June 20th, in the afternoon, Huanjing Third High School.
As the school bell rang throughout the building, the two-month summer vacation was announced. The students, who had already been restless, dragged their backpacks out of their drawers and noisily ran out of the classrooms, the festive sound of desk legs scraping the floor echoing in every corner of the building.
Ke Mingye slung his backpack over his shoulder, standing still at his desk. He commanded the puppet, which had been crouching in a toilet stall, to stand up while he texted Bai Ziling on his phone.
"Where did you say the cinema is?" he asked.
"Yandai Street, it starts in half an hour," Bai Ziling replied quickly. Her text style was as brief as her way of speaking.
Ke Mingye was taken aback, thinking, Why do you have to watch a movie at Yandai Commercial Street, it must be to monitor us playing the instance. But he still replied to the message calmly.
"Are your family members coming too?" he asked.
