"Qiu'er, have you always been close with your cousin?" Luo Ye asked, as Jian Xingnong frowned for a while but couldn't figure it out.
"Not really..." Xing Nong shook her head, "She is my fourth uncle's child. We used to just greet each other when we met during holidays.
This year, during the Spring Festival, she went with my fourth uncle and aunt to Grandpa and Grandma's place. We talked more and found we had many similar interests, so we gradually got closer.
Last night she came to see me, asking if I wanted to go back to our hometown with her because Grandpa and Grandma had already returned early.
I asked her if she was going back on her own or if my fourth uncle and aunt were coming to pick her up. She said she was going back with friends and also mentioned their get-together the night before..."
"Wait..." Luo Ye interrupted Xing Nong, "Since she knew long ago that we are friends, did she explain why she stayed silent at the time?
