Feihao and Tinghao helped pull up a blanket over the boys they had been playing trucks with, her usual energy now replaced with a quiet tenderness.
Zhihao placed the final origami crane on a windowsill, its wings catching the moonlight. He looked out for a moment, silent, then stood and rejoined the others.
Twilight handed a half-finished drawing back to the girl with the sketchpad. "You keep working on this, okay? You have got magic in your hands."
Xu Xie waved at the teenage boy reading one of the books they had brought. "We will be back with the sequel. Don't finish too fast, or you'll spoil the fun!"
Qingqing, now tucked under Minghao's arm, let out a soft yawn, her head bobbing sleepily. She looked up at Tang Fei with drowsy eyes, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Can we come back here too… and play with the kids?"
Tang Fei knelt beside her, brushing a few stray hairs from her face. "Yes, darling. We will come back again."
