The five of them strolled down the street, none of them with any particular destination in mind.
Xia Luo walked at the front, looking down at her phone and humming a tune no one could name.
Fei Xiao followed beside her at an unhurried pace, her expression so calm it was practically blank.
Chen De and Qin Luoyu trailed a couple of steps behind.
As for Lin Xi, her stomach had already dragged her to the very back of the group.
They had barely gone any distance before Lin Xi stopped and grabbed a streetlamp for support.
Watching the others get farther and farther away, she could only call out weakly.
"Sister Su, wait for me!"
Chen De turned to look at her.
"Didn't you just say you could walk?"
"I can walk."
Holding on to the streetlamp, Lin Xi solemnly took a step.
Then she stopped again.
Chen De glanced at the hand she had pressed against her stomach.
"Then why do you need a break every two steps?"
"This is a tactical rest."
"You've taken seven tactical rests already."
Lin Xi fell silent for a moment.
"That just means I have a wealth of tactical reserves."
Qin Luoyu looked down and tapped on the phone a few times.
Lingling: Could also mean you have a wealth of food reserves.
Clutching her stomach, Lin Xi's expression immediately grew complicated.
"Lingling, you're getting more and more blunt."
Qin Luoyu glanced at her, deleted the half-finished message, and sent a new one.
Lingling: Facts don't need sugarcoating.
"Who did you learn that from?"
Qin Luoyu didn't answer, simply looking up at Chen De.
Taken aback, Chen De pointed at himself.
"Don't look at me. I'm already pretty tactful most of the time."
Lin Xi opened her mouth to argue, then looked