The day was bright and sunny.
On Jing University's campus, it was still an ordinary day, with countless students busy studying for their futures. Beyond the figures passing by in the growing chill of winter,
The Cabin was clear and bright beneath the afternoon sunlight.
Beside the small table, which had grown much larger than it had been at first, Meng Lang leaned against the back of his legless chair, listening to the only sound in The Cabin now: himself flipping through a magazine.
Then the door opened, and someone came back.
"Hm? Brother Meng, are you here alone?"
Lifting his gaze from the magazine, Meng Lang saw Gou Yu, who had probably just returned from the library. He spread his hands helplessly.
"Yeah. You all went out and left me, a lonely bachelor, at home."
After enjoying some quiet time immersed in words and his own company at the library, Gou Yu changed his shoes by the door. Hearing that, he smiled silently, then walked over, picked up the kettle, and headed for the kitchen as he asked,
"Come to think of it, where is everyone else?"
"You know where Xiao Ran would be at this hour. Xia Yao probably went to dance practice."
Finally having someone to talk to after nearly being bored out of his mind, Meng Lang propped one hand against the small table and answered as though he could barely hold his head up from idleness.
"As for Tang Bing, the documents she had to hand in this afternoon got blown into the lake. When she went to ask her advisor for another copy, she happened to get roped into doing work."
Gou Yu: "."
How should he put it? That last reason was so convincing that there was nothing to say.
"I see."
After