Moving to the Golden Courtyard

They had barely arrived when Bronya returned with Delta, Elysia, Yae, and Anna.

Shortly afterward, Dr. Mei also hurried back with Mobius and Vil-V.

Even Aponia had returned. Griseo had originally wanted to come back too, but Sister Xian'er had ordered her back to school, leaving her to suffer through her classes.

Durandal, Theresa, Kevin, and Su also arrived one after another.

Before long, the Golden Courtyard, which was usually almost empty on weekday afternoons, was packed with people in the living room. Nearly all the residents had come.

The only exceptions were the youngsters who had yet to take their college entrance exams: Kosma, Griseo, and the Vodka sisters.

You might wonder about Neko.

At that moment, she was clinging to Xu Qi's thigh, crying out "Boss!" again and again.

Anyone who didn't know better might have thought Xu Qi was already dead.

"Alright, alright... I'm fine. Why are you crying out like that for no reason?"

"I... I heard Brother Jie say you'd gone home first, so I thought something was wrong... But when I came back, I found everyone had returned! Boss, you can't hide anything from me! Waaaah!..."

Whatever terrible mood Xu Qi had been in vanished after Neko's interruption.

Xu Qi could only laugh helplessly as he picked Neko up. Then, as if she were truly a cat, he laid her across his lap and began petting her.

This left Canned Food, the actual kitten, utterly confused.

Which of us is the cat? Her or me?

Everyone smiled in unison when they saw the scene before them.

Xu Qi looked around the room. He truly hadn't expected that his momentary lapse would make everyone care and worry about him so much.

"Sorry for making everyone worry."

"What are you talking about? We only did this