Day turned to night, and then a new day dawned upon Locust Tree Village, bathed in silvery white. It seemed no different from any other day, yet there was a sense of unease in the air.
Cao Xiaojuan was particularly restless today, her mind seemed to be elsewhere no matter what she was doing. Ning Ge asked her several times, but her replies were all over the place.
"Ge Ling, do you miss home? Why don't you go back to Rong City first, and I'll come find you after the New Year?" Cao Xiaojuan asked him with a smile.
Ning Ge put on a stern face and said, "What's the matter, did your parents say something? I knew it, they never liked me."
"No, no, it's not like that," Cao Xiaojuan hurriedly explained, "They didn't say anything about you, I was just wondering if you were homesick, that's all."
For some reason, she felt a deep anxiety within her. Master Wei had suddenly assigned them to commit crimes on several roads, as if in a great rush, and she didn't understand why.
