It was only a short distance from the county bus terminal to Wen Zhixia's home.
Uncle Wen drove Chen Shi'an and the other three in his big BMW. Just over ten minutes later, the car came to a smooth stop outside the house.
This was already Chen Shi'an's third visit. He had even stayed here for two days over New Year, so he was quite familiar with Little Cicada's home.
It was Li Wanyin and Lin Meng Qiu's first visit, and they looked around curiously as soon as they got out.
Before them stood a four-story self-built house. A fruit shop occupied the ground floor, apparently rented out.
An electric gate stood open beside it, presumably leading into the family garage. Around them were the streets commonly found in a county town.
"Zhizhi, so this is your house?"
"Yep~"
Seeing so many people get out of the car at once, the woman running the fruit shop looked over curiously.
"Oh, Zhizhi's back?... So many people. Are they all your classmates, Zhizhi?"
"Yes, hello, Aunt Cheng! They're all my classmates!"
Aunt Cheng recognized Chen Shi'an and nodded at him with a smile. It was her first time seeing Li Wanyin and Lin Meng Qiu, and she thought both girls were every bit as pretty as Zhizhi.
Then, noticing that both girls seemed very close to Chen Shi'an, she suddenly grew a little bewildered, unable to untangle their relationships for the moment...
Uncle Wen was reversing into the garage, but his daughter, now home, didn't wait for him. Once she had her luggage, she pulled Chen Shi'an straight upstairs.
"Come on, come on! Let's go upstairs!"
With practiced ease, the girl swiped open the ground-floor entrance and led the way up with pattering footsteps.
At the imposing door on the second floor,