It wasn't a short walk, they'd been walking for almost two hours before they finally got there.
The sky that had only been brushing the edge of darkness was now completely dark.
Along the way, Xiao Rou and Zhou Qi did chat, but mostly about this and that, nothing in particular.
After walking for almost two hours, for someone like Xiao Rou who doesn't usually exercise much, she felt her calves were practically shaking.
Even though it was a high‑end complex with good security, Zhou Qi still walked she all the way downstairs.
The light in front of the entrance cast over both their faces.
"Go on up, get some rest early."
Zhou Qi said with a smile. Xiao Rou pressed her lips together; her calves really were jelly now, but she really didn't want to just go upstairs like this—she had no idea when their next meet‑up would be.
Thinking back to the last time, when Zhou Qi brought her that cake, wasn't it exactly because her parents were home that it wasn't convenient to invite him up?
