Fortunately, there were two households between Ge Chunling's and theirs, so they didn't have to interact much with the old lady.
On the evening of the 4th, after Lu Zhanguo came back, he told Gu Xiaobei to prepare some stuff as they were going to go back to Capital City in a few days.
"Why so sudden? Didn't we agree not to go back for the holidays?" The spoon Gu Xiaobei was using to serve rice paused mid-air, she asked, somewhat surprised.
"Something came up at home. It will be a round trip taking half a month. We are still spending the New Year here." Lu Zhanguo wasn't quite sure, all he knew was that Wen Xiuqing had been crying on the phone about some urgent matter and asked him to go back. When he called his father's office, his secretary told him that he had been sent down to the army.
