Song Zhou said, "Take a quick nap. I'll go make breakfast."
"Just fry some rice." Lu Ao flopped back down, closed his eyes, and mumbled, "I'll make some seaweed egg drop soup later to go with it."
"Got it. Don't worry about it. Sleep a little longer—I'll wake you."
Lu Ao fell asleep again the moment he heard that, without even a moment's hesitation.
Before he drifted off, he felt Song Zhou kiss his forehead.
He had wanted to kiss him back, but his consciousness sank into darkness too quickly, and he never got the chance.
By the time the food was ready, it was not even six o'clock.
Song Zhou came over to wake him up.
Ge Ranzhou was called up too. He dragged over a small stool and sat beneath the eaves, yawning sleepily.
After Lu Ao washed up, he saw Ge Ranzhou's bedhead and said, "Go wash up. We'll need to get ready to leave after breakfast."
Ge Ranzhou yawned. "Do you guys always get up this early?"
"Not always. A lot of the time, it depends on the tide," Lu Ao said. "We're having seafood fried rice today. If you don't have much appetite, I can buy you some cake when we get to town?"
There had been very few days in Ge Ranzhou's life when he had gotten up this early.
When he was working on projects, he often stayed up until one or two in the morning, so he usually did not get up until eight or nine.
Now that he was awake, he was listless all over and truly had no appetite.
Lu Ao did not bother with him. After breakfast with Song Zhou, he hauled Ge Ranzhou onto the tricycle and chugged all the way to Lin Family Village.
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