"I reckon the bigwigs at Long Night Saint Dragon Palace never expected Dean Tan Yue to bring in such a monster this time, so they just nonchalantly made Brother Sikong an apprentice,"
Xu He further speculated, "Senior Sister Yu bringing Brother Sikong into the inner hall must be an attempt to pacify him."
Ge Rong agreed with this profoundly.
...
In a room within the Task Hall, Yu Yan closed the door tightly before turning to Sikong Jing and said, "I'm sorry, because your matter needs to be kept secret, I had to pretend not to know you for now."
Sikong Jing just smiled at this, clearly not bothered by such matters.
"Thanks to you, I became an Inner Palace student."
"And I've also become one of the three deacons of the Task Hall, specifically in charge of all your affairs and confidentiality work," Yu Yan added another phrase, unable to hide her joy.
