You lingered hesitantly, Mi Chenxuan tugged at your arm with too little strength, failing to pull you along.
Mi Chenxuan asked suspiciously, "What are you doing? Got a masochistic streak?"
You blinked forcefully and said, "Learning how others date. It's an assignment your mom gave me."
Mi Chenxuan frowned and questioned, "Why would my mom make you learn that?"
You replied innocently, "She said that the two of us together feel like we're playing house."
"Don't listen to my mom's nonsense! What's wrong with playing house? I think it's pretty great!" Mi Chenxuan hooked his arm around your shoulder and dragged you toward the door.
He pushed the door open just as Mai Zekai pulled it from the other side. In that instant, their gazes locked, and they both snorted in mutual disdain.
"Snail! Good thing Fourth Sister-in-law isn't in dire straits. If her life depended on waiting for this bottle of medicine, would she even make it?"
