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Saturday arrived quickly.

At seven o'clock in the morning, a buzzing vibration began to echo wildly in the bedroom.

Jiang Che frowned slightly. Although his eyelids were still closed, his hand instinctively reached for his phone on the bedside table and swiped to answer.

"Brother jailer—"

The moment the call connected, Bai Yuning's high-pitched and passionate voice burst out from the receiver.

Just from the tone of those three words, you could tell that Bai Yuning was full of energy.

As if he had drunk three large cups of espresso, his entire demeanor was in a state of extreme excitement.

"You two aren't up yet? I'm already at the entrance of the complex, waiting for you two to come and help. Hurry up and get ready to come over."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Che didn't immediately reply to Bai Yuning. Instead, he closed his eyes and moved his phone two centimeters away from her, so that Bai Yuning's loud voice wouldn't make him deaf.

Then, she slowly yawned and complained, rather speechlessly, "Bai Yuning, are you out of your mind? Can't you even look at what time it is?"

"It's 7:10? What's wrong? It's a good time. The early bird catches the worm."

"...Saturday morning doesn't count as morning, and wasn't our agreed time 10 AM? Why are you here early?"

As Jiang Che spoke, Su Qinghe, still half asleep, rolled over and nestled her head into the crook of his arm, mumbling indistinctly, "Who is it?"

"Bai Yuning, she's already in Beijing and is waiting for us at the entrance of the neighboring community."

Jiang Che lowered his voice and replied to her, then said into the microphone, "Didn't you hire moving workers? Let them move first."

"The workers didn't arrive until 8 a.m. I'm standing at the entrance of the residential area dragging three suitcases, looking like a refugee."

Bai Yuning's tone gradually shifted from energetic to mournful, "Jiang Che, your cousin went through a lot of trouble to transfer to the capital just so I could be with you."

"And what's this all? You didn't even bother to come over beforehand to help your sister pack, and I even had to call and urge you myself. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Yes, that's going too far, extremely far too far."

Jiang Che closed his eyes and earnestly gave a perfunctory answer, "So I've decided to punish myself by sleeping for another half hour."

"You dare?" Bai Yuning's fists were itching.

Su Qinghe was fully awake at this moment, poking her head out from under the covers, her hair a mess as if she had just fought with her pillow.

She blinked, her mind not quite working yet, but she had already reached for the hair tie on the bedside table.

Jiang Che saw her half-asleep and still looking for her hair tie. Since she was already awake, he figured she probably wouldn't sleep well even if she went back to sleep.

So he said into the phone, "Okay, okay, stop rushing me. We're already up. We'll get ready and head over."

Before hanging up, Bai Yuning added, "If you're really sleepy, just keep sleeping. I don't mind. Just have Xiao Qinghe come over. I'll take her out for some good food and fun activities. We besties can have a great time."

Jiang Che ignored her and hung up the phone.

The two of them washed up and changed clothes much faster than usual.

Su Qinghe wore a sweatshirt with a denim jacket over it. She looked at herself in the mirror, then turned to Jiang Che and asked, "Che, do I have really dark circles under my eyes?"

Jiang Che leaned closer to look in the mirror from behind, scrutinizing himself for two seconds: "Where are the dark circles? I only see a handsome person looking at me."

Su Qinghe's ears burned, and she raised her hand to push his face away: "Aren't you afraid of making a fool of yourself by saying these things so early in the morning?"

"Don't be so evasive when you tell the truth."

The two left home at 7:30.

The morning light was slowly seeping out from the clouds in the east, and the air was filled with the crispness unique to autumn.

Su Qinghe took a deep breath of the cool air, and her previously groggy mind was now completely clear.

The gate of the neighboring Emerald Bay residential complex is just across the road from Jiang Che's complex; it takes about five minutes to walk there.

Before the two even reached the entrance of Emerald Bay, Jiang Che spotted Bai Yuning standing next to a pile of boxes in the distance. She was wearing a khaki trench coat, her hair casually tied in a low ponytail, and she was looking down at her phone.

There were three oversized suitcases standing at her feet, all different colors. The combination of red, blue, and black really made her look like someone fleeing a disaster.

"Sister Yu Ning!" Su Qinghe called out first.

Bai Yuning looked up and saw Su Qinghe waving at her. She immediately tossed her phone back into her trench coat pocket and greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Oh dear, little Qinghe~"

Bai Yuning took two steps forward and grasped Su Qinghe's hands in both. "It's been such a long time! Let your sister see, you look thinner! Has Jiang Che stopped cooking for you properly again?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Jiang Che beside her, then continued to inquire about Su Qinghe: "You look quite well. How's your sleep lately? By the way, did you pass the physical test you mentioned before?"

Su Qinghe was a little overwhelmed by her rapid-fire questions, and replied with a smile, "I haven't lost weight, I'm sleeping well, I passed the physical test, thank you for your concern, Sister Yu Ning."

Jiang Che stood to the side, cosplaying as a wooden stake, watching the two girls chatting enthusiastically.

After showing concern for Su Qinghe, Bai Yuning finally turned to look at her younger brother.

Her tone instantly switched to disdain: "Look at you, you came empty-handed to your sister's move, didn't even bring a bouquet of flowers, couldn't you at least have sent something?"

"...Is it possible that I simply didn't have time to buy flowers, ma'am? Besides, even if I did buy you flowers, where would you put them?"

"You just moved, and you don't even have a single vase. You bought these, took a picture, and then threw them away?"

"Can't I just buy one if I don't have one?"

"Okay, okay, I'll help you move first, and then I'll buy you a bouquet this afternoon. What kind of flowers do you want?"

"Let's add sunflowers and bellflowers; the yellow and white combination looks beautiful."

"walk slowly."

While the group was chatting, the moving company's truck arrived.

After arriving at Bai Yuning's apartment building, the workers began unloading furniture from the truck.

Jiang Che, Su Qinghe, and Bai Yuning each dragged a large suitcase, lined up in the elevator, and went up to the sixth floor under Bai Yuning's guidance.

After entering, Jiang Che looked around as he walked in.

The room has good natural light; the living room window faces south, and the morning sunlight perfectly illuminates most of the living room.

The movers were carrying things back and forth, and Bai Yuning was directing them, "Put this box in the study" and "Move that cabinet a little to the right," while unpacking her luggage and packing her other belongings.

Jiang Che and Su Qinghe were also busy. One of them helped Bai Yuning unpack the boxes and bags, while the other was responsible for sorting and putting everything back in its place according to Bai Yuning's instructions.