough. I didn't expect you all to be up so soon..." San San had woken her at sunrise. She had hoped to slip in while everyone was still asleep, only to find them all awake and the place so lively.
"Sister!" The moment