In June, the night always falls very late.
It was after six in the afternoon and still daylight, Jiang He leaned against the white car door, taking selfies with Xu Jin with an air of mother-daughter affection.
"They're up, they're up." Xu Qing came back and handed them their milk teas, got into the car to drive to another exam site to pick up Shi'an.
Treated like a gem before the exam, turned to grass once it's done, the three-day ordeal of the college entrance exam was over, and the siblings were about to enter a state of free-range.
Jiang He slurped her kumquat lemon drink and glanced sideways at Xu Qing.
"Where did you go just now?"
"Wandered around a bit."
"That took quite a while." She thought Xu Qing was just stretching his legs, but he spent a good half of the afternoon out.
"I delivered a milk cap to the flower shop, the old lady has been working hard these days."
