"Cheng asked you to come, right?" Xu Nianhua looked like she already knew the answer.
Pei Yining immediately raised her hand, shaking her head again and again, "No, no, no, I just wanted to keep you here myself."
"Really, truer than gold." Pei Yining saw Xu Nianhua didn't believe her, so she added that deliberately.
"So…" Xu Nianhua dragged out her tone, "Yining, during the summer holiday, I might need to stay here for a while. But you absolutely mustn't tell your brother."
"Ah!"
Pei Yining's eyes went wide as she stared at Xu Nianhua.
"Secret. I'll tell him when the holiday starts." Xu Nianhua smiled happily—after that last goodbye, she'd spent the whole night dreaming sweetly, and even in the morning, her lips were curled up.
"Are you hiding something else from me?" Pei Yining pressed her.
