Evening.
The chirping of crickets and insects rose throughout Huamei Community.
In the kitchen, Yu Meixia, dressed in a white dress, gently peeled fruit while Yu Qianqian arranged it on a fruit platter.
"Mom." Yu Qianqian called out, "Big Brother hasn't come by in so many days. Is he... is he not coming anymore?"
Yu Meixia's fruit knife paused slightly. With a sigh, she handed the peeled apple to her daughter. "No. Director Dong has just been too busy lately. Didn't Mom have you read the newspaper last time? Director Dong just solved a case involving an Escaped Prisoner and even received Second-Class Merit. Once he's done with work after a while, he'll come see the two of us. Didn't your brother say that if you got good grades on your final exams, he'd give you a gift?"
Yu Qianqian's mood immediately brightened, and she gave a firm "Mm."
Yu Meixia lovingly wiped her daughter's hands with a handkerchief. "Go talk with your classmates."
Yu Qianqian nodded, carried the fruit platter into the living room, and said softly, "Everyone... have some fruit."
"Hehe, I'm having a banana." Yue Yue grabbed a banana and took a bite.
"I'll have an apple. Thank you, Qian Qian." Chen Chen shyly speared a slice of apple with a toothpick.
Yu Qianqian blushed and said quietly, "Y-you're welcome. Liu Yang, you should have some too."
Liu Yang was sitting on the sofa, rapidly tapping away at his phone. Hearing that, he said, "I just finished eating. I'm not having any."
Yue Yue giggled. "All he knows how to do is play with his phone. If he won't eat, we will. Mmm, mmm, delicious!"
The two girls and one boy were all classmates from Yu Qianqian's second-year middle school class. Other than Dong Xuebin, Yu Qianqian