After dinner, the weather cleared up a little.
The night wind blew coldly, completely unlike the coolness of summer, leaving no desire to stay outside. People could at most sit by the floor-to-ceiling windows and look at the distant city lights. The overlap of the winding mountain road and street lights below, along with the dim greenery and the eerie forest, made this house appear exceptionally lonely.
An You held her phone, working on a spreadsheet with a built-in office app. Xiao Xueer sat beside her, watching for a while before heading upstairs not long after.
An Yang felt conflicted inside at that moment.
Following Xiao Xueer up there certainly felt a bit wrong. Yet it was not late yet, and the sky outside had just darkened. Comrade Xiao Qian, Ji Weiwei, the three banshees, and An You were all downstairs. If his conduct was upright and he walked openly into Xiao Xueer's room in front of so many people to ask a few questions, what was there to feel guilty about?
Conflict! Utter conflict!
Finally, he made up his mind, went upstairs, and walked toward Xiao Xueer's bedroom door. Sure enough, nobody thought anything of it, and no one even paid attention to him.
Arriving at Xiao Xueer's door, he knocked twice.
"Knock, knock."
"The door isn't locked, come in." Xiao Xueer's clear and calm voice came from inside, vaguely carrying a hint of a smile.
An Yang opened the door and entered. That tall figure sat beside the vanity, her slender waist and long legs forming a perfect curve. She used the vanity as a computer desk, with a small laptop set upon it. As she operated it, the light from the computer screen shone on her face, revealing a facial contour that could be called flawless.
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