With Lilac by his side, He Wenjie had never thought about leaving Beijing with the guys. Besides, He Dong's talk of reliving their youth seemed like something he had already outgrown, holding little appeal for him. So after dinner that day, He Wenjie stopped paying attention to what they were up to. If not for his eldest uncle's phone call, he wouldn't even have known that He Xi had gone along with them.
In He Wenjie's original plan, once the three cousins took off, the elders' first stop would definitely be He Xi. With He Xi up front taking the brunt of the elders' questioning, it would never reach the point where He Wenjie had to step forward. But he hadn't expected He Xi to slip away quietly with them. With He Xi gone, He Wenjie, who had been hiding safely in the background, was forced to step out in person and face the elders' interrogation.
Hiding behind his grandfather, He Wenjie looked wronged as he said to his eldest aunt, "I knew the eldest brother was going, and I'd heard rumors that the third and fourth brothers were tagging along, but I honestly had no idea why the second brother suddenly went with them too. I only heard the eldest brother mention wanting to escape his current life when we had dinner together that day, but I truly don't know when they actually planned to leave."
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