Zero let out a long sigh where she stood, then hurried after them at an even faster pace.
Even she didn't know whether anyone among the crowd who'd come to celebrate the wedding might pose a threat to Candy.
The human heart was the hardest thing to predict, because it could change at any moment. More frightening still, people were born knowing how to hide their intentions. Candy and Zero came to a stop in front of the tour bus's entrance almost at the same time.
"Hellooo~" Candy waved her little hand repeatedly at the handsome men and beautiful women who had just gotten off the bus. The crowd immediately erupted in cheers.
"Wow! Candy, did you miss your big sister?"
"Hahahaha, Candy, don't miss her. Just miss me." "Shoo, I'm the one she really loves."
The women crowded around Candy, pinching her cheeks from one side and then the other. Candy helplessly shielded her face with both hands.
Compared to the women, the men just stood to the side, smiling as they watched, or chatted and bragged with their classmates. "Huh? Na Jie didn't come?"
Yang Xiaoyu, who'd been teasing Candy, heard Mo Jingchun's question. She turned around and smiled. "I asked her. Na Jie went traveling—on a road trip, no less."
"She went traveling?" "Mm-hmm."
"Hahaha, everyone, don't just stand around here. Come inside and sit down. Tonight, you can all get a taste of the food around here."
That night, after seeing his classmates to the hotel and arranging their rooms, Mo Jingchun returned and sat on the Third Floor balcony with Candy.
Everyone who'd helped out during the day had gone home by now. Even his uncle and the others had left.
The cool breeze and the sound of insects drifting over the fields made for