This kind of situation is always quite awkward. Lai Bao decided not to make it even more so. She averted her gaze and calmly walked past them, but after only a few steps, someone called out from behind her.
"Lai Bao."
In the end, Gu Chen spoke up. His voice carried resignation and displeasure.
Lai Bao stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him quietly. She could probably guess what he was about to say next, as the two full shopping bags in her hands might have led him to misunderstand.
It was the weekend. In the past, nearly every weekend, she would come uninvited, presumptuously buying a lot of food and supplies for him. She would fill his empty refrigerator to the brim, tidy up his messy apartment until it was spotless and orderly, and prepare a table full of exquisite dishes for him.
