At home in Celestic Town.
While at Li Wei's home, Professor Carolina, who had been through it all herself, had caught the faint smile on Cynthia's lips.
At the time, she had begun watching closely, a knowing look in her eyes.
Seeing that Professor Carolina had noticed something, Roland had promptly made herself scarce.
This had nothing to do with her.
Although Cynthia hadn't wanted Professor Carolina to learn about her relationship with Li Wei so soon,
she was simply afraid Professor Carolina would start pushing them to get married, which would be rather troublesome.
If Professor Carolina pressed her, she wouldn't lie to her.
Professor Carolina glanced at the time, then made a show of clearing her throat.
"We've had dinner. Shall we talk about something interesting?"
Professor Carolina's tone wasn't forceful or accusatory. Her question was very gentle.
Cynthia was no fool. She could hear what Professor Carolina was getting at.
Faced with Professor Carolina's probing, both obvious and subtle, Cynthia hesitated for less than a second.
Li Wei was hardly someone she couldn't proudly introduce. There was nothing to hide.
So Cynthia answered honestly.
"We're already dating. It's been about two months."
Cynthia wasn't the sort of girl who kept track of anniversaries marking how many days she'd been dating someone. She didn't even usually celebrate her own birthday.
If Li Wei prepared a surprise for an anniversary like that, Cynthia would be delighted.
But even if he didn't, Cynthia wouldn't think there was anything wrong with that.
After all, Li Wei already prepared plenty of surprises for her in their everyday lives.
That included learning Dessert Making specifically before Professor Rowan's Summer Camp, making her Corn Tarts, orange Basque cheesecake...
Cynthia had always noticed everything Li Wei did for her.
Having already suspected as much, Professor