"Okay, thank you."
Liao Kai put the things back in the car first, then returned and waited a while before Ji Ting came out.
Ji Ting looked surprised to see him. "Liao Kai, you haven't left yet?"
"I had some fluid in my knee, so the doctor suggested some kind of light therapy. I just finished."
"Is your knee any better, then?"
Liao Kai froze for a moment, not expecting him to take it seriously, then quickly moved his leg to show him. "It's better. See? Looks fine now, doesn't it?"
"Mm."
They left Ruihe, and Liao Kai drove Ji Ting home.
Ji Ting took a detour to the West Building. Once he entered the Game Room, he sent the Medusa he had finished making to Xu Ren.
About fifteen minutes later, Xu Ren called him on video.
"Hello."
"Teacher Ji, I finished watching it." Xu Ren looked thrilled, his eyes shining. "It was so, so good! I thought I was watching some big-budget 3D movie. The characters and scenery looked real."
Ji Ting gave a faint smile. "I specifically designed it for a glasses-free 3D effect. The modeling uses..."
They chatted for a little while. When Xu Ren said he wanted to show him the cow his grandfather raised, Ji Ting suddenly asked, "Xu Ren, while you're back in your hometown, could I stay at Xinxin Jiayuan for a few days?"
The question left Xu Ren completely bewildered, and worry immediately followed. "Teacher Ji, President Ji didn't... didn't kick you out again, did he?"
"No." Ji Ting did not know how to explain it to him, so he simply said, "We have a lot of guests over for the New Year, and there's always socializing to do, so I want to find somewhere quiet to organize some materials."
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