The next day, at the Starlight Grand Hotel.
After Wang Dong woke from her sleep, the dazzling golden trident phantom on her forehead began to fade.
"Why am I so dizzy? Did I sleep with my neck crooked?"
She shook her head gently, then kicked her blanket clean off.
As soon as Wang Dong got up and finished washing, she hurried to Huo Xingling's room. A flurry of knocks rang out, but no one inside answered. Wang Dong began calling loudly, yet there was still no response.
"Xingling! Huo Xingling! Open the door!"
"Wang Dong, what are you doing?"
Xu Sanshi held several steamed buns, munching on one as he gave the anxious Wang Dong a puzzled look.
"Senior Xu, I'm calling for Xingling, but she hasn't answered me at all. The door's locked from inside, too, and she won't open it."
Xu Sanshi immediately laughed when he heard that.
"There's nobody inside. Of course nobody's going to open the door-unless there's a ghost." Xu Sanshi laughed heartily, raising his voice a full octave when he said "ghost."
"Xu Sanshi, stop scaring our little junior sister."
Bei Bei followed close behind Xu Sanshi. He shot him an exasperated glance, then turned to Wang Dong and explained, "Early this morning, Xingling went to Teacher Wang Yan to ask for two days' leave, and he approved it."
"Huh? Then why didn't she tell me? And won't she miss today's match?"
"Wang Dong, you two really are joined at the hip. Does Xingling have to report everywhere she goes to you?" Xu Sanshi teased. He swallowed the bun in his hand in one bite, wiped his greasy hand on Bei Bei's shoulder, then took a newspaper out of his Storage Soul Tool.
"Here, the notice just came out today. Teacher Wang Yan was