After staying up late and walking around earlier, she had been quite busy. Xia Bing thought she would be exhausted, but after showering, she felt more awake.
Wiping her hair, she was about to find a good TV show to watch when the taskbar icon kept flashing – it was an online friend named Yuanding.
Xia Bing double-clicked to open the chat window.
Yuanding: Sister Bing, quick, look at this…
Xia Bing quickly replied. Yuanding was a night owl, so it was normal for her to be awake past two.
Yuanding: Sister Bing, did you see? That Dugu Jiujian went too far, criticizing us women…
Xia Bing saw the post and just pursed her lips. If this had happened a few years ago, she would have impulsively argued, but now she saw things differently.
Xia Bing thought to herself, time indeed smooths a person’s edges.
Unable to resist the young girl’s persistence, Xia Bing finally replied to the post and said goodbye to Yuanding.
Xia Bing casually turned on a TV show and set an alarm.
……
At eleven, Xia Bing was awakened by the alarm. She pulled the blanket, thinking she could laze around for a few more minutes. When the second alarm went off, Xia Bing had to bid farewell to her soft bed.
Xia Bing had intended to send the file via computer, but the editor wanted her to come in person. Xia Bing got up in a daze, yawning, thinking next time the editor should just call her instead of making her make the trip.
The Appointment
It turned out the editor was telling her that someone wanted to adapt her only crime-solving book into a movie. Just thinking about the follow-up work made Xia Bing’s head feel heavy.
Soon, her phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Xia Bing couldn’t help but cover her face, wondering when she could escape this fate.
“Aunt Wen.”
Aunt Wen asked how yesterday’s blind date went. Xia Bing said the other person was nice. After hanging up, Xia Bing suddenly realized she had heard Aunt Wen suggest bringing the person home for a formal meeting.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone, it rang again. She wanted to ignore it, “Aunt Wen, is there something else you want to tell me? You said to bring him home, I’m afraid…”
