The cafeteria wasn't a suitable place for a private conversation, after all. This time, Bai Chenggang's visit was even shorter than before. They agreed to head back to the courtyard house together after school on Saturday.
The two cousins chatted briefly about how some acquaintances from their hometown were also taking the college entrance exams in June, and then Bai Chenggang left ahead of her, not letting Xu Changqing see him to the school gate.
When the appointed Saturday afternoon arrived, Bai Chenggang went back to the courtyard house with the two of them. Just as Xu Changqing had said, the weather had indeed gotten hot enough that the door curtain needed to be changed.
The thick cotton curtain was swapped out, the bedsheets were replaced with a woven mat, and various other odds and ends were exchanged for lighter summer versions. Tidying up, sweeping, wiping things down—there was quite a lot of work to do.
