Seven in the morning.
The morning sun spilled over the city's outskirts with the warmth of the new year. After the two of them and the cat had a simple breakfast of noodles, they packed their luggage and got ready to leave.
"Shi'an, you have evening study tomorrow night, right?"
"Yeah, we only get two days off. Evening study resumes tomorrow night."
"Okay, then we'll come back together after lunch tomorrow."
"You don't get to go home often, Sister Wanyin. You can stay a few more days if you want. I can come back myself."
"It's fine, it's fine. Two days of rest is plenty. I still need to run my stall and work."
Li Wanyin smiled as she packed. "My mom's always wishing I'd come home, but if I stay too long, she gets even more anxious than I do. She's always thinking I should be working, making money. But once I leave, she starts wondering when I'll come back again. Ah-"
Chen Shi'an laughed as he listened. "That's how it goes. Little Cicada told me Aunt Lan is at her gentlest the day she first gets home. A couple of days later, she'll get a spanking just for sleeping in."
"Hahaha, so Zhizhi gets that too? Is she not going home for New Year's Day this time?"
"She is. Little Cicada said Uncle Wen and Aunt Lan seemed to be coming over to visit her youngest aunt today too. They'll probably head back together later."
"Mm-hmm. Have you finished packing, Shi'an? Shall we go?"
"Have you got everything, Sister Wanyin?"
"All set~"
She was only going back for one night, after all, and she had clothes and things at home. Li Wanyin wasn't bringing much, mostly things she'd bought for her mother and younger sister. Especially her mother-if