Gao Neng didn't go straight home. Instead, he first went to find Xu Zilan at her workplace and briefly told her he had to go on a trip.
His excuse was that he was going traveling with some classmates.
Xu Zilan didn't ask too many questions, only reminding him to be careful.
When he got back home, the car meant to pick him up hadn't arrived yet. Gao Xiaomeng was still in bed, looking drowsy and half-asleep.
Gao Neng nudged Gao Xiaomeng a few times.
"What do you want?" Gao Xiaomeng glanced at Gao Neng lazily.
"I'm going to be away for a while. I need you to help look after my mom. If anything happens to her, I swear I won't let you off easy. Got it?" Gao Neng said, his tone completely serious.
"Oh... got it." Surprisingly, Gao Xiaomeng didn't argue. She just closed her eyes and went back to sleep. It seemed the toll from that other day had been severe indeed.
Gao Neng furrowed his brows.
