Hoe on his shoulder, Liu Ergou hummed a little tune as he made his way home.
By the time he arrived, Xu Yulan had already prepared dinner and heated up his bathwater. Although the weather was quite warm and a cold bath would have been fine, she was still concerned that Liu Ergou might catch a cold, so she insisted on heating the water for him.
Liu Ergou naturally wouldn't refuse his sister-in-law's kindness. While bathing, he had the impulse to pull Xu Yulan in for a bath together, but she seemed to have anticipated this. While he wasn't paying attention, she slipped back into her own room. Liu Ergou could only sigh at the missed opportunity. However, he couldn't very well drag his sister-in-law out forcibly, so in the end, he bathed alone.
After bathing and eating dinner, Liu Ergou went to bed.
「The next morning.」
