Chapter 685

In mid-September, the autumn sky was clear and the air was crisp. In the blink of an eye, the scorching heat of summer had passed, and the early autumn mornings were filled with a faint chill. On the streets, a sanitation worker was sweeping litter from the pavement, while the ginkgo leaves on both sides of the road radiated a vibrant vitality. After running ten kilometers along the road outside the villa complex, Li Chen returned to Tanyuan, glistening with sweat. When he walked into the villa carrying the breakfast he had bought, Gu Xirou was already neatly dressed and walking down from the upstairs bedroom. She wore a light white, round-necked, long-sleeved loose T-shirt paired with light blue casual denim trousers, her long black hair tied in a high ponytail. Beneath her adorably dazed expression lay a playful and sweet temperament.