Lu Bai followed the siblings across the bridge, taking in the sights along the riverbank.
The river beneath the steel bridge was clear and faintly blue, nothing like what you would expect of a river running through a city.
There were benches along the riverside path at regular intervals, but nobody came to stroll. The few pedestrians they did see hurried along, and almost all the benches were empty.
There were no old folks out for a walk, and no anglers either.
In a place like this, a figure in a white dress sitting alone on a bench couldn't help but catch Lu Bai's eye.
But he only looked twice before turning away. She was irrelevant to him, after all. Maybe she was just waiting for a friend.
Creak~
The front door creaked as though it hadn't been maintained in years.
Neither Lu Ziyi nor Lu Yan seemed to find it unusual.
"Finally home." Lu Yan kicked off his shoes and flopped onto the sofa, which had several tears in it.
Lu Bai came in last. He gently closed the door, then began taking in the furnishings around the room.
It was a standard one-bedroom apartment with a living room. The living room was no more than ten square meters, so the bedroom probably wasn't much bigger.
Some kitchenware and an induction stove occupied one corner of the living room, which had clearly been set aside as a kitchen. The little space that remained was taken up by a shabby sofa, making the room feel even more cramped.
The clutter was neatly organized, but in a space this small, it was hard to make things look good no matter how they were arranged.
A small square table stood against the wall, probably for meals. A framed photo sat on