"It's already really late. Shall we head back?"
After finishing the materials, Xia Xu took another Superbrain Drug pill and tried studying books on mechanical design and the like. With both the drug and his interest at work, he gradually became engrossed.
When Little White Flower gently patted his shoulder to rouse him and he looked up again, night had already fallen around them, and the streets had long since lit up with dim yellow streetlights.
Only he and Tang Youxin remained in the Consulting Company now. Meng Bochao and the others had all left.
They seemed to have said goodbye to him one after another earlier, but he had only answered absently at the time and hadn't paid much attention.
"Sorry, I got a little carried away."
Looking at the demure Little White Flower, Xia Xu smiled apologetically, with a hint of affection, then stood and stretched.
"Come on, let's go home."
Only after stretching did he pack his things, call out A Tuo, who had been hiding somewhere, and close up shop to leave.
"Okay."
Tang Youxin obediently followed close behind, half a step back, her slightly bowed head hiding her faintly flushed cheeks.
They really were going home together, but putting it that way somehow seemed a little misleading.
"What are you dawdling for? Keep up. It's so late, your dad must be getting worried. Who knows what he's saying about me in his head right now?"
Xia Xu couldn't help chuckling as he teased her.
"I already called and told him."
Tang Youxin corrected him, but still jogged a couple of steps, going from a little shadow trailing behind him to walking at his side.
"What did you tell him?"
Xia Xu asked.
"Just that I'm here at the company with you."
Tang Youxin tilted her