After dinner, Zhang Yuanqing diligently helped grandmother clear the dishes, then carried the kitchen waste downstairs and tossed it into the residential complex's garbage collection point.
Remembering that he had yet to visit his aunt, he ran to the fruit shop across from the complex and bought several pounds of seasonal fruit. He then texted his uncle, telling him to prepare a box of imported skincare products—he would be visiting his aunt in five minutes.
When he returned to his bedroom carrying the fruit, there was an unopened box of skincare products on his desk.
It was a complete set: skincare, moisturizing, anti-wrinkle, whitening, and spot removal.
Holding the skincare products, Zhang Yuanqing knocked on his aunt's door.
"Yuanzi, you're back?" His aunt, wearing an evening face mask, opened the door and saw her tall, handsome eldest nephew standing there. Her face immediately lit up with delight.
"I came back to see Grandfather and grandmother." Zhang Yuanqing handed over the skincare products and fruit. "And of course, my young and beautiful aunt."
The moment his aunt saw the skincare products, her smile grew even brighter.
"How did you know I use this brand? I was just about to run out. There's a virus outbreak everywhere lately, so overseas shopping agents have stopped operating. I was just worrying about it. Yuanzi, that was so thoughtful of you."
Uncle was the thoughtful one! Zhang Yuanqing opened his arms. "Is Uncle home?"
His aunt held the skincare products in one arm and linked her other arm through her nephew's, saying irritably, "Where else could he be if not at home? The virus is so bad outside that he's too scared to leave the house. He's just been going to the bathroom more and more lately. He went in again just now."
*Uncle went