After dinner, Jiang Ning carved wooden plaques by the door, Xue Yuantong played games beside him, and Xue Chuchu used her phone to study English vocabulary.
Night had fully fallen when two beams of headlights pierced the darkness.
"Mom's home!" Xue Yuantong cheered excitedly. She could finally eat snacks!
She had searched all day without finding where the snacks were hidden, which left Xue Yuantong thoroughly frustrated.
Of course, she had not come away empty-handed. She had devised a new plan.
If her mother hid the snacks again, she would say they were about to expire. Given her mother's personality, she definitely would not bear to let them go to waste and would absolutely share them with her.
Xue Yuantong was quite pleased with her own cleverness.
The moment Aunt Gu got home, Xue Yuantong immediately sidled up to her and called sweetly, "Mom, you're back?"
She ran into the house and brought out a little stool. "Mom, you've been working all day. You must be tired. Sit down for a while."
Once Aunt Gu sat down, she brought over a cup of water. "Mom, you must be thirsty. Have some water."
Aunt Gu enjoyed her daughter's attentive care, feeling as though she had returned to the old days.
After a while, Xue Yuantong finally asked guiltily, "Mom, where did you hide the key? I couldn't find it."
Having rested enough, Aunt Gu stood and walked into her daughter's room.
Before Xue Yuantong's disbelieving eyes, she flipped open the Math Test Paper on the desk. A key lay quietly inside.
Xue Yuantong was dumbfounded. She had searched so many places, yet the key had been right in front of her! Aunt Gu said, "I knew you wouldn't study!"
Jiang Ning leaned against the doorway. "I told you to look through