104: Ask for leave to go home

Gu Xiaoyue woke up her companions and explained to them that something very important seemed to have happened outside, and she needed to leave.

"It's still early. We've only been in for ten days, and there's plenty of time left for you to find more treasures."

Gu Xiaoyue urged them to just make sure they stayed safe.

Shui Lingyu was number one on the Battle Strength Ranking, so even if Gu Xiaoyue left the secret realm, the others would be safe enough.

Ye Wanrou disagreed, "We came in together, so naturally we should leave together!"

Gu Xiaoyue sighed, "The problem is, I'm not entirely sure what exactly happened outside.

If I hold everyone back from their training just because of me, I'll feel like I owe you all."

Fang Xiaoyu said, "We only came in to tag along anyway, and we've already gotten quite a few good things; it's already been worth the trip."

"Exactly, and what if something really did happen outside? Don't let it be delayed!"

Zhuang Yanxin said the same.

Clearly, everyone was of the opinion that they should advance and retreat together.

Gu Xiaoyue nodded. This was their first time entering the graduation secret realm, and if they won the National Competition next year, they would have another chance.

So, everyone pressed their teleportation remotes together.

Just after exiting the secret realm, Gu Xiaoyue's brain received notifications of several missed calls.

Two were from Gu Yu, and surprisingly, there were several from Gu Xiaoxing.

The timestamps of the missed calls showed they were from right when she had just woken up and felt panicked.

Gu Xiaoyue called Gu Yu back, "What? My mom went into premature labor and is in the hospital?"

Gu Yu on the other end of the line was anxious. He knew that telling Gu Xiaoyue might not be of any use, but he had called her anyway.

"I understand, Dad. Don't worry, I'll rush back immediately!"

Only then did Gu Xiaoyue understand why Xiao Lan had been so restless.

It turned out that because it had treated Mu Qingning before, it could sense that something was wrong with her body now.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't overthink it and immediately checked the Albatross flight schedule at the transport station. The next flight from Hechuan to Qingyu was over three hours away.

Chu Li, who was standing nearby, heard this, "My bodyguard can take us back! I'll have him prepare!"

"Okay, then while we wait, I'll go ask Director Wu for leave!"

She had previously planned to accompany Mu Qingning during her postpartum recovery when the break started.

Given the current situation, she would have to take leave nearly a month early, and she would have to make up her academic year exams after the start of the next term.

Chu Li nodded, and while making a call, he walked with Gu Xiaoyue toward Director Wu's office.

Ye Wanrou, Chen Yixuan, and the others followed along, as they also wanted to return to Qingyu.

When the group arrived at Director Wu's office, Gu Xiaoyue explained the situation. Before Director Wu could respond after a moment of thought, Xiang Quan appeared at the door with several graduates.

Xiang Quan knocked on the door symbolically, then led his people in.

"Xiang Quan, what are you doing?"

Director Wu frowned, feeling very dissatisfied with Xiang Quan's attitude and behavior.

"Director, I've come to find Gu Xiaoyue to demand the pet egg!"

Xiang Quan stiffened his neck and spoke to Director Wu with righteous indignation.

Director Wu looked at Xiang Quan suspiciously, then looked at Gu Xiaoyue, his face full of confusion.

Gu Xiaoyue, however, couldn't be bothered to argue with them and only asked, "Director, can our leave be approved? I'm in a rush to go home!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Quan immediately gave a look to the people around him, and they surrounded Gu Xiaoyue.

"If you don't hand over the egg, don't even think about leaving!"

"Senior Xiang, what kind of joke are you making? At that time, I was the one who helped you lure the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast away, and you were the one who took the Demon-Rank pet egg.

I haven't even asked you for my share of the star coins, and now you're asking me for it?"

Gu Xiaoyue glanced at the seniors around her, "Could it be that Senior Xiang took the Demon-Rank egg and didn't want to share the star coins with everyone, so you're splashing dirty water on me?"

