Life back in Bai City was rather boring.
Chen Banxia did not tell their parents about her brother and the Spirit Sect. That was an understanding between the siblings. But she was starting to play dirty: she tried to use it to make Chen Shu cook her crayfish. When she realized they were out of season, she switched her demand to mao cai with beef tripe and duck intestines.
For the next two days, the siblings busied themselves buying New Year provisions and making cured meats. Sometimes Qingqing and Xiaoxiao came over, and Chen Shu dragged them into working for free.
Starting so close to the New Year was indeed a little late.
But when he considered that their parents, Chen Banxia, Chen Shu's entire dorm, and the sisters' entire dorm would all have enough to eat for a year, it did not seem late after all.
Only on New Year's Eve did the four of them finally have time to go out, stroll around, and eat snacks.
Holding a chicken wing stuffed with pork intestine and a cup of scalding milk tea, Chen Shu turned and asked, "Chen Banxia, what day are you going back to Jade Capital?"
"The seventh. Got room for a passenger? Otherwise I'll take the High-Speed Rail."
"Sure. I'll leave on the seventh too."
"Aren't you going to the Spirit Sect?"
"It's not far from Jade Capital. I'll drop you off there first."
"So thoughtful! My little brother's all grown up!" Chen Banxia held a stick of sugarcane, a garbage bag dangling from her little finger, and wore a gratified expression as she chewed. Then Chen Shu smacked the back of her head, jabbing the sugarcane into her lip. She immediately turned and scolded him, "You hit your big sister again!!"
"So?"
"Lightning's going to