After dinner that evening, it was finally time to get down to business.
Mo Xie had planned to book a hotel room, but Bai Tingting wanted to take him to her rented apartment.
"The apartment... Tingting, I thought you shared it with Song Xia?"
"Don't worry. Xia went home a few days ago because of something in her family. She probably won't be back for a while."
Bai Tingting smiled as she explained. Her grip on Mo Xie's arm tightened, trembling slightly, and she blushed as she said shyly,
"Besides, it's my first time. I want it to be at home..."
Mo Xie could clearly feel her nerves. His gaze softened, and he gently stroked her head.
"All right. Whatever you want."
The two went to Bai Tingting's apartment. She settled Mo Xie in the bedroom, then hurried into the bathroom to shower.
While he waited, Mo Xie looked around her room. It was decorated just as he would expect a young woman's room to be.
Beside the pillow on her bed sat a cute chibi doll that looked like Mo Xie. Plenty of girls bought them.
A photo frame stood on the bedside table. Mo Xie took a closer look and couldn't help smiling.
In the photo, two beautiful women crouched with a hand each on the shoulder of a child standing before them. One was Bai Miaoying, so the little boy in front of her had to be Zhao Manyan.
The adorable little girl beside Zhao Manyan was Bai Tingting. As for the woman who looked somewhat like Bai Miaoying, she was probably Tingting's mother.
Aunt Bai hadn't changed at all. It was as though time had left no mark on her. Zhao Manyan, on the other hand, had been surprisingly cute as a child.
Before long, the