It was already past five in the afternoon when they finished the barbecue.
They still had their usual evening self-study session to attend, so everyone reluctantly called it a day.
"Class Monitor, are you heading straight to school with Chen Shi'an later?" Qiu Yufu asked.
"Mm."
"Then I'll head back first, Class Monitor? I need to shower first. The Dormitory runs out of hot water if you're late."
"Okay."
After saying that, Qiu Yufu said goodbye to Chen Shi'an and the others, then headed back to school first.
Xiao Yan and the others took the hint too. They all lived in the Dormitory, after all, and really did need to go back and shower first. They said goodbye to Zhizhi and the Taoist, then slipped away.
That left Xu Zihan still hanging around. Seeing that more than half the group had left, and that the Class Monitor and Wen Zhixia clearly intended to go to school with the Daoist Master, Zihan knew what to do. He quickly said, "Daoist Master! I'll head out first too!"
"Why don't we all go to school together later?"
"No, no, I'm going to shower too! See you, Daoist Master!"
With that, Xu Zihan hurried off as well.
Only the two girls and their older sister remained at home.
With so many fewer people around, Lin Meng Qiu suddenly felt much more at ease.
Although Annoying Cicada was still here, perhaps because they had been spending so much time together lately, she no longer felt particularly awkward even with Annoying Cicada around-
Still, the two girls rarely spoke to each other unless necessary.
Seeing Li Wanyin and Chen Shi'an cleaning up, neither girl stood idly by. They both came over to help.
"It's fine. Zhizhi, Meng Qiu, if you need to get to class, you