Qiu Yan first drove to drop An Yang off at the University Town, and only after seeing An You and Xiao Xueer did she continue driving back to drop Xiao Qian off.
This morning brought a bit of sleet, and by afternoon the weather remained hazy. It was only a little past five, but the sky had already grown as dim as the dead of night, pitch-black.
An Yang wore a very formal suit, its fine design and tailoring perfectly accentuating his tall and upright figure. His calm and poised aura added plenty of appeal to a face that could not be considered exceptionally handsome, at first glance making him look like a man of great poise and distinction.
Opposite him stood An You and Xiao Xueer.
They stood under the eaves by the street, each holding a cup of hot drink and sipping from it, and happened to spot him.
The three of them were separated by just a single street and a car.
As the black, custom corporate sedan slowly drove away, An Yang waved at them, smiled slightly, and walked toward the crosswalk not far away.
An You also stomped her feet to chase away the chill, glanced at the slowly departing black car, took a sip from her hot drink with one hand while sliding the other into her camel-colored overcoat pocket, tucked her head in slightly, and walked in the direction he was heading.
Xiao Xueer smiled, finished her hot drink in one gulp, casually tossed it into a nearby trash can, and followed behind An You.
The three of them walked in a parallel line toward that crosswalk, separated almost by a street. Just as An Yang stood at one end of the crosswalk facing them across the road and stepped forward to cross,