Even though it was just a few steps away from the staircase, the journey to their table almost seemed like they had taken a one-kilometer trek, with the couple slowly holding the siblings afraid that they would trip and break every bone in their bodies while the siblings on their part, they paused with every step as they surveyed their surroundings with excessive scrutiny, unhinged and on guard towards everything.
Yang Qing seeing their reactions felt an odd sense of comfort well up within him as he remembered how unnerved he had been in the weeks that proceeded his entrance test. The wind, a fly on the wall, a sudden laugh, a low or high tone voice, everything would make him jump as he half expected something to jump out at him.