In the open space outside the school gate, several cars were parked. Parents held colorful umbrellas and anxiously peered around in the rain.
Picking up their children after school in weather like this was no easy task for the parents either. Their clothes had already been dampened by the rain, and their wet hair clung to their foreheads.
Lin Li arrived at his destination, took his phone from his pocket, and quickly swiped across the screen before sending Su Yue a message.
Soon, the phone vibrated.
Su Yue replied, "Okay. Wait a few minutes for me. I'll come out and find you."
After reading Su Yue's reply, Lin Li put away his phone. He then looked through the car window toward the school gate.
About five minutes later, a familiar, slender figure approached from the distance under an umbrella.
The umbrella swayed gently beneath the rain, rocking lightly within the curtain of falling water.
Su Yue kept her eyes focused on the road beneath her feet. She carefully avoided puddles on the ground, taking every step with extreme caution for fear of accidentally stepping into one.
At last, she reached the roadside by the school entrance, found Lin Li's car, quickly opened the front passenger door, and slipped inside.
In this torrential rain, getting from the office to the car had felt like enduring countless hardships.
Su Yue let out a long breath, then looked at Lin Li. A brilliant smile bloomed across her pretty face as she said, "The rain today is really something. It hasn't let up at all the entire day. It's like a baby throwing a tantrum and crying without end."
Lin Li nodded. He had spent most of the day in the Ruins Space, so he did not know much about how the rain in