Bai Chenggang had said he was going home, and he really was. He wasn't lying about needing to grab something, either. It was just that when he left the courtyard, he wasn't alone—his father and his youngest uncle were with him.
What's more, the three of them weren't even headed toward his second uncle's house. The moment they stepped out, they went in the wrong direction—the complete opposite way.
'Brother Gangzi?'
'I'm not seeing things!'
Xu Changqing was surprised, but seeing her third uncle and youngest uncle arriving as well, she momentarily forgot to wonder why they had come to visit before her family had a chance to pay them their New Year's respects.
"Third Uncle..." Xu Changqing smiled apologetically, then added, "Youngest Uncle. I was just thinking, since we have guests and can't leave, that I should go pay you a New Year's visit on my father's behalf."
"None of that formal talk. We're family. Your youngest uncle and I will head inside first."
