"Has Uncle Lin bought groceries? Should we stop by the market and get some on the way?"
"No need, he already did..."
Chen Shi'an rode with Cat on his bicycle, while the three girls followed on Shared Bicycles, heading together toward the nearby Dongyu Zhenfu residential complex.
The complex was not far from West River Plaza; it was only a ten-minute bike ride away.
As they passed another nearby complex, Chen Shi'an looked back and asked Yuan Xuan:
"Yuan Xuan, you live in this complex, right?"
"Mm-hmm. Meng Qiu... maybe you should just eat without me. My mom said she's already started cooking..."
"...Eat with us."
"Yeah, Yuan Xuan, you're hardly ever back. Have a meal with us. Just let your mom know."
"All right, then. Not counting the competition last time, I haven't seen Uncle Lin in years either."
"My dad still remembers you... I mentioned you to him last time, and he said he remembered. He said the school even called you back then..."
Yuan Xuan smiled a little sheepishly. "Yes, Yunqi No. 1 High School called me when the high school entrance exam results came out, but my dad and the others had already decided to send me to Jianzhang then, so I didn't stay in Cloud Perch..."
"It's fine. My dad also said your grades were really good, and so was your performance in the last competition..."
"You did even better, Meng Qiu. We lost fair and square!"
While the three chatted, the usually chattering Wen Zhixia was much quieter, simply looking around her surroundings with curiosity.
She had known Ice Block Spirit for so long, but this was her first visit to her home.
Like Lin Meng Qiu, if it had been a year ago, Wen Zhixia would never have imagined that she would one