The cold wind whistled.
The trees on both sides of the alley bent their branches.
On the winding, twisting roads, a few stray cats occasionally dashed across, accompanied by the sound of tiles being stepped on, disappearing into the night.
Under the lonely streetlamp standing to the side, two slender figures appeared. The warm yellow light refracted, stretching their shadows long.
"You didn't get caught coming out, right?" Yu Zhi, wrapped tightly from head to toe, took out two pairs of disposable gloves from her backpack.
"No, Shi Yin sleeps like the dead." Ruan Yuan gathered her hair into a ponytail and tucked it into the hood of her jacket.
She put on the gloves handed over by the younger girl. "What about you?"
Yu Zhi shook her head, the corners of her lips curling into a subtle smile. "When I left, I deliberately called him. He didn't wake up at all."
"Good then." Ruan Yuan looped her arm around the girl's.
