Su Yun said, "Hey, when did you all get here?"

"We got here in the early morning. My mom and my grandpa are resting at home, so we came to pick you up. Auntie, were you able to rest well on the train last night?"

"Oh, it was fine," Su Yun said quickly.

In truth, the rest had been decent enough, but Li Xiaomei had been incredibly annoying the whole way. But when Su Yun remembered that Li Xiaomei was the homewrecker who had destroyed Shen Yi’s family, she knew better than to bring her up.

Beidou came over to help with the luggage, and the group headed for the car. Shen Yi happened to be walking beside Qin Jiao, who let out a yawn.

Shen Yi said, "It’s not comfortable sleeping on a train. You should get some sleep as soon as we get home."

His words were rather suggestive. After all, it was *his* home, not hers.

’But this wasn’t the time to dwell on it.’ Qin Jiao said, "You got here in the early morning, so you can’t have gotten much sleep either, right?"

"Mm, I’m not sleepy."

’He couldn’t wait to rush over and pick up Jiao Jiao. How could he possibly be sleepy?’

As the group reached the Jeep, they saw Shen Zhengfeng’s car pull into an empty spot nearby. Li Xiaomei was smiling at Shen Zhengfeng, with Chen Feng, a backpack slung over his shoulder, standing beside them.

Qin Zhonghui and Su Yun exchanged a look. What rotten luck to run into them again.

The couple glanced worriedly at Shen Yi. The poor boy must be upset, seeing his own father doting on another child like that.

And Shen Yi’s score on the college entrance exam had been much, much better than Chen Feng’s!

Qin Jiao instinctively turned to look at Shen Yi, but he was completely unfazed. He even reached out and brushed at her bangs. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Qin Jiao glared. "What do you think you’re doing?"

"There’s a leaf. Hold still, I’ll get it for you."

Sure enough, there really was a leaf in Qin Jiao’s hair. Qin Zhonghui and Su Yun saw it but didn’t think anything of it. Chen Feng, however, standing a short distance away, watched the scene with narrowed eyes.

Shen Zhengfeng took one look, then turned and walked away. Li Xiaomei patted her son’s shoulder and said, "Let’s go, Xiao Feng. No wonder they didn’t need a ride from us. Turns out they’ve found someone powerful to suck up to."

With an unreadable expression, Chen Feng nodded and walked away.

Meanwhile, Shen Yi and the others got into the car. It was completely silent inside until the naturally cheerful Beidou spoke up. "Hey, is everyone tired from the ride? How come no one’s saying a word?"

Qin Jiao answered, "Yeah, I’m a little tired."

"Alright then. I’m a steady driver, so you can probably get about half an hour of sleep. We’ll be home in roughly forty minutes."

Shen Yi glanced back and saw Qin Jiao leaning against the back of her seat. Only then did he turn around again, saying nothing.

Before long, the sound of steady breathing filled the car. Xiao Shi, however, sat by the window, gazing in amazement at the scenery outside. The buildings in North City were taller and more beautiful than any she had ever seen.

Beidou liked kids. He said to Shen Yi, "Xiao Yi, open the compartment over there. There’s chocolate inside; give some to Xiao Shi."

"Mm." Shen Yi took out the chocolate and passed it back to Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi took the chocolate and thanked him with a grin. She suddenly remembered something and said in a low voice, "On the train earlier, that older boy offered me a plum, but I didn’t take it."

Shen Yi’s brow twitched. "The older boy we just saw in the parking lot?"

"Mm-hm. He and his mom were in the same car as us. His mom is so annoying. She wanted to trade seats, and when we said no, she still insisted and said a lot of awful things." Xiao Shi took a bite of chocolate and added firmly, "My whole family dislikes them!"