Watching the two brothers leave, she cleaned, chopped, and prepped the radishes she had soaked earlier.
The two little ones were quite fast; just as she finished preparing, Ye Silai came back with the tofu: "Sister, I've got the tofu."
Xinyan smiled and pulled out two candies from her pocket: "Here, a reward for you two."
The two little ones didn't expect an extra surprise, accepted it with smiles, and said in unison, "Thank you, sister."
Xinyan sent them off to play in the courtyard while she quickly got busy.
He Jinxuan seemed to have ants in his pants this afternoon. In just a short while, he checked his watch several times, feeling that time was moving too slowly.
Nearing the end of the workday, he saw Xiao Tie walk in and remembered the housing issue for Xinyan: "Officer Xiao, how's it going?"
Xiao Tie looked at him amusingly: "You look so restless; have you been waiting for my news all this time?"
