The River Dam gradually quieted down at ten at night.
Warm-colored light filled every corner of the room.
Xue Yuantong was curled up in Jiang Ning's ergonomic chair. She wore a little white nightgown, and her tiny feet had the milky sheen of fresh milk.
She started up LOL. While waiting for a match, soothing music played from the desktop speakers, and her snow-white feet dangling in the air bobbed gently.
With every bob, her tender lotus-bud-like toes curled unconsciously, forming enticing curves.
At last, a match was found. Xue Yuantong perked up, pulled back her banished little feet, and tucked them onto the chair.
She picked Fizz, ready to hit the battlefield and feast on blood.
Unfortunately, Aunt Gu came knocking. She glanced at the snacks by her daughter's hand, then at her height, which had not changed at all from before, and sighed inwardly. What a disappointment.
"Did you brush your teeth?" Aunt Gu demanded.
"I did," Xue Yuantong said.
Aunt Gu's face darkened. "Nonsense. When did you brush them?"
"This morning," Xue Yuantong answered honestly.
Xue Yuantong was dragged off by her mother to brush her teeth. Before leaving, she sorrowfully told Jiang Ning that every Qixi Festival from now on, they would meet at Magpie Bridge. At the very end, he had to remember to help her play the game.
Dacheng Residential Area.
It had once been Yuzhou's most upscale residential complex, with imposing stone residences, carefully sculpted hedges, and elegant colonnaded lobbies.
When it had first appeared, it single-handedly drove up Yuzhou's housing prices and became the benchmark for luxury homes in the hearts of Yuzhou residents. Its prices had once reached 2,000 yuan per square meter...
More than ten years had passed. Yuzhou had developed rapidly, yet after weathering the passage of time,