"It started to rain."
Zhou Li pulled a cart full of animals back to his small house.
Upon opening the door, he first set Tuanzi down on the floor. After watching her scurry towards the couch, he turned to Cotton Swab. "You guys can stay in my room today. I'll sleep with Huai Xu. Brother Nan can sleep in the living room, or Brother Nan can sleep in Huai Xu's room, and Huai Xu and I can sleep in the living room. Either works."
"Ah?" Mianmian asked.
"Same here," Qian Qian echoed.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Li asked.
"Erm..." Mianmian hesitated, not knowing what to say, then turned her head abruptly. "Qian Qian has something to say."
"Ah? I don't!" Qian Qian shook her head vigorously, like a rattle drum. "It's clearly Mianmian who wants to sleep in Huai Xu's room; she's just too shy to say it out loud."
"Is that so?" Zhou Li asked again.
"Not at all!" Mianmian denied hastily, her face flushing red. "Don't listen to her nonsense! That's not true at all!"
"I see."
