Gu Lili bought vegetables and returned to the cave dwelling.
Lin Yue'er and Su Changzhi were not there again.
"Sister Chuntao, when will Sister Lin be back?"
"Why ask about this?"
Silencing herself with one sentence, Gu Lili did not inquire further.
It was a little past seven in the evening when Lin Yue'er came back.
Su Changzhi wasn't with her, only she returned alone.
Chuntao asked what she wanted to eat, she mentioned wanting hotpot, so Chuntao busily went to prepare, setting up the hotpot stand before her and personally prepared the ingredients to cook for her.
Gu Lili, as always, obediently stayed in her room. Lin Yue'er ate hotpot and drank a bit of alcohol; she didn't allow herself to drink too much and cause trouble.
"Where is the Ninth Prince?" Chuntao curiously asked, "Why didn't he come back with you?"
"He's gone back to the mansion to fetch something, he'll be here in a while." Lin Yue'er instructed, "What about the little maidservant you recruited?"
