Bai Qing and Chi Jia howled away in the private room for nearly three whole hours, until their voices were hoarse. Only then did they let go of the microphones and collapse onto the sofa.
Chi Jia took a sip of juice, gazed at the ceiling overhead, and let out a satisfied sigh. "It feels... like I haven't gone this wild in ages."
"Haven't you always been this wild?"
"It's different. Back then, you were there to go wild with me." Chi Jia said. "I wonder if those boys who like you would still write you love letters if they saw how gallantly you fought me for meat in private."
"Whatever. I wasn't interested in that stuff to begin with." Bai Qing shook her head.
"Is it because you're still thinking about him?" Chi Jia hesitated before finally asking the question.
Bai Qing smiled without answering. She merely picked up the bottle of mineral water in front of her, twisted open the cap, and took a sip.
The intro to "Suddenly Thinking of You," which someone had apparently queued up, began to play. Bai Qing set down her water bottle. "About two weeks ago, I had a dream."
"What kind of dream?" Chi Jia's interest was piqued.
"I was studying in the library when Little Boy appeared in front of me. She asked if I could help her get a book because she... wasn't tall enough to reach the sixth shelf."
"You agreed?"
"It was a simple favor. I couldn't find a reason to refuse. So I went with her to the shelf where the book was, looked up, and saw the one she wanted me to get—Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
"Ah, that fairy tale."
"That's right, the fairy tale about the little girl Alice chasing a talking Rabbit carrying