Next time, he would definitely let her know there was a shortcut in this world called... "the unwritten rules!"
...
Although she walked fast from the street corner to her home, it felt unprecedentedly tough and far.
Ji Anning entered the yard, took a deep breath, rubbed her reddened eyes, and went through the front door.
It was already ten o'clock. The living room light was still on, and Lin Yanqin was sitting on the sofa with her two daughters, watching a popular variety show on a certain TV channel.
The trio was laughing heartily.
After changing her shoes, Ji Anning walked into the resplendent living room. She instinctively held her breath for a moment and took measured steps.
It wasn't just her; even her mother had never really let loose in this house over the years, never watching TV late at night in the living room and bursting into laughter like Lin Yanqin and her daughters.