The others thought about it and agreed…
They then asked Xu Su which city she planned to attend university in and when she was leaving, and Xu Su answered all their questions truthfully.
The conversation continued until Xu Su's throat was dry and she begged for mercy. Only then did her two aunts reluctantly get up and head to the kitchen to get busy.
Xu Su didn't want to go find Zhou Mochen, who was still drinking. She acted cute with Grandma Xu for a bit, then followed the old woman around, helping to clear the dishes. Before long, she was shooed out, told that the kitchen was too small for so many people to move around in.
Xu Su peeked at the men still chatting away in the main hall. Not planning to join the fun, she tiptoed around the hall and took the back path from her eldest uncle's house to her grandma's house next door.
Lying contentedly on the wooden bed she had slept in since she was a child, Xu Su let out a sigh of relief and glanced at the time.
