Afternoon arrived.
Sushang received a message from Guinaifen, inviting her out shopping that afternoon.
That morning, the Xianzhou authorities had gradually finished evacuating people from certain areas, relocating them to large population centers like the Exalting Sanctum.
As a result, the streets were visibly more crowded, and vendors seized the opportunity to do business amid the influx.
To put it bluntly, the Stellaron incident was currently troubling only a small portion of the population. Most people felt no impact at all.
It was like wartime, when singing and dancing continued behind the lines. Civilians were naturally very, very insensitive to the wider situation. Whatever happened on the front lines had little effect on their lives.
In fact, if even civilians were struggling to get by, that meant the situation had spiraled completely out of control.
The bustling districts of the Luofu were still thriving, which showed that the order maintained by the authorities remained firmly intact.
Guinaifen messaged Sushang, saying there were plenty of fun things on the streets now.
Sushang felt that going out with a friend during work might not be appropriate.
But Qingque generously told her it was fine. She would watch over the Rain-Listening Pavilion.
Besides, their master upstairs was taking an afternoon nap, so there was little to do.
This was the perfect opportunity for Sushang to take Bailu out, which would also fulfill the task their master had assigned that morning.
By now, Bailu had calmed down considerably.
As a healer, she had already witnessed far too many partings in life and death.
Banxia would not be the first, nor would she be the last.
Without a good way to regulate her own emotions, she would probably end up severely depressed.
When Sushang offered to take her out to have fun, Bailu immediately agreed.