Xiao Xian returned to Yanqing Agricultural College by around eight in the morning, taking extra time to loiter with her Spiritual Rhinoceros Scissors to avoid arousing Zhuo Feng and Feng Xing's suspicion. (The earliest bus from Beijing to Yanqing is at seven-thirty in the morning, and normally Xiao Xian would have been home around nine.)
Seeing Xiao Xian coming back, Zhuo Feng met her with a face full of joy, rushing to greet her, only to be stopped by Feng Xing, "It's cold out, and it just snowed, so it's slippery outside. Please, don't walk out there," he fretted, behaving like a hen protecting her chicks.
