The Southern Xiongnu High School's army arrived faster than anyone expected. They had anticipated a fierce battle, but their reinforcements also arrived.

"Did you send Zhou Yu?" Xia Xiang looked at the imposing debate team and the Jiangdong army behind them, then turned to ask Sun Shangxiang.

"No, I thought you told my dad I was coming, which is why he sent Zhou Yu with his army to rescue me," Sun Shangxiang said, somewhat puzzled.

"I don't," Xia Xiang replied. "Let's get past this hurdle first before asking."

Then we heard Zhou Yu say that he wanted to join them in using music to cheer them on—

"Let's do it together," Xia Xiang said.

"No, that would be too risky. We wouldn't be able to distinguish friend from foe, and it would be easy to hurt our own troops." Xiu was still wondering if Zhou Yu was deliberately testing him when he overheard Xia Xiang's words and blurted out his thoughts.

Xia Xiang couldn't bear to see him like that, so she struck him with her flute.

She's just a novice, but she loves to have fun, so what?

"Auntie! You hit too hard!" Sun Shangxiang said with some heartache.

“Miss Siwu, the flute doesn’t really suit our music, so…” Zhou Yu said hesitantly.

"This is for hitting people, not for blowing," Xia Xiang said, stuffing the flute back into her sleeve. "I was just saying, we..."

Xia Xiang pointed to a group of people

"...Let's go together to protect you from a sneak attack."

"Thank you, Miss Siwu, for your hard work." Zhou Yu forced a smile and replied, though he didn't actually need any protectors.

Xia Xiang politely clasped her hands in a perfunctory manner.

Several people provided support with music in front, while Xia Xiang and her group started a celebration party behind them, showing no intention of protecting them.

Soon after, another piano melody joined in, and the two forces kept escalating.

"It's the guild leader," Dian Wei said, holding a skewer of juicy, grilled chicken wings.

"Save one for me," Xu Chu said, turning the kebab in his hand.

"The president's music is amazing too!" Zhang Fei exclaimed.

Sun Shangxiang, holding a plate full of grilled meat, stared intently at Xiu, who was playing the guitar.

"Honey, stop looking at him, have some self-respect, okay?" Xia Xiang simply couldn't bear to look at this lovey-dovey couple.

"Little aunt, you're the one who's hopeless. I haven't even asked you about your early marriage yet." Sun Shangxiang had been wanting to ask, but she had been missing for a while. Now that she finally had the chance, she would question her carefully after returning to Donghan.

"Don't tell your dad and brothers about this for now, or I'll object to you being with him," Xia Xiang said seriously.

Xia Xiang regretted telling the Cao family that day. She regretted telling them that she would have to explain herself afterward. How could she explain herself?

So they were repeatedly asked to keep it a secret, but Sun Shangxiang still found out.

Her only suspects were the Five Tigers; she didn't even consider the others, as they were too gossipy.

The Five Tigers: We're just really gossipy~

Guan Yu: Remove "me", thank you.

"How could you do this?" Sun Shangxiang looked at Xia Xiang in disbelief, then said, "But it's no use if you disagree."

"Why can't I be like this?" Xia Xiang mimicked her tone, threateningly laughing, "You can try and see if my disagreement works."

Anyway, she doesn't know anything yet, so let's give her a little threat~

"Oh, aren't we best friends?" Sun Shangxiang started playing the emotional card, pulling on Xia Xiang's arm.

"Of course, we're good aunt and niece now." Xia Xiang reached out and pushed Sun Shangxiang's face.

With the addition of the Jiangdong army and Cao family army, victory was assured. The two sides then engaged in extremely tedious verbal probing before returning to the Eastern Han Dynasty.

From afar, they saw Diao Chan and Xiao Qiao waiting for them at the dock. Seeing their joyful atmosphere, Xia Xiang quietly slipped away, unable to bear the scene.

Xia Xiang: I miss Jiu Wu so much, waaaaah!

"Hey, Ah Xiang, where's Si Wu?" After letting go of Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Qiao noticed that Xia Xiang, who had been hiding in the crowd, was gone.

"She probably had something to do and left again," Sun Shangxiang said doubtfully.

"Siwu is really unsociable," Xiao Qiao said with some concern. "Look, she's hardly ever at school. The only people she interacts with the most are you, Liu Bei, and the president. This definitely won't do."

"What should we do then?" Sun Shangxiang also noticed that Xia Xiang really didn't seem to be around all day and hardly participated in their activities.

"Don't worry, leave it to me, I'm the best at it!" Xiao Qiao said, patting her chest.

Meanwhile, Xia Xiang had already crossed the time portal and quietly returned to the Iron Dimension—