Waaah, you're not allowed to carry her (thanks to the newbie aspiring to become dalao for the Silver Alliance!)

The two girls went to take out the trash together and still hadn't returned after ages.

Chen Shi'an, who was arranging the desks in the classroom, began to wonder what was going on. Worried they might have started fighting, he was just about to go check when two pretty figures finally appeared in the corridor outside.

The bins that had been filled to the brim were now empty. Wen Zhixia and Lin Meng Qiu carried them into the classroom one behind the other, clattering along. Who knew what they had done while taking out the trash? When they saw Chen Shi'an, both looked inexplicably guilty, their gazes darting away. "What took you two so long? I was just about to go check on you," Chen Shi'an asked curiously.

"...The bins needed washing," Lin Meng Qiu said.

"...The sanitation worker at the garbage station wasn't there, so we carried them inside to empty them ourselves. They were so heavy!" Wen Zhixia said.

Hmm... they were certainly in sync when it came to coming up with explanations together.

After putting the bins back and tossing in the tissues wrapped around the handles, the two girls looked around the classroom. Chen Shi'an had already arranged all the desks and chairs neatly.

"Taoist, are we leaving now?"

"Yep, let's go. We didn't bring our bikes today either, so let's walk to the market and buy groceries first."

As he spoke, Chen Shi'an slung his backpack over his shoulders, then picked up Wen Zhixia's backpack from his desk and Lin Meng Qiu's from the chair, handing them over.

"You haven't forgotten anything, have you?"

"Nope, let's go!"

Only then did the three leave the classroom together.

There was no need to lock the classroom door; simply closing it would do. Quite a few classmates hadn't