The counter was currently too high for her to reach and sitting on the counter would block some of the light from the rimmed ceiling light in the one-person hallway that Xuan Shuhan flicked open on her way in.
"That's great." Xuan Shuhan replied in a cheery tone.
"Mn. Need help?" Xuan Lingwen asked as she sat next to the counter. She had just finished her homework so she had nothing to do.
"It's alright sweetie. Why don't you... play by yourself for now? I'll call you when it's ready." She wanted to tell her to go play but there wasn't a lot of toys in their closet-sized apartment and letting her wander outside in this neighborhood was dangerous.
"Okay. I'll go write." Xuan Lingwen got up and took out a notebook and a pencil from her backpack and toddled over to the coffee table in front of the kitchen. Flipping open her notebook, she took ahold of her pencil and began writing down the new words she remembered from the book she read at the preschool.
