The mealtime-
Qiu Xi followed her master into the main hall.
"Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma Li..." Qiu Xi greeted everyone before turning to walk towards Ni Xue.
"Little Snowball, why are you up so late?"
Ni Xue rubbed her eyes, still a bit tired. "I was up all night revising my thesis. I haven't recovered yet!"
Originally, there was no need for this. She had finished everything before she left.
But last night, her professor suddenly sent her a message, saying that several parts of the thesis she thought were fine needed revisions.
She couldn't do anything about it, so she had to revise it.
She also couldn't delay their travel plans, so she had to finish it quickly.
Afraid of being nagged by the professor again, she finally decided to revise it overnight.
As a result, she overdid it and was busy until the early hours of the morning.
Fortunately, she had informed Aunt Qiu and the others before they went to bed last night, otherwise she wouldn't have had the nerve to come down today.
It was also fortunate that she was very familiar with Xiao Xi, so she didn't feel awkward or shy at her house.
"Hmm? You revised so late, did you finish it?"
Qiu Xi could understand, as she had gone through similar things before.
Ni Xue nodded listlessly, "Of course, if I hadn't finished, I might have died of exhaustion..."
She stayed up all night just to finish it, otherwise she wouldn't have done it.
"I sent it directly to the professor after finishing. Now I'm waiting for her reply. If there's anything else to revise, I'll do it while I have time to avoid delaying our travel plans."
"Speaking of which, Qiu Xi, how was your exchange meeting?"
Qiu Xi hadn't had much time to send messages to them since she left, so she had to wait until she returned.
"It ended perfectly, of course~" Qiu Xi tilted her head proudly.
"Well, it's good that it went smoothly."
Anyway, she wasn't in their major, so her curiosity was much less.
Compared to this, she was more curious about when they would leave to find Tang Tang.
Last time, she couldn't go because they went out for a competition.
She couldn't miss this trip.
"So when are we leaving?"
"In the next two days. I'll rest a bit, and after dinner, we can look at tickets. If the timing is right, we'll set off."
"Okay!"
"Then I'll go and have a look later."
"Alright."
As the two were chatting, Qiu Dad and Nan Hua also walked out, carrying dishes.
"Dinner is ready, come and sit down."
"Okay~" Qiu Xi and Ni Xue quickly responded.
Then they got up and went into the kitchen to help carry the dishes.
"Here you go, just home cooking, eat more~"
After sitting down, Qiu Dad started to invite everyone to eat.
...
After the meal-
Nan Hua accompanied the elders for a walk to aid digestion, while Qiu Xi pulled Ni Xue to look at flight tickets.
"Little Snowball, how about this one? Around 2 PM."
After looking around, Qiu Xi pointed to a flight.
Ni Xue hesitated, "The day after tomorrow, won't that be too rushed for you?"
Qiu Xi had only returned these past two days, and now she was going to fly out again after just two days...
Qiu Xi shook her head, "It's not rushed. We're not going for a competition, we're going for fun, so there's no problem."
"Okay!"
"Since you're okay with it, I'll tell Ling Long. If she also thinks it's okay, we'll buy this flight."
"Okay." Qiu Xi smiled and nodded.
As they chatted, they immediately called Hua Ling Long. After explaining, as soon as the call ended, Ni Xue immediately bought the tickets.
"Done!" Looking at the tickets that had already been bought, Ni Xue smiled. "It looks like I need to pack my luggage quickly."
"No problem~"
Having traveled so many times, packing luggage wasn't difficult.
And so, Qiu Xi and the others began packing their luggage for their departure to Country Y the day after tomorrow.
...
These two days passed by in a blink of an eye.
Airport-
At this time, Qiu Xi and the other two were already sitting in the waiting room.
"I wonder if Tang Tang has woken up yet..."
"She'll be very happy to see all three of us, right?"
"Definitely, especially Little Snowball, she hasn't seen her for years..."
"Yes."
Before departing, Qiu Xi and the other two sent a message to Tang Si Ran, and then boarded the plane.
When Tang Si Ran on the other side saw the message, it was already an hour later, and she had just woken up.
Looking at the message on her phone, Tang Si Ran was stunned for a while.
Finally, after confirming it was real, she started jumping around frantically.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh~"
It's real!
Her little sisters were coming!
In her rented room, Tang Si Ran was dancing around happily, making it hard to imagine that this was something a quiet and elegant girl would do. She looked more like a lunatic.
No!
She had to pack quickly and prepare to pick them up!
With that thought, Tang Si Ran immediately took action.
Fortunately, she was smart. After Qiu Xi and the others had visited last time, she had rented this place.
Now it was just right, it wouldn't be a problem for all four of them to stay here.
As expected, the money was not spent in vain~
It was worth the investment!
"La la la la la~"
While packing, Tang Si Ran danced around happily, her mood extremely good.
She could consider this meeting old friends in a foreign land.
Having quickly packed, Tang Si Ran saw that the time was almost right and immediately left.
...
When Qiu Xi and the others came out, they were about to make a phone call when they took out their phones and saw Tang Si Ran's message.
"Tang Tang is already here. Let's go out." Hua Ling Long looked at the few lines of text on her phone and was instantly overjoyed, her hair even dancing with excitement.
"Then let's go." Ni Xue, though looking composed, was also very excited.
As for Qiu Xi, her lips curved into a radiant smile, clearly very happy as well.
"Let's call Tang Tang, we're going out."
"Okay."
"Tang Tang, we're out~"
"Ling Long, Qiu Xi..."
"Turn left and look back!" Tang Si Ran's excited voice came from that direction.
Hua Ling Long did as she was told.
Through the crowd, she saw the excited girl.
"Qiu Xi, Xiao Xue Hua, I see Tang Tang." Saying this, the three of them quickly walked towards Tang Si Ran.
"Tang Tang, I missed you so much~"
Hua Ling Long lunged forward, her suitcase sliding away.
If it weren't for the other two following behind, she would have been forced to leave home.
"Ling Long~" Tang Si Ran reached out to hug her back, extremely happy.
One minute later-
"Qiu Xi~"
Another minute later, an even louder voice came.
"Xiao Xue Hua~"
"I missed you so much!"
Ni Xue was the one she hadn't truly seen for four years among the three, and she missed her especially.
"You're even more beautiful after four years!"
"Tang Tang, you too." Ni Xue gently hugged the sister in front of her.
"Alright, if we don't leave now, we'll probably become monkeys."
Seeing more and more people looking at the four of them, Qiu Xi began to remind them.
"Yes, let's go, let's go~"
"I'll take you to my rented place, you can rest for a while, and then we'll discuss our plans."
Seeing her slightly incoherent state, the three nodded happily, "Okay~"
After speaking, the three of them left the airport together.
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