It was twenty past five, and Bai Congming still hadn't come out.
The two people outside were like parents picking up a student after school. Watching everyone else head home while their own child was still nowhere to be seen, they grew anxious.
Sun Chang'an pushed open the door and got out. "I'll go in and check."
"Oh, go ahead." Sun Xiangxiang nodded. "I'll give him a call."
"..."
Hearing that, Sun Chang'an sat back down, took out his phone, and called Ding Shu.
Both their phones were still ringing when Bai Congming finally came out of the Flower Nursery, his bag on his back and his steps quick.
Sun Chang'an hung up and rested his hand on the door handle, only to see the person beside him open her door first.
"Little Bai! Why are you only coming out now?"
"Sorry," Bai Congming apologized at once. "I'm late."
"It's fine, it's fine." Sun Xiangxiang wasn't going to get angry over something so minor. "Why so late? Did you have a lot of work today? Or did someone stop you on the way? Someone bullied you!"
Sun Xiangxiang imagined a case of workplace bullying and immediately made to charge into the Flower Nursery.
"No one bullied me." Startled, Bai Congming grabbed her hat and pulled her back. "Sorry, Xiangxiang! I... I had something to do!"
Sun Xiangxiang looked at him. "Really?"
"Yes!"
Having watched the whole thing from the side, Sun Chang'an was a little speechless. He nodded to Bai Congming.
"Your sister's working overtime today. I'm here to take you to dinner."
"What!?" Sun Xiangxiang cried. "You're stealing my dinner buddy right in front of me!?"
The two of them had spent so long in the car without realizing they were picking up the same person.
Sun Chang'an felt