Because she'd gone to sleep way too late—basically only crashed this morning—when Zhou Chengchen answered the call she could barely open her eyes. She fumbled under the pillow, forced one eye open and hit the answer button. "Hello?"
"Zhou Chengchen, it's me, Liu Xiaoyu."
Zhou Chengchen almost drifted back off, but the person on the other end didn't seem to notice how sleepy she was and went on: "Sorry, I only just saw your text. Are you free at noon? Let's grab a meal together?"
Zhou Chengchen's muddled brain finally cleared a little. She pushed herself up and sat. "Mm, okay."
After that brief reply, Zhou Chengchen hung up. She sat on the bed for quite a while longer before slowly dragging herself up, washing up, changing, settling on a meeting place, and heading out.
This time they'd picked a home-style restaurant with good privacy. In the small private room for four, Liu Xiaoyu was already there.
