Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

Twenty minutes later.

A modified Toyota Coaster was parked in front of Bai Li's house.

"never mind."

An Yaoyao stepped off the pedal, her usual confident tone gone:

"I've already sent the location of the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top to the Trisolarans. Let's deal with whatever comes our way..."

Li Mengmeng walked forward from behind.

With her hands behind her back, she hopped over to An Yaoyao and stopped, looking up at her.

"That's more like it," Li Mengmeng said.

"Lying isn't good for a child. Besides, nothing happened between you and your older brother. You earned your money through your own hard work, so what's wrong with talking about it?"

An Yaoyao took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself:

"That's true... Aside from seeing each other naked, I'm just a cleaner, I don't steal or rob."

Chen Tingting walked in first, pushed open the door and went into the entrance hall.

She bent down, took out a pair of sandals from the shoe cabinet, put them on, turned to look at An Yaoyao who was still hesitating, and teased her:

"Maybe after your parents see your older brother, they'll find that he's rich and handsome, and treats you so well, they might even want you to get to know him better."

An Yaoyao was about to take off her shoes when she stopped.

"fart!"

"My parents are honest and upright; they would never entrust me to him just because he's rich and handsome!"

Bai Li, used to being caught in the crossfire, said without changing his expression:

"Mengmeng, go to the kitchen and wash some fruit."

"Okay!" Li Mengmeng replied and jogged into the kitchen.

The girls went into the living room and found places to sit down.

Chen Tingting walked to the sofa and flopped down on it.

She opened the coffee table drawer, took out a pack of Black Liqun cigarettes, picked one out with one hand, and put it in her mouth.

"Let's smoke one now." She held the cigarette between her fingers, resting her long legs on the edge of the coffee table.

"I'll be too embarrassed to smoke when my uncle and aunt come."

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Li Jiaxin sat on the other side, picked up the cigarette case, and lit one.

"Life has been great since I started following my older brother. I can smoke good cigarettes every day."

Zhang Qian sat down next to Li Jiaxin and took over the conversation:

"Yeah, back when we were poor, we even wondered if we could roll up some paper to smoke?"

Jiang Ruyue hugged a cushion, her big eyes fixed on the bag of black Liqun cigarettes, tilting her head to look at it for a while:

"Why is this cigarette brand called 'Liqun'?"

Does this mean that if men can't act decisively, women can't form groups?

Lin Xiaoshuang reached out and gently pulled Jiang Ruyue's fair face to both sides:

"You got it right!"

After massaging Jiang Ruyue, she turned her head and looked at An Yaoyao, who was pacing anxiously:

"Want one to calm your nerves?" She pointed to the cigarette pack on the coffee table.

An Yaoyao didn't stop walking and casually said:

"I won't smoke!"

"It's harmful to your health. And people will look down on girls who smoke."

Chen Tingting flicked her cigarette ash and chuckled:

"When a person dies, their breasts face upwards; what's there to be afraid of?"

But she didn't know that Bai Li had already shared his boundless life with them.

Not only is smoking harmful to your health, but it will also instantly remove the smell of smoke from your mouth.

The girls simply thought they were feeling light and energetic lately, and didn't suspect anything related to Bai Li.

At that moment, the kitchen door opened.

Li Mengmeng walked out carrying a fruit platter, her words utterly ruthless:

"And even if they don't smoke, their arrogant appearance alone is enough to annoy a lot of people."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Tingting stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray.

She sprang up from the sofa, making a move to kick Li Mengmeng.

"You big cow, are you looking for death?!"

Li Mengmeng nimbly bypassed the coffee table and hid behind Bai Li.

"Brother Bai Li, save me!"

She grabbed Bai Li's shoulders with both hands, stuck half her head out, and stuck her tongue out at Chen Tingting.

The living room was in complete chaos.

Knock knock knock.

At that moment, three soft knocks came from the gate.

The messy living room suddenly became quiet.

Chen Tingting pulled her leg back, and Li Jiaxin stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette in her hand.

An Yaoyao's breathing quickened, her eyes fixed on the door.

Bai Li stood up from the sofa.

He straightened the hem of his T-shirt and looked at An Yaoyao:

"Let's go. I'll go say hello to your uncle and aunt too."

Bai Li led the way, followed by Chen Tingting, Zhang Qian, Li Jiaxin, and others.

A group of people walked to the entrance hall.

An Yaoyao swallowed hard, moved her feet, and slowly walked to the door.

She reached out, grasped the doorknob, and pressed it down.

The lock turned, and the door opened inward.

Two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, were standing outside the door.

The two were dressed in ordinary clothes, the kind you see everywhere in the shops on the street, but they were carrying two woven bags that seemed to be stuffed full of things, bulging out.

An's parents had wrinkles on their faces from the hardships of life, but their eyes and expressions were cheerful.

But these two cheerful people, at this moment, looked at each other and questioned their existence:

Is this the place my daughter was talking about, the place she could rent with just a little bit of her salary?

An Yaoyao looked at the two people outside, lowered her head, and said guiltily:

"Dad, Mom, you're here..."