Under such intense scrutiny, Xu Ling hesitated for a long time before finally succumbing to the pressure and obediently ate the food.
As she ate, she pondered Cersei's words: Why did she go hungry later? Could Alger really not feed her?
As it turns out, Alger really could go without food!
And that's not all that he's despicable!
Xu Ling thought bitterly, but her hands didn't falter for a moment. In fact, because of the resentment that had been building up inside her, she struck with even more force.
She raised the hoe higher than before, then slammed it down hard. The blade visibly sank deep into the soil, with only the joint between it and the handle visible.
The next second, Xu Ling pulled back with both hands, and a large clump of soil was hoeed up as well. Although she was not very skilled at "grounding," she knew that large clumps of soil needed to be loosened before they could be used to grow crops.
Xu Ling continued her work, meticulously crushing any seemingly hardened soil with her hoe. However, behind her seemingly serious work, her mind was in turmoil.
Xu Ling rekindled her long-dormant connection with Kaopu, unleashing an endless torrent of complaints.
Despite the numerous and varied complaints, they all boiled down to one point—how did Alger know she would…?
Someone skilled at farming?
Xu Ling couldn't understand it at all!
[Seriously, what's going on here?]
Kaopu is absolutely driven crazy by Xu Ling!
To avoid attracting attention, it deliberately hid in a tree not far away. The tree was tall enough and had lush enough leaves to completely block the view of others.
It can block the gaze of others, but it can't stop the incessant chatter coming from its brain.
Kaopu covered its ears with its two front paws in pain, even though it was no use. But what could it do? It had no idea why Alger knew that Xu Ling knew how to farm.
Because it didn't know, it didn't reply to Xu Ling, which led to Xu Ling's even more incessant questioning. A vicious cycle ensued; even though it wasn't an organic life form, it had to admit that being reliable was giving it a real headache.
[Reliable, are you there?]
[Tell me quickly, what exactly happened?!]
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The chants and repetitions showed no sign of stopping. Finally, the reliable one could no longer bear it and roared inwardly: "[How should I know?! Maybe you slipped up somewhere!!!]"
The reliable sound suddenly erupted, and even though it wasn't received through the ears, Xu Ling still felt a momentary, hallucinatory stinging pain in both ears.
Alger noticed the slight pause in his loosening of the soil.
Alger raised an eyebrow and asked kindly, "Xu Ling, what's wrong? Are you tired?"
To be honest, Xu Ling was really tired.
She had never exerted herself so much before, not even in the barren lands!
So, without any hesitation, she placed the hoe on the ground and leaned half her body against it. Xu Ling raised her hand to wipe away non-existent sweat from her forehead, glanced at the blazing sun, and nodded seriously to Alger: "I am a little tired."
Alger: ......
His eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the urge to expose Xu Ling's pretense.
"Is that so?"
"Of course!" Xu Ling affirmed firmly. Taking advantage of the break, she inquired about the others' whereabouts, "But... speaking of which, Assistant Instructor Alger, where did Cecilia and the others go?"
At this moment, in this place, only Xu Ling and Alger are present. Their identities are obvious: Xu Ling, the worker; Alger, the supervisor.
As for where the others are...
Xu Ling blinked her dark almond-shaped eyes and stared straight at Alger, silently waiting for his answer.
Knowing that his cold demeanor wouldn't scare Xu Ling at all, Alger could only remain silent.
He had to admit, he was stumped by the question.
Because he didn't know where the others had gone!
After all, once the group had gathered, their destination and route were all determined by Miller's plan.
From beginning to end, Alger simply followed his master's wishes as always.
"Teaching Assistant, where did Cecilia and the others go?" After waiting for Alger's answer for a long time, Xu Ling couldn't help but ask again.
Of course, Xu Ling made no attempt to hide her urging tone.
Alger felt a little embarrassed when asked the same question again.
Remaining silent is clearly not an effective solution!
Just as he was wondering if he had made up an excuse to fool Xu Ling, he heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes not far away.
—Someone is coming.
Immediately, Xu Ling and Alger looked over. They saw that Miller, who had taken Cersei and the others away earlier, had returned alone.
Where are the others? What are they doing?
One question after another kept popping into Xu Ling's mind, her concern for others outweighing her invisible fear of Miller. However, before she could quickly step forward to ask, Alger had already reached Miller's side a step ahead of her.
"My lord," Alger said quickly and respectfully before Miller, with a hint of barely perceptible relief, "you're back!"
Miller nodded in response. But before he could say anything, Alger interrupted, "Sir, since you're here, I'll go over to the others!"
Miller was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. In fact, he hadn't detected the eagerness to leave in Alger's tone. However, when he returned, he hadn't felt there was anything wrong with leaving Cecily and the other boys and girls there, so he hadn't even considered having Alger go over.
In the past, Alger would have shared the same thoughts as Miller.
Experience, experience—how can one always be under the protection of teachers without experiencing hardships and obstacles?
But now the situation was not right. He was afraid that Miller would leave in a while and he would have to face Xu Ling's questioning alone again.
To be honest, being questioned isn't so bad, but what if Xu Ling discovered that, as Bishop Miller's confidant, she knew absolutely nothing about certain things...?
This... isn't that a bit inappropriate?
Although even if Xu Ling really knew, she wouldn't care at all, Alger, holding this thought, still couldn't wait to leave!
Perhaps feeling it wasn't right to leave the students' safety unattended, Miller hesitated slightly under Alger's expectant gaze before finally nodding in agreement: "Okay."
A single word was like a divine decree, and Alger's eyes instantly lit up. He suppressed the urge to leave immediately, patiently listening to Miller tell him the directions of the others, before hastily departing.
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