After dinner, we took a stroll around the supermarket and bought a lot of things, mostly food. Lu Xuehan picked out two down jackets for my parents, and Xinyu, not wanting to be left out, picked out two as well. In the end, Xu Lin paid the bill. For a moment, Xu Lin felt like a complete sucker—instead of acting as the lofty president of a company, she had come all the way here to be a human ATM.
After finishing our shopping, we didn't dare delay and headed straight home. This Ruhai Supermarket was quite remote, and it still took over ten minutes to drive back. It was a miracle that Xu Lin even remembered there was a decent supermarket here; otherwise, we would have had to go to the little shop at the entrance to buy lollipops meant for elementary school kids.
On the way back, snowflakes had already begun to drift down from the sky. I pulled my clothes tighter around me, feeling the genuine chill. Lu Xuehan and Xinyu had each put on a coat, and Xu Lin thoughtfully turned up the car's heater a bit.
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