Xia Yixue shook her head. "It's rather urgent. Stella asked me at the last minute to come collect signatures, so I'm only here to let everyone know for now... Do you want to sign?"
"I'm not one of you people in The Front," Eunice said softly.
"Oh," Xia Yixue said, understanding. She laughed. "Right, I forgot. We've been together all the time these days—"
"Then I'm not one of you people in The Front either," Eunice said, looking at her. "So what exactly does everyone need to do to prepare this exhibition? If you need to set up any venue or anything, I can help too."
"All right. I'll ask Stella about the details." Xia Yixue looked into Eunice's eyes. "You really are very kind."
Eunice gave a soft snort. She lowered her head and kicked at a pebble that did not exist on the ground. "...I'm leaving."
Xia Yixue said goodbye to Eunice, her gaze following her all the way to the door.
Xia Yixue let out a soft sigh before she could stop herself, but what filled her heart more was still joy. She felt that her relationship with Eunice had eased somewhat tonight. Ever since their conflict last time over Boheng, she had kept paying attention to Eunice's movements.
"Oh, right, Eunice..." Xia Yixue remembered that she had prepared a gift for Eunice. It was an illustrated woodworking book she had happened to see in a bookstore when she went downtown yesterday. She had thought of how Eunice had made a wooden house for Kiki and the others before, and how she had been following Porni around these days, seemingly very interested in carpentry, so she had bought it, intending to give it to her as a gift.
Eunice turned back. Before she could ask what Xia