After changing her shoes.
Xi Shenlian looked at Qian Shan Xuehui, who had suddenly turned around for some reason and started searching the room for something, and asked in confusion:
"...What are you doing now?"
Crouching not far away and drawing something, Qian Shan Xuehui answered without looking back:
"Wait, it'll be done soon."
And so, some time passed.
Xi Shenlian saw her holding a nameplate that read "Qian Shan Xuehui" and sticking it onto the surface of a small door above one of the shoe cabinets.
After doing this.
Only then did she begin changing her shoes with satisfaction, placing the slippers she had taken off inside.
"Hmm~ Does every little shoe cabinet have ventilation ducts?"
She looked at the small exhaust fan spinning inside the shoe cabinet and sighed in wonder.
After changing her shoes, she put her hands on her hips and said to Xi Shenlian:
"From now on, that little shoe cabinet and those slippers are my exclusive belongings. Don't you dare touch them, and don't let anyone else touch them either. Got it?"
Xi Shenlian answered rather helplessly:
"Yes, yes, yes."
Watching everything unfold, Gu Yun Meiyezi, who had changed her shoes long ago, exchanged a knowing glance with Ye Qili, who had also changed her shoes earlier and remained silent.
At that moment.
They both saw the helplessness and emotion in each other's eyes.
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Walking along the somewhat quiet street.
Feeling the chill around her, Qian Shan Xuehui extended her palm and idly caught the white snow drifting slowly down from the sky.
She walked along while feeling the ice and snow gradually melt on the surface of her palm.
Suddenly, she asked:
"Hey, Lian, where did you live before?"
"I mean, after you left the orphanage."
Xi Shenlian said casually:
"In an