The next day.
Before evening self-study started, Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning went outside of school together to buy warm chilled rice wine soup.
In winter, it gets dark very early. At this time, the sky wasn't completely dark yet, but the neon lights on both sides of the street had already lit up.
The two walked in the dim twilight, within the bright halos.
Earlier on the empty main path of the campus, Xue Yuantong was chattering away, and now, even in a crowded place, Jiang Ning still felt like her voice was all around him, though she had clearly shut her small mouth.
Walking forward, as they neared the rice wine soup shop, she chirped excitedly, "Jiang Ning, I want the rice wine soup with taro balls."
Jiang Ning spoke simply, "Buy!"
Xue Yuantong: "Buy two cups!"
Jiang Ning: "Four cups!"
Xue Yuantong looked surprised, "I get to eat three cups?"
Jiang Ning denied her claim, "No, one cup for Chen Siyu, one cup for Bai Yuxia."
