While they had come here via a secret passage, when they went back, the two openly went back in through the stairway. Seeing this situation, those who had been keeping a watch on them could not figure out how this had happened. They had been watching them closely, so how did they slip away?
It was only after they went for a patrol that they realized there was a lapse in the design of the stairway.
They did not know for how long they had gone out and what they had been doing during the time they were gone.
To avoid getting scolded, they did not report this to their superior.
When they reached home, the two of them returned to their own rooms to rest.
An Xiaoning had to soak in a bathtub every day if the circumstances allowed for it to make herself feel much more comfortable.
