By eight in the morning, the sky was already bright, yet Xiao Xiao still had not appeared at Feiyuan.
Zheng Qing and Fatty Xin, who had been waiting there all along, gradually grew impatient.
"It's almost nine... Why hasn't even a paper crane flown over?" Zheng Qing leaned against a large bluestone, Poseidon in his arms. Spread over Poseidon was a copy of Zhang Bāliǎng's Spells, Magical Power Variations, and Magical Might. As he scratched and groomed Little Fox, he grumbled softly, "If I'd known, I would've gone back to catch up on sleep like Dylan."
After learning the general outline of Zheng Qing's movements the previous night and finding no new information, Dylan had abandoned his plans for morning practice at Feiyuan and leisurely returned to the dormitory to sleep. Unlike him, Zhang Jixin had received a message from his older brother asking him to help out at the hunting grounds, so he had not continued waiting at Feiyuan either.
Only Fatty Xin and Zheng Qing remained. One had initiated the excursion, while the other felt guilty for lying and thus stayed put obediently. Even their breakfast had been delivered by little elves in paper bags.
After hearing Zheng Qing's complaint, Fatty Xin unusually did not argue or pick at him. Instead, he agreed, saying, "Yeah, yeah. What exactly did Doctor go off to do... If we leave too late, we'll definitely be coming back after dark."
According to their earlier plan, Fatty Xin's "Survey of the Current State of Beta Town North District" was officially set to begin today. At Xiao Xiao's suggestion, they had abandoned the idea of taking the corridors that threaded through every corner of the campus, passing through Beta Town Pedestrian Street to reach the North District, and instead chose a longer route.
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