"Huh, Your Highness, you..."
Ju Zi froze.
"Hehe, His Highness and I were discussing a few things." Xuan Ziwen's gaze swept over Ju Zi and Xu Cheng, a suggestive gleam in his eyes.
"All right, we're finished. Go along with His Highness." Xuan Ziwen smiled and waved her off.
Keke gave Ju Zi a nudge, a mischievous grin on her face.
"Mmm..."
Ju Zi lightly bit her red lip and walked slowly toward Xu Cheng, a hint of shyness on her face.
Only after the two disappeared from sight did things settle down.
Xuan Ziwen withdrew his gaze and clapped, drawing his remaining two beloved students' attention back to him. "All eyes on me! I have an announcement!"
"We're having hot pot at Dezhuang tonight! My treat!"
"Yay!" Keke jumped up excitedly.
Zi Mu looked dejected, but he didn't spoil the mood and nodded slightly.
Xuan Ziwen glanced helplessly at Zi Mu. Of course he understood what the silly boy was thinking. If Ju Zi's heart had been unoccupied and His Highness hadn't appeared, perhaps he could have kept trying.
But judging by Ju Zi's behavior, her heart was probably already filled to the brim-almost overflowing. Where was there any room for him...?
"It's been eight hours."
Above the vast sea of clouds in the Divine Realm, Tang San murmured to himself. By his reckoning, the other "him" had already spent four months on the Douluo Continent.
Several times, he had nearly given in to the urge to make contact, but he had forcibly restrained himself.
His avatar in the lower realm bore his identifying divine mark. Making contact required activating it, but that also carried a considerable risk of discovery by Goodness and Evil.
He chose to trust himself.
"I'll wait a little longer..."
Tang San forcibly suppressed