Now, these tasks have become routine, performed with a natural ease.
He stood by the bed, watching Xu Chaomu as she slept so sweetly, her delicate, pale little paws clutching the blue down comforter, sleeping soundly.
He didn't know how long he stood there before finally, Shen Chi turned off the light in her room and went back next door.
It wasn't until the light in Xu Chaomu's room went out that Zhou Ran pulled the curtains up from the balcony.
She took off her coat and, with arms crossed, paced back and forth in the room.
Walking around, for a very long time.
The next morning, Old Cheng drove Xu Chaomu to school. As soon as Old Cheng's car left, Zhou Ran's car then arrived.
Xu Chaomu, with her backpack on her shoulders, walked towards the school gate; by now, many students had already arrived.
It was when she crossed the main road heading to her sophomore year classes that Zhou Ran stopped her in her tracks.