"I don't know what made them change," Lin Sunji admitted. "But since then, my brother—who used to live in his own little world—started opening up to us. My mother wears less makeup now and attends fewer banquets. Instead, she plans family trips. And those trips... ugh, I hate them."
She patted her legs and added with mock frustration, "You see these muscled thighs? I don't know who told my mother that hiking strengthens family bonds, but every weekend, there we were—hiking together."
Bei Sangyun blinked, surprised. She hadn't heard anything about this.
"But Zhong Cheng is still better at running than me," Lin Sunji said, grumbling. "That guy always manages to escape. Did you also make him hike?"
Bei Sangyun chuckled softly, finding this amusing. "No. My butler keeps him busy running errands."