Xiang Quan's face flushed red, "When I arrived at the beast's nest, the egg was already gone. If you didn't take it, then who did?"

Not only did he fail to get the Demon-Rank egg, but because his scent remained in the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast's nest, he was almost hunted down and killed by it.

Fortunately, he pressed the teleportation remote 0.01 seconds before the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast attacked him, otherwise he would be dead by now!

Gu Xiaoyue gave Director Wu a look. She had a God-Rank Pet, so why would she covet a mere Demon-Rank pet?

Although others might not know about this, Director Wu and Principal Zheng certainly did.

Gu Xiaoyue continued, "That day, everyone saw me and Shui Lingyu go to lure away the Dark Devouring Dragon Beast.

But do you have any other witnesses who can prove that the egg was already gone from the nest when you went to retrieve it?"

Xiang Quan's face turned even redder. At the time, he had been afraid others would compete with him, so he had gone alone.

A senior standing nearby understood, "Wow, Xiang Quan, you wanted to embezzle the Demon-Rank egg yourself and didn't want to share the star coins, so you tried to frame our junior!"

We trusted you so much and wanted to stand up for you, almost becoming the bad guys ourselves!"

The few seniors who had originally followed Xiang Quan to the director's office stopped surrounding Gu Xiaoyue and instead surrounded Xiang Quan.

They grabbed his collar, pointed at his nose, and demanded the star coins from him.

Although Xiang Quan was second on the Battle Strength Ranking, he couldn't handle the number of seniors surrounding him, two of whom also had high battle strength.

He wanted to explain, but he was unable to clear his name.

Seeing the situation turn, Gu Xiaoyue hurriedly asked Director Wu again for approval of her request to go home early.

Director Wu wanted to break up the fight involving Xiang Quan, so he waved his hand, letting Gu Xiaoyue and the others leave first.

Chu Li's bodyguard and the flying pet were also ready, just enough to seat eight people.

Gu Xiaoyue's team and himself.

After boarding the flying pet, Gu Xiaoyue returned Gu Xiaoxing's call.

It turned out that Gu Xiaoxing also wanted to tell her about Mu Qingning's premature labor.

Because Gu Yu couldn't reach Gu Xiaoyue, he had called Gu Yongze, and now the entire Gu Family knew about the situation.

But why was Gu Xiaoxing being so kind?

Was it because Gu Xiaoyue had previously said that if anything happened to Mu Qingning, she would make the Gu Family pay with their lives, and Gu Xiaoxing was worried that Gu Xiaoyue would actually come after her?

Had she learned her lesson, or had she dug a trap for Gu Xiaoyue to fall into?

Regardless, it was better to return to Qingyu first.

On the flying pet, Gu Xiaoyue thanked Chu Li again, marveling at the strength of the Chu Family's background.

Fortunately, the Chu Family had private flight routes; otherwise, if everyone's flying pets were just flying around in the wild, wouldn't it be chaos?

Chu Li knew she was worried and anxious, so he softly comforted her, "Your aunt is blessed and will be fine."

Gu Xiaoyue didn't respond. Pregnancy was supposed to be a good thing, but given Mu Qingning's age, she was considered an older expectant mother.

Now that she was in premature labor, her life might be in danger, so how could she not be worried!

With the Chu Li's bodyguard accelerating at full speed, after more than four hours, they finally arrived at the hospital in Qingyu City.

Gu Xiaoyue got off the flying pet and ran all the way to the outside of Mu Qingning's operating room.

"Dad!"

She saw Gu Yu sitting alone, head buried, outside the operating room.

Gu Yu looked up upon hearing Gu Xiaoyue's voice, his eyes bloodshot and his face haggard.

It seemed he had been dealing with this since early in the morning, and he was still being tormented by worry.

Gu Xiaoyue sat down next to Gu Yu, "Dad, tell me what happened?"