Downstairs, the sound of an engine rumbled, and Li Yeqi strode into the foyer, looking down at the pair of little white shoes overlapping on the ground. He bent down, picked them up, and put them away in the shoe cabinet before taking out a pair of slippers to change into.
Auntie Tong heard the noise and came out. Seeing the arrival of Li Yeqi, she expressed her surprise, "Oh, sir, you're back so early. I thought it was the lady."
Li Yeqi nodded, taking off his coat and hanging it on the coat rack. "Is Xixi back?"
"Yes, she came back injured. As soon as she entered, she asked me for the ointment you brought back last time. I remember it's in your study; she went up to get it herself," Auntie Tong explained.
"Injured?" Li Yeqi's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Yes, she seems to walk with a limp, apparently quite hurt," Auntie Tong replied truthfully.
