At noon, Xia Xiaoyue walked over lightly and alone. Jiang Chen had originally planned to go pick her up, but Xia Xiaoyue insisted that she could walk home by herself and that he didn't need to make a special trip for her.
As time ticked by, a gentle knock finally sounded at the door. A flicker of doubt crossed Jiang Chen's mind; after all, Xia Xiaoyue knew the door code and could easily have let herself in. Even so, he quickly quickened his pace toward the entrance.
The moment the door swung open, he was greeted by Xia Xiaoyue's radiant, blossom-like smile and a bunch of snow-white jasmine cradled tightly in her arms.
Chapter 23