He was busy during the day. Even if he saw messages, he rarely replied. People who knew him well usually came to him at night.
Today was no exception. The top message on WeChat was a voice message from Xiang Xingchang.
Lu Ao played the message.
Xiang Xingchang's voice came through. "Lu Ao, are you and Song Zhou free these next few days? Our volunteer team is planning to get together for dinner at seven on the evening of the sixteenth. Come along?"
It was already November thirteenth, leaving three days until the dinner.
Lu Ao waved his phone in front of Song Zhou and asked, "Going?"
Song Zhou asked in return, "Do you want to go?"
"Either way."
That meant he wanted to go. Song Zhou smiled. "Then let's go. It's been quite a while since we went out to eat with them."
Getting to Qianyong City only took a single teleport. If they did not feel like coming back, they could even book a room and stay there for the night.
Lu Ao had recently become quite fond of exploring hotel rooms in different cities.
Especially when certain hotels had special amenities, like private hot springs or waterbeds...
Every time he stayed at a hotel, he felt a sense of novelty. Looking at the person beside him outside their familiar surroundings felt different too.
Lu Ao replied to Xiang Xingchang that they would go.
Xiang Xingchang was delighted. He sent them the address and the guest list, telling them to just head over when the time came.
The temperature had dropped over the past few days, and by the evening of the sixteenth, it had fallen below ten degrees Celsius.
That was already quite cold for ordinary people, especially at night, when the north wind howled and stung