Mercury's Secret Words: Can you believe it, family? I actually took advantage of noon to write a chapter.
The next day.
It was the weekend, and Su Tianqing did not wake up particularly early—rising at nine. A plate of rolled omelets and two slices of toast sat on the table, and beneath the glass cup was pinned a small note:
[I went to the library to read. Tianqing, remember not to buy too many snacks for Xiaofeng when you meet her.]
In the corner of the note was drawn a tiny cat paw. Su Tianqing smiled knowingly, carefully stowing the note away into a small tin box. Inside it were stored all the little notes she used to communicate with Little Fish.
Once these small notes filled the tin box to the brim, she would call Little Fish over. The two of them would crowd together and flip through them one by one, which would surely spark a quite amusing moment of nostalgia.
After finishing breakfast, she changed her school uniform into everyday attire: a simple summer dress, a pair of breathable calf-length socks, her tail held far from her body to avoid trapping heat, and her hair braided and draped before her shoulders. She shouldered a small crossbody bag decorated with fox-carrot and cat-paw pendants.
"Perfect!"
Standing before the full-length mirror to admire her summer outfit, Su Tianqing confidently perked up her ears and wagged her tail, then topped it off with a sun hat specially tailored with gaps for her ears. With that, everything was ready.
Let's go, this fox still has quite a lot of things to do today!
The meeting place with Nan Xiaofeng was chosen at an ordinary intersection.
On a weekend morning, traffic at the intersection was not heavy—you could even say