After dinner.
Brother Nan had already left.
Zhou Li and Old Zhou sat side by side on the sofa, expressionlessly staring at the TV, surrounded by the bustling Zhu Shuang, Zhu Bing, and Aunt Jiang.
They didn't need to bring much for this trip—just one bag each was enough. What they were packing now was everything for university. After leaving home tomorrow, neither of them would return, and their luggage would be sent directly to their respective schools.
One to Tsinghua, the other to Peking University.
The siblings were about to become archenemies.
Their mother always fussed. She worried they might leave something behind, or that they'd lack something. Even though reason told her everything was in order, she'd still rack her brains wondering if they had missed anything. She paced back and forth in the house, occasionally muttering to herself, creating an air of urgency.
Only Zhou Li and Old Zhou sat watching TV, silent, filtering out all the commotion around them.
