By the time El and Xiao Xiao left the academy and reached the private room Wang Dong'er had reserved, they found that Wang Dong'er was the only person inside.
"Huh? Wang Dong, where's Yu Tong?"
Xiao Xiao froze for a moment, then asked in bewilderment.
"I think you two are better qualified to answer that question than this young master."
Wang Dong'er stared at Xiao Xiao as though she were looking at an idiot.
She waved a hand. "Anyway, I told her about it when class ended."
"Oh, right."
Xiao Xiao blinked, then turned to El.
"El, do you know where Yu Tong went?"
"She should be in the Inner Court right now?"
El thought for a moment before answering somewhat uncertainly.
"The Inner Court?!"
Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao spoke in unison.
"She skipped grades?! Why haven't we heard anything?"
Their first reaction was actually that Huo Yutong had relied on her formidable strength and background to skip several grades and enter the Inner Court.
"..."
Looking at the brainless duo before him, El fell silent for a moment, sighed, and spoke gently, wearing an expression of tender concern for the mentally challenged.
"Dean Yan just asked her to help with something."
"She has ultimate ice. A senior student in the Inner Court needs her help suppressing something during cultivation."
"Oh, oh!"
Xiao Xiao nodded blankly.
She had been wondering why, as Huo Yutong's roommate, she hadn't seen her make any preparations for a grade-skipping assessment.
So that was it.
Wait!
"Don't look at me like I'm an idiot!"
Xiao Xiao puffed out her cheeks, turning into an indignant little pufferfish.
"I'm paying for this meal, you know. It's rude to look at me like that."
A few black lines of exasperation slid down Wang Dong'er's forehead as well.