October 2, Beijing.
"Do you really not have time to cook today?"
Hong Jing returned on the evening of September 30. She's a junior this year, and after school started, she didn't have many classes, so she bought a ticket back to Beijing early since she had the day off before the holiday.
She had been longing to try the dishes cooked by the second eldest, and she had thought this holiday would be her chance, but unexpectedly, the busier it was during the holidays, the busier his restaurant got. There used to be an assistant, but with the National Day, that person's family had a wedding to attend and had left early.
She hung around these past two days and could plainly see that the second eldest was so busy he barely had time to drink water.
Ever since Hong Jing fell out with a group of friends in Beijing, she hadn't wanted to associate with them anymore, so now in this place, the second eldest was practically her only friend.